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I grab a knife from the drawer and hand it to her “Would you like to do the honors?”

She shakes her head “No, you do it”

“All right, all right Can everybody see?” I ask, grabbing the balloon string and pulling it to me

“Yeah, we’re all good,”ht and everyone else is spread out around them

It makes me happy that despite how busy everybody is, they dropped everything to be here for this hter is already so loved and she doesn’t even know it

“Three, two, one,” Thea and I count down

I puncture the balloon and nothing happens

I poke it again

“What is this thing made of? Steel?” I mutter

I poke it again and it pops with a loud explosion, showering us in pink confetti

Everyone lets out hoots of joys and my mom bursts into tears, Thea’s mom too, so no surprises there

“Oh, irl” My

I squeeze her tight, and e pull away, I tug a piece of confetti from her hair

“I can’t believe we’re going to have a little girl running around She’s going to be so beautiful” She touches her hand to my cheek “I’m so happy for you both”