Surprise Party!

Surprise Party! is the thirty-third episode of Sodor High School: Thomas and Friends Tales.
==Synopsis==
After learning of a sad event from Mavis' past, Emily decides to cheer her up with a party.
==Plot==
One warm summer's day, Thomas, Emily, and Edward were walking down the street to the Ffarquhar supermarket discussing what they would by during their shopping, Emily wanting to trow some flowers in the Brighton garden. As the trio walk toward an intersection, Emily spots Mavis' house across the street and can see her in her bedroom window. Thomas and Edward mention that Mavis only lives with her Mother as parents divorced when she was 13, shocking Emily, and while it was hard for Mavis to cope with, she accepted it with time and Toby to help her through it. Emily decides they should say hello and maybe invite her on their shopping trip, but when Emily calls out to Mavis, she finds that Mavis can't hear her. After trying a few more times Emily gives up; Edward suggests she must be busy with something and the trio takes their leave. As it turns out, Mavis is filling out some paperwork while listening to music on her computer.
That evening at the Brighton household, Thomas, Emily, Annie, and Clarabel unpack all of the stuff the former two bought from the supermarket in the kitchen. Despite being very happy over getting several packages of seeds for different kinds of flowers to plant in the garden, Emily can't stop thinking about why Mavis would seemingly ignore her and tells Thomas she's worried. Thomas believes that the bad memories of the divorce might be returning, which does not make Emily feel any better.
The next day, Emily goes out for a stroll by herself. Walking down a street, she comes upon Mavis' house once again. Just like yesterday, ther window is open. Emil tries calling out to Mavis again, but does not succeed since Mavis has her headphones on and listening to music. Emily soon gives up. Leo, on his way to the gym for a workout, shows up and smiles upon seeing Emily. He tries greeting her, but she seemingly ignores him. He walks up to say something before noticing Mavis' long black hair blowing in the gentle breeze, realizing that Mavis lives at the house before deciding to see if she wants to hang out with him, Hank, and Murdoch. Eventually, Emily comes to the conclusion that Mavis is feeling sad about of the memories of her parent's divorce, confusing Leo as Emily finally notices him. Once Leo hears what happened years ago, he feels bad for Mavis. Emily, meanwhile, runs back to Thomas' home, getting an idea on how she can cheer Mavis up.
Leo knocks on the door and is greeted by Mavis' Mother, Mrs. Drewry, who warmly lets him inside. Back at the Brighton residence, Emily tells Thomas of her plan; throwing Mavis a surprise party. Thomas likes the idea, and Emily makes calls to Toby, Edward, James, Rosie, and Percy to tell them and see if they would help out. To her relief, they all agree to assist. Back at the Drewry residence, Leo has tea with Mavis and her Mother as he explains that he was on his way to the gym for a workout when he heard the news about Mr. and Mrs. Drewry divorcing years ago, saying he sends his condolence to Mavis and her Mother, Mavis smiles and thanks Leo for his kind words, but assures him that the memory doesn't bother her much anymore. Leo, now more confused, reveals what Emily told him earlier, and Mavis believes Emily doesn't know the full story and vows to tell her as soon as possible before she and Mrs. Drewry tell Leo the story.
At the local arcade, although it takes a little bit of convincing, the owner allows Emily and the othes to go ahead and setup a surprise party for Mavis, so long as there was no big mess left behind afterward. The group sets to work, while Mavis and her Mother finish explaining to Leo that Mavis is planning on getting a summer job. Mrs. Drewry explains that her ex-husband works at the Ffarquhar Quarry, and Mavis plans to work there so she can spend some time with her Father. Leo finds that cool, and Mavis reveals she's been listening to music on her computer. Leo soon realizes he's late for his workout with Hank and Murdoch, and Mavis offers to tag along in hopes of bumping into Emily. Back at the arcade, the group is trying to get the surprise party all set up, but it didn't mean things were going all THAT smoothly for them. James is blowing up balloons up all by himself. Percy offers him the air pump, but James cockily declines as he resumes blowing another balloon up, only to fail and release it, sending it flying around and startling Edward by accident.
