Love And Marriage

Chapter 24: Happy Birthday

Jaleia's POV

"Happy Birthday to you." Jesse sang to me as I woke up. I smiled looking into his face. He had already been up and was dressed. Even though my birthday fell on a Saturday this year I still had to go supervise the new residents until noon.

"Hi babe." I said kissing him.

"Good morning, love. Happy birthday, you're thirty and old like me."

I slapped his shoulder. "Shut up!"

"Make sure you get off work on time because I have so many surprises for you."

"The patients and the attending decide when I leave, babe, not me. Why are you dressed, I want birthday sex." I said reaching out for him.

"Cause you will be late, and we will have plenty of time for that later. Trust me." He said as he walked out the room. I groaned and sat up in the bed. I was mad I had to work but there was a slight pay bump so I guess it wasn't all that bad. I could not wait until I passed my board exam so I could make a real immunologist's salary. And pay back these student loans, almost two hundred thousand dollars worth and that doesn't even include Jesse's. I got up and went to the bathroom, stopping by Di's room, as a typical teenager she was still asleep. Oh, to be young and well rested. After getting dressed, I went downstairs to the smell of pancakes. I went into the kitchen where Jesse was flipping pancakes.

"Did you make me birthday pancakes?" I said, leaning against the counter.

"Yes I did. Bring your sexy ass here." He said. Holding out his arm. I hugged him and rested my head on his chest. I watched him finish my pancakes, eggs and bacon. He pulled out my chair for me and I sat down to eat.

"Thank you, Jessekins." I said, after saying grace.

"You're going to stop calling me that." He said, cutting into his own pancakes.

"Never. Your pancakes are amazing." I said.

"Thanks, love."

"So what plans do you have for us?"

"Nice try, Jay. All I'm saying is that Di has a sleepover tonight so the house will be empty. There's a drawer in our room full of things we should probably put to use." he said.

"Like the handcuffs?" I said, moving my foot up his leg.

"Um, no you are not putting me in those after you lost the key last time."

"I found it eventually! And I made up for it. Anyway I meant this time I'll wear them." I said in his ear as I went to get more milk. He shuddered.

"This is not a breakfast topic."

"Why, are your pants getting tighter?"

"This is a God fearing house Jaleia, behave." He said. I laughed.

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I looked at my phone, It was 2:15pm and I wanted to go home. I asked the nurses if Dr. Cox was close to the hospital. They shook their head, and I fake slammed my head on the counter. I was supposed to have left two hours ago and the attending who was supposed to relieve me was late...as always. I hated working Saturdays.

"Dr. Micheals, there's a resident having a breakdown in the breakroom." Nurse Stacy said.

"Is it Collins? It's Collins isn't it? I told him not to take what that woman said to heart." I said. I walked to the breakroom.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" Most of the nurses and doctors who were working today shouted at me. They had decorated the break room with happy birthday decorations and had cupcakes. I went around the room hugging everyone as we ate cupcakes. Jake, ever the joykiller, said "Shouldn't we be getting back to our patients, I mean it is our job to save their lives."