Poppy smiled at her.

"Wait– the 31st? What's the 31st?" John Dory asked, bringing the conversation back.

"And why does that sound familiar🤔?" Bruce wondered.

"Maybe because it's this Friday," Viva grinned.

"Ah, right!" John Dory nodded.

There was silence.

"Wait, you guys don't actually know what's on Friday?!!" Poppy screeched.

The boys jumped, alarmed.

"Of course we know!" Clay scoffed. "It's obviously Pizza Night!"

"Other than that?" urged Poppy.

"Trash day?" suggested Bruce.

"That too," Viva agreed.

"Omigosh!" Floyd shouted. "How could we forget?!"

"What is it?!" John Dory asked.

"This Friday! It's so stupid of us to forget!!" Floyd said, annoyed with himself.

"Well, what is it?!" Clay asked as well.

"This Friday is obviously..." Floyd paused. "FAMILY BOWLING DAY!!"

"YASSSSS!!!" all the BroZone bros cheered.

"...what?!" Poppy gaped.

"Every three weeks on a Friday we go bowling together!" John Dory explained.

"Oooh, can I join?!" Viva begged.

"Sure!" Clay agreed.

"No!! We're not bowling this Friday!!" Poppy shouted.

Everyone stopped and stared at her.

Poppy took a deep breath in. Then she said calmly and slowly. "This Friday is Branch's birthday."

Silence.

Then all four of the bros gasped.

"BITTY B'S BIRTHDAY 😱😱😱😱?!!!!?!!"

~~Flashback ~~

"John Dory?" Bitty B crawled up to his oldest brother. "You know how it's my birthday in 5 days?"

John Dory sighed. "How could I forget? You only mention it a bajillion times a day." He began doing sit-ups. "Count for me, bro."

"1– well, I was thinking– 3– do grown-ups– 4— also celebrate their birthdays? Or do they skip them? You're at 8– 9."

John Dory paused his exercise to answer. "Of course grown-ups celebrate their birthdays! Don't be ridiculous!"

"But Grandma doesn't celebrate hers," Bitty B pointed out.

"Yeah, but that's different. There's celebrating your birthday and then there's when you're friends celebrate it for and with you. Grandma's friends celebrate with her," John Dory explained simply.

Bitty B thought for a bit. Finally, he said, "When I'm an adult, will you celebrate my birthday? For me?"

John Dory looked straight into his baby brother's sparkling blue eyes. "I promise I will."

~~~~

"HOW IN THE WORLD DID WE FORGET THAT?!" Floyd yelled.

"WE'RE TERRIBLE BROTHERS!!" John Dory screeched.

"I CAN REMEMBER RULE BOOKS BY HEART BUT I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER MY BABY BROTHER'S BIRTHDAY!!" Clay shouted.

"IM SO BAD WITH DATES AND BIRTHDAYS, THIS IS WHY I DEPEND ON BRANDY TO REMEMBER THEM!!" Bruce screamed.

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