"Hey." "Hey birthday girl." "Enjoying your party?" Henry asked with a smile. He had gone out to the balcony for fresh air when Ellen joined him. "Yeah, I am. I seriously do not know what to tell you about all of this. How did you even get time to do all this? Why would you spend so much on me?" Ellen spoke with awe. "Because you are worth every bill Eleanora. You are a special girl who deserves special treatment. Besides, I figured you've never had a party before so…" Henry explained, facing her, and brushing aside her fake hair. "What if my parents had thrown me a party? All this would have been futile." She spoke. "Good question. I knew they weren't going to throw you a party, because Abby and Kelly told them you will be having a girls' night out for your birthday, and they agreed." Henry answered. "What? How do you even know that?" Ellen asked with surprise. "Because I made them contact your parents. I mean think about it, do you think your father wouldn't throw a party for his daughter's birthday? He had to agree, much to his chagrin, to the girls' outing. Let's just hope they'll be too busy to call, because the call won't come through, and that could spell trouble." Henry said and laughed. "Yes, let's hope so. Hey, do you think you can take me to this place I'd really love to go?" Ellen said with a laugh and asked. "Of course. I planned on taking you there anyways." Henry replied with a smile. "You did? Do you even know where I'm talking about?" Ellen asked with intrigue. "Eleanora, will I bring you to France and not take you to the Eiffel Tower?" Henry replied with a wink, taking the lead to the noisy room. "Well look who decided to return. Wow Henry, wow. Ellen, you were not fair, you rejected all of us but gave in to Henry? So not fair." Bright commented. Ellen was getting uncomfortable with that comment, as the boys started mocking, and passing on such comments. "You boys should tell me who amongst you, would think about such a great surprise for Elle, if she had accepted you. Tell me." Clara jumped to Ellen's defense; hands folded on her chest. Everyone looked away and Clara smirked. "Didn't think so. Henry was, and is, her best option, don't you all agree?" Clara threw a question, and they nodded. "Great, it's settled then. Now let's get this party continuing with cake cutting!!!" She announced, and the room went wild. Ellen gasped at her cake which was five layers of different frostings of chocolate, vanilla, banana, velvet, and strawberry on each layer, respectively. "Wow!" Ellen and everyone else except Henry exclaimed. Ellen's eyes were tearing now. "Everyone's got their favorite, so Clara got five different flavors. The cake is on her." Henry whispered into her ears. "Thank you, sister Clara. This is great." Ellen said and hugged her. "You're welcome, dear." Clara said. "Okay, now I'm officially jealous. Henry might have proposed to me with a ring, but this is too much. Ellen is so lucky. I just hope this isn't a ruse." Steph said and Abby nodded her seconding. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELLEN!!!" They sang in chorus when she blew off the candles at the sides of the last two layers of the cake. "This is indeed a birthday to remember. Thank you everyone for making this day special. I appreciate it a lot." Ellen gave a short but heartfelt speech, blushing when she looked at Henry. "Don't worry peach, it's our pleasure. Now you guys can start the slumber party without us, we're going out." Henry said and took her hand, leading her out of the room amidst cheers. "Break a leg captain." Bright commented and Clara glared at him. "Geez, relax. Hahaha." He spoke. "Who's ready for some slumber partey!!" Eric shouted, easing the tension in the room. "Damn, she can be scary. No wonder the captain never dated her. Hahaha." Louis, one of the sports guys, teased Clara with the boys. She was busy talking to the other girls, so didn't hear them. "Hey bro, if Henry can get the priceless jewel, he can date anybody." Bright chimed in. "How sure are we that they are dating?" Louis asked with raised eyebrows. "Well, we don't, but he brought her to freaking Paris, which is something." Bright defended, and they nodded. "She isn't so priceless anymore, is she? The captain has paid her price." Ben spoke, and they laughed. "Who and what do you mean?" Steph spoke behind, startling them.
