*** Two Days Later ***
I roll over and face Eden. He's still asleep and he's snoring lightly. Nawwww. He's so cute when he's asleep. I check my watch.
It's 8:30 am. I stand on my knees an stretch the. I crawl over to my bag and pul out my black shirt and galaxy boardies.
I get changed and crawl out of our tent as silently as possible. Elinor is sitting at the fire, which she has started up, with a cup of what looks like coffee in it.
"Hey" she says in a drousy voice. "You? Are awake? Now?" I walk over to her and put my hand on her forehead. "Are you feeling okay?" I ask.
"Haha" she says and bats my hand away. "I couldn't get to sleep until like 3 and then I woke up real early and couldn't go back to sleep. So I read" she says.
I laugh. "OH!" El bursts suddenly. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" she jumps off her chair and embraces my head squeezing tight. "Get off!" I say and try to pull away.
"NEVER!" she shouts. "Shut up!" I whisper-shout at her. "You'll wake the others up". She lets me go and dusts herself off.
"Too late" she says looking behind me and I turn to see Eda and Elijah crawling out of their tent together. "You idiot!" I say to Elinor and lightly slap her arm.
"What's all the ruckus?" Eli asks as they walk over to us hand in hand. "Elinor was screaming and I told her to shut up so she screamed louder" I say and glare at El.
"Sorry if I woke you" she says and I smile at her apology. "It's alright. We were awake anyway" Eda says and I smirk.
"God!" I say "What is going on!". "Shut up ass mog!" Eda says and plonks her ass in a chair. "Happy birthday Ris" Elijah says and gives me a hug.
"Well" I say hugging him back "At least one of you two remembered" I smile at Eda and he lets me go. "Haha!" she yells "I remembered". She stands and I back away "You called me and ass mog so NO HUG FOR YOU!!"
"Shut up!" I hear someone yell from the tents "SOME PEOPLE AREN'T FRICKIN BIRDS!". "Go back to sleep Andy dear" I say and pat her tent.
"I will!" she says and ten seconds later we hear snoring. Eda tries to stifle a laugh and I grab some sticks to boost the fire up a little more.
I sit down on my chair as Eden, Zel and Newt crawl out of their tents. "Morning" Elinor says and takes a sip of her coffee.
"Morning" Zelda says and plonks down into her chair. Eden walks up to me and I stand. "Happy birthday baby" he says and gives me a kiss.
"Ugh!" someone says "Get a room!". I break away from Eden and he smiles. "Happy birthday lil' sis'" I hear Newt say and he pic me up from behind and spins me around.
I squeal. "Put me down!", he does and I turn around and slap his arm. "Bastard" I smile and he laughs.
We sit back down and everyone else - excluding Andy - crawls out of their tents.
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"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR RISSY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!" Everyone yells as we sit in a circle in the woods.
"Thanks guys" I say as they calm down. "I'M GOING FIRST" Andy screams and thrusts and envelope in my face. "This is all you got me?" I say and frown.
"JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP AND OPEN IT!!" she screams. She's acting all giddy an I'm starting to get scared. I rip open the envelope and there's a little package inside.
I put it down and read the card aloud. Dearest Bitchface,
Happy not-so sweet 16th birthday! I wuv you long time! Now open the ducking package!!
Wuv Andy-Poo
"Charming" I say and put the card down to open the package. I rip the paper off it and sitting there wrapped in plastic is a front row ticket to Black Veil Brides.
I scream. "WHAT? HOW?" I yell and and tackle her and squeeze her. "Tommy got two tickets but he didn't want to go so I thought 'Hey Happy Birthday Ris!'"
"I LOVE YOU!" I scream and hug her again. I sit back down in my place and the others hand me their presents one at a time.
I got: Elementals book series - Elinor.
A Ariel pop toy - Kendall
Maze Runner series - Olive
A Batman tee and black skinny jeans - Eda
An A3 art book - Zelda
THG bracelets - Cara
Pickachu onesie - Newt
Money from Tommy, Skylar, Ty and Lex.
Eden handed me his present and gave me a kiss. "Happy birthday beautiful" he said. "Thank you" I say. I unwrap it and open the box inside.
An iPhone 6 case sits in side it. It's black and has the batman symbol on it with my name written in white curvy letters.
"What's this for?" I ask and pull it out of the box. "I don't have a phone" I say and look at him with a raised eyebrow. He pulls something out of the satchel next to him and hands it to me.
"Now you do" he says and I look at the box. I open it and inside is an iPhone 6. "No. I can't take this" I say and put it down. "Too late" Eden says "I threw out the receipt".
I smile and kiss him. "Thank you" I say and he smiles. "Come on" Lex says. "We have to clean up". We pick up the paper and envelopes and head back to camp.
"Hey Ris" Olive calls to me. "What's this?" she's waving an envelope that has my name on it. "I don't know" I say putting my presents into my suitcase.
"Where'd you get it?" I ask. "It was on your chair" she says and hand it to me. I can't recognize the writing. "It my be another birthday present" Cara says "Go on. Open it".
I tear open the envelope and in side is a folded piece of paper. I cast the envelope onto the ground and read the letter out loud.
Dear Iris Lavender Finnigan,
My name is Dr Graden. I am a scientist in Florida. As I have heard today is your 16th birthday. And now it's time you knew the truth about yourself. When you were born your parents volunteered for an experiment. They brought you to my lab in Florida and I conducted a number of experiments on you. As you know you are to only person in this country that has red hair and blue eyes. That you know of. There is another of your kind. Her name is Tanika Macmillan. She is just like you. It is also her birthday today and she has received the same letter that you have. You are a genetically engineered human being. We conducted experiments to see what a red haired - blue eyed human would look like. It worked well but nobody else thought that it was a beautiful creation. You also have "powers" as you may call them. When you turn 21 you will be able to transform yourself into a wolf. When you were 5 and went into the woods and found those pups we decided this would be your animal of choice. You are as they call it a "werewolf". Tanika can turn into a shark. She will be attending your school this year. During the holidays I would like you to visit so I can tell you both more. My address is on the inside of the envelope.
Sincerely,
Dr Matthew Graden
I stare at the letter and feel everyone's eyes on me. "I seriously hate you now" Andy says "YOU ARE AN ACTUAL WEREWOLF!!". I laugh and fold up the letter.
"Do you think it's real?" Eda asks. "I don't know. I guess we'll have to wait until school starts" I say and turn around.
"You two coming?" I ask Andy and Kendall. "Coming where?" Keni asks. "To see my brethren" I say and run off into the woods.
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