"Happy Birthday Sleepyhead!" A very familiar voice woke Elena Gray up from her dreamless sleep.

"Aunt Caity!" Elena exclaimed hugging the person who woke her up.

"Happy Seventh Birthday, Trouble!" Caitlyn Gellar handed her goddaughter and perhaps future niece a gift, wrapped in sparkly paper.

"Wow, thank you," said Elena. She took the gift and got out of bed to hug Caitlyn again. "I'm gonna go show Mom!"

Caitlyn smiled as she watched the excited little girl run out of her room in childlike over-enthusiasm. She couldn't believe how much Mitchie's little girl had grown up. She tucked a strand of her curly brown hair behind her ear, absent-minded as she is somewhat known for.

"Hey, where'd the birthday girl go?" Caitlyn turned to see her boyfriend Nate in the doorway of Elena's bedroom.

"She went to show Mitchie and Shane the gift I got her," said Caitlyn, going over to Nate and taking his hand. "Let's go and see them."

Mitchie and Shane were already up and dressed, unlike Elena who rushed past them in a hurry to get changed before anyone else arrived. Mitchie was attaching party decorations to the walls while Shane was getting the food and drinks ready and putting them on the table.

"It looks great," Caitlyn said, bounding over to help Mitchie with the last of the banners. "Elena will love them."

"Yeah," agreed Nate. I've never seen a seven year old as happy as she looked when she ran past us!"

"Seven years old," said Mitchie, sitting down on the worktop like she used to when she was younger.

"Wow," said Caitlyn. "I don't feel I've changed at all the last seven years."

"It's like… you blink, and suddenly, you've missed everything," Shane said. Mitchie and Nate nodded in agreement.

"Is Jason coming?" asked Mitchie to Nate and Shane.

"Yes, and he's bringing Tess," said Nate. Tess and Jason had gotten married around three years ago.

"Ella texted me and said she was coming with Peggy, and Barron and Lola are coming too," Caitlyn said.

"Awesome," said Mitchie. She was still in touch with almost all of her old friends from Camp Rock and they were invited by Elena to come and celebrate her birthday. Elena loved all of Mitchie's friends.

"Mommy!" Elena cried out suddenly. It sounded like it came from upstairs. "Help me!"

"I better go and see what she's gotten herself into this time," said Mitchie. She ran up the stairs and into the bathroom to find her daughter stuck in the toilet.

"Daddy forgot to put the seat down," said Elena.

"What is he like?"

Elena rolled her eyes, making Mitchie laugh. She lifted her daughter out and Elena said sternly: "I'll go and have a word with Daddy."

"UNCLE JASON!" Elena screamed as Jason lifted her up and spun her round and round, making her shriek with laughter.

"Jason, I hope you're not trying to murder my daughter," Shane laughed. Elena was put down and Shane smiled at her attempt to walk in a straight line. He picked her up before she hit the wall.

"Careful, Caity, you're gonna get pulled over by a cop!" Caity was Shane's nickname for Elena that he used sometimes because sometimes she reminded him of Caitlyn. Elena had definitely inherited some of Caitlyn's personality because Caitlyn was always over, looking after her and spending lots of time with her. It had been that way for almost her whole life.

"How's my little niece?" asked Tess, giving Elena a hug. "I hope you're having a nice birthday! Here's your present, keep it safe!"
Tess had changed a lot since she met Jason. She had become more kind and friendly, and she was now good friends with everyone instead of being their enemy. She had grown out of her mother's shadow, and stopped trying to be like her. It helped a lot that Jason was so eager to help her become her own person. Jason and Tess were expecting their first child later on this year.

"Hey, Jason, Tess, thank you for coming," said Mitchie, coming to the door, putting her hands on Elena's shoulders as Elena admired the pictures on the wrapping paper of her birthday gift.

"Are you kidding?" said Jason. "We wouldn't miss it! Ellie is awesome." Jason called Elena 'Ellie' or 'The Elmeister'. She had a lot of nicknames.

"How are you, Tess, coping okay?" asked Mitchie after Elena went to take her gift to the kitchen.
"I'm fine thank you, I'm very excited."

"It is a pretty exciting thing, you're more sensible than I was anyway, so you should be fine. If you need any advice, I'd be willing to help."

"Thank you, Mitchie, that's nice of you," Tess said.

"Now let's get this party started!" said Jason as the doorbell rang, signifying more guests arriving. Mitchie opened the door to Peggy and Ella.

"Hey guys," said Mitchie, greeting them both with a hug. "Thanks for coming,"

"Thank little Ellie for inviting us," said Ella. They all walked into the kitchen where Elena had put her presents so she could open them later. Elena rushed in and bombarded Ella and Peggy with a huge hug.

"Hi Elena, are you having a good time?" said Peggy.

"Yes I am! Daddy is putting on music and a disco in the basement for when my friends come!"

"Wow, that's exciting! Have you got lots of presents?" asked Ella.

"Yes, thank you for yours, I saw you put them on the table. Mommy and Daddy have a surprise for me later they said, but they won't tell me what it is! And Uncle Nate needs my help with a surprise for Aunt Caitlyn!"

"That's a lot of surprises!" said Peggy. "By the way, you look very nice today!"

"Thank you," said Elena. She twirled around in her little party dress and giggled.

"You look so adorable," said Ella. "Go have some fun,"

"Okay," said Elena.

Barron and Lola arrived with their children, eight year old twins Connor and Taryn, and four year old Faith. Elena took the children down to the basement to play before Elena's friends from school arrived.

"Hey Uncle Shane," Connor went over to see Shane and see what he was doing with the music.

"Hey Connor, long time no see, how've you been?" Shane asked.

"I've been okay," Connor said. "I've been working on mixing sounds lately, can I help you D.J?"
"Of course," Shane said. He got to work teaching Connor the basics on how to work the machines.

Meanwhile, while Taryn and Caitlyn were showing each other some dance moves with Faith watching in awe, Elena quietly slipped upstairs to go and see Nate. He had wanted to talk to her.

"Uncle Nate, what did you want to see me for? Is it about the surprise?"

"Yes, but you have to keep quiet about what I'm going to tell you now," Nate was sitting on the bench in the patio area of the backyard where no one was around. "Elena, I need your help, so I can propose to Caitlyn. That means I want to ask Caitlyn to marry me." Elena squealed in excitement. Nate laughed.

"I need you to look after the box which has the ring inside."

Dun dun duuunnn! Nate is proposing to Caitlyn!

I'm sorry I took such a long time to update this I've been turning my full attention to 'Property of Caitlyn' right now so I forgot that I'd finished this chapter. The next chapter will be the last one, so I'm one step closer to another complete fanfic! I'm currently working on some new ones so I've been slacking off on my unfinished ones – I know, I'm a bad person. Lol. But thank you for reading! Reviews would be much appreciated but they're not compulsory, I'm not that mean! =) ^^H^a^l^e^y^^.x