Today's short contains some small cussing, just a small warning to the kiddies.
A/N: YAY I GOT A BIRTHDAY SHORT OUT! ALSO AS OF MAY 2ND 2019 I AM NOW OFFICIALLY 17 YAY! X333 Okay, so in my HUMAN OC headcanon Maggie's birthday is May 2nd and my OC Bluebell's birthday is May 8th. I thought it'd be cute if they shared their birthdays since they're so close. So every year, Maggie and Bluebell have a big birthday party in the end of April, right before each other's birthdays. This short will be about the first time this happened, after Bluebell and Maggie were adopted into their families. Btw, a note, I have two AUs, the original Human AU and the Human AU with ALL of my OCs, this is so you're not confused by seeing them all here at the same time. Also another thing, I was originally gonna write this as Bluebell and Nemo combining their birthdays, but then I realized Maggie's is the same day as mine, so I then thought of making it a triple birthday, but then I settled on just Maggie and Bluebell. In my headcanon, Nemo's birthday is April 8th so it isn't as close to Bluebell's as I thought it was. With that said, enjoy!
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Nemo and Bluebell were slumped over their desks, trying to stay awake. Squirt had just walked into the class, nearly late as usual. He glanced over at the two confused. "What's up with them, dudette?" He asked Pearl. "I'm not sure, usually they aren't this tired. I thought I heard them say something about pulling an all nighter to finish the project." She tapped Nemo's head, waking him up in a flash.
"Oh, h-hey Pearl. How are ya?" He tiredly greeted her. "Nemo, you saw me before the bell rang." "Oh right, I did, didn't I?" "Are you guys okay? Did you get the project finished?" Asked Sheldon. Bluebell and Nemo held up the project they worked on together. "After almost 3 hours, we finally got it done." Answered Bluebell. "Wow, I'm impressed with you dudes." Squirt complimented. "I ended up copying most of the information Sheldon and I needed online." Explained Tad. "That's called plagiarism, you know that right?" Sheldon replied with a snarky tone.
"Oh, Bluebell. It's almost your birthday right?" Asked Squirt, changing the subject. This made her more awake as she replied "Yeah it is. You guys know Maggie, right?" "The high schooler who helped the lab gang escape?" Asked Sheldon. "Yeah! Since she and I have birthdays that are close together, I usually forget that mine's almost a week after her's."
"How cool would that be though, if you two had the same birthday." Said Nemo. "That would mean a bigger party with more presents!" "Yeah, but wouldn't you not want to have to share it with someone else? Isn't a birthday supposed to be revolved around yourself?" Asked Tad. "Yeah even though that would be cool to just have a day dedicated to yourself, it just seems more fun if it was shared with a good friend or a sibling." Said Pearl.
"What if all six of us shared the same birthday?" Asked Squirt excitedly. "Now that would be awesome!" Added Bluebell before high-fiving Squirt. "As awesome as that could be, we probably wouldn't all be able to get a lot of birthday presents because a lot of people would be spending six times the money on us, that wouldn't be fair." Sheldon explained. "I guess so, unless we were all rich!" Tad thought aloud, making the others laugh.
Suddenly, the kids heard Mr. Ray starting the class and the six turned to his direction and paid attention to his daily lesson. After that, the kids did the rest of their normal routine of going to lunch and recess until returning to their second teacher, Peach, for the rest of the day. Whilst Peach was teaching her lesson, Bluebell zoned out, thinking about her birthday, and how she wished it was shared with Maggie's. She was a really great cousin figure to her, and she thought that it would cool if she got to share her birthday with her favorite, and probably only cousin. 'If only.' She thought.
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Meanwhile, Marlin, Dory, and the Lab Gang were working on something big. Since they found out about Bluebell's birthday being close to Maggie's, they wanted to start a tradition of having a shared birthday party every year for both of them. Most of the Lab Gang, excluding Peach, even took a day off from their jobs to come help. Marlin had already called up everyone they knew, Jacques and Gurgle were cleaning the floors, and Dory, along with Gill, Bubbles, Deb and Bloat, had been decorating the house. They couldn't wait to see the kid's reactions once they got home.
