Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88

Sander pullled off his blindfold and couldn't believe his eyes. He rubbed them just to make sure he wasn't imagining things but it was still there when he opened them again.

There was table loaded with food...and what was that thing that looked like a mini catapult?....He just couldn't believe it.

"SURPRISE!!" he called out to everyone before he realized that they were surprising him. HIM!! They were here to celebrate his birthday!!

.....and then SPLAT!! he got pied right in the face.

Wiping the pie from around his eyes, Sander turned around to see who the culprit was and saw that it was Lux. Sander grinned at her. "Why am I not surprised that it would be you, Cucumber. Come here, I want to thank you for coming to my birthday." Sander slowly approached her.

Reaching out he gave Lux a great big hug and in the tradition of his ancestors, he kissed her on both her cheeks and in the process he smeared her face with the remaining pie that was on his face.

"Doesn't it taste nice? I think it does," he winked at the younger girl before turning to all the other students in the room.

Sander looked at the faces of his friends. Being a new transfer he didn't have many, but what was more important to him, was that those who he did consider his good friends, were in this room with him, here to celebrate his birthday with him.

Taking a handkerchief he wiped his face and hands. "Thank you everyone for coming. Words can't describe how much this means to me having you all here." Sander thanked everyone. Than just to show his appreciation, he walked over to each and everyone of them.

"Alex thanks for coming. My birthday wouldn't be the same without my best friend here with me." Sander told Alex, leaning over to hug her and then in the old ways of his ancestors, he kissed her lightly on both her cheeks.

Then he walked over to Adi and stuck out his hand to shake Adi's,"Hey dude, thanks for coming. I'm really glad to see you here. Even though, I've only known you for a short time, you've become like a younger brother to me," Sander told the younger boy.

Then he stepped to someone he had seen handing out with Tessa and Lux but he never had the opportunity of meeting, "Hello I'm Sander, thanks for coming to celebrate my birthday with me," Sander told the younger boy, sticking his hand out to shake his.

Then he turned around to look at Tessa. "You did all this? How did you manage to do this so fast. You're amazing. Thank you so much!! You don't know much this means to me. I'm totally speechless," Sander told Tessa.

He couldn't contain his happiness any longer. Like he had done with the other girls, he stepped closer to her, wrapped his arms around her and hugged her. Then he leaned back and cupping her face with his hands, he proceeded to kiss her gently on both her cheeks. Only unlike Alex and Lux, his kiss lingered.

This was the closest he had ever been to Tessa. He coud feel her soft breath on his face. He could feel the softness of her cheeks against his lips. His fingers gently stroked the skin he touched. All he had to do was move a little to the right and their lips would touch.

But then he quickly came to his senses. His friends were all there watching them and they were here to have fun. Lux would totally be grossed out...that he knew for certain, so he quickly stepped away from Tessa and turned back to everyone.

"Okay enough of standing around, it's time to PARTY!! Let's get it on." Sander told everyone and ushered them to the table.

"Uh Tessa what is this thing?" Sander asked pointing to the mini catapult placed nearby. And as he got her attention, he picked up the nearest plate of jello and poured it over her head.

Originally Posted by UnicornDragonPatronus

Tessa laughed, not only at Sander's surprise, but also at the pie that was in his face two seconds later. She had only just gotten it under control when Sander went over to wipe off the mess on Lux. She succumbed to giggles, and had to lean against the wall in order to remain standing. Slowly, she had herself back under control and was taking deep steady breaths. She was keeping an eye on Sander who, like a good guest of honor, was thanking everyone before the true mess started.

Oh, he was coming over to her now. She pushed off the wall with a smile, nodding at his question. "You didn't give me much time to plan," she said, her voice holding a hint of a scold. "But, I figured this would do," she said, looking around with approval. She laughed as he hugged her, wrapping her arms around him also. "You're welcome," she told him warmly. "All of us misfits deserve to be happy- I'm just glad I could help with that," she told him as they separated slightly. She tried not to giggle more as he kissed her cheeks... until the last kiss lingered a little longer than the others had. She felt flustered suddenly, and was it hot in the room? Where had the oxygen gone...

Oh, right, the party. She took a moment to recover, then she was back to her normal self. "That, dear Sander," she said, walking toward it- only to have a head full of jello interrupt her explanation. "You know what? I changed how I was going to explain it," she told him with a grin. "This is revenge!" she came to the other side of the catapult, already laden with food, and launched it right at the birthday boy. "FOOD FIGHT!" she called. She had always wanted to say that.

"Come on everyone, join in!" Quickly, she raced over to another table to get more ammo.