When I woke up in the morning it was almost 9:00. I got out of bed, went to Eli's room. "Hey Eli? What do you want for breakfast?" I look into the apparently empty room. I walk downstairs looking for my brother. He is making breakfast, so I sit at the counter. 

He turns around and jumps. "I never know when your behind me. It's almost terrifying. I was just about to go and get you too. It's like you heard my thoughts." We laugh, not quite sure how to break the tension. "So do you have any plans today?"

"If I did, none of them come to mind. What about you?" I have no intention of going out today, so I might stay in my pajamas, or wear my warm fuzzy pants. 

"Ugh... yes I did, to bad I can't cancel. I don't have better things to do." He is smiling, trying to be funny. I bet his plan is to stay home all day. 

"Oh you do? I wouldn't want to intrude. What are they? Just curious about my baby brothers whereabouts." I try to act coy but I don't think I am doing very well with that. 

"Well, my plans involve bothering James, need to find out about some stuff. Play games, probably bother my favorite sister. And figure out if my dearest sister will get a man in her life within the next week." His face is dead serious. Is he trying to sell me off to guys too? And I could only imagine what would happen if he went to the mall with me and Jane. 

"What is with you and Jane wanting me to have a man? And why does it have to be next week? Why not within the next few years? Plus we both know that James has that family event, you shouldn't be bothering him." I kinda feel like if I don't get a guy in my life they will treat me like a princess. I don't need to be like fucking Rupunzel waiting for a man to get me out of a tower. I'm not some weak kid, I can fight, I would even win against my brother. Granted he thought me some MMA when he was practicing for a school club. 

"Don't get defensive. I was only joking about half of it. We can stay home, and play games all day. And honestly if you get a man, I'll be the judge of him. Unless he is hot, cause that's probably all he'd have going for him." Why do we almost always have the same view of things. 

"So what game?" We both look at each other, nodding knowing exactly what game. 

We walk up to his room, and he puts in Hevean's Reach, which is a game where we both play as soldiers trying to save our planet from these alien plant monsters. It's been a while since we played, and I forgot the controls. We play on the story mode, and go from almost dying to being victorious. It's a short game, but it's fun. We switch from playing games to watching a movie. I sit, or more like lay comfortably on his bed, while he finds a movie to watch. 

"So...... your party at the bar, who all is going?" He is looking at the movies, I guess he wants to know if any of my 'future guys' are in the list. 

"Jane for sure, Jack, Eliza, I think Thomas. My coworker Jessica, Zack, his brother Andrew, and I think my boss, Simon, might come. Though he said that he might spend the evening with his wife, since my birthday is not a company event. But he did tell me happy birthday, along with the whole company." If I really thought about it, it'd probably be me, and my whole group, plus the whole bar celebrating. It was the first party I'll have where I don't have any of my actual family. I couldn't help feeling skeptical, and kinda scared. What will happen if I manage to get lost? 

"Ah, I like Jack he's a chill guy. James is kinda close to him and his sister. According to him Jack is just an extension of the family." Its easy for my brother to know my friends, cause James is often friends with their siblings. If my friends were ever a reason I go missing, he would definitely know. "Ok I found one, your not against sappy zombie movies where they fall in love?"

"No, tho if I needed a guy, I would definitely settle with a vampire, cause I can't murder him when he does something wrong." We both laugh, knowing that if I had a vampire husband, I would not be food. And if he tried I would find a way to get at him. 

Eli puts the movie in and it starts. The main zombie looking around a hospital, and it cutting to the girl and a small group trying to find stuff. The girl ends up losing her entire group, and just barely survives. The only real reason she does is the main zombie eats the brain of a guy that likes and chooses to take those feelings as his own. We sit there, getting lunch when the time comes. We watch a couple movies, revolving romance. One with vampires, that one is my favorite. The main vampire finds a girl who had managed to survive in the woods by herself, she had been there for years. And the only way the vampire can think to keep her safe, from the other savages, is to claim her as his. He comes up with a proposition, he will not bite her, as long as she lives with him. Despite having been turned into a vampire for years, he was able to retain most of his humanity. He hated himself, and all the creatures like him. They killed his family, his home, everything he ever knew. Very few survived the transformation, and he was one of the 10 out of hundreds they captured. Ones that were unlikely to survive weren't given the chance to change. They were turned into food. The guy hadn't realized he was falling in love until her safety was in jeopardy.  If he did not take a bite out of her, before other vampires stormed his place, she would surely die to their hands. By the time that movie ended it was dinner. We went down and I made a small frozen pizza. And we both said our goodnights before heading to bed. 

Friday, came quickly. We were sitting in the living room, when Mom and Dad came in. 

"We are so sorry. It was a hole mess. Vincent was having a panic attack, Nick was freaking out. In the past 23 years of them being together they never once were freaking out at the same time. I guess Vincent was freaking out cause a person who knew... someone, had called. It really set him off, and then Nick barely could get what was going on. I had to deal with the person who called and find out what they wanted. Nick was stressed cause of his job, and everything else that was going on. Oh, and I guess they had decided to attempt to get a dog the other day, and apparently Nick is allergic. So when all that was going on at home, they had only been home half the day. I'm really sorry about leaving you guys alone for so long." Mom was crying, she came over to give me a hug. She then went to hug Eli, and then Dad did rounds of hugs. "We are gonna sleep, at least for a bit. I believe that James will be here in a few hours. And then when do you plan to leave on Saturday?"

"Um... I think a little after noon. I'm not sure though, we decided to all meet up around 6 and Jane said that we would be getting ready here. Like getting dressed and then the makeup." That was the plan I knew, and if she was expecting something else there wasn't anything else to give. 

"Ok, you guys have fun. And we will see you in the morning Lilie. Elias make sure you are good, and try not to sleep at 4 in the morning like you did the last time you went to their house." Mom is beat, it's been a while since she has been this physically exhausted. 

We both said good night, Mom and Dad went to bed. Me and Elias went to his room, watching another movie. This movie was a horror film, it was the tradition we had, the day before a birthday between us was a horror film. So we watched a movie about a guy who was in some type of war. In order to survive he had to betray the people he worked with, which was really just a group of hitman that were practically sending him out to die. He sold them out, and in return he was allowed to have an actual bed. The bed he was forced to share was the leader. His hands were always tied behind his back when they slept, and no matter what during the day he was not supposed to approach closer than 5 feet of him. If he did, and had not asked or been told it would be seen as a threat. Eventually he fell in love with the man. He wasn't tortured after selling out the group. The entire group from his account of people were all confirmed dead. He was given the option to leave but never did. The torture scenes where the underlings would beat him was gruesome. By the end of the movie both of the guys were killed, and kinda the entire country they were in... but it was a good movie.

When the movie was over James was already here. They both said by and left, and then I had decided to go to bed, tomorrow was gonna be a long day and I wasn't quite sure how ready I was for the day to start.