My first official 'HOST' story. There will be more chapters and this one is kinda fluffy, so sorry, I love fluff. :)

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Disclaim: I own nothing, Stephenie Meyer owns all the characters....but I wish she would surrender Ian.

Wanda POV:

"Hey Wanda, calm down. We'll be there soon." Melanie says as we drive back towards the caves. I'm so excited about my suprise that I can hardly stay still.

Me, Mel, Jared, Sunny and Kyle all went out on this special raid so I could do this for Ian. It's a miracle that I was able to get out without him. Thankfully Jeb concocted some special work that 'only' Ian could do so he was forced to let me go alone. But I knew he wasn't happy about it, even though I had everyone he trust coming with me.

It was after sunset, but the moonlight was bright and it was still easy to see. So I was the first to see the outline of our cave home from over half a mile away. That's when I started bouncing so much that Mel threatened to sit on me.

Jared pulled the van around to one of our secured ports and some how backed the large van into the given space. To cover up my suprise, Sunny and I had picked up a few extra things for everyone so Ian wouldn't be supicious. I clutched the DVD in my hands to my chest for a second before zipping it into my backpack, along with some of the other equipment I'd need for the suprise. Mel and Sunny had the rest of the stuff in their packs. We all picked up something from the van before heading into the dim tunnels. My once puny and weak body now had finally gained enough height and muscle that me carrying heavier loads only got complaints from Ian, which I could deal with. I know that he only worries about me.

I feel a blush heating up my face at just the thought of my Ian. What that man does to me is amazing. I keep a wide smile on my face as I follow behind my friends. Another minute and I step into bright cavern that is the plaza. I have been living with my humans for a little over 2 years now and I still marvel at the room every time I come in it. It's just beautiful to me.

I'm pulled out my trance when Mel takes my box of canned fruit and nods her head toward my right. I turn and my eyes connect with a pair of beautiful sapphire ones that are almost as familiar to me as my own. I smile as big as I can and run to him. Ian's strong, muscled arms wrap tightly around me and he swings me around, planting small kisses all over my face. I blush and look up at him, trying to memorize every line of his handsome face. He grins at me and bends down to kiss my lips. He kisses me gently and slowly, making the molten lava flow throughout me. I love it.

A moment later he pulls away, allowing me to breathe, and gives me a breathtaking smile.

"I missed you" I whisper to him. His arms tighten around me in response.

"I missed you too, Wanda. So much" He kisses my forehead, letting his lips linger a little longer than needful. I close my eyes and lean against his chest.

"Ummm...Wanda" I turn around to see Sunny standing beside us, her fingers fidgeting with the bottom of her shirt.

"Oh, yeah. I'll be there in a second. Wait for me!" Sunny grins and nods, then flits off down the southern tunnel. I look back to Ian and he has a confused look on his face. I peck his cheek.

"Sunny and Mel needed my help with something. Is it okay with you for me to go with them for right now?" I want to make sure he doesn't need anything first.

Ian laughs and hugs me tight for a second. "Your free to do anything you want my Wanderer. Just as long as you promise to eventually come back." I smile at him and disentangle myself from him. I start walking toward the southern tunnel to meet Sunny and Mel, but turn once to wave goodbye to Ian. He smiles and waves back before going over to where Jared and Kyle are.

I turn and do a steady jog all the way down the dark tunnel and finally come to an end at the wide gameroom where I see Mel, Sunny and Jamie starting to set up. I walk over to them.

"I thought I said to wait for me" I say softly and they all whirl around.

"Hey Wanda!!" Jamie crows and throws his arms around me. He is now 15 almost 16 and probably a good 3 1/2 inches taller than me, but has the enthusiam of what Mel says a 5 year old has.

"Sorry we didn't wait, but we thought it would be eaiser to go ahead and get started." Sunny sounds totally sincere. That's why I love being around her so much.

"Annndd....It's only two hours to party time!" Mel says, a smile on her face.

Mel pulls out the box of white christmas lights Sunny bought and we begin stringing them all over the room. We hook the plugs into a small solar powered genarator and suddenly the whole room is filled with a soft white glow.

