On the way home, Zoe's mind was completely filled with thoughts about her birthday party. That day, she had officially turned 11 years old and she could not wait to celebrate her birthday with her family and friends.
She had managed to get some hints about the party from her older brother with some persistence of course. All she knew was that her party would have a treasure hunt game for her and her friends to play with prizes for the winners and a three-tier chocolate cake - her favourite flavour! Gosh, she could hardly contain her excitement she was practically skipping on the pavement the minute she left her school. People walking around her must had thought that she was crazy but she did not care. Let them think all they want. They were not about to have the most epic 11th birthday party unlike her!
However, her excitement was cut short when rain started to fall all of a sudden. Shrieking as the rain droplets made contact with her face, she broke into a sprint and ran all the way home, ineffectively shielding herself from the heavy rain with her hands. She ran haphazardly, stepping on some puddles and mud on the grass. As she reached the void deck of her house, she was drenched from head to toe.
Pouting, she headed home with her head hung low. Even though she had not used the word before, she knew the heavy rain was a bad omen. Once she stepped inside her house, she was yelled at by her mother for dirtying the floors with mud from her stained shoes and water from her drenched body. As if her day could not have gotten worse, her father was hurriedly heading to the door, telling her that he was abruptly called by his boss to head to work as he walked past her. Zoe was devastated upon hearing that since that would mean her father would not be able to attend her birthday party.
After Zoe had showered and changed into a fresh set of clothes, she sat on her bed and started crying. She wanted everyone in her family to be present for her party. Losing her mood, she sulked in her room all day, just staring at the ceiling as she laid on the bed. Time seemed to pass by when suddenly there was a knock on her room door. Zoe tried to ignore it but the knocking was persistent and by the rhythm of the knocks she could immediately tell it was her brother.
Sighing heavily, she jumped from her bed and opened the door. Appearing sad, her expression instantly turned to surprise when she was presented with a huge chocolate cake with 11 lighted candles.
"Happy Birthday Zoe!" Her parents, brother and grandmother shouted joyously at her. Totally in shock, Zoe just gaped in surprise and soon the tears started falling again. But they were happy tears instead of sad. It turned out that her father lied about working as he was leaving to get the birthday cake from the bakery whereas her older brother made things up as Zoe could not shut up about the plans for her birthday party.
Zoe was incredibly touched. Even though it was not the way she imagined it, Zoe definitely enjoyed the simple birthday party that was prepared for her.
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