It had been hard keeping the plans a secret and even harder still trying to sneak around with Josh and Kat while they all planned presents. What do you get for the woman who doesn't need anything because they were always on the road and there wasn't all that much space in the car? It was a fairly difficult question to answer.
Part one? Find a quiet, abandoned restaurant to settle in for the night of her birthday. Usually the best places to find easy food, gave them all a bit more breathing room for the night and morning, and it usually gave the youngers a room of their own to sleep in and the olders a room of their own to sleep in.
Part two? Dinner and a cake that she didn't have to cook herself.
Alex was eternally grateful for Kat and Josh demanding Selene's attention while he cooked their dinner. Josh had even helped supply a few suggestions for dinner, favorites from Selene's past before they ended up on the road. He wasn't a five-star cook, but he had heart and they had the ingredients for one of the dishes Josh suggested, so that's what Alex cooked. And he knew he'd done right by the smile she had on her face when he served dinner.
Her eyes widened a little in surprise when, after dinner, he came out with a cake well lit by the birthday candles he'd found in a drawer. This night was already turning out to be well worth every suspicious look she'd given him over the last week while he'd been planning it. Kat and Josh were even kind enough to help him in a round of 'Happy Birthday' as he placed the cake in front of her.
She looked between the three of them and the cake before she blew out the candles. "Josh told you?"
Alex leaned down and kissed her softly. "Of course he did. No one should forget their birthday. Not ever." He handed her the knife with a smile so she could cut the cake.
"Presents now?" Kat asked as she bounced in her seat excitedly.
Selene blinked up at Alex. "Dinner wasn't the present?"
Alex nodded to Kat, who took off with Josh to get their presents, before he smirked a little at Selene. "Of course not. We may not have a lot, but we did a few special things for you."
Before she could open her mouth to ask another question, Kat and Josh came back with a bag a piece and she smiled at them both.
Josh offered his first, smiling a little as she took it and opened in. Inside his bag was a new hunting knife to replace her dull, starting to rust because of all the blood one she wore all the time. She thanked Josh and hugged him, happy that they were at least getting along for the time being. Kat offered hers next with a bright smile. Inside her back was an 8x10 frame that had a collage of pictures of all of them. Selene glanced at Alex with a small smirk, the why of him hitting a photo place finally clicking in her head. Kat too got a big hug and a thank you for her gift. "I love them both." And she honestly did.
Alex smiled as they settled around the table to eat their cake and chat happily. Once the cake had been eaten and the youngers helped with the dishes, Alex sent them off to bed. He then turned around and got ready for bed himself.
Selene snuggled into him, resting her head on his chest. "Thank you for a wonderful birthday, Alex."
He hugged her to him and held out a small white box for her. "You're welcome, though you have one more present to open, love."
She sat up a little and looked between him and the box as she took it. "This...Alex..."
"Just open it," he murmured into a kiss to her temple.
She glance at him a final time before she opened the little box. A small sound came from her throat at the gold and diamond heart pendant inside. It was small, delicate, and very sweet. "Alex..."
"You said before you didn't want a ring. So I got you this instead," he answered her unasked question softly.
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Alex throws Selene a birthday party pt. 1
Date: 2011-04-13 07:12 am (UTC)Part one? Find a quiet, abandoned restaurant to settle in for the night of her birthday. Usually the best places to find easy food, gave them all a bit more breathing room for the night and morning, and it usually gave the youngers a room of their own to sleep in and the olders a room of their own to sleep in.
Part two? Dinner and a cake that she didn't have to cook herself.
Alex was eternally grateful for Kat and Josh demanding Selene's attention while he cooked their dinner. Josh had even helped supply a few suggestions for dinner, favorites from Selene's past before they ended up on the road. He wasn't a five-star cook, but he had heart and they had the ingredients for one of the dishes Josh suggested, so that's what Alex cooked. And he knew he'd done right by the smile she had on her face when he served dinner.
Her eyes widened a little in surprise when, after dinner, he came out with a cake well lit by the birthday candles he'd found in a drawer. This night was already turning out to be well worth every suspicious look she'd given him over the last week while he'd been planning it. Kat and Josh were even kind enough to help him in a round of 'Happy Birthday' as he placed the cake in front of her.
She looked between the three of them and the cake before she blew out the candles. "Josh told you?"
Alex leaned down and kissed her softly. "Of course he did. No one should forget their birthday. Not ever." He handed her the knife with a smile so she could cut the cake.
"Presents now?" Kat asked as she bounced in her seat excitedly.
Selene blinked up at Alex. "Dinner wasn't the present?"
Alex nodded to Kat, who took off with Josh to get their presents, before he smirked a little at Selene. "Of course not. We may not have a lot, but we did a few special things for you."
Before she could open her mouth to ask another question, Kat and Josh came back with a bag a piece and she smiled at them both.
Josh offered his first, smiling a little as she took it and opened in. Inside his bag was a new hunting knife to replace her dull, starting to rust because of all the blood one she wore all the time. She thanked Josh and hugged him, happy that they were at least getting along for the time being. Kat offered hers next with a bright smile. Inside her back was an 8x10 frame that had a collage of pictures of all of them. Selene glanced at Alex with a small smirk, the why of him hitting a photo place finally clicking in her head. Kat too got a big hug and a thank you for her gift. "I love them both." And she honestly did.
Alex smiled as they settled around the table to eat their cake and chat happily. Once the cake had been eaten and the youngers helped with the dishes, Alex sent them off to bed. He then turned around and got ready for bed himself.
Selene snuggled into him, resting her head on his chest. "Thank you for a wonderful birthday, Alex."
He hugged her to him and held out a small white box for her. "You're welcome, though you have one more present to open, love."
She sat up a little and looked between him and the box as she took it. "This...Alex..."
"Just open it," he murmured into a kiss to her temple.
She glance at him a final time before she opened the little box. A small sound came from her throat at the gold and diamond heart pendant inside. It was small, delicate, and very sweet. "Alex..."
"You said before you didn't want a ring. So I got you this instead," he answered her unasked question softly.