The Silhouette of a Girl

Chapter 22

   I woke up on a March morning to Bay jumping on my bed and landing on my legs carefully. He would jump, but not as high as he could. "Rosy, Rosy, it's time to get up!" he said in his small cheery voice. I groaned at him in response. Bay got on top of my back, lying down and said, "your boyfriend is here..." At that my head popped up and I muttered a "huh?"before rolling to my side so that Bay would fall on my pillows and mattress. I heard a deep chuckle and recognized the voice instantly. "Is that anyway to treat your younger brother. Why, you practically threw him to the side in order to get to a person you didn't even know was here!" said my endearing boyfriend. "Shush Liam, go make me something to drink for waking me up... please..?" I said the last word more as a question rather than the proclamation of every other word I said. He walked away shaking his head with an enchanting smile on his face. "Can we go get breakfast now?" asked Baelfire.

     I finally got dressed in my casual wear and met my family and Liam in the living room. "Hey guys, what's going on? What's today's game plan?" I asked the room. Everyone kind of glanced at each other as if they had no idea. "Well, I was thinking that we could spend the day together. As long as that's alright with everyone?" Liam said. Everyone shrugged and told me to go ahead. I quickly got presentable for the outside world, grabbed a quick bite to eat and left the house with Liam. As we got into his muscle car, I noted that he had created a playlist just for me on his Ipod. "Now what's this...? A playlist for... moi...?" I asked in a slight teasing tone. Liam's face had tinted pink, but he had a fulfilling smile on his face. "Yeah, I paid attention to the songs you liked and put it on a playlist." I thanked him and just noticed how attentive he really was, Liam even put some disney songs on here. I played some music as we were driving to who knows where.

     "Where are we going?"... "You'll know when we get there.".... "But I want to know NOW." This time I got no reply. Darn, he wasn't going to answer. I noticed that, as he wanted to spend time with me, he was also trying to distract me from something. The thing is, don't know what it could possibly be. We had already gone to the movies, browsed through the mall, got a few couple's photos and ate out for lunch, but the whole time he kept looking at his phone for some reason. I started to recognize the area we were in much more and realized we were going back to my house. "We're going home...?" I asked under my breath. "Yup, but the day isn't over yet!" Liam said over-enthusiasticly.

     Finally we pulled up to the house and Liam opens my door for me. I get out and am told to put on a blindfold. I threatened Liam that if I hit anything, that I would castrate him slowly. He laughed and told me to put a little more trust in him. As I saw nothing, I heard the opening of a door. I walked into my house and heard the door closing again. I walked a few feet forward, then right, then left again until I am sat down on a chair. The blindfold is finally taken off of me, and I have to blink a few times to adjust to the lighting. "Surprise!" I heard many people scream out. I started to notice that my family and friends were here. Still confused, I looked around until I saw my mother come out with a cake in her hands. I feel Liam come close to my ear and whisper, "Happy birthday, beautiful." That's when it dawned on me, I was finally eighteen... They were all here for my birthday. After everyone ate some cake, I was handed a beautiful vintage bouquet of pink Captain Romance calla lilies, pink Monica cymbidium orchid heads in individual hydrating tubes, pale pink Sweet Avalanche large headed roses, lilac Blue Lake Michigan trachelium and Diamond Cerise bouvardia with eucalyptus and salal. The dark colored ribbon with gold writing (picture) tied around it just brought the whoel piece together and made such an elegant look, it took my breath away. I looked at the small card attachted to the ribbon and read what it said. "A beautiful bouquet for a beautiful angel Happy 18th, love. - Liam" I thanked everyone and immediately put these flowers in water in the kitchen. I looked up and saw Liam leaning against the doorframe with an adorable smile on his face. "Thank you so much Mon précieux." He looked at me, still with a large smile, and said, "so what does that one mean?" I told him that it meant "my precious one" and gave him a tight hug. I felt safe and warm in his embrace, like he held me together. I smelt his new cologne and instantly fell in love with it. "I love you, Cuore mio." He called me "his heart" in italian and I sighed contentedly. "This day can't get any better." And I stayed in his comfortable embrace.