At the Campsite…
"Eventually! How long does it take for you all to go in the water then come back?" Asked Tamara as soon as she saw the boys appear.
Casey answered his girlfriend "Sorry babe. I was teaching Kyle to surf and the guys decided to help."
"XAVIER!" April shouted as soon as she saw him.
"What have I done now?" He asked his girlfriend with a look of confusion.
"What have you done now? What have you done now? Is that all you can say to me?"
"Yeah, cause I honestly don't know what I've done."
"You helped the guys teach Kyle to surf after you told me you wouldn't!"
"I helped Kyle to learn the basics on the sand. I swear to you that I did not teach to surf once he was in the water."
"Then why the hell are you soaking wet?!"
"Oh right. Look after Kyle managed to surf all the way back to the shore, the guys left the boards on the beach and we went in the water with the beach ball and started messing around. So stop worrying would you?"
"Is that true?" April asked her friends who had been with Xavier.
"Yes" they all said.
"Yes April, all he did was stay on the sand, even when Kyle fell off the board and we couldn't find him until he popped his head up again. Well he stayed on the sand until we got to shore that is and he helped carry him up the beach…" Matt stopped talking as soon as he caught the look on Kyle's face.
"WHAT?!" Phoebe said as soon as the words had left Matt's mouth.
"Thanks mate. Thanks a lot." Kyle said glaring at his friend "Nothing happened Phoebe alright?"
Phoebe not taking 'Nothing Happened' for an answer "Nothing Happened seriously? If nothing happened like you said Kyle, why did Xavier have to help carry you out of the water?"
"Matt is messing around Pheebs. He's trying do wind you up. I promise nothing happened to Kyle." Casey jumped to his younger brother's defence.
"Well it worked. I wish you would all stop trying to wind us girls up," Phoebe said while checking Kyle was ok with her eyes "Anyway food is ready, so let's eat before it gets cold."
Happy with Phoebe believing Casey that nothing happened everyone gathered around the campfire to eat.
25 minutes later…
Sasha went to get the cake from where it was stashed in the spare tent and proceeded to light the candles. While she was doing that the others went to collect Kyle's birthday presents while phoebe blindfolded him, so they could bring the cake over and pile his presents in front of him.
"Hey Casey." Tamara said.
"Yeah." He replied to his girlfriend.
"Can we talk please? It's important." She told him
"Can it wait a bit longer until say everyone has gone to bed?"
"Yeah what's a couple more hours anyway."
"Thanks babe." Casey said as he turned and walked to his tent to get his phone.
Everyone gathered back round the campfire just as Sasha walked over with the cake.
Taking the blindfold off, everyone started to sing "Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to Kyle, Happy Birthday to you."
"Come on Kyle blow the candles out and don't forget to make a wish." Evie reminded him.
Kyle quickly blew out the candles with one blow and looked up to see the pile of presents sat in front of him, "Aww guys, you know you didn't have to get me anything. Just us all being here together on my birthday and you all saying happy birthday to me is all I wanted."
"You were right Pheebs." Maddy told her friend remembering the conversation this morning when Roo had give them a card for Kyle.
"What were you right about?" Kyle asked his girlfriend.
"Just that people saying happy birthday to you was all you wanted," She replied to him "Now hurry up and open the presents while I cut the cake."
Phoebe stood up and took the cake of Kyle and walked over to the table so she could divide the cake between the fourteen of them. While Kyle made a start on his presents.
Phoebe was handing out the cake slices to everyone when Kyle got to his last present. "This one must be from you then Sash."
Replying to her friend "You'll never know until you open it."
Ripping the paper off, Kyle's face started to light up when he saw what she had got him. "Sasha this is amazing! It must have taken you ages to make."
"Not as long as you think considering everyone helped me. Well sort of."
"Oh My God! Where did you get that picture from?" Kyle asked her as he say an old picture of him and phoebe from when they first met years ago.
"Phoebe give me it. I thought it was about time you had something that showed you how much we all love you and how we feel like we've know you for ever."
"Well I love you all as well. You're the best group of friends anyone could ever ask for and trust me when I say I never had any friends that are as nice you lot are." He told them all.
Seeing how happy Kyle was made them all start to think that what Ricky had told Sasha was true and it was even more evident from what he had just said. Once Phoebe walked back over with her piece cake they all started to eat again.
1 hour later…
After agreeing that the cake was the best one yet and how they would never eat any other cake again, they started to clear up while Kyle had a proper look through the photo album.
I guess I really am lucky. No one has ever made me something this thoughtful before. Maybe for what is probably the first time since I got put into foster care that I have actually had friends who cared about me. Hell I even have a girlfriend who loves me so much. I never want this to change!
"Kyle! Hey Kyle!" Came the voice of his girlfriend pulling him from his thoughts.
"What?" he asked her.
"Why don't me and you had down to the lake for some alone time without the others telling us off?"
"Go on then."
With that he stood up took all his presents over to the spare tent (making sure he gave Evie the key so she could lock it) grabbed his stuff then followed Phoebe in the direction of the lake leaving the others to do what they wanted.
