Case 110

[manofgnee]

[As far as Hanna is concerned, yesterday didn't happen. All that anger and jealousy he was venting about? Nobody knows about it. You ask him about it, he'll just change the topic again and again until it's finally dropped.

He's got more important things to worry about, anyway. Like the fact that Euphie's birthday is on Monday, and he lost a whole day of planning due to yesterday.

So he's making a list of things he's gonna need to throw the best party he can for on of his closest in-City friends. While nursing the worst hangover he's had in months.

He's also wearing a new sweater, and it looks like he's been crying recently.]

Okay...got a list of supplies...need to get invitations, decorations...jeez, it's been so long since I've been to a birthday party...Hope I can actually remember how to throw one properly.

[He frowns and looks at the list of supplies and things he'll need, before going to get some more water.]

[FILTERED AWAY FROM EUPHIE//UNHACKABLE]

Okay. So.

Euphie's birthday is on Monday...and I'm going to be throwing her the greatest party ever on Sunday in Xanadu...it's gonna be a picnic party with flexibility for zoo trips.

And it's gonna be awesome...except I'm sort of lost on exactly planning it out. See, I've never planned a party before, and the last time I went to one was when I was 10, so I'm really out of touch.

What, besides food and decorations, do I need to make this party amazing?

Also...I'm stumped on what to do for a gift. I have one idea, though...but I'm not sure. She deserves a great birthday...

...uh.

This is also an informal invite to the party. She knows its gonna happen, but we can still make the details a big surprise to her!!

Comments

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

...I'm confused. How she secretly likes what?

She's my friend. Just my friend, okay? And we've been friends for a while.

[mad-here.livejournal.com]

The stalking.

Enough of that. Just know you're being watched.

Back to the... party. Thing.

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

I'm not stalking her!! Jeez, I'm her friend! I've only visited her house once, I just wanted to throw her a party because friends do that!

And she told me when her birthday was! She knows I'm throwing her a party! Why is it that, whenever I finally have a friend whose a girl, I'm always the creepy stalker in everybody's eyes?

I can't even have a normal friendship? Gah!

[...Okay, maybe he's not really over yesterday's curse.]

[mad-here.livejournal.com]

Oh... so you also have antecedents of people suspecting you.

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

What? No! People just think I'm odd, it doesn't mean I actually am...

[mad-here.livejournal.com]

If one says it, sure.

If two do it, well, maybe.

But if we're talking about more than that, you should really sit down and wonder just why you're the one who's always misunderstood.

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

...

Do I have to keep talking to you? Seriously, you're being kind of a jerk.

[mad-here.livejournal.com]

Yes, you do.

As it happens, I'm one of Euphie's... one of the people she knows. And I'm asking after this... party.

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

...Look. If she told you that I wasn't a creeper or anything, would you actually believe me?

I swear, I don't want to do anything to hurt Euphie. She's my friend.

[mad-here.livejournal.com]

Have you looked at her? How would she know?

She's not the most aware of people.

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

Yes! I have! We talk! She's come and visited to meet my puppies, who, by the way, happen to like her very much.

[mad-here.livejournal.com]

...I suppose that solves the problem of the gift.

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

...You're spoiling the surprise.

[mad-here.livejournal.com]

I'm not telling her anything.

I'm not telling anyone anything.

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

Well, do you at least believe that I'm not trying to be creepy? Honest.

[mad-here.livejournal.com]

What does it matter?

You're acting like a guilty person trying to save face. It would be much more believable if you just went about things more casually.

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

It matters because, honestly? I feel insulted, and now I'm upset. You happy now?

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[mad-here.livejournal.com]

...well.

[mad-here.livejournal.com]

...um.

[mad-here.livejournal.com]

This is so unfair.

[mad-here.livejournal.com]

I don't really have an opinion.

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

...Fine.

[mad-here.livejournal.com]

...would it help if I only kept one eye on you? And I do blink a lot.

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

...okay.

[mad-here.livejournal.com]

But the cat will keep the other eye on you.