Marlin hung up the phone and looked over to see the other's progress on decorating. The place looked amazing so far, blue and green balloons and streamers were hung all around the ceiling and walls. They would compliment the cake Dory made, with the help of Deb, perfectly. "Wow, I'm impressed, guys. You've done fantastic." Once Dory taped the last of the streamers to the wall, she climbed down the ladder to where Marlin stood. "Thanks, Marty. I'm sure Maddie and Shantel will love it." "Maggie and Bluebell, Dory." Gill corrected.
Marlin chuckled afterwards before replying "Yep, I'm sure they'll love it." He then kissed Dory's forehead, making her giggle at his gesture and the others grin at them. "Marlin, wait until after the party before you make any moves, you sly dog." Bloat teased, making Marlin blush and Dory look over at him, not understanding what he said.
Soon one by one, people started coming, like the cannibals (Bruce, Anchor & Chum), Peach's brother Peter, Hank, Bailey, Destiny, Jenny and Charlie. Marlin was even able to get Nigel to fly from Australia to come and visit for the party. Crush, Bob, Ted, Bill and their kids were also invited, but were to come after Bluebell and Maggie got home if they wanted to get their kids there without making Bluebell suspicious.
Once every one had arrived, Marlin was talking to Bruce and Gill. He had just explained to Gill his first encounter with Bruce and how he and Dory were nearly murdered by him. Gill had to say, he was impressed. With what he and the rest of the gang was told by Nigel about Marlin out-running a cannibal, he thought the man was mad.
"So, if you smell any kind of human blood, you start to crave human flesh without any kind of control?" Gill asked Bruce. "Yep, mate." "I just got to know, how come this happens to you?" "Well, ever since I first tasted it, the scent of human blood alone just made me mad with hunger. I'm obviously trying to control it though, if you can't tell." "Yeah, and he's done pretty well in terms of self control." Marlin complimented, making Bruce blush a bit. (A/N: Yes I put in a Marlin X Bruce moment, what are you gonna do about it? :3) "T-Thanks mate."
Marlin then checked the clock and it was ten 'till 3:00. "Gill, that's your cue." Gill nodded. "Got ya." "You remember what to do, right?" Marlin asked, anxious to trust him with this. It's not that he didn't like Gill, it's that he's always had issues trusting people, even friends and family sometimes. "Yes, I know exactly what to do, I know our daughters, no need to worry." Marlin gave a nod of approval before Gill went to pick the kids up. "Alright everyone, be ready!" Marlin announced to everyone.
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*Three minutes before the bell rang*
Maggie had been transferred to a high school near Nemo and Bluebell's elementary school. She never really liked school after she lost her best friend. Her not having any friends or at least anyone to talk wasn't doing it for her. What was worse was that people liked to pick on her a lot for being the quiet kid with dyed hair. Maggie was just sitting at her desk at her last class period, waiting for the bell to ring so she can finally look forward to talking to someone. One of her common bullies came up to her as she was doodling.
"Hey, Margret. Nice sketch. My dog can draw better, and he's got three legs!" This made his friends laugh with him. "Heard your birthday was coming up." "She has a birthday? I always thought she didn't because I thought she never existed." They teased. Maggie was still silent, but was growing impatient. "Hey, so your "father", thinks he's such a tough guy, huh?" Maggie's heart stopped once they brought up Gill. 'They never brought him up before...' she thought.
"Think he's cool because he's got them scars on his face." "Makes him look more like a maniac if anything." Maggie's blood was boiling, she couldn't take much more of them making fun of Gill like that. "Probably only wanted you just so he can escape. He probably used you like he used that other kid that was with him before." Before Maggie could finally respond, the bell rang. The bullies left, not before one of them smacked the top of her head. Her eyes had been threatening to shed tears, but now they were falling freely. Maggie quickly grabbed her stuff and ran out of the class, quietly sobbing, not caring about who was witnessing her break down like this.
Once she got outside of the building, she saw Gill waiting by his car and she instantly throws herself into his arms, crying into his chest. "Whoa hey, Margret, are you okay?" Maggie shook her head, still sobbing uncontrollably. "Ha, I knew she'd go to her "father"." The bullies had witnessed Maggie's little episode and found it amusing. "How childish. She's like what, 16 now?" With that, they laughed. Gill gave them a stern look, gently setting Maggie down and he approached the bullies. "G-Gill? What are you doing!?"
