You And Me

Chapter 15

Noah's hand closes around mine.

Together, we slide the knife through the cake. Everyone cheers. Noah grins.

I hear Beatrice call my name.

I turn my head to look at her, and then I feel cake smashed onto my face.

I whip back around.

My husband stands there, smirking, his hand covered in cake.

I grab the top layer and slam it in his face so hard that he stumbles and falls down.
"Oh!" I laugh, bending down to help him up. He stands up, wiping it out of his eyes.

He's covered.

I swipe my hand across his cheek and taste it.

"Oh, it's good!" I giggle.

Laughing, he tastes it off my cheek.

Mrs. Ross hands us napkins. Noah cleans off my face. I try cleaning off his, but it's so much cake that I just swipe it off of his cheek and lick my hands clean, and then I wipe off what's left.

Everyone forms a line to my Volvo.

Noah hesitates.
"Are you driving?" he asks. I nod crazily.

Laughing, he hands me the keys. He opens my door for me. I kiss him and get in. He opens the back door for Ace. He jumps in.

He gets in too. I start the car, sighing happily when it turns on. I buckle in and he buckles in. I check the area and back out.

"We're not going home." he says.

"Where are we going?" I frown.

"The airport."

I bite my lip.

"What about my car?"

"It'll be fine." he says.

"Okay. What about Ace?"

"Sadly, she can't come."

I frown.

"So where do we take her?"

"She's staying at my parents."

"Where are we going?" I ask.

"Home."

"But you just said we're not going home." I frown.

He laughs.

"We are, just not our house."

"So England?"
"Nope."

"California?"
"Nope."

"Where then?"
"Love, it's a surprise."

"I don't like surprises." I mumble.

"You'll like this one."

I sigh.

We head the hour home, talking back and forth about random things.

We stop at his Mom and Dad's and drop off Ace, and then we head for the airport.

We park in long term.

He gets our suitcases from the back.

"I feel ridiclious. We should change."
"No." he says. "I want to remove that off of you. I don't want it removed."

I look at him in shock. He presses the elevator button.

"I'm so ready for you, baby."

My face is red. I look down.