Birthday Mates

"Good I will use that as an excuse to keep them in the house." She concluded within herself as she finished dressing up.

She rushed downstairs to meet everyone in the living room. The only people missing were Mr Lancaster, Shaw and Tobin. Dane was sitting with Hale explaining something on a laptop for him while Winston was sitting close to Avero. Seeing Avero the events of the previous day played in her mind again but she quickly brushed it aside. She was more interested in the present now.

"Where is Shaw and Tobin?" she asked Dane aloud.

"Shaw has been having a discussion with dad since early this morning and Tobin is still on his bed I guess." Dane replied.

She walks close to Dane and whispers on his ears, "Thanks for saving my life yesterday."

Dane let out a smile when he heard it. She had begged him not to tell anyone about the incident at the pool and he had kept his promise. Hale was shocked to see Sharon whisper in Dane's ear. He became jealous instantly.

He looked over to his twin Winston and discovered he was engrossed in a conversation with Avero not looking surprised at what just happened. He was missing something.

Sharon decided to go check up on Tobin. She will over look their little misunderstanding to make sure he is safe. She turned to leave but stopped when she noticed the small boxes of wrapped gifts around the house.

She walked up to one of the gifts and picked it up. Written boldly on it was 'Happy 18th birthday!' She moved about collecting all the gifts as she kept wondering how they knew today is her birthday.

Suddenly she was stopped by Avero's voice. "What do you think you are doing?"

She turned around to see the surprise painted on everyone's face. "How did you guys know today is my birthday?" she asked them happily.

"What?" They all chorused looking very surprised. Now it occurred to them why she was picking the gifts.

"Those gifts are not for you, they are for Tobin!" Avero said with a scoff.

"Tobin? Wow! There must be a mistake then since today is also my birthday and I thought the gifts were for me." Sharon said surprised.

She couldn't believe she was sharing the same birthday with Tobin and that they were actually age mates.

"Whose birthday is also today?" Mr Lancaster asked as he walked in with Shaw.

Everyone was shocked when he walked in. They had been too surprised by Sharon's announcement to notice him coming down. Sharon noticed Shaw's left hand was in a bandage.

"Dad, today is Sharon's birthday." Dane said with excitement in his voice.

Mr Lancaster eyes lit up with joy, "That calls for a double celebration!" Mr Lancaster said obviously elated. Everyone could see he was happy. He had never shown this magnitude of happiness even on his birthday. Hale burst into singing a birthday song for her and everyone joined him except Avero. Even Mr Lancaster seemed to be humming the lyrics.

"Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you!" Tobin heard the song from his room and was surprised they will be singing a song for him while he was still in his room. He decided to come out to check what was happening.

He was surprised to see his family standing around Sharon and singing for her. He walked up to them obviously confused.

"Today is also Sharon' s birthday!" Mrs Williams informed him as he walked towards his family.

"Wow, so this trouble shooter is also my birth mate." He murmured to himself as he walked closer. Hale rushed to him and dragged him inside the little circle they had created around Sharon. He was standing close to her and their bodies brushed each other from time to them. Hale started the song again this time for Tobin.

At this moment Sharon could feel a strange connection inside her to everyone. For the first time she felt like a Lancaster. It felt like this was her home where she truly belonged.