With the doors now open Sohrab was immediately taken aback by the fact J.D. looked.....different! His hair slicked back, a white tux. with a blue dress shirt, and a tie that looked almost as crystallized as Frozen's Elsa's dress. Sohrab had to mentally smack himself for blushing that hard and two, that it was for Eliza. And now he knew if J.D. dressed like that, he should've at least gotten fancy but no.....Sohrab only had on cargo pants, and a t-shirt with his hair pulled up in a ponytail as normal.
Eliza too was shocked and almost speechless for a second even when her hand was kissed. As she made her way over to the party, even Ashton had no idea what to say....except for:
"Holy Damn...." He had to keep that quiet as he and Sohrab; both shocked and almost speechless followed as well. Every one of them including Eliza had examined everything about the party; it was all decked and blue and white.....almost like a Winter wonderland at that point. Sohrab had to contain himself when suddenly J.D.'s hat exploded in mid air with snowflakes and the acrobatics and wolves came into the room to guide them.
"Don't have a heart attack on me." Ashton poked Sohrab's pale out face.
"Don't.......even......" He couldn't finish.
Eliza was more than ecstatic. Magic! Animals! This was a little girl's paradise! She almost petted one of the animals until Sohrab got back into senses and told her gently that she has to ask before petting, but since there was no one to ask they just left like that.
"Bowing dogs? I wonder how much the-"But Sohrab got him by the collar to shut him up. Then they got to the tent and oh boy did their heart almost give out.
"How much money did he spend?!""Let's not think about that." He shakes his head, almost in disbelief as now the whole banner with the 'Happy birthday' came up and now Eliza was a princess for an entire day. It actually made Sohrab all teary as he wiped his eyes.
"Y-.....You crying?!""Shut up man." He weakly defended himself as now Eliza sat on the throne, clapping and laughing as she watched the performance take hold. Sohrab knew this was the first time her birthday was so widely appreciated. All they had gotten when the father was alive was a few friends and a cake. But this really took those memories down, but Sohrab appreciated them at the very least. Then suddenly J,D. went to him and poked him, talking about the cake.
"Oh-..... Oh yeah the cake." He followed J.D. while Ashton stayed with Eliza to watch the show. With that he went to the room where the cake was and now felt like he might as well have a heart attack.
The
cake was absolutely fantastic! It followed the whole blue-n-white theme, but also looked pretty elegant for a little child's birthday.
"D-Dude.....I......I...." He couldn't say it as he just focused on bringing the cake over. The act was going on and he had figured that they had to wait until it was all over. So when the timing was right they had brought it out which made Ashton even more surprised.
"Holy-......."But Eliza was even more ecstatic as she was jumping on her seat seeing the cake.
"It so huge!" She squealed as it was brought to her with the 6 candles all lit up on top with the 'Happy Birthday' on the blue part of the cake. Sohrab, a little more teary as he patted her head.
"Happy Birthday." Eliza hugged him in a loving embrace as she really thought to him that this was the best day ever. With that she remembered, a baby step for her, to also hug J.D., loving every second of this party.
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The party had been dealt and over with, and Eliza laid on the bed of Ashton's apartment holding onto the doll of Twilight Sparkle which was a gift from Sohrab as well as Fluttershy which was also Ashton as well. They knew money was tight and that was all that could be given to her. Of course it made them feel inferior with the gifts J.D. gave to her.
"Wow, I wonder if she expected a bigger one next year.""I hope not." Ashton, who actually stayed there the entire time, laughed at that notion as he then had gotten a call and was shocked.
"I'll be damned.""What?""Looks like Eliza's wish came true; we found Carol." With that he had left while Sohrab stayed with the very tired, and very happy Eliza as he then petted her head. Everything that had happened today really made them forget about the bad things that happened, just for awhile to regain their energy. He wished his birthdays were like that for him when he was Eliza's age but he was happy for the anyways.
"Night sister." With that he left to go to the couch bed soon realizing something....he needed to tell his Aunt and maybe Ashton when they arrive.....he thought maybe tomorrow would be ok....everything would be somewhat refreshed by now so he thought it would be nice timing. For now he turned on the TV to watch the news, but turned down the volume so his sister could sleep in her dreamland. With that the news made him frown, the news did say the woman called Carol (his Aunt) had been found but very bruised. And also the warning to him and Eliza about their forthcoming for them and the revenge for the dead man; Sohrab's Father. He shuts the Tv off and sighs, frustrated and scared as he pulled the covers over him and tried to get some sleep for the weekend ahead.
