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Arden had to hustle after radio to get to her library shift in time. Just like the squirrels to punish her for being late to her VOLUNTARY!!!(ish) radio shift by nearly making her late to her for reals actual job. Just like a squirrel.

...Which sure was a thought. This island, yo.

But anyway, she squeaked in just in time, and discovered the library was wrecked. Books scattered everywhere, chairs knocked over, red Solo cups everywhere. It looked like the aftermath of a rager (or so movies and TV shows assured her) and she was all prepared to blame the gremlins, but the cups seemed unused and a bunch of the scattered books were bartending guides and non-fiction history of alcohol, while the rest were YA novels.

"Did...the the books throw a party?" This island, yo.

Looked like Arden was going to spend her shift cleaning up after a party she hadn't even been invited to and ignoring the miserable way the pages fluttered when she turned the lights on. They were just lucky that this was a library and she couldn't be as loud as she wanted to be.

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Watch out for the stray books. A lot of them had ended up under tables and things.

While she's cleaning up.

BD-1 loved Cal, he really did. Cal was his best friend! But he was also so, so useless sometimes, especially when it came to doing things for himself. BD had been making some calculations to compare home to Earth, and there was one person who needed to know the results before it was too late.

He left some money outside the door in the hopes the squirrels would take the bribe, because he could stash cash inside his chest but balancing a bottle was a little too much, even for him. BD stopped a little in his tracks when he saw the mess and made a disappointed beeping noise. What the heck, books?

Mood, little droid. Mood.

Arden was thrilled to see BD-1 come visiting, even without Cal tagging along behind him. Holding out her arms, she gave a quiet, "Hello, baby!" followed by the slow beeping greeting in binary. Still wasn't fast, but she could get through the whole thing now! "What's up? Come to keep me company?"

Aww, she really was the best.

BD-1 slipped into her arms, because he couldn't say no to a hug, and then wiggled a little back to the ground. Arden would see a light shining from BD's eyes as he scanned the books, and then he ran off, plopping a book on his head and returning it to Arden. He tapped the word "SECRET" and gave her a hopeful look. Cal didn't have to know everything!

"Huh?" Arden asked. And then, "Oh! A secret! Just between you and me, BD baby? Of course. You can tell me anything. What's up?

BD-1 nodded and beeped excitedly, then ran off and came back with another book. There was a sad lack of books with redheads on them, it was just mean.

"A birthday?" Arden asked. "Like, a surprise party? Wait, you mean for me?" As soon as she said it, she realized that was wrong. "No, of course not. You wouldn't tell me about a surprise birthday party for me. But you would for Cal's. Is that it, darlin'? Are you looking to throw a surprise party for Cal?"

Awwwwwww.

BD-1 did his best to give Arden a hug, because of course she deserved a surprise party, and nodded. He needed someone else to know about Cal's birthday, because Cal would probably explode before ever telling anyone, and it wasn't fair. He deserved a party too!

He poked his head at where Arden ~~hopefully~~ had her phone. Calendars in tech were so useful, even if the phone was a little behind, well, him.

No, no, Cal had a point. Kamala had only figured out hers by some kind of weird bestie magic. Probably Aunt Ruby.

Arden was already pulling out her phone, her thoughts trending in that direction. "Okay, so what day?" she asked, picking him up and perching on a table.

BD-1 pointed to "birthday," gave a long, thorough explanation of the math and seasonal conversions it had taken to figure out when Cal's birthday was compared to Earth's calendar, and then made a worried noise as he pointed to Friday.

Yeah, Cal was a Leo, try not to be shocked.

Then, he pointed to "celebrated" and motioned to the whole calendar. The world was your oyster, Arden, he'd make it work.

Arden nodded through the long explanation as if she understood a single word, which she did not. In fairness, she wouldn't have understood it even in English, but the fact that it was delivered in binary made it that much easier to pretend.

She looked at the calendar speculatively. "The 24th?" she suggested.

BD-1 let out a cheery noise and nodded. This was perfect! Everything was going according to plan! Birthday parties were just step one, after all. He tapped the cake book and then motioned to himself, to say he could help with anything she needed.

"Okay, what kind of party would he like?" she asked. "A quiet one based around an activity? A big bash in Caritas or on the beach...?"

She went quiet and thought about it. "Hmmm. Maybe I could suggest we go rock climbing at the Holoscene? And then when we get to the top, there's everybody to celebrate?"

Oooh that last one sounded like a fun time for Cal and a good surprise. BD nodded and bounced excitedly and gave Arden another hug for being so good at this.

Arden laughed, hugging him tightly. "Okay, so we're gonna need to get Kams involved so she can set up the party at the top. Can you help with that, too? And come up with a reason you're not rock climbing with us?"

She looked thoughtful. "Presents? Or will that just make him feel weird? Also, pistachio and chocolate for a cake? I remember him liking those ice cream flavors."

BD-1 nodded excitedly - he could totally help with the stuff up top! He took a little step back and made a sad, dramatic beep as he sat down like he was exhausted. If there were Oscars for droids, he'd be a shoe-in.

"Perfect!" Arden said. "Hmm. I bet Chilly Boulder makes ice cream cakes, too." And she knew he liked those flavors. "You and Kams will get the supplies and set up while we climb on the mountain. Okay, this sounds like we've got a plan!"

BD pointed to the cake again and nodded sharply because yeah, an ice cream cake was going to go over super well. Was that even a thing at home? If it was, he couldn't imagine Cal ever got one, and that made it perfect.

Leaning up, BD gave Arden a little metallic kiss on the cheek and hopped back down to the ground, giving the mess one last sad look before beeping and scampering away so Cal wouldn't suspect anything.

Arden huffed a laugh and went back to cleaning up after the book party, starting with the ones that BD had brought over to communicate.

Had he been invited?

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