Codie’s POV
“Yo, what up?” I said over the phone to my friends. I got a mixed reply from them all. “Um, great? Anyway, you need to come to my house now, I have some very important information for you, that came in an important letter. It tells me not to open it without you guys here, so yeah.” I responded.
“Alright, grabbing my keys now. And I’m now getting into the car, be there in five.” Amelie said before she hung up. This place was my house now, Mum and Dad moved out, wanting to ‘live closer to work’. I decided to stay here and continue with my job. My mum and I had a massive argument, again. It was still about Louis, but this time it was about how mum thought he wasn’t going to stay with me for much longer. Mum, just because he went back to his home doesn’t mean we’re gonna fall apart.
At the thought of him I grabbed the necklace that still hung on my neck. I still couldn’t get over how pretty it was. I didn’t usually like jewellery. The only exceptions have been my Pandora bracelet and this necklace. This beautiful necklace. My beautiful necklace. I tucked it back in my tank top and grabbed the letter again. I knew it was from the boys, but something was weird about it. This wasn’t a normal letter.
“WHAT’S GOING ON IN THIS HOUSE, HUH? WHY WERE WE NOT TOLD OF THIS SHIT EARLIER?!” Jamie shouted when she came through the door.
“I ONLY JUST GOT THE BLOODY THING!” I shouted in response.
“WELL… OKAY THEN!” man, we could be weird.
“Open the stupid letter already!” Clarisse shouted.
“Can everyone stop shouting at me already?!” I shouted back.
“Open. The. Bloody. Letter.” Elysse told me in her creepy tone.
“Okay, geez.” I opened the envelope and started reading it. “Clarisse, I think Liam wrote this. Anyway, the letter says this.” I coughed to add effect.
“You are cordially invited to, dot dot dot” I had to read it like that. “Louis’ 23rd birthday!” I squealed like a five year old after I read that line. “The theme is Masquerade. Not Masquerade Ball, just Masquerade. Rules apply.” I stopped for a second to look at the girls.
“Keep going.” Jamie told me in a harsh tone.
“You must wear a mask. The mask has to stay on ‘till midnight, and you have to use your character name. Ooh, this is interesting. Alright then, continue reading Codie.” I told myself. “Amelie will be ‘Fire Princess’. Elysse is ‘Black Swan’. Clarisse is ‘Blue Bird’. Jamie will be ‘Laser Light’.” I paused and stared at mine. It sounded pretty, but I didn’t know what I would wear or where I would find the dress or the mask or the shoes. How was I even going to pull this off?
“Codie, who will you be?” Clarisse asked.
“Codie will be known as the ‘Snow Queen’. RSVP blahda blahda blah, etcetera etcetera. We’re going anyway. However…” I drifted off.
“What? Why are you ‘however-ing’?” Amelie grabbed my shoulders and started shaking my shoulders violently.
“We’re going to England.”
***
“Why am I always the last one to find a dress?” I ran my hands through my hair and started getting stressed.
“Because you’re picky!” Amelie answered my fairly stupid question.
“I’m not picky, I just know what I want!” I corrected her.
“Shut up you two! Look we have a few shops left. All we have to do is spend an hour in each of them and try and find the dress that Codie’s looking for after she tries every single one of them on.” Clarisse explained, shoving us into the next store.
“Can’t we come back tomorrow or something?” I asked, not even wanting to keep going for today.
“Why? Because you’re too lazy? No. we are going to find you you're dress.” Jamie told me.
“Fine, but don’t blame me if we don’t.” I kept walking around the shop and looking at the dresses when my song came on. Well one of them anyway…
“Go to sleep, wake up
You're pretty with no makeup
I like this right here
Go to sleep, wake up
You're pretty with no makeup
This girl she came 'round
The corner, looking like a model
Magazine figure, she was shaped like a bottle
Long straight hair, she was fly as a bird
First time ever I was lost for words
Felt so right, it just couldn't be wrong
Love at first sight if that exists at all
I couldn't move, felt like I was stuck
And then baby girl looked up
And I said hey there pretty brown eyes
What you doin' later tonight?
Would you mind if I spend time with you?
And I said hey there pretty brown eyes
What you doin' later tonight?
Would you mind if I spend time with you?
Go to sleep, wake up.
You're pretty with no makeup.
Go to sleep, wake up.
You're pretty with.
This girl she was a lil hottie,
She know she got it
Came from the city so she loves to party
The JT song make her move that body
She dancing all night long
Cause I can tell that she was a wild one
That's why I was shy at first,
But I finally worked up the nerve
And I said hey there pretty brown eyes
What you doin' later tonight?
Would you mind if I spend time with you?
And I said hey there pretty brown eyes
What you doin' later tonight?
Would you mind if I spend time with you?
Spend a little bit, a little bit of time with you
Spend a little bit, a little bit of time with you
Spend a little little bit of bit of time with you
Spend a little bit, a little bit of time with you
Like hey hey little pretty brown eyes
Don't you ever be looking at them other guys
'Cause ain't never had a surfer like me
Start swimming over here and ride my wave
'Cause I see that you party like there's no tomorrow
Let's leave the party, I'll grab my guitar
I got the keys, so jump in my car
Sit back relax, Australia's kinda far
Hey there pretty brown eyes
What you doin' later tonight?
