Date Box Happily Novels & Stories

Metal. I crawled toward it, my breath hitching. Under a loose board in my father’s old study sat a fireproof box. It was sleek, modern, and completely out of place in this ruin. I wiped my eyes and touched the keypad. My birthday. 09-14. Click.

My father, Hector, and Benjamin had shared the transaction slips of the money they'd transferred to Jennifer's account. I curled my lip mockingly while looking at the birds that flew past my window. It turned out everyone remembered Jennifer's birthday despite forgetting mine. My father, Frank Monroe, shared his transaction slip. He also wrote, "Happy birthday to my darling Jennifer!" Hector wrote, "I hope you'll always be happy, Jennifer!" Benjamin wrote, "No matter what happens in the future, Jennifer Robinson is the only woman I'll ever love."

Zacharias grumbled. "I expected the leader of Agent something would be all muscular and he'll beat the shit out of us if we don't obey him!" Lorenzo made a dramatic face. "But then when we met this guy, he was acting like a child, and looked like he just got out of kindergarten! Who would think we would escape this debt just by helping him talk to his crush? That's so childish!" "I got a gift for your birthday yesterday. Sorry, I only know it now since I heard it from the people in your village." Zacharias said as he gave me a small white box with a ribbon.

Chloe gasped, still very astonished. While Isabella tossed the box, she noticed a scribbling at the bottom of the box and upon taking a closer look, it seemed like a date. “This reads 26/03/1996. Could it be the passcode?” Isabella asked as she showed it to Chloe. Chloe quickly collected it from her hand and took a closer look. “This is like three months before I was born.” She said, “This is not even Jamie’s birthday, I wonder whose it is.”

Thank you, for not leaving me behind… “Oh wait. Sorry, I almost forgot. With confusion, I heard him walk away for a few minutes. Upon hearing his return, there was a slight thump on the table, as if he had set something down. Bringing my hand directly to the object, my fingers tingled on the item. It was a box...adorned with a bow. Removing it in haste, Sammy’s sweet voice echoed. “Happy 18th birthday, young miss.” *****

“The company was good… but I think they will make their own arrangements next time.” “Um” Frank agreed. “But isn’t it unfair… that guy is too much!” Sarah sighed with a frown. There was a long parcel in front of their door when they got back. It was addressed to Dana. Dana picked it up while Lara opened the door. “What’s in it?” Lara asked like a curious cat. Dana opened the box, 24 red roses with a card that read “Happy Birthday”. “Who do you think it’s from?” “I don’t know. I haven’t told anyone”

she muttered, and I chuckled in laughter. “Happy birthday, granny!” Daisy exclaimed and extended a small wrapped box to Madam Helen. “Look at that,” Madam Helen muttered, smiling sweetly at Daisy. She bent over and took the box from her. “This is the best gift that I have ever received,” Madam Helen said, admiring the blue box. Daisy clasped her little hands around Madam Helen before running off to look for her cousins. The guests roared into laughter as they watched her scamper away.

Alexander's voice had assumed a serious tone, almost as if he was beginning to catch up on my looming statement. I sighed, "Today is my step mum's birthday." "Okay, happy birthday Katherine's step mum. How does that have to do with anything?" Alexander replied. He's going to be so crushed when I tell him this. "I have to attend her birthday, which I'm already late for. So because of that, I don't think I can go on our date anymore." I divulged. The moment the words left my mouth, I saw how disappointment spread on his face. "I'm so, so, so, sorry Alex. We can maybe reschedule this for another time. What do you think about ne—"

Rose pouted sadly. She took a pizza box and opened it then she picked a slice and ate from it. "Hmm so yummy, I wish he would tell me his name" she said to herself and her eyes caught the name on the pizza box. "Hillary Pizza, the popular one, I will go and see him there" she smiled. "That will be tomorrow, let me focus on this pizza now" she added and continued eating the pizza. ****NIGHT, DAMIEN'S MANSION**** "Dad do you remember that my birthday is next week saturday" Kathy spoke up when they were eating dinner.

---------------- THE YEAR 1994 --------------- "Happy anniversary, Paul!" Jane bubbly jumped through as she held something in her hands. Paul was not in a good mood today because of what he had heard from his father. He wanted to say it right then and there, but he knew that he needed some time to grab the chance to say it all to Jane. Paul smiled sadly at the box that Jane was holding and he pretended to gladly opened it. He smiled through when he saw that it was a small keychain that Jane brought through the town with the money that she had saved.