Surprise Party? Sure thing!

I went to Red Robin today. It made me think of the first time I went to Red Robin, which was without a doubt the most memorable time.

To give you a little back ground, I am a rather shy and quiet person until one gets to know me, so upon arriving at college for the first time, I was worried I wouldn't make friends. This was quiet unnecessary because for some reason, within the first two days I was singled out by Julie, one of the most bubbly and out going people I know, to be her best friend. We were pretty much inseparable. It just so happened that we had three classes together. It was in our Public Speaking class that we met Beau. Our professor divided the class into Speech groups. We were to get together with our groups every week and practice our speeches on them before we gave them in front of the class and our professor. Beau, Julie and I all ended up in the same group and we click. Before we knew it, the three of us were hanging out outside of class and Beau's best friend, Krissy, joined us as well.

The four of us hung out all the time. So it was no surprise that Krissy came to Julie and I to tell us that she was planning a surprise birthday party for Beau at Red Robin on Saturday night at 8 o'clock. Neither Julie or I had a car at the time so Krissy suggested we call her friend Holly and ask to catch a ride with her. We called Holly and made the arrangements and were looking forward to the weekend. We made it through most of the week without mentioning the weekend or any plans to Beau. Then on Friday night, Beau approached the us and asked what we were doing saturday night. We were a bit taken back but managed to sufficiently convince him that we didn't really have anything planned. He didn't even seem to notice our slightly nervous responses. The rest of the conversation went something like this (and I promise I am not making this up):

Beau: "Good. Krissy's birthday is coming up and I want to throw her a surprise birthday party."

Us: "Oh okay."

Beau: "We're going to do it tomorrow night at Red Robin at 8 o'clock. Can you guys be there?"

(At this point we are fighting really hard to hold back the laugher that wanted to exploded forth.)

Us: "Sure. We'll be there"

Beau: "Good. If you need a ride, you can call Holly."

After he walked away, Krissy came to talk to us to make sure we could still make it the following evening and to assure us that Beau had no idea that we were throwing a surprise party for him.

We both thought it quite funny that two of our good friends had just planned the same surprise birthday party for each other. In fact, it was so bizarrely the same that it was hard to believe that they didn't know about each other's plans.

Well, Saturday night at 8 o'clock Julie, Holly and I arrived at the restaurant and sat down with the group of people to wait for the arrival of the birthday people. Beau was of course in charge of getting Krissy to her surprise party and Krissy was in charge of getting Beau to his surprise party. While we waited, we chatted with the other guests in attendance and learned that not only did they plan the same party but they invited exactly the same people as well.

As Beau and Krissy entered the restaurant, we held up a banner that said, "Happy Birthday, Beau and Krissy", and yelled surprise. Beau and Krissy both turned to each other expecting to see the surprise in their friend's face. But the surprise that we all saw was much much better, when it dawned on them exactly what they had done. Best. Birthday Party. Ever!