Most of this chapter will be in Luke's P.O.V., and most of it won't.


6:30 a.m., December 15th- Luke's P.O.V.:

I could hear someone moving around in my room, but I continued to sleep, hoping to ignore the noises being made.

Today is my fifteenth birthday, and yes, I'm fully aware I have school today. I then think of all the birthdays I celebrated with the Louds.

Would this birthday be a good one? Would it be perfect? I guess I'll just have to wait and see.

I see Luna holding my birthday breakfast. She had made me scrambled eggs, bacon, and a stack of white chocolate pancakes topped with banana slices that made a 15. There was even white hot chocolate in a mug she made for me in her high school art class.

I ate every bite of my breakfast after taking a picture of it. I couldn't wait to show this to my friends. I then got out of bed, made my bed neatly, and got dressed in my school uniform, wondering what else awaited me on this day.


Luke soon came downstairs, surprised to see decorations all over the house and a stage in the living room.

"What is all this?!" Luke asked. He then saw a compilation video of his past birthdays playing on a projection screen.

"Happy birthday, Luke!" They say, smiling at him.

"This is a great surprise!" Luke says. "Thanks so much, everyone!"

He watches the video until his bus arrives, then he gets up, grabs his backpack, jacket, cheerleading bag, and ice skate case. Then he leaves for school.


He later walked into Oakley Academy and met up with his friends.

"Happy birthday, Luke!" His friends say.

"Thank you, thank you!" Luke says.

They head to class with Luke leading the way. He was getting money pinned to his uniform shirt and had a white birthday ribbon that read "It's My Birthday" pinned on the other side of his shirt, courtesy of Oliver. Oliver and the rest of the group wore purple buttons that said "Birthday Squad" on their shirts.

Luke was practically beaming at all this attention.


Later, Luke was at figure skating team practice. He was doing amazing. This was a major practice for a major state competition.

And after that, he had cheer practice. For a cheer competition and an upcoming game against Royal Woods High.


12:15 p.m., December 15th- Luke's P.O.V.

I sit with my squad at lunch after going through the line to get a good lunch. Today is also French Fry Friday, so my tray consists of chicken fingers, French fries, corn on the cob with butter, a small birthday cake (courtesy of the lunch staff), and a bottle of apple white grape juice to drink.

As I eat my lunch, I hear many students talking about my figure skating and music party tonight. It's going to be an amazing night, I know it! I have two outfits I plan to wear. One for my entrance, where I'll be figure skating with the Oakley Academy team, using the song "Perm" by Bruno Mars. The other outfit is for the party itself.

I then smile at the small cake the staff gave me, a white chocolate cake topped with Oreo crumbles and blue icing. I taste the cake and smile with delight. It tastes amazing!

As I eat the cake, I start to wonder if my siblings even got a cake for me. I remember the cake they threw together on my 9th birthday. Now that was a pretty mediocre cake. It had no flavor whatsoever.

But maybe they'll actually pull off my perfect birthday. Hopefully with the perfect cake.


Meanwhile, Lucy was in class, freaking out, wanting Luke's birthday to be perfect. Haiku could see the look on Lucy's face. She was twitching in fear and nervous. Her heart was pounding.

"Everything will be fine…" Haiku reassures her.

"Something bad will happen!" Lucy screamed as the class looked at her. Lucy runs out of class, sobbing. She didn't know how to calm down by herself. Haiku went after her after asking to be excused.


With Luke, he was going to the rest of his classes so he could finish for the day and go to his part time job at Mary Scooper's. He had kept the job after the summer.

There were some decorations as his co-workers surprised him.

"Wow!" Luke says. "So many surprises today!"

"Happy birthday!" His co-workers say.

"Thanks so much!" Luke says. They give him a birthday sundae, then the work shift begins.


Meanwhile, Lucy woke up in the nurse's room.

"You vomited, then collapsed. You've been worrying about Luke's birthday, possibly more than Luke. You're obsessed." Haiku says.


Luke was at work, then sighed, getting a text from his friends.

"Oh…Remy has something going on tonight, does he?" Luke hissed under his breath.

His co-workers took notice. His boss came and saw how his demeanor changed. "What happened?" She asked.

"My friends are going to ditch my party tonight…" Luke hissed under his breath. They feel bad.

Later, Luke leaves work. He is in no rush to get home.


5:30 p.m., December 15th- Luke's P.O.V.

I cannot believe this! My friends are ditching my party! After they were my Birthday Squad all day at school! After they were so nice to me all day long!

