Chapter 15: Happy Birthday Nat

Rosalina's POV

After a few hours and me and Nat changing, the party started. Cooper locked the hall that lead to our dressing rooms, which is also where they hid the instruments. The guys were there, a lot of the people Nat talks to at school, people I'm guessing we're his relatives, some of Alex's friends, and then a few of the girls in our class. Leo was practically e only adult there, and even he didn't care that much. The lights were dimmed with music blasting from the sound system, a few screens for video games, and a screen over our chalk wall where they were playing a video about Nat. People had asked to take pictures with me, and I was really flattered. I guess our band thing was a success.

At nine o'clock, we all gathered around the chalk board to watch the video.

It started with a clip of Alex, who was laughing hysterically. Cooper was behind the camera, and you could hear him clearly. "What's wrong with you?" Cooper asked.

"I was just thinking about what I'm going to say," Alex answered. He took a deep breath, then smiled at the camera. "Happy birthday Nat. Even though I bet my birthday party wasn't as good as yours, I'm still going to make yours awesome. Today is September 14, and I would like to tell you a story. Remember in the summer how Rosalina thought I was funnier than you? And you copied my jokes? Yea, I'm still pretty pissed about it. So I got Dad to tell me an embarrassing story about you, so that then we'll be even. Interesting fact about Nat, he has a birthmark on his butt in the shape of Louisiana."

"Alex, get to the story or I'm gonna cut to the next person." Cooper warned.

There was a cut of the camera following me. "Rosalina, can you do me a favor?" Cooper asked, causing me to turn around.

"Sure," I said, then looked at the camera. "What's that for?"

"Nat's birthday," Cooper said. "Now, can you say a few things about Nat?"

"Sure," I said. I thought for a minute, then started talking. "Nat has no modesty what so ever. He brags about everything."

It cut to David and Thomas, who were eating. "I regret being Nat's friends cause he gets all the babes," Thomas said.

"Except Rosalina, she is not a babe," David said.

"Yea, he can have Rosalina," Thomas said. "I mean like every other girl in the whole school."

"And he beats us at every game," David said. "That's why I always pick him for my team."

"I hate how he's good at everything," Thomas said. "Why can't he be like a normal person for once."

It then cut to Qassim, who was reading a book. "Happy birthday Nat. I'm not like your jerk friends who will embarrass you. The only people that have that right is Alex, Rosalina, and his Dad. But I will say that I can tolerate him as long as he doesn't steal my girl."

He went back to his book, and the video cut back to me. "I'm not saying that Cooper!" I exclaimed, laughing.

"Say it or else," Cooper warned.

"It's too weird," I said. "Why would I say that on camera? What's wrong with you?"

"Just say it," Cooper said.

"Okay," I said. "Nat has this weird problem where he has to cook in only his boxers."

There was a clip of Nat cooking and dancing and singing a song, and Alex's muffled laughs in the background. Then my voice came on. "I hope when he's thirteen he will at least put on pants to cook." I said. "Can I go now Cooper?"

It went back to Alex, who was steadying his breathing. "Okay, so once upon a time, a four year old boy named Nat went to the circus. Somehow he snatched a clown's wig, making the clown mega pissed. So the clown is chasing Nat around the circus with his clown entourage when he runs right into the lion cage. His face turned ghost white and he peed his pants."

It cut to Qaasim, who was now standing outside of the cafeteria. "If it weren't for Nat, I think I'd still have no friends and wouldn't be as confident. I'd still be fun, just not willing to show it."

It cut to David. "The day I met Nat was the first day of preschool, because our nap time spots were right next to each other. Instead of napping we played with Legos."

It then cut to Thomas. "The day I met Nat was two weeks into preschool, when he got caught not sleeping and was sent to the office. I was there because I cut this girl's pigtails. And we were talking about how unfair the teacher was being. Good times."

It cut to Alex. "I don't remember when I met Nat because he was just there my whole life. But he's cool."

It cut to me again. "The day I met Nat he gave me a concussion." I said.

"Your exaggerating," Cooper said from behind the camera.

"Did you not see the giant bump on my face that was there for like, three weeks?" I asked. "He threw the football. It was all his fault."

"Don't mind her, she overreacts a lot." Cooper said.

It then cut to Cooper. "Nat's Mom was my babysitter and Nat and I would hang out all the time because of that."

It then cut to a couple of the boys on the basketball team. "Happy birthday Nat." they chorused.

It went on like that for a while. I looked over at Nat, who was smiling like crazy. As soon as it finished, Alex brought out a cake. When it was time for Nat to blow out the candle, I saw him look at me, then at Alex, then at his friends. He smiled even bigger, blowing out his candle.

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"So what'd you wish for?" I asked him as we were cleaning up.

"Nothing," he said. "I've got awesome friends, an amazing brother, and the perfect girlfriend. There's nothing more I would need."

"Everyone, gather around," Cooper said. We all made our way to him, still happy about the party. "I really wanted to tell you still when I found out, which was in October, but with the whole Nat and Rosalina thing, I decided to wait. Now that everyone is pretty happy, I think this is a great time to tell you that the Naked Brothers Band has been offered a record deal."

Everyone got so excited it was too much to distinguish who said what. "Guys, calm down," Kristina said. "Cooper isn't finished."

"We have until the end of the year to let them know," Cooper said.

"We'll have to sleep on it," Nat said.

"Let's all sleep here!" Alex suggested.

"And why would we do that?" David asked.

"So when we wake up with our decisions, we won't have to wait forever to decide," Alex said.

"Very wise idea," I said.

"Finish cleaning first," Kristina said.

"I shouldn't have to clean," Nat said. "It was my birthday."

"We're all in this together," Thomas said, patting his back.