CHAPTER 7: BIRTHDAY PLANNER CHARLIE BROWN

So while Freida was being taken on a tour of the studio and briefly meeting her roommate Alice in the instrument room,Charlie Brown along with Sally, Rerun, Christine and Ashlynn were using this as an opportunity to go ahead and start preparing for his girlfriend's birthday party that would be held in a few days as they all sat in the round headed boy's living room and blew up some balloons,with Rerun yet again only being able to blow square balloons instead of normal ones.

"Thanks a lot for coming by to help out,every little bit counts." thanked Charlie Brown for the others coming by to help out as Christine smiled and happily replied "No problem,although I can't stay for a long time since me and James are going to see a movie later on." to which Ashlynn playfully teased the girl in response "Make sure to bring some crumpets,I think that'd get y'all to second base." which resulted in Christine rolling her eyes and sarcastically scoffing "Very funny,and also that would be futile if I did because my Jimbo doesn't even like crumpets." before Sally lightly snickered and questioned with a raised eyebrow "Jimbo?"

"Yeah,it's my nickname for him." shrugged Christine with a little bit of a confused tone to which Rerun smiled and playfully joked after making yet another square balloon "Why do I get the feeling your own nickname is Crystal?" which resulted in the group of kids including Christine laughing at the joke before she sighed and nonchalantly retorted "Actually no,we don't really have one for me yet." only for their conversation to be sidelined when Sally wondered out of curiosity "So how long is Freida gonna be gone for big brother? I don't think you need her coming by and catching your scheme before it's done."

"She's only gonna be at the studio for a few days and be coming back the night before her birthday." answered Charlie Brown with a hopeful and most of all confident tone of voice as he started hanging up some of the balloons before Christine politely wondered while she got up and helped out the boy "You know that makes me wonder,do you think she's actually gonna take the job? To be a star and all?" only for Charlie Brown to stop what he was doing and stay silent for a few moments before he meekly answered "I don't know what she's gonna do,but as long as it'll make her happy,I'll be okay with it." However it was at this point where the topic would be cut off when Snoopy suddenly walked by with his DJ set and placed it dead center in the living room before he went back out to his doghouse to which Christine promptly wondered out of curiosity "How does he even fit all that stuff in his doghouse?" only for Charlie Brown to nonchalantly retort equally as wanting for an answer "I just don't know how Christine,among many other things relating to my dog."

Later on in the day as the sun was slowly beginning to set,it seemed like the kids had gotten quite a bit of the preparations done and over with such as the balloons, DJ system and a few pink and purple ribbons hung up on the walls,and Charlie Brown had invited Linus, Lucy, Peppermint Patty, Franco, Marcie and Rebecca to see the progress he had made along with the others aside from Christine since she had since left with James to go see a movie.

"Looking good so far Chuck,if you aren't good at anything else then you're at least a good party planner." complemented Peppermint Patty after seeing some of the decorations before Franco agreed with a nod of his head "Well done Charles,preparations are good." to which the round headed boy lightly blushed and showed his gratitude "Thanks a lot you two,I'm definitely trying to not screw up the preparations like I initially did with Rebecca's birthday party."

"Well that's generally what happens when you try to do everything by yourself." chuckled Linus as he started to remember Charlie Brown's disastrous attempt to set up Rebecca's birthday party during that one Christmas before Marcie lifted her head out of a book she was reading and added in agreement "The last thing we would need right now are The Carpenters to get you in proper work shape Charles." only for the topic to be sharply switched when a dumbfounded Lucy exclaimed when she noticed Rerun's square balloons "Are you serious Rerun?! You're still making the square balloons,just when I think you're getting better at making them you come back to square one. Literally!"

"Perhaps the square balloon is my true calling." shrugged Rerun in a relatively calm and collected tone as he looked up at his balloons before Linus playfully stated in response "In the way that some of the wild beasts can't be tamed,the same can probably be said for this habit of our brother." to which Sally nodded her head and nonchalantly agreed "If my brother's dog can't be tempted to hunt rabbits,I don't think your brother can be tempted to make proper balloons."

Meanwhile over at the music studio,Freida and Randy were back in the front lobby as the tour had finally seemed to wrap up,and it definitely appeared that the former was impressed with the whole thing as she happily remarked "Thanks for the tour Randy,I'm really liking this whole gig so far." to which the latter smiled and replied with relief "Well that's really good to know Mrs Rich,in time I think you'll happily gravitate more towards our proposition. However in the meantime I'm going to go out and get us some food,you can go up to your room and unpack your things while I'm out."

"Sure thing,see you in a bit." obliged Freida as she nodded her head and proceeded to make her way up to her room while Randy headed out the front doors and took out a cigarette to smoke.

NEXT CHAPTER: CHATTING WITH ALICE