Wild

The next few days went by quickly, and today is my birthday. Ever since I woke up this morning I’ve been getting birthday texts from the boys and distant family members. I even got a call from my dad’s military buddies who are like my crazy uncles. “Emily! There’s a delivery for you!!” My dad called from downstairs. I forced myself out of bed and walked downstairs to find a bouquet of at least a dozen multicolored roses on the kitchen counter. I smiled and inhaled the fresh scent before looking at the card.

To the beautiful birthday girl,
I love you until the last rose dies
-H

P.S.
Your present will arrive later tonight :)

At first the note confused me. Until the last rose dies? That won’t be very long. There was no way that I could keep them alive for very long. I glanced at the roses again and finally realized what he did. That cheeky boy. He had placed a fake rose in the bouquet.

“How cute” My father teased as he read the card over my shoulder. I blushed and hit him in the arm. “I’m teasing. Happy Birthday, kiddo. Now get ready. Jenna and your cousin Zoe are taking you out for the day”

I gave him a confused look, but decided not to argue with him. I turned back to the flowers and placed the card on top of them, then took a picture of it so I could post it on Twitter.

@EmmyB13: Thank you for the birthday roses @Harry_Styles. They’re beautiful xx
Harry tweeted back right away.

@Harry_Styles: Not as beautiful as you! I can’t wait for you to see your birthday present! It’s going to be the greatest! Love you! xxx.

I smiled, then ran back upstairs to get ready for my day out with Zoe and Jenna.

~.:o:.~

“Try this one on!” Jenna said as she threw what seemed like the hundredth dress into my arms. She and Zoe have been making me try on dress after dress, insisting that I get one because they were going to take me out tonight. I tried on countless designs and colors, but didn’t really like any of them. That is until a certain one caught my eye. It was a glittery gold dress that had three quarter length sleeves. When I tried it on it came down to my mid thigh and hugged my curves perfectly.

“Well, aren’t you going to show us?!” Jenna exclaimed. I walked out and they both grinned at me.

“That one is perfect” Jenna said.

“Yeah. You could wear black tights and those heels you have and it would be perfect!” Zoe added.

“Now come on. Let’s pay for it then get something to eat. I’m starving” Jenna said.

I couldn’t help but think of Niall when she said that. He was always eating something or complaining about being hungry. I wonder what he was doing now… Or the other boys. Probably getting ready for some interview or something. A sigh escaped my lips at the thought of them. It sucked that they couldn’t be here with me. Especially Harry. God I missed him.

“Emily...Earth to Emily!” Zoe said waving her hands in front of my face.

I snapped out of my thoughts and looked at her.

“You alright?” Jenna asked.

I shrugged and she gave me a look that told me to explain further. I pointed to my promise ring and she immediately understood.

“Oh. Thinking about Harry?” I nodded, keeping my eyes on the ring as I messed with it.

“Who is Harry?” Zoe asked.

“Her boyfriend” Jenna answered.

“Boyfriend? Since when do you have a boyfriend?!”

“You don’t follow the media much do you?” Jenna asked her.

“No. Why would I?”

“Emily, give me your phone” Jenna said to me.

I gave it to her and she found a picture of Harry and I, then showed it to Zoe as she explained how we met for me. Zoe looked through the pictures and ‘awed’.

“He gave you that promise ring?” she asked. I nodded and took it off so she could she the inscription on it.

“Aww! That’s so cute!!”

“And this morning he sent her a dozen roses with a card that said “I love you until the last rose dies”

“How is that cute? All roses die”

“One of them was fake”

“What?! AWWW!! Oh my god, Emily! You better marry this guy!” I smiled and slipped the ring back on my finger.

If only she knew how many times I’ve daydreamed about that.

~.:o:.~

“Hurry up, girls! Dad is waiting for us!” Matt called up the stairs.

“Just a minute!” Jenna called back to him.

We finished up the last touches of our makeup then turned to each other to make sure we got everything. Jenna wore a knee length blue sleeveless dress, while Jenna wore a pink one sleeved dress. Both looked amazing. I looked at myself in the mirror. My hair was straight, bangs swept to the left. I had to admit, I looked pretty damn good. The three of us made our way downstairs to find Matt and my dad waiting for us. They turned around and smiled at the sight of us.

