April walked down the stairs from Luke's apartment, just waking up. Lorelai and Rory ad decided to have a birthday sleepover with April in Luke's apartment and watch movies. Luke stayed at the house and made sure Tom knew everything to do at the house. Lorelai and Luke decided to put an addition on the house for a nursery and a guest room. As April turned the corner Rory and Lorelai come out from the counter in the diner.
"Happy Birthday April!" they yelled and they started singing happy birthday and blowing noisemakers. They took a crown out that said "Birthday Girl" on it and placed it on April's head.
"Aw thanks guys!" April said hugging them.
"No thanking allowed on birthdays!! Only demanding and getting exactly what you want!!" Lorelai told April. "Now what does the birthday princess want for breakfast?"
"Banana and chocolate chip pancakes with hot sauce, please" April said. Lorelai yelled her order to Caesar and sat down at a table at the table with balloons on it with April and Rory. Her order came and she started eating.
"Hey April, me and Rory were wondering why you're named April. I mean, your birthday is in January. It's like being named Ruby when your birthday isn't in July," Lorelai asked April, intrigued at the story that may come from this.
"Well, at first I just accepted that it was weird. But, finally I became really interested after kids kept pointing it out as I got older. So, I asked my mom. And she said it was her favorite month because everything is pretty. But I just couldn't accept that, so I kept asking the real story and she finally told me. Nine months before January is April." April finished eating as Rory and Lorelai giggled about this. Lorelai noticed the time and it was almost 12. April's party started at 1.
"Okay April your birthday day is just beginning. Go take a shower and get dressed and then were off!" April ran upstairs and got ready fast. She was extremely eager to get out and celebrate.
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April jumped out of the bathroom and yelled for Lorelai, expecting her to be there so they could get going. She went over to her dresser to find a nice dress to wear and found a note from Lorelai.
Hey birthday girl! We had to run out for a second, but follow the steps and you'll be fine. Bye!
April felt bad that Lorelai wasn't there, and a little mad. April looked around and saw there were yellow sticky notes on the ground for her to follow. She followed the first set of notes and at the end there was a box with a blue necklace inside. Then, the sticky notes lead to a big box. She opened it and there was a beautiful blue dress inside. There was another note:
I know how much you love cerulean! And I hope you know how much I love you. Happy Birthday! Now, put on your dress and come downstairs.
April rushed down and found Jess sitting waiting for her. "Ready?" he asked her. She nodded. He took out a blindfold and wrapped it around her head. "I know what you're thinking, this can't be safe. But I gotcha." He led her out the door and to the town square where the whole town and April's friends were waiting. Jess took off her blindfold and she stared in awe of the party. The town yelled "Happy Birthday" and swept her into a crowd of people and presents. When April finally got to sit down after hundreds of question about the baby and her mother and how she was feeling, she noticed a boy walking aimlessly around.
"Hey dad," April said to Luke who he sat down next to her, "is that…Freddie?" April was in disbelief. She hadn't seen Freddie since she'd moved, and before she moved she really liked him.
"Yeah, it sure is," Luke told her. "I saw how happy Marsha made you, so I invited your friends from the field trip I chaperoned. There's Lauren, Jaime, Tori, and Kevin. Are you mad?"
"Uh…no, its fine. You were trying to make me happy. Its fine. I guess I'll go say hi to him." April got up with a little help from Luke and walked over to Freddie.
"Hey, Freddie. Long time no see," April said as Freddie turned to see her.
"Hi, April. How…are you?" Freddie said, obviously a little nervous.
"Well, I'm pregnant if you hadn't noticed but other than that I'm just peachy." April smiled and Freddie laughed loosely. "So, how's school?"
"Well, I have a better chance in school without you there," Freddie joked, but April stood confused. "I'm joking, but you never were much of a joker. How was New Mexico?"
"It wasn't too special. Very hot," April finished. They stood in awkward silence for a minute until Freddie chimed in.
"You know April-" He started, but Marsha walked in and interrupted.
"April, they're getting ready to cut the cake, let's go. The corners go the fastest and I know they're your favorite." April started to walk away, but turned back.
"Freddie, we should get together sometime to catch up," April said to him. Freddie nodded and she went away with Marsha.
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April sat in her birthday throne in the gazebo surrounded by presents. She smiled as she started to unwrap presents encircled by townspeople pointing out their presents. She had gotten many wonderful gifts. She got a cat figurine from Babette, a pile of books from Jess, a certificate for a free shrimp dish from Al at Al's Pancake World, a cardio salsa tape from Miss Patty, and a bottle of new and improved "Hay There" moisturizing cream from Kirk. As April started to open the last of her presents, as happy as ever, she spotted a familiar face in the corner. Luke saw April as she stared into the corner, face going white. Luke looked back and was astonished at the sight. Anna was there.
Luke ran up to April. "She's…here…dad…get her out," April said starting to tear up. Luke assured April everything would be fine, and he'd take care of it. She wouldn't let April go back to being depressed. He gave her a hug and stormed over to Anna.
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Like it? I thought bringing back Anna would be a nice twist. And aren't you happy Freddie's back? Review Pleeze!