(A/N): Hey Guys! Now, don't kill me because I haven't updated this story for like, two weeks but seriously, my muse bolted from overuse. She now resides in Jamaica. Any questions? Also, I've been really busy. I would like to say that I've died my hair, but it won't be included because I doubt it would be around back then, the color I have. It's bright red, and according to everyone I know (And even some I don't), it looks cool and suits me. As you know, it was Nikki and Sarah's birthday's a few days ago, and would you all like to give them a loud: 'Happy Birthday you weirdo's I've never met' for me? No? Oh...Sorry to all the reviewers that have been waiting for this chapter, but I would like to inform you that Sarah is now actually reading the story, so Booyah! Hope you enjoy the chapter.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the birthday plan and Tyler Benjamin.
Nikki
I was grinning as soon as I woke up, Kelly, Fred, George and I had planned a surprise party for Sarah. We were going to act like we forgot, and then surprise her and take her to the Room of Requirement where we had set up a small party with just the group of us. I pulled on some clothes, a black shirt and some green cargo pants with some ratty trainers I had bought new, but had run through the washing machine at home so that they were just like my old ones, well worn in. I walked down the stairs to the common room, greeting Justin Finch-Fletchley and Ernie Macmillan as I passed them, exiting the portrait hole. I jogged all the way to the Great Hall, stumbling only twice on the perilous stairs, which was much better than falling to my death. "Morning." I greeted our small group of friends as I sat down next to Kelly, Sarah on her other side, the Twins on the other side of the table. A glance at Sarah told me just how frustrated she was that no one had said anything about her birthday yet, and I knew that she would soon explode. "Does anyone know what today is?" Sarah asked, an edge of exasperation in her voice as she did so. We all looked up, confused and clueless looking, while on the inside we all knew exactly what today was. "No, what?" I asked curiously as I bit off a corner of the piece of toast I had picked from the plate of many in front of me on the table. "My birthday!" She exclaimed, disbelief tainting her voice as she thought that all of us had forgotten. "Oh crap!" Kelly exclaimed, groaning as she buried her head in the crook of her elbows as her crossed arms rested on the table. "I can't believe we forgot!" Fred and George looked guilty, but not as guilty as Kelly and me were, seeing as they wouldn't have known about it in the first place if we hadn't of told them about it. "Yeah Sarah, we're really sorry." I mumbled, making myself look greatly ashamed while on the inside I was doing cartwheels. "Hey, how about we make you a party tomorrow, and sneak out tonight to get you presents?" Kelly suggested, a hopeful smile on her face. "Fine by me." Sarah said cheerfully, glad that she at least got some presents. "You know what baffles me the most?" We all shook our heads. "How did you forget my birthday Nikki, it's only five days before yours, after all." I made my eyes widen and my eyebrows rise in shock, surprise and disbelief. "Holy crap, my birthday's in five days!" I shook my head in disbelief. "I guess because I haven't seen a calender in so long, I didn't think of the date until now." I sunk down on the table, a large, fox-like grin on my face as soon as my face was hidden from Sarah's view. After a half a day of apologizing to Sarah, we led her to the seventh floor after lunch, saying that we found a new shortcut, but we were actually leading her straight to her birthday party. "Look, there it is!" Kelly exclaimed, pointing at a blank wall for Sarah as I hurried over to the entrance of the Room of Requirement, pacing back and forth three times, clearing my mind of everything else. I pushed open the door silently, admitting Fred and George as they ran out from behind the tapestry they hid behind. "What? I don't see anything." Sarah replied suspiciously just before Kelly pushed her into the room before following, allowing me to close the door behind me. "Happy birthday!" All four of us yelled, much to Sarah's surprise. "Wah? I thought you guys forgot?" Sarah asked in shock and amazement. "And you said I wasn't a good liar." Kelly said to me, receiving only a roll of my eyes as a response. "We planned a surprise party for you, but we knew if you thought that we had remembered, than you would have been expecting it, so it's a surprise surprise party." Fred explained, an identical coy grin spread on both his and his brother's face. "Quite ingenious, don't you think?" George asked as Sarah spun in a slow circle, taking everything in. "Damn right it is." Kelly answered for her, as Sarah was still rather speechless. "Oh and look over there, it's your birthday presents." Kelly pointed to a table on the far end of the room, next to a table holding a large punch bowl and a ginormous cake, the entire room covered in fresh star fighter lilies. Draped around in chains, on the walls and ceiling, some edible ones garnishing the cake. They littered tables and filed the air with a silky scent, sweet and exotic, shy yet bold. Back in the old world, Sarah always wore one of these in her hair. Granted, it was fake, but she seemed to like it anyway, so Kelly and I decided to decorate the room with them. On the top of each present there one sat, except for the ones given by Cedric, Fred and George, which were topped with little plush dogs we had charmed from a rat, but don't tell Sarah that, she'll freak. "What do you want to do first?" I asked her, snapping her out of her stupor. "Presents! No, cake! No, what about the punch? Ooh, look at all these flowers!" I shot a look at Kelly, Fred and George, a small smile forming on my face."How about cake first, so you won't be as hyper when we go to bed?" Kelly suggested, for the sake of us all. "Ooh, can this be a slumber party? I like slumber parties!" Sarah chirped cheerfully, bouncing up and down enthusiastically as she looked at us pleadingly. I looked at Fred and George who shrugged and nodded to Sarah. "Sure, this is now a surprise surprise birthday slumber party." Sarah grinned at me while Kelly rolled her eyes playfully. I concentrated, wiping everything else from my mind and asked the room for some pajamas. For the boys there was a shirt and some boxer shorts each, one shirt gold, the other scarlet, and the same with the shorts. For the girls, there were also tee-shirts, but in our sizes, and a pair of shorts each, also in our sizes. One pair of shorts were red and gold pinstriped, so we handed them immediately to Kelly, along with a shirt that looked like a sports jersey, with the sleeves and upper chest being gold and the bottom half being red, a gold number six standing out there. My shirt was half black and half canary yellow, separated down the middle vertically, my shorts a yellow and black checkered print while Sarah had a pair of plain black shorts and a canary yellow shirt with 'Birthday Girl' printed across the back. "So…shall we get changed now or later?" I asked casually, the bundle of clothes in my arms soft and lightweight. "Now! Now!" Sarah answered, beaming brightly, none of us bearing to refuse her. I saw George squeeze his eyes shut, and seconds later two screened off rooms appeared in the corners. "Thanks." Kelly said, relieved that she didn't have to strip down in the open. Fred and George went behind their screen at the same time, obviously not caring if they saw each other naked, while Kelly, Sarah and I took turns getting changed behind our screen. When we had all finished, I cut the cake, not trusting any of the others with a knife. Shoveling our pieces onto paper plates, I handed them out, grabbing one of my own and sitting on the sleeping bags that had appeared at the same time as the clothes had. Mine was the same as my shirt, Kelly's the same except without her six, Sarah's the same, except that 'Birthday girl' was now written vertically instead of horizontally. Fred and George's sleeping bags were identical to their clothing, Fred with the yellow shorts and red shirt, George with his red shorts and yellow shirt, making their sleeping bags change color in the middle from their shirt color to their shorts color. "Let the games begin." Kelly declared after we had all finished our cake, pulling back a curtain that divided the room, revealing an entire room full of party games.
(A/N): The next chapter will be called: 'Let the Games Begin' and it will be the continuation of Sarah's party and maybe the planning and/or start of Nikki's.