5 minutes later, Jared and Kyle both come in with two large circular folding tables. They help us set them up and Sunny covers them with pale yellow plastic table cloths. Sunny and Kyle then leave to get the others to start bringing down the food, while Mel and Jared hang a large white sheet from the ceiling, so it drapes over the far back wall opposite the river. I then pull off my pack and start gently taking out the peices to a brand new battery powered projector.

"Hey Jamie! Can you help me with this?" I call and Jamie lops over to me while Mel is helping Jared set up the small table for the projector to sit on.

"Sure Wanda! What do you need me to do?"

"Um..if I give you the directions, do you think you can put this together for me?" I watch Jamie's face light up in excitement.

"Yeah! Sure I can!" I hand him the piece of paper and he sets to work.

"Remember, we only have like another hour or so to get ready." I remind him.

"Don't worry Wanda, I'll have this put together in a jiffy!" With that I leave him to it.

I walk to the entrance of the cavern and take in the room. I hope Ian likes it, because it looks wonderful. When Kyle told me a few weeks ago that Ian's birthday was today, I really wanted it to be special for him, so Mel helped me come up with this party idea and Kyle and Sunny helped with gift part.

This whole raid we went on this week was really about getting decorations, some food and putting the 'gift' into action. The first part of the week, Sunny went with Mel and Jared to load up the decoration and party part, and Kyle went with me to collect the gift. Kyle led me to a small town on the border between Nevada and Arizona, where he and Ian had grown up. We went to what used to be their home, and to our luck, it was empty, and abandoned of any souls. When we first pulled up to the house I wasn't sure the things we needed were going to be there but he assured me that they would be. That there was no way the 'buggers' had found them.

We had broken into the back door and Kyle had led me to a staircase that was across from the kitchen. He found a small door that was just under the stairwell and pulled it open, revealing a bunch of dusty drawers that looked like they hadn't been used in decades.

"Yes" he had said as he yanked open a few of them. He then pulled me in front of him and showed me what looked like dozens of old video tapes.

"Are these it?" I'd asked him and he'd nodded, then gone to guard the car. I had ruffled through the videos and picked the ones that Kyle said had Ian on them. I also picked a few that were labled 'Kyle' as well, but those were for the 'bonus' surprise that Sunny and I had decided to do on the side. We then left and met up with the others and Sunny and I had gone to a local video store and changed all the videos to DVD, then organized them into "special home movies". We also had changed over the videos that we had secretly picked up of Jamie, Jared, Melanie, Jeb, and Kyle over the last few weeks as well. I remember all the trouble we had gone to, to be able to find those, but they were worth it. We put them all together, bought a projector and here we are, now ready for Ian's surprise birthday party, as well as the side surprise for a few others.

I walked over to the tables, where Lily, Goeffry, Trudy, and the new human, Ryan, were finishing filling plastic platters with different things.

"Hey" I said and they smiled at me.

"Hey Wanda, everything's done here. I'm getting excited, how about you?" Lily asked, reaching her hand over to take Ryan's. It was nice to finally see Lily happy again.

"Yeah, I'm excited. But nervous too. I hope he likes it." I feel my face heat up a little with my anxiety.

"I'm sure he'll love it" Trudy says calmly, smoothing my hair off my shoulder. I take a deep breath and smile, then walk over to Mel. She grabs my hand and squeezes it.

"Jared just left to get Ian." She whispered to me. I looked around quickly and saw all the humans that lived in the caves crammed all around, smiles on their faces. I think back to a couple years ago, when every human here would have gladly killed me if they got the chance, and now they had helped me do all this work for the man I loved.

Just then we all heard voices coming from back in the tunnel and Jeb whispered for everyone to shut up.

Then Jared appeared with my Ian at his side.

We all jumped up in the air and yelled "Happy Birthday Ian!!!!"

I watched Ian stumble back a few steps, then he smiled and his face turned a little red on the top of his cheeks. I ran over to him and leaped into his arms. I gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.

"Surprise! Happy Birthday my Ian." I said into his neck. He then put me down and tilted my face up to look at him.

"Did you do all this?" he said quietly, his voice full of wonder. I nodded.

"Well, not without the help of all our friends." I motioned to everyone in the room.

Ian then bent his head down so his forehead rested against mine.

"I love you Wanda" He murmered.

"I love you too Ian" and then I kissed him.

What did ya think??? Please tell me!! The home movies begin in the next chapter so stay tuned everyone!!!

peace out!

Elizem17 :D