I was so giddy as I straightened my hair. This is the year Devin will finally come through. I just know it. Every year he forgets my birthday and our anniversary, even though they are on the same day...but that doesn’t matter because this year is different. I worked hard to keep dropping hints, so he knew exactly what I wanted for my birthday. I even told him since I was a little girl, I’ve always wanted a surprise party.

After some hard work, I finally dyed my hair the right shade of purple, so it matched my lilac eyes perfectly. This was all to prepare for this wonderful day. Thinking about it now, maybe I was overdoing it a bit when I periodically sent Devin those videos of people getting surprised on their birthdays. On second thought, maybe I wasn’t. Men need a little nudging sometimes. My man clearly needed it.

As I sat in front of my bathroom mirror, I grabbed my eyeshadow brush, dabbed it on the pallet and started applying it. Oh my gosh, I can’t wait to see what kind of balloons will be there. Hopefully, he remembered to get the giant 3 and 5 numbers so I can take some cute pictures with them. Finishing my eyeshadow, I moved on to making my eye wings. I grabbed my angle brush and dipped it into my eyeliner pot.

Lifting it to the outer edge of my eye, I drew the wings. I wonder if he remembered to invite Tiff. That woman does not know how to keep things to herself, so I’m shocked she hasn’t slipped up yet. I’m glad she doesn’t want to do anything with a high clearance level in the government.

That girl would single-handedly start World War four simply because she leaked the access key for the nuclear warheads at lunch. With both eye wings finished, I put the angle brush down and looked over at my waterproof mascara. I should probably prepare for tears. I am going to be taking so many pictures tonight.

I stood in front of my bedroom mirror, deciding what I should wear. I held the red and black dress in front of me. I’m almost positive he decorated his apartment with my favorite colors. I picked up the second outfit and held it in front of me. Although I could wear my combat boots and leather jacket with this shirt and ripped jeans.

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With all this indecision, I decide to get some advice from my feline roommate, Whiskerton. Leaving my room, I walked around my apartment to find him. However, he was nowhere in sight. My apartment wasn’t all that big, so there weren’t many places for him to hide, so I called out to him. But only silence greeted me.

I felt a chill, and that’s when I noticed the window was open. Oh, wonderful he must have got out. This might be the best birthday ever! Tiff is going to be mad at me because she was so happy when she found him and gave him to me as a gift. I’ll break the news to her tomorrow when we meet up for coffee. Wait, we’re on the fifth floor. I hope he didn’t…nope not going to think about it.

Walking back to my room, I got dressed in my t-shirt and ripped jeans, put on my combat boots, and left my apartment.

On the way to my car, I heard the chime from my phone. Devin sent me a text that read “Hey babe I’m home so you can come over whenever.” Look at him playing it cool like he didn’t plan the most amazing birthday surprise ever.

As I drove over to his apartment, I couldn’t help but tap the steering wheel as I sped down the Autobahn. Devin must have had an amazingly coordinated plan. Everyone has been playing it so cool. Mom and Dad sent their usual happy birthday letter, Tiff seemed like her normal self when we talked on the phone this morning. Even Devin didn’t slip up at once. Devin didn’t wish me a happy birthday today, which makes sense. He can’t do anything out of the ordinary. That guy sure knows how to keep me on my toes.

However, he slipped up when he told me he’ll be coming home early today. I knew something was up. He never leaves work early. Which could only mean he’s getting all the hints I dropped last year.

Pulling into Devin’s apartments parking lot, I got out of my car and took the elevator up to his apartment. I practiced my surprise face in the elevator mirror. I had to at least pretend like I knew nothing.

When the elevator doors opened, I couldn’t help myself but to run to his apartment door. Composing myself and checking if my makeup was still good, I took out my key for his place and opened the door.