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Laura's birthday
April 2017

7am

Tingles fester into my bones and I shiver as I squirm. It slithers from neck to my collarbone to the back of my ear. And all over my face, and I turn my head to the left and right as a moan escapes me and deep chuckles rumbles, seeping into me.
“Wake up sunshine,” Luke's voice drifts through my ear and the tingles persist as he continues with his kisses—I realised.
“5 more minutes,” I groan as I squeeze my eyes tighter as a bright light beams down on me. And again Luke continues with his kisses, up my neck to my chin travelling till he peaks my lips, and peaks again.
Luke adds tickles into the mix, under my chin and under my belly because he discovered those sensitive spots years ago and loves to turtore me.
“Please,” I say as an insane giggle bursts out of me as my body shakes, trying to pull him off me but he doesn’t stop, pressing more firmly as my laughter erupts.
“Luke!” I laugh, laugh and laugh till I feel like I’m going to pass out and die laughing as I can’t catch my breath. He’s unrelentless.
“Happy birthday Laura,” Luke whispers into my ear after he kisses it after he stops with his tickles and he pulls back and I can feel his presence before me, blocking the sun and his hair skims my forehead.
“Open those pretty eyes, gold speckled green,” And I do, slowly I peel them open and I stare into the ocean and I get lost, those are pretty eyes, mine doesn’t compete.
“Breakfast is ready, come on get up, we have a long day planned ahead and I don’t want to be late,” Luke says as he tugs at my arms and quickly kisses my nose. That’s a lot of kisses today but I can't complain, they're priceless.
He assists me and I get out of bed, tiredly rubbing at my eyes as everything comes back into focus, the sounds of the soft swaying and sloshing of water, the squeaks of seaquals and the gentle rumble of the floor. My eyes glide at the large square windows with the beautiful view—blue seas reflective by the blazing sun, and the opulent furniture, and ceiling lights. It’s beautiful and this is my life, and all because of Luke. At the thought, a swarm of butterflies fills my stomach fluttering higher, racing towards my heart and I can’t help but beam widely.
We bordered yesterday in the morning, Luke borrowed a really big yacht from his friend at the club and off we drift to Spain.
He leads me to a dining table with pancakes, jugs of freshly squeezed orange juice, fruits and jars of sauce– strawberry and blueberry, and coffee on a white cloth. An array of gift bags and boxes lay under the table.
I gasp, as the butterflies grow bigger still as I blink back water because I feel the sudden urge to cry and I don’t know why.
“Luke,” I say. “Luke,” I’ve lost my words and that’s all I can find. He nods with a tug to his lips and he pulls me to the table.
“We have an hour before we arrive, so we have time for a swim in the pool before we begin the day.”
“Sounds perfect,” I say as I smile up at him. “Thank you.”


9.00am

We walk through the trails with an array of blooming roses, tuliets, lilies and some I can’t name, surrounding us from all sides with green embedded in the mix. Water trickles down a white three tier fountain. The sun shines brightly down on us but it’s shielded by the glasses on both our faces. A light breeze swirls around us, lifting my floral dress up which I hold down.
“Aw those are beautiful,” I say as I lightly run my finger along the light pink lilies. They outshine all the rest and the scents tangle in the air.
“Are those your favourite?”
“Yeah, they’re beautiful.”
“Okay,” Luke says with a smirk as he moves beside me and picks it off.
“Luke!” I shriek. “Don’t do that!” I gaze around panically at people around us but they don’t pay us any mind.
“It’s alright I made a deal with the manager,” Luke says breezily with a shrug as he continues with flower picking, one, two, three. After he has an array in his grasp, he stands up straighter and throws me a cocky smirk. “Free tickets, those are usually a win. I’m quite an important person Laura. I always get what I want,” His arrogance is unreal but I’d be lying if I said that I don’t slyly love that part of him too.

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