Mer sank into the living room couch. It was August 23rd, Ellie's birthday. Mer was currently occupied with balancing her slice of cake on the arm of the couch and watching her parents make complete fools of themselves.
In honor of Ellie's birthday, everyone decided on a party at the ranch. Kareoke was set up in the livong room, a huge thing of food in the kitchen. Really it wasn't a good party to Mer. Her cousin had to wear a wig on her birthday and the only freinds here who didn't work for her were Mer and Jake. Mer chewed her cake as she watched her parents singing into the Kareoke machine. Some duet from, like last generation. (bold is Joe italics Miley and both is both)
I've always been the kind of girl, that hid my face
So afraid to tell the world, what I've got to say.
But I have this dream
Bright inside of me
I'm gonna let it show
It's time to let you know
To let you know
This is real this is me
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be now
Gonna let the light shine on me
Now I've found Who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I want to be
This is me
Her parents kept singing but Mer tuned them out as her now 13 year old cousin slumped down next to her. Lacey lolled her head to one side looking at Mer. "Some party, huh? Woo-hoo." she said, without any excitement in her voice.
"Well, your birthday presents seem good." Mer said, trying to make Ellie feel better.
"Yeah; my own cd, an interview, a new wig, and a bunch of chic flicks. Yeah, best birthday ever." Lacey crossed her arms, hugging herself.
Mer laughed. "You know if you open the 'chic flicks' Jake and I got you, you'd see that they're really a bunch of horror movies in the wrong cases." Lacey perked up slightly. "Horror, you say?" then she frowned slightly and pointed to Mer's parents. "Like their performance isn't horrifying enough." she said.
Joe heard this and yelled out,"Hey! I'll have you know, I-"
"Joseph, your cue!" Miley cried. Joe ended up screwing up the rest of the song. Jake walked in with his second piece of cake.
"Whavgokeon?" he asked with his mouth full.
Mer smiled,"Dad screwed up on his own song."
Jake swallowed his cake then looked over at Joe. "Um, no offense Gramps. That is kind of-" Joe glared at him"Don't think of finishing that sentence." Mer smiled. "What are you so happy about?" Joe asked.
"Pathetic." Mer said giggling as her father frowned." She gasped at a sudden pain in her stomach. Jake looked over at her. Noticing her eyes were close to tears he whisperd, "What's wrong?" panic lacing his voice. Nervously she glanced at Lacey who was smiling now. She couldn't ruin her cousin's birthday even more.
"N-nothing." she replied. "Just tired. I'm gonna head to bed. Ok?" Jake nodded and watched her get up and head upstairs. She collapsed onto her bed and bulled the covers up to her chin. A few minutes later Jake was in the doorway. "You sure you're ok?" he asked. She forced a smile,"I'm fine. Go back downstairs. Watch Haloween with 'Lacey'." He stood in the doorway a few extra miutes before sauntering off back downstairs. Mer bit her tounge as another wave of pain hit. She knew something was wrong so she did the only sensible thing.
"Mom!" she screamed. "Mom!" Miley ran into Mer's room,"What's the matter?" Mer sat up "I feel like something's stabbing my stomach every five minutes." Miley paled, which scared Mer even more. "Mom, what's wrong?" Miley sat on Mer's bed next to her. "I think you're having some contractions." Mer's heart stopped for a second. "Now? You don't mean?" Miley shook her head. "It doesn't mean it's coming now. Sometimes the body just does that, to kind of, prepare itself." Mer groaned. "This sucks."
Miley nodded."Nothing to worry about until your water breaks. So for now,want some more cake?" Mer threw a pillow at Miley, but Miley caught it. "If you want anything just yell my name got it?" Mer nodded"Got it." she said.
"Hey, mom?" "Yes?"
"Think I'm well enough to watch Haloween too?" Mer asked hopefully. She didn't want to watch the movie. But she didn't want to be here by herself. Miley shrugged "That's up to you."
Downstairs Mer kept cringing every few minutes. She was surrounded by her friends and they were having a blast. If only she wasn't in pain, she might be having fun too.
It occured to me, I should thank the reviewers from the first 2 stories too. Thank you to justinina, superwoman1234, Team M, ohmyjonasx3, Morgan Peach, Mayniac, JoeJonasLove11, ., brianna, Silverian Rose, DaddysGirl4EverAnd4Always1212, HeatFirePassion, XxTurnRightIntoMyArmsxX, Icy4aReason, happy makes the world go round, krissy0405,edwardluverx3, Deni Rose, back2tennessee. Without your reviews and such, The Climb might not be here and we might never know what happens to Mer. I promise to update asap. Love y'all!