The Night Before the Birthday
779 Words
Emma’s POV
I’m going to be 27 tomorrow, I can’t wait, and it is Friday! I know when I get off work. Belle has a busy night planned for us, of course she won’t tell me, and when I get home, she’ll have clothes and shoes picked out for me. My birthday is in less than 18 hours, I have to think how I’m going to do my hair. “Ms. Anderson you are needed in room 3, a family has questions.” I hear a nurse say. I usually don’t deal with death, it is more the shock finding out a loved one has cancer, and how hard chemo or radiation is on the body. I go into the room, and I see a husband and wife with 2 children right around my age, the mom is on the bed. They inform me, and I soon find out she has breast cancer, and they fill me in, I give them my card, and I leave the room.
I go into the break room, and I see that all my co-workers planned a little birthday surprise for me as well. They had balloons and a cookie cake, and they gave me a few gifts, wine, and a gift card to get my nails done. “Thank you everyone.” I said with the biggest smile. The rest of the day went on without much more happening. I get in my car to leave and go back home.
As soon as I get out of the car, I hear “Don’t come in, give me 10 more minutes.” Why does this chick need 10 more minutes? I look at the street, and I don’t see a car that I don’t recognize, so I check my phone, no text saying to come home late, and if she would have a guy over, she would have text me. I try opening the door again, I need to shower, and I want to change out of these scrubs, and I hear her yell again to wait outside. I finally just sit down and start playing a game on my phone. After what seems like forever, the door finally opens and Belle tells me to stand up, but not to turn around. I do as she says. She then puts her hands over my eyes and tells me to close my eyes. She walks me through the living room, and to the stairs, she tells me to go straight to the shower, then to meet her in my bedroom.
Bella’s POV
“Oh my gosh, that girl is so bull headed I swear.” I say to myself. I’m trying to make tonight perfect, but she gets off early on Friday’s, and I don’t. I had to take personal time to leave a few hours before she got off, and beat her home. What you do for your best friend! As I’m pulling out the last little bit of stuff she needs to get ready I hear her turn off the shower. I have to go stand guard to make sure she doesn’t go downstairs, and luckily I am in the hallway, that little sneak! We make our way back to her bedroom, and I show her what I picked out for her to wear tonight. As she gets dressed in this short blue romper, and blue high heel sandals, I finish her hair. Her hair is beautiful already, I just put it in a high pony, and curl it, and do her make up. I go and grab my clothes and take a shower. I make her promise to not go downstairs. I then get dressed myself. I picked out a pair of black leggings to go with a pink top that stops right below my butt, I paired it with a pair of black open toe high heels. I make Emma do my hair and make-up. We always have to look alike, so she has the easy part of how to do my hair!
“Are you ready to go downstairs?” I ask her.
“Yes” she replies
As we get downstairs I move out of the way, and she sees a big Everything but Water bag. She opens it, and pulls out this amazing bikini and new beach towel. She gives me the biggest hug ever. “Happy Birthday! There is more in the bag, you think that is all I got my best friend?” I urged. She then pulls out a voucher to our favorite casino/hotel and a Red Lobster gift card. “Surprise! We are going there tonight, but you aren’t paying, that is for you to take me next time, but we are using the voucher tonight.” I winked at her. “Now let's go have dinner.”
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