"My family?" I managed to get out. "Yeah. It's in the living room. It's pretty small, though," he frowned as though he had forgotten it was a miracle I had gotten anything. I turned towards the living room but stopped at a cough from Lee. "Excuse me, Kyra, but it's not present time yet." 'What does he mean-' Realzation hit me and my knees grew weak. "You're throwing me a birthday party?" "Now really, Kyra, what did you think this was all about?" He gently took my shoulders and propelled me to the kitchen. "I hate making you work on your birthday but you're the best cook I know and I want the best for your first birthday here. I'll be on the phone straightening everything out so you just wait in here after you're done." He left the room and I collapsed in a chair. I never even expected him to have remembered *it* was today. This was why I had left in the first place- The package! I gasped and my hand flew to my mouth. He couldn't see what was in that package. No one could. http://ficlets.com/feed/story/20532