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{27} Mine [Series 1]

TWENTY-SEVEN:

© All Rights Reserved - 2012 S. M. Palmer

♜♖♜ COLBY ♖♜♖

{Tuesday, April 28, 2009}

WHEN I AWOKE, I GLANCE at my phone and realize what day it is; today is Keira's birthday. Quietly, I sneak into the kitchen to start making breakfast for her to serve in bed.

When it's finished, I place the scrambled eggs, bacon, and pancakes on the tray and carry it into our room. I spot her still fast asleep, so I set the tray on the dresser and crawl into bed beside her sleeping body. "Keira?" I whisper, gently brushing her hair back.

"Mm. What time is it?"

"Almost ten. You want to get up?"

"No," she mumbles into the pillow.

"Aw, come on, babe. I made you breakfast in bed," I reply. 'Hm, I wonder what time she went to bed last night' I thought. "What time did you go to bed last night?"

"Not until almost three," she answers, turning over to face me.

"Why so late?"

"I wasn't really tired, so I just watched TV until 2:45," she answers, stifling a yawn.

"Oh. Well, you want to eat breakfast before we get our day started?"

"Sure," she answers.

I help her sit up before handing her the tray along with a small wrapped gift and a card. "Thanks."

She opens the card first. The picture on the front of the card was a picture of a girl in a bikini laying across the pool chair and underneath it "Happy Birthday" is written in cursive.

She opens the card and out falls a $100 dollar bill. She shoots me a smile before reading the card silently.

"Aww, thanks, babe," she answers after she reads it, leaning over to me and pecking me on my lips.

"You're welcome."

She puts the money and card away before opening the present and the Belk box. Inside the box is a black Maxi dress and also a necklace. The necklace is the other half of the broken heart with the letters VE on it. (I have the LO half.) "Thanks, sweetie," she answers, pecking me on my lips again.

"You're welcome."

After we both shower and are dressed, we go out the living room. "So, what are we doing today?" Keira asks me as she sits down on the bar stool.

"I don't know," I answer. "It's your birthday today."

"I don't know what I want to do. We could always call Korey and go pick him up and him spend the day with us since he is my twin brother and it's also his birthday."

"Okay. Call him."

"Can I borrow your phone?" she asks, peering at me.

"Yeah," I answer before handing it to her.

"Thanks."

♥︎♡♥︎ KEIRA ♡♥︎♡

I dial Korey's number and wait for him to pick up. After two rings, he picks up. "Hello?"

"Happy birthday, Bubba! Do you want to spend the day with Colby and I?"

"Sure," he answers. "When will y'all be here to pick me up?"

"Will an hour work for you?"

"Yeah, that'll work."

"Okay. See you in an hour."