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~few days later~

I woke up to my alarm on Friday like I do every morning. Nothing special has happened in the last 3 days. We had normal lessons and I avoided Santiago except in class because the situation between us is always somehow strange. Since today is Rafael's birthday, I got up looking forward to the day. He is also celebrating his birthday at home tonight.

So I went to the bathroom to get ready. I did my daily morning routine and then went to the dressing room to change. I pulled out a white summer dress that came down to a hand's width above my knee. I also put on white Vans. I went back to my room and put on subtle make-up with concealer, mascara and powder. I grabbed my bag and then went out of the room.

The others were already outside. We got up early to be in the cafeteria before the boys. Candelaria already had the decorations in her hand.

Luckily the others weren't there yet in the cafeteria and there wasn't much going on in general. But I also asked my brothers to come a little later. When we arrived at our table, we took out a white tablecloth and “feliz cumpleaños” confetti from the bag that Candelaria had brought with her. Which we then distributed on the table. We got a chocolate cake from the kitchen with an 18 candle in the middle. Lucia and I baked the cake last night. We also set the table with eight plates, cutlery and eight glasses. Since Liliana has become more and more part of our clique in the last few days, we have covered for her. I quickly made a chocolate milkshake and filled it into the glasses. Rafael is a complete chocolate addict, which is why everything with chocolate is eaten and drunk these days.

Suddenly the doors opened again and Santiago and Liliana came in. Can't this guy just open the doors like a normal person? Liliana came up to us and hugged us in greeting. My eyes briefly glance at Santiago again, who was also looking at me. He suddenly winked at me, which made me look at him in shock, but he can't leave it at that, he said it loudly, so everyone in the cafeteria probably heard it. "We'll see you on Saturday Cecilia." I looked at him in shock, is he serious. Now everyone is probably thinking wrong. I turned back to the others, who were grinning at me. Liliana and Lucia know how that is Saturday was meant, but now both of them, and not just Liliana, have decided that we're a good fit for each other. The only one who has no idea is Candelaria, which is why she asked me, "What does he mean by that?" "Oh, nothing important, just something business-related," I said to her, to which she let it go because she knows we're not allowed to talk much about business.

After a few minutes the others came. When Rafael came through the door, I took the cake in my hand, where I had already lit the candles and we all started singing "Cumpleaños feliz Cumpleaños feliz

Te

deseamos todos

Cumpleaños feliz". When he was with us, we hugged we all him and said to him "feliz cumpleaños". I held the cake in front of his nose and said to him "Make a wish." Shortly afterwards he blew out the candles and said, "Thank you guys, you're really incredible." He won't get his birthday presents until tonight, except for Liliana's, since she can't do it tonight. He got some men's perfume from her.

When we were all seated, I cut the cake and gave everyone a piece on their plate. We started eating the chocolate cake and drinking the chocolate milkshakes.

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After class was over, we all went home.

When we got home we greeted our parents again, who were really happy to meet us again, especially our mother. Since the party doesn't start until 8 p.m. tonight, I still have plenty of time since it's only 3 p.m.

I went to my room and continued watching my series Shadow Hunters. Around 5 p.m. I got hungry, so I went to Carolina, our cook. She made me spaghetti cabonara to eat. After I finished eating, I said that it was almost 6 p.m., so I started getting ready.

The first thing I did was take a shower in the bathroom, where I let the warm water run over my body. After showering, I wrapped myself in a fluffy towel and dried myself. Then I went into my walk-in closet and put on a gray lace thong and a gray lace strapless bra. Then I went back to the bathroom, where I blow-dried and combed my hair. I went back into my walk-in closet and put on a tight silver dress that reached mid-thigh, had a large straight neckline, and had thin, glittery spaghetti straps. I went into my room to my dressing table, where I put foundation, concealer, mascara, fake eyelashes, eyeliner, silver eyeshadow and outlined the outside with purple eyeshadow. I also put a matte pink lipstick on it. I straighten my slightly wavy blonde hair and let it fall over my shoulders. I put on large silver hoop earrings, a silver charm bracelet, a silver necklace with several silver gemstones in a heart shape and a silver infinity ring. I also put on my silver, glittering high heels. I grabbed my silver clutch, where I put a small revolver, two throwing knives, a little money and my cell phone.

(picture above)

I grabbed Rafael's present and then went downstairs where my brothers are already. They were both wearing gray jeans and a black basic T-shirt. Once again they were dressed completely alike. "You look great princessa," Federico said to me, to which Emilio just nodded in agreement. "Thank you, you too," I said to the two of them. We went out and got into our cars, except for Emilio, who goes with Federico. The three of us don't have to drive three cars. We drove out of the gate and made our way to Rafael.

When we arrived at Rafael's house, we parked in his front yard, where there were already a few cars parked, just like on the street, apparently he saved parking spaces for us. When we parked I took a quick look around and then we went inside. Rafael lives in a smaller white villa. He also has a large garden where the party also takes place, with indoors in the house. When we entered the house, the party was already in full swing, and there were a few members of the mafia there besides us. We looked for Rafael, who we quickly found. When he noticed us too, he said a quick goodbye to the person he was talking to and came towards us. We hugged briefly and then greeted each other. Afterwards we give Rafael our gifts. The first thing he unwrapped was mine, which had a black Beretta with his initials engraved on it. He's wanted this pistol for a long time, but was too lazy to buy one. Which is why I thought I'd just give him one for his birthday. From Federico and Emilio he received a Frederique Constant 75 Years of Brogle Limited Edition watch in black. "Thank you guys for your gifts, but you didn't have to give me anything. "I'm glad to have you" he said and hugged me and gave my brothers a fist bump. "We're glad to have you too. But enough feelings shown now, let's celebrate your birthday" I said to him.

We went to celebrate when, after a short time, the others came up to us. We all greeted each other and then went to get something to drink. I got a round of tequila shots for everyone, along with salt and lemons on the tray. When I got back to the others, I distributed everything. We put salt on the back of our hands, which we licked off, then drank the shot and finally bit into the lemon.

After the first round we all got a cocktail. We all drank a Mochito, which is easily the second best cocktail there is, after Pina Colada. After drinking a little more, we all went to the improvised dance floor and danced with each other. We all just had fun together and were able to party and dance together. What we need at the moment, the next few weeks will soon look different and tomorrow is the next meeting with the Sánchez family. Hopefully everything will go well.