Lisa woke up when her phone starting ringing. "Stupid phone," she mumbled and picked it up. "What?"

"Two days left."

Lisa sighed. "I told you, NO!"

"Meet us at the park tomorrow at noon." The person hung up and Lisa threw her phone to the other side of the room, unluckily it didn't smash.

"Who was that?" Sara asked, blinking sleep from her eyes.

"Go back to sleep," Lisa said and Sara lay back down.

Lisa heard footsteps. "Are you two ever gonna come out of there?" Dominic asked. "I ain't gonna kill you now. It's been four days since I wanted to kill you guys. And it's Lisa's birthday."

"Even more of a reason to stay in bed all day!" Lisa yelled.

"Come on, Lisa. Don't you like birthdays?"

"No!"

"Why not?" Roman asked.

"'Coz everyone makes such a fuss!" Lisa said.

"But you're sixteen," Roman said.

"Yeah, and as my birthday wish I wish you to let me sleep!"

Lisa heard the doorhandle move but she smiled. She had locked it last night.

"Unlock the door, Lisa!" Roman said.

"No!"

"Unlock it-"

"Shut up I'm trying to sleep!!!!!!!!!" Sara yelled, getting up and grabbing Lisa. She pulled Lisa to the door, unlocked it, opened it, pushed Lisa out, closed the door and locked it again.

"Sara!" Lisa growled and walked downstairs to join the others.

She sat in between Micheal and Brian.

"Happy birthday, Lisa," Brian said.

Lisa sighed and hugged him to say thanks, but she leaned her head on his shoulder and nearly fell asleep.

Dominic shook her. "Stay awake, you've slept all morning and all night."

Lisa opened one eye. "All night..... yeah."

Brian looked at her and she sat up. "Me, Sara and Micheal were playing Bullshit last night for hours."

Brian looked at Micheal who shrugged. "Lisa kept winning."

"Because you don't got a pokerface," Lisa poked her tongue out at him.

"So why did your phone ring just before?" Roman said. "I heard it go off."

"Uh.... oh, it was the wrong number," Lisa replied.

Brian shook his head. He didn't believe her. "It was Danny. Wasn't it?"

Lisa looked away from him. "No."

Brian grabbed her chin and pulled her face back to make her look at him. "Was it Danny?"

Lisa looked right into his eyes. "Yes."

"What did he say?"

"Two days left."

"Two days left?" Dominic echoed. "What does that mean?"

"I don't know," Lisa said. "That's all he said."

Brian let Lisa go and she sat back, looking at Micheal. He knew what it meant.

Two days until I consult them, she thought. But what will happen when I refuse?

Lisa snapped out of her daze and spent the day laughing and having fun with her friends. Eventually Sara came down and turned into a hyper kid.

The day was coming to a close and Roman, Brian, Sara and Dominic were asleep on the couch. Lisa not far behind. Micheal came back into the house after being gone for and hour, grabbed Lisa's hands and pulled her to her feet.

"What's up?" she asked but he put a hand over her mouth to keep her quiet.

"Come with me," Micheal whispered and Lisa followed him silently out of the house.

"Where are we going?" Lisa asked as Micheal opened the passenger seat of his car for her.

"You'll see," he said and she got in. He went to the driver's side and jumped in, starting up the car. He drove off down the street and Lisa was confused.

After a few minutes, Micheal stopped the car, got out, opened the door for Lisa, helped her out and led her up the hill with a hand over her eyes.

"Micheal what's this all about?" Lisa asked.

Micheal stopped her and took his hand away. Lisa blinked and stared. "Micheal, you did all this?"

Lisa stared at the railings that was covered in ribbons and there was flowers at both ends. In the middle there was a little board that said: "Happy 16th Lisa"

Lisa smiled and looked at Micheal. "You didn't have to do this."

"I wanted to," Micheal said and led her over to the railings and they looked out onto the ocean, it was beautiful.

Lisa turned to Micheal. "Thank you."

Micheal smiled and leaned in towards her. Lisa leaned in towards him.

Their lips connected and they pashed for a few seconds. This time Sara wasn't around to interrupt the special moment.

A couple more seconds passed and they broke apart. Micheal pulled Lisa into a hug and her head rested on his chest with her hands on his shoulders. "I love you Lisa," Micheal murmured.

