walks up with a neatly wrapped box that contained some prunes and arthritis cream. "Happy Birthday."

glances at the gift and glances up at her. "Hmm, thanks."

nods, rocking on her feet as she holds it out, waiting anxiously for her to open it.

takes the present. "Should I open it now?"

nods a bit too enthusiastically.

eyes her suspiciously. This was going to be a gag gift. She slowly starts to open the gift.

scoots in closer to watch, clearly more excited about this than she normally was.

stares at her before opening it to see what it was. "This is your last chance to take it back."

"Why would I take it back?"

stares a little longer before opening the present. "Hmm..."

watches anxiously.

glances at her. "You shouldn't have."

snickers quietly, as though it was so sneaky of a gift.

stares to frown slowly, a dark aura developing.

seems unbothered by the dark aura, her lips curling up in to a small grin.

"Hmmm, you brought enough prunes for us to share. Here, you eat yours first." She offers her a prune.

stares at the prune, her grin slowly falling. "They're for you. I couldn't take them back."

shakes her head. "No, it would be rude to eat in front of you."

"I don't mind."

frowns and presses the prunes towards her. "Please?"

wrinkles her nose.

"I couldn't possibly eat them in front of you when you have none."

cringes. "I... I already ate!"

frowns, acting as if she is hurt by that statement.

looks away, feeling a little flustered now.

"Are you sure you won't have any?"

nothing and looks away.

holds the prune out to her.

ignores it.

frowns.

groans.

sighs quietly, her face expressing sadness.

not give in, dammit!!

holds the prune up to Thora's mouth.

continues to look away.

leans in to kiss her cheek.

most definitely not turning red.

hugs her before whispering in her ear. "I will get you back for this...'

rolls her eyes and smirks. "I'm sure you will, old woman."

hums. "I will."

scoffs.

moves away. "I'm assuming you want some of the birthday cake."

"You're not going to make me eat the prunes with it are you?"

"If you insist."

"IYou No! That... That wasn't what I meant!!!"

...smirks. "Are you sure?"

screeches, "No!!"

laughs. "Alright."

huffs quietly in embarrassment.

hugs her. "It's far too easy to rile you."

sulks. "I'm not riled."

nods. "Of course not."

tries desperately to cool her cheeks.

pulls away from her. "Do you want to come inside?"

nods silently.

walks to the door and opens it for Thora.

follows after her, slipping her shoes off as she steps in. "Thanks."

follows her in and shuts the door. "Want anything to eat or drink?"

for a moment. "Sure."

walks to the kitchen and starts making coffee, pulling out some cake.

follows behind her, looking around the house as she made her way to the kitchen.

sets a plate full of cake on the table and waits on the coffee.l

if that means that she can eat the entire cake...

had gotten a lot of cake... She wanted Thora to eat as much as she liked.

would eat until she got sick if Gjertrud allowed her to...

would keep an eye on her... She sets a cup of coffee down next to Thora.

grabbed the cup and took a sip. "Thanks."

sits across from her with her own coffee and cake.

waits for Gjertrud to start eating before even thinking about digging in to the cake.

...notices that Thora hadn't eaten yet. She sips at her coffee slowly.

growing more impatient by the minute... She wanted to eat the cake... but she didn't want to be rude... but she really wanted to eat the cake.

dishes herself some cake before taking another sip of coffee.

watches her intently.

finally takes a bite.

stubbornly tries not to eat any of the cake.

glances over at Thora with a frown. "I'm sorry, do you not like cake?"

"I haven't tried it..."

raises an eyebrow. "Why not?"

shrugs. "Maybe I'm on a diet."

"Ah, I forgot the prunes..."

glares.

hides a smile behind her hand.

huffs indignantly and decides to start eating the cake to distract herself.

eats some of her own, glad the other was eating now.

took too big of a bite, and didn't chew enough, and was now coughing a bit as she tried to swallow a large piece of cake

blinks in surprise and watches carefully.

catches her breath after a minute, her cheeks red with embarrassment. She refuses to look up at Gjertrud and goes back to eating.

sighs quietly and resumes eating.

continues eating quickly, practically shoveling the food in to her mouth.

watches her while she eats her own cake.

might have unknowingly gotten a little bit on her cheek as she ate.

gestures to her own cheek to try to alert Thora.

didn't notice her immediately, but once she did she paused with a look of confusion.

....leans over the table and brushes the cake off with her hand.

leans back once she was done, hastily wiping her face as she tries not to blush.

smiles faintly and sits back, eating her own food.

glares, deciding that she didn't need to eat any more cake.

finishes up her coffee and watches Thora.

plays with the rest of the cake on her plate.

"Want more coffee or anything?"

shakes her head and gets up. "I'll get some water."

watches her, nodding a little. "Okay..."

leans against the counter as she sips from the glass.

finishes off her own cake before sitting back in her chair.

tries to look at her reflection in the glass to make sure that there was nothing more on her face.

pretends not to notice and stands up to clean her plate, picking up Thora's as well.

huffs quietly when she cannot see anything well.

cleans the dishes and walks back over to Thora. "Missed a spot..."

turns red almost instantly and glares as she practically swats at her face to get whatever it was off. "Did not!"

leans in and reaches for Thora's cheek to pretend to wipe a spot off.

lets out a quiet screech as she leaps away and looks in the opposite direction to hide her face.

blinks at her before making a small laughing noise and moving her hand to quickly hide a smile.

storms out of the room to check her face in a mirror.

waits for her in silence.

stomps back loudly a few seconds later. "There is nothing on my face."

"There isn't now. You are lucky you have me around to help."

glares.

hides a smile behind her hand.

huffs indignantly.

shrugs. "It's all gone now, so there's nothing wrong now."

"I have a feeling you were messing with me the entire time."

shakes her head. "Why would I do that?"

stares with a deadpanned expression. "I have no idea."

sighs faintly. "Then your feelings were misleading you."

somehow doubts that, but drops it regardless.

tilts her head. "So... did you want to do something today? Or just eat cake."

shrugs. "It's your birthday. What did you want to do?"

sighs quietly. "I don't know, I've just had sooo many birthdays that they are just so boring to me now." She tries to sound as bored as possible.

shrugs again. "Alright. Anything on TV tonight?"

blinks at her before sighing. "I think I have a better idea. C'mon." She starts to walk towards the back door.

smirks. "I thought you said birthdays were boring."

shrugs. "It's at least more special then just a TV night." She opens the door for Thora.

follows after her. "What's wrong with the TV?"

"I thought I would show you something better." She walks to the edge of a forest, glancing back at Thora. "Stay close."

blinks cautiously, following after her a little slower. "... You're not going to try sacrificing me to a troll... are you?"

shakes her head. "Just stay quiet." She walks a bit before reaching a small pond. A few faeries were playing at the edge.

tiptoes as silently as she could behind her.

sits down and glances at Thora, gesturing her to sit next to her. "Can you see them?"

creeps down besides her, making sure to stay as close to the Norwegian as she could. She nods slowly, practically climbing on to Gjertrud as she nestled towards her side.

might have smiled. She was glad that she wasn't the only one who could still see them. One of the faeries starts to float over towards them.

watches the faery cautiously, latching her arm around Gjertrud's.

A few more faeries follow, watching them both carefully. Gjertrud lifts her hand slowly and the first faerie lands on it.

watches Gjertrud and the faeries curiously from the safety of her side.

smiles faintly as the faerie laughs and the others start to land on Gjertrud and Thora.