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Gifts For My Birthday Girl
Our First Time
“Hey there, my Romeo. What do you have in your hand?”
“Gifts for my birthday girl.”
“Aww thank you.” She gives a peck on my cheek.
“I have a surprise.”
She takes my hand. I follow her to the back of her granny’s farmhouse through a narrow path. The moonlight helps to light up the dark path to the old barn.
“Baby, I’m scared.”
“Just keep holding my hand.”
I help her with the barn door. She pulls a string and the barn lights up. There are bales of hay filling most of the space.
We go to a ladder at the back, climb up a few rungs. I allow my love to go first. Her face is beaming.
I’m unable to stand up straight, fearing I may bump my head on one of the wooden beams.
“What do you think?”
“Wow, cool. It’s more beautiful than I could ever imagine from the outside.”
It’s a loft with hay laid throughout. Thick white blankets covering the hay. She has Christmas lights that light up the darkened loft. Bails enclose our sitting area.
Bree uses battery powered lanterns with red coverings, giving the loft a romantic ambience. She hits play on the small…
