Amanda stood in the doorway, shocked. Facing her were all the people she cared for the most. Jamie, Phillip, her Mother, and Lee had jumped out from the Vault. Billy, Francine, and T.P. were behind Lee's desk. On the couch, by the light switch, were a couple of agents that she has been working with for the past few months. 'George Jefferson and Thomas Washington,' she silently reminded herself. Across the back wall of the office was a colorful banner signed by everyone from her PTA and neighborhood that proclaimed, 'Happy Birthday, Amanda!'

"Oh my gosh!" She had forgotten it was her birthday. Her family and friends soon engulfed her, each wishing her a happy birthday.

After everyone calmed down, Amanda took a good look around the office she shared with Lee. Nothing screamed that IFF wasn't a real film company. Even the Vault that her family jumped out of had been converted into an actual film library.

Lee didn't stray far from Amanda as she walked around their office. He kept one hand in his pocket and if any of the spies around the office kept a close eye on him, they would have noticed that the 'cool as a cucumber' Scarecrow was almost as nervous as a long tailed cat in a room of rocking chairs. Finally, the time came. The phone on Lee's desk rang once and then went silent. Somehow Lee got Amanda to the center of the room and he took a deep breath.

He looked into her brown eyes and saw the love they held for him. Now was the right time. "Amanda?"

"Yes?" Amanda looked at her husband. 'What is he doing?' she wondered.

Lee knelt before her and in a terrible Italian accent he asked, "Lo sposerete?" The room went silent at Lee's words. He repeated his question, this time in English, "Amanda, you have been my rock for so long. You never lost your faith in me, even when I did something that anyone else would have turned their back on me." He paused as he brought out a familiar box. He looked up into her eyes, "Amanda, will you marry me?"

Amanda's mind went a mile a minute. 'Oh my gosh! Did Lee just propose to me in front of everyone? Ohmygoshohmygosh.' Her answer came softly in the only Italian that she knew, " Sì." Lee put her engagement ring on her left finger and kissed her until discrete coughs broke through to him. Breaking the kiss, but still holding her close to him he whispered, "Grazie."

Dotty hugged her daughter and soon-to-be-son-in-law tightly. The boys both gave a whispered "Yes!" before congratulating their Mom and Lee. T.P. winked at the couple and Francine actually smiled. Jefferson and Washington congratulated Amanda and presented Lee with a hastily drawn up coupon for one free night of drinking, supposedly to be redeemed no later than the night before his wedding. Billy was hesitant to break up group after he congratulated his best agents, but they still had a show to put on the road.

"Ahem!" They room stopped and looked at him. "As much as I would love let you all continue, we have one more surprise for Amanda."

"There's more?" Amanda asked stunned.

"Yep." Lee said smugly. From his back pocket he brought out a black blindfold. Amanda shook her head when she saw what he meant to do with it. "Come on, Amanda. You wouldn't want to spoil all the fun, now. Would you?" Amanda looked around at everyone. Phillip and Jamie both were giving her their best puppy dog expression, but that didn't compare to the sad puppy dog eyes that her fiancé was giving her.

"Oh, alright. I'll wear the blindfold. Just make sure I don't hurt myself, Big Fella," Amanda said with a laugh. Lee tied the blindfold behind her head and took her arm.

"OK, let's get moving!"

1635

The group slowly walked down the stairs to the lobby where Dotty, Phillip, and Jamie were also blindfolded. Lee told them ahead of time that part of the journey to the real party took them through some federal projects that IFF was working on for the government and they would have to blindfolded for security reasons. Jamie and Phillip had readily agreed to the blindfolding, but Dotty was a little more suspicious. After much reasoning with her, Lee finally got Dotty to agree.

Minutes later all the blindfolds were removed except Amanda's. Amanda had been very patient, but now she was wondering when she would be able to take her blindfold off.

"OK, everyone ready?" A chorus of "Yes's" reached Amanda's ears and she was led through a set of double doors. "Amanda, close your eyes." Amanda obediently closed her eyes and felt Lee remove the blindfold. Lee checked to make sure that she wasn't peeking. "OK, Amanda, on the count of three open your eyes. One. Two. Three!"

Amanda opened her eyes and was bombarded by another round of "SURPRISE!" and "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" from her friends and co-workers. Amanda looked at the transformed Agency bullpen. All the lights were on, decorations hung from the ceiling, and a large cake was in the center of the room with a big 38 on it.

"How?" Amanda started to say.

"They let the Marines handle it." Amanda turned to the person who answered her partly formed question. Lieutenant Mackenzie Walker smiled brightly before heading to the buffet table to help distribute the punch.

Before Zora Marsden led the birthday girl to the cake, Lee whispered in her ear, "Buon compleanno, Amanda."