Chapter 28: Happy Birthday

“Do you want to hear good news?”

Kyle and I were lying on my couch and watching Saturday morning cartoons. It was bright outside and my apartment smelled good because Spencer was making pancakes in the kitchen. I looked at Kyle lazily on the other side of the couch.

“Always,” I said.

“It’s…” He paused to look at me skeptically. “You have to promise not to freak out, though, because you do that sometimes and it’s so weird.”

I felt too relaxed to do anything of the freaking out nature, so I merely nodded.

“Okay.” He turned a bit to face me, glanced quickly in the direction of the kitchen, and said, “The other day, Spencer told me-”

I sat up quickly. *****! “Spencer told you he’s in love with you too and you guys are together and you’re gonna live happily ever after and die peacefully entwined in one another’s arms! I knew it!” I stood up on the couch cushions and began jumping up and down. “I knew it!”

Kyle looked up at me, briefly annoyed. “Okay, how is this not freaking out?”

I stopped jumping and lowered myself down on the couch, only to tackle him immediately after. “This is great!”

“Alice, stop-stop kissing me!” I covered his face in kisses and hugged him tightly. Despite himself, he started laughing. “Stop!” he cried.

“You don’t understand,” I told him, pulling away. “This is like-I’ve been waiting for this my entire life.”

“Really? Because you’ve only known us a couple of years.”

“This is like-oh, my God-remember when Fallon Carrington and Jeff Colby finally got back together on Dynasty and it was because they loved each other? This is the same thing! Only you’re not being recast with a strange British actress and moving to the spin-off!”

“Why do I have to be Fallon?” he asked, offended. “Why can’t Spencer be Fallon?”

“This is great!” was all I could say.

“I mean, if anyone can pull off an amnesiac storyline, it’s Spencer. He’s so forgetful, anyway-oof!” I tackled him again. “I take it you’re happy?” he asked, patting me on the back.