A surprise birthday party for Jim - A Soy Luna Fanfic

Chapter 11: Now or never

It was 16:30, total silence in the Roller, it was supposed to seem closed and quiet after all.

Pedro had just now received a text of Jim saying: "Heyy! I'm leaving now, alright? Be there in 15! c:" From her message, Pedro assumed that Jim was feeling at least a tiny bit better and honestly, he was more than glad about it. Now, all he was hoping for was, that the surprise was able to take place as planned.

Jim wasn't at all as ready as she made it seem to Pedro. She had just managed to flop out of bed and put some make-up on.
Truth was, she had taken a 'little' nap and forgot to set herself a timer to wake back up again. Now, she frantically grabbed her cell phone, slightly did her hair and rushed out of her apartment.
To pick up her pace, she started jogging, in hopes of arriving on time, but to no avail.
In the end, Jim finally entered Pedro's view at 17, a whole 15 minutes later than expected. The others must be pissed, was what Pedro thought at the moment. But alas, he was also glad that Jim didn't leave them all hanging entirely. "Hiii!", Jim yelled, as she ran towards Pedro to embrace him.
"Sorry I'm so late!"
"No worries, I'm just glad you made it, I hope this will clear your mind a little bit. Oh right, how are you feeling?", Pedro asked her, in order to make sure whether or not he had interpreted her message correctly. "Oh much better, I just went home, sat down on my bed, thought for a while, wrote down my issues, read them out loud and sorted them. Ok, in reality, I just took a nap. But that's a huge stress reliever too!", Jim said, trying more or less to convince Pedro, which definitely made him smile to the very least.
He snickered, which automatically forced Jim to let out a small grin as well.
"Well, regardless of how it worked, I'm happy to see you well again. I really don't like to see you sad, like, at all", Pedro exclaimed.
"That's so sweet and considerate of you." Jim took a step back and looked him up and down.
"And nice outfit too! I've never imagined you this stylish before, especially not around this time!", Jim stated, holding in her laugh by placing a hand on her face.
"Thanks, Nico advised me to try a new look for once, the 'Nico' look. Since he's been with you, he's been way more into fashion and that's not at all my thing", Pedro said.
"Oh, I can imagine. But you look great! Sounds like you and Nico are a lot like Yam and I after all, she always wants to choose my outfit."

"I have actually noticed that the two hang out a lot now. Do you think they'd be good together?", Pedro questioned Jim, causing her blush at the thought of her crush being in love with her best friend, just like every other boy so far.
"What, no, never! What makes you think that? Yam would never like Nico! I mean, no, wait-" She got lost in her own words, so in order to calm her down, Pedro gently placed his palms on her shoulders.
"It's alright Jim. Also, did you really think that? Just imagine those two, so much stress between us..." "You're right, I should have figured. Also imagine this: 'Hey I'm Yam and I'm in love with Nico~", Jim yelled out into the sunset, for the whole street to hear.
It even went into the Roller, causing Yam, who had heard it, to fold her arms annoyed.
"No, I should apologize, really." "Phew, whatever you say, chef.

Anyway, can we enter now? It's so cold out here!", Jim said while hopping up and down, one for being excited and two so she wouldn't freeze to the floor.
"Oh, I can't wait, it must be so cool to have the entire Jam&Roller just for us, so exciting!"
"Yea, it's pretty much routine to me by now. Even up to two hours before we close, there aren't a lot of people here. Nonetheless, it's still a very calming atmosphere", Pedro answered Jim.
"I figured. But hey, at least it's not freezing! Brr"
"C'mon, let's go inside and get you wrapped up into a blanket, so that you don't catch a cold in this weather", Pedro said caringly as he carefully reached for Jim's hand and led her inside.

After shutting the door closed behind them, the pair stood in the dark filled with total darkness for a while. "Wow, I don't think I've ever seen the Roller like this ever before. It sure does have a creepy atmosphere." All of a sudden, Pedro placed his hands on top of Jim's eyes, covering them completely.

"Hey, what are you-", Jim was quickly interrupted by a quietly whispered: "Shh, I prepared something special for you. All you have to do is trust me, ok?", Pedro asked her.
"...Alright. But make it quick, I'm kind of afraid of the dark", Jim hesitantly agreed, then proceeded to close her eyes and to let herself be pulled along by her friend.
She wasn't going to lie, she actually loved surprises like this one a lot. Pedro gently held her body and told her which step to take, trying his best to help her against her fear and making sure that the two didn't fall or walk against something.

After five minutes of that had felt like an eternity, the pair finally arrived in front of the stage, or what Pedro hoped would be the optimal place to see the upcoming from.
The silence filling the room was waiting for the two to make their next move.
"Now!", Pedro yelled and Jim was able to sense that the lights had been turned on. "Why-"

"You can open your eyes now."