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"Happy birthday!" their voices chanted, I blew out the candles on the cake. This would mark my 13th year on this dying planet. I sighed, however, watching my aunt take the cake and dividing it, soon enough I got my piece. I never really liked cake, but this one was an exception, homemade. It was sweet, but I liked it. I heard rapid knocking on the front door, getting up to open it. "Hey, birthday girl!" Heily launched forward and hugged me, my other friends on the driveway behind them. "I got you some fresh memes," Matt exclaimed, then following it up with, "You'll have to check discord out later," I nodded,
"Can I go out with my friends?"
"as long as you have a way to contact us,"
"Do any of you have your phone on you?" one of them nodded, "Bye!" I said, before stepping out of the house and into the night. It was a clear night, cold, but the cold never really bothered me. We started making regular chatter, about the youngest of them finally being a teenager, not that my state was going to instantly change because of it. "So... got anything on you guys?"
"Knives, guns, nothing you're looking for right now," Haily elbowed me in the ribs playfully, "But~ Rose might have some," she said, letting her voice sing.
"Would she even be allowed out right now?" I said, quirking my eyebrow up.
"No, but she doesn't need to be allowed out to come out," Chloe responded. I nodded as Matt pressed a button on his phone, the call starting to go through, "Yeah?" Roses' voice came.
"You got the good-good?" he questioned, we let out small chuckles after he said that. "Yep, just drowning my sorrows right now," we heard her take a swig of an unknown substance. "You forgot your girlfriends birthday?" I questioned in mock shock, "You- I'm breaking up with you," I barely made the words out before laughing. You could hear the smile in her voice "Oh no- I'm so sorry baby!" she said before letting out a fit of laughs of her own, "Open yer window," Matt said, putting on a fake accent. We looked up to the house, we had subconsciously walked this way. The blinds rose and we heard the window crack open, Rose dangled her head and arms out of the window, "Hey!" she called.
"Get your ass down here!" Chloe yelled, "We'll catch you! and get the booze!" Rose nodded,
"We will?" I said before Rose returned, Chloe, Haily and Matt had formed a kind of arm guard to break her fall. She hung her legs out the window before falling into their arms. " got some- actually not best to say here," she chuckled, looking around, the bottles of whatever she brought were in a pillowcase. We nodded in agreement, if the neighbours heard that we were underage drinking, well let's just say, there would be a lack of staff at the police station. We started talking again and walked away from where we were.

"And because we know you like beaches," Hail said, we were almost at a pretty popular beach in our town. "We'll have to help Rose go down," I sighed, looking to my drunken friend, who nodded in agreement. We started to go in a single file line, stepping down the steep steps, even if they weren't even steep the whole time. Jagged, that's the word I was looking for. we finally got down to the rocks, the tide was in, good. "So, what did you get?"
"Vodka," Rose said, pulling it slightly out of the bag, "and because I know you love it, cider," she passed me one of the cans, which I then took. I opened it and instantly took a sip, the vile taste entering my mouth, but still, I loved it. We walked into a nearby cave, yeah, we could probably die under there, but death wasn't anything new to us.

We spent a lot of the time they're just talking and drinking, of course, it was great. Then, we heard a voice, a man's voice, accompanied by other men's voices, and a woman's. "Shit," Haily muttered, peeking around the cave entrance. "Rapist's two a clock!" she informed us.
"Great, it's my birthday and people can't seem to get I don't like this shit," I sighed, picking up a knife, "That'll do," I muttered.
"We can't just kill them!" Chloe protested, just as I got up.
"Don't contradict the birthday girl," I said, I wasn't in the mood to be messed around with. Not only that, I wasn't in the mood to be told what to do. I knew I should've listened to them, they knew what I'd get like. Haily and I watched as they got closer. Everyone had their desired weapons out, Haily's was a gun, same for Rose, a karambit knife for me, throwing knives for Chloe and Matt had out his bat. I counted them, there were nine. What were they even planning to do, take turns? "Ey! get out of here!" One of them screamed, he was balding. I chuckled, and followed it up with, "Why?" the man looked at me, as if I were a child, not anymore. "Because I have some business to attend to,"
"You mean you all do?" Rose stated, "she's rather pretty, just your types I'm guessing,".
"Are you insinuating we're going to rape her?" I gritted my teeth.
"Oh, we know, you are, you guys aren't the first group we've dealt with," Matt spat out, we all hated these guys, we knew that much.
"Just leave," he shoved past us, daring to even touch me. I grabbed him by the arm and, before he had the time to retaliate, stabbed him in the side of the chest, making sure to puncture his lung. He fell down to the ground, gasping for air. The woman whimpered, two of them stepping back, who got shot before they could run. The remaining six walked up to us, anger filled their gases. The two holding the woman threw her to the ground, who sat there in shock at the scene unfolding in front of her. Two of them came up to me, two to Chloe, one to Matt and one to Rose. That guy must have been an idiot and got shot in the head chest instantly, falling to the ground. Haily went to help the woman and Rose joined her soon after. One of the men to come up to me tried to tackle me, but as soon as he did so, I stabbed him in the abdomen, the pain made him double over. The other tried to punch me in the side of the face, but I ducked. It would've been a hard hit, but the man was too drunk to think straight, receiving a punch in the balls, and when he also, doubled over in pain, got stabbed where he was going to punch me. I turned to see that Chloe had just thrown one of her knives into the guy who had come up to Matt's head, him instantly falling. I sat her guys were already dead, knives and bite marks covered them. "I could've handled it,"
"Maybe if you had nails in your bat, honestly, that thing only going to cause internal bleeding," Rose said, helping the woman up. "You okay?" she said, turning to the woman. "Y-you killed them!" she exclaimed, I rolled my eyes,
"Not all, he'll die soon," I said, pointing the balding man, who was squirming on the rock. She shivered, "Look, are you going to take our help, or do we have to kill you too?" Chloe said, resting her hand on her hip. She nodded, before running off. I sighed "That was fun,"
"She's calling the police," Rose commented,
"Great!", I honestly was looking forward to it.

