happy birthday to me;; OPEN

It was the first birthday in three years that Lena had spent alone. And by alone, she meant without a date later that evening or something of the like. She lacked practice, now, so there was one thing she could do.

Lena turned on her speakers on high and made sure nobody was in the Common Room before she turned on her music. A crashing of drums boomed across the room that could break someone's ears if they weren't used to it, but Lena had ear protection in her ears. She shrieked along to the song, headbanging and screaming along to the song. That was how she coped with everything that came her way. The worse the thing, the louder the music.