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Emily quickly rose from her bed in the hotel as her alarm went off. She muttered quietly "I hope Vaggie managed to get Alastor out of the hotel for the day." Emily had been playing sick the past few days in front of Alastor so she could have time to plan a surprise birthday party for him. She had felt terrible when she had learned Alastor never had a party before, not even when he was human.
Emily ran down the hallways of the hotel to the lobby, in a rush to prepare everything. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw only Charlie, Niffty, and Husk. No sign of Alastor or Vaggie. Charlie spoke excitedly "Emily! What do you think about these decorations I got?" Emily looked around the room with awe as Charlie adds "I may have gotten my dad to help, just gotta make sure he doesn't find out the party is for Alastor."
Emily pulls Charlie into a tight hug. "It's perfect!" She then releases Charlie and says "the cake should be here in a few hours." Emily turns to Husk, who's downing a bottle of whiskey "Did you get the drinks ready for tonight."
Husky throws his arms up in frustration "why the hell does this involve me! I don't want to throw a fuckin' party for that sadistic asshole!"
Emily looks at him with pleading eyes "oh come on Husk! Pleaseeee. We need your help. I have to make sure everything is perfect."
Husk sighs and mutters under his breath, walking to the bar "fine. The things I do for you fuckers..."
Niffty is on the other side of the room, already cleaning like a mad woman, whispering while she works "clean...clean...cleannnn."
Emily then speaks to Charlie "I'm going to pick up some gifts, I should be back before the cake gets here."
Charlie hesitates for a moment "just be careful, okay? You know hell is dangerous."
Emily nods her head before stepping out the doors of the hotel and into the red glow of the hellish light above. She begins looking around in the windows of shops, occasionally going in, a shadow following behind her from a distance, leaving her completely unaware of its presence.
She continues to stroll down the walk way until she sees a shop at the end of the block, inside the window lies a gorgeous men's ring on top of a velvet box. The ring is a red the exact color of Alastor's suit jacket with a blake band. The perfect gift. Emily enters the store and purchases the ring, using angelic steel as a form of payment.
At the hotel, Charlie is finishing up the last few things for the party. The decorations are hung up, angel dust is back at the hotel after finishing his work in Val's studio, even Lucifer came for the party, and all the food was prepared.
Emily then appeared back through the hotels large doors, the cake being delivered right behind her. It's set in the middle of the table, surrounded by all the fancy delicacies. Soon, Charlie's phone phone buzzes, and announces "everyone! I got a message from Vaggie. Her and Alastor are going to be here in ten minutes."
Emily quickly runs to shut off the lights and yells to everyone "get down! When they come in I'll turn the light back on and you'll jump up and yell 'happy birthday, Alastor.' Got it?" Everyone nods their head, some begrudgingly, like Husk.
Within a few moments, the door creeps open and Emily flicks the lights on again, everyone coming out of their hiding spots to shout "happy birthday, Alastor!"
Alastor looks around the room, making his movements look surprised despite the fact he's known about the party since the moment Emily had started to plan it, he knew anything that happened in the hotel. Alastor then turns to Emily "oh my love, it looks like you went through quite the bit of trouble for my birthday. Thank you, dear."
Emily runs to Alastor, wrapping her arms around him. "Do you like it, Alastor?"
In all truth, Alastor had always found birthday celebrations pointless, especially in hell. After all, he had stopped aging the moment he hit the ground on earth when he had been shot, but anything that involved Emily, he likes. "Of course, sweetheart."
Emily quickly grabs the ring she had bought out of her dress pocket "I have something for you..." she opens the box and shows Alastor the ring.
Alastor takes the ring out of the box, already having seen it though his shadow, but still he pretends to examine it "you didn't have to get me anything, though I do appreciate it, little angel." Alastor leans down and presses a soft kiss to Emily's head after he puts on the ring.
Suddenly, Angel dust fakes a cough and speaks in an annoyed tone "excuse me, are we interruptin' somethin'."
Emily answers "oh sorry... yeah let's get back to the party."
Throughout the night everyone is eating, chatting, and most of all drinking by only two hours later everyone except for Alastor and Emily had either passed out or retired to their rooms for the night.
Alastor gently puts his hands on Emily's shoulder, softening the static in his voice "would you like to come to my room, Em?"
Emily nods her head and Alastor takes her hand, leading her to his room upstairs. Alastor discards his suit jacket and lays down on the bed as Emily follows, cuddling up next to him, softly kissing his cheek. Alastor had always hated unnecessary touching, having a great value for person space. Emily though, is the exemption to that rule.
Alastor holds onto her tightly, his arm wrapped around her waist. Emily falls asleep in his warm embrace. He whispers to her sleeping form "Goodnight, mon amour."