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Birthday wish

March 11th, 2013

Chloe reached down the side of her bed for her phone while the rest of her was still under the duvet, after fumbling for a few moments she retrieved it, pulling it back under the duvet and checking the time, 9:15 am, Checking her messages she saw she had a few birthday wishes from her friends over at Blackwell, including one from her mom inviting her for dinner at the two whales at 4:00 pm, groaning she sat herself up, Looking around for a moment she decided it was probably best to shower first, then she could go straight to dinner after class, Begrudgingly she clawed her way out of bed and shuffled towards her door nearly tripping over her sparring gloves, kicking them out of the way she caught herself in the mirror and noticed the roots of her hair were starting to show, Her first class wasn't until 10:30 am so she grabbed the blue hair dye from her desk and spent the next forty minutes re-dying her hair and getting ready for the day.

Downstairs she grabbed a quick bowl of fruit loops and shoveled em down before the milk even had a chance to start turning them slightly soft, Checking her phone again the time read 10:05 am, "heh enough time to get to Blackhell and have a smoke before class," she thought to herself as she rinsed her bowl off, grabbed her bag and headed out to her truck, The drive to Blackwell had been fairly uneventful as far as driving went, The day itself was fairly bright for March, few light clouds with a cool breeze, Pulling into the car park she shut off the engine and pulled out a joint from her glove box and lit it, Inhaling slowly she leaned back prepping herself for the day, It wasn't as if she hated school, It was just she didn't want to have to be there today, It felt well...wrong, Looking out over the lot she saw Nathan walking along muttering to himself as he tapped away on his phone, "weirdo" Chloe thought, Nathan wasn't a bad guy, just odd, always jumpy and mostly kept to himself, A few other students offered waves at her and she lazily waved back taking another pull as she let her thoughts drift to her lost friend "Hey Chloe, birthday greets," The male voice brought Chloe out of her daydream as she sat up in her seat looking out of the window to see Hayden walking up to her, "Hey Hayden, thanks," Chloe said as she got out of her truck grabbing her bag as she did so, "Been shredding the rails this morning," Chloe gestured to the board in the guys arm as she inhaled a final toke before stubbing the butt with the heel of her boot, Hayden nodded, "You know it," he grinned as the two walked up to class.

Time seemed to drag by for the blue haired punk, Most of her classes were a snoozefest, Science and art were the only two she really bothered with, the rest were just meh, doing just enough to keep her GPA at a respectable 3.0, She could probably get it higher but she just didn't care about the rest, She had her art, found science a nice mental challenge, and her physical outlet was her Kickboxing, Having reached a black belt not too long ago, She already had plans on going further, maybe even teaching at some point later in life, as far as she was concerned, she was set, anything else was just icing on the cake, Even so, she always felt something was missing, She had loads of friends, Her mom, even her stepdad was a decent guy, He didn't replace her father, not at all, But it was him that introduced her to kickboxing, and in turn she had introduced him to her mom, It may have been a bit quick after her dad passing and Max leaving then disappearing but she couldn't exactly complain, she had, after all, introduced them.

Finally the final bell went and Chloe shot out of class in blur, The thought of food usually motivated the punk anyways, but birthday food was even better, She jogged to her truck and launched her bag into the trailer as she climbed in and started the engine, A quick glance around revealed only a few had got out so far, shrugging Chloe slammed her foot on the gas and sped out of the parking lot, traveling down the road Chloe was bobbing along to a song she was playing on her stereo as she pulled up to a set of traffic lights, She heard a throaty roar of a motorcycle pulling up along side her, she snorted to herself imagining one of the biker dudes that she usually saw cruising around and gave a nod in the direction of the noise, her eye, however, caught sight of something she didn't expect, Pink hair coming from under a white, black and pink helmet, Matching biker jacket along with a superbike looking motorcycle, again in matching black and white with a pink stripe running along the bike between the other two colours, The rider looked a little small for the bike but otherwise Chloe thought she, she assumed it was a she, looked pretty cool, Chloe gave an amused humph as the bike roared into life giving a slight wheelie as it sped off, "Cool, but a total showoff," She thought to herself as she flipped off the person behind her who was beeping their horn telling Chloe the light was green.

