Chapter 390 - Sarah's birtday celebration (1)

Sarah was getting irritated that no one wants to tell her anything about the party in the evening. "OK. Can you at least tell me where we are going now?"

"Don't worry, your sisters planned today. You just think of this as a beginning of your birthday celebration and relax." Sophia smiled while leaning into Felix's embrace.

"I guess I should not argue with a pregnant woman..." Sarah was defeated.

"Correct!" Sophia laughed and winked at JoAnna.

"You will tell me, right?" Sarah looked at Aiden.

Aiden shrugged. "I don't know anything."

"How can you not know? You are driving!" Sarah didn't believe him.

He paused for a second. "They just gave me the address. I don't know more than that."

"If that is the truth, why did you pause?"

Aiden's eyes nervously darted. "Because I'm driving!"

"Can't you just relax and enjoy? Really, I can't believe you!" JoAnna was frustrated with Sarah's persistence. Jeff held her not to stand up reminding her that she should stay seated and buckled up in a moving vehicle.

Sarah didn't respond to JoAnna. She pouted and slumped in her seat.

Aiden parked in front of a pottery studio.

Sarah got out of the vehicle and raised her eyebrows while staring at the big sign above entry door.

"Come on, it will be fun." JoAnna nudged her toward the front door.

'Pottery?' That is not how Sarah sees fun. But considering that Sophia is pregnant they can't do anything physically demanding. She reminded herself that her sisters took time and effort to plan this day for her and smiled while walking inside the studio.

The two hour long pottery class was not bad as Sarah thought it will be. The class instructor was frustrated because neither of them focused on vases they were supposed to make.

Aiden didn't do much with his piece of clay. He had fun watching Sarah work for some time, before poking Sarah's vase with fingers, making it collapse.

Sarah threw a piece of clay at him which he dodged, and it ended up hitting JoAnna's work.

JoAnna was outraged. "You destroyed my vase!"

Sophia burst into laugh. "You call that a vase?"

JoAnna threw a piece of clay at Sophia's work.

Felix and Jeff tried to calm them down, but then JoAnna and Sophia turned on them.

At the end, they didn't have a single clay container that looked anything like a vase. But they were all laughing.

"Well, that was different than what I imagined." JoAnna laughed as they exited.

"Where next?" Sarah was removing leftover clay bits from under her fingernails.

"Lunch!" Sophia was looking forward to this.

They got a private VIP room in a French restaurant which Felix picked.

When the food was set up, and all staff left the room, Felix got two boxes and kept one in front of JoAnna and another in front of Sophia.

Sarah observed that she didn't get anything. "I thought it's my birthday." She grimaced.

"These are not birthday presents." Felix explained.

When JoAnna and Sophia opened boxes, Sarah came to realization what those are. Each box had two matching rings in it.

Felix was proudly explaining to everyone. "Rings with GPS function, just like the ones I made for Sarah and Aiden. With software update Aiden did, we can customize five patterns for emergency signals and decide who will receive them."

Sophia was happy that their team of six is getting closer together. "Now everyone has their GPS rings. Let's hope that we don't need to use them."

They all nodded in understanding.

"You two spent some time training, and we didn't meet much." JoAnna looked at Sarah and Aiden. "I don't think you know that I'm working with Felix to develop weapons that will be unique for us. Now that we know someone is watching us, and we might be in danger, that is a necessity."

Sarah glanced at Aiden and confirmed based on his expression that he also didn't know about this. "Sounds exciting. We look forward to hear more about it when we are back next week."

"By that time, I might have some rough prototypes ready. Anna is throwing her ideas so fast at me that I have difficulty catching up." Felix praised JoAnna.

JoAnna smiled and gave a small nod. Jeff hugged JoAnna. He was proud of her, and happy that she is his fiancé.

After lunch, they went to their next destination.

They rented a Gold Class cinema, one screen room exclusively for them.

It was a cozy atmosphere with seats that fully recline. Seats are arranged by two, perfect for couples. They watched latest MIB movie which Sarah picked, and everyone approved.

The movie was a nice experience for everyone, even though no one paid much attention to the effects on the huge screen. Three couples enjoyed their time with each other, holding each other in silence. They exchanged whispers while savoring tasty snacks and beverages.

After the movie, they headed back to Hill family villa.

"Perfect timing. We can take some rest and freshen up by six." Sophia was happy with how they organized the day.

JoAnna observed that Jeff is under the weather, and she could not wait for them to get some privacy to talk to him. "Honey, is something bothering you?"

He was surprised that JoAnna noticed. He thought that his emotion-masking skills are good. "Why do you ask?"

"Because whole day you are sulking." JoAnna explained.

"Nothing, I'm fine." Jeff refused to admit that he is upset that Felix got a 'son' treatment, while he got a scolding. He was jealous of Felix, but he will never say that aloud.

"You don't look fine." JoAnna persistent.

He could not deny it, but he didn't want to admit it either. "I will get over it."

JoAnna placed a kiss on his cheek and rested her head on his shoulder. 'I wonder what's got into him. He is like this since this morning. It can't be that he still thinks of having babies now!!! Can it?' She looked at him, trying to read what is going on, but besides him being depressed, she could not see anything. 'Oh, God! I hope it's not babies. I thought we agreed to do that later...' She sighed. "Let's go freshen up and get ready. It's close to six."