"What are we doing at John and Cyn's?" I ask Paul as we get back in the car and he immediately rests his warm hand on my exposed knee and lightly strokes it as he pulls out of the driveway.
"I dunno love, he just said to come over." he says while keeping his eyes on the road and a confused look comes over my face wondering the reason.
I huff and look out the window and I rest my right hand over Paul's and extend my fingers and withdraw them repeatedly, basically stroking his hand as we drive out to Cyn's house more out in the secluded suburbs. Paul takes a turn that wouldn't lead us in the direction to their house and I furrow my eyebrows in confusion.
"Paul, where are you going?" I ask him turning to him.
"I have to make a pit stop to pick something up." he says softly and I slowly nod and lean back into the seat, closing my eyes as I relax. I feel the car stop after maybe 15 some minutes and I open my eyes to see us at Heathrow airport.
"What are we doing here?" I ask him even more confused as he turns off the car as we're in a parking space and he gets out and I follow him still confused.
"You'll see." he says with a small smile and I still don't understand but take his hand and walk into the airport with him and we walk towards the baggage claim area.
We make our way through the vast airport, while walking around slow people and of course some people notice Paul as he doesn't try to hide or anything but he just lightly waves while nodding. It's not like him being seen at airports, especially this one is a rare occasion, it's actually quite a lot especially with this one. We enter the baggage claim seeing dozens of people waiting for the luggage to roll off the belt and I hear a cheery voice say hi to Paul while he waves as she walks over.
"Hol?!" I say seeing my best friend who I haven't seen since January.
"Hey Jackie!" she says stopping in front of us and I just about run towards her and we meet in the middle in a hug as I'm astounded to see her.
"What're you doing here?!" I say excitedly as we pull away.
"It was all your boyfriend here." she says looking to Paul and I turn around to see him with his hands in his pockets with a smug grin on his face. I walk over to him and wrap my arms around him and he hugs me back.
"This is one of yer presents, love. I hope you like it." he whispers into my ear as I have a smile on my face.
"Thank you so much." I mumble into his chest and I pull away and he nods.
"I know how much you've missed her." he says while stroking my cheek and I nod with a smile and kiss him sweetly for a second and I pull away. We make sure Holly has everything and we proceed to leave the airport and we eventually end up back in the parking garage and get into the car.
"I can't believe you're here! This is such a great present!" I say happily with a big smile and I look to Paul as he starts the car and he smiles at me and winks and I enlace my fingers with his and squeeze his hand.
Paul drives away from the hoppin' airport and brings our joined hands to his mouth and sweetly kisses my hand as Holly is staring out the window at the new country. We chat a lot on the way to Cyn's just catching up in that short time and asking each other how everything's been and we both say great as Paul joins the conversation here and there. We pull up to their large house to see just their one car in the driveway and we get out and walk up the driveway and walk in.
"Happy Birthday!" a crowd of people calls out as we walk in and the lights come right when we enter. The crowd consists of: John, Cyn, Julian, Rings, Mo, baby Zak, George, his girlfriend Pattie, Paul's manager Brian, his brother Mike, little Ruth, his dad Jim and step mom Angie. I have my hands over my mouth in surprise and astonishment and I turn to Paul to see the corners of his mouth raised into a large, proud grin while you can see the smile in his eyes.
"Did you know about this?" I ask him.
"Well I did plan all of it and come up with the idea, so you think I would." he says sweetly and I immediately hug him as he wraps his right arm around me while caressing my head with his left hand and I feel his lips press against my hair for a few seconds. I pull away and I take his hand and we walk into the living room as people walk around, getting food and talking.
"I can't believe you did all of this, it's a really great surprise, Paul." I say astonished by all the balloons, a big banner over the main table that reads: 'Happy 20th Birthday Jackie!', and a few presents over on a table that also has an arrangement of food on it.
"Yer my precious baby, J. I had to once I came up with the idea." he says while we're standing in a corner by ourselves and I wrap my arms around his middle while my hands rest on his shoulders and his around my waist.
"I love you." I say in a happy tone with a smile.
"I love you too, don't forget it." he says sweetly while we stare into each others eyes and I lean in and touch my lips to his in a thankful, loving kiss.