Barely Alive (First Draft Edition)

Chapter 16- Ankle Biting And Birthday Parties

Chapter 16- Ankle Biting And Birthday Parties

Ella woke up to find herself face to creepy stare once again. She screamed and scooted back as Axe just sat there staring her down. As soon as Ella's heart stopped racing, Axe grabbed Ella's hand and lead her out of the room where a surprise waited for her.

"Surprise!" Quincey cheered while dancing around the room blowing a party horn. Ella frowned and said, "what's this?" Jasper smiled as he walked over to her and sat a party hat on her head. "A birthday party for you." Quincey smiled and said, "you should have told it was your birthday sooner! That's my only excuse for stealing cake, balloons, hats, horns..." He went on rambling about what he stole as Ella gazed around the room.

A banner that hung crooked above the couch read: "Happy B-Day Ella!:)" part of it was rip and dirty. And... Ella thinks its written in blood. Different color balloons floated around in the room and some green streamers covered the couch.

Ella grinned and said, "this is for me!" All four of the zombies nodded. Ella gave a huge smile and said, "I've never celebrated my birthday before. This is kinda exciting!"

Quincey out his arm around Ella and groaned, "well good thing I'm the party master or else this party would be boring. Now lets okay pin the brains on the Axe!"

Axe looked a little nervous for the upcoming game as Ella giggled and said, "this is awesome!" Quincey, Iggy, Jasper and Axe played multiple games that involved hitting, pinning or shooting poor Axe. It looked like he didn't care that darts stuck on his forehead though.

After they played games Quincey sat Ella on the couch and said, "time for presents!" Ella sighed and said, "you really didn't have to get me a gift." Quincey grinned and said, "we didn't get you a gift. We got you gifts! As in more than one!" Ella smiled as Quincey handed her multiple cardboard boxes.

Ella opened them up finding a new witches hat, a couple of new shirts, a pair of black hiking boots and a fairy tale book. When Ella was done she gave a happy look to the brothers and said, "thank you so much! This has been the best birthday ever!" She jumped up and hugged the four brothers. "You guys are the best brothers ever!"

What she said made all four of them pause thinking of painful memories. Brushing them away all of them gave Ella a soft smile when Quincey said, "we aren't done! We have a cake and Rice Krispe treats for breakfast!"

All of them moved over to the small kitchen where a small white cake sat with blue frosting sat with the words "Happy Birthday." Iggy cut everyone a piece and placed a plate of homemade Rice Krispe Ella made on the table. The ironic thing about the teats though, was they were in the shapes of brains, which only made Jasper and his brothers like them even more.

"So do you guys still celebrate your birthdays?" Ella said with a mouth full of cake. Jasper nodded. "Yeah. There not usually this extreme. We usually sneak into the rafters of a movie theater or break into an arcade at night to celebrate." Yep, not extreme at all, Ella thought.

Iggy grinned and said, "Yeah, I remember for Axes birthday we snuck into an indoor skateboarding rank and- OW!" Iggy scrambled backwards revealing Axe, who was biting his ankle. "Axe!" Jasper growled.

Quincey went over and tried to tug Axe of, but he wouldn't let go. "Ow! Ow! Ow! He's biting harder!" Iggy yelped. Ella walked over and grabbed Axes hand and tugged on it. "Stop it, Axe! Your hurting him!"

Axe glared at her and release Iggy and turned towards her when Jasper and Quincey pulled him back. "Whoa! Your not biting, Ella unless you want her turning into a zombie!" Jasper snapped. Axe squirmed as Quincey and Jasper held him up against the wall. "Bad Axe! We already told you biting isn't nice!" Quincey explained.

Axe starred at him with no reply as Iggy rubbed his aching ankle. "Why did he bite your ankle?" Ella asked grabbing a rag and soaking it in cold water then handing it to Iggy.

"Um, well Axe is a little different than us" Iggy sighed as he wrapped the rag around his ankle. "What do you mean... different?" Ella gulped.

Jasper, still holding Axe back grunted, "well, he got a little brainwashed when we became zombies and that makes him express his feelings in many strange ways." Axe moaned and tried harder to break free when Quincey said, "if he bites your ankle or your arm, he's mad or annoyed."

"If he's sad he'll curl up behind the couch" Iggy added. "If he's super happy he'll chew on his thumb tip." Quincey nodded and moaned, "and if he's embarrassed he'll stuff his head in his shirt. And if he's want to be silly he'll try licking his nose. Axe is kinda like a super smart dog."

Just then Axe sank his teeth in Quincey's arm causing him to screamed and release him. Jasper gasped and held Axe back as Iggy handed Quincey the rag.

"Don't worry. Your most likely safe around him. He pretty much only gets made at us since we're his older brothers." Iggy explained. Ella nodded and looked at Axe who starred at her dead in the eye.

"Um, can you let go of him" Ella asked. Jasper gave her a weird look and said, "why!" Ella frowned and said, "I think he wants to be released." Axe squirmed forward when Ella added, "I'll be okay. Trust me"

Jasper looked unsure then said, "okay." He released his grip on Axe and watched him shuffle towards Ella, backing her up against the wall. "Ella" Iggy said edging towards them. Axe was now nose tip to nose tip with Ella when he sat some thing over Ella's head. Axe back up admiring the daisy crown he made.

Ella touched the crown and gave a small smile. "It's pretty!" Jasper, Iggy and Quincey had this confused look on their faces as Axe started chewing his thumb.

"What" Iggy gawked. "He made that!" Axe shot him a nasty look then turned back to Ella who was still admiring the gift. "It's beautiful, Axe. Thank you very much!" Axe gave a small smile and shuffled away leaving his brothers utterly confuzzled.

Ella spun around touching her flower crown saying, "best birthday ever!"

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