Chapter 5: Little Birthday Surprises
"Aw Peter! You didn't have to get me anything for my birthday." Laura said as she took the elegantly wrapped box from Peter. It wasn't very big…about the size of a flattened baseball one inch think. And the bright blue and green polka dot wrapping paper excited her. She placed a kiss on Peter's lips before she invited him in and went to the kitchen to unwrap the gift. "Well, you know how much I listen…" Peter joked, sitting down across from Laura at the table. "Besides, a special girl like you deserves this one." Laura smiled at him before carefully unwrapping the gift. The perfectly square box was obviously a jewelry box. It had Kay Jewelers written on it. She removed the lid to find a beautiful diamond heart on a sterling silver chain. Laura was astonished. "Oh my God Peter! How did you ever afford-" "My dad's friends with an employee there…I got it discounted…besides, you shouldn't worry about the price…Happy Birthday!" Laura could only slip the necklace excitedly around her neck and hug and kiss Peter thank you. "I can't wait to show it off!" She giggled. Peter laughed too, pleased that she was happy.
There was a knock at the door that interrupted the moment. "Sorry Pete...I have to get the door." Laura sighed, irritated that the moment was gone. Peter just smiled at her, planting a soft kiss on her cheek. "It's ok babe...I mean, we are the only people here!" Laura laughed as she went to the door. "I know...I'll bet your pretty happy about that!" Laura opened the front door to find at no one was there. She glanced around, sure that she had heard someone knocking. She was just about to close the door when a glint of light passed over her face. She looked down to find a little box wrapped in Happy Birthday! wrapping paper. She knelt the get the box and was surprised to find a note stuck underneath the bow.
And you said that I'd forget! Happy Birthday Laura Marie was all that was written on the note. Laura unwrapped the little box to find a blue lace agate bracelet finished with sterling silver accents...the very same bracelet that Laura had been wanting for a good while. "Who could have known..." Laura didn't need to finish her thought. The only person that knew about the bracelet was Jay. She smiled a little, slipping the bracelet around her wrist; admiring the sparkle of the blue lace agate chips and the clear quartz. "It's beautiful...I guess I need to tell him thank you one day."
Jay watched from his hiding place behind the bushes as Laura admired the bracelet, being careful not to attract her attention. He smiled to himself as she slipped it on her wrist, as her eyes lit up at the beauty of the stones. 'They're only half as beautiful as you L…' Jay thought. After she turned and went back inside he came out from his hiding place and walked around the block to where he'd left his car. He passed Peter's fancy ride…the one that his father had paid for and the same one Peter had tried to get Jay to fix up for racing. He was tempted to mess with it somehow…but decided not to, figuring it would somehow get back being Jay's fault. So he resisted the urge and walked back to his car.
To his surprise, Ko was waiting for him…leaning up against the hood of the burnt orange civic. "Thought you were done with her?" Ko asked with a smirk on his face. Jay swatted at him to get off his car but Ko wouldn't move without an answer. "Shit, I was just giving her the bracelet I'd bought her last year. I couldn't return it so I figured what the hell." Jay said as he leaned against his car, trying his best not to look Ko in the eye. He could hear his friend chuckling at him…seeing right through Jay's lie. Ko had always been able to see the truth in anyone for as long as Jay could remember. "Are you sure it's not because you'll do anything just to see her again, even for just a moment?" Jay sighed, rubbing the back of his neck. "I never could lie to you Ko…you have some freaky voodoo mind-reading shit that no one can avoid!" Ko laughed before patting his friend's shoulder. "Yeah, I'm just freaking magical that way. Come on Jay, let's go get a drink and our ladies and waste the night away." Jay chuckled as he unlocked his car door. "Sounds like a plan!"
Sorry for the chapters being so short…they'll get longer soon I promise! =]