Fearless

Chapter 12- It's Miserable And Magical

December 13th

Karlie

"Are we gonna get mommy, Vi?" I smile at the sleepy baby as she snuggles into me. Today is Taylor's birthday and after the rough few days she had after the vma's I want to make it special.

I get back into bed beside the sleeping blonde and sit Violet between us. I reach over and brush a curl out of her face as I smile, "Taylor, baby, it's your birthday." I don't wanna wake her prematurely but I also wanna spend a little time with her before we have to go out to meet her friends. "We have a surprise for you, Tay," I laugh as the blonde grumbles, wanting to go back to sleep instead of wake up.

"Teff, I made you breakfast so pretty please wake up and kiss me." She laughs as her eyes flicker open and I smirk, laying beside her as Violet babbles to her mom. "Good morning, lovebug," the blonde pulls the baby into her arms and Violet's bubbly laugh melts both of our hearts. "Good morning," she smiles at me next and I kiss her lips before resting my head on her shoulder.

"I wish we could stay like this forever," Taylor sighs contently, she's looking forward to seeing her friends but seeing her parents isn't at the top of her wishlist for the day. "We can't, breakfast is going to get cold," I laugh as I jump up from the bed and take her by the hand, the blonde following close behind with the baby on her hip.

"You did all this?" She looks around the breakfast table at the selection of her favourite breakfast foods waiting for her and I nod as I lead her to a chair. "There's more," I laugh as I reach under the table and grab a couple of gift bags. "Kar, you didn't have to do that," she shakes her head but I reach across the table to squeeze her hand, "of course I did, it's your birthday and you're my girlfriend." I still get butterflies at the thought of Taylor really being mine, I get to be with her and kiss her and there's nothing I'm more grateful for.

Taylor

"Open it," Karlie laughs as she sits one of the bags beside me and takes Violet to free up my hands. I tuck a loose curl behind my ear and lift the bag into my lap. I take the card out first and as I notice the front of the pink envelope says 'mommy' I already start to tear up. I pull it out and on the front of the card it says 'in just one year your life turned upside down, you found more courage than you knew you had, your heart grew so big it nearly burst, and you truly earned the worlds best title.' in the prettiest cursive handwriting.

I open it to find Karlie's handwriting on the inside, 'To Mommy, happy birthday, I love you to infinity and beyond' and that's really sweet but instead of signing it for Violet, she put the Baby's handprint. I lift the next thing out of the bag and it's a photo frame with three sections, the first one has Violet's hand print, the second has a picture of us in the hospital the day she was born and then the third is her little footprint.

"Karlie, I can't believe you did this," I smile at my girlfriend as tears spill from my eyes and she takes my hand and gives it a tight squeeze, "I know it's usually the dad's job to handle things like that, but you're doing it all alone and you deserve just as much love as you would get if you weren't."

I can't believe I got lucky enough to find this woman. Since day one, Karlie has been all in and she isn't scared of me being a mom and having Violet around, but this is something I really wasn't expecting. "Where did I find you, Karls?" I smile as I stare into her eyes, "I think Miss Violet found me in a grocery store." She laughs and I shake my head as I look down to my daughter, she really knew what she was doing that day.

"Here, this one's from me," she hands me another bag and lets go of my hand as she watches with a small smile. This one is bigger and heavier and I'm confused until I open it, finding a pillow in a cat print pillow case, a couple of my favourite candles, hershes kisses and Karlie's favourite sweatshirt. "Baby, what is all this?" I laugh as I looks up to Karlie and she smirks, "read the card."