Earlier today, the entire company greeted Pippa the moment she stepped inside the theatre. It's her 33rd birthday and they're all excited for the little party they prepared for her after the evening show. One of them even joked that they should just cancel the shows and just party the whole day.
After the curtain call everyone rushed to their respective dressing rooms. Taylor almost fell on the stairway which made Andrew laugh, but not Pippa.
"Hey, you okay?" Andrew asked which made Pippa come back to her senses
"Oh uhhhh yeah it's just.... well I'm okay." she said before entering her dressing room.
"Meet us in the hallways when you're done, okay? See you!" Andrew said before disappearing.
She was about to ask why but she's too occupied by her thoughts. She still doesn't know about the little party. She thought the surprise ended with the gifts and banners on her dressing room.
As she went out of her room, she heard a commotion on the hallway. They all greeted her followed by the famous happy birthday song. "......happy birthday, dear Pippa..... happy birthday to you!"
"Thank you guys!" She said while throwing little kisses to everybody.
If someone told her earlier when she woke up that today would be a great day, she wouldn't believe it. She blew the candle and scanned the whole place. Ohhhh cookies!... of course there are drinks. I"ll make sure to grab some (or a lot? ) she made a mental note.
While everyone is enjoying themselves in the party, she was informed there were a lot of people waiting for her outside. She's happy and she has plenty of energy for stage door, so she decided to go out.
She's about to finish signing all the playbills and taking pictures with everybody when she caught a familiar face outside the theater. She thought she was hallucinating but the man gave him a soft smile before walking away.
"P, are you done? Let's go. Marilee's drinks are to die for." Andrew called her. Her feet followed him but her mind remained outside that door.
He offered her some cookies and sat beside her. "Hey, tell me what's bothering you."
"I'm fine." she denied
"You know that doesn't work on me, right?" He angled his body facing Pippa.
Pippa sighed in defeat, "He's here. I thought I was just imagining him in the crowd when I bowed during the curtain call, but he really is here. I saw him outside."
"Who? Your husband?" Pippa nodded. "How do you feel then?"
Their conversation was interrupted by some of their cast mates fighting over the last few pieces of cookies.
"I got it. I got it!" Matias shouted triumphantly.
"Damn! I'll kill you Matty!" Delphi shouted. Everybody cheered for her as if they're in an actual battle and they're on her side.
"Can someone at least tell me where to get these cookies? Who brought these anyway?" Taylor asked.
Pippa looked at the cookies on the plate Andrew brought. "Good thing I saved you some. It's really good. If you don't like it I'll juts ge..."
Pippa hit Andrew's hand that was just trying to get a piece of cookie. She grabbed a piece and took a bite.....
"Pasquale's!" said Matias who can't speak properly because Delphi's trying to kill him with tickles.