Lisa smiled. "I love you to," she replied quietly.

"Oh I almost forgot!" Micheal said and broke the hug, walking over to a small tree where there was a stereo sitting on it. Lisa nearly laughed as he turned it on and she heard the slow-going music.

Micheal walked back over to her with a smile. "Would you like to dance?" He held out his hand.

Lisa shook her head with amusement. "You're the weirdest guy I've ever met." She took his hand and put her other hand on his shoulder. Micheal put his hand on her waist and they danced slowly. Lisa had to try not to crack up laughing.

Micheal pulled her close and hugged her as they danced. "Happy birthday, Lisa."

"Thank you, Micheal."

"I never want to lose you."

Lisa sighed silently. "I wish you never had to. But one way or the other you might."

Micheal sighed. "They'll kill you."

"It might not come to that," Lisa whispered.

"What do you mean?"

"Nothing. I've just been having these really scary dreams for the past couple of days."

"Do you want to talk about it?"

Lisa shook her head.

"Okay."

Lisa heard Micheal's phone going off and he pulled it out of his pocket. "It's Brian."

"Do you have to answer?" Lisa asked.

Micheal smiled. "No."

Lisa watched Micheal put the phone back in his pocket and they both sat down near the railings. Lisa put her legs out and let them hang over the edge and she put her arms on the railings, resting her head on her arms. Micheal sat beside her with an arm over her shoulders and his legs hanging over the edge.

Lisa stared out at the ocean, the sun was sinking down and looked like it was melting into the water like orange flames.

Lisa looked at the sky and saw some stars beginning to appear. "Miami is so beautiful."

"Just like you," Micheal said.

Lisa looked at him and smiled.

Micheal nearly jumped when he got a text. "It's from Dominic."

"What does it say?" Lisa asked.

"It says, 'where are you? Brian is getting worried'," Micheal replied.

"Maybe we should head back," Lisa sighed.

Micheal nodded. "Come on."

He stood up and put out a hand to help Lisa. She took it and he helped her up. They walked back to his car. They got in and Micheal drove them back to Roman's house.

When they got there, Micheal helped Lisa out of the car and they walked into the house.

"Where did you two go?" Sara asked as they walked in and sat on the couch together.

"For a drive," Micheal said, realizing Brian was staring at him. He burned with nervousness.

"For a drive where?" Roman asked.

"Micheal wanted to show me this really cool place," Lisa said. "It was a view of the ocean and the beach."

Brian smiled.

Lisa's phone started ringing, it wasn't in her pocket. It was upstairs.

She got up and ran upstairs and into her room. She picked up the phone. "Yeah?"

Lisa saw Micheal appear at the doorway, looking concerned.

"There's been a change of plans," Danny said. "Liam wants your answer tomorrow at the park. Meet us there at noon. Don't be late or we'll come and get you."

Lisa hung up the phone and suddenly fell to her knees, crying, her hands covering her face.

Micheal ran over and crouched beside her, a hand on her shoulder. "What's wrong?"

Lisa settled down a little. "I have only until tomorrow," she said, looking deep into his sapphire blue eyes. "If I don't show they're gonna come here."

Micheal sighed and hugged her. "Don't go. We'll help you get out of this."

Lisa's phone rang again and she answered but didn't bother to speak.

"And if you don't come, we'll kill your friends."

Lisa's body felt like it shut down and she suddenly threw her phone into the wall, smashing it to bits.

"Who's smashing things up there?" Roman called.

Roman's question wasn't answered. "Lisa, what did he say?" Micheal asked.

Lisa shook her head, tears streaming down her pale cheeks. She had visions flashing through her mind. Liam holding a gun to Micheal's head. Danny holding a gun to Brian's head. And the other gang members holding guns up at the others.

"Join us or watch them die," Liam smiled.

Lisa looked at her friends, they all looked nervous as to what her choice was going to be. Lisa shook her head. "I don't want to join you...."

"You are going to join us," Danny said.

"Let's see if this will make up your mind," Liam said and pulled the trigger on his gun.

With a big bang, blood was everywhere, most of it covered Lisa.

"NNOO!!!!!!" Lisa screamed.

The other people holding the guns pulled the triggers and all of Lisa's friends were killed, and she was covered in their blood.

Lisa screamed even louder.