Willa's P.O.V

Today is Jess's birthday, and we decided, last night, that we're going to try to throw her a surprise party. I don't know how we're going to do it, but we just will. And this is Jess we're talking about; I don't think she'll care too much if it's not perfect. While we set up, Dillard is taking Jess out for about an hour and a half to go do whatever she wants. Until then, we're on our own.

"Amanda! Where are the plates?!" I hear Maybeck yell from across the house.

"Where you put them, Maybeck!" She yelled back.

"Thanks for the help, Amanda! Really appreciate it!"

"Any time, Maydork! Any time!"

"Where's Finn?" Charlene asks as she walks up to me.

"Him and Philby went to go get the cake."

"Why'd they both go?"

"I don't know. But I do know that we need to hurry up." I said. "Dillard and Jess should be back soon."

"Well? What are we waiting for? I need your help with the video!" Since we planned this party last minute, we had no time to go out and get presents for Jess, so we just got our moms to e-mail us some videos and pictures so we could put together a quick video. Also, this was recommended by Dillard's mom, we each wrote a short "speech" for her.

"Okay, so what kind of transitions do you have?" I asked once she sat me down in front of the computer.

"What kind of what do I have?"

"Transitions." She stared at me. "You know, the thing that happens when the next picture shows up?"

"Oh..."

"Since you had no clue what I was talking about, I'm guessing you have none, do you?"

"Nope."

"Is there any music?"

"Macklemore, Katy Perry, and Coldplay."

"So, all her favorite artists?"

"Yep."

"What's the last song you have?" I asked as I started to add transitions.

"Um...I think it's "Roar"."

"By Katy Perry?"

"Yeah."

"Okay...How about we do this; we can put "Roar" first, then push every song back one spot, and take the last song off and replace it with Jess's all time favorite song from when we were in high school?"

Charlene smiled at me; she liked the idea. "Yeah, I think she'd like that."

"Alright," I pulled her to sit down next to me, "let's do this."

...

Philby's P.O.V

"How hard is it to fix a cake?!" Finn yelled at the employee.

"Why can't you just take this one and not care what it says?" The man replied.

"Because; I will not give my friend a cake that doesn't even say her name!"

"Her name is Jess right?"

"Yes."

"Well, this name isn't that different." He pointed to the cake that read: "Happy Birthday Jez."

"She doesn't like that name." I said stepping into the conversation.

"Too bad. Deal with it." The man said and walked away.

"I can't believe this!" Finn said facing me. "We have to be back at Dillard's in," he looked at his watch, "fifteen minutes!"

"Excuse me?" A man said.

"What." Finn said angered and turned to face the person behind the counter. "Wayne?"

"What are you doing working at a bakery in Texas?" I asked.

"I cannot say." He smiled.

"Of course you can't," I smiled, "that just wouldn't be you."

"Yes, it wouldn't. So, would you like me to fix that for you?" He indicated the cake in front of Finn. "I don't think Miss Lockhart would approve of this cake."

"Yeah...I don't think so either." Finn said. "And her sister wouldn't be too happy either." We all laughed.

"This should be done in about...three to four minutes tops." Wayne said taking the cake.

...

"Where have you been?" Maybeck snapped at us as we walked in.

"Fixing the cake that the stupid place messed up." Finn grumbled.

"What's his problem?" Maybeck asked me when Finn had disappeared into the kitchen.

"The bakery place screwed up Jess's cake and they wouldn't fix it." I said.

"It must have been pretty bad considering how he's acting..." Charlene said.

"Yeah, it was."

"What happened?" Amanda asked. "And how did you get the cake fixed?"

"Well, first off, they put 'Jez' on the cake; not 'Jess'. Finn refused to give a cake that said Jez to Jess since, you know..." Everyone nodded. "Then, Wayne came out of nowhere and talked to us then went and fixed the cake..."

"Wait, why was Wayne here exactly?" Willa asked.

"He said he couldn't say."

"Sounds like Wayne..." Charlene said.

"So when are-" I was interrupted by a knock on the door.

"Everyone hide!" Willa whispered.

...

Willa's P.O.V

Everyone dove behind something; just in time too because right after I got behind a chair and turned off the lights, Dillard opened the door.

"Hello?" I heard him call out. "Anyone here?"

"Hello?" Jess called. "Hell-oof! Ow..." Jess fell on top of me, great... "Willa?" She asked as she turned the lights on.

"Uh...Surprise...?"

"Wha-"

"SURPRISE!" everyone jumped up yelling, which caused Jess to lose her balance and fall over.