The next day, Luke was eating his birthday breakfast and sighed as the Louds pitied him.

Zee dragged Oliver Queen back.

Luke sighed and went back up to his room, saying nothing.

Luan soon came in and juggled for him, trying to cheer him up. Luke smiled a bit as Luan smiled.

Luke left the house, head hung down.

"This was supposed to be my special week…" He sniffed.

At the hospital, Lucy was thinking of Luke. She knew his week hadn't been very fun for him.

She felt bad for him.

Luke just screamed and transformed.

"Mom, Luke's going dark again." Lola says.

Luke flew off as Zee flew after him. "Luke, what's wrong?"

"Everything is wrong!" Luke sobbed. "EVERYTHING IS WRONG! MY WEEK HAS BEEN A HUGE DISASTER!"

Zee holds him.

"I hate this week more than anything!" Luke sobbed. "Why celebrate my birthday when everything has already fallen apart? Well, now, I'm going to bury Royal Woods under my snow!" Luke hissed.

"Shane and everyone is trying their best, Lukey. Please give us a chance." Zee says. "I was going to take you out for a birthday date…"

Luke sighed sadly. "Fine…" Luke says as they head to a restaurant.

There were pictures of Luke at their table. "What is this?" He asked.

"Your special birthday treatment, Oh, the magic competition was delayed. Normally they don't, but the universe loves you." Zee says.

"I do like this table…" he sniffs.

Meanwhile, Lucy's hand still hurt as she couldn't write. Maria pities her.

She teared up as she gave up on writing for now.

"I wonder what will happen if we fail?" Delta asked.

"The earth will be covered in snow and we'll die. If they fail on Luke's day, we have to be ready to fight." Alem tuber says.

"Seriously?" Melony asked.

"When he's mad, he won't listen. He has the most trauma in the universe. No one has suffered more than Luke." Emila says. "They just had to delay the competition because Luke is the most important thing in the multiverse."

"He kinda is." Melony says.

Soon, Luke was given his favorite lunch on a golden birthday tray.

"Thanks…" Luke says, managing a smile.

Zee pitied him. She really wanted to fix this week for him, but how? It was hard to make him happy. She had fixed the bowling alley issue, but Luke called her a liar.

She began to feed him as he accepted every bite of the enchilada casserole and green beans.

Meanwhile, Melony was dodging Rhino's punches. Thanks to the snow, Melony was having a hard time as she was about to be punched, but Spider-Man webbed Rhino and grabbed Melony.

"You really should have called." Spider-Man says as Delta spin-dashed into Rhino, knocking him down and waves as she speeds off.

Melony looked annoyed.

With Lucy, she was trying to walk around again. But she fell down.

Maria walked her to physical therapy.

Lucy looked down, still discouraged.

"Do it for Luke." She says. "You can do it."

She got up and took a few steps, then was wincing.

"It hurts…" She says, walking.

"You're doing so good, Lucy!" Maria says.

With Luke, he finished eating and went off to holiday parade rehearsal.

He arrived and smiled at the Royal Woods Musical Christmas Tree float. He would get to be at the top of the tree, with his backup band acting as the ornaments. He was excited about this.

He began to practice his song, taking his mind off of his bad week.

Zee watched this and smiled as Luke sang. She also loved the float he would be on.

As soon as he finished, he ran down and hugged Zee. "How did I do?" He asked her.

"You did wonderful, Lukey!" Zee says and kisses him.

Meanwhile, Lucy was doing better in poetry, both writing it and reading it.

"I'm going to beat Oliver Queen." Lucy says.

After a bit, Oliver Queen was fanning Luke.

Luke sighed sadly.

"You know you can talk to me, right?" Oliver Queen says.

Luke hissed, but was soon willing to talk to Oliver Queen. He knew Oliver Queen was there to do more than serve. Luke soon discovered how well he could listen, too.

"The rest of my week will be bad…" Luke sobbed.

"I know how you feel, Luke." Oliver Queen says.

