CHAPTER 9 (PRESENT DAY) Just Another Day
Today's my birthday. Today I turn another year older. Though I don't want to yet, because Kari's not here. I lie in bed, thinking. I just don't want to get up. I just wish to lie here and make life go backwards, so I can see Kari everyday and Joe didn't have cancer. But I cannot and I know life is not like that. I wish someone could invent a time machine to the past and future. That'd be really cool.
I get out of bed to call Jay and Joe on three-way.
"Guys, look, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you. I'm sorry. Are you?"
Silence at the other ends.
"You there?" I ask.
"We forgive you," they both say.
"So, do you want to come to my birthday party around 5:00?" I ask. Mom and dad said that I could see them at the party, then not for the rest of the two weeks.
"Well, duh!" they both say. "Yeah!"
"Okay. I should let you guys go. I'm sure you don't wanna be late for school." I say.
"I can be late. Hold on and let me ask." Jay says.
I hear Jay, "Hey, mom, can skip school today?"
I hear his mom, "Jason Alexander Troy, what are you thinking?! No, you may not skip school!"
I hear Jay say, "Oh, you're no fun. I bet you skipped school when you were my age."
His mom says, "Yes, I admit that I have, but I certainly didn't ask my parents if I could."
"Jay, are you hyper?" I ask.
"Maybe."
"What makes you hyper? Different people get hyper from different things, besides sugar." Joe asks and explains.
"Well, I ate a lot of fruit, so I think that made me hyper." Explains Jay.
Joe asks, "Fruit makes you hyper?"
"I didn't know that. Of all the years we've been friends, I did not know that." I say.
"Hey, Todd, um, ask your parents if you could have your party at McDonalds." Jay says.
"Why?"
"Because I want to play in the ball-pin. Plus, we can look back at the memories we had there when we were younger."
"Okay, let me ask."
I call for them, "Mom, dad, come here quick!"
Both of them run into my room, saying, "What? What? What happened?!"
"Can I have my party at McDonalds?"
"Why?" they both ask.
"To look back at the memories." I explain.
Dad shrugged, then looked over at mom.
"Well, I guess. Yes." Mom says.
I put the phone up to my ear again and say, "Yes!"
"Okay. I'll be there at 5. See ya. I have to go to school. Happy birthday." Joe says and then hangs up.
"I have to go too. The bus is honking at me. Happy birthday." Jay says and then hangs up.
My parents both come to me and hug me, then say, "Happy birthday, Todd!"
I look up at them and ask, "At what time was I born this day?" I never knew.
Mom smiled, "You were born at 2:51pm."
I sighed, "Kari won't see me turn 15."
"Oh, that reminds me." Mom says, then went out of the door. 20 seconds later, she returns with a gift. "Here."
I open it. It was a package from Kari. "I can't believe it. I try to hold back my tears. I'm tired of crying. I just have to get the fact that she's there, not here. Though I still miss her.
I open the package that had photos of her visiting different places in...
"Cleveland, Ohio!" I read in her letter that she sent also.
"I'm in the west and she's in the east coast. We're in different places and a long, long distance away from each other." I say to my parents.
They tell me it'll be okay to cry, so I do.
Her letter ends: "Hope you have a great birthday. I wish that I was there, or you could be here with me."
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At 5:10pm, my parents and I arrived at McDonalds. We had told other family members that we would be there at 5, but they were nowhere to be found. Neither were Jay or Joe. Wonder where they could be? Maybe they're running late?
Then when I was about to go outside to the ball-pin, I hear people singing: "Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to Todd. Happy birthday to you. And many more until you're 184!"
And there they were, standing behind the work counter.
I cover my face with my hands and say, "You guys are embarrassing me." I think my face was turning red.
My mom and dad come in with a cake and sits it on the counter.
"But how did you get the cake?" I ask, confused.
"There's a cake place across the street." They answer.
"Oh. That's where you went."
Everyone says, "Make a wish."
I got my cheeks filled with air and made a wish while blowing out the candles.
"What'd you wish for?" Jay asks. He was kind of hyper.
My quick reply is, "I cannot tell you or it won't come true."
I go up and almost get a piece of cake until Joe steps in and says, "Let me get a piece for you."
"Thanks, Joe."
"Don't mention it, but..." He has a piece on a plate, in his hands. He acts as if he was going to give it to me, but he doesn't; he puts it in my face. He laughs.
"Joe," I pick cake up with my hands. "You're going to get a piece in your face."
He runs.
Jay throws cake at me. I turn around and go over to him. "Jay, I have something to tell you."
"What?"
"Here." I put the cake his face.
I yell, "Cake fight!"
Everybody grabs cake and start throwing it at everyone and me.
--After that, Jay, Joe, Dustin, and me play in the ball-pin.
"Happy birthday, Todd!" They all yell as they tackle me.
I didn't get any presents because I asked for none. Presents aren't the only thing you should enjoy. You should enjoy having fun with friends and family. Birthdays are a day of thanking your parents for bringing you into this world, for a reason.
