Chapter 13: Happy Birthday Miss. Monroe

"Hannah," she heard through the haze of sleep. "Hannah time to wake up." She looked over at her alarm clock, 6:45. "Hannah," she heard again.

'What do they want at 6:45am,' she thought to herself. She rolled over to see Petey, Ivy, and Beatrice fully dressed and standing over her.

"Happy Birthday," they yelled together, clearly not caring who else they woke.

'Oh for Christ sake,' she thought forcing herself to set. She looked up on the calendar, February 14th, where had January gone? She looked over at her friends, "Uh… thanks," she moaned, "but couldn't you have waited to wish me that at a halfway decent hour?"

They laughed, "We wanted to take you out for breakfast before class," Beatrice explained.

"At 6:45 in the morning?"

"IHOP is open 24/7," Ivy exclaimed, "and they have chocolate chip pancakes."

"Mmmmmm, chocolate chip pancakes with strawberry syrup," Petey drooled.

"So get up and get dressed birthday girl," Ivy demanded. Hannah groaned, but did as she was instructed. Ivy pushed Beatrice and Petey out of the room while Hannah got ready. She pulled on her jeans and her bra and sweatshirt. Fighting with her shoes, she made her way out into the hall to meat her friends.

She sat in the back of her math class, hoping the teacher wouldn't notice that she was half asleep.

"Hey babe," she heard Johnny whisper next to her, "You okay?"

"My stupid friends woke me up this morning to take me out for a birthday breakfast," she whined.

"Well that was nice of them," Johnny said sarcastically. "Happy Birthday by the way."

"Thanks," she smiled up at him.

"How 'bout you go get a nap in after class," he suggested. "Then we can meet up by the front gate around six. I'll take you out to dinner before the dance."

"Sounds amazing," she said laying her head on his shoulder. She dozed off for the rest of the class.

Hannah walked down the sidewalk to meet up with Johnny, she felt a lot better after her nap. "Hey Johnny," she said taking his hand. "You look very handsome."

"Thanks. You look amazing." He gave her a kiss, wrapping his arms around her waist. "Hate to make you walk in those heels, but my bike…"

"It's fine Johnny," she giggled, "It's not that far and these shoes don't bug me." They started walking toward Old Bullworth Vale to the only Italian restraint in town. "Got you something," Johnny said pulling a small box out of his pocket.

"Johnny, you didn't have to."

"I wanted to," he said handing her the box. She pulled him over to the gazebo so she could open her gift. She opened the box to see a gold necklace with an amethyst pendent on it. "Johnny… it's beautiful."

"Thought you'd like it," he said helping her put it on. She couldn't believe she could be so lucky. It almost made her wonder how long it would last before he changed completely, but right now she didn't care about that. Right now he was the best boyfriend in the world and she was the luckiest girl.

Dinner had been perfect; they had talked about nothing and shared a plate of spaghetti. She had felt like Lady from "Lady and the Tramp." Now they stood just inside the door to the gym. Beatrice and her dance committee had done an amazing job decorating.

"Hannah! Johnny," They heard from across the gym. Hannah looked over to see Petey running over to them. "Petey," Hannah exclaimed, "You look amazing! Red's a good color on you," she said.

"You think," he asked, turning so Hannah could get a full few of the puffy dress he was wearing.

"I'm surprised you came out like that," Johnny said.

"I'm over hiding my drag persona," Petey exclaimed, "Most everybody knows anyway, why not come out looking fabulous."

"You'd be nowhere without me princess," Ivy said walking over to them with Trent in tow. Petey laughed, "It's true. You're my drag mother."

"And proud of it," she proclaimed.

"Have any of you seen Jimmy," Beatrice asked fidgeting with her black dress.

"No I haven't," Ivy replied, "and I don't know why you bother B. He's not into you, New Years was a fluke. You got lucky cuz of the alcohol."

Beatrice sighed, she knew Ivy was right, "I'm still going to try."

"B," Hannah tried.

"No," Beatrice shook her head, "I'm fine, this will work. Just tell me if you see him." She hurried off continuing to look for Jimmy. "That girls in way over her head," Zoe said. The group looked over to her. She was in a short jean skirt, white tank top and combat boots… her normal attire.

"So now you want to be all buddy buddy," Petey asked.

"Drop the attitude tyranny, I'm just here long enough to see how lame this dance is then I'm gone."

Petey was ready to fight, but Hannah held him back. "It's none of your business Zoe," Hannah proclaimed, "Buzz off."

"Gladly, but I would keep your friend away from Jimmy," Zoe said heading for the door, "Not like there's much more he can take from her."

Hannah let go off Petey who swung at Zoe, knocking her to the ground. "He's better off without you, you ugly harpy."

"And his not a tyranny," Ivy corrected, "She's a drag queen." And with that Zoe left to deal with the bloody nose. Hannah and Johnny laughed at the sight. "Come on beautiful," Johnny said, "Let's dance." Hannah let Johnny lead her onto the dance floor.

Over in the other half of the gym, Jimmy sat in a corner of the drained pool trying to avoid human contacted. "There you are," he heard. He looked up to see Beatrice standing over him. "Have you been here all night," she asked. "The dance floors in the other gym."

"I'm not in the mood," Jimmy said standing to leave.

"Jimmy," Beatrice whined.

"Get over it," he yelled pushing past her. He climbed the latter and ran out of the gym. He hadn't quite been the same scenes New Years; he hadn't been able to look at Beatrice the same. And he couldn't deny that she look wonderful tonight.

Sephiroth: How much more of this must I sit through?

Me: Well Sephy, I have a few more chapters planed. After that I'll most likely call it quits.

Sephiroth: Good! What... No you can't!

Me: Sorry, but I never said Hannah was going to go on forever.

Sephiroth: Just tell me if Jimmy and Beatrice get together?!

Me: Uhhhhh

Sephiroth: And what happens to Ivy and Petey and Gary?

Me: Sephy...

Sephiroth: Do Hannah and Johnny go on to live happliy every after?

Me: You'll just have to keep reading to find out dummy! Happy Reading...