I can't believe this…they would rather make plans with Remy than celebrate my 15th birthday. They must really hate me…

I arrived home, seeing the same decorations from this morning. Tears glazed my Arctic blue eyes as I am now heartbroken.


Lily waved to Luke. Luke sadly waved back. His birthday had been happy until he got that group text from his friends. Now he felt hurt.

"Luke, what's wrong?" Luna asked.

Luke explains.


Meanwhile, Savannah looked up and smiled as she started running around. She needed to find Alice. Maybe she could help Angry Luigi. But Savannah was not around the first time, so she was kind of lost.

She sighed. "She's tough to find."

The screen split into 3.

"So? Don't worry. I have powers." Delta teased.

"Whatever." Alem tuber says.


With Luke, he stared at his outfits. He then started crying.

Leni finds him. She saw tears streaming down his face and tried to comfort him. Luke sniffed.

"My friends betrayed me, Leni…" Luke sniffed and showed Leni the group text he received at work. He then showed Luna.

Leni and Luna hugged him.

"Did you read it?" Luke asked Luna.

It said that Remy had plans tonight. Plans that didn't involve Luke or his birthday.

He just sat on the floor and held the phone as he sobbed. He couldn't believe that his friends weren't going to be at the party. The siblings felt bad.


Later, Luke sighed and got ready for the party. At least he knew his cousins were going to be there for him. He then walked to the ice arena where his party would be taking place.

Charity was going to introduce Luke. "Ladies and gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to introduce the star of the evening, a figure skating star in the making…a guy who truly never needs an introduction…the birthday boy himself, Luke Huntington!" Charity says as Luke appears with the Oakley Academy figure skating team.

They do the routine they practiced for Luke's entrance as Luke was solely concentrating on that at the moment. Everyone loved it.

Lucy was nervous, but promised Haiku she wouldn't freak out. Lucy looks for Luke's friends.


Luke had gone to change into his party outfit. He then looked at the group text again and began to shake.

"They're not coming…I know they aren't…" Luke sniffed. Luna came to see him.

"Hey…hey, it's goin' to be all right, birthday dude." Luna says as she holds Luke's hands. "Let's get this outfit on you, then we'll go skating, okay? It'll make you happy."

Luke nods and lets Luna put the rest of the outfit on him, then Luna laces his skates. The two of them go on the ice and skate together.


Soon, Luke stops and sees Remy on the ice. Luke looked curious and decided to listen.

He reads a birthday poem for Luke. Luke was surprised by this.

"Oh, Remy…" Luke wipes his eyes, smiling at Remy. "That was just wonderful, thank you…"

Remy smiled back and hugged Luke.

"W-Where are the others?" Luke asked. "Are you the only one who actually came?"

Remy smiled. "Did you fully read the text?" He asked Luke. Luke shook his head.

"I didn't…" Luke says. Remy showed it.

"A big surprise? What is it?" Luke asked.

"We should go outside to find out!" Remy says.


Remy leads Luke outside, where his friends pull up in an Arctic camo Range Rover. Luke gasped in shock.

"Oh, my gosh!" Luke was surprised.

"HAPPY 15TH BIRTHDAY, LUKE!" Colleen, Stephen, Oliver, Lonnie, and Garrett shouted as Garrett presented Luke with the keys.

"Awww, you guys!" Luke says. Luke looks at the car, then gathers his friends, giving them a group hug. "You're the greatest!"

They smile and hug back.


With Lucy, she watched the friends hug before they came back in to skate and dance.

She then approached Luke, who was happier than he was earlier.

"Happy birthday, Luke. Are you having fun?" Lucy asked. Luke nodded and smiled.

"When do I open my presents?" Luke asked.

"Now, if you wish." Lucy says.

"Present time! Present time!" Luke says as he goes to sit by his gifts.

He opens Charity's present first, revealing a new skate case with his name on it. And stickers to put on the case, which ranged from images from his favorite shows to things that were related to ice skating.

"I love it, Mom!" Luke says. He opens Forest's present next, which was a new phone. He grinned at this and thanked him for it.

He then opened all the presents from his siblings and guests, expressing delight. He thanked them for each one.


Next was the karaoke contest, which was Stephen's idea. Luke went first as everyone loved his singing. Stephen smiled and went next, singing "I Saw Her Standing There" by The Beatles as Luke and the others sang along.

Then Luna had her turn. She was an amazing singer. Everyone clapped for her.

