It was an understatement to say that Louisa was nervous standing here in the dark trying not to breathe. She was almost sure everyone was hearing it thudding against her chest as they waited. "Maybe I should've made it sound more urgent." Her hand that clutched the wand was getting sweatier by the second. The spells she wanted to use, as soon as both of them made their appearance, were echoing in her head over and over again.

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VIVI CAME! Louisa didn't light the room, waiting for Vickers, and she was a bit disappointed that they didn't meet on the staircase or weren't studying together. That would've been NOT a lame entrance to their party. Oh well, he came a minute or so afterwards.

Louisa waved her wand, the room bursting into blazing light as she shouted, "SURPRIIIIIIIIIIIIISE!" The empty chair set in the middle of the circle of chairs revealed the cake that she baked this morning, the chairs that formed the circles erupted into the shape of balloons. Maybe they were too childish for an 18th birthday party but Louisa couldn't find more mature ones in Hogsmeade. Good thing there was Alexa here to enjoy them, hehe.

"Happy birthday you guys!" She clapped her hands once and launched herself at Vivi first, hugging and patting her back before moving on to Vickers and locking her lips with his for a biiit too long before pulling away and waiting for the others to be done with their wishes.

Elijah and Emmaleigh were late. They were going to have a nice long speech from Louisa when they show up, no worries.

Moving to where the cake sat on the stool in the middle of balloons, she beamed at everyone and pointed to the corner of the room where the Quidditch trophies were neatly lined in glassy boxes. "I put the plastic plates and forks over there. You guys should try my very first baked cake! It's my present to both my friend Vivi and boyfriend Vickers." Although the latter gets a little something else later this evening. Hehe.