Joe:
"Happy Birthday Joe!" Frank Hardy, my older brother, called out to me, from the doorway of my bedroom.
"Thanks!" I replied, hopping out of my twin sized bed. I ran downstairs to see our whole living room decorated with birthday decorations.
"You're up early" My mom exclaimed, from the kitchen "It's only nine thirty!"
"I couldn't sleep" I replied a bit tired but excited, it was my eighteenth birthday.
"It's his birthday, how could he sleep?" My dad asked, drinking his coffee "You and Frank have the whole day to whatever the birthday boy wants to do, but under one condition, you're back here by four o'clock."
"Why four o'clock?" I wondered.
"One of my good friends is coming to visit and I want both of you here to meet him." He looked at my mom, then to Frank, then back to my mom "Now, go sit down and have yourself some breakfast"...
After the big birthday breakfast, which was scrambled eggs, chocolate chip waffles and bacon, I ran upstairs to get changed for the day. What I was picked out was my favourite black shirt and a comfy pair of jeans. When I went back downstairs, Frank, Mom and Dad were all talking quietly on the couch and they all looked upset.
"You guys okay?" I asked, quietly.
"Yea.. yea.. fine.. fine.." My mom croaked quickly, getting up from the couch and giving me a hug "We love you Joesph, please remember that".
"I love you too mom" I said back.
"Now, go out and do something amusing" She pushed me to the front door.
"Come on, Joe. Let's go see what Pippen is up to today" Frank and I walked out the front door and up the street to our best friend's house.
"Go knock on the front door, Joe!"
"Why me?"
"Because it's your birthday and you should"
"Fine" I walked up to the front door and knocked on it. The door opened suddenly. "Hello? Pippen? You there?" I called into the house. No answer. I decided to walk into the living where there was a little bit of light.
"SURPRISE!" A several voices yelled and I jumped about ten feet. "Happy Birthday Joe!" They all jumped out from behind the couch and chairs. It was Pippen, Neville, Nancy and Ron, all of my very good friends.
"You guys scared me!" I cried.
"That's the whole point of the surprise, Joe!" Frank exclaimed, from behind me, laughing. Everyone else started to laugh too.
"Guys, it wasn't very funny, I almost had a heart attack"
"Oh please Joe, stop being so dramatic" Pippen laughed "Here! Look at the cake we bought you!" He pointed at a three layer cake that had the number sixteen all over it.
"We all put in different ideas on how to decorate it" Neville said.
"That is so cool!" I loved it.
"Yea, I got my aunt to make it. Her being a baker and all." Nancy explained, cutting the cake then passing me a piece.
"Well, tell her thank you very much." I took a bite of it and it was delicious.
After eating the cake and cleaning up a bit, we did what all teenagers do, played video games all day. It was a pretty awesome birthday, just to relax and hang out with friends.
"Joe, it's a quarter till four. Mom and Dad wanted us home by four" Frank claimed.
"Yea okay, thanks guys, for this awesome birthday!" I sighed "We have to do this again sometime soon." As I said that, they all went quiet and looked back at each other with a weird expression on their face.
"Maybe sometime" Pippen said quietly, looking at the floor.
"Let's go Joe, we're gonna be late" Frank pleaded.
"Alright, alright, thanks again guys" and with that, Frank and I exited the living room and walked out the door to go meet the visitor...
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