"So baby will you fall for me
                                      Fall like a snowy winter day"

Laying on his chest and listening to his peaceful, rhythmic heartbeat, I sigh softly relaxed by the fact that he's okay. He's not hurt. He's not dying. He's okay. It was just his migraine, though I really didn't believe that it would be bad enough to make him faint. I sigh running my fingers through his soft locks making him sigh in content at the feeling. Sometimes I wonder. I wonder if this boy was my mom's gift to me. If it was her way of seeing that I was at my breaking point and I needed someone to make it all better. He's my falling star. Burning bright in his own way and overshining his own darkness. It was beautiful and it drove me crazy just like he did. God, if I had a star for everytime my heart beat a little faster and my eyes twinkled because of him I'd be holding a whole galaxy.

It made me realize I was falling faster than I had expected but I was okay with it. I always thought love was scary but right where I am right now, what I'm feeling, it's scary but in a pulchritudinous type of way. This blue eyed boy had changed my life the minute he's stepped into it. He never gave up on me, never once left because I was too much or too little of something. He stayed with me through every high and every low, he was indefatigable. He had a heart made of gold and a soul made of stardust and it made him radiant.

We were lonely souls before we met each other and after that, we were shadows that danced together. Better with each other. Most of all, he knew, he knew every goddamn time that I wasn't fine and he was there to make me smile. Even if I'm not always thinking about him, he is always there.

I smile softly before reaching up and gently kissing his lips to wake him up. We only had 30 minutes to exchange presents now since we were supposed to stop by my mom's grave and then go to Lilly's. It was a really hectic day but I managed to fit seeing my mom into the schedule so Kayden could finally meet her and I could wish her a Merry early Christmas. Kayden responded by wrapping his arms around me tighter and resting his head on my head. His grip was too tight and he was too strong. I groaned in frustration as I struggled against his grip. He opened his eyes and looked down, annoyed at me. I grinned sheepishly up at him and his fingers found my sides as he started tickling me. I yelped in surprise and giggled uncontrollably.

"Kayden, stop. Please" I begged through my laughs. He looked down at the tears in my eyes from the laughter and stopped. I sighed tiredly and got up, pulling him with me.

"Alrighty then, we only have 25 minutes to exchange gifts because then I want you to meet...." I take a deep breath to prevent myself from crying before continuing, "my mom." I look up to meet his magical enchantingly alluring blue eyes. Suddenly, his playful exterior is gone and he's all serious because he knows how hard it's been for me to open up about my mom. I meet his gaze nervously and he walks over to me and both his hands wrap around my waist pulling me to him.

"Your sure about this? I don't want you to feel pressured to do it Cupcake, I'm okay with it whenever you are comfortable." He said worriedly. My heart warms at his concern and care making me smile.

"Kay, I only asked because I want you to meet her and I'm comfortable with it." I reassure him and the smile he gives me is brighter than the sun itself.

"You have no idea how happy that makes me Cupcake. I wanna go first to give presents." He says excitedly. His blue eyes glisten with happiness and my heart fills with joy too. He jumps off from his bed and grabs my hand pulling me to the living room where my gift is supposed to be I guess.

"Okay, so I have three gifts for you. The first one is handmade, I figured you'd like something I made more than something I could buy for you. So, here you go." With that small statement he places a small package which is wrapped in cute holiday wrapping paper, into my hands. It feels like a blanket or maybe a clothing item. Not being able to hold in my excitement, I tear open the package and marvel at the extremely cute jacket in my hands. The material was rough like a jean jacket and it would definitely look cute on top of like a short sleeved shirt or a summer dress. He had decorated it with my initials, there was a mic and a sunflower at the top of the jacket, and a cupcake which instantly made me smile. I looked up to see Kayden playing with his jacket and his eyes met mine,

"Do you like it?" He asked softly. I grinned, throwing my arms around him, pulling him into a hug. He caught me and wrapped his arms around me, returning the favor.

"Kay, I love it. Thank you!" I whispered in his ear. He laughed sweetly and put me down, pulling out his second present for me. I jumped up and down in excitement like a little kid and he handed me the box. It was small and it looked like there may be jewelry inside it. My eyes met his gaze confusedly and he nodded at me to open it. I smiled nervously and opened the box to see the most beautiful charm bracelet. There were three simple charms on it; a pair of iceskates, a music note, and a little cute cupcake charm. I gasp and marvel at its beauty and take it in my hands gently.

