Just a Soldier

Chapter 65 - Another Birthday

Y/n's POV:

It's my birthday! For the first time ever, I'm actually excited for it. I never used to celebrate them. I mean Sophie would always come over and we'd have dinner, but that was always a compromise really. As a kid, birthdays weren't really a big deal. I don't ever remember having a birthday party. Some foster parents might remember, but it never really resulted in it being more than a normal day. Last year was the first time that I properly celebrated it.

But now I get to spend it with my family. If you would have told 10 year old me that I would one day have parents, a beautiful daughter, loving girlfriend, and best friends that are like sisters, I would have laughed in your face. But here I am, looking forward to spending the day with them all.

Today, we're going back to Top Golf. It's going to be a fun day and this time I don't have the physical handicap of a broken leg. It's been 7 weeks since the shooting (A/n: No idea if this is accurate, but I'm going with it!) and my shoulder is doing great. As the main injury was to the bone, it's healed nicely, and physio has really brought my strength back up. There's still a bit of time to get back to my full fitness, but the physio has signed me off to do golf today, which will be fun.

We're being joined by my soon to be legal family, Sophie and Lizzie. Tom had to go back to Atlanta, not long after Thanksgiving, but we had the chance to have lunch together with Zendaya before they left. Chris is also back home in Boston. I was sure he was going to jump on a plane just to join us. He loves a competition that man!

I'm currently led in bed, waiting for Scarlett to wake up. We were up late last night, catching up on Game of Thrones, so I don't want to wake her. Instead, I'm thinking about the fact that in a few days' time, I will be officially have parents! All the paperwork came back from Social Services in the UK and Robert's Lawyers are in the process of drafting up the adoption papers. It really is such a surreal feeling. I'm going to have an actual mum and dad. A brother and sister.

Whilst I'm creepily smiling at the ceiling, thinking of the huge change about to happen in my life, I hear movement beside me. I turn onto my side and watch as Scarlett slowly starts to wake up. I reach over and tuck some hair behind her ear and slowly run my finger over her face. The sensation causes her face to scrunch up, and let me tell you, it's one of the most adorable things.

Her eyes start to flutter open and land on me. "Morning angel." I greet with a big smile. "No!" She whines, causing me to look at her with confusion. "What's wrong?" I ask and she rubs at her face with her hands. "Go back to sleep. I wanted to make you breakfast in bed like you did for me!" She complains and I laugh at her cute little whines.

"But I'm wide awake." I tell her and she huffs. "Fine then." I can't help but laugh at my cute, grumpy girlfriend. "Don't laugh at me." She warns. "Sorry my love. How about we treat ourselves to Mama Gina's for breakfast?" I suggest and she thinks for a moment. "God yes, I'd kill for her waffles right now!" She responds. I chuckle, just admiring her beautiful face. This is how I want to spend every birthday. Waking up to her. I find myself just taking in every feature about her face. Her plump lips, her beautiful green eyes that I so easily get lost in. Her cute little freckle on her cheek and her button nose. She's just perfect.

"What?" She asks with a raised eyebrow. "Just thinking how lucky I am to wake up to you every morning." I share and she smiles. At my words, she leans in and presses her lips against mine. Her hand moves to the back of my neck, and she pulls me in impossibly close. My hands instantly gravitate to her waist, with one hand roaming up and down her back under her t-shirt.

Whilst our lips are dancing together, Scarlett shifts her body, so she is now on top me, moaning into the kiss. The kiss eventually starts to grow sloppy, and Scarlett eventually pulls away, making me chase her lips. She laughs at my desperate action, giving me a quick peck to appease my desire. "Happy birthday Bella." She says in a husk against my lips.