Sorry for the wait. With school and stuff, It's been hard. Plus I got stuck on wording but here it is!!! Hope it works!! =^)

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11) Happy Birthday To Us!

"I wish you could be with me." Athena said into her phone. She was sitting in Mr. Drew's plane. It was September 1st, her birthday. Charlie was flying her home to River Heights to be with her family. She was talking to Reid because last she heard, he was still on a case.

"So do I." Reid said into his cell phone. Unknown to her, he was sitting in River Heights Airport eating fast food with Nancy and Ned.

"Will you try to come by when your case is finished?" Reid swallowed hard.

"Um- yeah." Reid said finishing up his soda. Nancy and Ned looked at each other. They noticed his little slip, but if Athena did, they had no clue.

"Alright. I've got to go, Charlies landing."

"Ok. I'll talk to you later."

"Love you."

"Yeah. You too." Reid hung up his phone. He looked at Nancy and Ned. "Athena's landing." With that they all got up. Ned took the scraps of food and threw them away. Nancy headed to the gate and Reid went outside. What the three of them had done was when Reid came home, Nancy and Ned flew out to meet him. Scince they both have their pilot license, they brought Reid to River Heights. Then they went to Athena's garage where Bess and George had fixed up Athena's Roadster. Athena hadn't used it in a while because it stopped working so she started walking everywhere for the past few years. So they found her old car keys and Reid had driven it to the Airport after it was all fixed up. Reid was going to stand outside with the car while Nancy and Ned met her inside the airport. Reid had already met Athena's family to help set up the party at the Royal Hotel, so Athena didn't have to worry about the akwardness of introductions, Ned and Nancy took care of that for her. Ned Joined Nancy as the gate opened and Athena came out of the 1 o'clock plane.

"Nancy!" Athena said. She ran over and gave her a hug.

"Athena." Nacy said. "We've missed you. Happy Birthday."

"Happy birthday." Ned said when Athena gave him a hug.

"Hey Ned. And thanks you guys." Athena said. They started walking towards the door.

"Wait." Ned said when they were feet away from the door. "We've got a surprise for you. Close your eyes."

"Guys-" Athena said starting to protest.

"Just do it." Nancy said. Athena looked at her two friends before finally sighing and giving in. She closed her eyes and let herself be lead out by her two friends. Once they were out side, Nancy and Ned gave each of the hands they held to Reid. He took them and Pulled Athena into a kiss. She opened her eyes and deepened the kiss, closing her eyes. When she pulled back minutes laters, Nancy and Ned had dissapeared.

"Spencer!" She said throwing her arms around his neck. "What are you doing here?"

"Nancy and Ned brought me here to surprise you for your birthday. And Bess and George got your Roadster running." Athena looked at the car behind Reid. She sqeaked as she saw it.

"And we've got a birthday party to go to." Reid said getting into the driverside.

"Where we going?" Athena asked following him, getting into the car.

"You'll see." He said starting the car and drove it over to the Royal Hotel. As he parked the car, he looked at Athena. "You're going to have to close your eyes again." She looked at him with an almost pout. But she got out and closed her eyes. Reid put a hand on the small of her back and it sent a chill up her spine. He lead her into the hotel and into the ball room. "Ok. Open your eyes."

"Happy Birthday!" Came a chorus of voices as Athena opened her eyes.

"Oh My God!" Athena said looking at everything.

"Not catered." Nancy said. "Hannah." Athena went over and gave the older woman a hug.

"Nancy," Athena asked. "Was this all you?"

"Me, Ned and Spencer." Nancy said. "But this next part is on me." She walked over to one of the doors on the side. "For musical entertainment for us tonight. Straight from their new tour Messin' With Your Mind, here's Bent Fender" She opened the door and they came out. And gave Athena a hug.

"Nancy," Athena said. "You didn't have to-"

"Oh I didn't really. I was just the only one in on this. When I was on the phone with Roger and brought up your birthday, He said that they had to come."

"It's True." Roger said putting an arm around Nancy's shoulders. "Any friend of Nancy's is ours. So you wannna get this party started?"