"Kayden...It's gorgeous" I managed to get out. He smiles, his eyes twinkling.

"Here, let me put it on" He offers. I carefully place the bracelet in his hand and hold out my wrist. He fastens the clip and places a little kiss there causing goosebumps to erupt. I blush and he laughs at my reaction muttering something about how I'm too cute.

"For your last gift, I have a feeling this might be your favorite." He grins before placing an envelope into my hands. My mind immediately goes to the gift I had for him; the game tickets. I shake my head and open the envelope. Inside are two tickets to an Ed Sheeran concert. I think I forgot how to breathe.

"Oh my God, Kayden. You didn't, oh my you did!" I squeal jumping into his arms again but this time pulling him into a kiss. His hands make their way to my face, cupping my cheek. I smile against the kiss and break apart, jumping around in excitement. When is it? I check the date and my face falls.

"Kayden... This is the day of our SAT's." I say sadly, pouting a little. But Kayden just smiles. What the heck? What is this madman planning now?

"Oh don't worry, we'll take the test and then be on our way. It's right on Madison Square Garden. That way, after the test you won't have time to worry or think about what you got wrong or what you didn't have time to finish. You'll be too excited for the concert." He says confidently. I gape at him. Seriously? I didn't deserve this. That is too freaking thoughtful.

I groan before whining, "You're gonna make my gifts look like crap now but thank you Kayden. This was amazing. You're so thoughtful and caring and God, I don't deserve you." He smiles softly before walking over to me.

"Don't ever say that again, cupcake. If anything Valeria, I don't deserve you. I mean you changed my life completely, I don't know what I'd do without you." He says and then kisses my lips and nose lightly.

I grin quietly before remembering it's my turn to give him his presents. I squeal in excitement before asking,

"Ready for your presents?" He nods his head quickly in eagerness and I take his hand before leading him up to the attic.

"Why are we going up to the attic? Bubs, it stinks and it's a mess up there." He complains. I glare at him playfully before pulling him up to the attic. I tell him to cover his eyes and he does so, then, I open the door.

"Okie, you can open your eyes now" I say smiling slightly. Kayden opens his eyes and gasps. It's pretty hard to catch Kay by surprise but I have to say I think I did it pretty darn well.

"Valeria" He breathes out my name as if it's a wonder to his lips.

I grin to myself now reassured that I did a good job. He walks around the room, his hands touching the blank canvases and sketch books. He reaches the front of the room and examines the projector I bought.

"That is so cool" he says pointing to it. I laugh lightly as he jumps up and down like a little kid at the sight of the new paint I bought him.

"How'd you know I needed more. This room, you really outdid yourself. You genius! You beautiful, breathtaking, gorgeous, sweet, intelligent, adorable genius!" He manages in between planting a kiss on my face with each adjective. I giggle underneath him and reply,

"Okay for your final present you have to look in the cabinet" He looks at me confusedly,

"There's more? You are incredible," he claims before walking over to the cabinet and opening it.

He takes out the envelope, examines it for a minute, and then opens it. His reaction was priceless.

He read it over and over again as if trying to figure out if he was dreaming or not. I knew this was something he's always wanted, ever since he had started playing football years ago. I found it kind of ironic how we both got each other tickets to something we've been wanting for a long time.

"Valeria, what the-" Before he can finish the sentence I close my hand over his mouth to stop the profanity. He laughs and then kisses my palm. Before hoisting me up by my thighs and spinning me around, I squeal in surprise and my legs wrap around his waist as he holds me to eye level.

"Thank you, I love it. You really impressed me with your gift giving skills V" he whispers lightly before kissing me on my head and lips. I smile and rest my head on his shoulder.

"I'm happy you like it, because I love my gifts too." I say admiring the bracelet on my wrist. After a couple minutes of just enjoying each other's warmth we come down from our highs. He puts me down and we go down to the living room.

"Go put on something christmassy I can't stand to look at you wearing black again," I say wrinkling my nose in disgust at his regular black hoodie. He gapes at me offended before shooting back,

"You chose to be with me, you gotta put up with my style" I narrow my eyes at him and go to pull out a green hoodie from his closet.

