My dearest Anya

Anya's birthday

Anya's POV
I wake up in my lovely husband's arms. I lay there for a little while before he wakes up. I watch as his eyes slowly open adjusting to the light of the sun shining through our window. He looks down at me. "Good morning Darling" he says placing a soft kiss on my forehead. I smile. "Good morning" I reply. Then we hear 2 pairs of little footsteps running down the hall. Our bedroom door bursts open with our two 8 year olds standing there. "Mama!!" Elizabeth yells. I laugh. She's always been the outgoing one. I've noticed that as they have gotten older. Leo has always been more quiet and reserved. He might get some of that from Damian.

Damian was never as quiet as Leo is but I can see how Leo would get some of that from Damian. Elizabeth is a lot like me. She is outgoing and loud a lot like I was when I was in school. "Hey princess" I say. She smiles and jumps on our bed. "Mom?" Leo asks. "What's up?" I ask sitting up. "Uh I made you breakfast since...it's your birthday" he says quietly. I give him a comforting smile. "Thank you my dear" I say. He smiles his adorable little smile at me. I get up. "Alright do you want to show me where it is?" I ask. He nods. He takes my hand and leads me down the stairs of our house. He takes me to the dining room and sits me down. I wait with a small smile.

He came back to the table with a plate. He set the plate down in front of me with an expectant smile. I look down at the plate to see 2 well done pancakes,eggs, and sausage. "How did you learn how to cook?" I ask with an impressed smile. "Dad taught me. I asked him a few months ago so that I could cook you something for your birthday " he says. I smile brightly. I turn to him. "Come here" I say opening my arms to him. He hugs me and I wrap my arms around him. "I love you so much. Thank you for making me breakfast and to be truthful I forgot it was my birthday" I say earning a laugh from Leo.

I pull back. "Did you make breakfast for yourself?" I ask. He nods. "Come eat with me then" I say. "I made a plate for Lizzie and Dad too" he says. I smile. Then Damian and Elizabeth come downstairs. "Hey guys" Damian says. Leo goes and gets the other two plates and puts them on the table. "It's for you guys" he says. Damian nod. "Wow!! This looks amazing Leo" Damian says. "Wow!!" Elizabeth exclaims. We all sit down and eat breakfast together. "Do you guys want to watch a movie with me?" I ask the three of them. "Of course" Damian says. We all sit down on the couch and I turn on the tv. I pick a movie I used to watch when I was a kid. We watch the movie.

Damian's POV
It's barely lunch time and Anya seems like she's having a great birthday. I'm glad. Leo made her breakfast and she looked so happy. After the movie we went to do our own thing. I stayed with Anya and the kids went up to their room. They seemed a little suspicious when they did but we let them be. "How's your birthday going so far Darling?" I ask. "It's going wonderfully. We have such amazing kids" she says. I laugh at her comment. "Yeah we do" I reply. She smiles and snuggles closer to me. "My dear would you like to go out to dinner with me tonight?" I ask.

She laughs at my dramatic manner. "Why of course" she says in an almost teasing voice matching my tone. I laugh with her. "Are we going to drop the kids off at my parents house?" She asks. "Yeah" i say. I had already called them to see if it was okay. "They said it was okay" I say. She smiles at me. A few moments later we hear our kids running down the stairs again. Anya looks at them worried as always. The one thing they never listen to us about is running up and down the stairs. "Mama!" Leo shouts. "What's up?" Anya says. "Here!" He says handing her a box and running back up the stairs.

We shake our heads in unison. "Mama! Here" Elizabeth says handing Anya another box before running up the stairs after her brother. We laugh after their gone. "Should I open them?" Anya asks. "Yeah I think you should" I say. She carefully unties the bow and takes off the wrapping paper for Elizabeth's box. She takes the lid off and looks inside. "Oh wow" she says in awe. She takes out a scarf. It looks as if it's been carefully crocheted. I think that's the word. All the colors of the scarf blend together in a beautiful display of color. She carefully wraps it around her neck. She then pick up Leo's gift to her. She admires the wrapping and the bow.

Leo's POV
Elizabeth and I watch from the stairs to see if Mama will open our gifts. She talks to dad for a minute before opening Elizabeth's present first. She exclaims as she sees the beautiful scarf that Lizzie croqueted. After a few moments she sets it down and picks up my gift to her. She carefully unties the bow and takes the lid off the box and slightly gasps. She gently touches the object before picking it up. "Look!! Isn't it so beautiful!!" Mama exclaims to dad. He laughs at her excitement. "Yes it is" he says.

Damian's POV
I wrap my arm around Anya's shoulder as she looks at the framed photograph of our small family. It has a small note inside and Anya carefully read it. It read:
"Dear Mama,
Thank you for being the best Mama in the world. I appreciate all that you do especially when you helped to get rid of my bullies at school. I love you. Happy birthday!
-Leo"
She looked so happy. She put the picture on her nightstand. A few hours go by and we dropped the kids off at Yor and Loid's house.

I took Anya to dinner. It wasn't fancy because she hates fancy restaurants. We just sat and ate dinner and talked for a while. We love our kids but sometimes it's nice to have some time alone. After a while we picked up our kids and went home. Anya was smiling so big when we got home. We got ready for bed and locked the doors. I pulled her to me by her waist to give her a quick kiss. She kissed back and hugged me. After a few minutes we go to bed. She had a wonderful birthday. She was so happy.

Hey everyone!! This didn't turn out exactly how I wanted it to but I like it. I hoped you guys enjoyed this. I hope you all are doing well. Be safe!! Love ya guys!!
Byyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!