She was still in her thoughts when sounds were suddenly heard from the door and Zach came back inside with many other people happily following behind him while holding some boxes in their hands.
And very soon the living room was beautifully decorated in a birthday theme and many cakes were lined up on the huge table that was brought out from the storeroom.
Clara glanced around the room which is now filled with young men and women and she felt slightly uncomfortable, as loud music was suddenly played. 'Is this a birthday party or what?!' She frowned again.
Mira watched the frown on her friend's face and she sighed exasperatedly. By then, Zach had started distributing beers while the people were dancing. And why would he invite everyone from the basement?
"Zach!!!?" She yelled amid the loud music and strode toward the guy.
Zach paused what he was doing and turned toward her with a huge grin. "Yes? Baby... Do you need anything!!!?"
Mira groaned and grabbed him to the kitchen. "Zach, do you want to land us in trouble? Why did you call everyone from the basement? Aren't they supposed to be training? And what if Big brother suddenly comes back," she ranted worriedly while her eyes darted to the living room's direction.
Zach shrugged with a chuckle then grabbed her waist and started dancing. "Don't worry baby, Big bro's not going to be back till tomorrow. He's still grieving about sister-in-law's memory loss and working himself tirelessly".
"Really?" Mira's eyes lit up as he twirled her around.
"Yeah... So our job now is to just try and convince sister-in-law," he muttered with a chuckle and Mira quickly nodded.
"Let go now, I need to go and see how Clara is doing. And also tell them to turn off the music, there are children here for god's sake." She snapped and struggled out of his embrace then rushed back to the living room.
By then, Clara had already stood up with her babies and was sneaking toward the door.
"Clara wait!!!." Mira hurried toward the girl and smiled apologetically. " Hehehe, this is how my boyfriend usually celebrates his birthday... Why don't you stay a little longer, he'll soon cut the cake."
"Oh." Clara nodded absentmindedly, still glancing around the bustling place.
"Follow me." Mira took one of the babies from her, then started walking toward the kitchen and Clara followed behind her.
They sat down on the stools after placing the kids down on the counter and shortly after, Zach came back with the huge birthday cakes in both hands.
"Here... They're all yours, eat them all." He dropped the cakes on the table and Clara frowned again.
"Aren't you supposed to cut it?" She asked confusedly.
"Huh? Oh, yeah yeah." Zach eagerly nodded then retrieved a knife from one of the cabinets and quickly cut the cakes into huge slices.
"Hehehe... All done. Enjoy" He rubbed his palms together with a huge grin then picked one slice and dashed out of the kitchen to continue partying.
'Urgh!' Mira facepalmed herself with a sigh then turned to her friend and chuckled awkwardly.
"Mira, your boyfriend is really weird," Clara muttered while feeding her babies the cake.
"Hehe... He's always like that." Mira shook her head with a small smile then started gobbling down the cake and then heard her friend continued.
"Mira, I also notice that there are more girls at this party than guys... He seems like the playboy type... You should break up with him before he breaks your heart," Clara muttered nonchalantly, then picked one slice and started eating, and Mira gasped and stared at her with wide eyes.
"Clara!? You... how could you say that? Do you want me to lose my purpose of living? I love him so much, Zach would never cheat on me."
Clara chuckled and shrugged. "Don't come crying to me later," she said nonchalantly and continued eating.
Mira dropped the spoon with a grim expression as she had totally lost her appetite. This Clara is really something__ and here she was, trying to help her get together with Big brother.
Clara glanced sideways at her and chuckled again, then turned to the babies who had finished almost half the cake. "Don't eat too many slices babies, too much sweet is bad."
"Okay, Mummy."
"Okay, Mummy."
The girls nodded concurrently but continued eating and Clara laughed softly as she also couldn't resist the sweet cake.
Mira pursed her lips and also continued eating silently then after a while, looked up and said," So... Clara, about Big Brother..." She trailed off and carefully watched her friend's expression.
"Uhmm... Mira, I'm__" Clara was cut off as a yawn suddenly overtook her and she covered her mouth then her phone started ringing. It was Lara.
After answering the call and saying a reply to the person on the other end, she quickly stood up with a jerk.
"Mira, I have to go... The kids need to go to school tomorrow morning," she said hurriedly while glancing at the time then turned to the twins who were slightly dozing off.
"Oh..." Mira slowly nodded and sighed disappointedly. She also stood up and picked one of the twins then they walked out of the kitchen.
Back in the living room, the music was still on as the people danced tirelessly and Clara placed a palm on Little Mia's ear while her other ear was pressed against her chest. Mira's boyfriend is really weird.
Mira also covered Little Lea's ear and sighed for the umpteenth time after glancing at her boyfriend, who had now taken over the DJ area.
They walked toward the door and out of the house.
Clara yawned and glanced at the time again then her eyes darted around the empty area. "Mira, there's no sign of a taxi here... How can I get home?"
"Oh, don't worry... Lemme inform__ what!?" Mira exclaimed as her widened eyes darted to the other house.
Seeing the shock on her friend's face, Clara frowned and followed her gaze then she spotted a car going inside the other house. "What is wrong?" she asked worriedly.