Let them eat cake-Marie Antoinette
Sabrina smiled to herself as she filled out the stack of files as the Nurses Desk. Nothing could dampen her mood, not today anyway. She couldn't remember a time when she had been happier because now she had everything she always wanted. She had Patrick and as an added bonus Emma. Plus today was her birthday.
Patrick stepped up behind her and wrapped his arm around her waist, making sure no one was looking before leaning in to kiss her. "Good morning."
"Good morning to you too." She said turning around to face him.
"I missed you last night," he told her reaching for her hand.
"I'm sorry I had to take that extra shift."
"No don't be sorry," he said leaning in to kiss her just as Felix got off the elevator and spotted them.
"Happy Birthday Chica!" Felix said with a smile as he approached them and placed a cupcake in front of her.
"Wait today is your birthday? Baby why didn't you tell me?" He asked placing his hands on her shoulders.
"I didn't really think it was that big a deal. I mean I never really celebrate my birthday."
"It's true I had to insist on a cake for tonight and that we at least acknowledge the day." Felix told Patrick.
Patrick reached out and stroked her cheek before cupping it in his hand and pulling her in close to kiss her. "You are special and important to me and this day needs to be celebrated."
"Patrick..."
"No we are doing something special for you. You'll love it, you'll see."
She opened her mouth to protest but he leaned in and kissed her before she could and then turned to go start making plans. He called back over his shoulder, "I'll see you later."
"Thanks for that."
"Hey don't be hatin' on your BFF." He said throwing his hands up in mock surrender. "It's your big day why didn't you want Patrick to know anyways?" Felix asked because he thought for sure she would want to celebrate this year.
"He's stressed out with all this drama with Britt and I just didn't want him to have to worry about it."
"Well he doesn't feel that way about it. That man loves you girl." He told her pulling her in for one of his epic hugs that always seemed to make her feel better. She tried to pull away to get back to work, "Nope I'm not letting you go until you smile."
"Felix!"
"Come on just a smile. Not so much to ask, it's your birthday."
She laughed as he continued to hold her close and other people in the hospital started to look at them funny. "Ok Felix you can let me go now." She said showing him a smile.
"Nothin' to see here peeps. Just go on about your business." He said embarrassing her further. "Now blow out that candle." He told her pointing to the cupcake on the counter.
She leaned over and blew it out, "Did you make a wish?" He asked.
"My wish already came true."
"Ain't that sweet. But maybe you can toss a wish my way, cause I could really use a guy of my own."
"Oh Felix you will find someone. I just know it." She said before Epiphany told them to get back to work.
After work Patrick texted her and told her to meet him at his place, she was curious as to what he had planned. She hoped he didn't go to too much trouble. All she wanted for her birthday was to spend it with him and Emma.
When she got to his house there was a note pinned to the door, Doors unlocked come right in.-Patrick and Emma
She opened the door and gasped the room was covered in purple balloons of all shapes and sizes. "Patrick! Emma!" She called out and when no one answered she stepped inside and shut the door. She stepped closer to one of the balloons and noticed a note on the coffee table. Use this to pop the balloons, it said and she found a thumb tack next to the note.
When she popped the first balloon a piece of paper flew out and fluttered to the floor. She bent down to pick it up and flipped it over to read it.
Reasons we love you, it said across the top and then below that in Patrick's handwriting it said,
1 How you managed to fix us even though we thought no one ever could.
She smiled and went on to the next balloon wondering if they had filled each one with a message. The second one said,
2. The way you always support me.
Moving across the room she grabbed the next balloon eager to read what they had written.
3 The way your hand fits perfectly in mine.
4 You know us better than anyone else
5 Your my best friend
Some of the notes were in Emma's handwriting and she smiled imagining the two of them trying to come up with reasons.
6 Cuddling with you is the best
7 When you blush or are shy
8 When you read to me
Sabrina smiled seeing a little drawing Emma had done of her reading a book to her in the corner of the paper.
9 You can make us laugh
10 You talk in your sleep and its adorable
If Patrick were here he would have seen her blush at that one, she wondered what she talked about in her sleep. "Oh gosh." She thought to herself. As she moved onto the next balloon.
11 The way you look in the morning
12 When you speak Spanish (Sexy)
13 When you and Emma gang up on me
He had told her he hated when they did that but now she knew that he secretly loved it.
14 We love your glasses (again very sexy)
15 The sound of your heartbeat
16 I love your sweet kisses
17 You make everyone around you feel special
18 Your nerdiness
19 Your smile (always lights up my day)
20 When you hold my hand
21 The way you are with Emma
22 You make me feel like the luckiest guy on earth
24 You never gave up on me (even though it took me forever to see what was right in front of me)
25 The way you react when I tickle you
26 You always know when something's wrong
27 You inspire me to be a better man
She was on the last balloon which was over by the couch and she was already in tears at all the sweet things they had said about her. She popped it and grabbed the paper off the floor.