Gill cleared his throat once he got close to the boys. "So you're the kids who pick on my daughter, hmm?" "Yeah, but she's not even your real daughter." "Yeah, wise guy. Why don't you go burn through another pack of cigarettes." Maggie has enough, she marched over to Gill's side. "That's probably how he got his scars. He probably mistaken his own face for an ashtray." Maggie was about to say something, but Gill beat her to it. "I'm sorry, I tried to do this the nice way. But I'm afraid I now have to be strict with you." He said, his tone still calm and patient. Gill inhaled and then exhaled.
"Listen here," he started in a more harsher tone, taking a step closer which cause the bullies to hesitantly step back. "The shit you say about my daughter, isn't true. In the slightest! And you're right, I may not be her biological father, but Margret's still my daughter none the less!" Gill took one more step. "If any of you think to talk about my daughter that way again, in front of her or not, I'll beat you all to a pulp with no sweat! Capeesh!?" The bullies frantically nodded out of fear. "Good. You are not allowed to associate with my daughter again, got it!?" The bullies nodded again before running away.
Maggie gazed up at him, stunned that he would do that for her. "Seguimi, lets go." (A/N: Seguimi means "Follow me" in Italian. At least according to Google translate) She didn't think further as she and Gill got in his car and drove off. The ride was awkwardly silent. Maggie felt like she needed to show some appreciation for him standing up to her like that. "Thank you." She said, her voice barely more than a whisper. "No problem, Mag. We're discussing this later after we pick up the others. Okay?" Maggie nods once they got to Nemo's school.
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The final bell rang and the kids left the classroom as fast as a bunch of bullets. "We'll see you guys tomorrow!" Pearl waved. "See ya dudes later!" Added Squirt. After Nemo and Bluebell said their goodbyes to their friends, they left and the two waited in the classroom with Peach as usual. Peach approached Bluebell, who was staring off into space.
"Hey, sweetheart, are you alright? You seemed deep in thought." "Y-Yeah, I'm fine." Bluebell fibbed. "Are you sure?" "Mhm." Peach already knew about the party that was going on, she figured it was probably something on the lines of her wishing her and Maggie got to be able to share their birthdays. She hoped the party would cheer her up.
There was a sudden knock on the side of the door. "Hey, guys." "Hello." "Gill! Maggie!" Nemo excitedly ran up and hugged them both. Gill chuckled and ruffled the kid's hair. "Heya, Sharkbait." "How was your day, kid?" Maggie asked, patting Nemo's head. "It was great! Sure, Bluebell and I were tired after working on that project, but hey we passed it, so I'm not too disappointed." Peach and Bluebell approached him soon after, Peach giving Gill a small peck on the cheek, making the children playfully gag. "You're at a public place, Gill. Chill. Hey that rhymed." Gill chuckled, playfully punching Maggie's arm. With that, they started to head out of the building.
"Gill, la festa è pronta? (Gill, is the party ready?)" Peach asked Gill in Italian once the kids were talking amongst themselves. "Sì, tutto è pronto. Sono sicuro che lo adoreranno. (Yeah, everything is prepared. I'm sure they're gonna love it.)" He replied. "Bene, se Maggie inizia a piangere, non comportarti da sdolcinato. (Good, if Maggie starts to cry, don't act all sappy.)" Peach teased, making Gill chuckle and kiss her cheek. "Come faccio a sapere che non è quello che farai? (How do I know that's not what you'll do?)" "Sta 'zitto! (Shut up!)" She giggled, lightly punching Gill's arm, making him laugh. "Dio, sei adorabile quando sei pazzo. (God, you're adorable when you're mad.)"
As that whole conversation took place, Maggie, Nemo and Bluebell glanced up at them confused. "What are they saying?" Asked Bluebell. "Probably flirting to one another in Italian." Nemo joked. "Yep, they do that all the time." Added Maggie. The two adults turned to the kids walking behind them. "We heard that." Said Gill. "Meanie." Maggie playfully sulked, making Gill chuckle.
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They had just made it to Marlin and Dory's. As Maggie was about to say goodbye to the two children, Gill stopped her. "Actually, we're all gonna stay over for a couple hours. If you don't mind." "Fine by me." Responded Maggie. "Yay!" Bluebell cheered. Gill looked over at Nemo and gave him a knowing nod. Nemo returned that nod. He knew it was his cue next.
