Originally Posted by Felixir

"I can make a pretty good guess," Toby interjected, before Sophie gave her explanation. He'd heard of two-way mirrors from his grandparents. When they were at school, his grandfather was a couple of years older, and they'd procured a set of two-way mirrors to ease the time apart once his grandfather had graduated. They'd become lost when the two were married and no longer had much use for them, but Toby had heard all about them. And unless Soph had been trying to cheekily hint things about his possible vanity by giving him a regular mirror (which was, admittedly, also very likely), Toby has assumed that this was one of those special mirrors.

Once they'd stopped hugging, Toby reached into the box and pulled out the vial to inspect it closer.

"Wow," he said in obvious awe, tipping the stoppered vial slightly so he could examine the colour of the liquid and the way it shone in the light. "I've read about this a while ago. Never thought I'd ever be able to try it."

Toby placed it ever-so-gently back into the box and grinned at all the gifts. He then placed the lid carefully back onto the box and turned to face Sophie a little better.

"They're wonderful. It's all brilliant," he said with a huge grin, as he reached for her hand and laced his fingers between hers. "This is the best birthday ever, Soph. Thank you." Could they hug again? COULD THEY? 'Cause otherwise she might see him cry from happiness at all the amazing gifts.

And, of course, he'd never spill about the fireworks. Ehehe.