BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

My alarm clock goes off too early. I roll over to grab my cell phone and press snooze to close my eyes for five more minutes. It seems only like not even a minute later, my phone starts to beep again. Time to get my ass up I suppose. I roll out of bed, throw my robe on, and trek out to the kitchen. As I start to make a pot of coffee and pour milk into my life cereal, I hear the doorbell ring. Who in fuck sakes could be at the door at this time in the morning? Seth has left for work and Val is still sleeping, so I go and peek through the peephole of the front door to find a patiently waiting Nina. I open the door and look at her with heavy eyes, I shouldn't have stayed up so late watching Netflix. It takes me a second to realize she is wearing pajamas still, her hair in a messy but cute braid. She smiles at me and then walks in with a wave. "Well good morning to you too," I say groggily.

"Morning sunshine!" She replies way to eager. "Can I have a bowl of cereal?" Nina asks.

I nod as I sit down at the kitchen counter taking my first bite of cereal. "And coffee?" She asks gesturing towards the coffee.

I giggle silently and reply with, "Go for it. By the way, what brings you over at 6:30 in the morning?" I ask with no enthusiasm. I watch as Nina grabs out two coffee mugs and is pouring coffee in them with a little bit of creamer. "Can you put more creamer in mine, please? Like a lot more?" She looks at me and laughs.

"A little coffee with your creamer huh?" Nina says while handing me my mug.

"But of course, just the way I like it." Nina sits down next to me begins to eat her cereal, still not answering my question. I am about to ask her again when she speaks up.

"So I am guessing you forgot about this week right?" She arches her brow looking at me as she sips her coffee. I talked to her yesterday when I had texted her that I wasn't going to be able to make it to play ball and all she said was okay and see you tomorrow morning. I know it's the dance this week....oh....wait.

My eyes grow as I realize it. "Spirit week. Crap, I forgot." I say honestly. She hands me a piece of paper with the list of the schedule. Every day is a different theme and every student may participate. It seemed pretty fun, I just forgot about it. Today is Monday, pajama day, explaining why Nina is in her bright purple footsie pajamas. "Pajama day, right?" I grab both of our bowls of cereal and then finish off my coffee.

"Yes, it is. Like mine?" She smiles and lifts her leg to show off her footsies. I laugh with her.

"Guess I better go change then," I say and start heading to my bedroom, leaving her to finish her coffee. I brush my teeth, throw my hair up in a messy bun, and then apply some mascara. I glance in the mirror at the outfit I fell asleep in and it is a pair of short spandex and my white spaghetti strap. I decide to take the too short for school spandex and replace them with my favorite pair of cotton pajama pants, red and black plaid. I leave on the same shirt and remove my robe, and then slip on my slippers. "Okay, I am ready! I hope I don't get too comfortable and fall asleep in class." I joke with Nina as we step out of the house.

Once we get to school, I see that almost the entire student body is wearing pajamas. Some are really funny and some are just a little extra. I walk into English and spot Phoebe and she's wearing white short shorts, a white top, and a black see-through robe that stops at the middle of her thigh. As I go to sit in my seat behind Dean, he looks at me with that sexy side smile before I sit down. He is wearing just a normal black tank and....wait...are those..."Boxers?" I think out loud. He turns around and looks at me still smiling.

"I see you got into school spirit too. I like the Harley Quinn inspired pants." He says, getting my nerd self to smile.

"She's actually my favorite villain believe it or not."

"Nice, mine too for women and then Bane of course. Favorite superhero?" He asks me, peaking my interests even more.

"Oh, definitely Batman. All the way, no questions asked." Dean looks at me and just shakes his head and turns back around. I start to giggle and then say, "What's wrong with Batman?"

I can hear Dean chuckling before turning back around. "Batman. Really? Superman is the best. He is also the strongest, period." He just lost a few points in my book. Kidding, sort of.

