"Go, shorty
It's your birthday
We gon' party like
it's your birthday
We gon' sip Bacardi like
it's your birthday"
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~ In da Club by 50 Cent
C H A P T E R E I G H T
Later that night the short blond was laying in her bed smiling, thinking about those brown eyes that made her heart go faster.
Suddenly her phone began to ring, making her stop daydreaming.
Maeve furrowed her brows when she saw Demetri's face pop up on her screen and picked up.
"Hey, is everything ok?" She immediately asked.
"No! Nothing's ok. I got beat up by Eli... or Hawk whatever."
Maeve was shocked, but before she could say anything, he began to ramble.
"So I was at the mall with Sam and Robby and I remembered that this comic was coming out today, so obviously I went to get it. Suddenly Hawk and his gang showed up and threatened me to take down my Yelp review, which I'm sorry I know he's your dad, but someone had to say something. He then kicked me so I ran away and luckily Sam and Robby were still there. So everyone started fighting and we won. I still feel bad for just standing there, but Mr. L is still trying to teach me."
Maeve just sat there wide eyed.
So this is where Hawk got his red eye.
She was angry at him for hurting his best friend, so what he wrote a bed review, there were so many other reviews saying how good the dojo is.
No wonder Moon broke up with him.
"It's ok, I'm not mad. That sounds horrible, are you and the others ok?" She asked worried.
"Yeah, we're ok. So your birthday's coming up?" Demetri asked nervously.
Maeve sighed, she had spent a lot of time thinking about how she could split her time to be with both groups.
"Yeah, I was thinking we could all go eat ice cream sometime?" She asked him.
"When you say all of us, you only mean yourself, Robby, Sam and myself right?"
Maeve chuckled at his honesty.
"I don't know about Sam, but yeah just us." She told him.
"All right. See you then." He told her and they hung up.
Maeve let herself fall back onto her bed, groaning.
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When Maeve was eating her breakfast the next morning, there was loud knocking on her door.
Maeve groaned and went to open it, revealing Tory.
"Mornin'." Maeve told her, her mouth full with toast.
Tory looked at her excitedly.
"So?... did something happen?!" She asked her following the short girl to the sofa.
Maeve immediately blushed, smiling at the memories from yesterday.
"Yeah. I went all in and kissed him." She told her.
Tory laughed.
"Oh my god! So you're together now?" She asked.
That was the question Maeve asked herself the whole night.
She frowned. "I don't know. I mean, I think so? We definitely kissed a lot, but he didn't say anything." Maeve explained.
Right at that moment Maeve got a notification that someone tagged her in a photo.
She was was confused for a moment, but couldn't help but grin when she saw that it was a post from Miguel.
It was a picture of herself on the swing carousel from Valley fest, smiling brightly.
Maeve couldn't even remember him taking it.
In the caption it said 'Oh Darling, Darling, Stand by me' which was the song from her favorite movie 'Stand By Me' with two gun stickers.
Maeve giggled at it and commented laugh emojis and also two gun stickers.
"Looks pretty official to me." Tory told her smiling.
"Now come on, get dressed. We have to go shopping for tonight and tomorrow."
With that Tory grabbed her arm and pushed her in the direction of her room.
"What do you think about this one?" Aisha asked her short friend holding a pink dress.
But before Maeve could answer, Tory took the dress and hung it up again.
"No, you don't want to just look pretty. You want to look hot." She told them, before grabbing a black dress, smirking at them.
After a while of messing around, they all got their outfits together and were ready to go to Aisha's place to get ready to go to the club.
Maeve was wearing a black dress that fitted her perfectly and luckily she didn't look overdressed.
She was also wearing more make up then she usually would, the dark eyeshadow and red lipstick made her blue eyes pop.
To her it felt nice to just talk and laugh about anything and everything without any drama happening.
So once they were done they began to walk to the club where Maeve and Tory first met.
Moon was already waiting for them at the entrance.
"Hey, you guys look so good."
Maeve smiled at her. "You look great too."
It was definitely fuller than the last time Maeve was there, but that didn't stop the four girls from storming onto the dance floor.
Lucky for them one of Tory's friends was working tonight, so they didn't have to lie about their age and just order whatever they wanted.
They were just dancing around without a care in the world, singing along to all the songs.
Suddenly Aisha got out her phone.
"Let's take some pictures!" She yelled over the music at them.
So they started taking some pictures on the dance floor, throwing their hands into the air or some of them were they were just dancing and having fun.
They even took a view videos that they posted on their story's on Instagram.
After a while Maeve was getting a little bit hot, so she got herself another drink.
She took a sip and watched her friends dance and laugh with a big smile on her face.
She was really glad to have such great people around her who supported her.
