Allison's death was something you were still trying to get over with, she was your big sister and best friend, your father trained you together and you stood by her side when he forbade her relationship with Scott. After she died you fell into depression for a few months, so your father sent you to France for almost two years. When you came back everything was different, Stiles had a girlfriend who sadly was not Lydia but he seemed happy with Malia and Scott had his very own beta, a kid your age named Liam. You became good friends with him since you had almost every class together, after a year or so you two became officially a couple.
Your birthday was on Friday but you're small party was on Saturday, so you and Lydia decided to go to Macy's to find the perfect outfit; you spent around three hours trying on almost everything, jeans,skirts,shorts and even dresses. After you found what you were looking for, Lydia suggested having an Ice cream, you accepted and went to get one, you two were almost done when you spotted Liam and Scott on the other side of the mall, you had wanted him to be with you when you were buying clothes but he said he couldn't go.
You thought it was because both of you had tons of projects and homework, but he was at the mall with Scott.
"Lydia," you said "aren't those Scott and Liam?"
she turned around "Yeah, I thought you told me Liam had homework to do or something" she looked back at you with a questioning look
"So did I" a devilish smirk crept into your mouth
"I know that smirk, what are you thinking?" Lydia smiled
"I'd like to know what's he doing here with Scott, just that" you showed her an innocent smile, you pulled out your phone and dialed his number.
After the third ring he answered "Hey Y/n" he said, you could see him gesturing Scott not to talk
"I was just calling to check up on you" you said with your sweetest voice
" I'm good, just a little stressed out because I cam't finish my chemistry project"
"Maybe I can help, what are you doing?" Lydia covered her mouth to contain her laugh.
"I don't want to bore you with this, you already finished yours" he was starting to get nervous "you don't need to hear about mine too"
"for how long have I known you, Dunbar?" you asked in a more serious tone, nothing good happened when you called him by his last name, except for this time.
"uhh... for a year know, why?"
you could see him biting his nails and Scott laughing next to him, probably because he could hear the conversation.
"I know you're lying" you smiled
"I'm not lying, Y/n" he sighed "I'm not doing anything bad, I promise" he ran his hands trough his hair
"because I know you I'm not worried about what you're doing, that and because I've been watching you for the past five minutes, Hi Scott" Liam turned around and saw you and Lydia across from him, Scott smiled and waved at you.
Liam hang up and walked towards you; he kissed your cheek and sat next to you, Scott sat next to Lydia.
"What are you guys doing here?" Lydia asked
Scott rubbed the back of his neck " I came to look for a present for my mother and asked Liam to help me"
"Really? how sweet" You said, Lydia whispered something on Scott's ear and that'as when you saw it, a photo booth next to the ice cream shop.
"guys look!" you pointed your hand to it, they turned and Scott smiled " I thought they didn't exist anymore, can we go? please?" you begged using your puppy eyes, they always worked
"why don't you guys go? we'll be there in a minute" Scott said. You grabbed Liam's hand went to the photo booth.
"they remind you to you and Allison, don't they?" Lydia asked with a sad smile, sometimes she felt she was talking to Allison and not you; she missed her best friend but she was happy to have you.
"Yeah, and the fact that Y/n looks exactly like her and he's dealing with almost the same I had to, makes me remember our sophomore year" Scott sighed " do you remember when the four of us went ice skating and Allison had to teach me?"
"Yes, you hit your head like three times" Lydia laughed "and I also remember she had the photos you took at the photo booth as her book marker" Lydia squeezed Scott's arm softly
Scott smiled at the memory "I'm just glad she didn't have to go through everything her sister and I had to so we could be together"
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Friday came and you couldn't be happier, you were officially 16. You would talk about your birthday party with Allison when you were just a kid, all the dreams and plans you two had would never be completed, at least not at 100%. You got up from your bed and stood on front of the mirror looking at the photograph of you and Allison on her 16th birthday, both of you smiling and her arm around your shoulder. On the other side of the mirror were the six photos you took with Liam that Wednesday at the mall, you were kissing or hugging on most of them, but you're favorite was the last one, none of you remembered the Camara was supposed to take six photos, so after the fifth shot, you looked at him with so much love and appreciation, you were so grateful to have him in your life, he had been your rock for the past year and you couldn't ask for anything better. Liam was looking at you like you were the most beautiful girl he'd ever seen; after the bite, he shut down everyone around him trying to help him, you were the only person who could get past his walls, he let you in and helped him become a better person; you could see the love and admiration in his eyes, you two could have stayed like that for hours, just staring at each other but the camera flash pulled you out of your trance.
