A/N: Sorry if the timeline is a bit off.
It's been 2 weeks since Mike and Emily were released from the hospital. Emily has made a full recovery but Mike is still struggling. He has been put on sick leave for a month and he hates it. Mike wakes up at 4am in extreme pain. His chest is screaming for painkillers. He walks into the bathroom and starts to change his bandage. The wound on his chest is still very much bleeding but has started to get better over time. He knows its healing but wishes it will heal quicker so he can get back into the field.
Emily has been sleeping in Paige's bedroom since they left the hospital. They thought Mike needed his space to get full rest.
The house is quiet. Everyone is asleep. Mike couldn't get back to sleep so he decided to head downstairs. Maybe some fresh air will help him. He walks out onto the balcony and takes a deep breath in and out, smelling the salty sea air and smiling. He was happy to be alive. After 10 minutes on the terrace he headed back inside and settled down on the couch. Falling asleep almost instantly.
Mike awoke 4 hours later to the sound of movement and people talking. He opened his eyes slowly and saw everyone in the kitchen laughing about something Johnny said. He winced and groaned as he sat up and brushed a hand through his hair. He noticed a little girl running towards him.
'Daddy you're awake.' Emily cautiously sat on Mike's lap and hugged him gently.
'Yes I am. Did you sleep well?' Emily nodded and jumped off of his lap. she ran to the kitchen and whispered something into Charlie's ear.
'We will do in a minute sweetie, let's wait until he is fully awake first.' Mike looked confused but thought nothing of it. Mike sat back into the couch and rested his head on the cushion. He saw in the corner of his eye, people walking towards him. He looked round at them and smiled.
Charlie held a plate of pancakes with a lit candle on top.
'Happy birthday Mike!' Charlie greeted him with a big smile. The others all greeted him and sat down on the couch.
'Thank you. How did you know? I forgot.' Mike was a little upset that he forgot his own birthday but blew out the candle anyway and accepted the pancakes.
'We all read your file when you first got here and it's on the calendar next to the chore wheel.' Briggs explained, patting Mike on the shoulder. Emily was getting excited. She had been looking forward to this day for the past week.
'Eat up your pancakes Mikey and we'll discuss what we have planned.' Charlie said as she walked out of the room and up the stairs. Everybody else went their separate ways except for Paige. Ever since Mike and Emily came out of the hospital the others have been taking it in turns to take care of them both especially Mike. Emily had fully recovered after a few days and didn't need any more medical attention. Paige stayed with Mike for most of it. Emily gave Mike a big kiss and ran over to her toy box bu the big window.
'How you feeling Mike?' Paige rubbed a hand on his back. She noticed Mike wincing a lot and could tell he was in pain. Mike finished off his pancakes and turned to Paige.
'I'm okay, I guess. Still very much hurts. I haven't had my medication yet. Maybe I should..' Mike started to stand up but immediately regretted it, his chest was screaming in pain. Paige took hold of him before he fell and helped him back onto the couch.
'Easy Mike. You just relax, I will get your pills.' Paige grabbed Mike's pills from the medicine cupboard and a bottle of water.
Its now 8pm and its dark outside. The house have been working cases all day and were finally home to celebrate with Mike.
'We have a surprise for you Mike.' Briggs stood up from the couch and helped Mike up. He wrapped a blindfold round Mike's head and lead him out the door.
Mike could tell he was on the beach. He could hear the waves and feel the wind. They were walking for a couple of minutes down the beach and then they stopped. He could hear everyone counting to 3 and after 3 the blindfold was removed.
Mike never felt so happy. His smile was big and there were tears in his eye. In front of him he saw a small marquee standing tall, completely decorated out with flowers, balloons, streamers and fairy lights. It looked magical. As they walked closer to the marquee Mike could see a table with food laid out, a cake standing tall and a table full of colourfully wrapped presents.
'Oh my God..' Mike was speechless. All of his friends gave him a big, gentle hug and made their way to the marquee. Emily was very excited. She thought the place looked like a fairy land. She couldn't resist from helping herself to the buffet. Everybody else thought she had the best idea and helped themselves as well.
The night could go on forever. There was music playing and everybody was having a good time. Mike was very pleased with all of his presents and enjoyed the amazing 3 tier cake Charlie had made. Johnny offered to leave the party early to take Emily to bed. She had been falling asleep in the corner. It was 1 in the morning.
The gang gathered around the fire pit before heading back inside.
'We hope you had a great birthday Mike. We love you man.' Briggs raised his beer up in the air as a toast.
'Here, here.' Jakes raised his bottle as well and the others did the same.
'Thank you guys. This has been a great day and I couldn't be happier to have all of you here.' Mike smiled at his friends. He was very happy.