Just so you know: I do not own Astor or any other Dexter characters. If you only watch the shows, before you say anything you should know that Cody and Astor are just like Dexter. I might add that I' d love if you reviewed my story. Also I enjoyed writing this story and idea very much! Enjoy! Sorry if it's a bit confusing. Tell me if it is, so I can fix the little things I messed up on

I sat there looking at the outside of my house eying the clock, waiting patiently for it to strike nine while taking small breaths. Normally I am not the kind of person to feel anxious but today Angelic Astor had seemed like she was on speed. Why would Astor Morgan actually be so anxious you ask? Well that question is easy to answer, Astor Morgan formally known as Astor Bennett was now turning eighteen when the clock strikes nine o'clock and I finally would be able to dance like a ballerina in the nighttime sky as Deliah (my dark passenger).

I sat waiting, and watching like the human that I was not, and that is when Cody came into the room with a wide spread grin. I knew he was as humanly excited as I was so I did not wonder about the odd grin that displayed on his face. "Happy birthday Astor!" He said giving me a hug, which once again was odd. "Aren't you excited that me and you are becoming adults." He used the term as though we were both about to have sex with a partner of ours.

I gave a wicked grin and looked at him, "You have no idea!" I then made a flabbergasted expression noticing an odd reaction from myself, "I mean this is something the two of us have been waiting for and looked forward to for years. We're actually going to go after a live living human being." And just when Anxiously Awaiting Astor spoke those words, the doorbell rang.

"Race you!" Cody said immaturely, the thought of killing just made us so cheerful that it scared me.

"You're on!" I then ran to the door hoping it was Dexter back from work but no it was only Josiah. Genially Jaded Josiah, coming here to give Anxiously Awaiting Astor her birthday present. He wore a surprised look on his face and said softly, "Happy birthday Astor."

I stood looking at him with an odd look for a second before Cody nudged me to do something, so I just up and hugged him. He was my little pet, my disguise my own personal annoying human, but he was here at the wrong time and I wanted him gone. NOT dead but out of here now.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

My cheeks felt hot and oddly for the second time I felt anger, it was weird but I felt it. I overcame myself but I still felt it. Not enough to bang Josiah over the head with a nearby baseball bat or beat him up no, but just enough to want to do those things. That is when he passed me a wrapped up box, with the colors of red and white. This just made me more anxious! Red. Did he know what tonight was? I rolled my eyes knowing that he did not and then I took the present and slowly opened it pretending that the wrapping was something special to me.

"I hope you like it," Josiah responded as I slowly opened the gift. It was a necklace. A cross diamond necklace, it was so beautiful and Christ like that I had a feeling it would burn a hole through my horrible knife holding hand as I held it. I was not the kind of girl to get all mooshy gooshy but another girl would hug him in her arms and say the three horrible words that I hated.

"Thanks," I said giving him a kiss on the cheek, those were not the words but I was not going to say the words, I Love you. Why? Well you see where that got Dexter. I looked at the necklace holding it but the outside and not the cross looking at it as though it was the most awesome thing I have ever seen. Though it wasn't, so I imagined that I was watching Cody killing a dog. Much more enthusiasm came to place then.

"So are you and Cody going to do something tonight?" He asked with an annoying human smile that stated that he wanted to join us if we were.

I looked at him quickly trying to think of some normal excuse as I held the rebuking cross necklace in my hand and that's when it came to me, "Actually no Josiah. Cody's sick and I planed to spend my birthday with my family. IF that's ok with you." Just as I said, that Cody coughed himself in oblivion. IT was such a great performance that he should have won an Emmy for it.

"Oh, it's ok with me." He said a bit too quickly, that Cody and I made an Oxymoron expression, "I already have plans tonight."

"With who?" I asked like a normal human girl would (Which I'm not) would ask.

"Myself and one of my friends, we're going to go see a movie," He said fixing to walk out the door, but before he did, he kissed my cheek and went out the door.

As soon as he left, Cody gave me a look that read that he was a bit frustrated with my human and I couldn't blame him I was too. What if Dexter came and he was still here. What time would we have to see the "Movie" we had told mom we went out to see. I sighed and nodded waiting anxiously for time to go by and Dexter to be here.

Cody sat next to me with no enthusiasm left in him and looked at me with sad eyes leading me to a flash back.

"Ollie Ollie Oxen free! Gonna find the escaped zoo animal behind a tree!" Eleven year old Astor proclaimed as her and Cody went to look for the little monkey. Cody held the knife and I held the element of surprise. I looked at Cody not having to say a word and then he did what he did with a smile on his face. And that was the most awesome thing two-sociopath children could do for a feeling. Any feeling at but to do it made us some how feel alive.

"Astor!" Cody said nudging me. In what seemed had been a flash back had been a dream, which once again was odd. "Dexter's here."

I smiled awkwardly running to the door with all my anxiousness gone and excitement at reach. I was going to have the best birthday present ever.