Surprise party...for me?

A bright flash went off as I entered the kitchen. Before I could reach the chair holding my underwear a multitude of familiar faces leaped out of the corners of the room to bear witness to my near nudity. One of these people was holding a camera.

"Scarlet?" I asked before I froze in shock.

"SURPRISE!! Happy Birthday!" The group of voyeurs shouted.

I blinked as I took in the faces of my friends who were eyeballing me with a mixture of humor and superiority. The one who just took a picture of me in my almost naked state was named Scarlet. She was Santiago's girlfriend and she seemed to deem it necessary to bring along her two gorgeous best friends along for this occasion: Bridget a pretty blonde with a foreign accent and Ingrid a dark-skinned temptress who had a knack for fashion. Accompanying them, along with several my female staff members, was none other than Santiago himself who was looking embarrassed for me while he nervously scratched the back of his head taking in the sight of his best friend standing in the kitchen with his clothes balled up in his hands.

And last but not least..."S-Sage?" She gave me lustful smile that reminded me of just how naked I was at that moment in just my little lavender hand towel covering me. My face burned red hot at this embarrassment.

Sage was carrying a bouquet filled with red amaryllises. "Catch!" She tossed the bouquet at me and I reflexively dropped my pile of clothes at my feet to catch it.

My crush walked towards me with her eyes full of intent. "Come on Rorke, did you really forget that today was actually _your _birthday?" Actually I kind of did. I was so busy organizing the event at the mansion that my own birth date blew over my head. Wait, does that mean...

"Hold on! W-What about our mystery client?" I shouted desperately but I already knew the answer.

"That was us," Sage admitted. "We pretended to be a client just so we could set up a surprise party for you."

"You see, first we convinced Jack to refer your party planner business to the new owners of this house so we could use the location. Even if he doesn't have any money anymore, the name 'Wendell' still carries some weight. Then we act like a client so we could order the supplies for your birthday," Scarlet added smugly. "Then we have you work on the house while the rest of us work on the real party elsewhere. Once everything was prepared, we send you out of the way so we could surprise you when you get back." Scarlet eyed my six-pack and well-toned legs. "Though not even I anticipated you running in to your own cake, that was just a stroke of luck." She turned to her boyfriend and kissed him on the cheek. "You have a knack for being at the right place at the right time my sweet. Things turned out even better than I had hoped."

"I-I swear I didn't do it on purpose!" Claimed Santiago.

I had to admit, despite the feeling of being utterly duped I was still kind of impressed that they managed to pull this off. The fact that they did this just to surprise me on my birthday made me feel reluctantly affectionate towards these guys.

Now if only I could pick up my clothes...