Suddenly she felt her phone vibrate inside the hidden pocket of her dress.
She took it out and saw that Miguel answered to one of the posts she had reposted from one of the girls.
'Wow, you look great!😍'
Maeve blushed.
'Thanks 😊' she wrote back and was about to ask him what he was doing when Moon approached her.
"Hey, come on let's dance!" She told her excitedly and dragged her back onto the dance floor, but towards a spot with less people, both of them laughing.
Maeve had a difficult time to dance while still holding her drink.
After a few minutes of singing along to a song, Maeve noticed that her other two friends were nowhere to be seen.
"Where are the others?" She asked Moon worried.
The brown haired girl only shook her head smiling.
"Don't worry they'll be right back." She reassured her.
Only a few moments later there was a tap on her shoulder.
Aisha and Tory were holding a crown with a big seventeen on it and threw pink confetti at her.
All three of them were singing happy birthday to her.
Maeve was so shocked at their kind gesture that she even had tears in her eyes and a big smile on her face.
"Happy Birthday!" They all yelled and hugged her.
"Thank you so much guys! I- I don't even know what to say!" She told them wiping a tear from under her eye.
"Your welcome." Aisha told her rubbing her arm.
"So, I crown you the queen of this day. May I have this dance?" Tory asked playfully as she put the crown on top of the shorter blondes head.
"Sure, I'll make an exception." Maeve giggled.
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The next day, Maeve woke up to her dad swearing loudly from the kitchen.
She looked at her phone and saw that it was almost one pm.
That didn't shock her the slightest bit, since she got back at two or three in the early morning.
After a few moment of laying in bed and replying to all the birthday wishes, she finally got up and went into the kitchen.
It smelled burned, making her grimaced.
"Dad, is everything ok?" She asked confused.
Johnny whispered something to himself before answering her.
"Yeah, I'm good. Come in here." He told her.
As she rounded the corner she immediately smiled.
Johnny was standing awkwardly next to the dining table where some burned pancakes stood and a cupcake with a candle on top of it.
"Happy Birthday sweetheart." He told her bringing her into a hug.
"Thanks dad. This is perfect." She said, sitting down on the table and blowing out the candle, but not without making a wish.
"Yeah? Wait till you see my present. " He told her excitedly before rushing into his bedroom getting her present.
She grinned once she saw the pretty Harry Potter mug inside the wrapping paper.
"That's so cool, thank you so much dad." Maeve hugged him again and continued eating her breakfast with him.
"So, anything planned today?" He asked his daughter.
"Yeah, I think Aisha and the others are throwing me a surprise party, but I'm not sure." She told him laughing.
"All right." He smiled back at her, but she couldn't help but feel like there was something he wasn't telling her.
"Is there something you want to tell me?" She asked him.
She was sure it had something to do with that party, he had to be involved in some way.
"Um... so, I heard- well someone told me- " he sighed.
"since when have you been dancing ballet without me knowing?" He asked her.
She didn't expect that.
Maeve stared at him wide eyed, her thoughts were running wild, thinking about every possible way he could've found out.
"How'd you find out?" She decided to ask.
"Kreese told me he saw you dancing in the dojo. Said that you were pretty good at it." He told her.
This made her blood boil, how she hated that man.
"Well, I've been into ballet ever since I was young. It was my way of releasing stress and stuff... and just something I liked to do for fun. Not many people know, only Aisha, Miguel and Hawk."
She rambled not sure how he'd react.
"But why didn't you just tell me?" Johnny asked her frustrated.
She looked down on her hands.
"I-I don't know. I just thought you wouldn't like me doing that." She mumbled.
"That's just bullshit. Remember that night at the restaurant with Miguel? I told you I'll always support you and be on your side. I'm not mad at you or disappointed for liking ballet. Besides no wonder you're such a good dancer, whenever your mom and I went to the bar, she was the best dancer I've ever seen." He reassured her smiling.
Maeve beamed at him at his comment about her mother.
"Thanks, dad." Maeve told him softly.
He only smiled back and ruffled her hair.
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A few hours later Maeve was dressed and ready for her birthday surprise.
There was a knock on the door, so she went to open it.
The first thing she saw was a little baby tree similar to the ones Mr. LaRusso had.
On the pot there was a note saying 'Don't throw me away, I'm a gift from Miguel!'.
Maeve couldn't help but laugh.
"Oh my god, that's so cute." She told him, stepping aside to let him in.
"I'm glad you like it, but I think you'll like your second gift even more." He said, putting the tree down on the table.
He turned back around towards her.
"But first, happy birthday!" He yelled holding his arms out and bringing her into a big hug which she gladly accepted.
When he pulled back he gave her a small peck on the lips, making her blush.
