Lennox POV

I woke up the next morning with a splitting headache. I took a shower (in my very own bathroom!) and was surprised to see all of my old clothes in my new dresser, but I didn't question; I mean, weirder things HAVE happened. I walked downstairs in my blue halter dress, white leggings and black plaid converse. It was supposed to be my birthday outfit, but I spent my birthday worrying over Aaron's remains, so… Now is as good a time as any to wear it, I guess.

Everybody was in the kitchen except Leo and Adam, who were replaced by a woman whom I was guessing to be Leo's mother.

"Ah, Lennox! You're up," Don said. "This here is my beautiful wife, Tasha. She was working last night, which is why you didn't meet her."

She walked up to me, a huge smile on her face, and I stuck out my hand for her to shake, but she ignored it and nearly squeezed the life out of me.

"I'm sorry, I'm just so happy! Two more girls, oh we are going to have so much fun!"

"Yes, I look forward to that, Mrs. Davenport. Haven't had much of a mother figure lately," I said as I hugged her back.

"Oh honey, call me Tasha. Oh, come here!" she said as she hugged me again. "I'm sorry-again. You look very nice, Lennox."

I let go of her for the second time, this time wincing, and said, "Thank you, Tasha. It was my birthday outfit; I didn't get to wear it."

Suddenly, Emily stood up, eyes wide with her hand over her mouth. "Oh my God, Lennox! We didn't celebrate your birthday! Why didn't you remind us?"

"Well, to be fair, we were a little busy, Emily," Breyson reasoned.

Tasha let out a huge gasp and her smile got wider, if that was even possible. Donald's eyes widened and he said, "Oh no! I know that look, she has an idea!"

"I have an idea," Tasha said at nearly the same time as him. "We can have your party tonight! Come on it's your…?"

"Fifteenth," I supplied.

"Fifteenth birthday!" She said finishing.

"You do deserve a party, Lennox. Especially after all that's happened," Emily said while everyone else agreed.

I sighed then said what they all wanted to hear, "I guess so."

"Oh yay! All the girls are going to the mall to get ready, while they guys stay home and clean up!" Bree exclaimed.

"Wait a second, now," Leo said, entering the kitchen with Adam.

"Yeah, that doesn't sound very fair," Adam continued.

Surprisingly, Chase was the next to speak up. "Come on, guys. It's Lennox's birthday. We can clean up for one day."

"Exactly! Besides, we have to pick up party supplies," Tasha settled.

xXx

When we got back from the mall, they told me to go wait in my room while they all decorated. I tried to pass the time by levitating objects in my room, which got very boring very fast. Out of nowhere, my door opened and I watched Chase come in, causing me to drop the lamp I was currently lifting.

"Chase! You nearly gave me a heart attack!" I said with my hand over my heart, in exaggerated shock.

"I'm sorry; I didn't realize you were… Anyway, apparently I'm not qualified to hang streamers, or balloons…or lights. Yeah, so I was banished by Bree from decorating-forever," he said with laughter in his voice.

I chuckled, imagining Bree shoving him out of the living room in shame. "Come on, you can't possibly be that bad," I said.

"Oh no, I am. It should be a crime really. Here, I'll pick that up," he said placing the lamp back on my desk.

"Thanks. So are they almost done, it's been like an hour already?" I asked him.

"Well, actually it's been-," he started.

"Forty-seven minutes and twenty-nine seconds," we said at the same time before we started laughing.

"Sometimes I forget I'm not the only smart one," Chase said. He looked uneasy before he said to me, "Lennox, you don't have to answer this if you don't want to, but do you remember your parents?"

I was a bit shocked by his question, but I felt he deserved to know. "Well, I was six when they died. I remember Dad being very funny and he liked to live a very positive life, like he believed there was no evil in the world. Mom, she was beautiful and smart, she was also the realistic one. My mother's voice was absolutely breathtaking, she would always sing us to sleep," I sighed before I continued. "I don't know, I remember the little things like what they smelled like and what their laughs sounded like. My mother always smelled like new parchment and honey, very cozy. My father smelled like his aftershave and apples, which I found odd but comforting. My father had an infectious laugh while my mother's was kind of high and girly. They loved each other very much; I miss them a lot, sometimes." I pulled out a picture of all of us together and handed it to him while he came to sit next to me on my bed.

"Wow, you look remarkably like your mother, Lennox," he said bumping my shoulder with his. "How old were you here?"

"I was four. Dad persuaded Mom to take us to Disney World. We took that on our last day there." He handed the picture back to me as Bree walked in.

"We're ready! Come on, it'll be so much fun, you'll love it."

"I bet," I said under my breath, but Chase laughed knowingly as Bree literally dragged us into the living room.

I had to admit, I was pretty impressed with their decorating skills. My favorite colors: blue, green and purple, were everywhere. On balloons, lights, banners, and streamers. How had I not noticed them bringing all of this home…or buying it?

"Wow, guys. This kind of rocks," I said smiling.

"Hey Lennox! Check this out," Adam called to me. I looked over to see him at an awesome DJ set.

"Whoa, where did you get THAT at last minute?" I asked in awe.

"Psh, get it? Please, I've had it," he said in a 'Duh, isn't it obvious' voice.

"Outta my way, old-timers! It's time for Leo to BREAK-IT-DOWN! Adam, spin me something hot," Leo yelled.

"Got it, Little Man."

I was shocked to see that Leo was actually a pretty good dancer. Although, I couldn't quite say the same thing for Chase. I laughed as I made my way over to him.

"What IS that? Some kind of seizure? Should I call 911 for you?" Not even trying to hide my amusement.

"Ha-ha, birthday girl," he said, "very funny. You're lucky it is your birthday, sorta kinda. Besides, like YOU could do any better," Chase finished, smirking.