"Two of my parties were okay, but now that my bowling party is off…my week won't be fun anymore!" Luke cried.

Later, Lola was training for pageants. Lana just smiled and watched.

"Luke, honey, be reasonable…" Charity told him as he got dressed that afternoon.

"How?!" Luke sniffed. "I've given them plenty of chances to fix it…"

"Maybe they need time to figure things out." Charity says.

"They have until 6:30 tonight." Luke says.

"Sweetie, I'm really sorry about the bowling alley. I swore that it was going to be open on your birthweek when I booked the party, but their renovation announcement came at the worst possible time…" Charity says.

"I forgive you, Mom. It's the bowling alley's fault. Not yours. I still feel like my friends are failing…" Luke sniffed.

Luke's friends were setting things up.

"What are we going to do?" Stephen asked.

"Emila renovated it for them, so, set it up, boys." Zee says as they go to do so.

At 6:00 p.m., Luke was wiping tears away from his eyes.

"Luke, I have a surprise for you." Zee says.

"What is it?" Luke sniffs.

"Something that'll make this day a lot better." Zee says, grabbing Luke's hand.

They arrive at the bowling alley as confetti falls on Luke.

"What in the world?!" Luke looked shocked.

"Happy 18th Birthday, Luke!" Everyone says. Luke was soon speechless as he looked around.

"Happy birthday, Luke." Cuphead says.

Luca smiled.

"This…this is a great surprise…" Luke says.

While the lanes were being set up, Luke opened some presents.

Luca got him a new bowling ball. "Happy Birthday, Luke." Luca says.

"I'm using this when it's bowling time. I know it has my name on it. Thank you, Luca." Luke says.

He opened Shane's gift to reveal a cotton candy maker.

"Cool!" Luke says.

"We can make cotton candy and use the glow wands so it can light up!" Shane says.

"Awesome!" Luke says. "Thanks, Shane!"

Luke saw a crown from Remy. He grinned.

"This crown has real sapphires and blue topaz on it?!" Luke says as he puts it on. "Amazing! I love it!"

He finds Edric and Emira's gift and was amazed to see it was a magical snow globe.

"Thanks, you two." He says.

"You're welcome." Emira says.

He was surprised to see that Gus' gift was the illusion he saw at his theater party in a silver frame.

"Now you'll always have it." Gus says. "You're welcome."

Luke sees Charity and Forest's gift and tears it open.

"What could this be, I wonder…" Luke says. He then reveals it to be a set of key cards to a luxury car.

"Tesla key cards!" Luke smiled. "Thanks, Mom and Dad!"

He smiled, seeing Wicked tickets from Oliver Queen.

"Would you…want to see it with me?" Oliver Queen asked him. "Dinah hates Broadway musicals, so I'm often seeing them by myself."

"I would love to." Luke says.

Soon, the lanes were open and it was time to do some bowling. Luke used the new ball that Luca got him.

He got a strike as everyone on his team was cheering. Luke smiled.

Everyone was having fun bowling and cheering for their team members.

Oliver Queen won the first game, which Luke was a good sport about. Luke won the second game, which made him happy.

Lucy watched on TV, sobbing as she ate. This was the fourth celebration of Luke's that she was missing. She hated Haiku for making her miss most of Luke's week. She swore that after she was out of the hospital, she would cut all ties with the Morticians Club and end her friendship with Haiku. She would remain friends with Maggie, however.

She tried to get up, but was too sore. She cried as Maria came in with her ice cream.

Lucy looks up as Maria smiles.

"You're getting better at pushing up and moving around." Maria says with a smile.

"Sigh, but it will be too late." Lucy says. "Luke's week will be over by the time I get better…he's sad because of me!"

Maria felt bad for Lucy.

Meanwhile, Kat was bowling with some of the crew.

Luke sadly sat in the corner.

"What's wrong?" Zee asked, coming over to him.

"I miss Lucy…" Luke says.

"I don't think anyone has noticed it, but you seem to care about Lucy more than your week this year." Zee says.

