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𝓓𝓮𝓪𝓻 𝓐𝓵𝓮𝔁𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓪,
𝓘 𝓰𝓸𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓫𝓪𝓭𝓰𝓮!! 𝓘𝓽'𝓼 𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓷𝔂 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓘 𝓬𝓪𝓷'𝓽 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓹 𝓵𝓸𝓸𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓽! 𝓘'𝓿𝓮 𝓰𝓸𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓷 𝓲𝓽 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓔𝓰𝔂𝓹𝓽 𝓼𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓘 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓴𝓮𝓮𝓹 𝓪𝓷 𝓮𝔂𝓮 𝓸𝓷 𝓲𝓽. 𝓕𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓖𝓮𝓸𝓻𝓰𝓮 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝔂𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓫𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓪𝓵 𝓲𝓽, 𝓫𝓾𝓽, 𝓱𝓪, 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓬𝓪𝓷'𝓽 𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓪𝓵 𝓲𝓽 𝓲𝓯 𝓘'𝓶 𝔀𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓲𝓽 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮. 𝓓𝓲𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓼𝓮𝓮 𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓹𝓲𝓬𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓓𝓪𝓲𝓵𝔂 𝓟𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓱𝓮𝓽? 𝓘 𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓬𝓪𝓷'𝓽 𝓫𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓮𝓿𝓮 𝔀𝓮 𝔀𝓸𝓷 700 𝓖𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓸𝓷𝓼!

𝓔𝓰𝔂𝓹𝓽 𝓲𝓼 𝓪𝓶𝓪𝔃𝓲𝓷𝓰. 𝓓𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓻𝓮𝓶𝓮𝓶𝓫𝓮𝓻 𝓟𝓻𝓸𝓯𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓸𝓻 𝓑𝓲𝓷𝓷𝓼 𝓽𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓜𝓾𝓰𝓰𝓵𝓮 𝓶𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓲𝓷 𝓔𝓰𝔂𝓹𝓽 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓻𝓮𝓶𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝓭𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓯𝓯𝓲𝓷𝓼? 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝔂'𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓮! 𝓘𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓪𝓼𝓽 𝓽𝓸𝓶𝓫, 𝓖𝓲𝓷𝓷𝔂 𝔀𝓪𝓼𝓷'𝓽 𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓭 𝓲𝓷 𝓪𝓽 𝓪𝓵𝓵. 𝓜𝓾𝓶 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓲𝓽 𝔀𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓲𝓯𝔂 𝓱𝓮𝓻.

𝓘 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝓯𝓮𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓕𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓖𝓮𝓸𝓻𝓰𝓮 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓾𝓹𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰. 𝓘 𝓭𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓲𝓽. 𝓘'𝓵𝓵 𝓫𝓮 𝓫𝓪𝓬𝓴 𝓫𝔂 𝓵𝓪𝓼𝓽 𝔀𝓮𝓮𝓴 𝓸𝓯 𝓐𝓾𝓰𝓾𝓼𝓽.

𝓒𝓪𝓷'𝓽 𝔀𝓪𝓲𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓮𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾. 𝓘 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪𝓭𝓿𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓗𝓪𝓹𝓹𝔂 𝓫𝓲𝓻𝓽𝓱𝓭𝓪𝔂.

𝓛𝓸𝓿𝓮, 𝓟𝓮𝓻𝓬𝔂.

"How romantic of you both." Claire said as she read the letter over Eliza's shoulder.

"Nobody told you to read it." Eliza said, smiling broadly at his letter. Carefully, she folded it and pocketed in her pants.

It was true. Her seventeenth birthday was coming up in two days, but she had no idea how to spend it.

"That reminds me," Claire started. "What do you want to do for your seventeenth?"

Eliza shrugged. "I don't know, really," She said earnestly, thinking.

"No plans?" Claire asked conspicuously.

Eliza narrowed her eyes. "No, why?"

Claire brushed it off. "No reason."

"You're not planning anything, are you?"

Claire laughed. "I'm too lazy to do all of that."

Eliza looked at her but didn't press it.

"Hm, sure."

"So, that escaped prisoner, huh?" They continued their conversation.

***

Two days later, Eliza was woken up rushed. Her parents barged into her room, yelling, 'HAPPY SEVENTEENTH' that it took her a while to actually comprehend the fact that she was seventeen now.

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