Surprise!
"Ever ever afterthough the world will tell you it's not smartEver, ever afterthe world can be yours if you let your heartBelieve in ever after"
It was early Saturday when Stella woke up, the bright sun touching her skin from the front window. She rolled over to her side, Mac wasn't there.
Stella thought, Where's Mac? Oh god, what if something happened?
"Wait, maybe he's in the shower." Stella said. She always talks to herself when she's nervous.
She walked in the bathroom and he wasn't there, but the shower had been recently used, about an hour before.
"Hmm, Mac must've run out to get something. Wow, I overreact too much." Stella said, walking over to her suitcase. "Well, I might as well get a shower too. Then maybe Mac will be back by then." Stella said, grabbing her blue dress that was sure to impress Mac and her bathing suit.
Meanwhile, Mac was down in the restaurant next to the hotel. He was ordering breakfast for Stella. He was getting her favorite, scrambled eggs, French toast, and fried potatoes and don't forget coffee. Mac ordered the same, he liked that meal too. Mac is such a gentleman. Soon he started heading up to their room, it was on the second floor.
Stella stepped out of the bathroom, towel-drying her hair. She didn't see him in the room, it was empty. She even stepped out on the balcony, looking down over the pool; he wasn't there either.
"God, where is he? It's been 45 minutes…that's enough." Stella said in frustration. "I'm calling him. I need to make sure everything is alright."
He better pick up! She got his voice-mail. She grabbed the doorknob and pulled forward. "Mac, it's Stell…" Stella said, automatically stopping, there was another tug from the other side. Who was it? The person outside, let go out of the doorknob. Stella let go and ran as fast as she could out on to the balcony, she thought it was a burglar. She hid behind the wall and crouched down.
Mac walked in the door, with caution. He thought he felt Stella tugging on the door. He came and set down the food in one of those white containers.
"Stell?" he called. He thought "Where is Stella? Is she outside?"
Stella was outside, hyperventilating, catching the attention of the woman on the balcony next door.
"Are you okay, miss?" the old woman asked, probably in her late 50's. She thought Stella was crazy.
"Shhhhh!" Stella said, shooshing the old woman. It wasn't proper to do that, but she didn't know who that was at the door.
Mac walked out toward the balcony and stepped out and saw Stella there, her eyes were closed.
What did I miss? Is she okay, Mac thought.
Oh my god, someone's standing right next to me, oh please, be Mac. Stella thought, she was going to start crying until she heard a familiar voice.
"Stell. Are you okay?" Mac asked, he wasn't gone at all, just in the other building.
"Mac!" Stella screamed. She jumped around Mac and started kissing him. "Oh, I'm so happy you are ok, holy crap, where were you?" Stella said, relieved, still recovering over the worried and scared feeling.
They sat on the bed. He kissed her back a few times. He started to explain,
"Well, I'm happy you're here too! I was at the restaurant, picking up your favorites." Mac said, grabbing her hand, leading her over to the table.
"Oh, Mac, you didn't have to do this, we could've ate at the restaurant. Thank you!" Stella said, kissing him gently.
"Your welcome. I was trying to get you up, but you didn't reply at all. You are a deep sleeper. And it's more peaceful, just the two of us, alone.", Mac said, pulling out the chair so Stella could sit down.
She opened the lid and saw her favorites, scrambled eggs, French toast and fried potatoes and of course, coffee!
"Oh, wow Mac, you are a God!" Stella exclaimed, watching Mac opening his container with the same contents.
"Oh really, I never considered myself a God, but I guess it could work. Then, I guess you are a Goddess!" Mac said, flirting a little.
"Oh thanks. This is really good! We'll have to go to the restaurant, it seems great there." Stella said, taking a sip of her coffee.
"Oh, we will, you just wait!" Mac said, dipping his French toast in syrup, Stella preferred butter.
"So, where are we going today?" Stella asked, winking at Mac. She still wasn't going to let go of this.
"It's a surprise!" Mac said, with a little chuckle.
"Uh, it's killing me, please give me a hint!" Stella said, bugging the death out of Mac.
"Ok then, you will love it.", Mac replied, finishing up his eggs, moving on to the potatoes.
"That's it, ooh; you are such a bad boy!" Stella said, catching Mac's attention.
"A bad boy? Wow, I love your compliments but, I don't consider myself a bad boy, but whatever you say darling." Mac said, thinking of a great thing to say to Stella while he had her attention.
"Did you know you have the most beautiful eyes in the universe?" Mac said, grabbing her free hand across the table and kissed it.
"Aww, that's so romantic. I love you. Mac.", Stella said, with a tear rolling down her face.
"I love you too. Why are you crying?" Mac asked.
"I'm happy, you are the love of my life, the biggest dream that came true and that's the sweetest thing I've heard in a while. The last thing I've heard that mad me mad was "Can't get me copper!" Stella said, getting up to hold Mac.
"You're a great copper." Mac said, kissing her.
"Oh really? You're not a bad copper yourself, Mac Taylor.", Stella said, kissing him back and held him close.
"Oh thanks Stell. So, are you ready to go?" Mac asked, grabbing his flip-flops by the door and put on sunscreen.
Stella walked over and grabbed her bag, and also applied sunscreen. "Yes, I'm ready. So are you going to tell me where we are going?" Stella asked.
"I'm not going to budge Stella." Mac said, last out of the door.
"Oh, I can't wait!" Stella said.