The first thing we did when we woke up at eleven was to call the pizza man and order fifteen pizza's to be delivered before 5 o'clock. Thank god they had a two for ten special going on right now. After that we rode to the store (on separate bikes) bought pop, chips, dip, chicken, water bottles and plastic silverware and plates. I carried the heavy stuff on the rack on the back of the bike I was using and Johnny carried the rest on his handlebars. It wasn't easy but we made it home. Our brothers and Brianna left while we were gone. After we filled some coolers with the drinks and put the rest of the stuff went on the table, we brought down three other TVs that were in the house (The one in the family room, Brianna's and our brothers') and set them up against the side of the stairs. Then I worked on Pokémon pinball until Tony came at four, precariously carrying the cake while wearing his Wheelees. The cake was then transported safely to the table downstairs.

Now the three of us are waiting in the foyer for the guests to arrive.

"Do you want to know how we did it?" I asked Tony. He didn't reply.

"He told me a while back," Said Johnny, "And I snuck a peek at his drivers license."

He grunted in response.

"We borrowed his phone book," We could tell Tony, "And called his friend Jordan; He told us who we should invite."

He continued to look at the door.

"Are you mad?" Johnny asked.

Again, he didn't say anything.

"Hey," I said starting to get worried, "I'm really sorry that we didn't tell you about the party earlier." Then I rambled, "We were doing so much and when we settled down we were too exhausted to think about anything more complicated than videogames. And when-"

Tony interrupted, "It's not that. It's-"

Ding dong, ding dong.

"Sorry Tony," I said, "We'll talk later."

I looked through the window and, thankfully, it was Jordan, first to arrive. I opened the door.

"Hey, come get the stuff in from my car, I need to park it." He took a close look at us, "What are you, ten?"

"I'm fifteen."

"I'm thirteen."

He looked at Johnny, "Yeah, I'm ten."

"I guess it doesn't matter, if you're his cousins."

Tony looked at me sideways but Jordan didn't notice.

We ran down to the driveway, which is practically on the other side of the house. And from his car each of us grabbed a console and a bag of games and remotes. He drove the car away while we brought the games to the basement. We had actually figured out how to set up the Wii before the doorbell rang again. I went to answer it while the boys continued to fumble with the Xbox.

It was Jordan at the door again, this time with the pizza man next to him.

"We're having the party in the basement, the door's around the corner." I pointed down the hallway to the left.

"K," He went to the door, "I'll set everything up."

"How much do I owe you?" I asked the pizza man.

"Eighty-two fifty-three."

Ouch. I took the pizzas and put them on the curved stairs behind me, dug into my pocket, gave him the money and a thirteen dollar tip. He left and I carried the pizzas to the basement and put them on the table.

I looked at the row of TVs, all except the one from the family room had a console connected to it and a stack of games on top of it. "Is everything set up?" I asked.

"Yup," Said Johnny happily.

"Great. Jordan, what was the name of that playlist?"

"'O's 51'."

I looked that up and the list was full of music that, I thought anyway, was good. I started it.

"That's the one," He said.

"Thanks so much Jordan, for all the help," I said.

"Yeah," Agreed Johnny.

"No problem. You guys did a great job with everything."

"Thanks. Tony, could you plug in the twinkle lights?"

"Got it." He said and the ceiling glowed.

"It's finally all ready!"

"Not a moment to soon," Said Johnny, "It's five O'cl-" Ding dong.

"Be right back," I said and went to get the door. Three people were their and I could see more coming down the street. I showed them to the basement and checked them off the guest list. Then I sat down to wait for the rest.

Boy were we lucky. By 5:20 everyone on the list was downstairs playing videogames, watching TV, or talking. No one had parked their car in the driveway. And, from what one told me, most of them had parked on River dr., a good ways away from here. I kept watch out the front window for Roy's car but got board after a minute and started playing Pinball again. Suddenly I looked up and there was Roy walking down the sidewalk to the door, his car parked in the driveway. My heart jumped. I cracked the door a bit, hoping he wouldn't notice the movement, and ran downstairs.

