It was really very sweet. Sam couldn't help but smile a little bit. There was absolutely no way she was going to get the kind of birthday she'd described. But the fact that Major was talking about trying to make it happen meant more to her, to be honest.

Birthdays had always been rough for Samantha Halper. Even before vampires happened.

"I'm actually trying to cook up some booze here," she said, gesturing to her still. "Potato vodka, although so far I've either gotten potato water, or something that you could probably use to clean your silverware."