"Morning!" I say, throwing the curtain open.

"Babe." Blake groans before turning over and going back to sleep.

"Oh, wake up, sleepy head!" I say.

He groans again.

"It's April twenty-second!" I exclaim, jumping onto the bed. "Wake up!"

Blake opens his eyes and looks at me. "Hey." he says.

"Hey." I reply. "Get up, we have to go." I say after a moment.

He stares at me like I grew horns.

"What?" I ask.

"You planned a surprise for me?" he asks.

"Huh? Why would I plan a surprise for you?" I ask.

He opens his mouth before closing it. "Never mind. Where are we going?"

"Shopping!"

"Shopping?" Blake asks.

"Yeah. It's our day off, and I need clothes." I say.

"Oh. But do I have to come?"

"I want you to come, Babe. Char has work, and no one else is gonna come with me." I say. "Plus, you can tell me what looks good on me and what doesn't." I add.

"Hmm. Okay, sure. Why not." Blake agrees.

"Yes!" I exclaim in victory. "Get up, go take a shower." I say, pulling him up.

"Take one with me?" he asks.

"No time."
"You don't have time to take a shower with me?" Blake pouts.

"Oh, come on." I say. "Don't pout." I lean closer to him to give him a quick peck on the kiss.

But, Blake had different ideas. When I lean closer, he pulls me closer to him and turns around, pinning me to the bed. His face is just inches away from mine. We're both breathing heavily. Blake stares into my eyes. I can see the love in them, how much he cares about me, loves me.

"I love you." He whispers, his voice husky. My heart beats faster.

"I love you too." I reply.

He leans closer and kisses me. It starts off slow, but then becomes intense and heated. I slide my hands into his hair, tugging lightly as his tongue pushes past my lips. I lose myself in him as he kisses me and holds me tight.

****

We finish shopping at around six.

"Can we finally go home now?" Blake asks as I text TK.

"No, I have to drop off the clothes I got for Nia." I tell Blake.

He sighs.

"Okay. Let's go then."

It takes twenty minutes to reach TK's house. TK texted to say that Carlos and Nick are at home.

Pulling into the driveway, Blake and I get out. I grab the bags for Nia from the back seat and we walk up to the door. Blake knocks. A few moments later, Carlos is at the door.

"Hey Lia!" Carlos says. "Blake."

"Hi." I greet him.

"Hey man." Blake says.

Carlos hugs me, then Blake after we walk inside.

"Clothes for Nia." I tell Carlos as I hand him the bags.

"Oh! Thank you so much!"

"Don't mention it."

"Nia's growing so much faster than you ever did." Carlos jokes. We laugh. "Sit." Carlos gestures to the couches.

Blake and I take a seat. About ten minutes later, Nick comes down the stairs, wearing a hoodie and jeans.

"Hi Aunt Lia." Nick greets us.

"Hi!" I get up to give him a hug.

"Hi Nick." Blake says.

"Hey."

Nick turns to Carlos.

"Papi, we have to go." Nick says.

So they finished.

Carlos looks at his watch.

"Oh, crap. Yeah, get in the car, I'll be right out."

Nick nods.

"Bye Aunt Lia, bye Blake." he says before grabbing the car keys and running out the door.

"You need to go somewhere?" Blake asks Carlos.

"Yeah, Nick has this thing he needs to get to, and I need to do some grocery shopping." Carlos says.

"Oh, ok. We'll get going then."

Carlos nods and we all walk out. Blake and I go to my car, and Carlos and Nick go to Carlos' car. They leave. I look over at Blake.

"What?" he asks.

I shake my head. "Nothing."

"You're staring at me."

I sigh. "I love you." I say.

He chuckles. "I love you too."

I lean closer and he does too. We meet in the middle and kiss. It starts off slowly, but I end up climbing over the partition and straddling his lap.

"Oh." he exclaims.

"What?" I ask.

"Nothing."

"Good." I go back to kissing him when my phone pings. "Ugh." I say, frustrated. I grab it out of the cup holder and find a message from TK.

Thanks so much for the clothes!

I sigh. Time to go home.

"Let's go home." I say to Blake, climbing off him and sitting back in the driver's seat.

"But-"

"I'm tired Blake." I whine.

"Right. You shopped all day, of course you would be tired." he says.

I nod before pulling out of TK's driveway and driving home.

****

It takes us about twenty minutes to get home. Surprisingly, there's a lot of traffic today. I pull into the driveway and turn the car off.

"I'll grab the bags." Blake says.

"I'll get them tomorrow babe, just leave them in the car." I tell him.

"But-"

I sigh as I walk over to him. I put my arms around his neck.

"I'll get them tomorrow." I assure him. I lean in and give him a quick kiss on the lips.

"Hmm. Okay." He says.

Smiling, I take my keys out of my purse and walk to the door. Opening it, we walk inside. It's dark.

"Wait, I thought we kept the curtains open." Blake says as we take out shoes off.

"No, I closed them." I say.

"Oh I-"

Before he could finish, I hit the light switch.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" Everyone yells. Someone pops a few confetti cannons as well, showering Blake and I with colored paper. Blake stares at them in shock.

"What the heck!" he shouts, smiling. "You guys!" he exclaims as the TK comes in to hug him.

"It was all Lia." Trav says.

Blake turns to me. "So you remembered?" He asks.

I nod. Stepping closer, I put my arms around his neck.

"Happy Birthday Babe." I say, kissing him on the lips.

"Thank you." He replies, his hands on my hips.

"Okay, okay, break it up." TK says, looking away.

Everyone chuckles. I've been planning this since last month, and everything is perfect. Everyone's there. The entire team, all of our friends, Maddie and her family. And the smile on Blake's face is priceless.

Heyyyyyyy. Okay, so for the past few weeks, I've been forgetting to update the book on Wednesday. So, today, I put an alarm to remind me to update, so here it is! Hope you liked it!