Australian Love Affair

Birthday

Sophie's P.O.V.
Well New Year didn't go too well. I couldn't get drunk which I was gutted about but I've allowed myself no more than 2 drinks on my birthday. The kiss with Michael was awkward since we've not been speaking much and he knows I'm leaving. Well it's the morning of my birthday. I get up and get dress in leggings and a t-shirt. I walk down stairs to find Mickey and Sally in the kitchen. 'Kids! What're you doing?' I ask. 'Sit mommy!' Sally says. She sits me down at the kitchen island and Mickey turns to me with a plate in his hand which is covered. He places it down in front of me and then grabs another one and another one. 'Profiter de votre repas maman.' Mickey says. 'Merci mon fils. Et merci à ma fille.' I say. 'Vous êtes les bienvenus momie.' Sally says. 'I can't believe you guys can speak French.' I say, proudly. 'We've been trying to learn for weeks. I have French at school so I asked my teacher for extra credit then I taught Sally.' Mickey says. 'Well done.' I praise. Mickey lifts 2 lids off the plate. One has crepes on it. The other is a bowl of fruit salad. 'Oh my.' He lifts the other two. One has scrambled egg on it with toast, the other had a bowl of cereal. 'Awe.' 'Eat whatever you want and what you can manage.' Sally says. They then make themselves cereal. As we're all eating cereal, Michael walks through the front door with 3 full grocery bags. 'Can I get a hand kids?' He asks. We all get up and they take a bag each from him and I go to the 3rd but he pulls it away from me. 'I got this one baby girl. You just rest.' He says and kisses my forehead. Him and the kids carry the bags up the stairs which confused me but I ignored and finished my cereal then moved onto my scrambled egg and toast. I leave some scrambled egg then eat my fruit salad which was small and the kids finally come back down. They finish eating and give me a big hug. I kiss their foreheads and they run off again. I eat my crepes before putting all the plates in the sink and begin washing them. Michael then walks in and rushes to me. 'No. No. No. No. No.' He says as he lifts me up and spins me around, away from the sink. 'But-' 'No buts! I'll wash the dishes. It's your birthday you need to rest.' I giggle and wrap my arms around his neck. He places his large hands on my sides. Michael leans down and places a few small loving kisses behind my ear. He gently moves his hands under my shirt. I begin panicking that he'll feel my belly. He lightly touches it and pulls back to look at me. 'You're bloated baby. You must be due and the food traveling through you is making you more bloated.' He smiles. You oblivious dîck. What?!' He asks, shocked. 'What?' I ask. 'You called me an oblivious dîck.' Michael pouts. I gasp. 'Oh shit sorry. I didn't mean to.' 'It's okay.' Michael says but I know in his head that it wasn't okay. I wrap my arms around him tightly. 'Ugh crap. My mom wants me to go your present from her.' He groans. 'Oh well okay that's fine.' I smile. He turns to leave and curse him under my breath. 'I fûcking want you here with me.' 'What? Okay. Sometimes your hormones are so weird.' He says. Shît. 'It's a 10 minute walk. I trust the kids. I want you here with me. I want you right here. Right now.' I say, looking into his eyes. His eyes widen but darken slightly. 'Please Mike. I want you. Baby I need you right now.' I nuzzle my head into Michael's chest and stroke his abs. He lets out a soft moan. 'Kids. We are giving you permission to walk to your grandma's house for mom's present.' I yell. They run in happy. 'Okay. Come on Sally.' Mickey says. 'We'll back in about 25 minutes.' Sally calls. As the door shuts, we wait a few seconds before I pull his shirt over his head. We strip each other as fast as we can and he lifts me onto the surface. After 5 minutes each of foréplay, I grab Michael and force him on to me and by God! Kitchen counter sex, is possibly one of the best ever! Finally when we finish, we realise the kids are due back in at least 5 minutes. We grab our clothes and run up stairs naked. We shower together and get dressed again before blow drying each other's hair and I throw mine in a pony tail. We rush downstairs and spot the mess we made on the counter so we grab some sponges and clean it up quickly. Finally the kids walk in and Michael pulls me into his arms as we hug. Mike then takes the present and puts it with the rest. We have a party with our friends and I drink only one beer. Michael decided to do the same, for me. That night, the kids are safely tucked away in bed as me and Michael sit quietly talking about a TV show that's on. 'I'm gonna miss you.' He says. 'I'll miss you too.'
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The next day, I finish packing my stuff and head for the front door. I hug my family and kiss their heads. 'Bye guys.' I say and leave. I said goodbye to all my friends yesterday. My mom drove me to the airport and we had our goodbye there. I then board my plane to Los Angeles. I'm gonna miss my family I really am but it's for the best. I think a lot over the plane ride and I think about the letter I left him.
'Dear Michael, I'm sorry that I'm leaving but you know it's for the best. We can't keep on like this. It's unhealthy. A few weeks away will do us good. And after these few weeks, we can decide whether or not to get the divorce. For the time being, I've took these off, I can't look at them when I'm not with you in makes me ache. But I do love you just not as much as I did. You know it's the same for you. I'm sorry.'
I look down at my bare hands. I gave him my wedding ring and engagement ring back. Harry, please help me. When I land I spot him immediately and run to him. I fall into his chest and cry. He holds me tightly. 'Hey I'm here now. Let it all out.' He cuddles me tightly as we walk out of LAX.

So what'd you think will happen between Sophie and Harry? Will he help her forget her problems with Michael or help her forget Michael all together?