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4. Inside

Luc y sat at the dining table as everyone was handing her presents for her birthday. It was her 13th birthday, and the whole team had shown up to celebrate. She took Adam's as he was the first to hand one to her.

"Is it breakable or can I shake it?" she asked.

"Yea, you can shake it, but why would you want to shake it?" he asked.

"To guess what's inside," she replied, as if it were an obvious answer. She held the package up to her ear and carefully shook it. "Let's see…um… sounds like a more advanced science kit then you got me last year?" Everyone laughed at her guess, for the past seven years, Adam had always gotten her some type of science kit. She opened the package and pulled out what was inside. It was a pink canister; she turned it over and read what was on the label, "Pepper Spray… thanks Adam…" she added a little confused about the present.

Don handed his present to her next, she could tell that he was trying to hold back a laugh, probably at Adam's odd gift she thought. "Can I-" she started before Don cut her off.

"Yes, you can shake it," he said. She once again held it up to her ear and listened as she shook not hearing anything.

"You padded it didn't you?" she asked him, not waiting for an answer she made her guess, "Let's see, you always get me either a book or a movie that goes along with a book, so I'm going to guess a book." She opened it up the package and laughed when she pulled out what was inside. "You too?" she asked as she pulled out the purple canister of Pepper Spray.

Mac and Stella were next and handed her there present, she didn't see them smiling at each other, and she didn't bother shaking it, she made her guess right away, "I'm going to have to say jewelry."

She opened it up and this time pulled out a teal blue canister of Pepper Spray. "You guys too?!?" she exclaimed. "Didn't you guys get the memo that I wanted a pony?"

This comment made everyone break into laughter.

"Did you guys plan this?" Lucy asked, looking at all the pepper spray in front of her.

"Actually no," Mac replied. "I guess great minds think alike, you're 13 and going to be going and doing things on your own… I-well we, just want you to be safe."

"You actually think my Dad will let me out of the house alone?" she asked. "You guys are delusional."

Thanks to QueenoftheSlayers for the idea.