This choice: Children's birthday party • Go Back... "Mum do I really have to go to this baby's birthday party? Everybody there is either going to be his age or your age" Grace complained from the back seat of her mother's car. "Grace, I already told you. They'll be some other kids there closer to your age. Plus it'll be fun! I heard that Liz and Eric really went all out for little Ethan this year.
Grace and her family were headed to Ethan's 6th birthday party. Like most children's parties, it had a theme that it adhered to, which was Circus! Liz had worked hard on finding somebody capable of designing the flyer, and then mass producing them so she could pass them out to her co-workers as well as her friends. There was plenty of hype around the party, and most of the employees were looking forward to an opportunity to let loose. All while celebrating Ethan's birthday of course!
"Your mother's right," Kyle said from the driver's seat, eyes on the road, "and if all else fails, you can hang out with me the whole time! They're your mom's co-workers anyway". "Babe don't act like that, Liz and Eric have come to our stuff for both Grace and Alice. It's the least we can do. And it wouldn't hurt you to try to at least get to know some of the people I work with" Emma responded.
Kyle rolled his eyes and Grace groaned from the back seat. This was going to be a long Saturday.
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When they arrived in the backyard, the whole family was caught off-guard. Eric had done a great job in putting together Liz's vision the best he could. All the tables were under pop-ups that resembled a circus tent, a petting zoo was available, an elaborate snack table had a large arrangement of sweets, a large circus tent shaped bounce house, a big seat with Ethan's name spelled out in balloons, a face painter, a clown could be seen getting ready to make balloon animals, and it was overheard that a juggler would be attending soon. The music was blaring and adults could be heard talking and laughing, while most of the children were running around and screaming, off of an obvious sugar high from the snack table.
"Hello there you guys! Glad you could all make it!" a voice called out as footsteps approached.
It was Liz, dressed in some interesting attire. She was dressed as a magician. She had on a black tophat, with a white button shirt, a black bowtie, and a slim black coat over it. She wore white gloves, black fishnet stockings, and a black pair of boots. She certainly looked like a magician, a sexy one at that. It had to be magic the way her button-up was staying closed, as the button over her large bosom was fighting for its life to contain her chest. She told off her hat and bowed to Emma's family.
"Whaddya think? Eric did such a good job assembling everything back here. It was my idea to dress us all up" Liz snickered, pointing over at Eric and Ethan at the snack table. Eric was dressed as a strongman, with black spandex and a pair of black boots. Ethan on the other hand was the cutest thing ever. He was dressed as a ringleader, complete with an oversized tophat, a painted-on curly mustache, and an entire ringleader getup. The two of them were making quick work of some of the cotton candy that was offered on the snack table.
"Wow Liz, you two really went all out! This all looks so great!" Emma praised Liz.
"And Kyle, do not worry, I made sure that there are plenty of adult beverages offered inside to those of us who like to indulge," Liz said, nudging Kyle. He laughed, "Perfect! Just show me the way and before you know it, I'll be showing the juggler how to do his job" he joked. Emma shook her head and laughed with Liz while Kyle headed inside. Liz then directed her attention to Grace.
"And Grace, thank you so much for coming! I know you'd rather be doing some teenager stuff but there are a lot of fun activities we have to offer here! There are also some girls here that are your age, I think Melody and Leah are sitting over at the kid's table right now" Liz said, pointing to the two teenagers who were giggling about something. Grace could also see a few other of the younger children in the bounce house, and some in the petting zoo. "Go along honey," Emma said, rubbing Grace's shoulder, "I need to go grab something with Liz right now", making a drinking gesture with her other hand towards Liz.
"Ugh, fine mum," Grace said, walking toward Melody and Leah. She'd met them a few times over the past couple of years of some of the company events. They'd naturally find all sorts of different games to play when they were younger, but now they were teenagers. Too cool for school, or any of this kiddy crap. As Grace approached, Melody noticed and waved, prompting Leah to do the same.
"What's up?" Grace asked, inquiring about what they were giggling about. "Leah and I were keeping track of how many cupcakes Arissia's eaten," Melody said, giggling. Grace looked back over to the snack table and saw the small girl in a pretty purple dress devouring a chocolate cupcake, evident by the frosting on her mouth and hands. "That's her 4th one! I wonder if she'll puke" Leah laughed.
Over to Arissia
Arissia couldn't believe it, she'd never been around so many free sweets in her life. Her parents would let her consume sweets every now and then, but her sweet tooth was never fulfilled. But now, she couldn't get enough of this stuff! Her mummy had warned her not to eat too many or she'd get a tummy ache and get sick, but how many was too many? The first one wasn't, and neither was the second. Even the one after that wasn't too bad and the one she was eating right now was just as delicious as the other three! She noticed that she was making quite the mess on herself and that her parents wouldn't be happy if she got her pretty dress covered in chocolate.
"I need a napkin," she said to herself, turning to search the table for something to wipe her face and hands with. As she reached for one, there was a sudden breeze in the air, which blew some of the napkins and plates off of the snack table. An odd breeze for such a beautiful day. One of her mummy's friends came over to pick up some of the things that had gotten blown over by the wind. She worked at this store with a lot of the other people here, and she had a big butt.
"Hey there Arissia, do you need some help with that?" the woman asked.
"Yes please," Arissia said, chocolate still on her face.
"Do you remember my name? the woman asked, and Arissia shook her head shyly. The woman laughed, "Ah man how could you forget? My name is Becca! Your mummy made my eyelashes look really pretty for today!". Arissia looked at Becca's eyelashes and thought that they looked pretty exceptional, as with all of her mother's work.
Becca helped her pick everything up and even helped Arissia get cleaned up. She said thank you and turned back to the snack table as Becca walked away. Arissia was about to go for cupcake #5, but she started feeling a bit strange. She couldn't quite put her finger on it, but her dress started to feel a bit tighter, along with her shoes too.
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