I woke up today, April 25, to my whole family in my room. Yup they do this every year on this date. Why? Because it is my birthday. My 18th birthday. It's okay because I prepared for this last night. Okay, back to my room. ''Happy birthday, mijah,'' my mom says. My dad just standing there smiling. I know what's going to happen next, they're going to sing las maninanitas.
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They just finished singing and all my family is now exiting my room with huge smiles on their faces. Except for my older sister, her name is Jazmine, oh and mine is Tyler.
''What do want to do for your birthday this weekend,'' she says.
Since today is a Wednesday, a school day, we can't go out.
''I don't know..., umm suprise me,'' I said while turning my curling iron on.
''Okay I'll figure something out with Abigail,'' Jazmine said with a small wink. Oh and Abigail is my bestfriend.
''okay, now get out so I can get ready for school,'' I say, lightly throwing a pillow at her sholder.
After I finished curling my hair, which by the way is the color red, I slipped into my pastel blue jeans and a white blouse with a black bow around the waist. I grabbed my black dickies backpack and went downstairs. I was used to all the noise my two little brothers were making. Much to no suprise my two older sisters were fighting, by now I just learned to nevermind them and go on with my business. My other sister is named Dulce, so it's pretty much just like Candy, which is what we call her. I happen to sneak past them. I walk into the kitchen, where once again my mom says, ''Happy Birthday!''. she turns around to check on some fluffy delicious looking pancakes. She asked me how many I wanted. Like always I replied with two. When she turns around she hands me my plate and a black squared box. I already knew what it is. It is a gold necklace with a crystal hanging in the center. It was my gramdmas most precious possession.
''Mom, you don't have to give me this,'' I say with tears waiting to come pouring out of my eyes.
''Nonsense, your grandma would have wanted you to have it,'' she says with a smile and a tear dropping from her eye.
I let a tear out and went for a hug. She huged me really tight I thought I was going to explode. I didn't say anything because it was a comfortable moment. We let go and she said, ''Now hurry up and eat, you're going to be late.''
After I looked around for my eldest brother. I didn't see him any where I asked my mom where he went.
'' se fue con tu papa a trabajar.''
Which if you don't know means he went with your dad to work.
My father is a very bad person but he is a great father. Okay it was just the businesses that's bad, but he put my eldest brother in it, which is really fucked up. At first I wanted to be in the family business and then I found out what we really do and I lost it. I still want to kinda do it but not the horrible part.
