A Miracle (Monroe)

[Thomas "Monroe" Montgomery]

Monroe didn't catch her blush, but he knew it was there, mostly because Adaryn always got flustered whenever he said something like that. "Okay, okay," he replied with a sleepy smile as she exited the room after her remark.

He dug around in his closet, fighting back a yawn as he searched for a clean shirt. Man, he needed to do laundry. That's one thing he could do at three a.m. when he couldn't sleep. Camp out in the laundry room. Good plan. He threw on a clean plain dark green henley and emerged from the room, wallet and keys stuffed into the pockets of his jeans. He was pulling on his combat boots with the door open, almost falling over as he did so. "I'm awake, sort of. And ready to go." He held up his keys once he finished getting on his combat boots.

[Adaryn Breslin]

"Should I be worried about letting you drive now?" Adaryn replied, genuine concern lacing the words she spoke. Half awake driving was never a good idea, and just as bad as texting or driving drunk. Monroe drove all the time though, so he wouldn't be that bad, well, at least Adaryn hoped so.

Either way, she put a smile on her face anyway and tilted her head off to one side, gesturing to the door. "Well then, let's get going." The idea of being out with Monroe for her birthday was really exciting, and blush worthy, but overall really good fun. Ever since she went on that undate with Cam, she really wanted to hang out with Monroe; the girl almost felt bad that she had so much fun with the blonde, and thus wanted to make up for it by choosing to spend her birthday with her sleep deprived friend.

If only he was more than a friend...

The Empath began heading out the door.

[Thomas "Monroe" Montgomery]

"Oh, relax. That's why I drink coffee. Besides, I've been driving sleep deprived for a few years now. Nothing to worry about," Monroe assured her, half joking. Besides, he'd never gotten in an accident or a ticket.

He led the way, walking through the door and out to the dorm parking lot with her, taking her hand when she was at his side and not really thinking about it, just doing it. "So, should I ask you what you want for your birthday or are you going to be one of those people that just goes 'Oh, no no. Don't get me anything'?" he asked as they came up to his car, a black Camry. Used, but it did the job.

[Adaryn Breslin]

Adaryn smiled to herself when Monroe took her hand, but for once in her life, she didn't blush. She liked the feeling a lot, and it made it easier that he didn't look down at her for a reaction. It seemed like he had done it automatically, as if it were a habit he learned from years of doing it, even though he rarely ever held her hand in the first place. The thought contributed to her growing smile, and a hint of teeth showed in the process.

"Now why would I ask you to come with me on my birthday? It surely wasn't for your company." Adaryn teased, removing her hand from his before he really noticed. He knew that statement was a lie, and so she didn't feel uncomfortable uttering it. That was part of the reason why she liked the dreamwalker so much; she didn't have to think about what she said to him.

"No, but really, I was hoping I could get a new sketchbook or some prismacolor pencils. Oh, or maybe a phone case." She tapped the phone in her pocket idly, knowing how she broke the last one and hoping that a phone case could help avoid that. She didn't expect all of it, maybe just one, but she was giving him options. Any of them she would be hapoy with. Well, even if she didn't get anything, she would have been happy because she spent the day with Monroe.

She was completely content with that.

[Thomas "Monroe" Montgomery]

Never had taking Adaryn's hand been so simple and effortless as it had been now. He hadn't been thinking about the whole vision thing, he was just going with what he felt, and it was nice for a change.

"Oh, okay. So you just want presents, I gotcha." She hadn't reacted how he expected and that made things even better. She was cracking so many jokes it was surreal. "Wow, you even gave me ideas, look at you," he said as he broke away from her hand regretfully to cross around to the other side of his car and open the driver's side door. He'd keep all of those options in mind.

[Adaryn Breslin]

"Yep," Addie giggled, placing herself in the passenger seat of his car, quickly setting the seat belt across her lap and front.She couldn't contain the look of excitement as she turned to face the boy in the driver's seat.

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The rest of the day went smoothly with no hassles and no fears of what was to come of them; today was just a time for them to spend time hang out like they never were able to do before. There was plenty of hand-holding involved, which made Addie's heart practically melt with joy (if such a thing existed), and she showed him the many things that she wouldn't mind having, but could most definitely live without.

At one point in time, she idly thought of Cam and how he took her to the same sweet shop that she took Monroe to, but she shoved the negativity and fear from her mind, not wanting the day to be ruined because of a get together that she agreed to. After all, it wasn't a date, and she made that abundantly clear to Cam before they even went on it.

And so, the fun ended when they had to return back to Hammel before curfew, Monroe walked Adaryn to her dorm and they parted. Well, not before Monroe kissed her at the door, briefly, but it was a kiss nonetheless. She reveled in the way her lips were still tingling by the time she drifted off to sleep, only a single thought -or rather, person- on her mind.

Monroe.