Taking a Bite from the Big Apple (Complete)

15

"No, don't leave," Toni mumbled, half-asleep as she felt the warm body up against her begin to move.

Cheryl cuddled back in, not needing much persuasion and put a soft kiss on the brunette's head.

"Wakey wakey, eggs and bakey," she sang softly, eliciting a giggle.

"Don't wanna get up," Toni mumbled again, "Warm."

"What about just opening your eyes?"

Toni shook her head a little, refusing to give up the last hold she had on her slumber.

"What if I promised special birthday snuggles?"

The brunette smiled and relented, fluttering her eyes open, looking into the brown depths that were staring back.

"You remembered," she said quietly.

"This is me, baby. I remember everything. Besides, I'm not gonna forget something as important as my girl turning twenty."

"Shush, don't say that."

"Why?" Cheryl asked, confused.

"'Cause that means I'm in my twenties and dating a teenager," Toni replied, "Does that make me like some kinda sex pest or something?"

"You wanna break up for eighteen months 'til we're both in our twenties?"

"What?! No! Of course I don't, I was just messing around and-"

"Whoa, baby, I was messing around too," Cheryl replied and cupped the brunette's cheek, "If you can handle being a cradle robber I'm yours to be stolen."

"I can handle it," Toni replied with a small smile.

"Good. And you're definitely not a sex pest. You're a beautiful goddess. Happy Birthday."

"Thank you," Toni whispered and closed the small gap between them so they could kiss, "You know what else today is?"

Cheryl smiled and went in for another kiss.

"Hmm... is it that one month ago today you serenaded me without even knowing it, kissed me to within an inch of my life under a New York streetlamp, after which you brought me home where we spend the entire night lost in passion during the course of which we officially became girlfriends, thus making me the happiest redhead in the whole state? Country? World?"

"I was just gonna say its Thursday..."

"You're such a smart ass," Cheryl smirked and rolled on top of the smaller girl, leaning down for a deep kiss, "Um, don't be mad?"

"It's okay," Toni replied lazily, cupping the back of her girlfriend's head and bringing her back down to kiss, "I am a smart ass."

"Um, not about that..." Cheryl responded, holding herself up on her forearms, "I kinda did something without asking...and I realised after that I should've and not been all assume-y girlfriend, but I'd already done it by then and it was only so I could do something else, which I hope you'll like, but I never even checked and now I-"

"Tell me what's up, sweetie. I promise I'll try not to be mad, whatever it is."

"I, um, kinda went and asked your boss if you could have the night off."

Cheryl saw the brunette raise both her eyebrows and quickly started to explain.

"I just wanted to do something special tonight 'cause it's your birthday and our kind-of anniversary and it kinda involves your birthday present and I didn't even think and I'm really sorry. You're still getting paid and everything, Hiram said it was a birthday present and I was just so obsessed with making the night good that I didn't think about how pushy and controlling it might seem-"