"Wake up, wake up, wake up!" Mist screams, jumping up and down on my bed.
"Okay, I'm awake!"
"Good." She plops down. "You know what day it is?"
"Uh, Saturday."
"Uh, yes, but not what I was looking for."
"Oh, are my library books due back today?"
"You don't go to the library."
"Yeah I do."
"Oh yeah? When was the last time you went to a library?"
"Yesterday."
"When?"
"Yesterday morning before school."
"Is the library even open that early?"
"No."
"Ryder!"
"Oops. I just wanted to borrow a book. Isn't that what libraries are for?"
"Yes, but in operating hours. Anyway, back on track to what we are supposed to be talking about."
"What's that?"
"Ryder, did you really forget?" She pouts. Her shoulders slump.
"Forget what?" I tease.
"Forget it." She grumpily climbs off my bed.
I get up after her and wrap her in my arms. "Mist, I was just messing with you, of course I remember it's your birthday."
"It wasn't funny."
"How could you take me seriously? I was clearly joking."
"Well, I took it seriously."
"Okay, come on now, don't be a baby, you're sixteen now, not six."
She continues to pout in my arms.
"If you stop pouting, I'll give you your birthday present now?"
She whips around to face me. "Really?"
"Yes, really, but you have to promise no more pouting the rest of the day."
She grumbles. "Okay, deal." She smiles.
"Okay, close your eyes and don't peek."
She squeaks with excitement.
"Hold out your hand."
I place her present in her hand.
She opens her eyes. "An envelope?"
"Hey, don't judge the present by its physical size."
She scrunches her nose and opens the envelope and her eyes widen. She looks up at me, shocked.
I grin at her.
She squeals, jumping up and down. She jumps into my arms.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!"
"You like it?"
"You kidding? I love it! It's just like yours." She pulls the necklace out of the envelope and holds it up next to mine. "I love it, thank you so much."
"I knew you would."
"We match! I'm so happy!"
She squeezes me as tight as she can, which sadly for her is the equivalent of a bunny trying to squeeze the life out of a bear. I think you get the point.
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Foster Wolf
Werewolf(Complete) Ryder is a teenaged boy in foster care. his parents died when he was two and was put into the foster system. He has bounced from one home to another. Either he was sent back or ran away, but this time when his social worker, Mary, found h...
