Room 516 [evening]
So, Sookie had never gotten to spoil a boyfriend on a birthday before. Mostly because she'd never had a boyfriend to spoil before. But still! It was a new experience, this whole taking-him-out thing. She'd carefully lied all night, too, hoping her, "Well, I would've planned a party, but with everything going on,"'s hadn't been too exaggerated. She was a pretty good liar, generally, but when it came to something happy, she had a harder time keeping a lid on it.
She'd also carefully selected her gifts, wrapping each with care and leaving them, purposely, in her dorm room. All except for one. So as they wandered back up the stairs to her room, she started idly fishing in her purse for the small box she'd stashed there, here other gloved hand wound around Bobby's. "How's seventeen -- official seveteen, anyway, since you're probably older than that at this point -- so far? I mean, I'm a fan, but maybe you're not taking to it."
She'd also carefully selected her gifts, wrapping each with care and leaving them, purposely, in her dorm room. All except for one. So as they wandered back up the stairs to her room, she started idly fishing in her purse for the small box she'd stashed there, here other gloved hand wound around Bobby's. "How's seventeen -- official seveteen, anyway, since you're probably older than that at this point -- so far? I mean, I'm a fan, but maybe you're not taking to it."