Actually...I was thinking just me, you, and him having cake at my house. I don't know a lot of his friends, and Ken's not really a...party type, so I don't want to cause a big fuss for him.
I do want to take him out to get some new clothes, though. Since he's staying with me for now, he doesn't have to just go with whatever's clean in his bag.
That does sound a lot more like something he'd like. Okay. So how are we going to keep it a secret?
[Yes. You're speaking her language.]
That sounds like an emergency to me! Why do boys always do that? Don't they know they need more than a few shirts and a couple pairs of pants? It's like they don't even think about wear and tear, or what's in style.
Knowing him, he'll probably be working even on his birthday. He works a lot.
[A pause, she thinking it over.]
What if, we really tripped him up and did it the day before his actual birthday? He wouldn't think it's weird to see you over, you can distract him while I set up.
[And then there's a sigh.]
I do his laundry along with mine, I think he has like 3 pairs of jeans as a whole. I don't understand how he managed to go so long like that.
[Oh... she was being selfish again. Even though all she wanted to do was hide under her blanket and be sad over losing Teddie, she practically abandoned someone who care for him a lot as well.]
No. It happened to you, too.
[She'll follow it up with a text a few moments later.]
Yeah. Back in October, when you and Teddie were busy with the Haunted House, I flew back to Mahogany and came here. I was back before I told Jimmy I'd work there. I wanted to get my badge back then, but I got distracted.
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