You put a strain of hair behind your ear and walked to your closet to look for your outfit, it was your birthday but you still had to go to school. You showered and got dressed, grabbed your backpack and walked downstairs to the kitchen where your father was cooking breakfast.
You sat behind the bar "Good morning, Dad"
"Good morning, Y/n" he placed a plate full of waffles and a ball of ice cream in front of you with a single candle in the middle. "Happy birthday, sweetie"
"Thanks Dad" you smiled and he hugged you. You finished your food and said goodbye to your dad and walked out of the house towards your car.
While you were driving to school, one of your favorite songs started playing on the radio and you couldn't help singing along with it. Your day was just getting better. You arrived to school,parked the car and headed straight to the entrance; people were talking and shouting in the hallway, some students said happy birthday and you wondered how did they know it was your birthday, you finally got to your locker and when you opened it a note fell to the ground, you picked it and read it.
Turn around and pretend to be surprised
L,S,S,M & K xx
You did what it said and saw all of your friends standing in front of you with balloons and a cupcake singing happy birthday to you. You felt your cheeks adopt a soft shade of pink but a huge smile formed on your lips.
"Aww guys! You shouldn't have done this" you hugged them all
"Nonsense, you are the baby of the pack, therefore you get to be spoiled on your birthday" Stiles said messing your hair
"Thanks Stiles, and thank you to all of you for doing this" you blew the candle on the cupcake "I should probably put this in my locker" You grabbed the balloons and the cupcake and placed them inside your locker
"Scott, have you seen Liam this morning?" Malia asked
"No, he missed practice this morning" Scott answered, suddenly you felt a strong pair of arms wrapped around your waist lifting you and spinning you around
"Here I am" Liam said after he put you down "happy birthday, Y/n" he kissed you and pulled you closer to him
"Thank you, Liam" you mumbled against his lips
"Okay, we know when we're not wanted anymore, so we're gonna leave now" Stiles said; they all hugged you one more time and walked to class
"How's your day so far?" he asked
"It's been amazing, why?" you asked
a smirk formed in his lips "because it's about to get better"
"and how are you going to do that, Dunbar?"
"let's get out of here" you could hear the excitement in his voice
you laughed "what?"
"let's skip class, just for today" he begged
"if Scott finds out you'll be dead and if my father finds out, I will be buried six feet underground" you said
"they don't have to, come on Y/n"
You couldn't say no to those big blue eyes of him, so you nodded and he grabbed your hand and lead you out of the school to the parking lot; You started the engine of your car and drove. After fifteen minutes on the road, you asked Liam where were you going.
"turn left on that path" he pointed to a small path that was almost invisible, you did and parked the car in front of a small river; Liam got our of the car and you followed him.
"Liam this place is..." you were speechless by the beauty of the place. Everything was in silence except for your breathing, the water of the river was crystal clear and the trees were fulled of green leaves.
"beautiful?" he asked
"Yeah" you couldn't help but smile, you had never seen this part of the woods.
Liam was proud of himself, he spent weeks looking for the perfect place, he knew you liked the tranquility of the woods so he wanted to show you something you had never seen before.
you reached for his hand and squeezed it "what did I do to deserve such an amazing boyfriend?" you asked
"I ask myself that question everyday" he said, you hit him playfully "there's something else I want to show you"
You walked for ten minutes until you came across a small wooden bridge, you noticed something brown on the ground and told Liam.
"Hey, what's that?" you pointed to the brown thing
"why don't you find out" Liam said with a smile, you looked at him confused but walked to the end of the bridge anyway, in front of you was a photo frame with a picture of you and Liam. Your favorite one. You picked it and ran back to your boyfriend.
You placed your arms around his neck and surrounded his torso with your legs "thank you so much, Liam!" you said, he placed his hands on your lower back
"you're welcome,babe" he said with his face buried in the crook of your neck
"how did you know this was my favorite picture?" you asked once he put you on the ground
"because it's my favorite too and I wanted you to have it, so you would look at it every morning and remember how much you mean to me, Y/n" he put both of his hands on your cheeks and pulled you closer, you were on cloud nine, everything was perfect.
His mesmerizing blue eyes were looking into your soul; the first time he laid eyes on you, he saw how strong and powerful you were, but right now he was admiring how delicate and beautiful you looked under the sun rays slipping through the treetops.
you collided your lips with his in the sweetest kiss you've ever had, after a while you broke the kiss, foreheads touching "thank you for the best birthday ever" you whispered
Liam kissed you again in response.
