Chapter 33, Happy birthday Robin.
Chazz had become very popular after he had saved the school from his brothers, some of his old friends from Obelisk blue tried to reconnect with him, although Chazz turned them down because he no longer wanted to hang out with bullies.
Slade and Jagger had held up their end of the deal and unfrozen Chazz's bank account, Chazz was pleased to be able to access is family's money again and had already made some purchases that would be arriving later today while he and everyone else was in class.
The school day was mostly uneventful, first they had Maths with Crowler, then History with Fontaine, next was Duel monster studies with Crowler, it wasn't until their final lesson, Chemistry with Banner, that something happened.
Everyone was sitting in their seats when Professor Banner entered the room and sat at his desk, "Good morning everyone, I'm pleased to say that we have a birthday today" he said, some of the students rolled their eyes, Banner would always call out whenever it was someone's birthday.
"And so, I would like to wish a happy sixteenth birthday to Mr Robin Thorn" said Banner, Robin seemed a little embarrassed by the shout out.
"I didn't know it was Robin's birthday" said Mindy, "Nether did I, he's never mentioned it before" said Alexis, after this the lesson proceeded as normal.
Class finally ended and everyone was taking their school bags back to their dorms, Alexis ran up to Robin "Hey Robin" she said, "Hello Alexis, how's it going" said Robin with a smile, "Pretty good, so why didn't you tell me today was your birthday" she asked.
Robin thought about this for a second perhaps wondering the same thing, "Sorry about that, I guess I didn't really think about it" he said, "You didn't think about your own birthday" asked Alexis, "Well I haven't really had the chance to celebrate it these last few years" answered Robin.
Alexis was confused for a second until she remembered about Robin's family, suddenly an idea popped into Alexis's head, "I have an idea, meet me at that clearing just north of your dorm, I have a surprise" she said.
Jaden and the other Slifer reds was heading back to their dorm, Chazz was walking unusually fast it was as if he wanted to get back before anyone else, "Hey Chazz what's the hurry" asked Jaden, "Nothing, I just need to check something" said Chazz as he suddenly started to run.
"What do you think that was all about" asked Syrus, "I don't know, maybe he just really needs the toilet" said Jaden.
Chazz ran as fast as he could until he reached the Slifer dorm where a team of builders was waiting, the foreman saw Chazz and approached him, "Mr Princeton, I am pleased to say that the work you requested has been completed" said the foreman.
"Excellent, thank you for the help" said Chazz as he looked at the builders work, Chazz sat down and waited for the others to arrive while the builders packed everything into their vans and left, soon all of the Slifer students arrived at their dorm and was left stunned at what they saw.
The Slifer dorm had been heavily altered, it was now much bigger though still not as big as the Ra dorm, "What happened to the dorm" asked one of the girls, "I thought the place was a little small, so I hired someone to rebuild it" said Chazz as he stood up and walked towards the others.
"You did this, but why" asked Syrus, "Because I didn't think it was fair that we should have to live in such poor conditions while the others get much better" answered Chazz, some of the students started to thank Chazz, while others ran into the dorm to see what had been changed.
Several more rooms had been added, enough so that three people would no longer have to share a room, now there would only be two people to each room and they would have much more space.
The dining room had also been altered, it was now bigger and there was salad and other food bars on one side of the dining room, smiles appeared on all of the students faces as they realised that this meant that they could now have more than just white rice for dinner.
Later that day all of Slifer red enjoyed their dinner, while many of them still had rice as part of their meal they all was happy to add vegetables, meat or fish to their meal.
Robin was in the clearing leaning against a tree waiting for Alexis, he still wasn't sure what she had planned, the area was very peaceful, it was a circular clearing surrounded by trees.
Finally Alexis arrived carrying a picnic basket, "A picnic? You didn't need to do this for me" said Robin with a slight blush appearing on his face, "I know, but I wanted to, you should enjoy your birthday" said Alexis.
The two laid out the picnic blanket and sat down to enjoy the meal that Alexis had packed, Alexis had prepared sandwiches, fruit, sushi and drinks, the two enjoyed their meal and told funny stories about their pasts.
"And then Atticus went flying off the sled and fell into a pile of snow" said Alexis telling Robin about the time her brother took her sledding, "Wow, I wish I could have seen that" said Robin, "It was pretty funny, by the time he pulled himself out he looked like a snowman" laughed Alexis.
"I remember one time that Raven took me fishing, we had a lovely time, and at one point she tried to catch a big fish but it pulled her rod right out of her hands" said Robin "I bet she wasn't happy about that" said Alexis, "She wasn't, and when I laughed at her she pushed me into the water" said a smiling Robin.
Alexis laughed at the thought of a young Robin being pushed into the water by his big sister, "You know it sounds like my brother and your sister would have a lot in common" she said, Robin nodded "They probably would" he said.
A moment of silence passed as the two of them thought about their lost siblings, finally Robin broke the silence "Alexis, thanks for this" he said, "Don't worry the picnic was no trouble" she said.
"No not just for the picnic, it's just, I haven't been this happy in years" said Robin, Alexis smiled and gave Robin a hug "Any time" she said.
