Title: If I Was The One

Author: babygrl35

Rating: PG

Pairings: M/A

Summary: Alec knows Max's real birthday & wants to surprise her.

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Chapter 1

Alec strolled into Jam Pony that morning very happy & very excited. He looked around the room & spotted the girl he needed to talk to.

"Hey, OC," Alec said running up to her.

"Hey, Boo," she returned. OC noticed Alec's mood & decided to question him about it. "So what's up with you, Boo? You have a lil' extra 'bounce' in your walk today."

"Actually," he said, "that's why I'm here. I need you to help me with something involving Max," Alec replied with a smirk on his face.

"If you think I'm gonna test it out with you & mah home girl, you better run now before Original Cindy lay the smack down on you," OC said, her voice slowly raising.

"Woah! Calm down! It's nothing like that!" Alec said trying to defend himself. "Jeez, you have a sick mind," he added with a little chuckle. OC looked like she was getting impatient, so he got to the matter of their meeting. "Ok, seriously. Max's birthday is tomorrow & I wanted to plan something for her."

"Wait, Max doesn't even know her it's her birthday. How in the world do you know?"

"When me & her were picked for breeding partners, Manticore gave me her file & her date of birth was on there."

"Damn…and why do YOU want to do this for her? I mean, ya'll are fightin' all the time. You would be the last person I'd expect this from," OC said, already knowing the real answer.

"Well, uh, umm…" Alec stuttered, not knowing what to say. "Um, I just, uh, figured it would be a good idea to do something for her. You know, stuff friends do for each other," Alec spit out quickly hoping OC bought it.

"Uh huh, well she could use it since she's been really stressed out. Meet me @ lunch & I'll bring Sketchy. All of us can think of something."

"Ok, see you then!" Alec agreed, now even happier that his plan just might fall through.

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When OC & Sketchy came to the park, Alec had already been waiting for 15 minutes for them.

"Jeez, you guys, what took you so damn long?" Alec asked, obviously irritated.

"Chill, pretty boy, you have no idea how hard it is to get away from that girl," OC said, getting very defensive.

"Yeah man, that woman will just take no for an answer," Sketchy said trying to back up OC.

Alec, chuckling, said, "Believe me, I know."

"Ok, let's get down to business. I've already run everything by Sketch, so let's start coming up with ideas for this bitch," OC said, very excited & happy that she was doing something like this for Max.

"Ok," Alec replied, "I figured we could throw her a surprise party, have all her friends there & people from work & everything."

"That's kinda plain," Sketchy said. "I mean, yeah it would be a surprise party, but…"

"But what fool?" OC yelled. "You think you got something better?"

"Wait, maybe we could do something for her at the party, you know, to show her how much we care about her & how much we appreciate her," Alec explained.

"Yeah! We could do something like a karaoke thing!" Sketchy said. "I did something like that for my mom & it was a lot of fun. Plus she loved it."

"I guess it's settled then!" OC confirmed with a smile. "We better figure out how we're gonna pull this off without her knowing."

And so the three of them began to prepare for the party…

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So what do you think?? I'm kinda having trouble thinking of songs that friends could sing in appreciation of someone else. Can any of you think of any? I'd love any suggestions!!!