Thanks to Mel and BajaSt for the reviews on the second chapter. They made me happy, really. ^_^
In the morning, Ryan woke up and turned around to the other side of the bed and watched Natalia sleeping peacefully. She soon opened her eyes as he touched her face.
"Happy birthday, sleeping beauty." He said and kissed her forehead.
"What's today's plan?" Asked Natalia.
"I don't know. What you want to do?"
"Shopping, maybe?"
"What? You wanna shopping on your birthday? Come on, think of something special."
"Well, I don't know either. With you I already feel special." She smiled.
"Something more special…wait, I got an idea. Go get dressed up now. We'll do something really special." He got out of bed quickly and ran to the bathroom.
In Ryan's car,
"So, where are we going?" Asked Natalia, changing the radio station.
"We'll see." He smiled.
"Oh boy, what's on your mind?" She muttered, smiled, looked out the window and had a nap in a few minutes later.
When the car arrived somewhere, Ryan woke Natalia up. She opened her eyes and looked around. They were in the parking area, in front of a big hall.
"Here we are?" She asked.
"Yeah. You ready?"
"For what?"
"For ice-skating."
"Ice-skating? Ryan, you must be kidding. You know I can't skate."
"Sure you can. I'll teach you."
"No way! I will surely fall for several times and that will be embarrassing!" Natalia started acting like a child rejecting vegetables.
"No, it won't. Nobody's gonna see us skating or see you falling because this place is not open today, but luckily, I got a friend working here, so we're kind of V.I.P. The ice rink is empty. You can fall for a hundred times if you want to." He smiled.
"No, no, no, Ryan, this is too special. I can't do it."
"Why? You're scared?"
"Yes."
"Don't be. I said I'll teach you."
"You can't skate either."
"What? No! How do you know?"
"You told me before." Damn it!, he thought. He couldn't remember when he told her that he couldn't skate.
"I did?"
"Yes."
"Oh well, then let's try together."
"Oh gosh." She sighed.
"Come on, Natalia. Please. It's your birthday. Let's try something different. I don't wanna take you to the movie or shopping. We can do those stuffs all the time. Please, babe. Trust me, it's fun." Now he's begging her like a child begging for cookies. She sighed once more.
"Uh…okay. Let's go." Said Natalia and got out of the car.
"Yay!" Now that that child got his cookies.
Inside the hall, Natalia looked around and found the hall was pretty big. She asked Ryan how to put on the ice skate shoes and he put them on for her. She thanked him and they both started walking on the ice obstructively. But as soon as Natalia tried to skate, she fell.
"Ahhh! Ryan!" Natalia fell for the first time and tried to get up but couldn't.
"Oh babe, here." Ryan gave her his hand and pulled her up.
"You okay?" He asked.
"I'm good." She answered, trying to stand on her own.
"Good. Now let's try skating together, shall we?" He asked and she nodded her head. He's not a pro but tried to show her the right way to skate on ice. She followed him, holding his hand tight. But then again, she lost her balance and fell, and this time she dragged Ryan down to the ice with her.
"Ahhh!" Once again she screamed and tried to get up but Ryan did it first and got her up.
"Whoa, easy, Nat. Don't walk, okay? Just slide, slowy, don't rush." As he started to slide, Natalia held his hand tighter and let him dragged her forward. Now she could stand on her own and skate forward slowly. She put a little smile on her face.
"You see? It's not that difficult." Said Ryan while they both were skating together. Natalia finally wore a beaming smile and laughed.
"Wow. This is amazing. I'm skating!"
"Yeah, babe. I knew you can do it. Now let's circle around." Said Ryan then dragged her to circle around with him. She liked it, so they kept going round and round until they're tired.
After 2 hours of skating on ice, they quitted and finally went shopping at the mall together as Natalia begged him to and spent the whole day there before Ryan took Natalia to the restaurant near the shopping mall for dinner.
"Are you hungry, shopaholic birthday girl?" He asked jokingly. She laughed.
"I'm starving." She answered, still giggled.
"What'd you like to eat?" He handed her one of the menus.
"I don't know. Maybe something not special. We spent the whole day so special and expensive as you wanted. Now let's try something simple, okay?" She took one look at the menu and passed it to the waiter.