"Sure." Athena said. The band went to the stage in the ballroom and started playing. Soon every one was minigiling and talking. About three hours in, Hannah decided it was time for cake. The band started in a rock version of happy birthday, that everybody joined in. People began handing Athena their gifts and presents. Ten hours after the party had started, it was slowly coming to an end and the last outside guests left, THe band Said that they had to return to their room. They said goodnight to Nancy and wished Athena happy birthday yet again. The Manager, Dave, was a friend of Nancy's and told her that they'd clean up and let them rest. Everyone still there hadn't given Athen her gifts and they all sat at the round table in the center. Eden and Caylee said that they had to get Keena home, Who was sitting in her aunts lap, rubbing her eyes sleepily. They gave her their gifts and she opened it to reveal an old leather bound book.

"It was published in 1881." Athena said looking at the publication date.

"I found it in a old bookstore looking for something for you." Eden said. "Thought you'd appercaite it more than a newer book."

"Thanks guys." Athena said. She opened Caylee's gift next, which was a glass bottle of perfume that her friend had been able to get for her before it went on stock.

"What about my gift?" Keena said from her aunts lap. She handed her a brown paper bag wrapped box. She opened it to see a necklace made of ponybeads and twine. Plus a home made card with scribbles. "I made it myself."

"I see that. Why don't you go home now. It's been a long day and you need to sleep."

"Ok Aunt Atina" She said going reluctantly to her parents.

"Happy birthday Athena." Caylee said taking her daughter.

"Thanks Caylee."

"Night Thinny." Eden said calling her the nickname from childhood.

"Goodnight Eden." She said waving to her brother. Her parents pushed their present over saying that they wanted to get some sleep. It was a jewlery box, filled with her late great-grandmother's jewlery. She thanked her parents as she noticed Nancy had gone missing. She was opening Farrah and Mari's gift when Nancy came back. She was thanking her two best friends for the webcam and stationary when she notice that someone else had come in and began talking to Nancy and her father. Bess was begining to yawn so George gave Athena their gift, which was a brand new copy of Gone with the Wind and said goodnight.

"Here Athena." Nancy said. "This is from Aunt Sara." She handed Athena a square box and she opened carefully to reveal a soft silk dress with a card that said it was a genuine Italian silk Dress and was to be washed with care. Nancy looked at Reid. "Athena," She said. after her friend had carefully folded the dress and put it back. "This is My gift, Ned's Gift, and Dad's Gift." She handed Athena her Manascript. "This is my friend Steve. He's a publisher. From the three of us to you. You're book gets published."

"I'll talk to you later this week," Steve said as his buzzer went off. "Mostly because I have to be somewhere. See you Nancy." He got up and left.

"We'd all better be getting home." Nancy said. She tossed the keys to Dave as they left. "Thanks again Dave."

"No problem Nance." He said as They walked out. "Hey Stan. The Ballroom. Now!" Nancy Laughed to herself as she and Ned got into her car. They waved as they drove off to catch up to her father. Athena walked to her car and got in.

"Athena," Reid said. "You never got my gift."

"Wasn't it coming here?"

"no- Well yes and no." He got in next to her. "Remember that package you brought me at work a few weeks ago?"

"Yeah."

"Wanna know what it was?" He said handing her a beautiful velvet box. She took it tentitvily and opened it.

"Oh My God!" She said lifting the Pendant out of the box. "Spencer it's-"

"It was my Mom's. The jewels are all real." She looked at it even more. It was in the shape of a rose. The petals were rubies. The stem was made of Emeralds, the leaves of peridots.

"I love it. Thank you." She said putting it back into the box. She backed out of the parking lot and started towards her house.

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"Ned," Nancy said a week later. "This has to be the best birthday ever. Thank you." She leaned over and kissed her boyfriend. Ned returned the kiss and deepened it.

"But we better get you back home for the party." Ned said. Nancy pouted a bit.

"You're right." She said as packed up the pic-nic that she and her boyfriend had been having. They got back to Ned's Ponitac and started to drive back to Nancy's house. When they walked into the Drew residence, Togo greated them happily. "Hey Togo." He barked Happy birthday. "Thank you so much." She said petting the pooch.

"You got some Mail Nancy." Hannah said.

