Bianca
"Happy birthday!" I was woken up to my family singing the Happy Birthday song to me. Wait, I forgot it was my birthday today, finally legal. I rub my eyes and look at them, still half asleep. "Oh yeah, I'm 18 today," I say groggily as my sister jumps on top of me, hard enough to force the life out of my body. I wasn't awake enough to process what was going on but it was enough to knock some sense into my sister. "Oww! Get off me!" I push her away from me as she tumbles off and lands at the bottom of my bed.
I laugh at her from the top of my bed then look at the cake, the wax from the candles slowly melting from the fires. I close my eyes and think about my wish deeply before blowing out the flames. I imagine what my life would be in college, my new life once I graduate college. I know I'll become a different person than I am now. I put the thought aside and smiled at the cake.
"Thank you for the cake!" I hug my parents with my sister hugging me from behind. "You should start getting all your things ready for later. Have Brianna help you," my dad says as I nod. I hop out of bed and took a quick shower, changing into something comfortable because I know it won't last long.
"Ate, why can't I come with you~?" Brianna whines from the other side of the bathroom. "If I help you, I should go!" I laugh and shake my head as I fix my hair. "I already told you, no. This is for friends and we can do something together tomorrow, okay?" I hear her groan and drag her feet towards her room. "Fine~" After finishing up my business in the bathroom, I went downstairs and grabbed my things before heading to my truck.
I sat in the driver's seat, waiting for Brianna to come down to the car. As I do, I text the invites to my friends hoping to see them there. The message said :
Hey! It's ya girl's 18th birthday and I wanna invite you to hang! We'll be at this really cool house my parents rented out for the night! There are food and drinks provided. My dad also got a driver to pick y'all up and drop off home so you don't have to worry about it. I hope to see you there! :)
After hitting send, Brianna finally gets into the car with her things. "Oh my god! What took you so long?" I say while turning to face her from the front of the car. "I was taking my sweet time~" I sigh and shake my head in disappointment. No wonder she's always late to everything. She's so slow doing anything. I plug my phone onto the stereo and play some music while Brianna stays glued on hers.
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We finished checking the venue if everything was all set and ready for tonight, I go back to the truck and start it up. Brianna hops in a few seconds later, buckling her seatbelt and ready to take a nap. I look at her through the rearview mirror before making our way our way home. I still have to get dressed and look my best for tonight.
Parking the truck in the driveway, I wake up Brianna to get out of the car before leaving her inside alone. She wakes up slowly after a couple of attempts and I go back inside to fix myself up. Once I got to my room, my dress was already on my bed, as if it was waiting for me to arrive. It was a dark gray and blue knee-high dress I picked out about a month ago before my birthday. I would rather not wear a dress at all and show up with my flannel and jeans, but my parents insisted on me wearing something fancy.
An hour passed, and it was almost time for the party to start. My sister helps me with my hair before I go back down to my truck, where my dad was waiting to drop me off at the venue. I hopped in and buckled myself in. He begins to drive while I listen to my music peacefully, watching the trees pass by. I thought about what would happen at the party once everyone arrives. I hoped that he would show up too...
Aaliyah
I was eating my lunch with my family, finishing my up food and feeling stuff. "Ahh, that was so good!" I smile before bringing my dishes to the sink and washing them. Soon after, I went to my room, looking around if I should redo my room again for the third time. I reach for my phone to play music when suddenly I got a text from Bianca. "Hm? What's this?" I wonder to myself as I open the message.
Reading the message, it was an invitation to a party she's throwing. "AHH! Happy birthday!! I'll definitely go!" I typed before pressing the send button. I forget about cleaning my room and immediately go to my closet, looking for something nice to wear. So many choices, so little time... I rummage through my clothes before I found a nice dress for me to wear. It was a light pink knee-high dress and I have my brand new boots to pair it with.
I got myself ready for the party and called Bianca, saying that I'll be there soon, and she replies saying that a limo will be coming soon to pick me up. I nod and hang up the call, finishing up my makeup in the bathroom. As I do, I think about who's also going to be at the party too. I bet we'll have a great time there. Music playing, food, games and all types of fun. I get my things and head out, seeing a limo already waiting for me.
I enter the limo and see that no one else is inside, except for the driver. I guess I was the first one being picked up. We drive off and go to another part of the city, seeing that Nina is standing in front of her apartment waiting for us. She enters the car and I smile. "Hey~! You look so nice!" I say as I admire her dress. It was similar to the dress she wore back at our 8th-grade graduation, but this one was yellow, with some pinky tones to it. "Thanks, you look great too!" She replies and I nod with a smile.
After picking up the rest of the group, we make a stop at a neighborhood in the city I didn't recognize. Maybe this was one of Bianca's other friends she invited. As we pull up at the curb, there was a guy dressed in a nice suit, but not too formal. He looks so familiar to me but I can't recall from where. Once the door opened, it finally came to me. It was Damian, entering the limo as we all look at him.
"What? You're looking at me like I killed someone." He said as he took his spot at one side of the limo, next to Hans. "It's been a long time since we saw you. Woah..." I say, remembering all of us in middle school, when Bianca liked him and he felt the same way. But that was until we started our new lives in high school and he moved to New Mexico.
The limo starts driving and goes to another part of the city that I was unfamiliar with. Man, I really should go out more. There stands yet another guy waiting for the limo. He was around the same height as Damian, except he wore glasses. He went inside and sat next to Damian. "Hi, I'm Eric. You must be all of Bianca's friends." He said with a nice smile as he adjusted his glasses.
This must be the guy Bianca was talking about, this might be the new Damian, well not really. But I smile back at him and introduce myself, as well as the others. "I'm Aaliyah, nice meeting you!" The others say their names and we begin to approach the house Bianca rented for the party.