"I'll take medium beef steak with potato and cherry wine for drink." She said to the waiter.
"Ah. Just like hers but rare beef and red wine for drink." He said and handed menu to the waiter. He took it and walked away. After that, Ryan started to laugh.
"What's so funny?" She asked.
"Cherry wine? That's special." He said and that made her laugh, too.
"Haha. Sorry but steak is nothing without wine." She said.
"You're right." He said, looking in Natalia's eyes and found them were full of happiness.
"You look happy." He said.
"Ah, yeah, because I am happy." She said.
"I guess because of shopping." He said.
"No. Not just shopping, but everything. I had so much fun today. Thank you, Ryan." She covered one of her hand on his. He smiled back, and before they kiss, they got interrupted by the same waiter serving them drinks.
"Thanks." Natalia said to the waiter before let go of Ryan's hand and sipped her cherry wine gently. Ryan did the same with his red wine.
"So, what you think your family gonna get you for your birthday?" He asked, thinking that she would explain him happily; she put on an unhappy look on her face instead.
"Baby, what's wrong?" He asked and held one of her hand gently. He caressed the back of her hand. She tried to smile.
"My family, I think they…they don't remember my birthday. Or maybe they just don't care. I don't know. My last birthday present from them was when I turned, um, 22, and then I didn't get anything anymore, not even a wish." She tried to act like she was okay with that, but no, she wasn't, and he could see that.
"I'm sorry." He said and she forced a painful smile, and then again, the same waiter broke an awkward moment serving them plates. He laid them on the table and walked away. And when they both started to eat, Natalia still looked depressed and Ryan knew that it was about her family stuff. He shouldn't have asked her that so now he had to cheer her up, and he knew how to.
"Hey, Nat. Close your eyes." His words surprised her. Natalia's eyes widened.
"I said close your eyes not widen your eyes." He laughed.
"Oh. Okay." She smiled and closed her eyes, getting excited to know what was he going to do, suddenly she felt he lifted one of her arm up and put something metallic on it. Her heart skipped the beat.
"Now open your eyes." He said. She suddenly opened her eyes and once again widened them and gaped her mouth. There was a charming golden charm bracelet with a white daisy pendant on her wrist. She rolled her wrist for several times to take a look at it.
"Oh my god, Ryan…I…I…I don't know what to say. It's so…so…beautiful! Thank you, Ryan. Thank you!"
"I'm glad you like it." He smiled.
"Oh god, how do you know I was thinking of getting a new bracelet?" She asked.
"Oh really? Is that what you wanted? I swear, I didn't know. The other day, I was in Marc Jacobs store and this beautiful charm bracelet caught my eyes. I thought you might like it so-"
"I love it, Ryan. Thank you."
"Great, and um, What about this one?" He said and picked something up from one of the shopping bags that piled on the empty chair next to their table. It's a little white box with bow on it. Once again she put the same surprised look on her face. She handed the box from him and looked over it. She read text on the box.
"…Chanel No. 5!" She said. (Whoa Ryan aren't you happy, you're so rich in my story! XD)
"Yes. Chanel No. 5!" He said.
"Ryan, you didn't have to spend money on me this much, really. As I said, to be with you I already feel special, but thank you anyway. Today-" Before she could finish her sentence, he kissed her on the lips gently and parted, and said…
"Our steaks are getting cold." She giggled.
"Alright." She picked her knife and fork up to continued eating. Neither did he.
Whoa, it's extremely hard to describe their movements on the ice! Lol because I don't know anything about ice-skating. I tried it once and I hate it so damn much. But I think a couple skating on ice is romantic, that's the only reason why I wrote about it. No, I don't even think it's special. Lol.
By the way, I'm allowed to mention those brand names, right? Or I'm not? If so, then I'll edit immediately. Just tell me. I'm very new to this site so I'm still kinda confused about the rules. Hehe. ^ ^"
And can someone tell me about these words; Wolvista? RaiN? I know they are about Ryan & Natalia but what's the difference? I don't get that. I only call them Animal Couple 'cause of his last name, Wolfe and her middle name, Boa. So explain me, please. ^ ^"
Anyway, thanks for reading and please REVIEW! ^_^
