Sportacus was in the process of trying to locate Kit when his crystal beeped. It didn't take him long to find the source of the trouble. Ché was sitting on the sports field with his arms folded and scowling. When Sportacus got closer to his friend he realised that the sports field wasn't the only thing Ché was sitting on, Kit was lodged underneath him.

Despite his precarious and uncomfortable position Kit was in the middle of a giggle fit. The sugar mixed with the caffeine had well and truly kicked in leaving him with no sense of danger whatsoever. He'd repeated his joke about Ché being very bad at taking no for an answer to the very person the joke was about. Instead of finding the wise crack funny Ché had found it offensive. Ordinarily this wouldn't have been the case but he was still sulking about his argument with Greta and Kit had pushed him.

Ziggy came bounding up to the sports field, he'd seen Ché sulking and wanted to know what was going on. It was only when he saw that Ché was sitting on Kit as well that he guessed what had happened.

Thinking it best to diffuse the situation before the dinner party or rather lunch party kicked off Sportacus stepped forward, "Ché, don't you think it would be a good idea to get off of Kit?"

"Only if he apologises for what he said."

"What could he have possibly said to make you sit on him?" Ziggy asked.

Ché turned to Ziggy, "he said that the reason I have fathered sixteen children is because I can't take no for an answer." Thinking about what he'd just said Ché started to chuckle, "actually, that is rather funny. I like that."

Without further request Ché got up off of Kit and picked his temporary seat up and brushed him down. Kit had stopped giggling and was looking rather puzzled about what had just happened. Ché explained that he'd cheered up a lot and had found the joke funny. Ché also apologised for sitting on Kit and Kit apologised for telling the joke in the first place, he also added that Greta didn't like the joke either.

Pulling Ché and Ziggy aside Sportacus asked them to try and keep Kit and Robyn as occupied as possible as things were being set up for the party. There was only an hour to go before everything started so they didn't have to keep the two out of trouble long. Ché offered to keep Kit busy while Ziggy volunteered to take Robyn off somewhere.

Ziggy found Robyn hanging around near his house. He hugged her after greeting her and asked if she wanted to come inside. Robyn nodded and he opened the front door letting her in before following behind her.

"You've redecorated," Robyn stated looking around.

"Only one wall so far. I borrowed the paint from Kit; he had some left over from when you redecorated your house."

Robyn frowned a little, "you borrowed the paint weeks ago. How has it taken you this long to paint one wall?"

Little did Ziggy know but Robyn was well aware of the project to build her a new garden. She'd been there two nights ago and had promised Kit that she'd look surprised when she saw it. Only Pixel, Robyn and Kit knew what had happened when Robyn had picked up on what Cain felt when he died and had sworn each other to secrecy.

Ziggy blushed a little, "I've been held up with counting my candy collection. You know how long it takes me to do; I keep eating it so I have to start counting all over again."

"Do you need any help?"

Robyn had just offered Ziggy a way to keep her occupied and he seized upon it. He went over to a corner of the room and dragged a large black sack over to Robyn. Both heaved it up and poured all the contents out. There was a lot of candy inside.

Kit walked with Ché towards the lake. Both were going to have a little go at fishing without rods and tackle. It was Ché's favourite way to fish; it improved hand eye coordination and was also a lot of fun. He also loved the feel of a fish's scales underneath his fingers.

When they arrived at the lake both Ché and Kit took off their trousers, shoes, socks, shirts and anything else they were wearing aside from their swimming trunks. They'd changed quickly before heading out and had brought along their underwear and some towels so they could dry off and be fully dressed when they headed back to town.

Once they were ready both men waded into the lake. Kit stopped when the water was just above his waistline and scanned the water with his eyes. A glint of silver came close to him and he dove for it, the fish slipped out of his hands when he tried to pull it from the water. He heard Ché laughing at him but smiled triumphantly when he managed to grab and lift up a fish.

Ché applauded Kit's effort and concentrated on catching himself a fish. Unfortunately after half and hour he had no luck and reluctantly left the water with Kit so they could get dried and dressed before heading back to town.

The setting up for the party was almost done. A total of six picnic tables had been placed side by side to make one long table. Every single place had been set with plates, napkins and cutlery for the thirteen people that were attending. Along the table there were bowls of salad, dips and various condiments for whatever people chose to eat. Another long table had been set up near the picnic tables which had various plates full of bite sized nibbles that everyone could help themselves from. Last year's buffet idea had been a great success and the Mayor had opted to repeat it for this year's as well.

A banner which read, 'happy birthday Kit and Robyn' had been tied between two trees near to the tables. Balloons were scattered around some saying 19 and others saying 23 for the respective ages of the birthday boy and girl. Inflating the balloons had been done with a great deal of trial and error. Trixie had never used a helium pump before and until she got the hang of it the balloons she was trying to inflate kept popping. Out of the sixty balloons that had been purchased only twenty five had been successfully inflated.

For after dinner entertainment Ché had hired a bull simulator for everyone to use. Pixel had set to work setting it up when it arrived and was really looking forward to taking a turn on it. From what Ché had told him bull simulators were a lot of fun and had he had also promised to show everyone what to do.

An inflatable flat bedded bouncy castle type invention had also been hired which had bungee cords attached to walls at each end. The idea of the game was that one person would be strapped to each cord and had to run to centre as fast and far as they could before getting snapped back by the bungee cords. It was a little competitive thing that could be enjoyed by those who wanted to use it.

As a small surprise for Robbie and the two birthday people a television and DVD player had been set up in a shady spot and was going to be played after the presents were all opened. The DVD had lots of home movies on of Robyn and some more recent ones that had been shot on the quiet side.

The Mayor had also purchased some fireworks to add a little bit of difference to the party. He was always up for exploring new ideas when it came to birthday celebrations and as the kids weren't kids anymore he had to think of other things.

Trixie set up her decks and was going to be the DJ for the party when everything else had been done and people wanted to dance. She chose music that everyone liked and had brought along all of her records so she could take requests. As a precaution she'd brought some old music and the sort of music Kit was likely to ask for. These included some rather bizarre songs and songs which everyone loved to hate.

With everything set up and the birthday people on their way everyone prepared themselves for a fun afternoon, evening and a long night.