I felt like writing this today since its MY birthday! A good way to end, in my opinion.

18 Years Old

When I woke up this morning I wasn't expecting to be trapped in my room for five hours. I didn't really have any plans, but I did want to spend a majority of the day OUT of my room. During those five hours of confinement, I read The Book Thief, a personal favorite of mine, and still had time to kill.

Sadie finally came in around 1 o'clock and said, "Move it prisoner, we're losing daylight!" I threw my pillow at her in response.

We made our way to the Great Room and when I saw it, my jaw dropped. Everybody in Brooklyn House was there, but I saw a few people that I wasn't really expecting. I saw my parents, both my mom and dad, Amos, Sirius, and the cake I never got to eat on seventh birthday because Sadie puked on it.

"How..." was all I could get out, I was too stunned. The Great Room wasn't only packed, but there were streamers hanging from the ceiling, balloons, the usual birthday stuff, just on steroids. Now I know why I was locked in my room for five hours.

"How? Magic. And let me tell you, I'm exhausted. Now don't just stand there, it is your party." I guess Sadie thought I wasn't going to go anywhere anytime soon because she shoved me. "Go. Go have fun or whatever." I decided to go talk to Mom and Dad first.

I made my way to them and was greeted with a hug. "I can't believe you're 18. Last I remember, you were just learning how to walk." I could hear Dad getting emotional, and he never get's emotional.

I kept hugging him and said, "I'm still your son. Nothing's going to change that."

"I know that." He let go of me and looked me in the eye. "Its still hard."

"Especially when we had to watch you from a distance." I don't know how my mom managed to get here, but I guess with Dad being Osiris, he could do things like that. "Letting you two go was probably the hardest thing I've ever done. I'll always regret not spending more time with you." I've never seen a ghost cry, but I think I was about to. "And I promised myself I wouldn't cry!"

I've always felt uncomfortable around crying people, especially if they're my mom. "Mom, mom, don't cry. It's fine." My first instinct was to hug her, but with her being a ghost, that's kind of not possible. I just stood there awkwardly while my mom pulled herself together.

She looked at me and I could tell she was holding back tears. "Happy birthday Carter. Come visit us soon."

"Wait, you're leaving?" I don't know what I was expecting, but I kinda hoped they would've stayed around longer.

"We wish we didn't have to," Dad began, "but we can only come out of the Underworld for so long."

"Oh." I was kind of hoping to introduce them to a few people. Well, one in particular. I've been wanting them to meet her for a while now, but I've never had the time. My eyes drifted to Zia, who was standing by the statue of Thoth, talking to Jaz.

I guess my parents followed my gaze because Mom said, "She's a great girl Carter."

I was kind of flustered by that statement, but I said, "Yeah, she is."

Dad smiled at me and said, "Happy birthday Carter," before he and Mom opened up a portal and went back to the Underworld.

Afterwords I just mingled. Small conversations here and there, catching up with people I haven't seen in a while. The cake was served, and I must say, it was delicious. Now I know why Sadie was so desperate to eat it all those years ago. It didn't look like much, just a vanilla cake with blue icing, but I don't care what it looks like, the taste made up for it.

There was one person I hadn't talked to yet and I really wanted to. I tracked down Zia and sat next to her. "So you finally met my parents?"

"Yeah, Sadie introduced us. I think we got along great."

"Well they both really liked you."

"I'm glad to hear that, because we have been dating for a few years now." She looked up at me and her amber eyes sparkled with amusement. "It would've been kind of awkward if they didn't like the idea of us dating."

I took her hand in mine and said, "Yes, yes it would."

We both just sat together in silence for a minute. It was Zia who broke the silence. One minute we were just holding hands and the next I felt her lips on mine. We probably would have kept kissing if Sadie hadn't have interrupted us. "Hey lovebirds, quit it, there are little kids here." You can always count on Sadie to ruin a great moment.

Zia just rolled her eyes and pecked my lips. "Happy birthday Carter."

The End

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