"Happy birthday!" Peter exclaims running into my room with Henry and Milo close behind him. Peter embraces me, smiling widely.
"Happy birthday" Henry says, hugging me tightly. Henry seems more reserved, probably aware that a part of me is struggling as it's the first birthday in years without Scarlett and Ashton.
"Happy birthday" Milo hugs me and then hands me something. It's a knife with an encrusted handle, there's heaps of jewels on it, it's beautiful. "It's yours."
"Thank you, I love it" I say, we're leaving to head up to the farm in roughly ten minutes, I'm assuming the boys are packed, MJ and Ned are probably on their way.
"I'll put our stuff in the car" Henry decides, my suitcase starts moving itself. I've always wished I could move things with my mind like Henry can, it would come in handy.
"I'll help him" Milo follows Henry out of the room.
"I got you something, it'll make sense later, but you have to wear it now" Peter tells me, handing me a gift. I undo the wrapping paper and blink in surprise as I see a pink bathing suit, does the farm have a lake or a pool?
"Thank you" I say, I do love water which makes sense considering I can breathe underwater. Sneaking out to the lake were some of my best memories growing up, I suppose it wasn't really sneaking, I'm fairly certain Mystique and Magneto knew and just didn't stop it because it didn't affect our training or missions.
"Put it on and then come meet us outside" Peter says, he walks out of the room, and I close the door. I change out of my clothes and put the bathing suit on, I pull my leggings and grey top back on and zip up my pink hoodie.
Natasha and Tony aren't in Stark towers today, they said goodbye to me last night and both gave me a present. Natasha gave me a journal and Tony gave me a watch, with his technology I'm certain it's no ordinary watch.
I head outside and see a van; everyone is already there. Ned and MJ both give me a hug and wish me a happy birthday. Charles says happy birthday, he seems fairly happy for someone who has to supervise six kids.
I sit next to Henry in the van with Milo on my other side. My heart flickers slightly as I see MJ and Peter holding hands, I wish Clover was here. Some mornings I glance at the other side of the bed half expecting to see Clover but she's never there, she'll never be there again.
"Finally sixteen, you can legally get your license" Peter says, smiling at me. I laugh slightly, it's not like I've been driving since I was thirteen. I also won't be wondering into any testing centres since Magneto told the entire world I'm some psychopath who's killed innocent people. I push that thought out of my brain quickly, I would like to have a good birthday.
"Why do I need a bathing suit?" I ask Peter, Peter just smiles cheekily at me in response and doesn't say anything. I glance over at Henry who is purposefully avoiding eye contact, I frown. Henry was my friend first; he should tell me.
"Calm down, you'll like it" MJ says, looking amused by my obvious annoyance. Charles doesn't say much while he's driving, probably focused on making sure we don't get lost.
Peter pulls out cards. "Who wants to play uno?" he asks. Henry and I glance at each other in confusion, what the fuck is uno?
"Play what now?" I ask, Peter looks surprised for a second and then realisation dawns on him and he gives Ned a look, a look of realisation appears on Ned's face too.
"Right, you didn't have a childhood" Milo mutters from beside me. Oh, it's some sort of game that kids play. I glance at Charles who doesn't do or say anything to acknowledge he's heard us.
Ned begins to explain the rules of uno, and I nod in understanding. Henry seems to understand so we all start playing.
MJ nudges Peter and shows him something on her phone, Peter smiles and glances at me. I raise an eyebrow and Peter shrugs, nudging Ned and showing him whatever's on MJ's phone.
The van stops and I blink, are we at the farm already? "This is the second part of your present, it was all of our idea" MJ says, gesturing to herself, Peter, and Ned. The three are smiling at me and look excited.
I step out of the van and gasp at the sight in front of me. There's a small ledge that's leading to the ocean. It's beautiful, it's more beautiful than what I imagined.
"You've never seen the ocean before, have you?" Milo asks, putting the pieces together. I shake my head; this is the first time.
"Can I go in the water?" I ask, glancing at Charles who smiles and nods. I pull my top and pants off, grateful Peter told me to change into this bathing suit.
*Author's Note* My fave girl ever seeing the ocean on her birthday is so sweet.
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Beautiful Ruins
Action"Maybe there was a fleeting moment where I wanted to be a hero and believed I could be one, but the truth is I'm not, I won't ever be. My past does define me, it made me a villain" - Storm. Fifteen-year-old Storm is the daughter of Black Widow and I...
