“But the birthday boy gets first slice,” she argued softly though still indicated the small piece she wanted. “Sorry I didn’t celebrate it with you yesterday by the way but I really wanted today to be a surprise. Next year we can have two parties for your birthday and anniversary.”
Her present to him was also waiting in the room she wanted to take him to but that was still a surprise on its own.
“Hey, I’m the birthday boy, and I say you get the first piece,” Jack teased her back gently. He set the slice in front of her, along with a fork, and cut a slightly larger piece for himself (though not as big as he would have cut if he’d been alone, since he didn’t want to look like a pig, birthday or no birthday). “And you don’t need to do that, Katelynn. Our anniversary is a lot more special to me than my birthday. I’d rather just have one party, really.”
Swallowing the piece she had eaten, Katelynn leaned forward slightly to look at him seriously. “But love..if it hadn’t been for your birthday we wouldn’t be having an anniversary…why shouldn’t I want to celebrate the day my true love was born..?”
Wow that had come out with a lot more confidence than she thought because after she said it her demeanor shifted towards shy again as she took another bite of the cake to keep her from saying anything else.
Against her look, and those sweet words, Jack didn’t stand a chance. He swallowed his bite of cake, and said with a weak smile, “Well, if you really do want to, I won’t mind. I just don’t want you to feel you have to."
Jack Maple 