8:189) Red 03-MAY-98 19:19

"Happy Birthday!" sweet sixteen and never been kissed...

hee hee hee...what a crock. It all started at 7:40 this morning. "Happy Birthday!!"..."thanks..".. back to sleep.

"Where's the birthday girl?" my mother says, coming through the door concealed behind a vase of 16 blood red, long stem roses. All for me. "Happy 16th birthday!" she sets them down by the bed and kisses me. The clock screams at me that it's 9. The smell of fresh roses hits me just before I stumble back into sleep.

The phone keeps ringing. At least once an hour. Can't a girl get a decent 12 hours sleep around here?

"Happy Birthday!!"....

gee tha-...

I get up around 11, take a shower with the music BOOMING. Dry off and put on my "bombshell" dress. Hell yeah, I look good...I also look about 21, and my mother tells me to put a sweater over it before my father gets here. She doesn't want anyone dying on my birthday this year.

Then there's the usual cake, ice cream, prezzies and the lot of "Happy Birthday, sweet heart! My, she looks so grown up now."

Then I say good bye to my daddy and he walks out the door to drive 5 hours back to Milwaukee. At least he came...

Then it's off to the hot tubs with my boyfriend. First time having sex...legally. Coming home and falling asleep in his arms until one. Then he has to go home.

Funny, I was so tired before, and now that he's not here, I can't sleep anymore.

(: RED :)