The Outcast Girl ✔

Fifty Two

Julia's POV

My face scrunches up as the sun begins to shine on it painfully. Turning to the other side, I reach for a particular body warmth but feel none. My eyes shot open like a rocket.

"Jace?" I question, sittibg up from the bed. A frown appears on my face when I don't see him. I'm about to get up when the bedroom door opens, revealing Jace with a box in his hands.

"Good morning." I say cheerfully. Usually, I would expect him to run up towards me, shower me with kisses and tell me how much he loves me but he did nothing. Just continued to put things in his box.

"Good morning Jace." I say a bit louder, figuring that he didn't hear me. Still, he continued to pack his box.

"Are you avoiding me?" I ask, getting up. "On my birthday?" I walk towards him, looking at him in disbelief. "You aren't even going to wish me a happy birthday?"

Seeming he was finish in packing whatever, he just stared me. My eyes search to find out whatever the heck was wrong with him.

"Mom says breakfast is ready." He says nonchantly,  tapping me on the head and walking out the room.

"What the fudge was that?" I say to myself. It was probably nothing, so without thinking about it, I shrug it off and head to the bathroom.

............

"Good Morning Julia." Nadine smiles, handing me a plate with freshly cooked bacon, egg and pancakes.

"Good Morning Nadine." I smile, taking it. "Where everybody else is?"

"They woke up early and left. Said they wanted to explore Jamaica some more." She says, slowly drinking her coffee.

"Really?" I ask, sadness dripping in my voice. "I thought they would be here..."

"Why would they be? Is there something special happening today?" She questions, clearly uninterested.

"Yuh don't rememba?" I whisper doubtfully.

"Remember what?" She asks, confused.

"Never mind." I sigh. "I'm not really hungry anyways." I trudge going up the stairs, disappointment and sadness getting the best of me.

...........

"Miraculous, simply the best. Up to the test, when things go wrong..." I sing as I watch the television. I was going to get ready to go out and treat myself. I mean, it is my birthday, why should I dwell with the fact that everyone forgot?

"I'm going out Linda." I shout, exiting the house with my bag.

Later on, I decided to go to Sovereign to eat some Island Grill jerk chicken. I loved jerked chicken and festival, but not as much as I loved Patties. And I was going to treat myself to eat everything I loved.

"Julia?" My head snaps towards Joseph, Mizah, Tahmar and

"Tezza?" I say getting up. "Oh my god!" I rush to them, hugging each like my life depended on it.

"What are you guys doing here?" I eye each of the closely.

"We come here fi get some food and juss gwan sit down." Tahmar says. "But, happy birthday good gyal! How it feel to be one adult?"

"It feels great actually." I sigh. "But mi tink everybody else forget who me meet over foreign."

"Fi dem lost." Tezza says, holding my hands. "Come make we hang out together. Yuh know, like old times. And then after, we can tek yuh to Amar's fi get you sum nice for yuh birthday."