11 Birthdays Novels & Stories

They all smile at me and Aunt Cynthia cackles, “she’s just like you Luna, she forgot.” I squint at her, “what did I forget?” They all say it at the same time, “your birthday!” My eyes widen and I look at my laptop for the date and blow a breath out of my mouth, “it’s not for 2 weeks,” I wave my hand dismissively at them and they all cackle. “You forgot and your going to be 21 this birthday, plus it’s a full moon,” Momma adds not so subtly. I look at them, “so, I’ll just have Christov come here and…”

HANNAH’S POV One Year Later The twins’ first birthday had arrived in a whirlwind of laughter, tiny hands grabbing at everything, and sleepless nights that somehow still left my heart full. A whole year—twelve months of first smiles, first steps, first words. A year of watching Laila and Liam grow, their personalities blooming like wildflowers, bright and unstoppable.

Livie You could say that Alarick is an old soul. He's too mature for his age and too smart for his own good. But by the end of the day, we are still just young eighteen years old, and that makes us still teens. Hormonal teens, to be precise. Because yes, he soon will be nineteen, just days before his birthday, but he is still a teen.

Eighteen is a special birthday for many. My eighteenth birthday is special for different reasons than one would think. Eighteen signifies adulthood, but I’m not so sure adulthood is important to an immortal. It’s not even that I have all the time in the world to grow up. Ever since I started going on missions with my dad at fourteen, I’ve grown up. When you learn to reap souls, and one of your grandfathers is Death, well, you grow up on faster.

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“You aren’t excited?” “Are birthdays supposed to be fun?” I ask, “I have never had a fun birthday.” I admit. “At the compound, they just acknowledged we were another year older for our records and for the orphanage…” I begin but Lila finishes for me, “Sometimes, she remembered but sometimes not, and even if she did- we didn’t get anything or do anything special.” I nod and Caleb frowns but then smiles, “Well, tomorrow will be different. We will celebrate your birthday. 18 is a big deal and we will do it wolf style.”

"Nobody is giving anyone inferiority complex here Miss Silver. You all started this in the first place, didn't you?" "Well, let us not fight here." Malik adds, as he stands up to take his leave. "And the same thing goes to you Malik. Who said anyone is fighting here? In a nut shell, mind your business." Malik here is just like my sister, Bami's mate, and he too would want to be showing as if we're age mate. Well, he's probably like twenty one or so, but I was twenty three years, nine months and eleven days old! Don't even ask me how I keep track of time, I'm obsessed about birthdays.

“But I was born in 1997. That’s what my birth certificate says.” My mum’s eyes suddenly widened as she stared at me. “Mum?” I said. “Oh,” was all she offered back. “What do you mean, oh? So am I 20 or not?” “Erm, no, you’re 19. Just hang on a second,” she said, before disappearing out of my room. “Just hang on a second?” I repeated in disbelief, my voice going up an octave. How could I have just lost a year? A whole year of my life. This is crazy.

I smiled, “We could ask Luna Abby and Alpha Damien to join us too.” Linden was really liking the idea, while I noticed my other siblings looking a bit sad. I laughed, “Of course we will have a party for each of you also. I just need to know when your birthdays are.” I grabbed my phone and pulled up my calendar. I also grabbed a pen and notepad. Taylor’s birthday is June tenth, Blaise’s birthday is June eleventh, and Max’s birthday is June twelfth. I put all the birthdays on my calendar and laughed, “She had all of us almost exactly ten months apart! She was a baby making factory for a while. I can’t help but wonder if there are more out there.” Everyone got quiet then Max asked out loud what

Beta Liam It's early morning but I'm up, showered, and dressed by 5.30 am. I've barely slept but I don't even feel tired, it's my girl's birthday today, she is 16, 16.. 2 more years and she'll be all mine and I can't fucking wait! I'm torn between happiness that she's finally another year older and sadness that I still have another 2 years to go, it's all I've thought about all night.