"Maggie, Bluebell. You two gotta have us cover your eyes first." Nemo informed. The girls stared at him, confused. "Why?" Asked Maggie. "You'll see." Gill replied before covering her eyes with his hands. Peach did the same with Bluebell. "Just let Peach and Gill guide you two." Nemo walked over to the backyard, the others following him.
"Okay, What are you guys doing?" Maggie asked, with a slight grow of suspicion. "Are we being taken away!?" Bluebell whimpered. "No, you're not being taken away." Peach assured her. Bluebell sighed in relief. Suddenly, they came to a stop. "Alright, give me a second." Nemo said before winking at Gill and running off. After about a few seconds, they heard Nemo say "Okay, open your eyes!"
Once Maggie and Bluebell did so, their expressions went wide as they realized that they were in the backyard, everyone that they had ever met was standing in front of them. Even Nemo's friends along with their parents. There were decorations everywhere, and Dory and Deb were holding a cake. "Happy Birthday, Bluebell & Maggie!" Everyone said in usion.
Bluebell did a few excited jumps before leaping herself on Maggie. "This is exactly what I wanted!" Meanwhile, Maggie was trying her best to hold in tears as she turned to Gill and asked "Y-You planned all of this?" "Well technically me and Sharkbait's father." He explained, pointing over to Marlin. He awkwardly waved at Maggie. She gently set down Bluebell and hugged Gill and Peach tighter than she ever could.
"Thank you! This is the greatest thing anyone has ever done for me! I love you guys so much!" She happily sobbed. Gill stifled back a few tears while embracing his daughter. "You're welcome. I love you too, Maggie." "We all do." Added Peach as the rest of the Lab Gang joined in.
Bluebell hugged Marlin and Dory, crying "Thank you." over and over again. The two chuckled at her excitement. "You're welcome, Plomel." "Bluebell." Everyone corrected Dory. "Oh yeah!" Said Dory, before giggling.
"Well then," everyone turned to Maggie who was being held up on Gill's shoulders. "Bluebell! Would you like to do the honors?" Bluebell, despite not knowing what she meant, nodded. Maggie was set down and she and Bluebell stood on top of one of the tables. Bluebell then found herself being lifted off the table and onto Maggie's shoulders. Bluebell flashed a smile before shouting "Let's get this party started!" Everyone cheered.
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*An hour into the party*
Squirt was looking around for for Bluebell. He soon got a glimpse of her talking with Jenny and Charlie. Once she saw Squirt, she waved to her "grandparents" before walking over to him. "Hi, Squirt!" "Hey, dudette. Enjoying the party?" "Definitely! This has been the best party of my life!" Squirt chuckled at her enthusiasm, before revealing a small bag that was behind his back. "Hope you like it."
Bluebell took the bag and carefully removed the tissue paper, revealing a small blue sea turtle plushie. "I thought he'd go perfectly with Bella." Bluebell blushed and smiled, tightly hugging Squirt. "Thank you, Squirt! I love him!" He chuckled, hugging her back.
Marlin and Crush had witnessed their children's little moment. Marlin looked anxious, whilst Crush had a look of approval. "Those dudes are something, aren't they, Rabbie-Man?" (A/N: in my headcanon, the Jellyfish are stray cats, hence the nickname, Rabbie-Man) "I guess that's... one way to put it." Crush could tell that he looked troubled, so he places an arm around him.
"Kid's gotta grow up at some point, dude." "I know, I just don't want to see Bluebell, or Nemo for that matter in anymore danger." Marlin admitted. "It's alright, they've been through dangerous situations before, so they can practically handle anything. Besides, dude, they're both only 10 right now, they'll have plenty of time to stay with you before they mature and leave the nest, ya know? Didn't little blue say something about letting your kids have some fun while they're still young?"
Marlin paused, glanced back over at Bluebell, then at Nemo, who was over on the other side of the yard with the cannibals. He smiled, realizing Crush was right, once again. "Yeah,.. they'll be fine."
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*Three hours into the party*
Later, once the party started to die down, Gill was talking with Nigel. "Glad I got to see you again, Gill." "Yeah, me too." "I'm also fairly surprised by the fact that that young girl managed to help you escape." "Yeah, she's pretty intelligent. So have you talked to her?" "Why yes, I have. A fine young lady, she is." Gill glanced over and noticed Maggie sitting alone on the steps. He now knew that he had to talk to her about earlier. "Hold on a sec, I'll be right back, Nigel." "Sure thing, take your time." Nigel replied whilst Gill walked over to Maggie and sat next to her.
