Forever Yours

Chapter 20

^^^I changed Angelica's dress
Angelica's POV
My morning started with my feet being tickled. I shuffled under the blanket and smiled in my sleep. The person stopped and kissed my head. I then felt fingers run through my messy hair.

"Sweetheart, happy birthday. It's time to get up." I slowly opened my eyes to see my dad sitting on the edge of my bed. "You're up." He chuckled.

"Good morning dad." I grabbed my phone off the bedside table and checked today's date. September 25. September. 25th. "Oh my god! It's my birthday!" I stood up on the bed and jumped on it. "I'm sixteen. Oh. My. God!"

"Yes you are. Come hug me!" He pulled me down and brought me into a tight embrace. "My little girl is growing up." He said wiping away fake tears. "Come on, your brother and Father are already downstairs. He made breakfast."

"Carrying me!" He groaned but let me climb on his back. He carried me downstairs and ran into the kitchen.

"ANGIE! Happy birthday lil sis!" Phillip hugged me and kissed my head. "Feel any older?"

"Not really. I'm already WAY too mature for my age." I giggled sitting at the island. My Father noticed me and immediately ran to my side.

"Happy birthday darlin. Oh, look at you. I love you so much. You're so grown up." He kissed my temple and put a mug of coffee and plate of French toast in front of me. "So, you have time because are going to the ballroom at 5 but you need to be in your dress by 4:30."

"That corset kills me but I'm the one that decided to wear it. And the dress is so pretty!" I admired my dress in my head. "I can't wait!"

"We can't wait either." My dad said taking a sip of his coffee. "Nathaniel will be walking you in. We're doing this 1700s style. He's your suitor and you will stick with him throughout the night." I nodded and blushed. Why are they doing this to me? "Well, I say we enjoy this time as a family. Happy birthday dear." He kissed my head and I giggled into my toast.

Time skip
After breakfast, I showered and now I was laying on my bed scrolling through my phone. "Knock knock." Phillip rapped the door with his knuckles and came in. "What are you doing?" He asked.

I sat my phone down and leaned up against my headboard. "I was scrolling through Instagram." I looked at my Playbills on the wall and smiled. "It always makes me smile everytime I see those." Each one was framed along with the ticket. Dear Evan Hansen, Anastasia, In The Heights, Waitress, Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Les Mis. I pretty much had them all.

"I have no clue where the tickets went for mine." He chuckled. "Are you ready for tonight? It's gonna be amazing!" He smiled brightly.

"Philly, of course I'm ready! It's my birthday. I'm so excited. Can we, go out and have some sibling time?"

"Let's go ask dad. Pops had to go do something and left." I nodded and threw a blouse over my tank top before heading downstairs. Phillip walked ahead of me. "Dad? Can I take Angie out for a bit?"

"I guess so. Please be careful. Phillip take your card, Angelica take yours too. Are your phones charged? Angelica are you bringing a charger?"

"97% and yes I'm bringing my charger. Phillip can use it too." He nodded and sent us off.

"Be safe!" Was the last thing we heard as we walked down the street. New York was chilly in the fall and the wind was crisp making me shiver as it blew. Phillip saw this and handed me a sweatshirt. My favorite one too.

"I thought you might want this." The sweater was dark blue with specks of shimmery gold across it. I threw it on quickly and was relieved at the warm fleece on the inside of it. "Warm now?"