"That was amazing!" I squeaked, full phyco mode, as my friends called it.
"Here, you need to dull your self down," Rose said, handing me another can of cider, I sighed knowing she was right. "Now what? We call as traumatized teens?"
"No, " Matt butted in, "We call Josh,"
"Aw! Not the cleanup crew!" I sighed, taking another sip from the can.
"Yes, the cleanup crew," he said, pressing the call button on the phone.
"What do you want?"
"Aw, is that how you talk to your friends?" he sighed,
"Clean up? Really?"
"It's my birthday," my voice echoed in the cave.
"Okay, where are you?"
"Cave, beach,"
"Be there soon," he hung up. It wasn't long until he appeared with a new set of clothes for all of us. We'd given him clothes previously to give to us after an event like this. "What would we do without you?" Rose said, kissing his cheek.
"Probably get found out," He chuckled, I knew he like the affection he got from Rose, and it made me chuckle. "Maybe we should all consider poly," I said, pulling on my shirt.
"Poly?" Haily questioned.
"Basically a relationship with more than one person,"
"Nah," everyone else chimed in unison,
"I'm serious though, we could stop people flirting with us without extreme violence," every one pause mentally, thinking.
"Maybe," Rose commented before silence fell.

"Happy birthday to me," I sighed, resting on my bed after climbing through my window.

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"Happy birthday!" their voices chanted, I blew out the candles on the cake. This would mark my 13th year on this dying planet. I sighed, however, watching my aunt take the cake and dividing it, soon enough I got my piece. I never really liked cake, but this one was an exception, homemade. It was sweet, but I liked it. I heard rapid knocking on the front door, getting up to open it. "Hey, birthday girl!" Heily launched forward and hugged me, my other friends on the driveway behind them. "I got you some fresh memes," Matt exclaimed, then following it up with, "You'll have to check discord out later," I nodded,
"Can I go out with my friends?"
"as long as you have a way to contact us,"
"Do any of you have your phone on you?" one of them nodded, "Bye!" I said, before stepping out of the house and into the night. It was a clear night, cold, but the cold never really bothered me. We started making regular chatter, about the youngest of them finally being a teenager, not that my state was going to instantly change because of it. "So... got anything on you guys?"
"Knives, guns, nothing you're looking for right now," Haily elbowed me in the ribs playfully, "But~ Rose might have some," she said, letting her voice sing.
"Would she even be allowed out right now?" I said, quirking my eyebrow up.
"No, but she doesn't need to be allowed out to come out," Chloe responded. I nodded as Matt pressed a button on his phone, the call starting to go through, "Yeah?" Roses' voice came.
"You got the good-good?" he questioned, we let out small chuckles after he said that. "Yep, just drowning my sorrows right now," we heard her take a swig of an unknown substance. "You forgot your girlfriends birthday?" I questioned in mock shock, "You- I'm breaking up with you," I barely made the words out before laughing. You could hear the smile in her voice "Oh no- I'm so sorry baby!" she said before letting out a fit of laughs of her own, "Open yer window," Matt said, putting on a fake accent. We looked up to the house, we had subconsciously walked this way. The blinds rose and we heard the window crack open, Rose dangled her head and arms out of the window, "Hey!" she called.
"Get your ass down here!" Chloe yelled, "We'll catch you! and get the booze!" Rose nodded,
"We will?" I said before Rose returned, Chloe, Haily and Matt had formed a kind of arm guard to break her fall. She hung her legs out the window before falling into their arms. " got some- actually not best to say here," she chuckled, looking around, the bottles of whatever she brought were in a pillowcase. We nodded in agreement, if the neighbours heard that we were underage drinking, well let's just say, there would be a lack of staff at the police station. We started talking again and walked away from where we were.

