Seventeen years

To my dear friend Dominik

Seventeen years of your existence on this world. Five of them in my heart. One of them as my heart.

For seventeen years you bring happiness to all the people around you by just smiling at them.

For Seventeen years the world has been a better place just because you are there. Maybe not 6 billion people's world, but our world. We, your family and your friends, we are blessed to have your smartness, your love and your kind soul around us. Your ability to sense people's moods and don't look away is god's gift to us. You don't look away, you take your time and talk to them and always, always make them feel better. 

'Love' is being used too loosely these days.. "I love spaghetti, I love Michael Jackson, I love my new shoes"... I say that word a lot. To say I love you is an understatement times 10. 

You make my life so much better. My heart beats faster whenever I think of you. And whenever I think of you, your smile is the first thing I see. It doesn't only represent your beauty but also the beauty of your soul.

You make me happy. 

To my angel and my boyfriend Dominik

You took me under your wings when I came to Germany almost 6 years ago. You've been there for me, protected me, laughed with me... even laughed at me :)

you've cried with me, you've comforted me and you've held me.

your touch, your shoulder, your words have always lifted me up and made me happy again.

Little over a year ago I would have never expected us to be together as lovers.

I slowly begin to realize how much the two of us were meant to be together.

All the things you have done for me have been selfless and show your endless love.

I can only hope I get the chance for many years to show you how much I love you.

(paused to think)

See, I know what you are doing right when you read this. You're smiling and you think this is a corny love letter. 

And yes, oh yes it is... I post it in here to show everyone else who hasn't had the fortune to meet you in person what you mean to me.. 

To my brother, my flesh and blood Dominik

you are a part of my family. IF, IF, and I say it again IF we ever part ways, my love won't change for you. You are and you always will be a part of my life. Thank you for being my friend, my lover and my brother. Thank you for being.

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Dominik expected a "surprise" party for his birthday. He expected it for the coming weekend. But he snooped around a bit and found out that a few of our friends are gonna leave on Friday afternoon for vacation with their families (school vacation starts on Friday in our school). 

So he told me very proudly that he has found out that we plan the party on his birthday... which is today...

I told him to act surprised and not ruin it for his friends.

Of course I lied to him. What he didn't expect was the invasion to his bedroom last night at midnight.

We were 18 friends who got together at quarter to 12 at my house. everyone was on time :) 

then we walked to Domi's house.

His mom knew everything about it. She told us that we can party from 12 to 1 (cause it's a school night) in their party room in the basement. She even ordered food from a caterer so Domi wouldn't be suspicious about her cooking. It was so funny to have her on my side for a secret operation. She sent me a txt message when the caterer arrived. That was so sweet, she hates "that modern technology stuff" (cell phones, lol). It must have taken her a long time to txt me "ESSEN IST DA ALLES IN ORDnung" ("FOOD IS HERE EVERYTHING IS FIne").

When we arrived at Domi's house I could log in to his wifi and tweeted that we are about to enter his house. That was risky, he could have been online. But fortunately he was in bed already. But he wasn't asleep. He was watching TV when I knocked at his door. He said "ja bitte" ("yes please"). lol, what a polite bf I have.

We all opened the door fast and flooded his room and sang happy birthday. Well, we sang HÄPPIE BÖRSDAY,... 

The look on his face was priceless. He was totally red in the face... he jumped up but quickly went back under the covers... he was blushing... maybe embarrassed cause he was in his pjs :)

then his mom came in and hugged him and said happy birthday. His dad said "happy birthday, son" and put a manly hand on his shoulder... lol... then we all ran down two floors to the basement while we gave Domi time to get dressed.

His mom has been awesome... she had decorated the room and had put up the food all in silence so Domi wouldn't find out. It was a big surprise to him when he came down. 

We played music and partied until 2am... his parents had to throw us out. His dad actually came in and pulled the plug to the stereo :P

Oh, I won't tell you what I got him yet, cause he hasn't gotten all of his presents from me yet, but I've shown him one thing already that my friend KS has found and I've ordered it already.

So here it is, I wonder if you all will get it. Domi is already in love with it...

:o)