Hey babes! Back again with a new chapter for ya! Nothing super important to the storyline, per se, but I still think it's pretty fun. :)

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"Happy birthday, beautiful!"

Skye smiles into the receiver of her phone as she slides into her shoes, balancing her cell phone between her shoulder and her ear. "Thanks, Bobbi."

"I wish I was there to celebrate with you," her best friend tells her and she can hear the near-pout in the other woman's voice.

"So do I." She stands up straight and grabs the phone with her hand to hold it in place as she looks around the front room of her apartment to make sure she has everything she needs for the day ahead of her. "Also, I think any other normal person would be upset about having to work on their birthday, especially having to get up this early, but I'm making a movie, so I'm not completely upset about it."

"No, I get that. Are you doing anything special tonight to celebrate?"

"Depends on what time we get done with filming. If we're done super late, I'll probably be way too tired to do anything."

"That makes sense. Just promise me you'll do something to celebrate today. It's your birthday, you have to celebrate it somehow."

"I promise that I will find a way. Even if I have to buy a cupcake during my lunch break and sing to myself."

"Well let's hope it doesn't come to that. I'm gonna go now so I can get ready for my shift, but I love you and I miss you and I hope you have a good birthday."

"I love and miss you too, Bobbi. And thanks for being the first to wish me a 'happy birthday'."

"Anytime."

Skye smiles as she ends the call, pulling the phone from her ear and setting it down on the counter next to her. She does one more quick search through her bag and around the room to make sure she has everything she needs. The last thing she needs is to forget something important.

"There's the birthday girl."

She looks over her shoulder and smiles at Miles making his way toward her from her bedroom, clad only in his boxers and a t-shirt. "Morning."

"Good morning to you too." He wraps his arms around her and drops a quick kiss to her lips. "I wish you didn't have to work today so we could properly celebrate your birthday."

"I know. But I'm doing what I love, so I think it's a reasonable sacrifice."

Miles sighs. "I guess." He leans down to give her a long kiss, lingering against her lips. "I love you. Happy birthday."

She smiles against his lips. "I love you too. And thank you. Are you working today?"

"I have a meeting later this morning for the newest project if that's what you mean."

She nods. "It is. Let me know how it goes?"

"Absolutely."

"Good. I have to go, but I will see you when I get back tonight." She kisses him again before grabbing her jacket and keys and moving toward the front door. Pulling on her jacket, she slides her bag up onto her shoulder and steps out into the hallway. Triple checking that she has everything, and making sure the door is locked, she continues down the hall and toward the apartment's parking garage so she can head to work. Happy birthday to her.

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Stepping up into her trailer with a lukewarm cup of coffee in hand, she's immediately taken aback at the bright colors spread out around the small space, covering nearly every surface. It's definitely unexpected, but completely amazing.

"What the…"

She sets her things down on the nearest surface as she moves further inside her trailer, taking a closer look at the new decor, a smile coming to her lips when she catches sight of a banner at the other end reading 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY!' It's surrounded by tons of colorful streamers hanging from the ceiling, a handful of multi-colored balloons scattered on the floor and taped to the walls, and even some confetti on the furniture.

"Wow."

Pulling out her phone, she opens up Snapchat and makes sure the camera is facing her before starting a video, a smile on her face the whole time. "Hey, guys. So, I just got to work and well, I found this in my trailer." She flips the camera around, showing off the state of her trailer as she keeps talking. "I don't know who did it yet, but it's pretty amazing."

She posts the video to her account before closing out of the app and settling herself down on her couch for a few minutes. She doesn't have to be in hair and makeup just quite yet so she's going to take the time to let herself relax for a bit.

She scrolls through her social media for a while, smiling at all of the birthday messages she's already getting from her fans. Sometimes she can't believe that this is all actually happening for her, that this is the way her life is now. It's crazy. But she loves it. Her fans are pretty great and they haven't even seen the movie yet.

Glancing at the time on her phone, she lets out a heavy sigh and pulls herself up off the couch. Stepping down out of her trailer, she makes her way across the lot to the hair/makeup trailer.

Pulling open the door, she steps inside and moves to one of the open chairs in front of the counter.

"Good morning, birthday girl."

She smiles over at her co-star. "Thanks, Grant. It's been a pretty good one so far. Someone even decorated my trailer up for the occasion." She settles herself in the chair, leaning back and relaxing again.

"Really? That's pretty cool."

"Yeah. I wasn't expecting it, so it took me completely by surprise, but I am certainly not going to complain about it."

"That's good. I'm sure whoever did it put a lot of thought into it. Assuming it was crazy and extravagant."

"It wasn't too crazy," she tells him. "Just some balloons and streamers, and a banner stretched across one wall. There was also a lot of confetti."

"That'll be fun to clean up."

"Oh, definitely."

"There's our birthday girl."

Skye smiles at the hair and make-up ladies stepping up into the trailer, wide smiles on their faces as they watch her. "Hey. Thanks."

"How does it feel to be working on your birthday?"

She tilts her head in thought. "You know, the day has barely started, but I'm making a movie so I don't think I can really complain about it." She lets out a breath as she leans back in her chair. "I feel like today's gonna be a good one."

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"Happy birthday!"

A wide smile breaks onto her face when she sees her castmates and the movie crew gathered around one of the larger tables in the Craft Services tent, all of them watching her with smiles on their faces. She'd taken a little bit longer to get offset after talking with their director for a few minutes, and now it's clear as to why exactly that was.

"What is this?" she asks with a small laugh, stepping closer to the scene. Though, she has a feeling she knows exactly what it is.

"It's a birthday party for you," Grant says as he moves toward her. "Well, as much of a party as we can have when we have a limited time for lunch."

"It's perfect," she tells him, already eyeing the cake that's set up in the center of the table. She then notices a few wrapped boxes sitting next to the cake. "Are those presents too? You guys didn't need to get me anything."

Grant shrugs. "A few of us got you some stuff. Nothing too big or crazy, though."

"Well, I appreciate it very much. Now are we going to keep standing here, or are we going to eat some cake?"

Grant laughs. "I had a feeling you'd be into the cake. But there is one surprise that you have to have right now."

"And what would that be?" she asks, eyeing him curiously.

"Turn around and find out," he says, gesturing with his head behind her.

She spins on her heels and grins when she sees her boyfriend approaching across the pavement. "Miles!" She runs toward him, throwing her arms around him and hugging him tightly. "What are you doing here?"

"Grant called me," he tells her with a quiet laugh. "He told me that he was putting together a party for you at work, invited me to come and have some cake during your lunch break."

Keeping her arms around Miles, she looks over her shoulder. "You did all of this?"

He shrugs nonchalantly. "The others helped me out. It was really more of a group effort."

"Well, thank you." Pieces slowly start to click together in her head and she turns fully toward him. "Wait, did you do all of that stuff in my trailer too, then?"

He gives her a sheepish smile. "I mean...I had some help."

She smiles widely at him. "I can't believe you."

"Just wanted you to have a good birthday since you have to be at work all day."

"Well, you definitely did a good job with that. Now, cake."

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*Skye: For those who saw my Snapchat this morning, I finally discovered the trailer decorating culprit. This cake eating weirdo did it for my birthday. Thanks for that, loser :)

*IMGrantWard: *Skye Like I told you earlier, I had help. And I can't believe you actually took this photo of me.

*Skye: *IMGrantWard Of course I took it. It was too perfect not to.

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nikka001 posted

Yes, I know they were filming for a movie, but she spent her entire birthday with him and that just makes me really, really happy.

#Skye #Grant Ward #Skyeward #Secret War Movie #i love my children so much

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