Lost Soul (Book #1)

16|Birthday

Anastasia POV:

Today was the day that I turned 17 years old. I felt no different from what I've felt from my earlier birthdays. I had woken up earlier than I usually do, I don't know why. Maybe it was the excitement, I've never had a birthday party. Even when I was younger, my mom well, mostly Gerald didn't like to celebrate it.

Sighing I got out of bed. Once I was up, I could not fall back to sleep. My feet padded on the wooden floor. I got in my bathroom and turned on the hot water. I stripped out of my pj's and got in. The scorching hot water hit my skin. I hummed in delight.

I got out and quickly changed, I wasn't going to change until later. I had gotten somewhat close to her over the past few days. She was busy with school, so we haven't spent as much time together. It was fun to be around her because she had a big personality.

I check the time to see it's 7 am. I don't want to go downstairs yet. I opened the balcony to look, it felt really nice the fresh air and the smell of nature. I had noticed that we had no neighbors. I sat on one of the comfy chairs that were placed on the balcony and sat down.

Adrik had given me some pamphlets, I was looking over them seeing which option would be the best. He was still adamant that I go to therapy. I was really interested in Art therapy because it did not involve talking. I was going to tell him tomorrow about my decision.

The thing was that I had been through a lot of shit, but I felt like I dealt with it. In my own fucked up way I had. Closing myself off had become the best way to deal with it.  I had done things that were supposed to haunt me, but it doesn't. There were a few times the nightmares would appear. I still had to tell Adrik everything, but he had been so busy lately that I hadn't really had the chance to do so.

Dealing with my thoughts had become overwhelming. I hadn't noticed the water droplets that had been falling, nor had I heard Anton and Andrey calling me.

"Ana get inside before you get sick." Anton scolded me, but then both twins pulled me into a hug and told me "happy birthday."

"Come on let's go downstairs." They both pulled me out of my room.

When we made it downstairs, I was met with sage green and pink balloons. My brothers told me happy birthday and pulled me into a hug. Rosalie did the same. I had noticed that Adrian and Alexei were not there. They had promised that they would be here. I felt a pang of sadness that they were not here.

They ushered me into the dining room where there was a variety of breakfast food selection. I grabbed a few things and sat down.

"Ana why the long face," Adrik asked

"Why aren't they here they promised, "I mumbled as I stuffed a piece of pancake into my mouth.

"I talked to them last night there was an unforeseen delay, but I promise that they'll be here ok. Now Octavia is coming in a bit." Adrik informed me and it made me feel a little better.

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Octavia and I laid in my bed as she rambled about school. I was going to be attending school after the winter break. It was already getting late and they decided to start getting ready. There were still no signs of Adrian and Alexei.

Octavia pulled out her outfit from the bag she brought, although it was an intimate gathering she knew that they were going to take pictures. She urged me to go get my outfit. I hopped out of bed and went into the closet.

When I came out she was in a purple dress and some white heels. She looked stunning. My brothers decided to take me out to a restaurant and then come back to cut the cake. I had gotten a blue tight dress it looked beautiful in the store. At first, I felt self-conscious, but then Aleksander assured me that I would look beautiful in it.