twenty-one.

It was getting closer and closer to Sid's birthday, and Kay had a pretty good idea of what she wanted to do. She had emailed his mom and gotten tons of pictures from when he was younger. She also had some on her camera of him and her together. She began making a photo album type thing.
As for the date, he had informed her that he would be at training camp all day, but would be available in the evening. After thinking long and hard about what to do, she decided to cook a cake for him... and the rest is a surprise, sorry.

(tuesday) August 7, 2005.
Around noon, Kay began finishing up with her gift. She slipped all the pictures into the album, admiring all of them one by one. There were ones from when he was a baby all the way up until now. At the end of it, Kay printed out one of her favorite quotes and stuck it in, along with a personal letter from her.
Trina had emailed Kay a long letter to Sid about how she missed having her son around, and she couldn't believe he was finally 18. It almost made Kay cry. She tucked that away at the end of the album also.
When she was done, she shut it and ran her fingers delicately over the cover. It was decently sized and all black with a small red heart cut out in the middle of it. She placed it in the gift bag when she was done admiring it, and stuffed the tissue paper in. Next, she had to talk to her mom about tonight.
"mom?" she called from her room.
"yes honey" she responded, walking into the room with a clothes basket resting on her hip.
"as you probably know, tonight's Sid's eighteenth birthday.." Kay began. Her mom nodded. "i wanted to have him over but i was hoping you guys could maybe go someplace..." She hoped her mom wouldn't take what she just said the wrong way.
"if that's what you want" Her mom smiled, understanding where she was coming from, thank god. "just don't do anything stupid Kaylen" she warned in a stern tone as she walked out the door.
"i won't. thanks mom." Kay called with a smile.
Now that that was out of the way, she could sit back and relax for a couple hours.

When the rest of Kay's family was getting ready to leave for dinner with their friends, her mom warned her once more about not doing anything "stupid". Her dad told her not to burn the house down like he always says before he leaves her alone. Kay promised it would be fine, and she practically pushed them out the door and shut it as fast as possible. She ran into the kitchen and checked the clock that read 5:34. Sid would be there at 7:30 since he was eating dinner with the Lemieuxs.
"two hours" Kay said to herself as she scanned the pantry for cake mix. "no cake mix. that's just wonderful."
She ran over to the front door and quickly slipped on her flip flops, then sprinted out the door to her car. She drove like a crazy woman to the grocery store and probably looked like a crazy woman too. She had a tank top on with shorts and her hair was in a messy bun that was quickly coming undone. She had no make up on and bags under her eyes showing her lack of sleep. That wasn't her concern at the moment though. She hopped out of the car with her purse and keys, and she jogged into the store. Once inside, she walked swiftly to the baking section and examined the cake mixes.
"chocolate... vanilla.. white..." she said to herself with her hand on her chin in deep thought. "how about vanilla with chocolate icing. classic." she grabbed the vanilla cake mix and chocolate icing and ran to the check out area, quickly paying the cashier and running back out of the store.
When she arrived back home it was 6:00. She mixed the cake, poured it into a pan, and popped it in the oven. She went upstairs to pick out her outfit.
She ended up picking out a dress. She just felt comfortable in dresses for some reason. This dress was gray and she paired it with little white button up sweater. She didn't wear any shoes considering she was in her own house. When she was finished getting dressed, she let her hair down from her bun and it was still a little wet from her shower after her run this morning. She sprayed it with some curling stuff and it became wavy.
After she checked herself in the mirror once again, she went back down to the cake and took it out. It was a little before 7:00 now, and she set the delicious smelling dessert on the counter to cool off. She iced it when it was done cooling, and she set Sid's present on the counter.
"what to do next..." she wandered. "how could i forget." she walked over to the couch and grabbed a tan blanket off of it, then went out to the patio and spread it out. She had found out that tonight was going to be a good night for shooting stars, so she figured they could sit outside. She set the cake along with his present on the blanket and sat down on it. Now, finally, she could relax.

"hello?" Sid poked his head out the door with a smile. Kay turned around to see him.
"Sid!" she ran over to him and gave him a big hug. "happy birthday you're officially an adult" she said as she kissed him.
"thanks... but i feel the same" Sid laughed.
"you won't for long. come on i made cake." Kay took his hand and led him to the blanket. They sat down indian style across from each other with two forks.
"i'm not supposed to be eating this" Sid smirked, but dug in anyway.
"oh who cares. i busted my ass to make this. you will eat it and you will like it."
"ok ok... so what happened?" he asked with a chuckle, knowing there was a story behind that statement.
"well i didn't really check to see if we had cake mix, and when i went to make the cake we didn't have any. So i went to the store looking like i just rolled out of bed and i sprinted through the store like a crazy person. I'm pretty sure the cashier thought i was on drugs." she explained the whole thing, waving her fork around in the air as she told the story. Sid's smile grew.
"well it's really good"
"Good" Kay replied, satisfied.
They kept eating, but there was still some left that they couldn't finish. They set their forks down and groaned.
"i'm never eating cake again" Kay joked. Of course it wasn't true.
"me either" Sid laughed. Kay pushed the pan out of the way and grabbed his present.
"here, this is for you" she said, handing the bag to him. He took the tissue paper out of the top and pulled out the album.
"you didn't have to do this" he said with a grin.
"yes i did. i wanted to." Kay argued with an eager smile spread across her face.
Sid opened the album and flipped through it carefully. Kay looked with him and they talked about all the old stories behind the pictures. She enjoyed hearing about his family and friends back home.
When they got to the end, Sid read Kay's quote aloud.
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking. It is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails."
He cleared his throat and looked at it for a moment.
"i like this quote" he nodded.
"me too" Kay quietly replied, resting her head on his shoulder. "there's more" she whispered.
He turned the page to see two letters; one from Kay and one from his mom.
"you can read your moms later if you want" Kay told him. He agreed and picked up the one that Kay wrote.
Sid-
Congratulations, you're old :) not really, but you get it.
I can't believe we've only known each other for three months. You've become my best friend and my boyfriend. I love spending everyday with you. You make me happier when i'm sad, and you always know what to say to make me laugh; you get me.
I hope your rookie season is a success. I hope i can be there with you along the way. I get so excited about finally seeing you out there living your dream that you've told me so much about.
You know i'll always be here for you no matter where you go or what happens to us in the future.
You will always have a friend in me. I promise.
Yours always,
Kay

Sid looked up from the letter.
"you're the best" he whispered and pulled her closer, kissing her on the forehead.
"no you are" Kay smiled.
They sat together on the blanket and watched as the sky got darker. Night fell upon them. The crickets chirped in the background as they lay next to each other under the stars.
"look" Sid whispered, tapping Kay on the shoulder and pointing to the shooting star.
"oh my gosh! i've never actually seen one before" Kay laughed quietly.
"make a wish" he told her
"ok.. we'll do it at the same time. ready go." She said. They shut their eyes and made their wishes.
"did you do it?" he asked curiously.
"yeah, even though it was pointless, considering i already have everything i want sitting right here" she looked over at Sid and smiled that goofy smile of hers.
"you're a hopeless romantic, you know that?" he laughed and kissed her before she could respond.