The Anniversary
Alice's POV
I don't sleep, but I do lay down. I opened my eyes as the brilliant light shined through mine and Jasper's window. My mind is quick,
but it still takes me a minute to get it to function after the long night of unbelievable sex. I sat up, stretched, and looked at Jasper,
his eyes are still closed. I knew he wasn't asleep, just enjoying the moment. He was always like this, content with the littlest things I did. Fighting my urge to go put on a dress and fix my hair and do my makeup, I layed beside Jasper. So close I could almost taste his inviting smell. His eyes flipped open. He turned to look at me.
"Alice? Is there something you need?"
"No." I smiled a michevious look.
He grinned back and leaned in to give me a long good morning kiss. "You know what today is?" He asked when he finished.
"Oh, Jazz of course I know what today is! It's our 63rd anniversary!" Getting so excited I started to vibrate.
"So," I said, "Do you wanna see yours?"
He eyed me playfully and said, with his accent on the rim of his words, "Naw, I'll pass."
I giggled and got off the bed with a light thud. I walked into my huge closet, I'd hid the present here because I knew Jazz had no interest in my fashion hoard. I came back in the room holding a small navy blue gift bag with silver tissue paper, and found Jasper laying on the bed with his hands behind his head.
"I got it!" I almost shouted.
Jasper chuckled and motioned me to come onto the bed with his index finger. I crawled on the bed and handed him the bag. "Here, open it!"
I said with sheer happiness. Slowly, Jasper removed the paper and pulled out a small red glass box. Inside was a vintage ciggarette lighter.
He looked up at me and smiled. "Thanks, Alice. This is-
But he didn't get to finish because I interrupted. "This glass box," Taking the small glass container and holding it up, "Is pure Ruby!
I'm sorry," I apoligized. I was just so excited!
He laughed and sit the fragile box with the lighter on the nightstand. Then, quickly got up and went down the hall. He returned within a few short seconds with a rectangular box. He slid onto the bed.
"Here you are, love" He handed me the box.
My head cocked to the side like a cat in curiosity. I flipped it open, inside was the most beautiful bracelet. It was a black leather sliced bracelet with a ruby in the middle. He knew me so well! Right then I was sure if they could, my eyes would fill with tears of joy.
"Oh thank you Jasper!" I slipped it on and then hugged him tightly.
He hugged me back, and then whispered, "There's more."
Oh no, I thought. I was never going to see it, because my unbeating heart couldn't take it, I was going to faint. Sometimes I could swear that when I was with Jasper it beat, though.
"Jasper, really? The bracelet makes me happy, you didn't have to go farther."
He held his hands up. "No, it's nessesary!" From his back pocket he pulled out two passports, brochures, and I'm not sure what else.
"We're going to Rome! The eternal city." He frowned at the weirdness of us and eternity, and Rome and eternity.
If I could blush, I would have. I got off the bed, ran around our coffee table 50 times, and returned to the arms of my love. I positioned my body until I was sitting on his lap. Jasper put his arms around me.
"I love you," I smiled and kissed his cheek.
"Is that all I get for taking you to Rome?" He looked at me with pleadiing eyes.
"Oh alright!" This time, I traced his lips with my tounge, and kissed him. He smiled.
"Better." He said. I pushed him back on the bed, and slid each of my legs on each side of him until I was sitting on top. I leaned down and whispered, "You turn me on." into his ear. Then I lightly bit the top of his ear. He chuckled and removed my pink lacey spagettii strap.