Happy Birthday to Me

Ben leaned his forehead against mine, both of us breathing heavily. I pulled his lips back to mine. His grip was tight on my hips and my cami didn't protect my shoulder blades from the uncomfortable feeling of the paint on the wall rubbing against my skin. I felt like I was going to pass out from lack of air.

There were footsteps coming down the hall and we broke apart. I took a gulp of air and felt my feet touch the floor.

"I'm coming in." Mary Jo called from outside the entryway to the kitchen and she walked in. "No need to use a wall, there are counters." She said sarcastically.

"I think someone has a stripper pole downstairs as well." Warren added, coming upstairs. "Good evening, Mary Jo."

"Sound like a vampire, Warren." She muttered.

"That would be a flag pole." Darryl laughed, coming upstairs as well, followed by Auriele. I was still trying to catch my breath, but I had started breathing through my nose because everyone seemed to be here.

"It makes a difference?" Auriele pretended to be shocked, but she rolled her eyes before looking at me, "Are you breathing alright?"

"Why did everyone walk in now?" I whined, still slightly breathless. Everyone broke into laughter except me and Ben, who was leaning against the wall next to me. Well…no, he was banging his forehead on the wall next to me.

"I came for dinner." Mary Jo shrugged, "To find two wolves having dessert."

"It was- -oh come on, I'm your alpha's daughter, can't I get a break?" I complained.

"Nope." They all said together.

"Ben, help me out here." I tapped his shin with my foot. He opened one eye and looked sideways at me and I realized I hadn't been paying any attention if he wasn't in control. He closed it again and went back to banging his head on the wall.

"The wolves are never as helpful." Auriele sighed, "Never back you up, but the men don't either so it's not a big deal."

Ben growled but otherwise didn't change anything.

"Banjamin, I do not support the carpenter's union unlike my husband, would you stop it?" Mom came in. His head snapped up and he turned around.

"Thanks." He mumbled, shaking his head.

"Porsche, you'd better go…redo your hair if you're going to the movies with your friends tonight." Mom looked me over. "And maybe iron your shirt so it doesn't look like you were having sex."

"Who was having sex?" Dad growled, coming downstairs and eyeing Ben and I suspiciously.

"Why do you assume it was me?" I snapped, "Auriele and Darryl are mates!"

"She said 'Porsche.'" He responded. "She's right, iron the shirt."

"I wasn't going to wear this!" I rolled my eyes, "I was looking for my real shirt when this happened."

"When what happened?" Mom raised an eyebrow. I motioned to everyone.

"This! They just barged in!"

"You were making out in our pack home's kitchen…" Mary Jo smiled, "It is everyone's."

"Yeah, but now?"

Dad looked at Mom with a slightly upset expression.

"Can we please just keep someone with them?"

"NO!" She snapped, "We're in the house! If we weren't in the house for more than an hour the yes, go right ahead."

I smiled.

"Thanks, Mom."

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"I'll see you." I kissed Ben quickly on the cheek and ran to greet my friends. Some were closer than others, but it was for my birthday we were doing this in the first place so all were welcome. Rose hugged me first, wishing me a happy birthday.

It was still early in the day, only six, the movie started at six fifteen and ran for an hour and a half. I wasn't going with them all trick or treating tomorrow, on my real birthday, but I never really did. I wasn't really ever into Halloween when I was little, just a bunch of wannabes.

"Happy birthday!" Nolly hugged me as well. Nolly was named because her mom wanted her to be a Nelly and her father wanted a Molly so they got Nolly. It was kind of funny, but I liked it.

"Thanks!" I laughed. Keegan jumped up and down when she hugged me and I laughed harder.

"So lucky! You're sixteen!"

"Will be tomorrow." I corrected.

"Still!"

I hugged the others and ended with Jamie.

He put something in my hand and I looked down at the gold chain, my eyes following it to the small gold heart with my initials engraved on it.