"Put it on and be down in 10 minutes, don't even try to fight me on this" I order and then bound down the steps leaving him gaping like a fish without water. What? I can be bossy and his black vibe is getting boring. He needs to lighten up himself and his closet and I'm gonna be the one to make him do it. He comes down uncomfortably tugging the hoodie and whining,

"This doesn't fit my style right" and "I look so weird in green" naturally, I ignored him since I thought he looked absolutely handsome in a green hoodie which brought out the blue in his eyes and his messy brown hair and dragged him towards the garage before realizing we don't have a car to drive us to my mom's grave and Lilly's house.

"Uh what are we going to do? We don't have a car and I am most certainly not walking." I voice my concern. I walked to his house since it wasn't that far from the orphanage but Lilly's house was way too far to walk. Kayden though, didn't see worried or concerned one bit about that.

"Well, so that's a whole other surprise. This year between the whirlwind of you being an amazing girlfriend and me trying to be a good boyfriend and well ya know, not a jerk, I finished a project I've been working on since freshman year. I uh I finished building my car." He said nervously while scratching his head.

"You what?" I screeched. Why wouldn't he tell me? I've been dating him for an entire month and been his friend for like five months. The audacity- I can't. This man was building a whole friggin 'car and he didn't even tell me.

"Uh yeah, I built a car. I didn't tell you because I wasn't sure if it was going to work but it did. I had help of course but yeah, most of the building was me. Don't worry I got it tested to make sure it works so we're not gonna die. Hopefully." He rambled.

He then opened the garage door and revealed the car. I gasped. It was a light baby blue truck and it screamed Kayden's name. It was beautiful really. I let my fingers trace the truck and I turn around to see Kayden smiling softly at me.

"I'm really proud of you" I say as we get into the car. He flashed me a happy smile and I leaned over the front seat to kiss him on the cheek but he turned his head so I got his lips instead. I laughed, shaking my head at his cheekiness and he winked at me in return. The truck drove without any problems and he seemed very comfortable with it which kind of calmed down my qualms about the truck. When we came near the graveyard, my nerves hit the sky. But somehow, like he always did, Kayden brought me back. His hand gently found mine and he squeezed my fingers in reassurance.

"Um... I talk to her, it's weird, but it makes me feel closer to her." I said quietly with my eyes closed because I was scared about what he might think about that. But he kissed my hand before saying,

"Valeria, it's not weird to want to talk to your mom. If I were in your position I don't doubt I'd do the same thing." I smiled and he parked the truck. We bought flowers from the shop nearby and then walked over to my mom's grave. I took a deep breath and Kayden laced his fingers through mine when we arrived at my mom's grave. Tears filled my eyes and I fell to my knees. I bit my lip in some miserable attempt to stop the tears from spilling down my cheeks.

"Hey mama, I'm really sorry I haven't visited in a while." I take a deep breath to try to stop crying and talk properly. Kayden rubs my back in order to comfort me but in a couple minutes I'm sobbing. I miss her. God, why? I want to hug my mom. I want her to kiss my forehead and tell me everything is going to be okay.

"Hey Mrs. Grace, I have to say you gave birth to a legend. You gave the best gift to me, you gave me your daughter. She is the sweetest and the most beautiful human to ever step foot on this earth. She's so kind and loving and she'll always be there for you when you need her. There aren't words to describe how she makes me feel. I think in some ways more than others she's the strongest person I know. You're not here to tell me not to break her heart and I think it's because you already know I'm not going to break her heart.

 I'm going to protect it with my life and there's no way I'm letting go of my anchor. No way I'm letting go of the person that pulls me back every single time. So all I have to say is thank you for giving me this blessing. Thank you for the masterpiece that is your daughter. I want to also ask for your permission to date your daughter. I know I'm late but I'm here now and I think it's only appropriate to ask." Kayden says in a low, humble voice. His words shook me to the core. I'm shocked. The sweetness of it all overtook me and I realized how much his words and his presence just became my panacea. And I guess shock makes you cry more but how can he say I'm the strongest person when even the mention of my mom makes me cry?

"I don't feel very strong," I say, sniffling pathetically through my tears.

"Who says you have to feel strong to be strong? Valeria, strength comes from within and how you hold it in after everything you've been through, it's impeccable. You inspire me in that sense, you know. You make me want to be stronger, like you." He comforts and then pulls me into his arms and I bury my face into his shoulder. For a short second, everything was perfect. We were like in glass and in our own little bubble until a voice not so familiar penetrated it,

"Valeria?" the voice asked.

"Dad?" 

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