28 We couldn't picture our lives without you in it. Turn over.
She flipped over the paper and it said to go into the kitchen. So she opened the door and there was Emma and Patrick waiting for her with the table set for dinner. "Happy Birthday, Sabrina!" Emma said rushing over to her and giving her a big hug.
Patrick came over and gave her a hug too and he noticed the tears on her cheeks, "Aww why are you crying baby?" He asked wiping them away with his thumb.
"Their happy tears." She told them as he lead her over to the table and pulled out her chair for her.
"Daddy made you dinner." Emma said proudly.
"You did?" She asked knowing he wasn't a very good cook.
"Don't worry I took a cooking course. I was going to try to impress you on a date but that was before I knew it was your birthday today."
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I just um... My birthday hasn't really been the same since my mom died. She..she passed away just before my birthday."
"Oh baby I'm so sorry I didn't know." He said coming around the table to bring her into his arms.
"It's ok I'm used to it now. When I lived with my Aunt and Uncle they gave me some nice birthday parties but it just wasn't the same and then when I moved here Felix made sure we celebrated even if it was just the two of us."
"Daddy said even though mommies not here she's still at my birthday parties so that means your mommies at yours." Emma said from her seat beside Sabrina.
"Your right sweetie and this has been the best birthday I've ever had. Thank you." She said as she pulled them both in for a big hug.
"Can we try your dinner daddy?" Emma asked while Sabrina was still hugging them.
"Yes we can eat now." He said dishing out the food for the three of them.
"I can't believe you learned how to cook, for me."
"Well I know you like to cook so I thought it was something we could do together but I had a long way to go." He said with a laugh remembering during class when the teacher had to explain things over and over again just so he could get it right.
"This looks great." She said as she took a bite of the lemon chicken her had made.
"I also made a cake."
"What?" When did you have time for that?"
"I left work early after I seem you this morning and got everything together."
"And I decorated the cake." Emma told her excitedly.
"Well I'm sure it looks wonderful like those cupcakes you decorated for us."
After dinner Emma ran from the room,"Where's she going?" Sabrina asked as Patrick cleared the table.
"Going to get your presents."
"What presents? Patrick you didn't have to get me anything. I mean you did all this I thought that was my present."
"No way you need presents. Now come on." He said as he grabbed her hand and led her into the living room. They sat on the couch as Emma came back with a handful of presents.
"You guys this is too much." She said as Emma handed her the first one.
"No it's not. Do you realize how much you've done for the both of us since we met you?" He asked her.
"But it wasn't because I wanted anything in return..." She started to say befor Patrick interrupted.
"We know that but everyone gets presents on their birthday."
"Open mine first." Emma said pointing to one she had even wrapped herself.
Sabrina sighed as she tore open the paper, "Oh Emma it's beautiful. Did you make this?"
"Uh huh." Emma said as Sabrina opened the jewelry box that Emma had made and painted for her.
"I love it sweetie, thank you so much." She said hugging the little girl.
"Mine next." Patrick said handing her a bigger box.
She ripped the paper off and inside was a smaller box which led to an even smaller one, "Is this a joke and there's really nothing in here?" She asked stopping to look at him.
"Nope there is something there, keep going." He said with a laugh it had been Emma's idea to wrap it like that. Emma started to giggle as the box kept getting smaller and smaller.
"That's funny huh." Sabrina said with a smile.
"Uh huh." Finally she got to a small jewelry box and opened it.
"Oh my gosh Patrick this beautiful." She said looking at the ring inside.
"It's a Claddagh ring," he explained to her as she took it out and slid it on her finger. "In Ireland it represent's friendship (the hands), love (the heart) and loyalty (the crown). He told her.
"I love it, Patrick."
"It looks beautiful on you but you need to turn it around."
"I do ?"
"If you wear it on the right hand facing out like that it means your single and looking so if you flip it around like this," he said sliding it off for her and turning it around. "Then it means your taken."
She smiled at him, "Oh really?"
"Yep."
"Well we can't have people thinking I'm single, now can we?"
"No we most certainly can not."
She didn't tell him that she had already heard of the ring and knew that people gave them when they planned to get married one day. Because the ring worn on the left hand facing out meant you were engaged and of it was facing in you were married.
"There's one more." Emma said handing another one to her. "It's from both of us." Emma said as she waited for Sabrina to open it.
Inside was a frame with three pictures in it, one of them from the Nurses Ball. One from when they had taken Emma to the zoo and the last one was of just her and Patrick laughing. She remembered that they had no idea the picture was being taken.
"Thank you for everything. Today was amazing. I love you guys so much." She said hugging each of them in turn.
