"Happy birthday dear Nikki and Sam, happy birthday to you!" everyone finished singing as Sam and I blew out the candles on our cake. Everyone clapped as Sam ruffled my hair.
"Happy birthday, sis."
"Happy birthday, bro." I said back with a smile as Mom took a photo of Sam and I cutting the cake in our dining room, probably the only part of the ouse we didn't have to rebuild or repair in some way after that night. Still, it was finished now with some help and we decided to stay here. It was the end of August when Sam and I celebrated our sixteenth birthdays and we were about to start school the next week.
"Blink twice if you're here against your will." I whispered to Edgar as I came to stand beside him at the counter with my piece of cake. He laughed before setting his plate down.
"It's not as bad as I thought it would be." He said and I raised my eyebrows.
"Wow, I thought you'd hate it." I said, slightly surprised.
"Nah, I kinda like hanging our with your family. Plus if it wasn't for you guys we wouldn't have been able to rid Santa Carla of vampires." He shrugged.
"And if it wasn't for you then we'd probably be a bunch of vampires by now." I said and he smiled.
"Yeah, it would've sucked if I'd have had to kill you." He said and I scoffed.
"Please, you would be no match for me." I defended.
"Well be thankful we'll never know. Here." He said and handed me a small box. I set my paper plate down and wiped my hands before taking the box off him, tyring to guess what was inside. I opened it to see a small silver bracelet with an `N′ hanging beside the clasp, some small diamonds glittering in the sunlight coming in from the window.
"Thank you. It's beautiful." I grinned and he returned it.
"I'm glad you like it. Happy brithday, Nikki." He said and leaned in to place a small kiss on my lips.
"Get a room!" Sam called from the table and I pulled back to glare at him.
"You gonna make me?" I said and set my bracelet down only to lift my paper plate again and walk towards him with a devious grin.
"Maybe." He said and stood up with his plate.
"Don't even think about it!" Michael ordered as Star hid behind his shoulder.
"Too late!" I said and ran at Sam with my plate, smearing icing and cream along his face before taking off running with him not too far behind.
"Guys, no running in the house!" Mom called as I ran back in from the dining room. I turned to stick my tongue out at Sam who hurled his piece of cake at me, I ducked just in time and it hit Michael's chest instead. Sam and I both shared a fearful glance before Michael grabbed an handful of cake off the table and all hell broke loose.
"Thanks for the party. It was really fun." Star giggled as her and Laddie came out the front door when we had all decided it was late enough to call it a night.
"No problem, I'll call you later in the week and we can meet up, I need an outfit to make an impression on my first day of school." I said and she smiled.
"Can't wait!" she said and hugged me bebfore heading down the drive.
"Bye, Nikki!" Laddie called.
"See ya, buddy!" I waved back, we still hung out with Star and Laddie afterwards, nothing like killing vampires to help you bond.
"We better get back to the store, see you guys soon." Alan said as he walked out the door and Sam followed him out to say goodbye.
"See you before school starts?" I asked Edgar who smiled.
"Definitely, and don't worry about starting school next week, if you need me, you know where to find me." He said and I grinned.
"I helps having a fearless vampire boyfriend when you're nervous about something, huh?" I teased.
"Definitely." He said and I hugged him, he kissed my forehead before winking and walking out to head home with his brother.
"Well, I hope you had fun. The kitchen's a mess." Mom laughed as she came out, I smiled at her and threw an arm over her shoulder.
"I had a great time, Mom. Thanks." I said and she smiled.
"Well I'm sure the party could have been awful and you still would have loved it if Edgar was there."
"Mom." I groaned as I went back into the kitchen, I spotted my bracelet over on the counter and slipped it on, smiling to myself as Michael came into the kitchen.
"What's that?" He said and nodded to the bracelet.
"Edgar's present to me." I said and he chuckled.
"How sweet of him, you managed to turn a comic book nerd into a romantic." He teased, he would still often play the role of protective brother aorund me and be a little frosty towards Edgar on occasion, but Edgar hlped us so Michael lets it slide sometimes.
"And Star has managed to turn you into a soppy teenage love-struck puppy." I teased back and he threw a crisp at me from the table.
"No more throwing food!" Mom ordered as she passed the kitchen and Sam came in and chuckled.
"Well, Nikki, it looks like you have a long night of cleaning ahead of you." He said and I glared at him.
"I'm not cleaning this all up by myself!" I defended.
"You started it!" He shot back.
"Jeez, relax, I'll clean this up, you two get up to bed. It's good to see you two haven't grown up at all." Michael teased and Sam ran upstairs and I hugged Michael as I passed him.
"Thanks, Mike."
"No problem, Nikki." He smiled as I walked out of the kitchen and up to bed.
This summer was probably the opposite of what I had expected, but I loved it nonetheless. It was almost over now and I start school soon enough. But I'm not as worried as I was before. I figure if I can help defeat a gang of angry vampires and date a vampire hunter, I can do anything. Right?
Well there is it! I hope the ending was good, just wanted to put that little bit in to show how Nikki and the rest of the gang got on after that night. So I had some really great fun writing this, I wanna say a big thank you to Lostgirl4eva for coming up with the idea and asking me to write the fic for it, I was extremely honoured and hopefully it made you proud! So I'll be taking a break for a while until I start my third instalment of People Are Strange, Vampires are Stranger. Until then, thank you to every single person who read this, left a review, favourited or followed the story. You are all amazing!
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