A/N: I love the reviews, loyal readers. However, this chapter might involve someone being outraged at something, because my mom just ate my fries, and I'm terribly angry. The fries that I paid for, for myself, after I bought lunch for her. However, I'll try to make this chapter fun.
Disclaimer: The fact that I own none of this except for the plot and JKR has to own all these beautiful, lovely characters and such makes me very sad.
Blaise heard a muffled giggle as he slid open the glass doors and stepped out onto the porch. He shrugged it off and took a few steps forward, when Ginny, Gabrielle, Luna, Draco, and Colin all jumped up from behind various object. He realized for all of them to be hiding, it must've taken some skillful apparating so that he wouldn't notice. Ginny had sprung up from behind the Jacuzzi, Gabrielle was crouching behind the pot of a large hibiscus and was making a castle with the potting soil, using fallen leaves as windows, Colin was up in a tree, Draco was behind it, and Luna was under the disillusion charm and sitting right in front of him.
"PENIS!" they screamed. Draco had suggested they use a word a little different from surprise, since it was so cliché. They decided on using Penis. Blaise gaped.
"VAGINA!" he screamed, not knowing what else to say. He was sort of speechless, because he obviously had no idea about the surprise party Draco and Ginny had planned together.
Ginny ran up to him from her post. "Happy birthday, Blaise. Bet you thought I forgot, didn't you?"
Blaise nodded, and gave Ginny a hug. An audible 'Aww!' was heard from over Ginny's shoulder; it was all of the guests and Draco combined in a chorus, and Blaise simply held up his left hand, balled into a fist, and raised his middle finger. Blaise's crowd of friends all noticed that there was a chipped black star painted onto his fingernail.
Seconds later, Crispy, followed by the whole team of House Elves, excluding two, one of which was working the grill and the other that was packing the cooler, emerged out of the living room from the sliding doors onto the porch. Crispy and the other elves were balancing a silver tray above their heads with a light blue birthday cake on a yellow platter. It had yellow roses and read, in yellow, "Happy Birthday, Blake." Unfortunately, the elves must have misheard the name, but Blaise definitely didn't notice. Not even when he got the piece that had the 'ake' on it.
"CRISPY!" Draco bellowed, nearly choking on his chicken leg that he forgot to swallow. Or even chew, for that matter.
"Yes, master!" Crispy whispered, bowing so low that his nose hit the ground and it started to curl.
"Fetch us a round of cokes, please." Draco patted Crispy's head. "And a diet for me," he added, patting his, for the most part, flat stomach.
Crispy quickly returned with the order of drinks for the whole table. Draco gratefully took his soda and put his lips to the cold metal on the top part of the can. Luna stared.
"You know, Malfoy," she said, twiddling her thumbs, "we never knew you were into soda cans."
The man looked dumbfounded. "What are you talking about?" he blinked, opening the diet Coke with his thumb.
"You just kissed your soda can," Gabrielle said, making a gesture at her own coke.
"Oh." Draco paused, and let out a chortle. "Yeah, it's a habit. I like to test to see how cold it is. I don't know. I've been doing that for so long, I don't notice when I do it." He shrugged.
"Oh," said Colin, folding his hands neatly on the wooden picnic table.
Colin, Gabrielle, Luna, Ginny, and Blaise all exchanged looks with one another, but said no more.
After dinner, Blaise and Draco went into the Jacuzzi while the girls and Colin took a ride around the block on Draco's Muggle golf cart.
"Blaise," Draco said, chewing on an already-short nail, "I don't know if you've noticed, but I like Ginny a little bit. Maybe. I don't know."
"You like Ginny?" he echoed, peering at Draco through widened green eyes.
"Yes, Blaise." He sighed, relaxing his shoulders and sinking deeper into the literally steaming water.
"I should have known," said Blaise after a while. Draco gave him a confused look.
"Have I made it obvious?" he asked. Blaise wondered if he had ever seen a different expression on Draco's face other than a smirk in his entire lifetime, but kept his thought to himself.
"Well, she probably doesn't know," he said, talking slowly so he could choose the words carefully for his next sentence, "but Ginny takes notice to everything. She may or may not have felt a vibe from you, dear. For the first time in my life, I cannot answer your question." Blaise gave him a sad smile and patted his blonde counterpart on the shoulder.
"Shit," Draco muttered.
