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Nobody acknowledged the fact that Rory and Tom arrived at the exact same time (by mere coincidence of course) except for Elizabeth and Scarlett, who immediately sent questioning glances in Aurora's direction. She tried to act like she didn't notice though and headed over to greet the birthday boy.

As soon as she reaches Sebastian, her feet leaves the ground and her tiny frame is engulfed in a big hug. She instinctively throws her arms around his neck to reciprocate the action.

"Thank you so much for planning this Rors, it means so much to me." Seb says, still hugging her. "You're the best, I love you."

His words make Aurora almost tear up.

"I love you too Sebby. If you're happy I'm happy. I just want you to have the best birthday, you deserve it." she answers truthfully with a huge smile.

When she's on the ground again, her eyes quickly run over the room.

"Looking for someone?" Sebastian asks.

"Nah, just checking who's here already." she deflects "Come on, it's your party. Let's go mingle."

After an eventful attempt at cooking over an open flame and almost having to resuscitate Evans several times after witnessing him nearly die of laughter accompanied by his famous left boob grabs, Aurora somehow found herself dancing crazily in the living room with the girls as a result of what she assumes to be one too many glasses of wine.

"I can't remember the last time I saw you like this" Scar observes aloud, trying to compete with the superiority of the music blasting from the speakers.

"Like what?"

"Like you, happy." she smiles cheek to cheek while she playfully twirls Aurora around, causing her to giggle and Lizzie to snap a picture of her friends.

"To be honest I can't remember when I was really happy for the last time either." Rory confesses while nervously biting on her lower lip, struggling to find courage to lift her head up. She was afraid one of them might catch the visible look of affection radiating from her expression upon thinking about who actually is the cause of this newfound happiness.

"Well, what or whoever may have caused it, I'm glad you're doing better" Elizabeths butts in.

"I'm glad too" she smiles softly

"So Tom's treating you well?" Scar almost laughs by the end of her question when she sees the pure shock washing over Rory's face as each word sinks into her brain.

"What the fuck" she wonders aloud with her jaw basically dropped to the floor.

"Come on Rors, we know you better than you know yourself." Liz giggles.

"Not to mention the way too obvious glances and smiles between you two" Scar adds.

"I've been busted. Again! God fucking damn it" she laughs at herself.

"Again?" Lizzie questions.

"Z literally called me out on this as a joke and I spilled the beans.." Aurora answers and once again she fiddles with her fingers nervously "I'll ask you two to do the same as I asked her. You three are legit the only ones who know about this so please don't tell anyone else. We want to enjoy the privacy as long as we can"

"Of course girlie, our lips are sealed. Although probably pretty much everyone is suspecting something's going on between you and Tom." Scarlett says.

"Oh jesus. I'm deadass going to have a breakdown, I need another drink" Rory sighs and drags her friends back outside. Everyone else is sitting around the fire, eating the remnants of Seb's birthday cake as they converse loudly, probably due to the alcohol in their systems. Or maybe they are just obnoxious human beings in general, who knows.