pool party

July 17, 2012

It was Roy's seventh birthday party. Payphone by Maroon 5 played. Roy was playing his PSP with his friends outside the pool. They were sitting at the outdoor bar on some stools.

"Hey, guys!" RJ said, walking up to them.

"Hey Ratchet." a boy from his school named Adi said. He was the same age as Roy

"Hey, what's up?" RJ said

"I'm okay, I wanna play basketball later," he said.

"Sweet! Sure we can! We can do two on two!" RJ said, jumping up and down.

Ratchet was at the candy table, he grabbed some candy and chips and ate them.

"Hey, Ratchet. When is Rivet coming back?" a boy named Tom asked as Diamonds by Rihanna played on the speaker.

"She's getting food, Tom." Ratchet said.

"Excuse me? Mr. Davis?" a girl asked.

"Yes, Jessie. And how many times do we have to go over this? I am not a teacher. So, call me Ratchet." he smiled.

"Okay, Ratchet. Do you know what time it is?"

"It's…." he picked up his phone. The song was still playing on his iPhone 5

"Two forty-six." he smiled. "Okay, thanks Mr-Ratchet," she said, correcting herself.

Ratchet set his phone down on one of the chairs and jumped into the pool. "Wee!" he said as he made a flip and splashed into the water.

Rivet came back with pizza and the cake.

"Alright guys, Pizza's here," she said, setting a bunch of pizza boxes down. The kids ran to the bar area and grabbed some slices of pepperoni. Ratchet grabbed some too and he ate some. "Ratchet. I need to talk to you." his wife said.

"Okay," he said as he went into the house. Rivet closed the door.

"Ratchet, I'm afraid he can't make it." Rivet said.

"What? He told me he was coming two days ago," he said.

"He said that something came up with the garage. And he wasn't able to make it."

"Dude! It was just like last month! You know I haven't seen him since our wedding, babe." Ratchet said, trying not to make a big deal about this. The male Lombax picked up his skateboard.

"I'm going for a board ride, text me when we're about to do candles. I need a little bit of time to think…" he said, putting on his shoes and grabbing his board.

"Wait, Ratchet! Don't you want your shirt?" Rivet asked, holding his blue Sonic The Hedgehog shirt in her prosthetic hand.

"No!" he called out as he left the house.

Rivet saw him leave and she smirked and ran upstairs. She opened the door. "Can I come out now, Rivet?" a man asked.

Rivet nodded. "Thanks for doing this, Grim," she said. "No problem. You know when you called my hotel at six in the morning to tell me to come, I thought you were joking." Rivet was confused as they went downstairs.

"Roy is gonna be so surprised. I tried telling Ratchet but… boy is too much," she said

"What did you tell him?" he asked.

"I told him that you weren't coming."

"Why?"

"I wanted to surprise him too, I know he hasn't seen you since the wedding," she said.

He nodded and they went outside. "Roy! RJ I have a surprise for you!" Rivet said. Both of the boys ran to her.

"Yeah, mom?" Roy asked, RJ stood next to his brother.

"I have a surprise for both of you guys, RJ since your birthday was last month, this is gonna be a late gift. Close your eyes."

They closed their eyes, Grim walked out into the Los Angeles summer heat.

"Can we open them?" Roy asked. "Yeah." Rivet said. They opened them, they were shocked to see who it was

"Pop-pop!" they both said and they both hugged him

"Hey, Roy, RJ what's up?" he asked.

"Dude, when did you come?!" Roy asked.

"Two days ago. I had to keep my presence away from the house. So I had to get a hotel room, so… poof. Here I am!" Grim said.

"Cool!" they both said

"Babe. I got your text." Ratchet said, closing the door and propping his board up on the wall. Rivet's board was in her room. He opened the door and he saw him.

"Dude! What are you doing here?!" he asked, Grim was eating a slice of pizza.

"Rivet didn't tell you?" he asked.

"No."

"She sent you a text that I was coming to LA four days ago," he said

Ratchet nodded, well. Glad you're here." he hugged his adopted father.

"Okay, guys! Time for cake!" Rivet said. He got Roy a Ratchet and Clank Crack In Time cake. It was a three-tier cake that said 'HAPPY 7th BIRTHDAY ROY!'

"Roy, stand behind the cake!" Rivet said.

"EWWW! ROY! Your wet bushy tail touched my leg!" his brother complained.

"I can't control it!" he said huffing. Then he was jumping up and down.

Rivet lit the number and they sang.

"Happy Birthday Roy!"

"Happy Birthday, Roy!"

"Happy Birthday, man." Ratchet said, hugging him. Roy smiled and hugged him too.

"Your fur smells like chlorine." Ratchet said.

"Yours too!" he said as he smiled and hugged him again.

Ratchet said. "Ew! You look like a wet cat!" he said Roy laughed. "I know!"

Roy had a good birthday. They went to the pool a little more. Then it was time to go home.

Notes: Hey guys, so I wanted to do a pool party one shot but I couldn't think of it. but …. Here I am! And I'm very happy with how it turned out! Catch you at the next one, bye!