Parking her truck in the parking lot of the two whales diner, Chloe let out a groan as she saw a happy birthday Chloe banner stretched across one of the windows near her usual booth, Sighing she got out and went inside taking her seat in her marked booth as her mom came over, "And there's my birthday girl," Joyce said cheerily, Chloe felt herself sink a little as a few of the other patrons said happy birthday to her, reluctantly she waved a thank you back to them, "Mom do ya have to make a big deal out of it," she muttered quietly picking up a sugar packet and giving it a flick, Joyce let out an amused sigh, "Actually yes I do, My daughters turned nineteen,...now stop sulking and tell me what ya want to eat, I assume coffee is a given," she said smiling, Chloe rolled her eyes, "ok if you must,..yeah coffee is a given,...and hmmm, The biggest burger ya got and some wedges," she said batting her lashes at her mom playfully, Joyce chuckled, "on the way, Oh don't disappear too quick, David is swinging by about sixish," she shot over her shoulder as she went back to the kitchen. Chloe spent the next half hour or so drinking her coffee and chasing sugar granules around the table making shapes as she waited for her food, Chloe both loved and loathed her birthday, on one hand it was good eating and usually a present or two, but the food was the big plus, On the other hand, while not on her birthday, Max had gone missing just days prior and her father died at the beginning of the month, Her father's death while it still had an impact on her, she had dealt with that, she would visit his grave from time to time just to get things off her chest, Max, however, was different, she just vanished without a trace, since then the punk had slowly come to accept she may well be gone for good, but she had to hope, after all as doctors would say, no news is good news.

"Here ya go birthday girl," Joyce said snapping Chloe out of her internal monolog as she placed a large plate with a giant burger, three patties, loads of salad, cheese and extra bacon with more potato wedges than one could realistically eat, "Holy cow mom, I asked for a burger, not the whole cow," Chloe joked as she eyed up the behemoth burger, Joyce just laughed, "I'm sure you will find somewhere to put it all, lord knows you do enough to burn it off," Joyce smiled as she turned to attend the other customers and Chloe started tackling her dinner.

Forty minutes and a valiant effort later Chloe slouched back pushing the plate away in defeat sighing, "What you COULDN'T finish it," Joyce exclaimed surprised, Chloe was nursing her overly full belly with both hands like she was having a baby, "Hey I didn't do too bad, The burger was awesome, though, definitely want that on the menu, just too many potato wedges," she finished covering her mouth as she let out a loud burp that seemed to echo through the diner earning a few appraisals from the other side of the diner, "Excuse me," Chloe muttered as her mom gave her a scalding look, "Not my fault you gave me a food baby, least I know to charge you the child support," Chloe grinned, Joyce sighed chucking, "I suppose that one's on me,..nice save," She said taking Chloe's plate and refilling her coffee mug before turning to go back in the kitchen, "I'm just popping out for a smoke mom," Chloe said as she heaved herself out of the booth, "Don't go anywhere, David will be here soon," Joyce replied as she disappeared into the kitchen.

Outside Chloe perched herself on the window ledge pulling a joint out of her pocket lighting it at taking a deep draw on it, leaning her head against the glass she slowly exhaled letting the fuzzy feeling work it way over her, hearing the sound of a motorcycle she tilted her head towards the road to see the black, pink and white motorcyclist cruising past, "Still looks hella cool," Chloe thought to herself smiling as she took another drag, The sun was already setting as she saw David pull into the parking lot in his car, Chloe stubbed her smoke and waited leaning against the door of the diner as David got out of the car carrying a small box, Chloe grinned to herself already guessing what was inside as David drew nearer, "Skipping training today are we," David said with a knowing look, Chloe shrugged, "Hey it's my birthday, I'm taking a day off...was gonna skip school but didn't," Chloe replied opening the door for her stepfather.

Back in the diner Chloe was sat in her booth with David sat opposite making small talk about school and training, and an upcoming qualifying match in portland, after a short while the lights in the diner dimmed down, Chloe felt herself sink into her seat, she knew what was coming, Joyce came from out back carrying a tray with a cake and candles on it as everyone joined in singing happy birthday, "mom do you have to make a big deal about it," Chloe muttered as Joyce set the cake down, It was a nice cake Chloe had to admit, a pair of boxing gloves with blue and white icing along with a pair of candles in the shape of nineteen slowly burning away on top, Joyce gave an amused sigh, "Yes I do, it's your last year as a bratty teenager so it's worth celebrating," Joyce joked, "heh, I'll always be a bratty teenager mom, I don't think a number is gonna change that," Chloe retorted with a grin, "Well make a wish, I think the other patrons might want to see what there eating" David chuckled gesturing to the candles.

