Slow Motion

•Birthday Kiss•

I run out of the restaurants doors and down the street towards my place. Today was December 5th also known as Taylor's birthday.
  I dash up the apartment stairs and bolt into my place slamming the door behind me. I take a breath and then go to my guest room where the present had been placed. I had gotten him a bracelet, Jet cd, gummy worms, a kit-kat bar and set of rings.
I place each item in the bag and cover the top with tissue paper to conceal them. I then pick up the bag and go to his door.
I lightly knock on it to see if he is there. Surprisingly he is and his face is of course dressed with a big smile.
  "Hey Sunshine" he greets "Hey Birthday boy" I say cringing at my words.
"Wait how did you remember my birthday, I told you it like once months ago" he replies puzzlement playing on his face. "Good memory I guess" I smile. "Yeah definitely" he says nodding his head.
"So whatcha here for?" He finally asks looking into my eyes. "To give you your gift" I tell him handing over the bag. He flashes me a smile and then pulls me into a hug. "Thank you Sunshine" he mumbles into my hair. "Your welcome" I grin as we pull away.
He then motions for me to come in so I do and lightly close the door behind me. "Open it please" I plead gesturing towards the bag. He laughs but does begin to. I watch as his face lights up at everything as he takes it all out. "Your the best person ever" he exclaims as he rushes over to hug me again. This time he ends up lifting me off my feet and spinning me. I can't help but smile at this action. He is the literal definition of a sweetheart.

"When did you even have time to get this? You have been working non stop lately it seems" he says. "I got some of it after work last week and the rest of it yesterday" I explain.
He was right though I had been working overtime most of this week.
He nods and then puts the things back in the bag. "So are we going to celebrate or what?" I ask him joking a little. "We would if I had planned anything however I did not. I do have a cake mix we can make though" he states reaching up into his cupboard. He pulls it down and shows it off like they do in infomercials. I let out a giggle and then walk over to where he stood. "Let's bake" I announce. He laughs at that but begins pull out all of the ingredients.

"Okay first things first we need to preheat your oven" I state turning it to the temp and giving him a look. "Pshhh I knew that" he says in an unsure voice. "Mmh sure you did I tease. He rolls his eyes at me but let's out a giggle.
"Now we put the mix into a bowl" I say as I read off the directions. He does so and then asks. "What's the next step?" "Add 1 cup of water and 1/2 cup of vegetable oil" I answer. He hand me the vegetables oil cup and himself the water cup. We both pour our liquids in at the same time sharing a smile. "Alright now we add 3 eggs and mix it up after" I announce grabbing 2 eggs and cracking them with ease. The hazel eyed boy follows my lead but ends up dropping an eggshell into the mix. "Damn it! you made it look easy" he pouts. I laugh and grab his hand giving it a squeeze before fishing out the eggshell. We then each take turns mixing up the batter. The oven beeps while we do this startling us both. "Holy Fuck" I mumble letting out a breath. "That scared me" he says looking at me. "Same" I tell him.
After that we pour the cake mix into the pan and set it in the oven to bake. "Did you grab any frosting while you were there?" I ask him leaning against the counter. "Yes I did 3 colors too!" He exclaims excited. I giggle at his cute reactions to my question. He grabs each container of frosting and shows me. Chocolate, white and pink. "Nice" I tell him smiling.

While we wait for the cake to bake we talk about the upcoming holidays and how we were going to celebrate it. "I'm going to go see my family I'm so excited" he tells me "That's great I'm so happy for you" I say to him.
I was going to be spending it alone like usual but I honestly didn't really care. I was used to it, but I did secretly hope he would maybe would have celebrated it with me.

The oven dings, I grab an mitt and take out the pretty cake. "Wow it smells like heaven" he says. "Mmh" I agree nodding my head as I set the cake down on the stove top. "Now we wait like 10 minutes for it to cool" I say letting out a sigh.
"What can we do while we wait?" He questions looking around. "I don't know just talk I guess" I smile. "Okay well it's a good thing I'm an expert at that" he jokes. I roll my eyes at this but I secretly think it's a clever thing to say. We talk for a few minutes but the a silence falls over us.
"Would it be weird if I asked you to dance with me right now" He questions suddenly blushing a bright red. "A little since there is no music but I won't pass up that offer" I say giving him a heartfelt smile. "Oh don't worry I can fix the music problem" he assures as he take out his phone and selects a song. He then out stretches his hand towards to me. I put my hand in his and he pulls me close to me. I wrap my arms around his neck and we sway to the song until it eventually ends. We don't pull apart however we just stay looking at each other. "I love your eyes" I blurt my face turning pink. "Thanks I really love yours" he smiles. I blush even harder and draw my eyes to the floor.
"I think our cakes ready to frost now" he says making me not feel so awkward.
"Yeah probably" I shrug letting go of him.

We frost the cake and write the words "Birthday Cake" on it because well I'm not really sure actually.
"It beautiful" I laugh and snap a quick pick of the cake and one of him before putting my phone back into my pocket. "It truly is but I'm hungry so let's eat" He exclaims. I cut up each a piece of the sweet dessert and we eat it up quickly.

When we are both done I yawn and ask. "what time is it?" "It's uh "8:00pm" he informs me. "Fuck" i mumble. I was tired and it wasn't even 10 o'clock yet.
"I'm sorry to be a party pooper but I'm tired and so I think I'm going to go home" I say letting out another yawn. "It's okay wasn't really a party anyway, plus I wouldn't want you to be sleepy tomorrow" He explains give me an empathetic smile.
He walks me out but as I go to open my door he grabs my hand stopping me.
"Hey, So since it my birthday can I ask for one last thing" he questions looking back and forth between me and the floor. "Sure" I say. "Can I get a kiss" he asks flushing red. I smile and grab his face with my hands and let my lips crash into his.
We both don't pull away and continue to swap spit until I accidentally back into my door. I quickly back away from his lips and giggle . His lips and surrounding skin is covered in my lip gloss. We share a look and then he says.
"go get you beauty sleep,okay?"...

An: just wanna say I know the song is sad and this is like a cute chapter but I wanted this song to be in this so sorry if your mad about that. Also this book only has 2 more chapters until it's finished. :)