"Well, I hate to burst your little bubble there sparky, but I take it that you have not seen Batman vs. Superman yet because if you had then you would know, Batman, wins. Besides, Batman is cooler. Anyone with a butt load of money can be Batman or Batgirl. I rest my case." I smirk at Dean then stick my tongue out as he just shakes his head and smacks his forehead.

"You got me there Montgomery." He says with his deep voice and that sexy side smirk.

After school, I head to the diner to start my shift. "Hey, Mrs. Connors!" I greet Marie as I clock in.

"Hmm. Oh, hey honey. I am going to leave right now, I have to go get a few more things for Dean's birthday tomorrow. Will you be okay here? Dean should be here in an hour to help. He text me and said he got stuck at school."

"Yeah of course. I got it covered." I think. I haven't been by myself yet, so I hope we don't get too busy.

"Okay, thanks, sweetie. You will be fine. You have been doing such a great job and our regulars love you, they have all told me." She starts to walk away and then stops and turns back on her heel. "By the way, do you and Dean's other friends have anything going on tomorrow night? I would like to invite you all over for dinner."

I answer her fast and excited. "Yes! Yes, we will be there. I will let the guys know." Too fast. I can feel myself turning red and she looks at me and chuckles.

"Perfect. See you tomorrow" Marie says as she scurries off.

After work, I get home and shower and begin to think about tomorrow. Its Dean's birthday and also Twin Day at school. Nina and I had agreed to wear our hair straight. I hardly straighten my hair because it takes so long to do it. My hair nearly touches my belly button. Maybe I should get a cut soon? We also decided to wear white V-necks and blue distressed skinny jeans with our black converse. Pretty much the only same type of clothing we had similar. I hate wearing white too. I literally have a stain or something on it within a matter of minutes. I don't know how I manage to do it every time, but I do.

I decide before I fall asleep to text Nina and tell her about tomorrow.

"Hey, Dean's mom is inviting us all to a birthday dinner tomorrow for him. I think it is a surprise so don't say anything. But could you ask if Caleb, Dex, and your brother can go too?"

"Yeah, that sounds like fun! Jake can't go because he has other plans but we will be there. Also, Caleb and I bought the movie tickets already and paid for Laser Tag but we are going to do it Friday night because the dance is Saturday."

"Wow, you guys didn't have to pay for all of that. Thank you so much. It should be fun! I have to ask Marie for Friday night off."

"Got it covered. Dean already got it off for both of you, and well we didn't pay for all of it. Your brother paid for some of it too. ;)"

"LOL well, thanks! Love you guys! Hey so I was also going to ask you....can you give me Dean's number? I want to text him in the morning for his birthday."

"Was wondering when you would ask. LOL. 555-555-5555. Nighty night!"

I save Dean's number right away and then thank Nina and say good night. I am super excited for Friday. More than I thought I would be ever since our lives changed. I go to find Seth in the kitchen and wrap my arms around him hugging him tightly. "What's this for?" He says in a confused voice but hugs me back anyways.

"For being such a good brother. Thanks for helping pay for my birthday night."

"Scar it's not that big of a deal. Plus, I just want you to have fun. I love you, little sister."

"Love you too Seth." He reminds me so much of our dad.

I stay awake for as long as I can watching more reruns of The Vampire Diaries until my phone finally strikes midnight.

"Happy 18th Birthday Dean! May all of your wishes come true!" I text Dean. I hope that doesn't sound lame. I just want it to be simple and sweet, well that was my goal.

"Who's this?" Dean texts me back not even a minute later.

"Scarlett. I hope it's okay I got your number from Nina. I just wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday. I am pretty competitive and well I wanted to be the first one. Lol." I am pathetic. He is going to think that I am a creeper for getting his number. Oh gosh, the dots appear that he is replying and then stop and then start again.

"Wow. Hey you. Thank you very much. Of course, it is okay, just unexpected. I will save your number."

"Lol, your welcome! See you tomorrow, good night!"

"Good night Scarlett. Still can't believe you choose Batman." I can't help but laugh at his text and his shaking head emoji. I decided to text back with a bat emoji. Lame flirting....but I think it's flirting. Right? I suck at this.