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Dillan sat straight up in bed. She rubbed her eyes and looked at the clock. 11:52 am. She glanced around the quiet, empty bedroom, trying to recall what had happened last night. She scuffed her feet out of the room and down the back staircase ending up in the kitchen without notice. As she plopped herself on a barstool, she pulled some pop tarts from the shelf above the island. She stretched over the counter, almost falling off the stool, to get the toaster. Still half asleep, Dillan stuffed the tarts in the toaster and presed the button down. Her head, resting on her hand, fell off when she heard the phone. She yawned, "Hellooo?"

"What a sexy voice. Its what I love to hear."

She imediately woke up. "AJ! I was just yawning. How can that be sexy?"

"Because I haven't heard it in a very long time. Did I wake you?"

"No, I'm just making myself some breakfast."

"Dill, isn't it almost 12 there?"

"Yes, you are right, AJ. But it is still morning to me, alright? I just woke up a few moments ago."

"I wish I could have woken up with you."

"I wish we would have slept in the same bed." She opened the freezer and pulled out an ice pack and held it to her back. "Being such a small person in a huge bed, I woke up like a pretzel."

"Aww, poor boo." AJ sighed.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, why?"

"You sighed like something was up."

"Well, I want to ask you something but I can't ask you on the phone."

"What can be so important that you can't wait 3 months to tell me in person?"

"I need you, Dillan. I've been away from you for over 12 hours now and I'm not doing too good. I really need you to come to me."

Dillan put her hand over her mouth to keep herself from crying. She blinked and a tears began to fall down her cheeks.

"Dillan?"

A week sound emerged from her mouth, "yea?"

"I've ordered a plane ticket for you, if you are willing to come."

"When?"

"You'll be with me for 3 days. The day of and both days surrounding your birthday. Its perfect 'cuz we've got a 4 day break. So will you come?"

"Oh yea, of course!" She giggled at the thought of her going to Europe. "So where are you guys going to be for those days?"

"The first 3, the days we'll be together, we'll be in Paris. Then on the fourth we'll be traveling to England. Its going to perfect, Dillan, I promise."

~*~*~*~

Dillan took her pop tarts from the toaster and headed up stairs back to bed. She climbed into the bed and pulled the covers up to her waist making Revvy fall onto her back. She let out a small cry and got back onto her feet. She had a determined look in her bright green eyes: to get past the wrinkles in the comforter almost as big as her, and go to sleep next to Dillan.

Dillan giggled at Revvy's final jump over her feet which sent the kitten into a roll. She smelt Dillan's plate and lifted her paw to pull the plate down to her level. "Uh, uh, Rev. You can't have solid food yet, cutie."

After Dillan was finished she picked up the phone next to the bed. Revvy was so intrigued by the beeping noise the phone made after each button was pushed, she climbed on Dillan's hands to investigate. "Hey Grace! Its Dill. Guess where I'm going for my birthday, girl...Uh, uh! AJ's bringing me to PARIS!!!!"

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