Sorry I havent updated in ages! It wouldnt let me update for some reason. *Shrugg* Oh well, its up now. Enjoy!

My Birthday Surprise

I woke up myself. Alex left me to doze. I woke up at about 3ish in the morning. When I walked out of the bedroom, there were banners everywhere with pink backgrounds and the writing white, saying 'Happy Birthday!' Alex stood up from the sofa.

"Happy Birthday, Ashley!" He smiled.

"Thank you." I smiled back. I went over to sit next to Alex. But he suddenly disappeared, after a second or two; he was back next to me, sitting on the sofa. He had something in his hands, a box, wrapped in pink wrapping paper. It was a small box, like the box I gave him that had his ring in it. "You don't have to give me anything, you know." I insisted.

"But it's your birthday. And your surprise! Here. Open it." He shoved the box in my hands and curled my fingers around it and pushed it into my chest. I rolled my eyes at him. I told him before not to get me anything. "I don't know your favourite colour is, so I just got pink." He smiled apologetically.
"Purple and thank you." I smiled, looking at him. "And it's fine." I took the wrapping paper off, left was a pink fabric box. I looked at Alex and quirked an eyebrow, he shrugged his shoulders, smiling. I took the lid off the box. There was a key of some-sort. What is this for? I said to myself. Alex answered my metal question.

"I'll show you what it's for." He grabbed my hand excitedly and took me outside. "Close your eyes." He commanded. I did as he asked and closed my eyes. He put his hands over my eyes, to make sure I wouldn't peek, probably. He helped me forward. I couldn't think where we were going. We went through a door and stood still. "Wait there, and don't open your eyes." I heard a smile in his voice. He let go of my eyes and went somewhere else. I kept my eyes closed. "You can open them now." I opened my eyes, to see his motorbike – a black, Yamaha YZF R1 - and another one the same but it was a midnight blue instead with a pink bow in-between the handles. My mouth fell open.

"Thank you!" I screeched. I ran to Alex and hugged him tightly and he hugged back.

"It's alright. I'm glad you like it!" He said rubbing my back. I squeezed tighter and squeezed my eyes shut.

"Of course I do! It's the best present and surprise in the world – no - universe!" I said excitedly.

"I wouldn't go that far." He mumbled. I ignored him and carried on, but I opened my eyes.

"Now you definitely need to teach me!" I bounced us up and down. Alex chuckled breathlessly.

"Of course. Ashley loosen me a bit please. I feel like you're going to snap me in half." Alex said breathless.

"Sorry." I let go of him fully.

"Thanks, but you didn't have to let go me fully." Now I was confused.

"I thought you didn't like this type of thing?" I asked, while he hugged me again and put his cheek on the top of my head.

"I can make an exception; it's your birthday after all. Plus..." He hesitated. "It's growing on me." He smiled into my hair. I smiled back smugly, and rocked us side to side making both of us laugh.

"When can we start?" I pulled back. He looked confused. "The bikes?" I said smiling.

"Whenever you want." Alex smiled then frowned. "Do you want to get changed first though," He looked up and down at my clothes that I was wearing. "Maybe into something comfortable, possibly something you don't mind getting stained?" He suggested. I chuckled.

"Well, my clothes that I don't mind getting stained is at my folk's house, I don't think it'll be a good idea to go there. Or would it?" I was serious now. "They probably got rid of all my gifts anyway." I hoped. Alex looked away from my stare. I knew from that, that they didn't. "What am I going to do? They don't know where I live! So they can't send it in the post! They only know my e-mail address. They can't e-mail me it! What am I going to do?" I looked into his eyes pleadingly.

"Do you want me to go?" Alex asked - quietly and softly –, looking into my eyes.

"No." I sighed, shaking my head, no. "I have to go some time. I just... I don't know if I could do it. What if they get to close-?" I stopped myself from thinking what I could do to them and shuddered. I hugged Alex again and hid my head against his chest. He rubbed my back soothing me.

"I could go with you, say that I'm your room mate, or something." He shrugged. I looked up to him. "Which we kind of are." He smiled a little.

"No. They would think like everyone else." I sighed. "I know! I could tell them that I've got an infection that's catchy, so they wouldn't go near me." I tried to smile, but I failed, badly.

"That's a good idea." Alex smiled again, assuring me.

"But what am I going to say about the way I look?" I asked, quirking an eyebrow. Alex looked up and down me again, I rolled my eyes.

"Hmm." He said while looking at me. I smiled a little. "Maybe you could say at your new work, you've been chosen to try on makeup that works wonders!" He suggested, jokingly.

"Maybe. Do you think they'll by it?"

"Maybe. I don't know your family." He shrugged.

"True." I sighed. "Could you teach me the basics of the bike first? I'm sure I won't get that messy yet." I smiled a little, Alex did to.

We took our bikes out, in the forest; luckily I was wearing my trainers anyway. I got on the bike and paused.

