“Happy birthday Hazel! You are officially eighteen now.” Benji hands her a small wrapped gift with a tiny little yellow bow on top.
Smiling, she quickly opens the gift to find a new set of art utensils, along with the top notch comic markers, that were very expensive to buy. She looks up at him with surprise.
“Benji, how did you…where did you…” She was at a loss for words.
He gives her a beaming smile. “Remember those weeks I had to ditch you and couldn’t tell you where I was at?”
She frowns at him as she clutches the present close to her chest. He shrugs, folding his arms across his chest.
“I kept sneaking out to the human town, a few miles away, working at a grocery store to get your gift.”
“Benji, you didn’t have to, you could of-”
“I know.” He quickly cuts her off. “But you’ve
