"I'll get those!" said Allie. "She has the most amazing cake!"
"You should find a hiding place Cale." said Allie. "It's going to be a fun party."
She didn't want Cale to leave, everyone should enjoy the party. She was sure Cale and Anna could put aside there difference for Anna's birthday...right?

She then quickly ran up to the dorms get the food and drinks, and wuickly brought them down, and layed them out ont the study tables.

Oh. Right. Hiding. Cale should probably do that. He wouldn't want her to walk in and find an empty common room with him standing in the middle like a loony. Dropping the box back in his pocket, he crouched behind the nearest couch and sat down cross legged. He wasn't going to jump up and scream surprise right away when she walked in, so he figured he'd get comfortable.

"Uh," Liesel stammered, scanning for a place to hide. Then, running to a curtain, she wrapped herself in it and poked her eyes out.

And waited for Anna, of course.

Hannah walked into the common room. "Hey, Allie," she greeted her friend. "Anything you want me to do? Or should I just hide?" She smiled. She was really excited. This party was probably just what Anna needed to cheer up. "Oh, hi Cale," she said. She'd met Cale in the pathways and he seemed to be pretty cool. She wouldn't hold the whole Anna thing against him.
She decided to hide behind a hugely overstuffed chair. She quickly ran over to it and ducked down.

Standing up from the couch, she stepped around Cale and began to kneel when her eyes fell upon the dirt on the common room's rug. Grimacing she grumbled. "Eh...right, hiding spot," spoke Daphne and hurried around the common room for the cleanest spot she could find.

Drat.

The common room wasn't the best place for hide and seek. Choosing the curtains she squeezed in only to realize her shoulder was bumping into someone else. "Oh!" She exclaimed in a whisper. "What are you doing here?"

"Hiding," Gwen stage-whispered. She felt around in the darkness, clumsily touching the person's face. "Who're you?"

Allie ran back upstairs, and got the cake. Struggling a bit because it was so big, but she managed to place it right in the center of the food.

"I would just hide, everthings all set." she said to Hannah, then hid herslef behind an armchair.
Now thats all there was left to do was wait...

"Astrid, are you SURE your cat went OUTSIDE the Common Room?" Anna asked, walking back through the portrait hole and into the Common Room once again. "Have you checked the dorms? I don't see any sign of Allegra in the castle."

Anna stopped short, got quiet, and looked around suspiciously. The place was eerily quiet. ...and what in Merlin's pants was wrong with those lumpy curtains? "Erm, Astrid...where is everyone?" Anna asked.

At the sound of Anna's voice, Allie jumped out from behind the armchair, and yelled, "SURPRISE! HAPPY SWEET 16, ANNA!"
And ran up to give her friend a hug.

Daphen blinked and brought up her hands to protest at the invasion of personal space. "I'm--" But the sound of Anna's voice distracted her and she pushed the curtains aside, revealing herself and the touchy individual to everyone, at once suddenly blinding herself with the sudden light that hit her face.

It did not dissuade her however from shouting out: "SURPRISE!" As much as her manners would allow her to raise her voice, so she simply clapped softly before casting a sideways glance at the delinquent beside her. "Really, who are you?" added Daphne in an almost inaudible whisper.

Gwen crouched and jumped out from behind the curtain, hands curled like paws. "SURPRIIIIISEE!!!" she squealed. "It's your party, Anna!"

"I'm Gwen," she replied, shrugging. "Are you the one with the butler?'

As everyone leapt up and yelled SURPRISE for Anna as she walked in the door, Cale kept still in his hiding spot, his heart going a million miles an hour. He shouldn't be here. He should have snuck up to his dorm when he had the chance. As soon as she saw him, he'd ruin the whole party and her birthday to boot.

Cautiously sitting up just enough to peek over the top of the couch, he could see Anna as she was greeted by her party guests. Merlin, she looked pretty today. He sooooo wished he could go out there and hug her and give her a kiss to wish her a happy birthday, but that would mean they were back together, which they most definitely weren't. She hadn't noticed his curly hair from behind the couch, which he was thankful for--he was more content to just sit and watch the celebration from behind here, thank you very much.

Piper had just come down from her room to see everyone yelling surprise and she smiled and walked down. "Happy Birthday Anna!" She said enthusiastically as she joined the party. " 16? That is awesome!" She said with a wide smile.

Astrid just giggled. That was harder than she thought it would be and Allie was sooo gonna owe her one now. She laughed as everyone said jumped out from all of their bizarre hiding places. She walked up to Anna, still laughing and said, "Happy Birthday, hun. I hope you can forgive me for making you run all of the castle with me." she hugged her tight and gave her the small wrapped package that she had hidden in her robes. "This is for you, Anna. I hope you like it."

Just then, Allegra rubbed up against Astrid's leg, demanding attention. Astrid scooped the tiny thing up and said, "Oh Anna, look who I found." giving her an innocent smile. "Guess Allegra wanted to come to your party."

"SURPRISE!!!!" Hannah yelled. "Happy birthday!" She grinned at Anna.

She peeked over to the couch and noticed... a curly head sticking out? What? Knowing that nobody would notice her amid the chaos surrounding Anna, she crept over there and crouched down. "Ahh..." she whispered, searching for words. "Cale, I know we only met a little while ago, and I'm only a second-year and all that, so I mean, you don't have to listen to me or anything, because I mean, you're a prefect and all that, and I'm not, and you know Anna better than me and everything..." she shook her head, clearing her thoughts. "Anyway. I think you should come out. You can't hide there all night, you know." She raised an eyebrow. She really did feel bad for him. She could only imagine what he was feeling right now... he probably thought he was going to ruin her birthday or some rubbish like that. Well, she hoped she was right in advising him to come out.

