To Infiniti & Beyond

Chapter Ninteen

I finally get to see Grayson today. It's been two days too long. Tomorrow is my birthday but he works, so he made sure to clear his schedule tonight to come see me. I didn't have to ask him to, he just did. He makes me feel like the most important girl alive.

We both made sure to eat dinner before he came over, being out with gapplebees we've been living off of wawa and other gas station delicacies.

When I hear him pull up I leave my room to greet him at the door. I introduce him to my moms boyfriend who is sitting in the living room, and my mom pops her head out from the kitchen so they can exchange hellos.

We retreat back to my room and make small talk while I put on the fourth fast and furious. We snuggle up together and proceed to watch the movie.

Some time passes before he breaks the silence and asks if I'm ready to turn 19. I am. He then proceeds to ask what we are doing tomorrow for my birthday. The word "we" made my heart so indescribably happy.

"Brynn and Eva are coming for a sleepover."

"That's nice. Do you want me to stop by after work?"

"Sure! We can invite Jaxon and Elias."

A scene in the movie catches our eyes until the scent of a sweet treat catches our noses.

"I'm going to go see what my mom is making." I get up and he pauses the movie, I let him this time.

I report back that my mom has made brownies and has got the ingredients for personalized strawberry shortcakes. I ask if either of those sound appealing to him.

"Whatever you want Kie."

We bicker back and forth because I don't want anything but I can see that he does. I make the executive decision to get a little bit of both.

I bring back two plates and two forks. He eats half the strawberry shortcake while I eat half the brownie until we switch.

When we're finished and I grab the plates he asks me to wait.

"What?"

Before I know it, he scoops up a dolip of the half melted whipped cream that had fallen off of a strawberry, and swipes it on my nose.

My jaw drops, "Grayson!" I wipe the whipped cream off of my nose with my wrist, place the plates on the floor, and grab amother called dolip for myself.

He laughs as I practically pounce on him. He grabs my wrists so I can't get to him and the sudden stop in my momentum sends the whipped cream flying onto my wall.

We both look at the whipped cream and go silent before bursting out in laughter. Our position has me sitting in his lap straddling him yet again.

As we're catching our breath from laughing with the remanence of a smile on both of our faces, he leans in and kisses me. He lets my wrists go before grabbing under both my bent knees and sliding me closer to him.

He proceeds to move us both back into the corner of my bed and lays down.

"I could've gotten up you know." I say to him as I lay my head on his chest.

His hands find their way under my shirt. "I know, but you didn't have to." He starts rubbing my back and my left hand moves higher so I can play with his hair. He leans into my touch.

Some time goes by and we focus back into the movie. When the end credits start to play, I finally bring the dishes out to the kitchen.

My mom and her boyfriend wish me happy birthday before retreating back to my moms room.

I get back to my room to see Grayson sitting at the edge of my bed drinking water. He puts his bottle down, outstretches his arm, and when we connect hands he pulls me to him.

This time he initiates me straddling him, I don't mind one bit. We sit there staring at each other, my fingers playing with his chain and his hands on my waist.

He reaches over and grabs his phone, "the countdown begins."

He shows me the time and there's five minutes until midnight. It makes me feel so lucky to have someone who cares so much. I am the luckiest girl alive simply because he has graced me with his presence and personality.

Four minutes.

Three minutes.

Two minutes.

He pulls up a countdown app so he can be precise.

One minute.

We watch the seconds tick by and I'm starting to get excited.

Fifteen seconds to go and he places his phone down. He looks at me and gives me a soft smile before he wraps his arms around my waist pulling me into his embrace.

My arms instinctually go around his neck as buries his head into the crook of my neck.

He gives me a kiss on my neck before pulling away slightly, "happy birthday."

"Thank you Grayson," I blush while smiling.

We glance at the countdown and somehow he managed to time it perfectly. When our gaze returns to each others eyes he gives me a soft kiss.

He spends another 30 minutes with me before trying to convince me that he has to leave.

He scoots to the edge of the bed with me clung to him like a koala bear. He stands up with his hands under my thighs supporting me. He turns around and gives me a kiss before placing me back on the bed.

I pout as he slips his shoes on. I stand on my bed and he walks over to me wrapping his arms around my torso. I rest my forearms on his shoulders.

"I have to go sweetheart."

There's that word again. Sounding just as wonderful coming from his lips as it did the first time.

"I know."

He pulls me into a hug and lifts me off my bed. When he places me down he tilts my head up and gives me a kiss.

"I'll walk you out."

I lead him out the front door and stop on the step. He kisses me once more, bids me one last "happy birthday" and makes his way to his car.

This was hands down the best birthday I've ever had and I'm not even an hour into the day.