*This story follows the same characters from the
My Roommate's Loving Family
series. Read parts 1-3 first if you haven't yet!
Brian walked into his dorm after class was over and found Dave on his bed. They had a shitty, cramped dorm room that was essentially a box with two twin beds against each of the two side walls.
"Hey man, your birthday's coming up this week! Let's go fucking wild, man!"
Dave was about to celebrate his first birthday in college and Brian was more excited for it than he was.
"Yeah, sure," Dave said unenthusiastically.
"Dude, what's up? You're turning 19! Let's go turn the fuck up tonight!"
Dave just continued to look down at his phone and shrugged.
"What's up, man? Why aren't you excited?"
Dave sighed, his head hanging low. "I don't know, you might not get it. But you've got this amazing, loving family and you all connect and care about each other and you're so open. I told you my family was a little more closed off, but it's not even about the sex. They don't ever care that it's my birthday, they haven't reached out at all since I've moved into the dorms, we're just all very disconnected."
Brian sat on the bed next to him and looked down. "Shit man, I'm sorry. I didn't know it was that bad, that has to be tough."
"Yeah, definitely not fun. I don't know, my birthday just brings up every time they forgot about it, or didn't care about it, or didn't call. I'm not expecting much, I just get kinda bummed out."
"Listen, man," Brian said as he grabbed Dave by the shoulders. He looked him in the eyes and said, "that sucks, and I'm really sorry to hear that. But you're my friend, and I'm going to give you something to celebrate."
Dave smiled. "I really do appreciate it, Brian. You've been an awesome friend, I hit the roommate jackpot. But seriously, let's just forget about it and hang out."
"Hell no, man! We're going out tonight, I'm getting you drunk and laid and it will be a blast. Not taking no for an answer, bro."
Dave's smile got bigger. Brian's excitement was infectious. Dave shrugged and slapped his knees. "Ok fuck it, let's go!"
~
Brian woke up hungover and looked at Dave's bed across from him. He saw a cute girl crawling out of Dave's bed and putting her bra on.
"Oh hello," Brian said, still slurring his words a bit from the alcohol.
She noticed him looking at her and shouted, "Oh shit!" She quickly put her shirt on backwards and ran out of the room embarrassed.
Her shouts woke up Dave, who looked at Brian and said, "what the fuck just happened!"
"Apparently you got some birthday pussy last night, that's what the fuck just happened! How do I not remember that?!"
Dave laughed and said, "you were pretty fucking hammered, man." His smile faded and he looked bummed again. "Nah, we didn't fuck. I was too drunk, she tried blowing me and I couldn't get hard. Then we just went to sleep."
"Ahhh fuck! That sucks man, whatever, happens to the best of us."
"See, told you no good can come from my birthday," Dave said in a morbid tone.
Brian looked disappointed. "Nope, we still have tonight to make up for it. Round 2 buddy, I'm not letting you give up that easily."
Dave looked annoyed now and snapped a bit. "Listen, Brian. I get that you're trying to be a good friend, and I appreciate it, I really do. But it's just a shitty weekend and that's that, I don't want to keep getting disappointed."
Brian felt terrible for Dave. "Alright man, well let's just hang out today and see what happens, no pressure or anything."
Dave got up and went down the hall to the showers. Brian pulled out his phone and made a quick call.
"Hey Mom, what are you and Dani doing today?"
~
Dave and Brian took a couple hours to get over their hangovers before they went down to the cafeteria for lunch. They met with some friends who tried to help Brian convince Dave to go out with them that night, but Dave wouldn't budge. He was in a sulky mood and really wanted to be left alone. Brian said he would stop pushing him to go out, but he definitely wasn't going to leave him alone on his birthday.
"Thanks, man. I hope you know how much I appreciate what a good friend you are."
Brian smiled. "You've met my family, man. We're people pleasers. Literally," he said as he laughed through the end of the sentence. "I'm not about to leave my boy hangin' on his birthday, we'll just go watch some movies and get high or something."
They put away their trays and decided to head back to their dorm. Brian couldn't wait to see Dave's face as they walked into the surprise waiting for him. Brian put his key into the lock and opened the door, but he stood outside and held it open. Dave looked inside and his face lit up as he saw Frank, Stacy, Dani, and Tina standing in the middle of their room between the two beds.
"Surprise! Happy birthday!" they all yelled in unison.
Dave was elated. "Oh my God, I can't believe this! You guys all came for my birthday!"
"Of course we did! We weren't about to leave you hanging!" Dani said as she reached forward for a hug. "And I brought Tina, too, she wanted to come celebrate with you!" Tina leaned in for a hug and said, "Happy birthday, Dave!"
"We wouldn't miss it, honey, we're very happy to be celebrating with you," Stacy said with her sweetest, motherly voice. "Happy birthday, son," Frank said as he reached out to shake Dave's hand.
Dave was so happy he couldn't make his smile any smaller if he tried. "Guys, you have no idea how much this means to me."