As Good As Dreams

by ck13

Travis has moved to Miami, Florida to get away from his love for Lily and move on. Delilah is scared of trusting men. When both meet and become friends, which develops into more, both must make choices that will affect the rest of their lives.

10. The Best Birthday

As Good As Dreams

By: Christina K.

Chapter 10: The Best Birthday

(A/N: Okay guys, chapters after this one may take a little longer than normal. This is the last one I have typed, but I have up to chapter 14 written down. I have a few days off from work, so I'll try my best to type up what I have so I can keep cranking out chapters at a somewhat regular basis. Please be patient. You know the deal, I don't own RFR, never will, tear. Anyway, R&R!! Travis's POV)

I was a little confused.

I had gotten a call from Delilah asking me to come to the school early today, saying that she wanted to talk to me.

I was hoping that she wasn't planning on throwing me a birthday party. I hate celebrating like that.

But I got dressed and headed out to school, expecting the worst.

I walked into the school, bypassing the office and headed to Delilah's classroom, as per her instructions. The sight I saw when I walked in was the opposite of what I had expected. Instead of corny "Happy Birthday" banners, with bright lights and a room full of people, the room was lit by a single candle sitting on her desk and only she was in the room, standing behind it, looking angelic in the candlelight, but even the shadows couldn't hide her nervousness.

She didn't say anything when I entered, just put a finger to her lips, telling me to be quiet and hit the play button on her CD player.

I immediately recognized the song as the song we danced to in this very same room.

"If its okay with you, I want to relive this moment, because I felt something that day, that I didn't act on, and I regret it, so I want to go back and act on it now."

I nodded and walked over, holding her in my arms while we danced.

Neither of us said a word until the song was almost over. I looked down at her and saw her lips moving to the words. Then she started whispering, her eyes never leaving mine.

Loving you is like a song I replay

Every three minutes and thirty seconds of every day

And every chorus was written for us to recite

Every beautiful melody of devotion every night

My heart was racing and got faster with every sweet word that came out of her mouth.

I want to give you some good, good loving

I understood what she meant and what she wanted. I leaned down and kissed her.

"I'm so in love with you Travis, it hurts." She had started crying.

"Shush." I put a finger to her lips. "I promise it won't hurt anymore. I love you."

This was the best birthday I could have ever imagined.