"Lucy and I have been drifting apart, and I guess I never know what I have till it's gone. She's never missed my birthday before." Luke says. "So I guess I'm going to come to that conclusion. She'll just miss my birthday this year."

"I'm sure she'll come tomorrow or Friday." Zee says.

"Fine. I'll focus on having fun." Luke says, slightly annoyed.

"That's the spirit!" Zee says.

Luke reluctantly joined the party, being forced to enjoy himself. Kat and Ana look worried.

Luke marched off to the snack bar, alone. He then sat at a table at the arcade part of the bowling alley.

The ninja twins go to him.

"Have fun. Don't worry about Lucy so much. That's the spirit, just forget you have a sister who cares about you. It's your birthday, don't focus on her…" Luke was repeating several things that were told to him.

"Luke, listen, Lucy would want you to be happy. She could come tomorrow or Friday. We're sorry we made you upset." Kat says.

"Yeah, besides Lucy wouldn't want you to worry. She would want you to be happy." Ana says.

"FINE. Let's just get the rest of the party over with." Luke sighed.

Charity sees this.

"Sweetheart…" Charity says as she could see Luke was overwhelmed and upset.

"Why can't they understand how I feel?!" Luke sniffed.

"Sweetie, I know they understand how you feel. Are they pushing you to have fun when you don't want to at the moment?" Charity asked.

He nods.

"Would you like some space right now?" She gently asked him. She could feel him getting tensed up.

Charity lets Luke be alone.

"What now?" Lana asked as everyone was not sure what to do and the party had to basically be put to a halt.

"I'm gonna ask the staff to start making the food. You kids are welcome to explore the bowling alley or finish your games." Charity says. "For now, Luke is going to have some quiet time."

Everyone nodded.

After an hour, Luke emerged and saw the food. He got himself a plate of pizza, a few chicken strips, some chips, and a spiced raspberry Coke. He then sat down and ate.

Everyone just left him alone while he ate.

"It isn't that he's not having fun, okay? He's just trying to repress his feelings." Charity says. "What happened on Sunday is taking a huge toll on him. If you had a sibling you were close to and they got hurt, wouldn't you be worried about them, too?"

"Yeah." A lot of the guests answered.

"Forcing fun on him is not how it's going to work once he gets done eating. The arcade portion is after we eat, then the piñata, then dessert." Charity says.

Everyone soon spread out into the arcade with game cards in hand. Zee played a few games with Luke. Luke smiled as he played with Zee.

9-Volt was beating every game. Luke was impressed. He had never seen 9-Volt with so many game tickets before and wondered what prize he was saving up for with all of them.

Lincoln got Stella a teddy bear as 9-Volt laughed in victory, holding up all his tickets.

He got a cool ninja sword for Ana.

"Oooooh…" Kat teases as they both look away, blushing.

"Th-Thank you…" Ana tells 9-Volt.

"You're welcome." 9-Volt says.

Luke just smiles at them.

Ashley was just eating burgers alone and sighed.

After the arcade, Luke gasped when he saw the big bowling ball piñata.

"Ooooh…" Kat says.

"Kat, no." Lori says.

"Why?" Kat asked.

"Luke has to hit it." Lori says.

Luke was hissing as he watched everyone try to hit it, but Lori and Zee stopped them.

Luke sighed and grabbed a metal baseball bat, then struck it hard as candy and bowling-themed toys fell out. He hisses and grabs his share of it before retreating to a corner.

He was quietly eating one of the cookie dough Twix bars as he stared at the floor.

"We should do something." Leni says.

"Like what?" Luna asked.

Later, the Louds performed a talent show for Luke as he watched.

Leni showed her best designs, Lisa showcased her science, Lana showcased some pet tricks, and Lola did a ribbon dance. Then Oliver Fox does a magic show.

Luke was amazed by all this as he felt a bit happier. He sipped on his Coke, actually smiling a real smile.

Then Ollie took the stage. He smiled at Ollie, who then began to speak about Luke.

