Page 64 of Grace of Spades
"It just surprised me." He shrugs.
"I got the Pogues on my Playlist too, man," I smirk.
"Dude." Liam laughs.
"I'll take you to see Celtic Woman one day and everything will be back to normal," Grace reassures him teasingly. Keir and I both boom out loud laughs at Liam's expense.
"You are mean, Grace." He grins.
"I know, but I had to get you back for gym class." She smiles sweetly. He just chuckles as he shakes his head. "So, where are we going?" She asks.
"You'll see." Keir teases. She huffs before sitting back against the seat. It doesn't take long before we see the black truck in the little dirt lot.
"What are you guys up to?" She mutters as we all climb out of the truck.
"Come on," Keir says taking her small hand in his giant one.
Grace
Whatarethese guys up to?
I follow them past a beat-up black pick-up but hesitate as we approach the darkened tree line.
"Guys... I'm going to need a bit more information than what you're giving me." I confess stepping back into the partially litdirt parking lot.
"What's wrong?" Jai asks with a frown.
"I'm not following three men into a forest at night, that's what's wrong," I say crossing my arms over my chest.
"Oh, I didn't think about that..." Liam winces. "This does look bad."
"Yep. Need some more information." I admit.
"We were going to surprise you with a birthday picnic. Christian is waiting for us with everything set up." Jai shrugs. I can see them all looking nervously at me like I'm going to be mad or something.
"Are you serious?" I ask a bit breathlessly. My heart melts at the thoughtfulness of these guys.
"We understand if it's not your kind of thing... we just thought you deserved something nice for your birthday." Liam rushes out.
"No, that's... this is so sweet. No one's ever done anything like this for me. I usually spend my birthdays alone or... working." Or bleeding. "Thank you, guys." I smile trying not to tear up. Jesus! These guys are wreaking havoc on my emotions!
Kier squeezes my hand and I see all three of them are blushing and shuffling back and forth. Awe, I made them bashful! Tough guys blushing... that is an unexpected weakness of mine, turns out.
I start walking towards the treeline again and I hear them releasing a collective sigh of relief before leading me the right way. So cute.
We walk for a bit down a worn path framed in trees until I see a light at the end.
"Oh my God, guys!" I breathe. Christian is standing awkwardly beside a giant blue plaid blanket on the ground. There are little citronella torches stabbed around it lighting up the area and a massive picnic basket at his feet. Soft music floats through the air completing the sweet image.
"Happy birthday, Grace." They all mumble. I launch myself at Keir, because he's the closest, surprising him with a quick kiss before dropping and taking a running jump at Liam. He stumblesbut catches me I lay a kiss on his lips too. Jai is ready for me as I jump at him. His arms wrap under my ass and hold me to him as I kiss him quickly enjoying him against me again. He lowers me slowly down his body making my body heat. I wink at him before making my way into Christian's arms and kissing him too. It might be too much but I've decided to just go with it.
"Thank you so much, guys. This is the sweetest thing anyone's ever done for me." I admit.
"Well, we're going to have to fix that." Liam frowns.
"Agreed." The others sound off making me blush.
We all sit down and eat, talk and joke around until later than probably smart. It's really nice and the food is really good. A picnic basket full of taco fixings? Yes, please!
