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Birthday couple

It was June 2nd. Nolan's birthday, May 30th, has just passed by. Lucy's birthday was in two days. The couple decided they would celebrate one birthday together. Everyone had just come back from school, sitting in the living room. They were having a conversation about the end of year exams. Nolan and Lucy weren't paying any attention, just giggling amongst each other. They were very touchy today, which wasn't too odd for the couple.

Evelyn cleared her throat, motioning her head towards the kitchen. It was Layla who got up with her and went to the kitchen. You could hear some giggling and struggling in the kitchen but everyone ignored it. It wasn't until Layla rushed out with a huge smile on her face and shut off the lights that everyone payed attention. Evelyn walked in with a small cake with candles on the top.

"Happy birthday to you" Evelyn started. Everyone else quickly joined in after. "Happy birthday to you." Lucy couldn't contain her smile as she reached for the cake. "Happy birthday day dear Lucy and Nolan." Nolan smiled, looking at the cake. The writing on-top was messy, clearly written by Evelyn. "Happy birthday to you." Claps and laughed filled the room.

Lucy and Nolan laughed as well. They tried to blow out the candles, but it was mainly just Lucy. Kamilah was quick to take photos of the happy couple, making sure to take some of the rest of her friends aswell. "So, whatcha wish for" Evelyn asked excitedly. Lucy laughed, "We can't tell you or it won't come true!" Evelyn smiled at that. "We don't have anything to cut the cake" Nolan said, looking over to Lucy. Damian reached into the side of his pants, pulling out a small dagger. He handed it to the eager couple, which Lucy took with caution.

"Do you always have a knife on you" Lucy asked as she pulled out the candles in the cake. Damian nodded, "you don't?" Lucy looked a little shocked but shook her head. She handed Nolan the dagger as he began to cut the cake. "You should always have a weapon on you, for safety" Sam chimed in. Lucy nodded, "good to know." Evelyn put out plates for everyone, putting uneven pieces of cake on them.

While everyone was eating cake, a small conversation started to form. "Can you believe we are already sixteen" Sam said, poking at his price of cake. Mara snorted, "It seems like just yesterday I was beating all of you guys in battles." Damian rolled his eyes, "except me." Mara clicked her tongue, "I beat you up so many times." Damian rolled his eyes and flipped off the girl, which she did in return. Kamilah sighed, "You know, it's almost been a year since we came to Saudi."

"God, I remember Damian dying like it was yesterday" Evelyn said, letting her eyes fall uneasy. Damian was quick to jump in, "C'mon, I'm back to life now. There's nothing to worry about." A mumble of agreements filled the room. Kamilah squeezed Damian thigh and went close to his face. "My love, we still have everything to worry about" The girl whispered. Damian didn't get a chance to ask what she meant because she had quickly joined a different conversation. Damian pondered on what she may have meant for a minute. He quickly shook that train of thoughts off and went back to the conversation.

Somewhere during the conversation, they brought up smoking. Sam had gone to his room and pulled out some joints. When he came back down, everyone was sitting by the couch. Sam had lit the joint and passed it on. Small talk filled the circles as the joint was hit. clouds of smoke filled the room, just to disintegrate a few minutes later. One joint became two which has turned to four. After the forth joint was passed around, everyone was in a good mood.

Kamilah and Damian had retreated to one of the chairs, watching some video on Kamilahs phone. Lucy and Evelyn sat on her couch, attempting to have a conversation. Sam, Nolan, Mara and Layla were on the ground talking about what Nolan wanted for his birthday.

Everyone was having a good time, some light music was playing. It was some rap song that Damian hadn't heard of, it was most likely playing from Lucy's phone. Damian looked at all of his friends, and then his girlfriend. Kamilah was scrolling through twitter when Damian kissed her forehead. She looked up at him. "Beloved, I don't have anything to worry about."