"Figured you may want it back." He smiled.

"You still have this?" I asked, looking it over and opening it to the two pictures inside, one of Jamie me and Donia when we were in Kindergarten, and one of Mom, Dad, Jesse, and I as a baby.

"Well, yeah." He smiled, "I wasn't about to get rid of it."

"But I gave it to you when we were in first grade!" I laughed, "Where'd you have it."

"On my wall actually, surprised you never noticed." He shook his head. "You gave it to me when you left remember?"

"Yeah I do! And I gave Donnie my bracelet that was made out of horsehair didn't I?" I hugged him again. "I can't believe you still have it!"

"It was an important milestone, it meant you wouldn't eat me." He chuckled, "Now please get off, there are girls here that don't need to think I'm taken."

I stood on tip-toes and tousled his hair.

"You're still the same old teenage boy, you stupid wolf." I grinned before turning to everyone. "Thanks guys! Now let's see the movie before it's over!"

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"How was the movie?" Ben asked.

"Good." I smiled.

"Why do you smell like popcorn and butter and Jamie?"

I groaned and rolled my eyes.

"Oh my gosh, give it a rest! We sat next to each other, okay? We didn't do anything! You need to learn to trust me."

"I trust you, not him." He frowned.

"Well, that's a step in the right direction I suppose." I sighed.

"Porsche?"

"Yu-hmm?" I looked at him.

He leaned over and kissed me softly during the red light.

"I love you."

"Love you too! So what'd you get me?" I laughed.

"Nothing nearly as impressive of what Bran showed up with before I left to get you." He chuckled. We finally reached home and I heard an argument, though we were forced to park so far away that the house muffled it. I could however, hear someone shout "SHE'S HERE!" and everything quieted. Well…if they were trying to surprise me…it didn't work. I suspected they were just trying to look happy when I walked in.

"Hey guys." I smiled, coming inside.

"Happy birthday." Everyone wished together and I noticed that Jesse, Gabriel, Jamie, Matt, and their mother was there. There sister wasn't, but oh well.

I figured Mom, Dad, and Bran had been the ones arguing because Mom and Dad looked mad and Bran was the closest to them.

"It's a day early." I reminded.

"Barely." Jesse rolled her eyes. "Look! We have CAKE!"

"Whoot, now it's a party!" I laughed.

So what did we do? Of course we ate cake!

"Present time." Jesse said firmly. I rolled my eyes.

"Jesse-"

"Here." She tossed me a small package. I shook my head and opened it.

"Why thank you for the Visa giftcard." I looked up.

"Sixty bucks, Porsche." She smiled.

That's really what I got from everyone, gift cards. I frowned when Warren and Kyle tossed me theres and it was a wrapped box, fairly small, but not tiny. I put it on the floor.

"Sorry, next?"

"You're not going to open it?" Warren raised an eyebrow.

"I don't trust you two." I narrowed my eyes.

"You have no reason not to."

"I have tons of reason." I disagreed. "I'll open it when I'm alone."

"There goes the fun in opening presents." Kyle sighed, "Kids these days."

"My daughter outsmarted you on this one." Mom smiled, I assume that means she was in on it.

"Hey, Mother Dearest, it's your birthday next month, you have it." I tossed it to her. She tossed it back.

"I'm good."

"It's rude not to open a present." I frowned, tossing it back.

She tossed it back again.

"You didn't open it."

"I'm cut off." I smiled, "No point in having it."

"I am officially un-cutting you off." She threw it back.

"Don't do that!" Dad hissed.

"So was everyone in on this?" I snapped.

"No, I guessed like you did." Mom smiled.

"I'm just getting this now." Dad said.

"Fine you guys can open it later!" Kyle and Warren were laughing hysterically.

"Good." I nodded, I turned to Ben and smiled. "What did you get me?"

"I'll go last." He shook his head.

