Surprise
A lone, slender raccoon made his way through the streets of Marseille in the south of France. He was a ladies man as his co-workers called him, and he was very much indeed wanted by many female co-workers. But he always turned them down. He always said that he was already with someone. And he was. He moved through the streets, taking shortcuts through alleyways and parks until he reached an apartment complex. Pulling out a card key, he entered the lobby and took the elevator up to twelfth floor. The apartment took up the entire floor. He expected to be greeted as he always did when he came home, but he wasn't.
"Anybody home?" he said as he hung his coat up.
As he entered the dining room, bright lights and a very loud "SURPRISE" assaulted him!
"WHAT THE?" the raccoon yelled out of shock. "Guys! What's going on?"
"Today's your anniversary Sly!" Bentley yelled with a smile.
"Anniversary of what?" Sly asked with a smile. "Wait! Is this the anniversary of when I decapitated Clockwerk in Russia restored the Thievius Raccoonus?"
"No silly!" Penelope giggled.
"It's the anniversary of when we first met," said Carmelita with a smile, kissing Sly on the lips.
"Ah yes, how could I not forget when we locked eyes on the Paris Theater rooftop!" Sly muttered with a grin.
"Of course, at the time there Interpol officers literally playing dog pile on the raccoon at the time," Carmelita added.
"And then you had me tied up and stuffed in a janitorial closet," Sly too added.
"But you escaped and helped me capture a jewel thief."
"Uh-um!" someone said. Sly and Carmelita looked at the other people in the room.
"You do realize that we are right here!" a perky greyhound said in a jokingly stern voice.
"Alexia!" Sly greeted. "Shouldn't you be back in Paris busting whatever evil genius that threatens Interpol?"
"Well the smartest crook we caught since you two left was two IQ points away from being a complete moron!" Alexia smirked, putting her hands on her hips.
Everyone began to laugh.
"Yo bros!" Dimitri interrupted. "I think its time to start a party that needs to be had!"
With that comment, music began to blare and everyone went their separate ways. Murray raided the fridge, Dimitri broke out into his ever so cheesy dance moves, Panda King set off his own-patented fireworks for indoors (they won't even burn anything nor start a fire!) and Bentley and Penelope, well, who knows what they were doing. Sly and Carmelita danced a little also. Now the very details of what happened throughout the entire party don't need to be told, except for when Murray got his hand stuck in the pickle jar and smashed over a wise cracking Dimitri's head, who at the time really pissed 'The Murray' off. To everyone's relief, Dimitri was out cold for most of the remainder.
When the party finally ended, everyone went home, Sly decided to take a breather in the library. The centerpiece of this room in the middle of the apartment was his cane held over the torn painting of his father. In front of the painting was the Thievius Raccoonus. After a few minutes of looking at the setup before him, he went back into the living to find Carmelita asleep on the couch. The party must have worn her out. Instinctively, Sly lifted her up into his arms and took her to her bedroom and laid her on the bed. He tucked her in and left. Just before he turned out the lights, Sly said "Goodnight ma lady."