Abby was standing in the doorway holding Alex's hand. I was on my feet charging at them in no time and I crushed them in a hug.
When I pulled away I smiled, "hey Uncle Alex, aunt Abby."
"Hey squirt. He's not your uncle."
"Yet."
"Um, Cam?" She asked hesitantly.
"Come on. We know you guys are in love so why don't you get married already?"
By then Abby's face was so red, with embarrassment, it would put a tomato to shame.
"Hey Uncle Al, I haven't seen you guys since Christmas. I really missed you."
"I missed you too Cam," he said awkwardly.
"Zach and I are getting married in the summer and mom and dad are getting married in the winter."
When those words left my mouth anyone listening, which was everyone, gasped. My hand immediately covered my mouth.
"My bad. Sorry," I whispered.
No one knew about my parent's engagement besides: me, Grant, Zach (because he was there), the gang, Abby, Alex, my grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Baxter, and my parents.
My mom went up to the microphone and announced, "it's true. We're engaged."
The whole was filled with cheers and 'congratulations' and clapping. I went back to get more food but I didn't realize how much until Grant pointed it out.
"I know you a growing teen and whatever but I don't even eat that much."
I just shrugged, "I guess I'm just really hungry."
The rest of them talked about the different things we could do now that we were 18. That was until Abby come and stood behind us with her arms crossed over her chest.
"Why did I not get a hug from my nephew?"
He turned around slowly, "sorry aunt Abby."
During our mission to take down the Circle Abby got close Grant because, he thought the Circle killed his parents so destroying them would be like revenge. During the whole process we had a hard time controlling him but Abby always managed to calm him down.
He stood up and she pulled him into a hug but just when he pulled away she placed a big kiss on his cheek. It wasn't just an innocent kiss, it was more of a kiss you hate your mother for but he stood there and took it like a man. I pulled out my spiPhone and took a picture while laughing.
For those of you who don't know, a spiPhone is just like an iPhone except it can do much more like detect body heat and hack into phone calls within a mile radius.
During this whole family scene people started: laughing, taking pictures, or gossiping. Grant, one of toughest guys at Blackthorne is getting kissed by his aunt.
When she pulled away that was like everyone's cue to leave and the whole room got a lot louder. We decided to have a family day so it was just mom, dad, Abby, Alex, Grant, Bex, Zach and I. We played board games and watched movies, in case you haven't gathered my family likes movies, but I fell asleep half way through the first one. I can't really be blamed because it was Transformers, Grant's favorite movie.
I woke just before it ended and dad asked, "anyone hungry?"
"Starving," Grant and I said at the same time.
"The snacks should be here now."
As soon as now came out dads mouth there was a knock on the door. A few of the chefs assistants came in with: two platters of sandwiches, bowls of chips and popcorn, and smaller bowls of M&M's, jellybeans, gummy bears, and random candy bars. After I ate I fell asleep in Zach's lap again. I was woken up by a soft voice calling 'Cammie. Cammie wake up babe. Cammie.' I sat up to see it was Zach.
"Where is everyone?" I asked.
"They just left for dinner."
"But it's Sunday."
"Alex suggested that your mom take this week off cooking. We all knows it's because he actually wants you to see tomorrow."
"Oh. Well let's go I'm starving."
I practically dragged him to the dining hall. When we arrived everything was much more relaxed. There were streamers hanging from the ceiling and a huge happy birthday banner. Once Zach and I took our seats my mom went up podium.
"Some of you thinking that it isn't fair that Cameron and Grant get to celebrate their birthday like this. What you don't know is that, when ever there is a pair if twins in this school us always do something to say happy birthday. I promise it's not because I'm their mom."
She stepped down and sat at the teachers table so everyone started eating. I was really hungry so I got seconds and thirds.
"Jeez Cam, if you keep eating like this you're gonna get fat. I mean, think about it. You're 18 and you eat more than Grant." Macey went into a lecture about carbs and salts which, for weird reason, really upset me.
"Are you trying to say I'm fat?" I shouted then, out of the blue, I burst into tears.
Zach whispered comforting words into my ears while smoothing my hair.
I stopped crying and heard Grant whisper, "is she PMSing?"
I turned and glared at him. He lifted his hands up in surrender and, not daring to speak, he mouthed the word 'sorry.' I went back to eating. Despite my 3 plates of food and temporary breakdown I was first to finish eating. When I got up to leave Zach pulled me back down and gave my mom a look and she quickly left the room.
"What's going on?" I asked.
The lights went out and, for the second time that day, the door burst open. Mom rolled in a huge birthday cake, half of it was covered in blue icing and the other half in pink icing. Everyone sang happy birthday too us then either shoveled all their dinner into their mouth or threw it. Everyone chanted 'birthday bite' so mom cut Grant and I a slice and on the count if three both of our faces were in the cake. When we looked up there was a flash of a camera and Tina was standing behind it. The cake was so big everyone, including staff, had as much as they wanted and there was still some to spare. The chef looked proud of himself because everyone had enjoyed the cake.