Something short because I have writer's block.
And Will is the only character with a cannon birthday, so I picked my own for a few of the characters. Mainly Nancy and Steve.
For Lilith celebrating the day someone was born is a strange concept. She never liked the parties her old family threw for her, and her new family never celebrated anyone's birthday. As she got older she never really saw the point in congratulating someone for being expelled from another human's body, and for a long time she hated the fact that she was born in the first place. So it really didn't seem like a fun idea to celebrate it every year. But now she has friends, or people she considers friends, anyways. She's not sure if they feel the same about her yet, but she would like to think they do.
Jonathan was already sort of her friend with their short conversations in the Dark Room and mutual understanding of the other's desire to blend into the background, whereas Nancy was a little wary of Lilith at first. She would watch the quiet girl, looking for anything 'weird' or something similar; Lilith wasn't sure why but she knew Nancy was staring for a reason.
Then they talked, and talked again the next day, and the day after that too. That's when, finally, Nancy started to warm up to her. Now they sometimes step away from the boys for a little 'girl time'.
Lilith has never had 'girl time' before, she grew up around crabby old women and a bunch of rowdy boys.
So when Steve tells Nancy 'Happy Birthday' at school one morning in February, Lilith feels a little guilty that she didn't know; even moreso when she realizes she doesn't have a gift.
Nancy sits besides her on the hood of Steve's car as they wait for Jonathan to show up and Lilith takes the chance to glance at the other girl every once in while, trying to figure out what she could give her.
Oh!
She reaches into her bag for The Folder and flips through the sketches until she finds the right one, then nudges Nancy with her elbow. Nancy looks over and smiles, and Lilith hands her the sketch she did of Barb.
"Happy Birthday?"
It's a question rather than a statement, because she isn't sure how Nancy will react. Will she cry, or yell at her, or think it's creepy? Hopefully she'll be happy with it but there's a fifty-fifty chance she wont.
She ends up with a little bit of crying, but also a smile, and it's confusing for a second before it gets awkward. Awkward being trying not to push Nancy away when she suddenly gives her the biggest bear-hug she's ever received.
After that, 'girl time' happens a lot more often and Nancy insists that they spend a full day together without the boys. Preferably that weekend, at Nancy's; like maybe a sleepover. It becomes a mandatory thing when Lilith confesses that she's never had a sleepover before.
Nancy is really good at the 'puppy-dog eyes' look so Lilith gives in pretty easily.