"In that case," Bran pulled something out of his pocket and Mom glared at him while Dad just looked angry, they had been arguing. He tossed me something that jingled and I caught it, surprised. I picked the key up off my palm.

"Are you serious?" I looked at him wide-eyed.

"Brand new." He smiled.

"I find this ridiculous and no fair." Mom frowned.

"I find it sensible and completely fair." Bran returned, "You crashed my Porsche, why would I buy you one? A nice Mercedes perhaps but-"

"You bought it because it was her namesake?" Mom gave him a disapproving look, "You're a crazy old man."

"Maybe I am. Drive carefully, Porsche." He winked, "And a license is in fact necessary."

I grinned.

"Thanks, Bran!"

"No problem."

"Of course he buys my daughter a car." Mom sighed, "Why would he buy one for the girl who can build one?"

"You see my side of it!" Bran clapped, "Good!"

I laughed and walked over to hug him.

"Thanks Grandpa."

"You're very much welcome." He patted my back.

"Okay, Ben, it goes to you." I smiled.

"Be right back."

He came back a little while later with a panting puppy whose tail wagged in excitement. Bran had brought Remus and Romulus with him so they could stay and they barked simultaneously from across the room.

"Oh! Look at you!" I smiled. The puppy was pretty medium sized, but you could tell he was young. "He's an Irish Wolfhound?" I looked up at Ben, tucking hair behind my ear.

"Yeah, from an abusive breeder according to the pound." He nodded, reaching down to pat the dog's side.

"I'm going to name you Shuck." I announced.

"Now we're stuck keeping it." Dad nodded, laughing.

"Why Shuck?" Bran looked at me curiously.

"He's all black and he's huge! Black Shuck!" I rolled my eyes. "Duh! Come on!"

"I got you a car."

"Very true." I smiled. "You can be out of it." I kissed Ben on the cheek. "Thank you!"

Shuck barked happily.

"Why does our daughter get the…huge…living gifts?" Mom sighed.

"Because she's an angel!" I smiled innocently.

"Of hell." Samuel coughed. I frowned but eventually joined in the laughter.

Best.

Birthday.

Ever!

A/N-

Ok! I think it's still a tad off my usual, but sorry! i am still working so hard, so much stupid work!

Notloggedin: YAY!

So am I :)

Yeah, when she has them xD when she doesn't he obviously doesn't want people to know she doesn't duh! xD idk if that makes sense

my friend put either sparklers or a packet of small firecrackers in her grandmothers or her cousins did because she liked them. It was funny, thats where i stole the idea from xD im not that creative.

sometimes, sometimes they're worse, sometimes they're better im not scared of cemeteries actually my brother used to be (he once said "im staying in the car" "why?" "dead people can't break through the car" "dead people can't break through anything…" whole convo with my mother xD) tho i did freak out a bit in the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (heck yeah i went there on my bday a few years ago! no my bday isn't on halloween) cuz i was scared of falling into this one area because the ground creaked like floorboards xD so i thought it could definitely be a real phobia people have but yeah panic attacks vary

usually I bite something or claw something or scream or don't open my eyes and start hyperventilating or stop breathing or any combinations of those i get nauseous sometimes, tho i have yet to throw up

YAY! I know right! I was quite the rememberer! I actually remembered because my mom was talking with one of my aunts who lives in the old house all of my aunts and uncles on that side lived on about the ghosts in the house. I saw one once like i said, it was so scary. He just said "Hi" and held out his hand and i blinked like *wtf…im not about to shake it…* so i went "OMG PORSCHE SEES GHOSTS!"

and now im terrified of ghosts xD

OK GUYS PLEASE REVIEW! I GOT LIKE…NO RESPONSE ON THE LAST CHAPTER!

and i made a character of age a female age fifteen for three of my reviewers on chapter 24 in this chapter, pick yourself out. I didn't really do much personality wise, I know, but try to figure out who u r xD

Love-ish,

GIMH