Nico, Carmen, and Otto are planning a surprise party for their friend Sasha's sixteenth birthday. They have exactly one week and three different ideas. As it turns out, they have almost no ability to agree on anything.
尼科、卡门和奥托正在为朋友萨莎的十六岁生日筹划一场惊喜派对。他们只有一个星期的时间，却有三个不同的主意。结果呢，他们几乎在任何事情上都达不成一致。
Nico wants to rent the community center and invite half their grade. Carmen thinks a big crowd would embarrass Sasha, who hates being the center of attention. Otto just wants pizza and a good playlist, and doesn't understand why this needs a committee at all.
尼科想租社区活动中心，邀请半个年级的人。卡门觉得人太多会让萨莎难堪，因为萨莎讨厌成为众人关注的中心。奥托只想要比萨和一份好听的歌单，不明白这件事为什么还需要成立一个委员会。
"Fine," Carmen says, "let's compromise. Small group, but somewhere that feels special."
“好吧，”卡门说，“我们折中一下。人少一点，但是要找个让人觉得特别的地方。”
They settle on Otto's backyard, since his parents have already agreed to it. The plan seems simple: decorations, a cake, and a banner that says "Happy Birthday" in giant letters.
他们定在了奥托家的后院，因为他的父母已经同意了。计划看起来很简单：装饰、一个蛋糕，还有一条用巨大字母写着“生日快乐”的横幅。
Then things start going wrong, one small disaster at a time.
然后，事情开始出岔子，一个小灾难接着一个小灾难。
The banner Carmen ordered online arrives two days late. When it finally shows up, it reads "Happy Birthday, Sarah" instead of "Sasha." Nico had typed the order form too quickly. Otto tries to fix it with a marker, but the correction is obvious from across the yard.
卡门在网上订的横幅晚到了两天。等它终于送到的时候，上面写的是“生日快乐，萨拉”，而不是“萨莎”。尼科填订单时打得太快了。奥托想用马克笔改一改，可是那处修改隔着整个院子都能看出来。
Two days before the party, the bakery calls to say they're out of chocolate cake, Sasha's favorite. Carmen spends an entire evening searching for a replacement. She ends up ordering the only cake the shop can finish in time. It says, "Congratulations on Your Retirement."
派对前两天，蛋糕店打来电话，说巧克力蛋糕卖完了，而那是萨莎最爱的口味。卡门花了整整一个晚上找替代品。最后，她订了店里唯一能赶得及做完的蛋糕。上面写着：“恭喜您光荣退休。”
"We'll just… not read that part out loud," Nico says, staring at the cake box.
“我们就……别把那句话念出来吧。”尼科盯着蛋糕盒说。
On the day of the party, it starts raining exactly one hour before guests arrive. Otto's backyard plan suddenly looks like a serious mistake. They scramble to move everything into the garage instead. They carry chairs and string lights through the rain, trying not to look panicked.
派对当天，就在客人到达前一个小时，天下起了雨。奥托家后院的计划，一下子看起来像一个严重的错误。他们手忙脚乱地把所有东西改搬到车库里。他们冒着雨搬椅子和彩灯串，努力不让自己显得惊慌。
Sasha finally arrives, expecting a quiet dinner with her family. Instead, she walks into a garage full of soaked decorations. There's a misspelled banner someone has tried to fix with marker. And there's a cake congratulating her on a retirement she hasn't had. For a moment, nobody says anything.
萨莎终于到了，她以为会是和家人安静地吃一顿晚饭。结果，她走进了一个满是被淋湿的装饰品的车库。有一条拼错了字的横幅，有人试图用马克笔去改。还有一个蛋糕，在祝贺她一场根本没有发生的退休。有那么一会儿，没有人说话。
Then Sasha starts laughing, so hard she has to sit down on a folding chair. "This is the best party I've ever been to," she says, still laughing. "Please tell me somebody has a picture of that cake."
然后，萨莎笑了起来，笑得那么厉害，不得不坐到一把折叠椅上。“这是我参加过的最棒的派对，”她还在笑着说，“请告诉我，有人拍了那个蛋糕的照片。”
