Quinn's pov

I woke up to giggling.

I opened my eyes and saw Corey and Sam standing over me laughing. They were holding Colby's phone. I was so confused.

"What are you two doing?" I asked

"Here look," Colby handed me the phone with the most recent post on Colby's Instagram.

"Hey guys is Corey and we just got home and look what we found,"

Corey panned the camera to the fort and then showed the entrance with us sleeping

"Corey I'm going to kill you," I muttered

"Colby," I shook him "Colby get up,"

"What?" He groggily asked

"Our friends are jerks," I showed him the video

"Really?"

They laughed

"Go away," I said and they did just that.

"Happy Birthday Quinny," Colby said gently before he kissed my forehead

"Come on. Let's take care of this mess,"

I stood up and and left the fort taking care of the chairs slowly so I didn't have to do anything else.

I went upstairs to see Colby finishing making the bed. I walked into the closet and changed because I was still in my pajamas. I grabbed a pair of black ripped jeans and a plain baby blue tee shirt. I tucked my shirt in and took a simple black belt because the waist was to big for me. I slipped on my favorite neon yellow socks and then I brushed out my jet black hair that was a mess. I didn't put it in a bun last night to it was a nightmare. I walked to the bathroom and straighten my hair so I could look somewhat presentable for pictures. I brushed my teeth and slipped on a light pink lipgloss. It was good enough.

"Quinn lets go! We're all going out for breakfast!"

***

It was 8:30. People we piling into the house and the smell of alcohol filled the entire house.

I walked around with my silly cup with orange juice. While we were out for lunch I found a sippy cup and convinced Colby to buy it for me. I convinced him to and so I am here. In a giant party with really cool people. Drinking orange juice. From... a sippy cup.

"Hey have you seen Colby?" I asked Kat this time "he wandered off with I think Sam but I dunno where he went

"Yeah he's out back like he normally is," she said loudly to be heard over the music.

"Thanks!" I smiled walking outside

I saw people in our pool and that was rare at our house.

"Hey Colby!" I called walking over to him

"Hey Quinn!" He wrapped his arm around my waist "Do you like your party?"

"I do yeah," I replied

"That's good,"

"I just didn't Expect this many people to be here,"

"Yeah," he said "me too,"

I turned to my right and saw Brennen walking up to me

"Hey Quinn,"

"Hi Brennen,"

"I'm just going to say this. I'm so sorry about everything that's happened Ed between the two of us. It's hurt me to finally realize everything I've done to you and I'm so sorry,"

I paused a minute

"It's alright. I forgive you. I get that you were mad and to didn't know what you were doing."

He smiled

"Really?"

"Yeah!"

"Oh thank you," he smiled

I opened my arms to give him a hug. He gladly accepted it.

"Happy birthday twin,"

"Happy birthday day," he smiled at the fact I called him my twin.

"Hey Colby. Can you take a picture of us for Instagram? I wanna caption it. Say hi to the birthday twins," I laughed brining my hand across the air using it to title what I was saying

"Sure," he laughed taking our picture.

"Colby can you refill my cup," I shook my sippy cup.

He held out his hand and I gave it to him. He went inside and i stood there with my brother. I got on instagram and posted it along with tagging Brennen with the caption that I said along with a cake emoji and a heart. I hit post and Colby came back.

Colby handed me my cup and I took a drink.

"Thanks Colbs," I told him before taking another drink

"As long as you're happy I will do anything,"

Brennen stuck a finger down his throat and made a gagging motions

"Gross. Romance,"

He cause us both to laugh.

I got on Snapchat and started to record.

"Colby come here!" I called

He walked over and I kissed him

When I broke away from the short kids he proceeded to say happy birthday again.

I saved the video and posted it on my story.

***

Soon the party die down a little. Someone did end up spiking our orange juice again do I was pretty tipsy but so was everyone else. We were all sitting in the living room. Corey, Devyn, Aaron, Brennen, Jake, Tara, Sam, Kat, Colby, and I. All sitting on the floor laughing at anything. We were sharing stories and jokes and just random things.

"Umm hey guys," I said

"What's up?" Aaron asked

"Can I make a confession?"

"Yeah Quinn," Kat said "you can tell us anything,"

"I just wanted to thank you for all of this. This is probably the first birthday that I've ever felt loved and wanted. It's definitely the best too."

They all awed

"I'm serious,"

"Well we're all happy that we made it amazing for you," Tara told me

I smiled

And with that. I realized that I had a family. Maybe not the perfect one with a mother, father, and perfect children. But.. we were our own family. We were the traphouse. A family of 10 weird people. And that's what we were. Just ten weird people wanting more to life than what was provided. So the family that I longed for. The perfect family that I had always wanted. Wasn't what I thought it was. The family that I had always wanted was actually just ten dorks. One twin. Brennen. One blonde explorer. Sam. One flirty brunette. Colby. One Canadian girl. Katrina. One makeup guru. Devyn. One weird Kansas boy. Jake. One tall guy with a dog. Aaron. One short girl with amazing style. Tara. One guy with a man bun. Corey. And one girl with a bad past. Me. This was the traphouse. The family I dreamed of. Sure we aren't perfect. But we're caring and we love each other. And that's what makes us the traphouse. And how it all started? Well... it all started, with

The Group chat