Fireworks 3 and 4

Chapter Twenty-Six

    The room was completely dark, save a sliver of light peeking through a blind that was askew. Soft music played on a Bluetooth speaker that was hidden from plain sight. DVSN's voice crooned across the room.

    "Aubrey?" Mia asked.

    "Yeah?" he asked, lifting the arm he had over his eyes.

    "I would just like the record to show that today when you were trying to make me feel better, you told me that you had help on your comeup...but I remember when a certain rapper said, 'Came up, that's all me, all me for real.'"

    "Mia."

    "Yeah?" she returned, looking at him over her shoulder.

    "Take your smart ass to sleep."

    She laughed and snuggled against him.

    He lowered his head to her bare shoulder and kissed it. "I love you."

    "I love you too," she said back. And she meant it. And she was happy to be home.