A Whisper In The Shadows

Chapter 1

Sigh, it's going to be my 16th birthday soon. And I had to do a birthday poster for school, everyone had to do it. Telling who they were and what they were going to do on their birthday. I hated the birthday board. People would take selfies with you and pretend to like you just because it's your birthday and then they would be all nice to you. Well popular kids at least, they were always like that. Always pretending to be your bestie and putting on a show just to show how nice they were but in reality they saw you as just another person to use for their college application. Okay, well I better finish the poster before Monday so I better get started.

"Honey, do you need me to drive you anywhere to buy anything?" My mom shouted from the kitchen.

"No, it's okay mom!" I replied shouting just as loud.

"Okay hun, let me know if you need anything!"

"I will mom!"

Okay well, time to get started I guess. I took out all my craft supplies and everything, even the glitter. I don't know if you heard, but glitter is like the herpes of crafting, you can never get it off! It is a total pain! But anyway I got that out too. Now to find a poster board. Just any board will do I thought... I broke a bunch of a cardboard boxes apart and duck-taped them together. There, I thought. As soon as I cover the whole thing in paper they will never know... Hopefully.

Well off to crafting. Everyone was given a list of things to talk about on the board. "Let's see. Describe yourself, your friends, your hobbies, what you're going to do on your birthday,oh- and my heritage/history." I read outloud. Great just great, what am I supposed to do? I don't have a really cool history to talk about, like those popular kids that were descendants of old kings and queens or something. I'm just another person from Wisconsin, and no. Despite being from Wisconsin I can't stand cheese. It's the worst. It smells foul and it tastes so weird. I just can't stand it's texture too.

And yeah. Oh and while we're here talking about my history, I might as well introduce myself. My name is Hannah Delafy. Yeah... Don't judge my last name. Well enough about me, I had to get to work. I popped open a tube of glitter, spread the glue everywhere and laid a piece of paper over that and sprinkled glitter all over.

Now... What to write...

I quickly took out my laptop and typed away at introductions and all the topics as I crossed each item off of the list one by one after finishing them. Finally, almost done. Except for one thing... The history part of my family. What do I say? I come from a place where people like cheese but I don't like cheese?

"Mom!!!! I need help with my Birthday Board" I shouted.

"Kay honey, I'll be there in a minute" She shouted back from the kitchen.