The snow fell outside my window as I sipped at my hot chocolate, wrapped in a thick blanket, by the fire. I was the first awake in the house and I watched as the hypnotising flakes of ice fell to the ground. I sat on one of our black leather couches in the lounge. The walls were silver and in one corner stood our Christmas tree, decorated with reds and golds.
I heard foot steps patter down the staircase behind me. I turned my head to see my younger brother and sister running towards me.
"Happy Birthday!" They cried and flung themselves at me.
Francis and Emma were twins, with curly blonde hair and blue eyes. They were five and very mischievous. Following them down the stairs were my parents. My mum was shortish with brown hair reaching her shoulders. She had piercing blue eyes and a friendly smile. My dad was also short with very short, brown hair. He was had a little stubble and was also very friendly.
We went to the kitchen to have breakfast. It was small, only fitting a table and then all the appliances. My presents were on the table. I got a new phone, some clothes and lots of chocolate.
"Thank you guys!" I gave everyone a hug and then got up I go to school.
I wore my snow boots, big black coat, my blue, ripped jeans and a hoodie. I then ran out of the house into the snow. I grinned like a little kid and spotted one of my friends down the road. I grabbed a handful of snow and chucked at the back of his head. It was a direct hit. He turned around and grinned at me.
"Hey Ken!" He called and then lobbed another snow ball back at me.
He was a little taller than me, but younger by a few months. He had short black hair and blue eyes. We hung around a lot together.
The snow went into my short black hair. My fringe fell into my face and I blew it out of the way.
"Hi Jake." I replied, jogging to catch up to him. I fell and and went butt first into the snow. "Ahh!" I cried and then burst into laughter.
"Well done." Jake giggled, helping me up.
"I best be off, I'm going to be late now." I complained.
"Ok, well, have fun, and be careful." He replied and headed off to my uncle's to get a lift to school.
My school took about forty minutes to walk to. I listened to my music the whole time. When I finally arrived I was bombarded by all my friends.
"You're sixteen! Today's the day!" Jenna cried, "I'm not on my own anymore!"
Jenna was the oldest in our group, with blonde curly hair. She was small and friendly, very caring. Then there was our tallest friend, River, she had brown hair and loved anime. She was like a sister to me, we argued all the time. Freya was very feisty, with long blonde hair. She didn't really like anyone outside our group. Finally, there was Ebony. She was the same height as me, with purple hair and was basically our mother.
I was going to miss first lesson because I had to go to my head of year, Mr Mill Room.
"Good morning, and happy birthday, Kendra." He said with a grin on his face. His long brown hair was tied in a pony tail. "Are you ready?"
"Always have been." I replied happily.
"Then come right this way."
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Jake- Connor connormarland
Jenna- Skye itscalledestrogen
River- Tayla vanillaxox
Freya- Amber
Ebony- Yesirat HidingApple