"Listen, today is a day where we celebrate one of the best people in the world, Luke Huntington, a person who has done so much for this world. He deserves to be showered with praise today and every day." Ollie says.

Luke smiles. "You're too kind." He says to Ollie.

Lucy saw this on TV as she could see all this being done for Luke. She forced a smile, wanting to be happy for him.

"I should be there…" Lucy says sadly.

Maria could feel her eyes under her bangs, feeling tears in her eyes.

Lucy began to cry.

"It's not fair…I should be there with him…" Lucy sobbed. "But my so-called best friend ruined my chance to be there! I think she wanted this to happen!"

With Luke, he watches Shane do a performance for him. Luke smiled at Shane.

"That was amazing, Shane. Thank you." Luke says.

Luke then saw the lights go out. He knew what time it was. He looks around as he feels himself get seated on a throne.

Soon, the lights came on as everyone was around his cake, which looked exactly like a bowling lane with a little toy bowling ball hitting some pins. It read Happy 18th Birthday To A "Striking" Guy! We Love You, Luke! in blue icing. 18 candles were carefully placed to where they wouldn't touch the bowling toys. The cake flavor was a new flavor Stephen and Jessica cooked up and they were excited for Luke to try it.

Luke smiled as everyone began to sing to him. He took it all in, still managing a smile.

He then thought of a wish as everyone smiled at him.

"Come on, sweetie. Make a wish." Charity tells Luke, holding his hands.

Luke wished Lucy would get better. It's the one thing he wanted more than anything right now. He then blew out all the candles on his cake as everyone cheered and wished Luke a happy birthday.

As soon as the cake was cut and Luke was given the biggest piece, he tasted it and he loved it.

"It's what me and Jess like to call chocolate overload cake. We put milk, white, and dark chocolate in it." Stephen says. "It's a Meyers Family Bakery exclusive now."

"It's the best cake ever. You're winning the Baker Of The Year award again for sure with this cake!" Luke says.

Savannah frowned a bit but accepted the loss. Honestly, she hadn't been in Royal Woods long enough to really win that. She had only won it in Greendale.

Melony was sitting alone, unable to do any bowling. Garrett offered her some cake. Melony eats her cake and takes off her shoes as she feels the vibrations of the pins.

"Melony, stop, you could get hurt." Jason says, already on his third piece of cake.

Melony got 4 down, surprising Jason.

"I gotta stop underestimating her." Jason says.

Later, Luke thinks of Lucy as his guests were getting their party favors.

"Hey, cupcake. Are you okay?" Charity asked Luke as she hugged him.

"I'm okay, I guess." Luke says.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Charity asked. "Be honest with me."

"I miss watching stuff with Lucy. We all do." Leni says.

"I was asking Luke, sweetie." Charity says.

Luke explains. "She's missed four of my celebrations! And it's Haiku's fault for forcing her to celebrate her birthday!" Luke screamed as he stormed off.

Stephen found his cousin after he dropped Jessica off at her apartment. He didn't want Jessica to see this.

Haiku turned away.

"You just don't realize what you've done, do you?" Stephen asked.

Haiku looked ashamed.

"You've basically ruined four days of Luke's week, keeping Lucy away from him. Do you even realize you broke their bond?" Stephen asked. "Do you not understand what you did?"

Haiku sniffed, guilty. "I just thought that if Lucy had a party, she would be happy." She says.

"Well, guess what? It only resulted in her having to go to the hospital because you went against her wishes. You separated Lucy from Luke on the most important week of the year. A week that she helped Shane put together for Luke. You were selfish and only wanted to ignore Lucy's requests." Stephen says. "The only thing that will make her happy right now is for her to get well enough so she can be at one of Luke's celebrations before his birthweek is over. Not to have a party she didn't want in the first place."

Haiku looked down.

"You basically ruined Luke's week." Stephen says.

"I'm going to bed." Haiku says, teleporting away.

Stephen walked away, ashamed of his cousin.

Angry Luigi looked at Luke's house and sighed.