Remy went next. He sang "Thank You For Being A Friend" by Andrew Gold. He hit every note flawlessly, which surprised Luke and his friends, as they never knew Remy could sing that well.

Lincoln went next. He was pretty good.


After the karaoke contest came the awards for the best skaters and singers. Luke couldn't win the prizes, which he was fine with, considering he got all his presents earlier.

Stephen won the award for Best Beatles Singer. He beamed at that. The prize that went with this award was an entire set of Beatles vinyl records. Stephen squealed and was excited about getting to play these on his new record player soon.

Luna got the award for Best Rock & Roll Singer. She smiled at this and hugged Luke. She even loved the Mick Swagger tribute concert tickets and the rock documentary Blu-Ray set that came with it.

Remy won Best Skater and Best Overall Singer. He grinned at the awards he got. The colored laces for his skates and the portable karaoke system he got with those awards made him very happy.

Oliver got the award for Most Amazing Ice Skating Outfit. In fact, he was still wearing it as he received the award and the prize to go with it, which was an advanced fashion design kit.


After that, everyone sat down to eat. There was a buffet and it had food that everyone liked, even Luke. Luke served himself first and sat with Ronnie Anne, his cousins and his friends.

"This is your best birthday party yet!" Stephen says.

"I'm having the best time!" Jenna says.

"It's so much fun!" Preston says. "I'm taking notes for my birthday already!"

Luke smiled at the praise as he ate, then looked at Preston.

"Don't copy my party." Luke says.

"I'm not. I just like the idea of the awards and giving coordinated prizes to go with them." Preston says. "And the karaoke was fun!"


Lucy watched as Luna hung up Luke's music-themed piñata. Luke smiled at this.

"So, Lucy, what are you planning for tomorrow?" Lynn asked.

"We're heading to the lake house after this party, girls." Charity reminded them.

Lucy was not sure Luke liked her idea.

"What was your idea?" Lynn asked.

"A canoe contest." Lucy says.

"I thought the lake was frozen over…" Lynn says.

"Magic." Lucy says.

"Please, no…" Lynn says as Lucy sighed.


Later, it was fruit smashing time as Luke smashed lots of fruit left and right. Then Lynn joined in.

Later, Luke set up for his band's concert; it was going to be the concert of the year. Luke grinned with his bandmates.

"Ready for this?" Luke asked them.

They nod as the Adventure Kids were there except for Cynthia.

Luke and his bandmates performed as everyone loved the concert.


After that, he broke the piñata open and made it rain candy. Everyone got a good amount of it, especially Luke.

Ann wanted another autograph for her new journal. Luke smiled and signed it for her. He even gave her one of his new posters.

They all chatted and stuff when Lana brought Luke's throne to the table. Luke smiled at this and sat on it. He knew it was almost time for cake.


8:15 p.m., December 15th- Luke's P.O.V.

This has been one amazing birthday party. I got some awesome gifts and participated in so many fun party activities. The food was delicious and my birthday concert with the band was the best one of the year.

I look forward to tomorrow's party at the lake house. There'll be so much to do, like make s'mores, tell campfire stories, judge everyone's ugly Christmas sweaters…I can't wait for it all!

My friends probably gave me the best gift. And there is no doubt that they will give me the gift of their friendship for years to come.

I see my mom bringing the cake to the table. So now it's time to see if the cake meets my standards.


Luke looks very closely at his cake. It said "Happy Fantastic 15th Birthday, Luke!" with shooting stars all over were edible versions of Luke's friends skating. On the top, there was a toy of Luke and it was ice skating.

He didn't see any candles on it, however.

Lucy put 15 Arctic blue candles on it as she looked nervous. Luke smiled at this.

Luna lit the candles and played her guitar as everyone began to sing to Luke.

A huge grin adorned Luke's face as everyone sang with joyous voices, in harmony. He took it all in before getting close to the cake and thinking of a wish as his friends encouraged him.

He wished he'd win his upcoming competitions, then he inhaled deeply and blew out all 15 candles in a huge breath. The room soon filled with cheers and shouts of "Happy 15th Birthday, Luke!"

Luke sheds tears of joy as he soon cuts the cake. He gave himself the biggest and first piece. He gave Remy the second piece. Everyone else took their share of the cake.


After the party, everyone left the ice arena and got loaded up to go to the lake house.

To say Luke was excited about it was an understatement. He was thrilled and couldn't wait for tomorrow's party. They soon arrive at the lake house as Lucy begins to worry about screwing up tomorrow.