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Trials of Love Rewrite: Chapter 38

Surprise Party

Julie's birthday was quickly approaching and I wanted to do something special for her. Therefore, I had no other choice, but to enlist the help of the ducks. "Hey guys," I greeted them as I approached them. "I need your help and you can't tell Julie."

"What's up man?" Charlie asked.

"Well, as I'm sure you all know, Julie's birthday is tomorrow and I want to do something special for her. I was hoping to throw her a surprise party and I was wondering if you guys would be willing to help."

"Yeah, we'll do anything you need." Adam told me.

I smiled. "I already have everything bought. All the stuff is hidden in the closet off the guest room. I was wondering if you guys could come by tomorrow evening at about six to set it up and if one of you could pick up the cake."

"Don't worry, we've got your back. Just leave your door unlocked and we will set everything up." Connie assured me. "What about you? How are you getting Julie out of the house?"

"I'm taking her out to dinner." I answered leaving. I turned back one last time. "Oh yeah, feel free to bring dates."

The following night went off as planned. Julie and I left the house around six and got some dinner at Mickey's. For some reason I wanted her to think that I had forgot so that she would be even more surprised when we got back to the apartment. My plan must have worked because by the time we left the restaurant, Julie wasn't speaking to me. She must have been pretty pissed that I had "forgotten" her birthday.

We arrived back at the apartment around seven thirty. Julie slowly opened the door and walked inside, turning the light switch on. "Surprise!" The Ducks yelled, jumping our form their hiding spots.

Julie hugged the ducks and I quickly noticed that none of them had brought dates like I had thought they were. Charlie had brought Linda, but that was it. I looked over at Julie and she was smiling. "Do you like it?" I asked her.

"This was your idea?" she looked at me and I smiled back.

"Yeah, the party was my idea, but the Ducks are the real hero's. They sat all of this up."

"Thanks guys, this is really great." I thought Julie was going to break into tears again, but she was able to contain herself.

"Well, why don't we all get some of cake and get this party started." Portman stated, pulling out some beers.

"Where did you get those," I was a little concerned.

"This girl that I'm going out with, her sister hooked us up."

"If she is your girl. Why isn't she here?" I asked.

Portman shrugged. "Because none of you know her. She goes to some public school on the other side of town."

"Portman, you do realize that I can't drink this stuff." Julie walked over to him with her hands on her hips.

"I know, I thought of that." he handed her a soda, and I started cutting the cake.

After everyone had their cake and drinks, the real party began. Of course it was Portman's idea to want to play truth or dare. I wanted to dispute the idea, but Julie and the rest of the ducks went along with it. "Fine we'll play, but I'm gonna start. " I looked around the room, searching for the first target. Finally I came to a decision. "Charlie, truth or dare?"

Charlie looked scared and he swallowed his cake in a gulp. "I pick uh, truth, no dare, wait wait, truth. Yeah truth."

I thought for a moment thinking of the perfect question. I wanted it to be something nasty. Finally I came up with the perfect question. "If you were a homosexual, which one of your friends would you find the hottest?"

"Do I have to answer that?" Charlie complained seemingly grossed out. I didn't feel bad though, they suggested the game and this is how it's played, brutally.

"Yeah, you do." Portman answered eagerly.

Charlie looked at the floor before answering, "Banks." Everyone laughed and both Charlie and Banks turned bright red. "Yeah, whatever, it's my turn. Um, Averman, truth or dare."

"I choose dare." Averman was confident in his decision.

"Alright, I dare you to go to the next apartment, knock on the door, and when they answer, you have to ask them if they have seen your lost bra."

Averman frowned and slowly got up and headed out the door. We all quickly followed him out into the hall and watched him knock on the next door over. A old woman answered and she looked at Averman with curiosity. "Um, I'm new here and I was wondering if you have seen my lost bra. I am completely lost without it." The old woman slammed the door in Averman's face and we burst out laughing. "Is that a no?" Averman shrugged and we headed back into the apartment and settled down once more. "Luis, truth or dare?"

"Truth."

"Do you talk and flirt with yourself in the mirror?"

Luis blushed, "yes, I tell myself how hot I am every morning." Somehow this didn't come as that big of a shock to me. "Alright fine." Luis started scanning over the ducks. "Portman truth or dare?"

"Duh, dare." Who didn't figure that Portman would go that way?
"Scooter do you have a video camera?" Luis turned to me and I nodded. "Go get it." I went to the bedroom and came back with the camera. "Alright Portman, I dare you to sing and do the hand Motions to I'm a Little tea pot, while we film you."

"No way. I am not doing that." Portman crossed his arms.

"Oh no, Portman, You have to. That's the rules." Charlie reminded him with a smile.

"Fine," Portman grumbled standing up. "I'm a little tea pot, short and stout. Here is my handle and here is my stout." he put one hand on his hip and made the stout with the other one. "When I get all steamed up, then I shout, Tip me over and pour me out." he leaned to his side, to show that he was pouring out the tea. Once he was finished I finally got the chance to laugh, as I had been filming the entire event. It took everyone a few minutes to calm down before the next question was asked. "Banks, Truth or dare."

"Dare," Adam responded and we were all rather shocked.

"Well, since Cherie would think you were hot if he was gay, I dare you to kiss him." Adam made a face before leaning toward Charlie and quickly kissing him on the lips. He pulled away wiping his mouth with all he had in him. I couldn't help but laugh and he eyed me suspiciously. "Scooter, truth or dare."

"Truth, I guess." I wasn't sure what I should pick, so I went with my instinct.

"IS Julie the only person that you have ever you……..You know'd with?"

I couldn't believe he actually asked me that. "Technically." I whispered so that no one would hear what I had said.

"What did you say?" Fulton looked at me.

"I said technically." I said louder. "I've been as close do doing it, without actually doing a couple of times long before I met Julie, but I never done anything. Julie was the first and only for me." I looked at the floor, embarrassed that I had just told my sexual past to a bunch of people that I really hadn't known all that long.

Sensing the tension of the situation, and the fact that there was no more cake or beer, Connie quickly changed the subject. "Come on guys, games over. I think it's time for Julie to open her gifts."

Julie was led over to her gifts and we watched as she opened them. "Here, open mine first." I told her, handing her the small box. Julie tore the paper off and looked inside. I watched as Julie's eyes grew wide as she took out the diamond bracelet. "I thought it would look good on you."

"Scooter this is beautiful." Julie kissed me and I couldn't help but smile. I watched as Julie excitedly put the bracelet on her wrist. "I love it."

"Alright, alright. Open mine next." Goldberg stated impatiently.

There's no need to bore you with who got her which gift, so let's just say she got some cd's, some t-shirts, and I think it was a gift that Coach Bombay had sent that was an original ducks jersey with her name along with a smaller one for the baby. By the time Julie finished with the gifts it was pretty late and Julie wanted to go to bed. I wouldn't have felt right partying without her, so I followed her into the bedroom. Of course I told the ducks that they were welcome to stay as long as they wanted, which of course meant that they were there the next morning when we woke up.

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