“Perhaps.” He grinned. “Shall we have a go and see what happens?”
“No.” I laughed. “I think not.”
“What day are you and Henry meeting up?” He changed the subject and looked more serious.
“Not sure, why?”
“Because I’m coming.” He stared at me with a no-nonsense expression.
“You don’t have to come.”
“I know I don’t have to come, but I will.” He kissed me hard. “I just want to make sure that he knows you’re mine.”
“I’m not yours. I’m not a possession,” I said, but my heart was racing.
“You’re my girl,” he said softly. “And I want everyone to know.”
“Am I now?” I raised an eyebrow at him, but my heart was racing so fast with excitement that I thought it was in the Olympics.
“I hope so,” he said softly and took my hand. “Will you be my girlfriend, Alice?”
“I thought you’d never ask.” I smiled at him as my heart fluttered, and he pulled me closer to him and gave me a big kiss.
“I want you to stay with me tonight,” he said as he pulled away. I groaned as he laughed.
“You think you’re so smart, don’t you?”
“I’m not the only one who thinks that.”
“Aiden.” I grabbed his face and kissed him hard. “No, you’re not the only one.” I gazed up into his eyes. “The only difference is that I don’t just think I’m smart, I know I am.”
“Well, then, I guess you’ll be playing teacher tonight.” He winked at me. “Maybe you can teach me a few things with all your smarts.”
“Well, if you want to lay me down, you’ll have to obey me and listen.” I giggled and he smiled at me with wide eyes.
“I’ll lay you down right now if you want.”
“Oh, Aiden. You wish,” I said and then put a finger on his lips as George Ezra, the opening act, came on to the stage and the crowds of people started screaming and clapping.
TEDDY BEAR HEART
“Last night was fantastic,” I said to Aiden as we walked to go and get breakfast. “This is the best birthday weekend ever.”
“Ever ever?”
“Ever ever.” I nodded and smiled joyously. “Sam Smith was amazing live. Even more amazing than I would have believed. I can’t believe you got tickets and flew us here. That must have been so expensive.”
“It’s not the most expensive gift you’ll ever get from me, I’m sure,” he said and my heart almost stopped. I have to admit that once again I wanted to squeal and to call Liv. Was it just me or did that sound like he had plans to propose? I mean, obviously he’s not going to be proposing this weekend (though if he did I wouldn’t say no), but it seemed like maybe one day he would be.
“Oh?” I said softly, trying to pretend that my heart wasn’t doing cartwheels.
“Let’s go to the Ferry Building.” He changed the subject, but his eyes were dancing. “I heard that they have this coffee called Blue Bottle that is amazing, and they have these cheese sandwiches at this place called Acme Bakery, and I know you love French bread.”
“Let’s do it!” I said excitedly.
“And if you’re a good girl, I’ll get you a cupcake from Miette’s.”
“What’s Miette’s?”