"Err, help please?" I asked, looking at him. He rolled his eyes at me. He put the side stand up slowly, so I could see properly. Then he put the clutch in, put it in neutral gear, and then he told me that I had to hold the breaks. I did so, and then he told me to put the engine on. I hesitated, thinking how to stop if I was going to crash my new bike.

"Ashley, put the engine on, it won't move until you let go of the breaks." He assured me. And sounding a little irradiated.

"You sure?" I asked, my voice shook.

"Yes, Ashley." I turned the engine on and held to breaks tightly and bent the handles, Alex let out an angry sigh. I smiled at him nervously. It rumbled under me. "Told you so. Now gently let go off the breaks." He instructed. I let go, gently off the breaks. I started to move. My adrenaline rushing in my non-used veins. I was going in a mile-wide radius circle. "You're a natural, Ashley!" Alex said happier. I heard him get onto his bike and starting it. He raced paced me.

"That's not fair." I shouted. I let go of the break altogether, and flow passed him. I was headed for a tree.

"Ashley!" Alex shouted. In half a second I stopped thinking. I panicked, trying to make my body move or something, but it wouldn't. Then all-of-a-sudden I stopped, still, inches away from the tree. If I moved my right hand an inch to the right, I would touch the bark of the tree I nearly hit. Alex was next to me now; he left his bike, engine on, where I passed him.

"Ashley, are you alright? Ashley!" He shook my shoulders for a response.

"Wow." That was all I could say.

"Ashley?" Alex sounded worried and his voice cracked a little. I looked up into his eyes; they were filled with concern, worry and confusion.

"I'm fine, Alex. My reflexes, they're... amazing!" I smiled.

"No more bikes today." He tried to take me off my bike. I struggled out of his grip.

"Why? I'm fine, look." I gestured up and down my body. He looked and still tried. I struggled again.

"Ashley, please. No more." His face fierce. But his voice low and pleading.

"Fine." I got of my bike and gave it him. "I'll just have to use yours." I smiled and ran to his bike, picked it up and got on it. My hands on the breaks, I revved the engine.

"NO!" He shouted, scared for his bike. He dropped my bike and was next to me in a tenth of a second. I turned the engine off.

"Alex, relax, I won't hurt her." I said stroking his bike, smiling.

"Get off." He nearly shouted, fiercely. I got off.

"Fine I'll just run to my folk's house. And when they ask how I got here I'll just say I ran." I spat at him. I was being harsh. But I started to run. Alex was in front of me, with his hand out in front of him, palm facing me.

"Ashley, stop." He said calmly, I stopped to a halt with a stomp of my foot at the ground rumbled under me. Then I gave in.

"Sorry. I was acting like a little kid." I hung my head and dug the toe of my shoe in the ground, twisting my ankle.

"Yes you were." Alex said sounding calmer, biting back a smile.

"Can I take my bike then? You can drive it if you don't trust me. You can just hide in the woods." I pleaded. I had to force myself to stay standing up instead of falling on my knees and begging him.

"Good plan." He smiled.

***

When we got to my family's house I was really nervous. I didn't really know what to say to them. Alex parked across the street from the house – Next to the forest. He turned off the engine, waiting for me to let go of his waist and get off my bike. But I didn't.

"Ashley, are you alright?" Alex loosened my arms from his waist and turned round to face me.

"Yeah, I'm fine." I smiled a little but Alex saw through me.

"Ashley, what's wrong? If you want to go back we can." He started to turn back round to start the engine again. I grabbed him wrist. An electric current pulsed through from him to me. I shivered. We both looked at the contact and I let go.

"No, I'm fine. Just nervous, that's all." I said, my stomach twisted around, making me feel sick and then it did a few summer-salts. (A/N Sorry if I spelt it wrong. Word allowed it, though.) "I just don't know what I'm going to say to them when they see me. When they start to ask questions..." I trailed off, my head falling into my hands. I started to dry-sob.

"Aww, Ashley, don't worry." He rubbed my arm. "I could go in with you if you want?" He asked. I looked up from my hands.

"You really don't mind?" I asked quietly.

"No, of course not!" He said and gave a quick hug. I took a deep breath and sat up straight.

"So what are we going to say, then? You're my room-mate, a friend from work or just what everyone else thinks?" I smiled when I saw Ms Green – The old lady from next door – looked at us from her sitting room window and waved. She moved quickly back to her seat and I chuckled.

"Should we just go with the room-mate story? Unless you want to go with the going-out excuse?" He smiled. I thought about it for a little while.

"Probably we should go with the room-mate excuse." I smiled. Alex smiled back wider.

I got off my bike. Me and Alex our way to the front door. I hesitated knocking the door and looked up at Alex. He looked back down at me and smiled, like he was reassuring me, I smiled back, then I knocked loudly. Here we go, Ashley. I thought to myself.

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