It had been a couple weeks since the last trick anyone had played. We were all too busy studying for finals.
Knock, knock!
I limped over to the door and opened it. "What?!"
"Geeze, do you always greet people like that?" Beccy asked.
"What are you doing here?" I asked.
"It's your birthday, dummy." she grinned. "Sammie couldn't come because she got grounded."
"What happened this time." I asked.
"Her brothers burned a hole in the couch and she got blamed for it because she's the responsible one." she said.
"You can sit down."
"Oh, right."
"That was an awesome game." Connie and Julie walked into the room.
"Hey Shea, who's your friend?" Julie asked.
"Oh, this is my best friend from Chicago, Beccy. Beccy, these are my room mates, Julie and Connie." I said.
"Hi." they all said.
"How was the game?" I asked.
"It was awesome. We totally beat them, too bad you had to leave early." Connie replied.
"Don't you have a game today?" Sammie walked in.
"I thought you were grounded. That's what Beccy said." I said.
"The runts talked my parents into letting me come up here for your birthday. Thank God they didn't start yelling at each other." she smiled. "They're not that bad. "
"Wait, your birthday is coming up?" Connie asked.
"Yep. I wasn't playing because I sprained my broke my ankle at the first game. Wonderful, isn't it?"
"Hello short people." Portman and Charlie walked in.
"I'd watch what you say. Sammie's taller than you." Beccy threw a pillow at him. I think she has a crush on him.
"Hey Sammie, Beccy. What are you guys doing here?" Portman asked. "She gets a hey, and all I get is a Beccy? How rude can you get?" Beccy whined.
"We're here for Devil's birthday. You only turn 16 once you know." Sammie elbowed Beccy in the ribs and turned to Charlie. I'm Sammie and that idiot is Beccy. We're Shea's friends from Chicago."
"I'm Charlie. One of her team mates." he smiled.
"Let's go meet everyone down at the cafeteria." Charlie said.
"We're gonna run down there before you guys." Julie and Connie ran out.
"Those two are weird." Sammie said.
"So are you, but you don't hear us complaining." Portman said.
"Shut up." Beccy said, throwing another pillow at him. Yup, she definitely has a crush on him.
"Surprise!" everybody yelled when we got to the cafeteria.
"Ok, Portman, you're dead." I said.
"Hi guys, bye guys." he said.
"Well, well, well. Look who we found. A poor, defenseless little girl. Riley and his goons walked in.
"Have you people ever hear of R.S.V.P.?" Connie asked.
"Shut up." Cole said.
"Don't tell her to shut up!" Guy yelled.
"I've got a better idea." Sammie said sweetly. "Why don't you take your over-sized egos and flush them down the toilet."
"Shut up." Cole repeated.
Beccy grabbed a fork. "I know 32 ways to kill a person with a fork. Shall I demonstrate?"
"Oh, no, we were just leaving." Cole replied.
"That was cool. Where'd you learn that?" Averman asked.
"I have 5 older brothers. I use it to get into the bathroom before school every morning." she set the fork down.
"You guys. No offense or anything, but surprise parties and I don't really mix." I said.
"Why not?" Goldberg asked.
"When we were 5, our parents threw a surprise part for our aunts 17th birthday, and she kinda threw up on the cake." Portman answered.
"How'd you manage to do that?" Adam asked.
"I was standing next to the cake Our aunt had taken us to an amusement park for the day, and that lug head made me go on every single ride that went faster than 35 miles per hour." I answered.
"How was I supposed to know you'd get sick?" he replied.