Love

Ch 17: El Amor Es Una Cosa Dulce (Love Is A Sweet Thing)

November 8th…

Blayke Harris was sleeping soundly in his bed on a Saturday morning, without a care in the world on this special day…all he wanted today was to sleep and rest.

He wanted nothing more, and nothing less…too bad his family didn't get that memo.

He heard his bedroom door open loudly and he groaned…not today. Any day, but HIS day…

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR BLAYKE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!" Everyone sang to him as they rushed in.

Blayke yelped when he felt two pairs of feet jumping on his bed, making him curl up so he wasn't stepped on.

"What the heck?" He yelled as he sat up quickly, pulling his little sister next to him and Zoe sat down at the end of the bed, next to Quin.

His parents were at the door, but came in with smiles.

"Seriously? 7am? I love you all and everything, but it's Saturday and my birthday, so can't I sleep in?"

"Nope!" Zoe giggled. "We're taking you somewhere awesome today! So get dressed and let's go!"

Blayke's jaw dropped. "Going somewhere? At 7am? Where are we going?"

"It's a surprise." Skyler said with a smile. She leaned over and kissed Blayke's head, who was pouting.

"Happy birthday, special boy. You are so wonderful and the most perfect son we could have ever asked for. You are our angel, who we are so blessed to have as a son."

Blayke had a complete change in mood at his mother's words…he was teary eyed.

"Thanks, mom. You guys are everything to me."

Dominic ruffled his hand in Blayke's dreads with a smile.

"Alright, my son, let's get up and get ready. We'll be late."

As his parents, and sisters left the room, Quin went to the closet to pick out his own clothes for the day, while Blayke was in a daze. Quin noticed.

"Are you okay, Blayke?"

Blayke nodded. "I can't believe the life I lucked out with…for the first almost decade of my life, I was neglected and tortured, but suddenly the Cipher's rescued me from my prison I was raised in. I thought I was going to die on that ship or somewhere else unpleasant, but look where I am." He sighed.

"God was watching out for me."

"For both of us." Quin said, sitting on his own bed.

"The Cipher's are the most amazing people I have ever met. Sure, Cristina's a little off, but she's still a great kid. She's always the first one to put money in a homeless man's hands when we go somewhere."

Blayke nodded, but then his eyes widened. "Quin…I think I have a way we can somehow repay them."

Quin immediately was interested. "I'm listening."

…

"I DEMAND THE BLINDFOLD OFF!"

Quin winced at Blayke's yelling. "Dude, you're blinded…not deaf, you can stop screaming."

Cristina had Blayke's hand as he lead him through the crowds. "It's a surprise, Blayke! You can't take off Zoe's bra!"

"I still don't understand why we couldn't put a real blindfold on me, instead of Zoe's Bra." Blayke grumbled as he kept bumping into people.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow." After passing through some more obstacles, which is what they felt like to Blayke, he was allowed to take off the blindfold. He gasped.