My birthday arrived! I woke up with someone opening my bedroom door. I slowly opened my eyes and saw a man looking down at me.

"Happy birthday, little cousin!" Blake says, letting his body fall on mine.

"Get off of me, Blake! You're too heavy" I said, laughing.

"I can still remember playing with you when you were a little girl. You would always fight us back and get in trouble with the boys" He says, laughing.

"But now I'm 24... So I'm not a little girl anymore" I say, sticking my tongue out.

"Your parents wanted to talk to you so they made me do a skype call... Talk to them" He says, handing me his phone.

"Catarina? Parabéns!" (Catherine? Happy birthday!) My mother, my sister, my father and my stepmom said in unison.

"Obrigada! Tenho muitas saudades vossas"(Thanks! I miss you so much) I said, trying not to cry.

"Nós também... Então? Como vão os rapazes? O Blake sempre te ajudou com isso?"(We miss you too... So... How are the boys? Did Blake helped you with them?) My stepmom asks, smirking.

"Bem... Ainda não tenho namorado mas tenho um rapaz que gosta mesmo de mim"(Well... I don't have any boyfriend yet, but I have this guy that likes me very much.) I say, smiling shyly.

"Humm... Estamos ansiosos por o conhecer"(Humm... We're waiting to meet him) They say, winking and waving goodbye.

I handed Blake the phone again and thanked him for letting me talk to my parents.

"Dress yourself up because you're having your birthday party in a few hours, here in my house." Blake said, winking at me.

"You made me a birthday party? Thanks, Blake. I love you!" I say, jumping into his arms and kissing his cheek, repeatedly.

"Hey, calm down, Cath. I don't anyone to get jealous" Blake says, laughing.

"Shut up, ginger" I say, laughing too.

I dress myself with a cute and comfy outfit and walk downstairs to see Blake's parents and his brother at the living room waiting for me.

"Happy birthday, sweetheart!" His mom, greeted me, hugging me.

"Feel old yet?" Taylor said, punching my arm, lightly.

"Thanks for being here" I say, greeting everyone.

"I thought about taking you out for lunch while Blake prepares the party here." Taylor said.

"Its okay for me. See you later, Blake... And once more, thanks for the party." I say, kissing his cheek and going to the car with Taylor and his parents.

Blake's POV:

My cousin was gone and I called everyone to help me finish the things.

"DJ, man... She's out. You can bring the boys over to help me do her party" I say, at the phone.

A while later, they arrived and we started preparing the things.

My POV:

The lunch was amazing and I talked to Taylor a lot. My aunt and uncle catched up with me too while I got to know some things that had happened around their house.

"I guess it's time to go back. Bye, mom! Bye, dad!" Taylor says, hugging his parents and heading me to Blake's house.

"Thanks for everything" I tell Taylor, after he stops the car in the parking lot.

"You're my little cousin, Cath... I'd do everything for you and for my younger brother." He says, smiling.

I enter the house and Blake covers my eyes.

"What are you doing?" I ask, smiling confused.

"You'll see" He says, leading me to where he wanted to take me. He uncovers me eyes some minutes later and I look at the crowd in front of me.

"Happy birthday, Catherine!" They yelled and greeted me.

After I thanked to all of them, someone hugged me from behind and kissed my cheek, whispering in my ear.

"Happy birthday, princess" I shiver and recognized the voice.

"Thanks" I say, turning around and hugging him thighly.

"Hello, lovebirds! Would you mind if I steal her for a minute?" Chris said, smirking at us.

"Sure" DeAndre said, letting me go.

"I just wanted to give you your present." He says, handing me a tiny flat box.

I open the gift and and see a golden necklace with my name in it.

"This is from you?" I say, looking at him, surprised.

"Actually... No. It's one of DJ's gift but he wanted me to give it to you."

"Where is he?" I ask, looking around to thank him for the gift.

"Right here" DeAndre says, on top of a table.

"What are you doing?" I ask, noticing everyone looking at him.

"Sorry for interrupting your party and sorry for making you guys stop whatever you were doing to look at me... I wanted to give my present to Catherine. I landed my eyes on her since the first time I saw her. When I knew that she was Blake's cousin, I knew that I'd see her more times. With time, I started to fall in love with her and I can say that the feeling is mutual. That's why I'm doing this. Catherine, would you like to be my girlfriend?" DeAndre says, with a nervous smile on his face.

Everyone was looking at me and my eyes were watering.

"Say yes!" Everyone was yelling.

DeAndre gets down from the table and takes my hands in his.

"What do you say?" He says, looking into my eyes.

"Yes..." I whisper softly, crying with happiness. He hugs me thighly and everyone cheers us.

"I always knew that you two would be together, sooner or later. Congratulations!" Blake says, smirking at us and hitting DeAndre's back, lightly.

I look into DeAndre's eyes and smile. I loved that man so much. He noticed me staring and looked down at me, smiling too.

"Just kiss already! I don't want to be thirdwheeling, so... See you later." Blake says, rolling his eyes and walking away.

DeAndre leans in, slowly, and kissed me passionately. I feel butterflies in my stomach like the first time we kissed.

"I love you" I say, after breaking the kiss.

"I know... Everybody loves me" He says, smirking.

"Shut up!" I say, laughing and hitting his chest playfully.

"I love you too, princess." He says, kissing me again.