Stage Fright

Chapter 73 ~ Missing You

☆ Sexual content in this chapter ☆ 

Josh

Today is a big day. It's Heather's birthday, after weeks of waiting and anticipation we were going to go on our big trip tonight. I traded cars with my dad and got the SUV, knowing it would be better in the snow. Then I picked Heather up and brought her with me so we could leave right at the end of the day.

We had everything all planned out for the weekend, what we wanted to do and where we wanted to go. I was mostly just excited to spend the weekend away with her. I knew she'd be happy and that made me excited.

Now I was headed to lunch, getting ready to see her. I had a cupcake for her birthday, I didn't want to make a huge deal out of it at school or embarrass her, but I wanted her to know I cared.

She's sitting at her normal table with her friends, laughing along and smiling. She looked gorgeous today, she was slowly getting back to herself which made me happy. I walk over and take the seat next to her and she smiles, leaning over to kiss my cheek.

"Hey baby." She whispers and I smile.

"Hi." I tell her, getting the box out of my bag and passing her the cupcake. "Happy Birthday." 

"Aw." She says, wrapping her arms around me. "Thank you, very sweet."

"So, ready for today?" I ask and she smiles excitedly.

"So excited, I've been waiting for this for ages." She insists, leaning in against my side. "This is the best birthday I've ever had."

I couldn't wait to see what the weekend had in store for the two of us. I knew we'd have loads of fun and the time away would be really good for both of us. We'd been way too overworked with school and our busy lives. Heather still hadn't made a choice about school, I didn't mind I just knew she was worried about it.

But what really excited me was what could possibly happen with the two of us this weekend. Things had been progressing along really well with our intimacy over the last few weeks. We'd obviously seen the other one naked, we'd been showering together. But Heather was starting to get comfortable with letting things go a bit further.

Still not ready for sex of any kind, but it reassured me that she was making progress and getting much more comfortable. It felt like we were getting back on track and that made me smile.

Last night things really seemed to be getting hot and intense. We were both down to our underwear, but we were interrupted by a phone call from Julia. After that, neither of us felt the need to get back into it so we laid in bed and watched a movie.

"So, we're stopping at the store and then heading straight there?" She asks, breaking me from my thoughts and I nod.

"Yeah that was my plan, we'll figure out what we want for meals and stuff." I tell her. "Well except for tomorrow night."

"What's tomorrow night?" She asks, sounding intrigued and I laugh.

"There's a good restaurant in the little town there, I got us a reservation for tomorrow night." I admit and her eyes widen.

"Really?" She asks with a smile and I nod. "Wow, you didn't have to, I know this is already a big weekend and a lot of planning."

"It's Valentine's day, it would be a crime not to do something extra special." I insist and she smiles, giving my hand a squeeze.

"Well then I'm glad I packed a dress." She whispers. "I was just going to wear it anyway tomorrow night."

"Great." I tell her, kissing her cheek. "So how does it feel to be eighteen?"