On Your Birthday / by Jeffrey Lo

ON YOUR BIRTHDAY BY JEFFREY LO (DOWNLOAD PDF HERE)

CHAMPLIN sits on a chair and reads a book.

DING! goes his phone

CHAMPLIN checks his phone.

Someone sent him a Happy Birthday text.

CHAMPLIN smiles.

CHAMPLIN puts his phone away.

CHAMPLIN returns to his book.

DING! goes his phone.

CHAMPLIN checks his phone.

Someone posted a Happy Birthday! Meme onto his Facebook Wall.

CHAMPLIN shakes his head at it.

CHAMPLIN eventually gives in and laughs.

CHAMPLIN puts his phone away.

CHAMPLIN returns to his book.

DING! goes his phone.

Before CHAMPLIN can get his phone out –

DING! goes his phone.

DING! goes his phone.

DING goes his phone.

CHAMMPLIN looks at his phone.

The entire room starts to fill with the sound of hundreds of voices, familiar, unfamiliar and scary all yelling HAPPPPPPY BIRTHDAYYYYYY!

CHAMPLIN starts to screammmmmmmmmm!

Blackout.

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