Remember, don't say anything to her, Blaine reminded himself. Jenna bounded into the kitchen as she normally would, but unusually happy.
"Hey Brother Blaine!" she said giving him a hug and a kiss.
God damn it! Blaine thought.
"Hi Jenna," he said. Jenna poured herself some orange juice and grabbed an apple.
"So, you know what day it is?" she asked and she washed the apple. Secretly, Blaine knew it was her birthday, but had special plans for her later. It was important that everyone involved said nothing to her. Keeping Jeff and Wes's sister, Jess, quiet was not easy.
"The first of February?" he said. Jenna got excited.
"Yeah."
"Oh. No reason to be happy." Jenna was confused. Blaine never forgot her birthday. Just other things like anniversaries.
"Really? No reason to be happy?" she asked.
"Nope."
" Today is the day that I have revolved around the sun for fifteen years," she said, "fifteen years of living on Earth. Fifteen years of being your sister!"
"Sorry Jenna, gotta run. But if I think of something, I'll tell you," Blaine said as he walked out the door.
"Okay! You do that!" she said as she smiled, which immediately turned to a frown once he left. She looked over at her dog.
"Will you wish me a happy birthday?" she asked. Her dog got up from where he was laying and moved to a different spot.
"Hey Annie! You know what today is?" Jenna asked. Annie closed her locker and looked at her friend.
"February first?"
"Yes…and?"
"It's finally February. And when we switch from Health to Technology," Annie said as they started walking.
"Yeah, but something even more special is happening, or shall I say, happened today."
"Clark Gable was born!"
"YES. And who else?"
"Harry Styles from One Direction! Thanks so much for reminding me Jenna!" Annie said, "I gotta tweet him later. See ya!" Annie walked to her next class.
"You know your birthday sucks when your Best Friend and brother forget it," Jenna said to herself. She sighed and walked to her next class.
The Warblers meeting was quiet. Jenna of course, happened to be there and Jeff looked like he was about to explode.
"Why does Jeff look constipated?" Jenna asked Nick.
"He's…uh…not talking today. I won a bet," Nick answered.
"So he can't talk all day?"
"Exactly."
"Well, I'm bored. Nice seeing you guys, and I hope that some of you remember why today is so special!" she said. Jenna walked out of the room, down the hall and out of the school. T was a good thing she left before Jeff blew a fuse.
"I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!"he shouted.
"Calm down!" Nick said.
"I know she's mean and all, but I feel bad just not saying anything!"
"Look, we have to keep it a secret for tonight," Blaine said.
"This is a part of the plan," Nick added.
"I'm surprised he managed to keep it a secret for so long," Trent pointed out.
"Don't worry, the suspense will end soon," Wes said, "Thad is on his way to the Lima Bean to complete phase two. Then we move to phase three."
"SIX!"
"SHUT UP JEFF!"
It was a good thing that twenty percent of the people Jenna knew were good actors. But they were too good. In fact, they were so good that they managed to keep her depressed for the entire day.
Not until Thad walked into the café.
"Hey Jenna!" he said.
"Hi Thad," she responded.
"Wow, my first name," he said, "not 'Mockingbird' or 'Hardwood'."
"I'm just not in the mood to insult people," Jenna said.
"Why?"
"Well instead of hinting, which I did to like twelve people already, it just so happens that today is my birthday."
"Really?"
"Yeah, and no one said anything," Jenna said, "not even Blaine."
"Jerk," Thad said, "if it makes you feel any better, happy birthday from the one and only Thad Harwood."
Jenna laughed a bit, "thanks. It means a lot." There was a silence.
"How about I take you for a late lunch or something? Just to celebrate."
"You'd do that?"
"Yeah. This happened to me when I first came to Dalton. And the most unexpected person helped me out."
"Who?"
"Wes. This was before his gavel obsession," Thad reflected.
"He barely knew you at the time, right?"
"Right. So I'll do the same for you. We could…become friends, I guess."
"I'd like that. You're the second Warbler who wanted to befriend me."
"Glad I could."
"Just give me a minute to get my purse and stuff," Jenna said walking through the "Employees Only" door. Perfect timing because Thad's phone rang. It was Wes.
"Is phase two complete?"
