Chapter 11 Waiting For Tonight

Zoë wobbled across her room and looked through the peep hole wondering "What now?"

She spotted Psymon.

The door flew open at an impressive speed revealing the widest smile Zoë had ever given yet. The small mob in the hallway yelled "Happy Birthday" as Moby leaned in for a hug, and then Psymon. While Zoë Held him in her arms, an all-out bash was taking place in her head. She was on cloud 9. As Brodi would say, it was nirvana. Along with her two buddies, were three strangers. They hugged her as well wishing her once again a happy birthday.
"I don't know who you are, but thanks!" Zoë said laughing, forgetting her horrible mood of minutes before. Psymon spoke up:
"These are my closest buds! My big brother Dominic…"
"Hey!" Dominic let out.
"Hey, nice to meet you!"
"You can call me Dom"

"Oh no! If he tells her about Ethan she's gonna die, no this isn't happening, not on her birthday!" Moby thought to himself holding his face in his hands.

"This is my sister Katherine"
"Katherine, huh, I should have known you were his sister you look so much alike!" Said Zoë
"We get that a lot, and you can call me Kat"
"Wow, your family's really friendly Psymon" Said Zoe

"Shit, shit, shit!" Moby thought "She's gonna cry for months…"

"And this is Ethan…" Said Psymon

Time seemed to have stopped. Moby listened holding his breath, wishing something would cut off Psymon's sentence: a fire alarm, a tranquilizing blow dart, a meteorite, anything.

"…My… cousin" Finished Psymon
"Nice to meet you!"
"Nice to meet you too, and... you can call me Ethan"
Everyone laughed.

Moby, after realizing nothing happened like we thought it would, sighed in relief, laughed along with everyone and then said: "and you can call him Booboo!" pointing to Psymon.
While everyone was laughing Zoe yelled out:
"Booboo! Hahaha! What the hell?"
"It was my nickname as a kid, it's so dorky!". Said Psymon, scratching his neck
"Well come on in everyone, there's lots of room since I'm alone up here, hehehe" Zoe explained
Everyone sat down and Psymon handed a gift to Zoë that was obviously a CD

"Here I got you something I thought you'd like…"
"Thanks that's really nice" Said Zoë looking at her "love interest" almost teary eyed at his offering.
She unwrapped the gift revealing a disk entitled "Superbeautifulmonster"
"OH MY GOD, BIF! How did you know I wanted this! Oh my god!" Zoë exclaimed.
"Wild guess" said Psymon with a little smirk, who knew Zoe idolized Bif Naked.
Zoë pounced on Psymon giving him a big hug; they both laughed.
The American boarder's hold on the Canadian was relatively long. Psymon looked over Zoe's shoulder at his boyfriend who was on the other side of the room giving him the raised-brow look; Psymon replied with a it's-not-me face.
"I got you something too, luv" Said Moby, putting end to the awkward moment.
He handed her a bag with pink and orange stripes and lots of birthday ribbon.
As she furiously ripped the tissue out of the bag, not listening to anybody, concentration etched on her face, Moby spoke:
"Psymon helped me pick everything out; we went shopping at the last minute." He said laughing.
"Psymon, … shopping?… NEVER!…" Said Dom sarcastically, making everyone laugh but Zoë, who wasn't listening. Psymon gave him a "shut-up-you-foolish-dork" look.
"Oh my god! A black tank top with fishnets!" Zoë yelled out
"Keep Looking" Said Moby
"Wow! Puzzle pants!"
"Keep Looking"
"Nice! Pink Converses! Yeahhh!"
"Keep Looking"
After Zoë had found the hoop earrings and arm warmer that completed the outfit, she was ecstatic. "I can't accept this, its way too much, it must have cost you a fortune!"
"Don't worry about it!" Moby assured her "Go try everything on"

Zoë came out of the bathroom, were she had started her new CD. Fully dressed in her new attire, she pranced around the room to the sounds of "Let Down", Bif's latest single
"Girl, you are rockin'" Said Ethan
"Girl, that is nice" Said Kat
"Girl, you could have taken the tags off" Said Dom ripping a price tag off Zoe's back, once again making everyone laugh.

"Your gonna look awesome tonight, luv" Said Moby
"Huh? Tonight? What's goin on tonight?" Inquired Zoe
Moby and Psymon looked at each Other as they put their plan into work.
"You and I are going to the restaurant of your choice, my treat" Said Moby in a game show announcer voice to an overjoyed Zoe
"No way! Get out of town! You've already gotten me enough already!"
"Come now, it's rude to refuse a gift!"
"Um, just you and I?" asked Zoe Smiling wondering if Psymon was joining them.
"Yes, just you and I" He answered with a smirk

And with that, everyone left, Zoe and Moby to Red Lobster and Psymon and his Saskatoon friends to the caff, to eat and to remind everyone there to come to the party.

As they feasted on cheeseburgers, Psymon noticed Elise watching him. She was with Allegra, who turned around and looked at him as well and turned back around as if to tell Elise to stop staring. Ethan reached out to hold Psymon's hand but was surprised to see him pull away.
"What gives?" Ethan said
"We're being watched…"

"Elise, stop it!" Allegra hissed
"I wanna know for sure!" Said Elise
"So what if he is, who cares!"
"I do! I know it's him, it's gotta be!" Answered Elise "HEY PSYMON! COME HERE!" She yelled
"Oh god, you're not gonna ask him are you?"
"Relax… I know what I'm doing"

Psymon approached slowly

"Hey, Psymon, I'm doing a crossword puzzle and I need your help." Elise said in a little girl voice
"Uh, Ok" Said Psymon, as Allegra crossed her arms looking at Elise, mumbling: "Oh, for the love of god…"
"Ok, 1, who designed this bag" She said pointing to an advertisement in her magazine.
"Channel"
"Of course! Ok, 2, Which hockey team won the Stanley cup last year?"
"Uh… the… Toronto Raptors?
"Oh, sorry. No" She said giving Allegra a "See, what did I tell you?" smirk.
"3, Who plays the sexy gardener in desperate housewives?"
"Jesse Metcalf, duh"
"Your right! 4, What kind of car is this?" Once again pointing to a magazine
"...A... red one?" Psymon guessed
"Hmmm, not quite, 5, who won Dancing with the Stars?"
"Kelly Monaco, Elise I can't believe you don't know this stuff!"
"She does" mumbled Allegra who only Elise heard.
"Well you know me, I'm just a dumb blonde" Elise said as she laughed.

Something was going on, Psymon knew it. If there was one thing he knew about Elise was that she wasn't stupid.

"Uh, I have guests to join, I'll talk to you later, and if you guys are coming to the party go to the conference room in 15 minutes" said Psymon quickly, wanting to leave.
"Oh, one last question!" said Elise
Psymon turned around cautiously
"Is he your boyfriend?" Elise asked with a very wide smile, pointing to Ethan.
"ELISE" Allegra hissed in disbelief.
Psymon's jaw dropped. He looked around to see if someone was listening and then faced Elise.
"Who told you?"
"Nobody, sweetie, it's just really obvious…" Elise said with a wink
Allegra shaked her head, looking at Psymon who looked obviously shook.
"Don't listen to her, it's not obvious, don't worry. I have nothing against you and we won't tell anyone" Allegra said, turning to Elise and saying in tone of superiority: "Right?"
Elise sighed and nodded.

Psymon didn't answer, but turned around and left the caff hastily, with Ethan trying to catch up with him to see what was wrong

"Relax she says,… look what you did now!" Allegra said as they watched Kat and Dom follow the boys out of the room

end of (the long) chapter 11