Fourteenth Birthday

It was the afternoon of my fourteenth birthday. It had been a small party with only a few friends. That’s how I wanted it. I had reached the age when “friends” was a word I used for those I trusted, and not just someone I knew from school. #lookinmybriefs #birthdays #shortstory

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Alicia Silverstone b 1976 was in #Batman & Robin (1997) Jennifer Gatti b 1968 guested on #StarTrekTNG Kerry Sherman b 1953 was in Satan's Cheerleaders (1977) Susan Sarandon b 1946 was in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) #SciFi #birthdays #popculture #sciencefiction #trivia #history

Liev Schreiber b 1967 was in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) Christoph Waltz b 1956 was in Alita: Battle Angel (2019) Christopher Fairbank b 1953 was in Batman (1989) #SciFi #birthdays #popculture #sciencefiction #trivia #history

Christopher Stone b 1942 guested on The Bionic Woman Edward Judd b 1932 was in First Men in the Moon (1964) Charlton Heston b 1923 was in Planet of the Apes (1968) #SciFi #birthdays #popculture #sciencefiction #trivia #history

That night I tossed and turned, overslept, and had to rush down to breakfast. It was the first day of my eighth-grade school year.
When I came home, I found that mom had changed my sheets and pillow cases. The copy paper was centered on my desk, still folded.
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🍿 Today’s Featured Birthday:
On this day on October 5, 1879, Swedish-American, Warner Oland, born Johan Verner Ölund [The Naulahka (1918), Hurricane Hutch (1921), Charlie Chan Carries On (1931)] was born in Nyby, Sweden.
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It dawned on me what was happening. I was on a date with a boy. Never mind that the boy was Rickie Baines, my good friend and next-door neighbor, it was with a boy. And I had kissed him, deliberately, and on the lips. That was different from him kissing me. #lookinmybriefs #birthdays #contemporary

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He let me buy a big tub of popcorn, and he bought two sodas. My seat was the wrong height; it kept hitting my neck when I leaned back to munch the popcorn. At some point I felt his arm atop my seat. The curve of my neck molded perfectly with his arm. #lookinmybriefs #birthdays #contemporary

Adair Tishler b 1996 guested in Dollhouse Alicia Vikander b 1988 was in Ex Machina (2015) Jessica Parker Kennedy b 1984 was in CW's The Flash Tessa Thompson b 1983 was in HBO's Westworld #SciFi #birthdays #SciFiSat #popculture #sciencefiction #trivia #history

Alanna Ubach b 1975 was in Jekyll (2007) Lena Headey b 1973 was in Game of Thrones Pamela Hensley b 1950 was in Rollerball (1975) Madlyn Rhue b 1935 guested on original #StarTrek #SciFi #birthdays #SciFiSat #popculture #sciencefiction #trivia #history

Seth Gabel b 1981 was in TV's Fringe Clive Owen b 1964 was in Children of Men (2006) Hart Bochner b 1956 was in Supergirl (1984) #SciFi #birthdays #SciFiSat #popculture #sciencefiction #trivia #history

Alan Rachins b 1942 was in Time Walker (1982) Morgan Farley b 1898 guested in original #StarTrek Charles Middleton b 1874 was Ming in the Flash Gordon serial #SciFi #birthdays #SciFiSat #popculture #sciencefiction #trivia #history

I wondered if I looked older in my dress. Rickie looked the same as he always did, handsome. He and I joked about it sometimes. When the waiter brought the check I dug some bills out of my purse.
“My mom gave me some money. I can pay half.”
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My family had eaten at the Thai restaurant, so I knew to order the Evil Prince chicken. I noticed people looking at us from time to time, and it struck me that they were looking at us, not that girl or that boy. They were assuming we were a couple. #lookinmybriefs #birthdays #contemporary

Rickie came to the door to escort me, instead of honking his horn from his mother’s driveway like he usually did when we went on errands for our parents. I was supposed to wait until he opened the car door, but I forgot, opened it, and hopped in. #lookinmybriefs #birthdays #contemporary #shortstory