Bittersweet Sixteen Suddenly Novels & Stories

Normal didn’t exist anymore. Caitlin felt a reassuring hand squeeze hers and looked over and saw Caleb sitting beside her, his face pale with worry. On the overstuffed chairs beside them sat Sam and Polly, concern etched on their faces, too. This living room was crowded—way too crowded for Caitlin’s taste. She wanted everyone in it to just disappear, everything to just go back to how it was the day before. Scarlet’s sixteenth birthday, all of them sitting around the table, eating cake, laughing. Feeling as if all was perfect in the world, as if nothing would ever change.

I think he finally did recall the scene of 16 years back. **16 Years Flashback** ~Author’s POV~ “Please don’t do this to me!” young Arnold cried and pleaded. The other young boys just laughed at his grim fate. “Aiden, you brought this fate upon yourself.” Another boy named Noah mocked. “Liam, you are my friend, please don’t let them do this to me.” Young Liam tried to signal him that it is just a prank but because of heavy rain Aiden could not understand his signs. “Liam, don’t worry about him and go home, your Mom must be waiting for you.” Noah said and young Liam went back after having his last look of young Aiden.

I shake my head, letting my disappointment show. Everyone stops and stares at me with weird expressions. Summer, the busty brunette answers with curious eyes, “Those aren't friends, they were her minions and her former attackers who wanted to take her place. She had the weird strategy of friends close and enemies closer. We literally said that barely ten seconds ago.” Ohh. “I'm sorry, I've been having a bad migraine plus other weird reactions since the chemistry class, something about the chemicals.” Their expressions turn sympathetic and they pat my back in kind. Sawyer even offers me some Xanax and Summer looks at him with stars in her eyes.

“And now I’m sixteen. Seven years of scrubbing floors in the Shadow Moon Pack house, and now I’m a fugitive. Quite the resume.” My hand freezes on the wooden spoon. I look at her small frame, my brows furrowing in genuine surprise. I lift my hands, ‘You are sixteen?’ Katniss gives me an incredibly flat, judgmental look. “Yes, Kyle. Sixteen. Why do you look like you just found out about a life changing secret?” ‘I thought you were still fifteen,’ I sign honestly. She lets out a loud, dramatic groan, rolling her eyes toward the almost caved-in ceiling. “Are you serious right now? My birthday was literally last month! We were hiding in the pack house basement by the time my birthday rolled over

Steve said, "Which means we are going on vacation soon, because my birthday Is just next month" Claren said, "Where do you like to celebrate your birthday next month?" Steve asked, "I want a beach party" Claren retorted, "How many people do you Intend to Invite" Saraphina asked, "I think, I will Invite sixteen friends" Claren retorted, "hmm, sixteen friends for sixteen the birthday" Saraphina said, and she smiles, "that's serious" she said,

Kai blinked. "That's... strangely terrifying" Rex stood and left, Kia sighed disappointedly. Back at Lorenzo's building, he was seated across a table his eyes scanning the laptop before him. He was watching the video of the sniper that had been captured by the CCTV. His focus was on the raffle with the sniper avs soon he got what he was looking for. A number. Gently written on the raffle. He closed the laptop and took off the glass he had on. "Stupid idiot, we will see in two months time" he muttered dangerously as he pulled out a cigarette.

Smh 'So guys, this coming Saturday is my sixteenth birthday and I'm throwing a birthday party. You're all invited to my sweet sixteen birthday party. She flashed another smile and mehn, Michelle is definitely a beauty. The class burst into murmurs of wow, hush, can't wait, mad oo. All was fine until someone said 'You said the whole class is invited, does that mean Jade is too?'

They both called out at the same time before bursting out in loud laughter. Arya was shocked at how no one had come for her. Maybe they didn't even bother. At that thought, Arya’s previously uplifted mood turned sour. “Hey, what actually happened to you? I can tell you're in a wedding dress and this is not how a bride-to-be is supposed to act.” Adam said. “It's nothing much. Just some wedding crasher, I guess I was the home wrecker in the relationship.” Arya said bitterly with a sad laugh at the end.

His smile widens. “What??? I am serious” Mike waves his hand with the nail polish wand. “I mean...do you remember our prom when we were 17?” she nod with a slight chuckle. “You went with Marcus, the werewolf and I went with–“Mike begin “Betty the sour-head cheerleader” Sarah adds. “And in the middle of the prom, Marcus disappeared and you went looking for him. That’s when you found him, making out with Susan, journalist of the century” she grins even more.

BITTER LOVE Book One in the Dawson Family Series Copyright 2021 Emily Goodwin Chapter One Josie Fifteen years ago… A tear rolls down my cheek, but I don’t bother to wipe it away. Another will just take its place in only seconds anyway. I look at the paper in my hand: the corner of it crinkled from being gripped so hard. A voice in the back of my mind tells me I shouldn’t have done that, that I should have been more careful.