'Surprise': Part one

Tintin sat on his bed staring at the telephone. he glanced up at the clock and twiddled his thumbs nervously.
"Any minute now." he reassured himself. then the phone rang.
He immediately picked it up
"Hello?"
"Hello, Tin-head."
the silky voice on the other end replied.
Tintin practically melted at the sound of her voice
"oh, h-hello Victoria. How are you?"
"I'm fine. how are you?"
"oh, I'm okay."
"Good. I'm just calling to talk to you about Sunday; are you sure Cap'n Haddock doesn't know?"
"yes I'm sure." Said Tintin trying to be serious. On Sunday, it was Captain Haddocks 47th birthday, and while Tintin was just going to give him a present (seeing as Haddock didn't like big parties) Victoria insisted that they hold a small surprise party on 'The Sirius'.
"So you have the cake and such?" Victoria asked.
"OH CRUMBS!" He shouted, immediately cupping his hands over his mouth.
"Golly, Tin-head! Tone it done!" Victoria yelled back.
"Sorry i forgot the cake!"
"Well I'll come around tomorrow to help make it, but make sure you get the Cap'n out of the house for a while."
"okay..." Tintin waited for her to say something he knew he wouldn't hear "Is...that all?"
"I think so." Victoria replied, not picking up what he was hinting. "I'll see you on tomorrow then! bye!"
and she hung up.

Tintin's heart sank and slumped back into his bed. Snowy jumped up besides and licked his cheek. Tintin stared at the wall and thought of how much of a coward he was.

"Why couldn't I just tell her?" he asked the air around him. It replied with silence and dust. Snowy sat on his stomach and licked his chest.
Tintin strained his sight to the dog "Whatcha doing snowy?"
Snowy titled his head and perked up his ears. Tintin smiled and tousled his soft white fur.

"it's okay." he said to snowy "At least i can tell you 'I love you'..."