Don't Look Back

Happy Birthday

Sky’s Pov

The next day I woke up again, panicked. I felt a heavy weight in my chest. I saw that Ross was sitting beside me. He said, “Whoa, Sky calm down, I didn’t mean to scare you.” I sat up, “No, I’m sorry, I just had a bad dream last night, like the fire had happened again.” He said, “Happy birthday?” He was holding a cupcake with a candle in it. But the candle wasn’t lit. I took the little plate with the cupcake on it. “I figured you would freak out if it was lit.” I said, “Thank you Ross.” and with one arm I hugged him. He said, “Well, go get ready, we leave in an hour.” I nodded  and got out of bed. I got ready and we got in his car and drove away. We went to the park that was an hour away. We got out and went to the big oak tree past the park. It was the place I first met Ross, right across was the orphanage.