(Thanks for all the reviews guys, even the short ones saying update soon with no other comment but I still love them! The chapter is coming off the top of my head, i have no idea what's going to happen next...)

"Your birthday? But your birthday isn't for two months..." Dan said, looking over at her, utterly confused.

"You're kidding right? My Birthday is this month...today actually!"she replied to him, her voice growing louder nearing the end.

Nathan watched on, his eyes getting bigger, remembering his sister's birthday marked on his old calender. "Uh, Tim, I think you better go..." he trailed off, watching his sister. He was her big brother, he was supposed to remember these things. He knew she was upset about it, but she didn't even remind him. What am I saying?, thought Nathan watching his friend leave, she doesn't have to remind me or dad, we should have known.

Dan looked over at his daughter, who was fighting back tears and he knew it. He felt horrible, he was so involved with Nathan's life he forgot his own daughter's birthday.

Trinity looked over at him them at Nathan, they both looked upset. But they decerve to feel that way, she thought, they forgot my birthday and over the years that is the worst thing they had ever done. She shook her head at both of them, and ran upstairs to her room. Through out the night, her father and Nathan both tried to come talk to her but once they opened the door she tossed on her headphones or pretended to be asleep. She heard their pleas whenever they stood at her door. 'I am so sorry Trinity' or 'I will make it up to you, I promise!' but she never replied to them. She didn't have to after what they did. And she wouldn't. She knew that, her dad knew that and Nathan knew that. They knew she could hold a grudge and they knew she would. But how long will this grudge be?

The next morning Trinity woke up to the smell of pancakes, blueberry pancakes. Her favourite. Ah, she thought catching on, bribery, I didn't think he would sink that low. She got up, pulling her hair into it's usual bun and walked to the kitchen. As she walked in her father looked over at her with a big smile on his face. A fake smile, she thought getting a bowl for her cereal. She poured Apple Cinnamon Cheerios into the bowl and took her place at the table, shifting the plate of pancakes over. Her dad looked over at her, obvoiusly disappointed. But she didn't care, miss one birthday and all of a sudden you know how to work a stove? Yah right!

This kind of pampering and such went on throughout the rest of the week. Nathan offered the remote almost anytime she came into the living room, giving up his basketball. And Dan kept asking her if she needed any practice for her basketball games and of course he kept asking her if she had any games at all.

On Thursday, when Trinity got home from school she had mail from her grandma and from her mom. The letter from her grandma told her about her grandma's own 13th birthday, which Trinity just skimmed through not enjoying ehr grandma's stories too much. And inclosed in the letter was a check for $100. And her grandma also said that every Scott who turned 13 got $100 dollars for their birthday. She smiled wondering if Lucas was considered a Scott to her? Moving on to her mom's postcard.
[postcard]

Hey honey, HappyBirthday! I'm so sorry I wasn't home to celebrate with you and your dad and Nate. Hope you had a good one! I should be home really soon and I really hope I didn't miss anything exciting. Presents for you when I get home, Luv mom XOXO

[end of postcard]

Yah, you didn't miss too much...Trinity shrugged her shoulders, grasping the two letters. She needed to talk to her mom, grabbing the phone. She thought for a second, it was long distance to New York and it would cost a fortune at this time, then she smiled slyly, thinking it was all her dad's money anyway. She grabbed the phone, noticing her mom's cell number and hotel number on the phone list.

"Hello, Deb Scott." Trinty heard her mom's not so framilar but good enough voice on the other side of the phone and she sighed.

"Hey mom, its Trinity, got your postcard."

"Hey honey, how are you?"

"I'm pretty good, considering...how are you?"

"I'm fine, you got my postcard?"

"Yah, today...my birthday was great by the way!"

"That's good sweetie," Trinity's smile vanished, her mother not even noticing her sarcasam.

"Yah..."

"Is Nate or your dad home yet?"

"Um..no"

"Ok honey, tell them I love them and I should be home really soon, this weekend I think! I have to go though, bye! I love you and miss you!"

"Miss you too mom, bye..."

She heard her mother hang up and she sighed. That conversation did not go as well as she would have planned. All of a sudden she heard a car screech into the drive way. She jumped up to the giant window in the front of her house, seeing an angry father and a sullen Nathan get out of the car. She took a place on the couch, ready for a good yelling match between the men. Her father walked into the house first, without his usual briefcase and his tie was out of order. Nathan came in after, an ice bag on his arm.

"Um dad, I talked to mom and-" she was cut off.

"Trinity, can't talk right now, please," he headed off to his office, obviously in search for his scotch. Nathan took a seat down beside her and plunked his bag onto the coffee table.

"Are you gonna tell me what you did or shall I guess?" she said, testing him. He looked over at her then he looked away again.

"Ok, I'll guess then, let's see... obvious bruise on arm so you didn't fail a test...walking on both feet so no basketball injures that are too bad so that leaves...a fight?"

"Bingo, you know me too well!" he laughed at her, then sighed.

"So are you gonna tell me why and who and punishment of should I start to guess again?" she said, smiling her own Scott smirk.

"No, it was with Tim and Lucas and one of Tim's friend..." he said, straining to remember the fight.

"Tim and Lucas? What happened?"

"No Lucas was on my side, it was Tim and his friend Mark, on the second line on the team..."

"And why...?"

"Tim was saying stuff about us, I mean our family, and he didn't realize I was behind him and then he said somthing about you and Lucas and I both pounced..." he finished with, shifting the ice on his arm.

"Whoa..." she paused, suddenly she loved her family, "And punishment?"

"One day suspension from school and a week from the team and Lucas got the same but Tim and Mark got two days and two weeks, so I guess it worked out for the better..." he ended with, smiling slightly.

"I told you, I never liked Tim!" she smiled at him, who smiled back, grandly this time.

"Yah, and dad's having second thoughts about him too..."

"Which reminds me, what did he do to you?"

"He actually took it ok, the reason he's mad is about why Whitey suspended me for so long but I need a break from basketball anyway..."

"Good news though, got a postcard from mom, "she showed him it and he hugged her, probably after reading her whole birthday came back to him," And I called her, she should be home this weekend!!"

(there we have it, next chapter adn everything! Whoa, wrote that all in one sitting! one last thing..... R&R R&R R&R R&R R&R R&R R&R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)