(OOC: I have JoBro pics on my walls, and everytime I walk in my room and look at them, I think "Cale" instead of Kevin, and then I'm like... D'OH! Haha)

Patting her robes, Daphne attempted to search for the birthday card she had gotten for Anna. The one that sang about billywigs, pixies and bundimun essence. She wasn't entirely sure what it had to do with birthdays but the melody was jolly and Daphne was pretty sure Davis hadn't even bothered listening to the song entirely before sending the owl over.

"You mean Davis?" Inquired Daphne innocently, blinking her large hazel eyes at Gwen. "How do you know Davis?"

Was Davis spying on her?! She'd duck his pay if he was! And no vacation this Christmas!

Piper spotted Daphne and Gwen and she walked over to them. "Hiya Guys." She said with a smile. " I wish I had known it was Anna's birthday, I would have gotten her something. I feel kinda bad now." Piper said in a soft voice.

Anna jumped back in surprise, clearly startled at how everyone seemed to jump out at once. Why on Earth were they all yelling? What had happened? It took her a minute to focus and register what was going on, and when it did, a smile quickly crept up on Anna's face.She looked from face to face to face. They all seemed to be here!

"You...threw me a suprise party?" Anna asked, astonished at all the hard work that had gone into planning this. "No one's ever thrown me a surprise party! I love you, guys!" She went around the room, hugging each person individually, thankful for the kindness they'd shown. They really knew how to cheer a girl up! "Thank you so much!"

That was when her eyes fell upon the cake in the middle of the room. Her eyes grew as wide as possible, and her smile got even bigger. "Oh my gosh," she whispered, too astonished to get any louder. "It's gorgeous!"

She scanned the room and smiled at all her friends once again, her eyes stopping when she got to the couch. What was...it couldn't be...could it? Her smile faded, but only because she was too shocked to have any expression on her face. That hair, though. That hair was too familiar...too...Cale. "He came," she whispered, so low no one in the room probably heard her.

She wasn't quite sure what to do. Leaping behind the couch and tackling him in hugs and a kiss was obviously out of the question. He was with Evolette now, and she...she was sort-of, kind-of, maybeeeee with Seth. What to do...what to do?

Cale looked up at her and sighed. "Yeah, I probably will eventually. I just don't know what I'll say to her, we haven't really talked since we--"

He was abruptly cut off when he looked up and saw Anna's expression. And then he noticed that she was looking straight at him. Le gasp, he had been caught! Ohmigosh, ohmigosh, ohmigosh, what should he do now? He fumbled with a few ideas for a few seconds before throwing caution to the wind and leaping out of his hiding spot.

"I, erm...SURPRISE!" he chuckled sheepishly, his face heating up as he stood motionless behind the couch, arms held out a bit from his sides like he had just announced his plan to stop global warming. "Uhhhhhh....Happy Birthday," he added with a small grin, rubbing the back of his neck nervously.

"Oh I course I don't know him," Gwen said. "Just every know and then I see a man in a snazzy suit trailing you, so I just assumed." She paused. "I jest, of course. People talk, I hear."

Gwen fetched Anna's neatly wrapped gift of a fancy quill, leather-bound diary with a lock, and a book called The Muggle Myth: A History of Muggle-born Wizards.

Hannah smiled. Hahahahaha, she thought. I knew he'd have to come out sometime. She came back out from behind the couch and went to join the festivities. She chuckled at the expression on Cale's face. She knew Anna was happy he was there. Cale, on the other hand, looked like he expected to be stabbed at any moment. She gave him a grin and walked away to talk to some of the other Gryffindors, attempting to give them a bit of privacy... this might be an awkward moment for them enough without everyone in the House watching, what with Cale's new... er... galpal and everything.

"Hi Piper," Gwen said brightly. "Don't feel bad, just enjoy the party! There's cake," she said, a slightly mad glint in her eye. She had been eyeing the cake ever since Allie brought it down. It was simply...exquisite.

Anna swallowed nervously, wondering if for just a moment he'd regretted coming to her party. To be honest, she didn't quite know what to do. They hadn't spoken or even looked at one another with anything other than glares and eyerolls since the whole break-up. She swallowed again, this time because she felt a lump coming up in her throat. Please don't cry, please don't cry..."

When Cale popped out from behind the couch, Anna had to bite her bottom lip to keep from smiling. Don't be so obvious, Greingoth. It wasn't that she didn't want to smile at him. It was just an awkward moment, and she didn't feel that a smile would be the most appropriate thing to do right now. Just take it slowly...

"Thank you, Cale," she whispered, still in shock a little. She couldn't believe that their relationship had come to this. Her boyfriend, the person three days ago that she was closer to than anyone else in life, was now the person she felt the most awkward around. That along made her want to cry.

Piper smiled at Gwen and she nodded. " Okay, I will try not to feel bad, but I will get her something later." She said as she looked at the cake. Her eyes went wide, "That is the most amazing cake I have ever seen in my entire life!!" She said with a smile. "It looks almost to good to eat."

"Oh, don't worry about," she said in a hushed voice, patting Piper's arm. "I don't think Anna will mind much. At least you're here to celebrate with her, no?"

Daphne opened and closed her card repeatedly, cutting the screeching voices always as they reached the: "You're getting old! You're hair is falling out and there's a big fat ol' mole ri--"

"People talk too much," she mumbled offhandedly before closing the card for sure and extending her free hand. "The name is Daphne Hopton by the way. Not sure if people had talked that."

Miss Hopton tried not to ogle Gwen's gift for Anna. It was certainly much more appropriate for a sixteen year old than her birthday card. Incompetent Davis! Why couldn't he get anything right?