Charlie: Did you know yesterday was my book birthday? And none of you got me presents?
Keely: Oh, sorry babe.
Isla: We’re meant to do gifts?
Nessa: I don’t think you want to experience my gifts.
Keely: Well that was ominous.
Nessa: Why thank you.
Charlie: Celebrate me!
Keely: Yaayy, what a queen!
Charlie: *preens*
Keely: Thirteen novels in 11 years? Not bad.
Charlie: Yeah, plus four novellas, a bunch of other stories, a spin-off series, character art…
Isla: Must be nice.
Charlie: I’m sensing some bitterness.
Isla: No, no. I mean she’s been working on my story for SIX YEARS and I don’t even have one book, but it’s fine.
Charlie: Seriously? It’s been that long?
Isla: Yeah, more than half the time you’ve been around.
Charlie: To be fair, she did start my book seven years before I got published.
Isla: Oh great, so I might only have another year to wait? Fantastic.
Nessa: Try having a six-book series and then getting UNPUBLISHED. Could anything be more insulting?
Keely: There there. I’m sure you’ll return even bigger and better!
Nessa: Yeah. In forty years.
Keely: Never too late to make a fabulous comeback.
Charlie: What’s up with you?
Isla: Agreed. You seem too nice for one of Clare’s characters.
Keely: I mean, not really. I guess just compared to you guys.
Charlie: Fair point.
Nessa: Easy for someone whose book is on the ‘currently writing’ block to be nice.
Isla: Speaking from experience, not necessarily.
Keely: Guys, let’s not fight. We are not each other’s enemies here.
Charlie: Exactly.
Nessa: We all know who the real enemy is.
Keely: Uh, this is really not where I was going.
Isla: *nodding* Clare is the enemy.
Nessa: Exactly.
Charlie: I hate to say it, but even I’m starting to lose patience with her.
Keely: *muttering* Starting to lose patience? Like you ever had it.
Charlie: Hey, she does fit in with us!
Keely: Cheers.
Charlie: What do you say we take this problem to the source?
Nessa: I bet I can make her sorry.
Keely: Uh, I don’t think —
Isla: I’m always open to conflict.
Keely: I’m sure if we ask her nicely —
Charlie: We will keep the bullying verbal. That enough for you, Miss Appropriate Behaviour?
Keely: Wow, you could not have chosen a worse nickname for me if you tried.
Nessa: Let’s go! My crystals are charged and my adoptive mother is on standby in case we need her.
Keely: Wait, you mean Satan?
Charlie: We can’t stand for this. We need our books to be written!
Nessa: We ride at dawn!
Keely: Dawn? I’m not getting up at dawn.
Isla: Or we could just go now.
Sadie: Hey, what are you guys talking about?
Sadie: Guys?
Sadie: Where did you go?
Sadie: Great. Abandoned. AGAIN.
Sadie: Just like SOMEONE seems to have abandoned my manuscript. *narrows eyes*
Happy birthday Charlie Davies!
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Happy birthday to Charlie 🎈🎂🥳
How about another book in the series soon!
Haha, Charlie appreciates the birthday wishes! 🐷💛