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The seventeenth of July had finally come around, and it was Eroshay Rosales' birthday. This was a very special occasion on multiple counts. Firstly, it was her first birthday since being adopted into the infamous Rosales family, equally known for their organized crime and close-knit warmth. She was going to be shown a wonderful, extravagant time, only the best of celebrations for the youngest kingpin daughter. Secondly, she was turning thirteen, moving from preteen to teenager status. That was exciting! Unless you were Klaus, with now two teenage daughters on his hands, and in that case, the excitement had a mild side of intimidating.
But fuck if he didn't love his daughter to bits. All of this was for her. They'd rented out a huge part of Oceania Park for the day, and as far as anyone was concerned, it was basically a mini fair. The gorgeous decorations were all roses and gold, there were bountiful amounts of food, live music, entertainment, games, and even a ridiculous bounce house. Goodie bags were given out right away, next to the presents table (which was, notably, getting absurdly stuffed), which were pretty flower pattern bags with red ribbon that had candy shaped like roses, chocolate gold coins, novelty sunglasses, actual ipods (rich crime family is rich), and small gemstones. They also offered flower crowns in place of party hats. There was a bonus, too, for the younger kids and goofy adults. Toy knives and water guns, for play gang fights.
This party definitely had its themes. Klaus wanted Shay to have a blast and feel at home. She was his cherished, treasure of a daughter, and this was her day, with all her closest family and friends, here to spend time with her and shower her with gifts. It was an interesting group of guests, as well, to say the least. It was populated by an excess of Rosales gang members and associates, then direct Rosales family like Shay's parents (Klaus, Vito), her sisters (Addy, Quin, Sherry), and housemates, Hellion relatives, Shay's friends in her own age group, and the various oddball relations she liked to collect.
They'd been prepping this for days, with Klaus as the main party planner and boss as Vito was recovering from Founder's Day. The whole space was already set up and going, people arriving, and a casually dressed Klaus was leading a blindfolded Shay in, holding her hand tightly. "I think…" he said, a smug smile on his face. "You're really gonna like this, kiddo." She could already hear all the voices and noise, so without further ado and endless bubbly giddy feelings, he took off her blindfold with a flourish.
"Happy thirteenth birthday, Shay! We love you!" Klaus exclaimed, before wrapping her up in a big hug, spinning with the young girl, and setting her back down, grinning at her like crazy. Today was going to be a very good, spectacular, most excellent day, one for his daughter to remember. "Now, have fun, you wacky teenager!"
Shay was both exhilarated and nervous about her party. She gripped Klaus' hand tightly as he led her... eh, somewhere. They had walked the entire way so that she wouldn't know. Shay had stuck close to Klaus, fearing she might bump into something if she didn't.