Chloe looked at the candles as the two flames danced next to each other, She thought about her goofy dad and what he'd say, inevitably her thoughts turned to her childhood friend, replaying the last time she spoke to her, she felt the all too familiar guilt rise inside her as a tear rolled down her cheek, "I wish I could say sorry," she thought as she took a breath and blew out the candles, Joyce slide into the booth next to Chloe hugging her as she let out a sigh, "Chloe you need to stop this, it wasn't your fault," she said softly as the lights in the diner went back to normal, "Wasn't it," Chloe murmured as she wiped the collection of tears from her chin, "I was so horrible to her, I told her to fuck off and that she was dead to me,...and for all I know...she might be," The bluenette sobbed as she leaned into her mom, Joyce rubbed Chloe's shoulder, "You had just lost your father Chloe, you were angry and upset, I'm sure she didn't take it to, heart," Joyce tried to comfort, But Chloe just shook her head, "You didn't see the look on her face mom, I thought I was upset,...but she looked crushed, I'm never gonna forget that,..With dad I got to say goodbye, It still hurts but at least I can go see him, she just...vanished," she sobbed quietly into her mother's shoulder, bearly noticing the door to the diner open as a few people left, causing a gentle breeze, The two smoldering candles relit catching Chloe's attention, The bluenette frowned looking at David, "You didn't get those silly relighting candles did you," she asked with a watery smile as she took another breath and blew them out again, this time wetting her fingers and pinching the wicks, "David shook his head, "Nope there just normal candles,"

Chloe found herself pulling up next to the junkyard a few hours later, Leaving her mom and David at the diner, Chloe just wanted some time to herself, If she was angry she would go to the gym and take it out on the punchbags, But she wasn't angry, just feeling shitty so she came here, somewhere she could just smoke and lose herself for a few hours, As she made her way to her usual spot a figure stepped out of the shadows causing her to stop dead in her tracks taking a defensive stance, "Now that's not a good way to greet someone you owe Chloe," A male voice said darkly as the figure stepped out of the shadows to reveal a blonde haired rough looking man covered in tattoo's with a blonde goatee, Chloe let out a drawn out sigh but maintained her stance, "one, two, three, four, five plus you, Really Frank," she thought to herself as she counted off the other five young lads cutting off her escape routes, They looked about her age, Three of them were blocking the larger exit, one was waving a small pocket knife about while another seemed to be brandishing something on his knuckles, The third just seemed to hang behind them, The two behind her she couldn't see exactly but she knew they were within striking distance, "Look today's not exactly a good day Frank," Chloe said in a short tone, Frank let out a snort as some of the lads let out amused grunts, "Sorry it's not convenient for you, besides this is just a reminder," "What six of you to remind me, what's wrong Frank, not got the BALLS to deliver a message in person," Chloe snapped interrupting the guy.

Hearing a shuffle behind her Chloe snapped her leg up behind her making contact with one of the lads jaws sending him to the floor as her fist found the other lads abdomen causing him to keel over as the wind was taken out of him, "HEY," Chloe heard a girl's voice call out, snapping her head in the direction of the voice Chloe froze as she felt a sharp blade pressed against her neck, "That's enough outta you," Frank barked, But Chloe wasn't listening instead focused on a short pink haired girl that strolled into view behind the other three lads, She was wearing blue jeans, a black, white and pink biker jacket unzipped revealing a short white tank top which revealed a toned stomach and a pair of heavy looking biker boots, Chloe watched as she crouched down flinging her leg up hitting the lad at the back in the bottom of the jaw sending him crashing into the side of a burnt-out van, before stopping a punch from one of the others with her palm dragging him forwards kneeing him in the gut and then smashing his face against her knee, As he fell she caught the wrist of the knife-wielding lad and had him doubled over face down to the floor arm bent back held by his wrist forcing him to grunt as he dropped the knife, It all happened so fast Chloe could bearly keep up, "She's good," Chloe thought to herself impressed.

"Ya know where I come from six on one isn't exactly fair," The pink haired girl said her tone pointed as she looked up at Frank with a knife pressed against Chloe's neck, "Who the fuck are you," Frank shot sounding a little shaky, Chloe was still staring at the pink haired girl, As close as she was and as clear a night as it was she swore her eyes were playing tricks on her, "Is that red...no pink eyes, they can't be real...cool look though," Chloe thought, Keeping eye contact she could see a fury behind the girls eyes, she had seen that sort of look before in the ring, But this was different it was the sort of look she imagined from films when someone close to the main character was hurt or killed, "She ain't fucking around," Chloe thought as she realized the blade against her neck getting pressed slightly firmer sending a jolt of caution down her spine.

The Pinkette looked Frank head on, "Not important,"

Hmmm...nope keeping it zipped

until tomorrow ;)