Rosie is standing right by some opened boxes trying to figure out what coloured streamers or ornaments to pass up to Thomas to set on the walls, and Thomas is waiting patiently atop of the tall ladder. Sadly, Rosie can't make up her mind, much so Thomas's dismay. Emily is worried they won't have the party prepared in time, and Toby suggests calling Leo for help. At the gym, Leo, Hank, Murdoch, and Mavis are busy with their workout. Hank says he doesn't mind having a girl workout with them, While that is happening, Leo's mobile phone starts ringing inside his gym bag, but is drowned out by the music from a boombox Hank brought along. After an hour, the four teenagers rest as Leo finally hears his phone ringing and scowls, thinking it's Mikey trying to prank call him again. Hank teases Leo that it might be Emily calling, but Leo disagrees. After hitting the showers, Mavis suggests heading for the arcade for a little while—unaware of what's going on there.
Back at the arcade (in parallel with Leonardo, Mavis, Hank, and Murdoch's workout at the gym), two hours have passed, with Thomas, Emily, and everyone else still busy trying to get the surprise party all set up. Emily grows distressed when she can't reach Leo, but Thomas calms her down. James is so exhausted from blowing balloons that he finally accepts using the air pump to blow them up. However, at one point, he doesn't pay attention to how big the next balloon is getting, causing it to pop. The loud noise startles Rosie so much that she stumbles and fall from atop of the ladder into an opened box of decorations, wrecking them. Emily doesn't know what else can go wrong, and that's when Leo, Hank, Murdoch, and Mavis arrive. Mass confusion ensues, and Emily feels so embarrassed by the failure to keep the party a surprise that she races out of the area in tears, ignoring the calls from her friends.
Thomas comes clean and explains the whole thing to the group, but mainly Mavis. Mavis then clears things up and states she wasn't feeling sad or anything and is merely working on filling out an application form for a summertime job she is going to be getting at the Ffarquhar Quarry while listening to her favorite music. Thomas and the likes feel a little silly, while Edward knows that Emily is sad and embarrassed. Mavis immediately offers to go find her. Leaving the arcade, Mavis runs down the street, hoping that Emily is not too far ahead of her. To her relief, she finds Emily sitting at the table of an outdoor ice cream shop, crying and berating herself. Mavis walks up and speaks to Emily, where she clear things up and finds the surprise party to be a sweet thing her friends tried doing, making Emily feel better as she and Mavis hug it out.
Later after enjoying some ice cream at the shop, the two girls return to the arcade so Emily could apologize to everyone else for worrying them (Mavis also receives a text from Leo). When they arrive, the lights are out, but the lights soon come back on as "SURPRISE!" is yelled by everyone else there. Emily is so shocked and amazed that she nearly cries again. Edward explains that the party "for Emily" is all Leo's idea, seeing as they felt sorry for Emily for failing to help Mavis. Emily reacts to the surprise for her by kissing Leo on the cheek. Thomas sees the kiss and feels heartbroken, but quickly shakes it off—but not in enough time, since Edward notices Thomas' reaction and wonders if Thomas is secretly jealous of Leo getting close to Emily. The party soon begins, and Toby and Mavis share a moment together while the arcade owner jokingly tells Leo that he has to pay for it all.
==Characters==
* Thomas 
* Emily 
* Percy 
* Rosie 
* James 
* Leo 
* Edward 
* Toby 
* Mavis 
* Murdoch 
* Hank 
* The Drewry family
** Mrs. Drewry
** Mr. Drewry (mentioned)
* Annie and Clarabel (cameo)
* Gordon (mentioned)
* Mikey (mentioned)
==Cast==
==Trivia==
* This episode's plot is inspired by the television series' thirteenth season episode, "A Blooming Mess".
* Mavis' last name is revealed to be Drewry, as is the fact that her parents are divorced.
* Edward figures out that Thomas might have feelings for Emily near the end of the episode. However, he decides to not say anything about it until he knows for certain.
* Emily and Mavis become best friends as of this episode.
* Due to the next episode's events, this is the final one to feature Rosie in her original appearance.
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