"And because we know you like beaches," Hail said, we were almost at a pretty popular beach in our town. "We'll have to help Rose go down," I sighed, looking to my drunken friend, who nodded in agreement. We started to go in a single file line, stepping down the steep steps, even if they weren't even steep the whole time. Jagged, that's the word I was looking for. we finally got down to the rocks, the tide was in, good. "So, what did you get?"
"Vodka," Rose said, pulling it slightly out of the bag, "and because I know you love it, cider," she passed me one of the cans, which I then took. I opened it and instantly took a sip, the vile taste entering my mouth, but still, I loved it. We walked into a nearby cave, yeah, we could probably die under there, but death wasn't anything new to us.

We spent a lot of the time they're just talking and drinking, of course, it was great. Then, we heard a voice, a man's voice, accompanied by other men's voices, and a woman's. "Shit," Haily muttered, peeking around the cave entrance. "Rapist's two a clock!" she informed us.
"Great, it's my birthday and people can't seem to get I don't like this shit," I sighed, picking up a knife, "That'll do," I muttered.
"We can't just kill them!" Chloe protested, just as I got up.
"Don't contradict the birthday girl," I said, I wasn't in the mood to be messed around with. Not only that, I wasn't in the mood to be told what to do. I knew I should've listened to them, they knew what I'd get like. Haily and I watched as they got closer. Everyone had their desired weapons out, Haily's was a gun, same for Rose, a karambit knife for me, throwing knives for Chloe and Matt had out his bat. I counted them, there were nine. What were they even planning to do, take turns? "Ey! get out of here!" One of them screamed, he was balding. I chuckled, and followed it up with, "Why?" the man looked at me, as if I were a child, not anymore. "Because I have some business to attend to,"
"You mean you all do?" Rose stated, "she's rather pretty, just your types I'm guessing,".
"Are you insinuating we're going to rape her?" I gritted my teeth.
"Oh, we know, you are, you guys aren't the first group we've dealt with," Matt spat out, we all hated these guys, we knew that much.
"Just leave," he shoved past us, daring to even touch me. I grabbed him by the arm and, before he had the time to retaliate, stabbed him in the side of the chest, making sure to puncture his lung. He fell down to the ground, gasping for air. The woman whimpered, two of them stepping back, who got shot before they could run. The remaining six walked up to us, anger filled their gases. The two holding the woman threw her to the ground, who sat there in shock at the scene unfolding in front of her. Two of them came up to me, two to Chloe, one to Matt and one to Rose. That guy must have been an idiot and got shot in the head chest instantly, falling to the ground. Haily went to help the woman and Rose joined her soon after. One of the men to come up to me tried to tackle me, but as soon as he did so, I stabbed him in the abdomen, the pain made him double over. The other tried to punch me in the side of the face, but I ducked. It would've been a hard hit, but the man was too drunk to think straight, receiving a punch in the balls, and when he also, doubled over in pain, got stabbed where he was going to punch me. I turned to see that Chloe had just thrown one of her knives into the guy who had come up to Matt's head, him instantly falling. I sat her guys were already dead, knives and bite marks covered them. "I could've handled it,"
"Maybe if you had nails in your bat, honestly, that thing only going to cause internal bleeding," Rose said, helping the woman up. "You okay?" she said, turning to the woman. "Y-you killed them!" she exclaimed, I rolled my eyes,
"Not all, he'll die soon," I said, pointing the balding man, who was squirming on the rock. She shivered, "Look, are you going to take our help, or do we have to kill you too?" Chloe said, resting her hand on her hip. She nodded, before running off. I sighed "That was fun,"
"She's calling the police," Rose commented,
"Great!", I honestly was looking forward to it.

"That was amazing!" I squeaked, full phyco mode, as my friends called it.
"Here, you need to dull your self down," Rose said, handing me another can of cider, I sighed knowing she was right. "Now what? We call as traumatized teens?"
"No, " Matt butted in, "We call Josh,"
"Aw! Not the cleanup crew!" I sighed, taking another sip from the can.
"Yes, the cleanup crew," he said, pressing the call button on the phone.
"What do you want?"
"Aw, is that how you talk to your friends?" he sighed,
"Clean up? Really?"
"It's my birthday," my voice echoed in the cave.
"Okay, where are you?"
"Cave, beach,"
"Be there soon," he hung up. It wasn't long until he appeared with a new set of clothes for all of us. We'd given him clothes previously to give to us after an event like this. "What would we do without you?" Rose said, kissing his cheek.
"Probably get found out," He chuckled, I knew he like the affection he got from Rose, and it made me chuckle. "Maybe we should all consider poly," I said, pulling on my shirt.
"Poly?" Haily questioned.
"Basically a relationship with more than one person,"
"Nah," everyone else chimed in unison,
"I'm serious though, we could stop people flirting with us without extreme violence," every one pause mentally, thinking.
"Maybe," Rose commented before silence fell.

"Happy birthday to me," I sighed, resting on my bed after climbing through my window.