37 Rere (1/2)

Matthew stopped the speedy driving and parked the car outside a library. ”Keep your eyes shut, I'll get you out of the seat.” She obeyed and continued to close her eyes. Matthew grabbed her hand and led her out of the car. He locked his car and dragged Renae into the library. ”Where are we going?” Renae asked, feeling a bit scared as she had no idea what Matt was planning to do with her.

”You'll see, OK now open your eyes,” Matthew instructed. Renae listened and opened her eyes. Cathy and Kaiden both shouted out, ”SURPRISE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY RENAE!”

”Oh my god! Thank you so much guys! I thought you all forgot my birthday!” Renae said with a grin on her face, showing her cute dimples.

”Matthew planned all this for you. And he also rented this entire library just to celebrate your birthday! You better thank him,” Cathy stated.

”Oh my, I thought, you hated me, so you did and said all those stuff earlier. I didn't know... Thank you so much,” she said as she ran towards Matthew and hugged him. Matthew blushed slightly when she did so.

Renae broke the hug and walked around the library. The library was decorated with fairy lights, of all colours, it was purple, her favourite. It was not only decorated with fairy lights, but also dog pictures, meme photographs pasted on shelves of the library. She took pictures of the library, feeling elated and happy. After having walked around the entire place, she went back to where her friends were. She noticed that there were food on the table.

She went closer to the table to see what food her friends had prepared to eat. Renae looked at the trio and said, ”Who ordered this?” Matthew looked back at her and replied, ”What do you mean who ordered this? I made this with my own hands!”

”Aww thank you!!! It's carbonara! My favourite! I love you guys!!”

”You're welcome! We love you too!”

”Before we start digging into the pasta, open up the gifts we got you first!” Kaiden excitedly said.

Kaiden and Cathy passed Renae the gifts they got her. However, Matthew didn't. Either ways, Renae was happy that he had planned out all this for Matthew so she didn't realize that he hadn't given her anything.

Renae opened the gifts and found that Cathy had bought her Taylor Swift merch! She bought her 2 cropped hoodies and one of the cat pajamas. She gaped at the merch in front of her. She had no words, she was so cheery. Kaiden on the other hand, got her some romance fiction books for her to read. She thanked the two of them again.

After opening the presents, they returned to the food and started eating. It was only the four of them, but that's what made it feel cosy and family-like. They conversed as if it was as easy as breathing and they didn't have any difficulties being weird around one another.