Birthday Surpirses

The next day Kate went down to Henry's lab to get his help with her computer but strangely he wasn't there. She checked his bedroom but he wasn't there either. She began to search the Sanctuary. She bumped into Will reading to his daughter.

"Hey Will have you seen Henry ?" Kate asked. " He got the day off" he replied as he showed Sarah a picture in the book and she giggled. "Why?" Kate asked confused because in all the months she'd been there she had never seen Henry take a day off, she didn't ever know if he knew what a day off was.

"Its his birthday and according to Ashley every year on his birthday Magnus insists he take the day off" Will said. " Well aren't you guys going to bake him a cake" she said. 'Everyone should have a cake of their birthday' she thought. "We can't, Ashley and I don't know how to bake and Magnus and the Big Guy wouldn't be back tell friday" he explained.

"Doesn't any in the Sanctuary know how to bake a cake" Kate asked. "Well Michael does but he wouldn't be back from his daughter till tomorrow" Will said turning the page on the picture book. " How is it that a teenage Abnormal knows how to bake a cake but you and Ashley don't" Kate asked. "Well Michael is a lot older than he looks and he was a single father so he has 18 years of experiance in baking and cooking" he said getting up to put his daughter away for her afternoon nap.

"You know what I'll make him one" she said proudly. Will laughed. "What so funny" she asked threateningly. "No offence Kate but seeing as how you live off fast food and take out, I seriously doubt you know how to bake" he said trying to hold back his smile. " Hey I'll have you know I made a cake for my brother's birthday, once " she said ferciously. What she neglected to tell him was that it when it came out it was so burnt it looked like a lump of coal.

"Well good luck Kate " Will said still laughing " Try not to burn the Sanctuary down". Now she was pissed, she'd show Will she'd made Henry the greatest cake he's ever had.

In the Kitchen Kate was washing her hands and getting ready. Once she was ready it dawned on her that she had absolutely no idea what the ingredient for a cake our.

"Well I had to see it to believe it" said Ashley who appeared in the doorway. "Hey, this cake is going to be awesome and you a Will aren't going to get any" Kate said. "Thank god, I don't think either one of us want salmonella" she replied.

Kate looked angry. "Hey I was just joking, here I give you a tip, I think the Big Guy left a cookery book in the shelve behind you, it should have a cake recipe in it" Ashley said.

Kate opened the shelve and just as Ashley said there was a cook book in it. "Thanks Ash" Kate said. " Your welcome" Ashley said leaving "FYI Henry likes chocolate".

Kate opened the book and began to flick through the pages. There was food in this book she had never heard of, couldn't even pronouce the name of and based on the pictures that accompanied them wouldn't eat even if she was dying of stravation.

Finally she found it a simple chocolate cake. She read through the ingredients and got out the necessary equipment. Despite having the book and all the necessary ingrediants Kate ruined the cake.

She got more eggshells in it then yolks, she turned the kitchen into a winter wonderland with the flour, and spilled an almost letal amount of cocoa powder in the cake mix. Finally after much failing she managed to get the mixture into the oven and let it cook.

However Kate left it in the oven to long and when she took it out it looked like a piece of volcanic rock. 'Oh crap' she thought. Suddenly came rushing into the Kitchen " Where's the fire?" he asked.

"There's no fire " she said. "Then why did I smell smoke " he asked. Kate decide to tell the embrassing truth "Well you see" began, showing him the burnt cake and explaining.

When she was done explaining Henry said "Wow that really sweet of you, that one of the nicest things anyone ever done for me". "All i did was burn a cake" she said "It's nothing to brag about". "Hey you've only know me a few month and yet you still dosomething this nice".

Henry took a knife out of the kitchen drawer and cut a slice of cake and ate it. Kate was dumbfounded, who in there right mind would eat that cake. "My favourite flavour ash" he said jokingly. Kate began to laugh and felt happy that Henry liked the cake.

"Hey let me have a slice " she said and ate it. It was like eating coal and ashes but Kate was having too much of a good time with Henry to notice.

When they finished their slices they talking for a while until they noticed how late it was. " So Henry, did you enjoy your birthday?" Kate asked. "Yeah it was a pretty good one" he said. "Well I've got a present for you" she said.

"Kate you didn't have to get me anything" he said. Suddenly Kate kissed him. Henry had never felt something quite like this. It was like being on a rollarcoaster and yet meditating in a peaceful garden at the same time.

When the kiss was finished Kate left and said "Happy Birthday Henry". Henry was left stunned and thinking 'This is the best birthday I ever had'.