I'll say my best birthday ever is this one. Even though Kari was not here, she'll still be in my heart. I had the best day of my lfe!
chapter 10 coming soon
Today's my birthday. Today I turn another year older. Though I don't want to yet, because Kari's not here. I lie in bed, thinking. I just don't want to get up. I just wish to lie here and make life go backwards, so I can see Kari everyday and Joe didn't have cancer. But I cannot and I know life is not like that. I wish someone could invent a time machine to the past and future. That'd be really cool.
I get out of bed to call Jay and Joe on three-way.
"Guys, look, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you. I'm sorry. Are you?"
Silence at the other ends.
"You there?" I ask.
"We forgive you," they both say.
"So, do you want to come to my birthday party around 5:00?" I ask. Mom and dad said that I could see them at the party, then not for the rest of the two weeks.
"Well, duh!" they both say. "Yeah!"
"Okay. I should let you guys go. I'm sure you don't wanna be late for school." I say.
"I can be late. Hold on and let me ask." Jay says.
I hear Jay, "Hey, mom, can skip school today?"
I hear his mom, "Jason Alexander Troy, what are you thinking?! No, you may not skip school!"
I hear Jay say, "Oh, you're no fun. I bet you skipped school when you were my age."
His mom says, "Yes, I admit that I have, but I certainly didn't ask my parents if I could."
"Jay, are you hyper?" I ask.
"Maybe."
"What makes you hyper? Different people get hyper from different things, besides sugar." Joe asks and explains.
"Well, I ate a lot of fruit, so I think that made me hyper." Explains Jay.
Joe asks, "Fruit makes you hyper?"
"I didn't know that. Of all the years we've been friends, I did not know that." I say.
"Hey, Todd, um, ask your parents if you could have your party at McDonalds." Jay says.
"Why?"
"Because I want to play in the ball-pin. Plus, we can look back at the memories we had there when we were younger."
"Okay, let me ask."
I call for them, "Mom, dad, come here quick!"
Both of them run into my room, saying, "What? What? What happened?!"
"Can I have my party at McDonalds?"
"Why?" they both ask.
"To look back at the memories." I explain.
Dad shrugged, then looked over at mom.
"Well, I guess. Yes." Mom says.
I put the phone up to my ear again and say, "Yes!"
"Okay. I'll be there at 5. See ya. I have to go to school. Happy birthday." Joe says and then hangs up.
"I have to go too. The bus is honking at me. Happy birthday." Jay says and then hangs up.
My parents both come to me and hug me, then say, "Happy birthday, Todd!"
I look up at them and ask, "At what time was I born this day?" I never knew.
Mom smiled, "You were born at 2:51pm."
I sighed, "Kari won't see me turn 15."
"Oh, that reminds me." Mom says, then went out of the door. 20 seconds later, she returns with a gift. "Here."
I open it. It was a package from Kari. "I can't believe it. I try to hold back my tears. I'm tired of crying. I just have to get the fact that she's there, not here. Though I still miss her.
I open the package that had photos of her visiting different places in...
"Cleveland, Ohio!" I read in her letter that she sent also.
"I'm in the west and she's in the east coast. We're in different places and a long, long distance away from each other." I say to my parents.
They tell me it'll be okay to cry, so I do.
Her letter ends: "Hope you have a great birthday. I wish that I was there, or you could be here with me."
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At 5:10pm, my parents and I arrived at McDonalds. We had told other family members that we would be there at 5, but they were nowhere to be found. Neither were Jay or Joe. Wonder where they could be? Maybe they're running late?
Then when I was about to go outside to the ball-pin, I hear people singing: "Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to Todd. Happy birthday to you. And many more until you're 184!"
And there they were, standing behind the work counter.
I cover my face with my hands and say, "You guys are embarrassing me." I think my face was turning red.
My mom and dad come in with a cake and sits it on the counter.
"But how did you get the cake?" I ask, confused.
"There's a cake place across the street." They answer.
"Oh. That's where you went."
Everyone says, "Make a wish."
I got my cheeks filled with air and made a wish while blowing out the candles.
"What'd you wish for?" Jay asks. He was kind of hyper.
My quick reply is, "I cannot tell you or it won't come true."
I go up and almost get a piece of cake until Joe steps in and says, "Let me get a piece for you."
"Thanks, Joe."
"Don't mention it, but..." He has a piece on a plate, in his hands. He acts as if he was going to give it to me, but he doesn't; he puts it in my face. He laughs.
"Joe," I pick cake up with my hands. "You're going to get a piece in your face."
He runs.
Jay throws cake at me. I turn around and go over to him. "Jay, I have something to tell you."
"What?"
"Here." I put the cake his face.
I yell, "Cake fight!"
Everybody grabs cake and start throwing it at everyone and me.
--After that, Jay, Joe, Dustin, and me play in the ball-pin.
"Happy birthday, Todd!" They all yell as they tackle me.
I didn't get any presents because I asked for none. Presents aren't the only thing you should enjoy. You should enjoy having fun with friends and family. Birthdays are a day of thanking your parents for bringing you into this world, for a reason.
I'll say my best birthday ever is this one. Even though Kari was not here, she'll still be in my heart. I had the best day of my lfe!
chapter 10 coming soon