"I don't know, Chase. I just may surprise you." I was in a dance crew back in Miami for a few years. Aaron told me I had to quit a year ago because he thought someone in the crew saw me accidently produce a force field. I was devastated, especially after I had to take that memory from my friend. I hate using my bionics on my friends and family.

I danced some of my signature moves for him to the song Hands in the Air by Timbaland featuring Ne-Yo. I loved dancing to that song in Miami. He seemed pretty impressed and said, "Not bad, Lennox." Suddenly a slow song came on and I looked over to see Adam winking at Chase and I. The song was We've Got Tonight sung by Phillip Phillips. We both blushed furiously while he held out his hand and bowed saying, "May I have this dance, milady?" with a low, British accent.

I laughed while taking his hand and curtseying. "Why of course you may, kind sir," I replied with a high accent myself, still blushing.

I showed him where to put his hands and then we just started swaying together. I saw Breyson and Bree dancing while Leo kept getting shot down by Emily. Tasha and Don were dancing, too. It was all very sweet.

Feeling very happy and very brave, I rested my head on Chase's chest. I felt him tense up in shock, and then quickly relax while setting his chin lightly on the top of my head.

We stayed like that for a while, I didn't even notice that the song changed, or even when the music stopped altogether. I know it's very cliché, but it really did feel like we were the only two people there. Chase must have been the only reason I was even standing because it felt like I didn't have control of my legs whatsoever.

All of that was interrupted by Adam walking up to us and clearing his throat (very loudly) and we separated, blushing again. I faked a yawn and said, "Oh boy! Look. At. The. Time. I really should be getting to bed now."

Tasha looked as if I had said that I wanted to go swimming with sharks and electric eels in my birthday suit. (A/N: Haha, birthday suit, get it?) "Not without opening your presents, first!" she gasped.

"You guys didn't have to get me presents," I said with a groan.

"Oh, Lennox. You exasperate me!" Emily said. "She does this every year. I don't know why that girl has to be so polite!" She talks as if I'm not even in the room, I really hate when she does that. Emily may have my best interest at heart, but she always treats me like I'm still six, when she became my 'mother' in a lack of better words. She has always had that protective/mother instinct and I feel bad she had to take it on in such a young age.

We all crowded around the kitchen table to see six presents. Tasha handed me one that was from her, Don, and Leo. I opened it to see a neon blue Dell laptop. I immediately handed it back and said, "No way, Don. That's way too much, I really cannot accept that."

"Lennox," he sighed, "I'm filthy, stinking rich. Besides, you deserve something nice," Don said, rolling his eyes.

"Fine," I sighed along with him.

Adam handed me a heavy, poorly wrapped gift and said excitingly, "You're going to love it, I wrapped it myself."

Leo was just about to open his mouth to comment on his wrapping when I quickly said, "And you did a very lovely job, Adam," as to save his pride. I shot a glare towards Leo who hastily retreated. Coward.

I needed to open it on the table because of its weight. "Adam, it's…um, what is it?" I asked him, curiously.

"Oh, well I didn't have any cash on me so I bent the park slide into a bookshelf, sort've. I mean, I knew you liked you read, right?" he said casually.

"That was a steel slide, Adam!" Leo exclaimed.

"Uh, bionic?" Adam scoffed.

It was an odd gift, but it was something he made for me. "Thank you, Adam. I love it," I said to a beaming Adam.

"Me next. I think you may recognize this one, Len," Emily said.

I opened it to see a crystal polar bear statuette of her and her three cubs. I gasped and said, "Emily! Is this-?"

"No, her's was destroyed in the fire. I found this one online," Emily replied.

"Wait, who's?" Tasha asked us.

I smiled, tears starting to brim my eyes. "Our mom. She had one exactly like this. She said she was the mama bear and we were her-"

"Three little cubs," Emily, Breyson, and I said in unison, remembering her precise words.

"Oh, well that's just beautiful," Tasha said, getting teary herself.

I gave Em a quick squeeze before Bree handed me her gift. I opened it to see two new CDs: Linkin Park and the Eli Young Band. "Bree? How did you-?" I started.

"Breyson," she replied.

"I believe that would be my cue," Breyson said.

I pulled out three shirts: one said Free Shrugs; one said Geek is the New Sexy and the last said If You Believe in Telekinesis Please Raise My Hand. (A/N: These are all real shirts at if you didn't know, just FYI, I'll shut up now…) I laughed so hard at these shirts, especially the Telekinesis one, along with everyone else. "Thank you, Breyson," I said pulling him into a hug.

"You're welcome, baby sis."

Chase walked around to me nervously holding out a neatly wrapped box. "I wasn't really sure what to get you, so I'm very sorry if it sucks," he told me.

I took the box from him and gently opened it, careful not to rip it too much. Inside I found large, blue cushiony headphones and a pop-quiz clock. Just to tease him, I faked a look of disappointment and said, "I don't like it." He looked so crest fallen that I quickly grinned very widely and said, "I love it. Thank you so much, Chase." I then pulled him into a big hug.

"So it doesn't suck, then? I got the headphones to help the super-sensitive hearing," he said relieved.

"Chase, it definitely does NOT suck."

"Good, I'm glad you liked it."

A/N: Sorry for those who are actually reading my story, I really try to update as soon as I can. The pop-quiz clock is also real and can be found at . I'm hoping for at least two reviews before I update next, which is kind of pathetic but since I only have one review, I'm a little desperate. If I don't get any more reviews, aw what the hay, I'll still update. Just slower, so please, please, PLEASE review. Maybe, just a little one? Thank you, that is all *air kiss* Lol, I'm a little sleep deprived right now… G-Night :]

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