"Thanks." she said going over and getting the two packages. She opened one and it was a nice hand-knit v-neck sweater from Aunt Elinor that had bell sleeves and ended just under her backside. It was flattering and could be buttoned up to just under her chest or tied. The second was from Uncle Nigel. It was a new copy of To Kill a MockingBird. It was something thatneeded,considering that the copy she had was losing pages and the binding had already broken.

"Who are they from?" Her father asked.

"Aunt Elinor and Uncle Nigel." Nancy said. "I'm going to go put them away." She walked up stairs. She put the sweater on a hanger and put it in the closet. She then put the book on her desk, right next to the note book that held almost all her cases information. She opened it and realized that she was going to need a new one before another case came up. There was only a couple blank pages left. She sighed as there was a knock on her door.

"Come In." She said. Carson came in with a box.

"This is for you." He said giving her the box. She sat down on the edge of her bed. She carfully opened it.

""Oh Dad-" She said. He joined her.

"It was you mothers." He said and she gently lifted up the necklace that had the gold chain attached to the ends of a Amathyst. She touched the matching bracelet and earrings. "This goes with it." He said handing her another box. She opened it and saw the ring with a single Amathyst in it. "She'd want you to have it." Nancy leaned over and hugged him.

"Thanks Dad. I love it."

"I'm glad." There was another knock on her door.

"Com in." She said and Bess and George came in.

"I'll see you later Nance." Her father said leaving.

"Hey guys."

"Happy Birthday Nan!" They said in unison.

"Here." Bess said handing her a present. She opened it to reveal two notebooks.

"how'd you know I needed these?" She asked putting them on her desk.

"I had a -wait for it- hunch." Bess said.

"Here Nan." George said handing her her gift. She opened it and saw the newst season of Criminal Profiling on DVD.

"Thanks George." She said putting it by her TV. "Lets get down stairs." She opened the door to find Ned standing there about to knock. "Hey."

"Hey." he said. Bess and George snuck by. "I uh- Forgot to give you your present." He handed her a box. She smiled as she looked at it.

"Ned I-" When she saw it. It was a white gold heart shaped locket with a small sapphire stone in the middle. "I love it."

"Are you going to put it on?"

"Only if you'll help me." She said handing it to him. She turned around so he could put it on her. She smile and kissed him. "Lets get downstairs." They held hands as they walked down the stair. Chief McGinnis was standing there. "Chief Mcginnis." She said.

"For your birthday," He said handing her something. "I decided to be nice." She opened it and found another badge. "You're 19 now. You can have and offical Private investigator Job." He said.

"What?"

"You heard me. I've got to get back, I'm still on duty. I'll see you on Monday." He left as Carson walked up.

"What was that?" He asked.

"McGinnis just gave me a job." Nancy said still confused. She handed her father the stuff McGinnis gave her as the doorbell rang. She turned around to answer it and Found her friend Angela and Rafe standing at the Door.

"Angie!" She said, throwing her arms around her friend. "What are you doing here?"

"It's your birthday."Angela said. "I had to give you your gift." She handed her the present. "Can you open it?"

"Of Course." Nancy said leading the couple in. Ned hugged Angela as Nancy opened the gift. "Oh Ange. I love it." She said lifting the barret and scarf.

"I thought you would." Angela said.

"Oh and some woman in Italy told us to give this to you." Rafe said "I think her name was Sara." Nancy took the present and opened it, gently pulling out silk Italian pajamas.

"Aunt Sara got you that?" Athena said coming in.

"Theeni!" Nancy said hugging her friend. "Spencer." She hugged him. "Thanks for coming guys. This is Angie and Rafe." She said introducing them. "The party's in back."

"Oh Nancy." Athena said. "Your gift from us is in six months, when Ned turns 20," Nancy had forgotten for a second that Ned was six months older than her. "My contract will be up and you will offically own my old house."

"Athena..." Nancy said staring at her in disbelief. "You're giving me your house?"

"Yeah, I mean I won't be needing it because I'm living in Virginia now so..."

"Athena! I love you." Nancy said giving her friend another hug. "Let's ge to the party." And they walked to her backyard.

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Like I said I hope this is good................. Please review and tell me! And again, I'm sorry this took a while and I'm a little stuck about what happens next....... any ideas are well welcomed

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