This Killjoy Has A Bulletproof Heart

Grace

I walked into the diner and saw Evelyn sitting in a booth. I went and stood next to her, thinking about how much time she's been spending with Ed and has been neglecting Ray. She might not see it, but everyone one else has.

And this hurt Grace too. She's been having mood swings lately, as of she's entering the sassy teen stage, but Ray's too busy sulking around that he doesn't even notice. I think that adds to her bad moods.

"Evelyn, I need to ask you something." I said.

"Sure, what's it about?" She look up at me and smiled. Mayra and Aileen entered the diner and went next to us.

"Evelyn...I thought you loved Ray..." I said. Right when it left my lips I knew I said the wrong thing. She narrowed her eyes at us.

"I do...why would you question that?" she snapped.

"Don't you see him? When was the last time you actually had a good long talk with him?" I asked. I got a little mad at how she denied this.

She rolled her eyes and walked away, getting me even more mad.

"What's wrong with her?" Mayra asked me. I shrugged and left the diner, going to find Frank and spend time with him.

Mayra and Aileen have told me about times when they've heard Evelyn tell Ed stuff. He would ask personal questions and she would answer in a heartbeat. They were a bot suspicious and they had me worried.

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"Grace, you made the mess. You pick it up." Frank said and pointed at the spilled beans.

"I don't want to!" she snapped an ran outside. We all just stood there, shocked. Ray went and cleaned up the beans, without a word. Then he went to the bunk rooms and slammed the door.

After Mayra said something to Gerard, she went outside.

"What do you think is getting her to act like this?" Frank asked me.

"I don't know..." I said. I started thinking about it.

"Oh my God." I said. They all turned to look at me.

"What is it?" Gerard asked me.

"Her birthday." I said. They looked at me, confused. "It was her birthday last Monday. And we forgot." I said.

Realization hot them. "Oh no." Gerard said.

"What should we do?" Mikey asked.

"Let's make it up to her." Frank said.

"How?" Aileen asked.

"We'll make her a birthday party. I don't know how but it will be big and amazing." I said.

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