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Sohrab woke up that morning and knew today would have to be the day. He opened the fridge to get some breakfast, seeing the cake from Eliza's birthday inside the fridge. Ashton had decided to have a few slices of cake to bring back home for Carol and maybe for themselves if they want to, with the rest of the cake being donated and also to the acrobatics for thanks in the end. Sohrab smiles slightly feeling that might help him out later today, so he got out some breakfast and waited for the time.
Aunt Carol had shown up at the apartment after she had been ok'ed by the hospital to be let go. She had bruises on her hand and cheek but otherwise it would heal just fine. Eliza had gotten up to tell Auntie on how great her birthday was yesterday and all the presents she had gotten. Carol was happy about it.......to Eliza but then complained to Ashton she would be raised as a spoiled brat. Ashton narrowed his eyes:
"Mom, she was the happiest I ever seen. Lighten up!" Even he knew his mom could be dramatic. Sohrab decided to wait until they were done talking to tell them his feelings. Eliza went to the daycare as usual that day so he knew it would be the perfect timing to get support and even some praises for his courage....or so he would think.
Once the two were done, Sohrab came in.
"Hey.....uhhh.....guys." The two turned around seeing that he was calling for them.
"What's up? Make it short." Ashton had to go again to find the one who hurt his Ma, well if only he knew. Sohrab coughed slightly as he then did the hand motion for them to sit down.
"This is important." Carol said as both sat down. Sohrab then crosses his arms.
"I thought today would be the day I would say this, I had a lot to think about when my Mom left the world and moving in. And I finally am sure of this.
"Aunt Carol............Cousin Ashton..........I'm gay."Aunt Carol's eyes were widen so much that it seemed like her pupil could not be seen. Ashton was too surprised but needed this:
"And your sure? You like guys?" "Yes, I am not the type to be unsure of my decisions/" Ashton then clasped his hands together.
"Well if that's what you feel then tha-" But Aunt Carol stood up and immediately took Sohrab by the arm.
"Who told you this?! I wanna know which queer suggested you were gay?!""MOM!" Ashton pushed her away but Carol would not have it.
"I WILL NOT RAISE A BOY WHO IS GAY! IT IS UNNATURAL AND HOMOSEXUALITY IS A SIN!""Are you ******** kidding me?!" Ashton defended the now Pale and Scared Sohrab.
"It's not like he transformed into a totally different person!" "And I will convince him just like I had to for my sister! I will not have a family member who is gay!" When he soon realizes this, Sohrab got a vase and threw it down on the ground to get her to shut up.
"You-.....You WHAT?! My mother was gay?! And you decided that you rather her die from an abusive man JUST TO NOT HAVE A HOMOSEXUAL SISTER?! THAN HAVE HER BE HAPPY?! YOU KILLED HER! YOUR THE ONE WHO KILLED MY MOM!""No I-""SHUT THE ******** UP! SHUT THE ******** UP!" With that Ashton had to pull them apart to prevent an assault in this household. Screams and curses flew over from each side as Ashton tried to keep them from hitting each other or doing something they would regret. Sohrab would not hear of it:
"YOU KNOW WHAT?! UNLIKE MY MOM, I WILL NOT CHANGE MY SEXUAL ORIENTATION TO YOUR EXPECTATIONS. ******** YOU AND YOUR STUPID RELIGION VIEWS! I'LL BE WHO I WANNA BE AND YOUR NOT GONNA DO IT LIKE MY MOM! YOUR NOT GONNA KILL ME!" With that he left and stormed off slamming the door as hard as he could not caring on whomever saw. As he walked, the tears streamed down his face.
"You killed mama..." He had to wipe his face slightly as he had no idea what to do now.
With that he had to go somewhere where he could be alone. He didn't wanna bother anyone...even J.D. at that point. So he found a nice park bench, the same one he sat on waiting for J.D. to come and pick a fight with him. He refused to let anyone see his saddened melancholy expression, not even the tears that flowed.
Ashton in the meantime had to leave and go find him, and had been asking around to where he could be but nobody pays attention. So his first thought was maybe J.D.'s place so he went to the house and knocked on the door.
"Anybody home?" His knock was somewhat frantic, not very threatening.