𝙈𝙄𝙓𝙀𝘿 𝙐𝙋 ➪ 𝙈Å𝙉𝙀𝙎𝙆𝙄𝙉 𝙄𝙈𝘼𝙂𝙄𝙉𝙀𝙎 𝙎𝙏𝙊𝙍𝙔

21. WITH HIM, ANYWHERE FELT LIKE HEAVEN [E.T]

[You are Verona]

"Happy birthday, Ethan." I said, sitting on the bed next to the man who I had just woken up.

"What?" he asked, rubbing his eyes and I chuckled. "Oh, my! It's my birthday!"

"Two decades!" I exclaimed, laughing at his excited face. "Finally twenty years old!"

"Did you bake the cake?" he asked, pointing at the small cake that I held in my hands with two candles in it.

"I did, I had a little help from Thomas though." I said and he smiled. "OK, now make a wish and blow the candles."

He closed his eyes and blew the candles. I smiled widely and kissed him after placing the cake on his nightstand by his side of the bed.

"Happy birthday, love." I whispered, leaning my forehead on his.

"Thank you." he whispered back. "Can I have some cake?" he asked sweetly and I smiled from his cuteness.

"Of course." I said.

"I hope there's no poison in here. Thomas wouldn't miss an oppourtunity to slip me some, for sure." he joked and I laughed.

"Nah, he loves you really." I waved him off and he chuckled as he cut into the cake.

"Oh my Gosh!" he exclaimed after cutting the cake and putting on his plate. "You made my favourite caramel cake!"

"Hell yeah I did!" I exclaimed and he hugged me.

"Thank you! I love you, Vera." he said.

"I love you, too, Ethan." I smiled at him as he tried the cake.

"Oh my. It's so good." He said. "Boy, quit being an actress and become professional cake baker."

"No," I extended the 'o'. "I'm good as an actress."

"You really should think about changing career paths." he said. "Try it yourself." he took a spoonfull of cake and reached it out to me.

I ate it and thought for a while. It really was good.

"Looks like me and Thomas did a good job." I smirked.

"Maybe it's the poison that gives it the taste." he joked and we both laughed.

"Maybe." I winked at him before standing up. "I made breakfast for us, it's all set in the living room unless you want me to bring it here?"

"Oh, Vera, you really didn't have to. Thank you, we'll go eat in the living room." he said, getting out of bed.

"Nice abs, by the way." I said and he laughed.

"You say that every morning." he said, putting on a pair of jeans over his boxers that he slept in.

"The only reason I say it is because it's true." I said and walked out of the room.

I walked to the living room where the breakfast I made was set up on the dining table and I soon saw Ethan coming out of our bedroom.

"Porridge with maple syrup!" he exclaimed excitedly. "God, you really are spoiling me."

"Hey, that's what girlfriends are for. Besides, I'm not done." I went to the cabinet under the television and took out a white box with a dark red ribbon around it.

"Oh, love, you need to stop." he said. "First the cake, then my favourite breakfast and now this."

"Just open it." I said, giving him the box.

He untied the ribbon and slowly opened the box as if scared he'll break it. He gasped when he saw what was inside.

"Oh, it's so beautiful." he covered his mouth with his hand. It was a hair clip with pearls all over it, one that he had pointed out a few months ago that he really wanted. "You remembered?"

"Of course I remembered, silly." I smiled at him as he took out the clip from the box excitedly. "You wouldn't stop talking about how amazing it was for weeks until you finally accepted that there was no way you could find the shop again."

"How did you find the shop?" he asked.

"I had my ways." I shrugged at him and he smiled.

He stood from his seat and walked over to the mirror that hung in the corridor, I followed him. He stood in front of it and put on the clip in his hair. He looked stunning.

"Wow, Verona, I love it." he kissed me. "How did I get so lucky?"

"I don't know, how did I get so lucky?" I asked and he hugged me.

"Waterworks!" he exclaimed and I laughed. "God, I hate being aa emotional person."

"I love you for that." I said.

"And I love you for everything." he whispered before kissing me again.

With him, anywhere felt like Heaven.

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a little birthday special.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR BELOVED DRUMMER, ETHAN.

i hope that the future brings you many more successes and a lot of happiness. i hope you achieve what you always wanted and strive for it. let the world be, but never let anyone take your sweetness away.

happy birthday, ethan. <3