[open] Birthday Party Extravaganza for (1) Campbell Saunders

[eatmybow]

Who: Maya, Cam, and the rest of ya'll.
What: A BIRTHDAY PARTY EXTRAVAGANZA okay no it's not an extravaganza, it's actually just a party for Cam's birthday.
When: December 5th.
Where: Cafeteria area.


At ridiculous o'clock on the morning of December 5th, Maya enlisted Hyokomon and Strabimon to help her tape invitations on anyone and everyone's door. All of the invitations were hand-written, although they seemed to be in three or four different handwritings, and they all said exactly the same thing:

YOU'RE INVITED TO CAM'S BIRTHDAY PARTY
TODAY AT 1PM IN THE CAFETERIA

In retrospect, there were definitely easier ways of inviting the whole city to a party but Maya didn't care. This way meant that only dedicated people would show up to the party. Maybe. That was Maya's hope, anyway. She didn't usually mind being around people, but the fact that she was performing a song she'd written for Cam was kind of. Embarrassing. She'd done it before, at Battle of the Bands, but that had been decidedly less personal than "Jersey Boy." As in "the song she never showed to anyone."

Most of the party preparations had been handled by Neku, because funnily enough freshman band geeks don't plan that many parties, and Maya was eternally grateful to him for it. Mostly because she'd been working nonstop on the stupid song and there wouldn't be much of a party if she'd had to plan it. If her plan failed miserably, then at least there was food. And probably the people here were less gossipy than the kids at Degrassi, so the whole city wouldn't know she'd made a fool of herself.

A girl could hope, right?

[ooc: You're free to post threads and do the mingle! There's no rules besides have fun.]

Comments

[eatmybow]

[Flustered from both the cresting and Cam's comment, Maya's about as red as red gets. She covers the mic with one hand and moves it to the side.]

It's appropriate! And stuff!

[headup_stickontheice]

[The stage isn't too high off the ground, so it's easy for Cam to step on up next to her. He taps on the crest.]

This is too.

[eatmybow]

It matches yours, right? [Hyokomon will be so pleased. Although she'd be more pleased if Maya had gotten it in battle.] I'm not really. Sure what I did to earn it, though.

[headup_stickontheice]

You kidding? [He pulls Maya into a hug, one loose enough so he can still look at her.] You just sang your feelings in front of a lotta people. I'd never be able to do that. Takes guts, Maya Matlin.

[eatmybow]

It's just what I do, Campbell Saunders. [She's still not sure how that counts as courage, but.] Happy birthday, by the way. I told you your present doesn't take up any space at all.

[headup_stickontheice]

[He half-groans and rolls his eyes.] This is very big, Maya. [He leans in to kiss her, before she can say another word.]

[eatmybow]

[Laughing as she pulls away, Maya touches their foreheads together.]

I don't know what you're talking about. Performances don't take up any space at all, except in your memory maybe.

[headup_stickontheice]

[She's unstoppable. He leans in to her and doesn't say anything for a moment. It's not very loud when he does talk, but...]

I love you.

[eatmybow]

I love you too. [Maya's not very much louder, but she does look toward the room.] And I think we should probably stop putting on a different kind of show and get back to the party.

[headup_stickontheice]

Huh? [Cam follows her gaze and remembers there is a band and Digimon and people oh wow they've got an audience! Immediately Cam takes an ever-so-delicate step back and grins and coughs and thinks for a moment about waving?? Waving's dumb. Don't wave.

(If Marley were here, she'd probably tease him, since this is so much like Donatello's cresting months and months before, and she'd be in the first row; that thought hurts a bit, so he tries to push it aside.)

A very loud throat clearing later and he smiles nervously, at Maya, at anyone watching, at, well, yeah, and takes a step down off the stage.]

R- yeah.