"AAAAAAAAH!"

I wake up instantly, I touch all over my body, to confirm I am indeed alive. It was all a dream, thankfully. I leave my bed and go to the bathroom to wash my face. That wasn't surely the best dream I had, something I noticed when I have nightmares is that everything is black and white, I feel scared of it. But this time it had its colors, so it surely wasn't a nightmare of mine but truly felt like one. I could categorize this dream as a half-nightmare.

Once I left my room I noticed it was pretty early in the morning. It just hit 6 am. A time I don't tend to wake up.

Whatever, I'll use this time to play some video games since it's so calm in the morning. I open my laptop and begin to play my favorite sandbox game, since it's early my online friends aren't logged in so I play a bit in my solo world. It is a bit boring since I have made a lot of progress and there is little I want to do. I end up bored after playing for an hour and go to the kitchen for my breakfast.

Once everyone woke up we had a good feast, today father is the one who makes the breakfast. He does a delicious one.

Finishing our breakfast I decided to go take a walk, not something I normally do but today I felt like it's a good day to do that.

I put on my jacket and go out, even in this winter. I don't tend to put much on myself, though I don't tolerate winter as good as summer, I surely can be half an hour without much on, if it's not cold as hell. Which doesn't tend to be too cold here in Spain, or at least in the south of Spain.

On these types of days I feel like being out, there is a special place I like to be at. It's really close, just happens to be the park behind my home. I go there and simply hang out, watching everyone around and reminiscing a bit about the past.

I had a lot of friends when I think about it. We played here a bunch when we were kids, now because of different circumstances. Such as their parents getting a better job or moving out for other reasons, they all left. Life is a bit boring when that happens, it's so empty to be here and see no one you were with in the past here, just strangers.

Even though social media is a pretty wonderful creation, I have not got in touch with them during all these years through it, so I expect not seeing them any more. Maybe by this point they already have forgotten me. I truly hope not.

"Axel?"

I heard a familiar voice behind me.

It's Eva, the only one left from my childhood friends and the only one who stayed here. She is my light in these moments.

"Hi there! I thought you were busy today."

"I am! I just have to go to the store and buy some stuff."

"Oh, do you need help?"

"Eeeh..."

She is thinking about it, strange she does it since she always accepts because her mother tends to ask a bit too much to lift alone. Maybe today she didn’t ask that much.

"Well, if you don't need my help then that's ok."

"Thanks for asking, but I can take care of it today, it's not much I will buy."

"Cool, see you on Monday then."

"See you later!"

Later... yeah.

Wait, later? Why later?

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"Wait! Why la- She left..."

Maybe she got it mixed up, or maybe not. Whatever, I'll be here for a while.

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I didn't expect to see him today on my way to the store, I was sure he would stay at home playing games today. I think for now I haven't said anything strange, or the surprise will be ruined, can't let that happen.

I am Eva, Axel's friend and as far as I can notice, his crush too. I have been living here all my life and have known Axel since childhood. I am now on my way to the store to buy the things needed to prepare Axel’s birthday party. Today is his birthday and everyone is acting that it isn't to prepare the surprise, hopefully even his parents and brothers are keeping the secret silent. I truly would like to surprise him this time with a nice cake and a good gift.

What type of gift will I give him? My confession letter and a necklace. I have to admit it, I also have a crush on him, it has been like that for a good while. And since he is taking too long to take the first step, I will do it instead. I will declare my love for him today. This is my birthday gift for him.

I still have to prepare myself mentally for this, but with the help from Luis and David I have thought of ways to declare myself and give him the gift. We’ve tried different scenarios and I feel prepared but I still get nervous when I think about it.

Hopefully today everything will go as planned.

As soon as I finish buying the stuff asked for, I go back home, I again have to go through the park but Axel is no longer there so I'm relieved of giving him explanations. I continue my way home to prepare the cake and wrap up my gift.

Then I will go with my mom to the place where we will have the party. It's a decent sized hall which can be rented for a day. It's close to Axel's house which is also close to mine. We get there in a few minutes and prepare the place for the party, Axel's mother later appears and helps us prepare everything so the place is done for the surprise. David and Luis joined us too a bit later.

Together we prepare the tables, the food, the presents and the decorations. After a few hours, everything is set up and now we have to wait for Axel to come, which will be the job for his father and brothers to do.

Now, I go home fast and change my outfit, the time for the party will be at 6pm, it's 5 right now so I have enough time for a good shower and some light make-up. I want to make it special for him today. Especially since I saw him a bit down today in the park, which worried me but I have to stand strong right now for the happiness I will bring him with my presence, hopefully.

I make it home in a few minutes and take no time to enter the shower and refresh myself. I used my luxury shampoo I saved for times like this so I can have a good scent. After the shower I dried my hair and did two braids, one at each side and united them to make a ponytail at the back of my head. I put on my new white long dress, the skirt ends just above my feet, so I can wear leggings below it so I can save me from freezing. I also put on a small blue jacket. I finally add up light makeup, such as lip gloss and just a tiny bit of eye shadow and face powder, just enough to be barely noticeable but that lights up my face a bit more. To finish, I wear a wristband and a necklace Axel bought me, he truly likes accessories and even gifts those. He likes others to wear what he buys and I like to wear what he gives me. I even still have with me the flower he gave me, I have it preserved on my diary, at page 16. It's my little secret.

Now that I am done, I go back to the hall and prepare myself for the celebration.

Tonight for sure. I will begin to date Axel.

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Father told me just to change clothes as we are going out. We had nothing planned today! I hate it when he just suddenly decides things like this. Though I was surprised my brothers also followed him without saying anything against it. Normally those two are the ones who are a pain in the ass when father does this.

Well, whatever it is, I'll just change my clothes to something random.

"Change clothes, put on something better."

Is the response to my outfit I got from Pa, this sucks. I have to put more effort into my clothing now. Oh well, I'll just use my classic slightly formal outfit that I have been using for years. Because I hit my max height when I was 13. So the clothes I will wear have been my old reliable since then. Interestingly this have been holding for so long

I just wear some nice looking jeans and a white button shirt. A few of my accessories such as a necklace, wristband and two rings, each one on a different hand. Add a bit of perfume and done. Pops should be happy no.

"Yeah, that's good, let's go."

He is pretty direct, I don't mind it, it saves a lot of time.

We get to a building I instantly recognize. This is just one of the buildings used to rent a hall for parties, did we have a secret party I wasn't notified of? It could explain why my brothers didn't whine about going.

Or maybe I just forgot, who's party is this one though?

As we walked in, my brain finally clicked and remembered the day it was.

It's 16th November, my birthday.