"So, what's my second present?" Maeve asked excitedly.
"Oh, yeah." He said before pulling an envelope out of his back pocket and handed it to her.
When she opened it she almost forgot how to breath.
She looked up at him with the biggest grin she ever had on her face.
"You're taking me to watch Swan Lake at the theater!?" She asked him shocked.
Miguel rubbed his neck.
"Yeah, I thought since you seemed to like the play so much, it could be fun." He told her nervously.
"Yes, I love it! Thank you so much!" She beamed and hugged him again tightly.
Johnny listened to them from around the corner and couldn't help but smile.
He thought if anyone had to date his daughter, he was glad that it was Miguel.
Suddenly he heard them kiss, so he decided he should make himself known.
"Hey, man. How are you?" Johnny asked slowly making his way into the room, smirking at them as they immediately let go of each other.
"I'm great. Just here to pick up Maeve for her big birthday surprise." He told both of them, making Maeve turn to him with wide eyes.
"Why didn't you say that earlier? Come on, let's go!" She told him excitedly.
"Bye dad!" She said, pulling Miguel towards the door.
"See you later, have fun. But not too much fun!" He yelled after them making Maeve laugh.
"So where are we going?" Maeve asked him for the second time in five minutes.
They were comfortably holding hands, walking down the sidewalk.
"You'll see." He told her chuckling.
Maeve sighed and decided to just give up.
After a while she could hear people chattering and she noticed all her friends from the dojo standing on an abandoned beach.
There was a big banner saying 'Happy Birthday Maeve' making her beam and wave at them.
Once they got close enough, she was bombarded with birthday wishes and presents that she sat down on the empty table, the other one was loaded with snacks and drinks.
She had just sat down Bert's present, but when she looked up again Hawk was standing in front of her.
"Hey." He said softly.
She was still really angry at him for hurting Demetri and fighting the others, but she decided she didn't want to start a fight with him today.
"Hey." She answered back.
He suddenly seemed to remember why he came over and handed her the gift he was holding tightly.
It was a little bit heavy and she wondered what he could've bought her.
"I actually wanted to give you these after the tournament, to show you how much I appreciate you... but I ruined that, so I decided to give them to you as a birthday gift and an apology for everything I've done. I hope we can start over again, like you said maybe just as friends, but that would be enough for me. I really like you... and since we've broken up I've been so angry at everyone and myself, that's when I realized I needed you in my live and if you just want to be friends that's fine with me, just know that I'll never give up on you. " He told her everything that had been in his head for a long time and was relieved to feel the weight on his shoulders go away.
Maeve was shocked to see him that vulnerable, the last time she had seen him like that was a long time ago.
So to buy herself some time to think she opened the top of the present and couldn't help but gasp.
Inside the box were two pairs of ballet shoes.
One pair was a beige split-sole shoe those were for people who already have experience in ballet.
The other pair were a beautiful pink Demi-pointed-shoe wich is a transition shoe for the pointed shoe.
"These are so beautiful. But weren't they like really expensive?" She asked him breathlessly.
Hawk smiled at her happy reaction.
"It's fine. I just hope they fit." He told her.
"I'm sure they will. Thank you so much." She told him bringing him into a soft hug.
Maeve almost wished she didn't, because that brought up well hidden feelings as the butterfly's in her tummy began to move around.
For the most time of the day and early night, Maeve danced with the girls, talked to some people or did both with Miguel, while eating and drinking.
Right now she was standing at the snack bar with him and tried to decide if she should eat chocolate cupcakes or chips.
She didn't drink the alcohol that was also standing on the table, still having enough from the night before.
"So, did you enjoy your birthday so far?" The brown haired boy asked.
She turned towards him grinning.
"Yes, it was absolutely amazing!" She told him.
He leaned in to kiss her lips, holding her waist.
The short girl instantly got closer to him and put her arms around his neck.
Meanwhile Hawk was just looking at his Instagram and saw on Maeve's story that she was at a club last night with the other girls.
But what surprised him most was that Moon was with them and she seemed to be pretty close to Maeve.
That made his heart beat faster, maybe Maeve just didn't like her because the brown haired girl was dating him.
Now that they weren't she was suddenly friends with her, so that must mean that she still likes him.
Happily he looked around for the birthday girl, but what he saw made his heart instantly drop and a rush of anger came over him.
Right there at the food table, Miguel and Maeve were happily kissing.
At first he wanted to storm over there and beat the shit out of him, but he decided against that since that probably would've made her hate him more.
So he did the only thing he could think would make him feel better at the moment.
And that was destroying Miyagi-Do.
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Again sorry that it took me so long, but I hope you enjoyed this chapter💕
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