The Big Thirteen

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Ava

I decided to sleep in for my birthday. Not by very much, only a half hour. By the time I woke up though, I could already hear people downstairs.

I went downstairs.

Ty gave me a hug, "Hey Av's, happy birthday".

I smiled, "Thank you".

"Ready for your birthday breakfast? I thought I'd take initiative and do it myself" Ty smirked.

I laughed a little, "Any good?".

"Oh come on, I'm fantastic at cooking".

"Let's go wake everyone up".

Ty nodded. We went and woke Jess and Juli up, they went downstairs.

"Wow, look at all of this" Jess smiled at Ty as I went downstairs.

"Fancy huh?" Ty smirked.

"Sure is," Jess grabbed a plate, "Come grab a plate".

"Can I call Ben?" I asked.

Ty looked at me, "Why?".

"Because I want him here".

Ty sighed, "I don't think you do Ava. He looks pretty sick right now".

"Why?" I grabbed a plate from Jess.

"He's not taking care of himself Av's" Jess added.

Ty nodded, "Exactly".

I sighed.

"You can call him though," Ty handed me his phone, "Just keep in mind that he's busy. He may be off of school today, but he's got Lylah and the baby".

I sat down and the table as everyone got seated. Everyone started eating, and I called Ben.

"Hello?" Ben's voice sounded gravelly.

"Hi Ben, it's Ava".

"Wasn't expecting that," Ben coughed, "How're you?".

"Good," I smiled, "It's my birthday".

"Awesome, happy birthday Av's".

"Thank you. What're you doing?".

Ben took a second, "Having a morning smoke before Lylah gets up and continues to stay in bed all day".

"Are you okay?" I asked.

Ty looked concerned.

"I...Yeah I'm fine Ava. Don't you worry about me. You're...what? 13 now? You got better things to worry about".

"Are you gonna come over?".

Ben sighed, "Why don't I come pick you up for dinner? We can get some McDonald's, I can show you around my place, and I can show you my studio".

I smiled, "Yeah! Sure, okay".

"Alright, I'll pick you up at six?".

"Okay".

"Bye Av's, happy birthday" Ben hung up.

I put Ty's phone down and started eating.

"How did that go?" Ty asked.

I looked at him, "He's gonna pick me up and take me out for dinner".

Jess took a second, "I don't know how I feel about that. What if he's drunk?".

"He's always drunk. Ben doesn't drive anyway, not often at least. I don't even think he owns a car" Ty looked at her.

Jess sighed.

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