It's finally here.
I'm 21!
"Good Morning." I say, looking up at the ceiling of my new apartment. I saved up my money from the diner and also go a job when I wasn't working at the diner as a babysitter. I sit there and stare at the ceiling for a little while longer until I hear my phone go off. I get up and grab it.
"Hello?"
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" A voice squeals from the other side.
"Thanks Lauren." I say, laughing.
"Wait! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MANDY!" I hear Kaitlyn shout in the back ground.
"Tell her I said thank you." I say, going around the room, trying to find some clothes to wear today.
''You're coming over later? Right?" Lauren says.
"What for?" I ask, grabbing a shirt from my closet.
"Your birthday diner that Kaitlyn and I have planned for you? Don't tell me you forgot!" Lauren says.
"Shit, I'm sorry. I'll be right over after I drop some things off at my Aunts." I tell her.
"You better be quick bitch, or I will hunt you down." She says.
"I'm so scared. I'll be over as soon as possible." I say.
"Alright, we'll see you in a few." She says and hangs up. I lay the clothes out on the bed and get into the shower. Once I get out, I walk over to my phone and notice I have a text message from a unknown number.
*Unknown: Happy Birthday, Amanda Lane.*
*Me: Who is this?*
*Unknown: You'll see later.*
What the fuck?
"Please don't let it be my mom." I say out loud. Wait.
Could it be Michael? I grab my phone and text the number back.
*Me: Michael?*
I stare at my phone and wait for a reply. About 5 minutes later and there is still no text message, so I answer back.
*Me: Please tell me this is you Michael.*
5 more minutes and still nothing. I decide to get dress and head over to my Aunt's.
"There's the birthday girl!" She says once I walk through the door.
"Thank Shelia." I say, hugging her.
"21 years old. I feel so old!" She says.
"Happy birthday Mandy." Jared says from the kitchen.
"Do you stay in the kitchen, Jared?" I asked, walking into the kitchen.
"Well, you're welcome Mandy Candy." He says, taking a bite of his banana.
"Why did you call me that?" I asked, remembering Michael called me that.
"I don't know. It rhymed." He says.
"So, what did you get me?" I asked him.
"Shit." He says.
"No, seriously Jared." I say, smiling.
"Check in the living room." He says. I jump up excitedly and go into the living room. I look around, until I see a bag on the chair. I pick it up and reach inside.
"You did not." I say, opening the box to show the necklace I've been wanting for awhile.
"I did." He says, shimmying into the living room. "I'm not old enough to buy you liquor, so this was the next best thing."
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Water Tower
FanfictionAmanda Lane and Michael Clifford grew up together in a small town in Indiana. They took baths together, played in dirt together and climb up a water tower together. It ended up being their escape from reality. When Amanda moves, it changes Michael...