"Shut up! Pause the games! Hide! Turn off the lights!" I practically shouted. Lots of people hid in between the TVs, or behind the bed curtain or under the food table. Johnny and I hid behind the white chair. It was pitch black in here (the tiny windows' curtains were drawn), so we weren't too particular about where we were hiding. I whisper, "Jump out and shout surprise when Tony hit's the lights." Tony was behind the mini fridge right next to the light switch and twinkle lights plug.

Ding dong. Oh, I hope he'll just come in.

Ding dong.

After a minute I heard the door shut and footsteps. I breathed a sigh of relief. The basement door opened and when he was halfway down the stairs Tony turned on the lights.

I think I misjudged the amount of sound twenty-four seniors could produce.

Roy almost fell down the stairs but when he got to the bottom he was grinning broadly. He looked around a second for Tony, Johnny, and I while he was surrounded by his loud friends being slapped on the back and "Happy Birthdayed".

After everyone settled down a bit and he could get away, he went over to Tony, who was closer to him than us. He said something (We couldn't hear, it seemed the room had reached the normal volume limit and that was still very loud) and Tony shook his head and pointed at us.

Roy came over and raised his voice slightly so we could hear him, "Thanks so much you guys. This is really…" He looked like he was at a loss for words.

"Your welcome," Said Johnny.

"We're glad you like it," I said, "You should thank Jordan too. Without him we couldn't have done this…. Oh yeah, And if anyone asks, we're your cousins. Now go enjoy it."

He smiled at us again and went to play Wii.

Around ten o'clock Johnny fell asleep.

The whole time we both played video games sitting in the white circle chair, because 1: We were small enough t fit, 2: We didn't want it stained, 3: It was the only place left to sit, and 4: We couldn't really socialize with seniors (Tony was doing just fine though).

I think he was getting a little board with Kirby, I sure was with Pokémon Pinball. I switched it with Diamond three hours ago. I shook him until he was half awake and dragged him upstairs to the couch.

But someone was on the couch.

Johnny was completely alert in an instant. We stared at her, her cat in her lap, wondering if we could keep her from completely ruining our lives.

"Nice party you have going on down there." She wasn't smirking though. Her face was impassive.

"Yeah…" I tried to think quickly, "Would you like to join us?"

"No."

Johnny and I looked at each other and we both fell to out knees in front of Brianna.

Johnny was saying a never ending string of 'pleases', "Please don't tell Mom and Dad, please please please please please please please…"

At the same time I was trying to make a deal with her, "I'll do anything you want, anything. I'll do all your chores, I'll pay you, I'll-"

"Stop… I'll tell you what I want in the morning." With that she hurried upstairs to her room.

"W- why," Johnny was visibly trembling, "Why isn't she at her sleepover?"

"I don't know…" I was probably shaking too but I tried to smile, "But look at the bright side: She's not going to tell Mom and Dad."

"Are you s-sure?"

"Pretty sure. Not if she can get whatever she wants from us." This just wasn't fair, we were only trying to do something nice for our friend. Well, I wasn't about to let Johnny be miserable, "So cheer up, and let's go enjoy the rest of the party."

Most of the food was gone by now but we each grabbed a slice of pizza and sat down to play our games in the white chair.

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Around twelve, people started leaving and Johnny had fallen asleep again. By twelve thirty only Tony, Roy, and Jordan were left and once we got all of Jordan's electronics in his car, he left too.

"You two want to stay over?" I asked.

"Sure," Said Tony.

Roy said, "Yeah."

I got Tony to set up the air mattresses while I put the TV's back. I freaked out a bit when I got to Brianna's but she was asleep when I got to her room. They helped me get the rest of the stuff back in the attic and pick up the garbage. I vacuumed, fixed the bed, and all traces of the party were gone.

Everyone crashed the moment we got in bed, even me, but the last thought that went through my head was: What will Brianna want?