Max gave Nikki a wide smile, but it slightly faltered when he saw her weak smile before she returned to her room. His eyes turned to Sage as she left the room just to have Sage suggest a plan. He nodded and twirled spaghetti around his fork. "This weekend..." he repeated, mentally thinking through his schedule as he chewed on the wad of noodles.<br/><br/>At the mention of a party his smile grew. This was definitely his specialty. He would love to plan a party for Nikki. Then Sage mentioned client party. He sighed. "Yeah, sure. Anything I can do," he said, lacking his usual enthusiasm.<br/><br/>Before he could get any thoughts in order he was ushered out of the room with the direction to get some sleep. He took a few steps towards his room before leaning against the wall, twirling the spaghetti around his fork, but not making any effort to move it to his mouth. He could see the light from Nikki's room lighting up a section of the hallway. 'Tomorrow night, eh?' he thought to himself. 'I have pulled together a surprise party in less time that this before...' He smiled and nodded to himself. He would make this happen. He wolfed down the rest of the spaghetti and went to his room.  Instead of going to his bed he set up at his desk, going full party planner mode.