My mother came rushing into my room. “What happened are you girls okay?”
Army answered with laughter and turned the camera towards her.
She walked over to me and calmed down whenever she saw the envelope. She smiled at the camera. “Oh, I see Army gave you your present.”
My mouth dropped. “You knew about this? And you didn’t tell me?!”
“Why would I?” She laughed. “It was supposed to be a surprise until today.”
“Yeah that wouldn’t have made any sense if I gave it to you randomly.” Army added.
I got up and hugged her. “Whatever. Ahh, I can’t believe you got these. Thank you so much! You’re the best friend anyone could ever have.”
She turned the camera to face herself. “I know.”
“So that concludes Army’s birthday surprise. Let’s take one last look at the giddy princess.”
When the camera pointed at me I flipped it off and hid my face.
“Aw, look how happy she is.” Army stopped the video.
My mom started out of my room. “I’m going to make breakfast now. It will be ready in a couple of minutes.”
Army followed behind her. “I’ll be right back. Gotta pee.”
That girl cracks me up. “Okay.”
When she exited the room I said, “I’ll miss you.” And she came back into the doorway to blow me a kiss.
We have an interesting friendship.
I sat down with a smile still printed across my face and took a moment to let this sink in. I read the tickets over and over. “GREEN DAY LIVE ON TOUR: OAKLAND, CA Row GA. GREEN DAY VIP BACKSTAGE PASS 2013”
“Boo.”
“AHHH!” I screamed and flew backwards onto the floor.
“Army! What the heck??”
She doubled over and couldn’t control her laughter.
When she finally got over herself, she stood back on her feet and helped me up.
I shook my head. “You sneaky little poop.”
“Sorry!” She flakily grinned, and we both headed to the kitchen.
Army and I took seats at the set table and then we both inhaled the sweet scent of waffles and bacon.
My mom, fancied in her apron and with a spatula in hand, placed two waffles and a few strips of bacon on each plate. We dug into our food to crave our taste buds.
“Is it good?” A question my mother asks every time Army eats with us.
“Nope. It’s delicious.” Army said while shoving waffle into her mouth.
My mom brushed flour off of her apron and took a place beside me. “So, what do you want to do today?”
I stopped eating to ponder the question. “I’m not sure…I never did anything on my birthday before.” I looked at Army. “What do normal people do for their birthday?”
Army gave me her devious smile. “They have a party.”
I shot a confused look at her. “Army. We don’t know anybody. Who’s going to come to my party?”
“Dam* you’re right.” She said disappointedly.
“Renleigh,” my mom began, “how about we go in town today. I could drop you and Army off at the outlets or take you to the beach.”
Army and I exchanged looks, approving her idea.
“Yeah, that would be cool.” I said as I got up to place my plate into the dishwasher.
“Okay, just let me know when you ladies will be ready to go- to the outlets?”
I faked a smile and asked, “And the beach? Later?”
She sighed. “I guess.”
Army and I went back into my room. After getting dressed, applying makeup, and watching the video we made earlier, I yelled to my mom that we were ready to go. We gathered into the car and immediately blasted Green Day through the speakers, singing at the top of our lungs.
