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Without any further yada yada yada...
Chapter 1- Sophie.
Nate woke up early this morning. On purpose. According to Hardison, today is Sophie's birthday. Thankfully, she's still asleep. Nate gathers the crew minus Sophie in the briefing room.
"Why are we up so early?" Parker whines.
"It's not that early." Eliot growls.
"It's 5:00, 'Mr. I only sleep 90 minutes a day'." Hardison reminds him.
"It's true." Parker says.
"What's true?" Hardison asks.
"Eliot only sleeps 90 minutes. I watched him and counted the minutes once." Parker reveals to the crew.
"There's something very wrong with you." Eliot growls.
"Ok, ok. I know it's early, but it's Sophie's birthday." Nate tells the crew. "Eliot-"
"I'm on kitchen duty. Got it." Eliot walks into the kitchen.
"Hardison, you and Parker need to go and get some party supplies. Balloons, candles, flowers, pick something nice out." Hardison and Parker nod.
"What are you gonna do?" Parker asks.
"I'm gonna distract Sophie." Nate replies.
"With what?" Hardison asks.
"Breakfast in bed." Eliot growls, walking out of the kitchen with a tray and giving it to Nate.
"Eliot, you're good, but nobody cooks that fast." Nate remarks, noting the 2 servings on the tray.
"I did one of those reality cooking shows where you only have 20 minutes to make a full entree." Eliot tells them before walking back out into the kitchen. The rest of the crewmates depart.
Hardison and Parker wander around the party store, picking out supplies that appeal to a certain grifter.
"Hey," Parker says, stopping Hardison. "We should get a pinata."
"Yeah, but which one?" Hardison asks. The 2 look down the aisle full of pinatas, eyes widening.
Eliot finishes with the roast beef and puts it in the oven before thinking. It's Sophie. Double glazed lemon peach bundt cake complete with full British tea. Definitely Sophie.
Nate and Sophie relax in the comfort of Nate's bed, enjoying eggs, bacon, and coffee.
"So, what is all this for?" Sophie asks.
"A certain hacker informed me of a certain event today."
"Oh, Hardison is too smart." Sophie decides as Nate pulls the champagne from the ice bucket. He pours two glasses, and the friends toast.
"This one?" Parker asks, pointing to a unicorn pinata.
"No." Hardison declares. Parker points to another one.
"How about this?" Hardison shakes his head violently.
Eliot takes the cake out of the oven and begins to frost it. Parker and Hardison walk through the door at this moment.
"Is that, cake?" Parker almost shouts.
"Parker, Sophie will hear." Eliot growls a reminder.
"Yeah, but... Is that frosting?!" Eliot decides to keep Parker silent by forking over a tablespoon of the frosting.
"What is that smell?" Sophie asks. "It smells glorious." She remarks.
"I'm sure Eliot's probably just making lunch," Nate stalls.
"Let's go see what's for lunch, then," Sophie starts to get up, but Nate stops her.
"He's been trying to keep Parker out of the kitchen all morning, I don't think we should bother him," Nate lies.
"Oh, well, I guess we'll be eating it for lunch anyway." Sophie adds.
Hardison and Parker are almost finished setting up.
"The flowers are a nice touch." Hardison remarks.
"I didn't get the flowers." Parker says.
"You stole them then?" Hardison asks.
"No." Parker raises her eyebrows.
"I got them," Eliot says, setting the table. Hardison raises his eyebrows as well. "It's Nate and Sophie, c'mon man!"
Nate made sure Sophie didn't notice when he put his comm in.
"Nate, we're ready for ya!" Parker shouts through the comms.
"Hey, you wanna get up now?" Sophie asks.
"Sounds like a good idea," Nate agrees, and the 2 get up.
When Sophie and Nate walk downstairs, Sophie isn't expecting the array the awaits her.
"Oh, my, it's lovely!" She can't hide her excitement behind that grifter face of hers.
"So, you like it?" Parker asks.
"Parker, I don't like it, I love it!"
The crew had just finished the nutritionally balanced and overall delicious meal.
"That, was amazing," Sophie sighs contentedly.
"Well, I hope you're not full." Eliot says. He disappears into the kitchen, and comes back out with the cake. He leaves again and comes out with the tea.
"Oh, you did not," Sophie watches as Parker disappears into the kitchen.
"I get to light the candles," She smiles evilly.
"No. Parker is not lighting the candles!" Hardison shouts as Parker engages him in a game of chase.
"Well," Nate says, watching as Eliot grabs both of them, and the matches. "Happy Birthday." Sophie smiles as Nate pulls matches out of his pocket and lights the candles. "Make a wish," Nate says, and Sophie does so, blowing out the candles. Parker immediately looks up.
"You didn't even let us sing happy birthday!"
TO BE CONTINUED...WITH HARDISON'S BIRTHDAY
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