Would you mind if I spend time with you?
And I said hey there pretty brown eyes
What you doin' later tonight?
Would you mind if I spend time with you?
Spend a little bit, a little bit of time with you
Spend a little bit, a little bit of time with you
Spend a little little bit of bit of time with you
Spend a little bit, a little bit of time with you
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh”
Man I love that song. ‘Pretty Brown Eyes’ by Cody Simpson. Apart from the fact I had blue eyes, it just made me feel happy. Oh my god I was so bored. I sit down at the end of the shoe aisle on the seat and take a deep breath. I ran my hand over my face and slapped myself so I would wake up.
“Come on Codie, Louis doesn’t know you’ll be there. He’ll probably be expecting you to not be there. Man, you’ll give him a surprise. Okay, get searching again. Your friends are scattered everywhere looking for a dress, the least you could do is find a pair of shoes. Just a pair of white or very pale shoes.” I told myself. I started looking again before I got bored and went looking for a dress in a different store.
As soon as I walked in, I grabbed the first dress I saw. The perfect dress. I went straight to the change room, tried it on, got back in my denim shorts and baggy tank top and bought it. I didn’t tell my friends what it looked like. I thought that it would be a nice surprise. Well, I just had to have some help with the shoes and the mask. I was going to wear my necklace because I always do.
“Please, what does it look like?!” Elysse pleaded, practically begging on her knees.
“Perfection.” I answered her in the car. We did find my shoes and a mask. I was ready, and we were leaving next week.
Louis’ POV
“I really want to know, what are you doing for my birthday?!” I asked Liam as he walked to the bathroom.
“Don’t look at me! He’ll kill me if I tell you.” Niall told me. We were on a mini-tour around England and Ireland until this Saturday. Then we were going back to Doncaster for my birthday, and then we were splitting for Christmas. Then we were going to get back together.
“Fine then, is Codie going to be there?” I asked next.
“I don’t think she can make it.” Harry answered. Well, there goes it being a party. I didn’t want a birthday party if Codie wasn’t going to be there.
“WILL SOMEBODY BLOODY WELL TELL ME?!” I screamed on the bus. I got a weird look from the driver. I smiled in return.
“How about, no?” Zayn told me.
“How about someone tell me or I’ll go on a deadly rampage around Scotland.” I said for some reason.
“Not the Scottish people! What did they ever do to you?” Niall shouted and asked.
“They got born.” I said sarcastically. I had been losing my mind ever so slowly since I’ve been away from Codie.
“Look, you just need to get a tux that suits your character name.” Liam finally told me when he came back in the room.
“What’s my character? Is this a dress up party? ‘Cos I don’t want one of them.” I asked and told Liam.
“You are the Ice King. No, it’s not a dress up party. What’s wrong with a dress up party?” the last time I had a multiple conversation was with Codie, when she wanted painkillers and I was saying hello at the same time.
“Thank you. Thank god. I don’t know.” I answered and replied.
“That’s okay. Why God? And what’s wrong with you.” I closed my eyes, tried to reply and ended up being silent.
“Can I talk to you fo a minute?” I heard one of the boys say to me. Didn’t respond. “I said, can I talk to you fo a minute?” I kept ignoring them and rested my head on the table in front of me. “I SAID CAN I TALK TO YOU FO-” I fell asleep.
“Man, what are you doing?” Codie said in that disapproving tone. I think she was behind me because I couldn’t see her.
“Nothing.” I answered, holding up a baby toy. Wait, what?
“That’s baby Hope’s toy, why are taking it away from her?” she asked me next, still behind me.
“Playing with it.” I said, scratching my head inconspicuously.
“That’s what I thought.” She told me while I turned around. She smiled that sweet smile, when I saw a baby in her arms. Why was she holding a baby? What the flipping hell was happening here?
Then I saw her stomach, and the ring on her left hand. One, she couldn’t get pregnant. Two, we aren’t married yet. Three, she was the other side of the world. This has to be a dream, it may not feel like one, but it has to be. She gasped and looked straight at me.
“He moved.” She put the baby down and grabbed my hand, putting it straight onto her stomach. I smiled as I felt the dream-baby move under my hand. This was a really realistic dream I was having here.
“That’s amazing.” I whispered.
“I know.” Codie replied. Then she started saying something really random. “Louis. It’s time to wake up. Come on Louis, you have to make me some food.” That voice was gradually changing into Niall’s.
I woke up to Niall telling me to make food for him to eat. I just had to get over that weird ass dream. None of that was going to happen yet. Not yet, apart from the getting pregnant bit. She couldn’t. Literally and physically. She couldn’t. I splashed my face with some water to wake up and cooked Niall some food.
“You know you were talking in your dream right?” Niall asked me.
“Oh shit.”

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