Sorry for not updating sooner. I had some trouble with this chapter and I'm still not entirely happy with it but it's the best I could do. Without farther ado, the story

Eric POV

"Happy birthday Nell!" I said as soon as Nell entered Ops. I stiffly hand her three helium balloons before hurrying back to my chair.

"Uh, thanks Eric. How did you know it's my birthday?"

"Oh, um, Hetty mentioned that your birthday was coming up so I did some research and found out when it was." I fought the urge to blush when Nell came up and kissed my cheek before sitting down. We went to work quietly after that. We had no cases so there wasn't much we needed to do. Lunch time came around and I left to get some coffee for me and something special for Nell. When I got back I noticed she was crying.

"Hey, what's wrong Nell?" I asked, coming up behind her. She jumped slightly before roughly rubbing her eyes.

"It's silly."

"Come on, you can tell me." I said, sitting beside her.

"My family always skypes or phones me on my birthday but they haven't and I've tried calling them but they won't answer." She explained, trying to compose herself.

"I'm sure they have a good reason."

"That they do Mr. Beale." I jumped when Hetty spoke from right behind me.

"Ms. Jones, Mr. Beale, if you'll follow me." She stated before turning and exiting Ops. Nell gave me a questioning look so I shrugged and followed Hetty. We passed the strangely empty bullpen on our way out of the building. Outside a black car was waiting. We got in and it started driving. It stopped at a seemingly empty house and we once again followed Hetty inside.

"SURPRISE!" When we stepped through the door Nell stopped dead. Her whole family, plus the team, were there. In what looked to be the living room there were presents piled on the floor and a huge cake on a table in the middle of the room.

"I, Hetty, what?" She stuttered.

"Well Ms. Jones, I heard that it had been awhile since you got to spend your birthday with your family so I arranged for it to happen." Hetty said. Nell surprised everyone by what she did next. She hugged Hetty.

"Thank you Hetty!" She exclaimed as she let go of the slightly stunned operations manager. She turned to her family and was swallowed in a family hug, which the team, Hetty and I somehow got pulled into. Nell's eyes were brimming with happy tears when the hug disbanded. You didn't need to be psychic to see how grateful she is that Hetty brought her family to come visit for her birthday.