CHAPTER 13: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PAPERBOY!

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NOTE: I've been looking at some writing tips and I've noticed places where I can improve the story,
so after I publish this chapter I'm going to edit my already published chapters, however it won't impact the plot, it's just minor changes + correcting spelling mistakes/sentences that don't make sense so you won't have to re-read the book:)

Also, thank you so much for 1k reads guys 💕

(3rd pov)
Word count: 3190

The next morning, Bruce is awoken by Billy and Griffin practically kicking his door down.

"Brucey~" Billy sings, earning a groan from Bruce. He turns over, his back now facing them.

"5 more minutes..." He mumbles, starting to regret staying up so late with Vance last night.

"WAKE UP!!" Griffin yells, hitting Bruce with a pillow.

"Dude, what the heck?!" Bruce blocks the next hit with his arms as Griffin laughs in response.

Bruce lazily sits up and proceeds to wrestle the pillow out of the younger boy's hands before throwing it at Griffin, hitting him straight in the face.

"Owww..."

Billy smiles, pulling Bruce's arm. "Come on, Brucey!''

''Alright! Alright!'' He chuckles.

Bruce lets Billy drag him to his feet before crushing him with a tight hug. ''Happy birthday!''

"Thanks!..But I can't breathe..."

"Whoops." Bruce releases Billy from his hold and the two younger boys drag Bruce outside of his bedroom.

"Also, since it's my birthday and you love me so much because we're close friends..." Billy leads him over to Vance's bedroom door.
"Could you wake Vance up? He's a little scary when someone wakes him up, but, uh, he likes you the most soooo.."

Bruce sighs. "Fine, is everyone else awake?"

Griffin nods. "They're downstairs with Hopp, he's making us breakfast."

"Alright, you two go downstairs and I'll be down in a minute."

The two younger boys nod and make their way down the staircase, once they're in the living room, Bruce barely manages to hear Griffin say, "We had Bruce be the sacrifice."

Bruce lifts his hand and gently knocks on Vance's bedroom door.
He waits for a few seconds before trying again,
And again..,
And again...,
And again....

Bruce exhales in annoyance.
Letting Pinball Vance stay awake with him until 2:30 in the morning was not a good idea.

From when Bruce briefly managed to glance at his alarm clock, he noticed that it's currently 6AM.

With no other options, Bruce slowly opens the door and walks across the creaky floorboards over to Vance.

He's only been in Vance's room once before, but he never really got to see anything. This was when Bruce had a nightmare and Vance had taken him to get some water.

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