Chapter 12: Birthday of Solace
[I]It was just after my diaper change, and Jacob’s quick change into some clothes that fit him, that we heard a ring downstairs. Jacob and I darted out of my room, and went to open the door. Of course this entire time my house had been decorated with streamers and balloons, so it definitely looked like a party. When I opened the door, I found several people standing there.
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRISTIAN!” They screamed. I laughed and let each one of them in. In order, there was AJ, a bit of a gruff eleventh grader, Geremy, his best friend, Rebecca, and her father Justin.
As I let each person in, I noticed that they were all bundled up. It was only the twentieth of February, but for some reason, it was snowing! I loved the snow, and it had never snowed on my birthday before! This made me as happy as could be, and as each person took off their coats and shoes, I couldn’t help but giggle. The reason being was that Jacob was only capable of looking on in astonishment. After a quick hello to each person, we all sat down on the couch. Each year at my parties, we always had a tradition of catching up with those we hadn’t seen in a while. It just made conversation easier on everybody, and it usually stirred up funny stories that AJ and Geremy had!
“So Tristian, who’s your friend?” AJ asked, pointing to Jacob.
“That’s Jacob! He’s my newest friend, and my new brother.” I stated.
“Brother?” Rebecca asked.
“Yeah, we adopted him.” I said. Jacob looked at me sort of funny then; mostly because I’d just called him my brother.
“Wow, what made you do that?” AJ asked.
“Well, it goes a little something like this…” I started. It took me about a half hour to tell the story of what exactly happened to me. I didn’t go into detail on a few things, as one might assume, but I didn’t enhance the truth any either.
“So that’s pretty much it…” I stated.
“You’re fucking kidding me, right?” Geremy asked. “They seriously did that to you?!”
“Well, yeah! I know your dads were on the news reporting it this morning.” I reminded them.
“Like hell we watch the news!” Geremy joked.
“Yeah yeah yeah!” Rebecca sighed. “So Tristian… you wear, you know…” She asked awkwardly, pointing down at my pants. I noticed that there WAS a slight bulge from the diaper there.
“Yeah- partially because I like it, and partially because I have to.” I said. “After what Dover did to me…” I started.
“Tristian, relax! Come on, let’s play some games!” Jacob suggested.
After about an hour more of playing games, my mother decided that it was time to open presents, and eat cake. I got some games from Geremy and AJ and some new clothes from Rebecca. But the real surprise was later on, after everybody left!
Once each person had gone home, Jacob and I was called into my parent’s bedroom.
“Boys, we have to give you your gifts!” My father said.
“But it’s not my birthday, is it?” Jacob asked.
“No sweetie, but we want to make you feel at home anyways.” She said. We were made to lie in bed with my parents, and just relax. This was most certainly a treat for me, since I hadn’t slept in my parent’s bed since I was little. I suppose the gift was relaxation, something I hadn’t had in a while now. Jacob and I were given bottles, and passed out.
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