Once Upon a Faerie

Birthday Part 2

Our first stop was some R & R, another present from Mum and Keith. We are heading to the spa for a full body massage, a facial, and our nails done for the party. It took justt over three hours for everything to be finished, and I felt so relaxed that I felt like a nap. I swear during the massage, I nearly fell asleep! The only reason I didn't was because I was too excited. I went for a simple nail design for tonight; a french white tip, with a swirl of gold. Where as Lucy went more extravagant with a bold yellow colour with some sort of leaf design. While I am dressing to look like a summer Fae, Lucy opted for the bold colouring of autumn.

Before our hair and make-up appointment, we decided to grab a quick bite to eat at the local burger place. The burgers are are in my opinion, the best burgers ever. They literally have any combination you can think of! My favourite and go-to is the chicken burger with guacamole, sour cream, and even tortilla chips. It's like a party in your mouth.

"Do you think Ares and you will share a birthday kiss tonight?" Lucy asked in between bites of her burger.

"Uhh, I doubt he even is thinking like that,"

"I think he is. He stares at you all the time when you're not looking, It's romantic." She buzzed. I really hope she is telling the truth, as it would be a dream come true to have my first real kiss on my birthday however I don't want to get my hopes up incase she is just being dramatic.

"I doubt that, plus he probably has a line up of girls his own age chasing after him from wherever he is living"

"Maybe so, but he Is single, so that means he hasn't liked any of them. You never know Harry, just don't discount it, " She pleaded.

"I won't," I replied before finishing my burger. "Come, on we better get going,"

Our hair and make-up appointment was also due to take another few hours, which will literally give us enough time to go home and get dressed for the party. For my hair, I've decided to go simple with a one-sided loose french braid with curls around the side of my face. Woven into the braids are strands of hair tinsel and little diamond faeries. My make-up is to go with the colouring of the summer court of gold and emerald green. which, in my opinion, matched my slightly pale complexion with the gold tones bringing out the warmth and radiance of my skin. I ended up falling in love with the emerald colour they chose for my eye shadow, making me look mature and sophisticated. I could barely recognise myself by the time they were finished.

"Oh my god, you look awesome," Lucy squealled.

By the time we got home, we had enough time to change into our outfits and wait for the guests. As for the guest list, i chose to remain impartial and invite most of my grade, not thinking they all would come but turns out most if not all of them R.S.V.Pd to the event. I'm not super popular or social. However, I get along with everyone at the same time. As I stepped into my dress, I couldn't help but stare at myself in the mirror. I could not believe how beautiful I looked!. The dress, again, simple but elegant design was a dark emerald green slim fitting dress to contrast my pale complexion. To add in gold, I got a dress maker to sew a golden intricate design up the middle of the back and side. It was absolutely breathtaking.

As i walked out of my bedroom and down towards the stairs everyone inclduing Michael and Ares, were waiting for us. They all seemed to notice as a i cam edown stairs as they stopped what they were talking about and smiled.

"You look amazing," Mum sighed, and at the same time, I could see a tear well up in her eyes.

"Wow, where is my dorky sister?" Tom remarked, in which I would take as a compliment coming from him. Michael just smiled, giving me a little nod as I looked his way.

"You are stunning, Harriet," Ares said, coming forward to take my hand as I reached the bottom step. He looked drop dead georgeous if i do say so myself. He was wearing a simple suit with a tie that almost matched my dress colour perfectly. He was a literal dream to look at and to smell. I don't know what cologne he is wearing, but I want to bathe in it.

"Come on, let's get some photos before everyone arrives," Mum said, ushering outside into the yard. As we made our way out ont othe balcony I gasped as I saw the backyard all set up and ready. I don't know what the boys did today, but it literally seemed magical. Everything was still the same as yesterday, but it seemed to glimmer and shine more. It literally felt heavenly.

"I don't know what you guys did, but this looks even better than I imagined it," I squealled in delight. We were just finished taking photos when the guests started to arrive. Mum organsied a professional photographer for the night to take photos of myself and the guests, and she also paid for a few staff to take food and drinks around throughout the night, so no one had to worry about anything, we could all just relax.

The night started off slow, with people slowly trickling in one by one. The turnout in the end was pretty good. Between class mates and family, there were around 100 people, I don't know how we are fitting them all in the yard. Everyone commented how great the place looked with magical being the word of the night.

By midnight, all the food had been devoured, and most of the guests that remained were my classmates. I admittedly have had too many cocktails and am currently carving it up on the dance floor with Lucy. In my mind, I think I'm dancing sexy. However, I know on the outside I look quite the opposite. Just when I was thinking of having a break, Ares came up to us asking if he could join. Throughout the night, he has been intermittently by my side or standing off to the side with Michael. His company has been nice and sweet but nothing yet indicating that he wants to kiss me. He started swaying to the beat, and I could not help but watch his muscles flex with every movement underneath his shirt. I'm not sure if it was the cocktails or the fact that it was my birthday, but with the newfound confidence, I went in and kissed him. At first, he was surprised by the sudden advance, but after a split second, he drew me in closer, pressing his lips firmer against mine. I went to pull away. However, he pulled me in tighter, parting his lips, almost asking permission for his tongue to enter my mouth. I happily obliged, and as we began tangling our tongues together, I thought my first kiss was just like the rest of the night, magical!

"Well, that was unexpected," Ares said, smiling against my lips as we parted. I didn't reply as I was slightly embarrassed. Instead, I continued dancing like nothing happened.

The rest of the night went by so quickly, and the rest of us had a quick dip in the pool to cap off the night. However, by 3am, I was ready to call it a night.

"May I escort you to your room?" Ares asked. At this point, I was beyond drunk and probably needed the escort. I happily took his hand as he led me upstairs.

"Good night, princess," he said before giving me a quick kiss on the cheek and leaving me at my door. I was so tired that I passed out as soon as my head hit the pillow. With a huge smile on my face, I hope I dreamt of faeries... and Ares!