Authors Note: Thanks for the one review….haha. I can't to well if you don't tell me how I'm doing! Sorry that they updates are slightly….few and far between. Between school, Track, violin, my band, my school newspaper, and, um, yeas my social life, I don't have a whole lot of time for updates. But be patient!
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters, or the show…also the title isn't mine, it's from the Green Day song "Jesus of Suburbia". Don't sue, I'm not making any money from it.
When I arrived at work, there was a blueberry muffin with a candle stuck in it on my desk. I laughed. Someone had remembered. You know, someone that wasn't me. I looked around the room, but everyone was being normal. I kept looking. If it was Bobby, he would crack if I stared him down long enough. Sure enough, he started chuckling a little bit.
"Ha," I said, "I had a feeling it was you.
"Yeah, well, I just thought you might like a little birthday treat," he responded with a little grin.
I smiled back. It was nice that he had remembered. I didn't think anyone actually knew when my birthday was. My co-workers don't know a whole lot about me. It's better that way. Sue gave me one of her smiles, she was such a sweetheart.
"Happy birthday," she said.
"Thank you," I responded. The moment was nice, and as of right now there was no case needing our immediate attention. A birthday present from all the terrorists and druggies. I should send out thank-you cards.
Lucy came over to my desk. "So, do you have any plans with Stanley tonight?" she asked with little smile. The little gossip. I love her anyway.
"I don't know," I answered. "To be honest, I actually forgot that today was my birthday before I looked at the calendar this morning, so I have no clue if he remembers."
Bobby looked at me, obviously overhearing our conversation. "You forgot your birthday?" he asked shocked. "Wow, I always know exactly how long until my birthday."
"That's because inside, you're six years old," Myles quipped. I had to laugh. In a way, he was right. Bobby was still a kid inside, which, in a strange way, was kind of nice.
"I take offense in that," Bobby responded. We all knew he was kidding, though. The team always kids around. We were like family, and they were certainly more of a family then my family ever was. Well, except for Ashleigh. I smiled at the thought of my cousin. She was more like a sister to me. With that thought, I remembered the picture from this morning. The picture of her. She and Ashleigh always got along too. The thought of her made my smile disappear. It always does.
"You ok, sheila?" Bobby asked, obviously noticing my changing expression.
"Yeah, you looked like you just went into la-la land over there," Jack added.
"I'm fine," I said with a forced smile, a smile I use so often. The smile, my mask. No one knows. No one ever knows. "I just got distracted for a second."
Sue shrugged. "It happens."
I sat at my desk, and took a bite out of my muffin. It was good. Really good. I'd have to find out where Bobby got it, and go there, pronto. I clicked onto my e-mail, and there was an address there that I didn't recognize. I opened it, and froze. It was from her.
A/n: Haha, I love cliffhangers. You'll find out who "she" is in the next chapter, I swear! PLEASE review!
