Aspasia Everwood
Chapter Four
A week or two passed, and Sam hadn’t said anything.
I practically crawled back on the bus. I was exhausted, twelve hours of sleep wasn’t enough. I crawled into my bed and slept, until my phone rang. It was nearly midnight, when it did. Had I really slept all of today away?
“Hello?”
“Hey perfect, did you get my gift?”
“Gift,” I giggled, “what for?”
“You’re birthday, of course.”
“Birthday? Babe it’s not even for a week.”
“Oh, I thought it was the twenty-third. Sorry,” he laughed nervously.
“It is the twenty-third.”
“Aspasia do you know what today is?”
“Not really,” I rolled my eyes, “I never do. You know that.”
“Let me be the first to say happy birthday, gorgeous.”
I pulled my phone away from my ear and clicked on my calendar. It had been June twenty-third for about five minutes.
“Oh Jake! Thanks so much,” I smiled, “was this the gift?”
“You didn’t see it?”
“See what?”
“Kelly said she put it on the counter.”
“Oh dear I didn’t even have my eyes open when I walked in,” I admitted and giggled, then got out of my bed and walked into the living room. There on the counter was a bouquet of flowers, “Oh Jake! Thank you so, SO, much! This is to sweet.”
“Happy fifteenth birthday,” I heard a smile in his voice. Whoa. Was I really fifteen? I was getting too old, too fast, “You’re tired.”
“Yes,” I said, even though he said it as a statement, and not a question.
“I’ll call you when I wake up tomorrow,” he promised, “goodnight.”
“Night,” I clicked the phone and rolled back into my bed. No way.
“You should get everyone up now,” Kelly said, as she shook me awake, “you guys have a big day today. Interview with Alexa Chung by telecast, salon, and rehearsals. Also a video shoot after the salon. Oh, and happy birthday!”
“Thanks Auntie,” I said, flipping in my bed. I looked at my cell phone clock. It was now four in the morning.
I rolled out of my bed and shook Cruise awake.
“Cruise dude we have a lot to do today. Castello! Get up please. Vince, we have a lot to do today. You need to wake up. Tawny, Tawny, Tawny-kins! Get up.”
