Chapter 140
- "Happy Birthday to you..." I hear Rhodes's soft husky voice singing quietly in my right ear, waking me up from my slumber. I open my eyes and blink quickly at the light as I come to my senses. I see Rhodes shirtless, sliding back under the covers beside me carrying a tray filled with breakfast foods. As I sit my body up and listen to his surprisingly lovely singing voice; I see that there is a lone pink candle slid into the stack of pancakes, flickering as he places the tray down on the linen.
- "Happy birthday dear Amelia, happy birthday to you" he finishes his song by placing a delicate kiss to my cheek. My lips turn upwards as he picks up one of the plates and holds it up to me.
- "Go on, make a wish" he instructs softly. I grin at him for a moment, his eyes look back at me filled with happiness and something else, maybe peace? He is in our bubble; where the outside world and our obvious differences and issues don't matter. Where we can just be two people having fun, being happy with one another, maybe falling in love. I love being in that space, and it's not a space I allow myself to be in very often. And so; I close my eyes, wish to be in our bubble for as long as possible and blow out the candle.