"Margret?" "Hm?" "We have to talk about this whole school situation." Maggie sadly sighed. "I know." Gill could read through her expression, and quickly assured her. "Don't worry, you're not in trouble." "Then what is it?" She asked. "Well, I've been thinking and... with all that is happened with you.. I'm thinking of just dropping you out of school." Maggie's eyes widened. She didn't expect Gill to suggest something like that.
"Peach would probably kill me if I went through with it. But, it won't be like you never take school again. Peach and I could set you up for online school. It's just that when those kids were making fun of you earlier.. it hurt me. It hurt knowing that people were treating you like this. How come you never told me about this?" Maggie was hesitant before responding.
"It's not that I didn't know that you would care to help. I guess whenever you'd pick me up from school everyday, it's like all the burdens for that awful place have melted away so that I could actually be happy. I guess I never was able to properly talk about it outside of school because I was too relieved. The only reason why I was upset today was because they were saying horrible things about you. I obviously was able to brush off whenever I was the one being picked on, but they never brought you up before. And to hear them say such awful crap about you, it makes me wonder how you managed to deal with it when you were in high school."
Gill paused, thinking over what she had said. Maggie seemed to be right. She always looked so happy whenever she got to leave school. Even on days whenever she was sick and had to leave early. He has noticed a couple of times where she seemed upset about something while picking her up, but that would instantly fade once she saw him. Gill never questioned it and he's now realized that he should've asked the first time he saw her upset. "Maggie, I'm so sorry." "Huh? Why are you apologizing?" She asked, not expecting that from Gill.
"I have noticed you looking troubled a few times whenever I'd pick you up. I never asked you why. I should've done the responsible thing and try to help you in anyway I could. But, I guess because you were always so happy to see me and the others after school, I never really thought I should because I didn't want you to feel worse." Maggie smiled up at Gill warmly. She at least appreciated the fact that he cared about how she felt. He was just trying to look out for her, and she had to admire him for that. Even though he was also Nemo's mentor, Maggie could tell he still wasn't used to being a well-rounded parental figure.
"It's alright. You were looking out for me and I respect you for that." Gill gave a faint relieved grin. "And I think you're right. I don't think I can mentally handle going there anymore. It was especially worse whenever they'd make fun of you when I know you're a great person and an excellent leader." With that, Gill chuckled and side hugged her. "At least now we can diss on them behind their backs." "Heck yes!" The two high-fived.
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*End of the party*
The Lab Gang were the last to leave. "Marlin, Dory. Thank you two for everything. This was a great party." Maggie thanked the two. "You're welcome, Margret." "Anytime, Maddie." Maggie was about to say something, but then glances towards Marlin and quietly asks "Short-term memory loss?" "Mhm." He nods.
Gill approaches Marlin and shakes his hand. "Thanks for doing this, Marlin." "No problem, thanks for the help." "Of course, no sweat." Before the gang could walk out the door, they hear Bluebell shout "Wait!" and see her hugging Maggie. "I just wanted to say that this was an awesome party! And I am very grateful that I got to share my birthday with you."
Maggie smiled and patted Bluebell's head.
"You're welcome, kiddo. I'm happy I shared it with you too." "We should do it again next year!" Bluebell excitedly suggested. "That would be awesome!" Added Nemo. "What do you say, dad?" He asked his father. "I don't know, son. Only if Gill's up for it." Bluebell and Nemo then went up to Gill. "Please Gill." "Pretty please!" The two pleaded. "Yeah, Gill. Can we do it yearly?" Asked Maggie. Gill chuckled. "I already planned to say yes, but thanks for giving me more of a reason to."
Bluebell and Nemo leapt into Gill's arms, saying "Thank you!" Over and over. After a moment, Gill set the two back down. "We'll see you, tomorrow?" Marlin asked. "Definitely, same time as usual, probably earlier." Gill turned over to Maggie and winked at her making her grin. With that, the gang said their goodbyes and left. Bluebell happily stared out the window as the Lab Gang drove off. "Best birthday ever!"
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A/N: ITS DONE! I got this done on April 29th surprisingly. I thought I'd be able to slightly finish it at the last minute but dang! AND IT HAS A REAL ENDING THIS TIME! YEE X33 Hope you all enjoyed it!
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