"Almost, she's getting her stuff."
"Just make sure she doesn't stop home. We're almost done and I would hate to take down all of this sh—JEFF DON'T TOUCH THAT!" There was a crash and a "sorry" from Jeff.
"I'll call you back," Wes said before hanging up. Jenna emerged from the room.
"Ready?" Thad asked.
"Yeah. Hey I might have to stop home for—,"
"NO!"
"Why?"
"Breadstix is having a special from 2-4 o' clock only," Thad said.
"But it's like three," Jenna said, "I'll only be a minute."
"What exactly do you need?" Thad asked.
"Um…well…"
"There's a CVS nearby."
"But I'm not going to just walk around with a bag full of tampons!" Jenna shouted. Very loudly, I might add.
"Why did you scream that?"
"Alright, I can deal!" she said. The two walked out of the Lima Bean.
From a previous chapter, you should know that Blaine is a perfectionist. So if baking a cake with him was stressful, then decorating his basement for a party was unimaginably stressful. Wes and David were in charge of hanging up streamers.
"To the left!" Blaine shouted at them.
"Why does it matter?" David asked.
"It has to be perfectly centered!"
"Blaine, calm down. Alright? She'll love it," Wes said quite calmly.
"Okay."
"You know what's relaxing?" David asked, "yelling at Nick and Jeff."
"You're right. I can do that," Blaine said rushing to find the duo.
"Trent! Throw the confetti gracefully," he said while passing by.
"I'll give you 'graceful'," Trent mumbled.
"What the hell are you two doing?" Blaine asked. Of course, that one teeny thing was out of place.
"What now?" Jeff asked.
"The plates…are not centered."
"Well, I told Nick he was doing it wrong," Jeff said accusingly pointing at Nick.
"Nick!"
"I did nothing!"
"Just like you're doing right now!"
"I'm doing things!" Nick picked up a plastic cup and awkwardly poured some water.
"Center those plates, Nicholas Duval, or I will tell my sister that you have our Christmas photo in your desk drawer!" Blaine shouted. Then he walked away.
"H-he won't do that, will he?" Nick asked Jeff.
"He told her about my knitting problem," Jeff said.
Around five, Jenna and Thad arrived at the Anderson house.
"That was actually really nice," she said.
"I'm glad…and broke."
Jenna fished her key out and opened the door. At the same time, Thad's phone went off as a text from Wes was received.
"Do you want anything?" Jenna asked.
"Canned fruit?" Thad asked.
"Yeah, I have canned fruit," she said.
"Interesting. Can I have some?"
"Sure. It's downstairs," she said. She gave him a look and walked the basement door and turned on a light.
"Come on, I'll show you where—AH!" Jenna had slipped on some extra streamer left on the stairs.
"JENNA!" Thad shouted, "are you okay?"
"I'm fine!" she said, "could you do me a favor? Come down and turn on the light?"Thad rushed downstairs carefully and turned on the lights.
"SURPRISE!"
"The hell?" Jenna said.
"This is way overdue, Happy Birthday Jenna!" Blaine said. Jenna stood up and looked around.
"But…you…and the whole…and Warblers…Annie…huh?"
"It was hard, but we kept it as quiet as possible," Annie said. Jeff rushed over and gave Jenna a hug.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENNA!" he shouted.
"He's been waiting all day to say that," Nick said.
"Jeff I can't breathe," Jenna said. Jeff let go and she looked at her brother, "I don't know what to say."
"How about 'I have the best brother in the world who has diligent friends?'"
"Yeah I do," Jenna said, "you know when you aren't taking several years to do your hair."
"…alright."
"And when you snore. And when you pretend to be Harry Potter and wave a stick at any electronic device when it won't work screaming 'Avada Kedavra'."
Blaine scoffed, "Jenna I do not do that."
"Yes you do."
"No."
"Yeah. You have the whole outfit with the red and gold tie—,"
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENNA!" Blaine said covering her mouth and giving her a hug.
YAY! Happy people! :) it just so happens that February 1st is my birthday too. But I would like to dedicate this chapter to my good friend Mary for being awesome and for her birthday which is Feb. 5th...same as our beloved Darren Criss! :D
Review por favor :)