“Wow. You girls look beautiful” Matt said.

‘Thank you’ I signed while the other girls spoke it.

“Well, let’s go. Our reservations are at seven which gives us fifteen minutes to get there”

We all piled into the black SUV then headed off towards our destination. As we drove I noticed that we were going in the opposite direction of the restaurant. I nudged Matt’s shoulder to get his attention.

‘Where are we going?’ I signed to him.

“The restaurant”

‘The restaurant is that way’ I signed, pointing behind us.

“We’re taking the long way” he said with a grin.

I raised my eyebrows, then looked at the others in the car. All of them shared similar knowing grins on their faces that made me kind of uncomfortable. We eventually stopped outside of a random building that I’ve never seen before. It was just a wall with a single door in the middle.

“Come on” Matt said as he took my hand.

He led me into the building and we walked down a long hallway before coming to another door. He paused and held it open for me. I hesitated, seeing that the room was pitch black, but ended up stepping forwards anyway. The lights turned on and a chorus of voices yelled,
“Surprise!”. I jumped at the sudden noise and they laughed. My eyes traveled around the crowd and saw all of my friends and family there. Well, almost. I was slightly disappointed that the boys weren’t there, but I would at least try to have fun. Even if the one person who I wanted to be here wasn’t.

~.:o:.~

Everything was going great. I was having an amazing time dancing and just having fun with everyone. We had just finished doing the Cupid Shuffle when the music suddenly stopped and Matt walked out onto the stage that was set up in the back of the room.

“Excuse me, everyone. It’s time for the birthday girl’s big surprise. Could I have Emily come to the front of the stage please?” he asked.

I walked over to stand in front of the stage like I was told and Matt grinned at me.

“Alright, we have some very special guests here tonight. Ones that I know my sister has missed very much. One in particular...” He said with a wink.

My heart sped up. He wasn’t saying… But they said...

“Give it up for One Direction!” I gasped as they ran out on the stage.

My eyes locked with Harry’s and he grinned at me. No wonder everyone was acting so weird whenever I mentioned the fact that I was bummed about them not being able to make it.
They were planning on surprising me.

“Hello! I’m Harry Styles”

“We know!” Jenna yelled.

Everyone laughed, including Harry.

“Yes, and I know you too, Jenna. I was just saying that for the people who may not know who I am. Anyways, as I was saying, I’m Harry and I’m lucky enough to call Emily my girlfriend. I couldn’t ask for a better person to be in love with. So, as a birthday present, I decided to write her a song about all the little things I love about her. Happy birthday, baby.”

All the boys sat down on stools, Harry’s a few feet in front of the others’. Niall's guitar was on his lap and began to play a song that I immediately loved already. I couldn’t keep the smile off my face as Harry began to sing. (A/N: I know that Harry doesn’t start it or sing the whole song, but he’s going to in this story. The boys are just back up) “Your hand fits in mine like it's made just for me...'

By the time he finished singing I was almost in tears, but I forced myself not to so my makeup wouldn’t get ruined. Harry kept his eyes locked with mine as he stood up and handed his mic to Louis. He jumped off the stage, walked over to me, and crashed his lips onto mine. I ignored the whistles we were getting from the people around us and wrapped my arms around his neck to deepen the kiss. A few moments passed before I pulled back, smiling like crazy.

“I know I said I wasn’t coming, but I wanted to surprise you. Besides, there was no way that I was missing your birthday and this just gave me an excuse to see you” he said.

‘I missed you’ I signed slowly so he would understand.

‘I missed you, too. I’ve been practicing while you were away’ he signed back.
“You look beautiful” he said normally.

I blushed and he grinned, kissing my cheek.

“Emily!!” Louis yelled popping out of nowhere. I laughed as he lifted me up in a hug and spun me around.

“Me next!” Niall said.

The second Louis set me on my feet I was pulled into the Horan hug that I missed so much. I hugged him back tightly and kissed his cheek. He grinned, a slight blush forming on his cheeks. I gave Liam and Zayn a hug as well, then went back over to Harry and wrapped my arms around his torso. He smiled, wrapping his around my shoulders and kissing my temple. This is officially the best birthday ever.

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