"Happy birthday to you.Happy birthday to you.Happy birthday to you, dearest.Happy birthday to you."Faith woke up to the sound of Devlin's voice singing to her. She stretched with a smile on her face."Thank you," she said when the song ended."You're welcome." He tried to kiss her.Faith drew back. "I haven't brushed my teeth yet.""When has that ever stopped me?""True," she said with a laugh and let him kiss her."Remember the surprise I told you about?""Of course. Thanks to you I've been living in suspence.""Well, you don't have to wait anymore. It's downstairs waiting for you.""Finally!" Faith hopped off the bed. "Let's go already!""Geez, calm down. It's not doing anywhere."She rushed down to the living room anyway. "Hello? Sheila? Adele? Cassius? Mama Rose? I know you guys are here. Come on out!"No one jumped out at her yelling surprise. She turned to Devlin who was standing at the doorway, watching her with a smirk."There's no one here!""I never told you that there w

Faith was glad that she'd allowed the girls talk her into buying new outfits for the trip to Paris. Walking hand in hand with Devlin on the streets of Paris, it was glaring how stylish and beautiful everyone was.They'd had the car drop them off a little ways from the Eiffel tower so they could enjoy a walk down the quaint streets of Paris and she was loving every second of it.Faith was already in love with the city and they'd only been there a few hours. They took a first class flight to Paris late in the day and arrived at about 5'o'clock. The next couple of hours were spent checking into their hotel room and getting ready for the night ahead.It was currently a few minutes to eight, a perfect time to see the tower according to Devlin. They walked leisurely. There was no hurry, as Devlin had reminded her when she took off at a brisk oace immediately they alighted.But she couldn't help it. She was so excited! Faith had never been to Paris, of course. Her only knowledge of the Eiffe

"Sheila, I'm freaking out!" Faith cried."Just breathe, Faith. It's not a big deal.""Not a big deal?" She squealed into the phone, causing her friend to wince. "It's the biggest deal ever. I don't understand why he thinks I should be at something like that.""You would have had to do it eventually.""Eventually is better than right now." Faith fanned herself. She was suddenly sweating heavily despite the air conditioned room."You're just overreacting."Faith stumbled over to a mirror and peered at her reflection. "I think I'm not breathing. My face is turning bright red. What do you think that means?"Sheila rolled her eyes. "Girl, get a grip! I don't want to have to call 922 on you!""I think I'm gonna lay down." Faith proceeded to lay down on the bare floor, the cold tiles immediately cooling her temperature."If you really don't want to do it, you could just tell him you're not going," she suggested."I can't do that! He's counting on me.""Then get yourself together and let's wo

"I have just one question for you, Mr Banks. Who is your date tonight?" Samantha asked in that bright TV voice that grated on Faith's nerves."Correct me if I'm wrong," she charged on, "But this is your tutor, isn't she? I don't knowww but, not many people bring their tutors along as their dates to the event of the year. So tell us, is she really your tutor or something else?"Faith held her breath. Since they actually got together, this was the first time that they were questioned about the nature of their relationship.In the past, they'd simply told the truth...that she was his tutor. But now, she was more than that. She was his lover. They lived together.But the truth was, their relationship was still as undefined as when they'd set out. He hadn't asked her out yet so she wasn't officially his girlfriend although she could tell he already saw her that way.She'd been suspecting for weeks that he was planning something too. Planning to ask her out, most likely and Sheila and Adele

"Okay..." He drawled. "What is it?" She could see the trepidation in his eyes. She couldn't imagine why he would be so afraid of this conversation."It's about what happened earlier today," Faith clarified. Knowing what the conversation was to be about should help to calm his nerves, shouldn't it?"Oh...yeah? What about that?" He asked hesitantly. Nope, it didn't help at all. If anything, he looked more stressed.Geez, what exactly did he think she was going to do, bite his head off? She supposed there was some credence to his fear. Hadn't she done exactly that earlier? Almost bit his head off for trying to be nice? She sighed. Better just get it out and over with. "I wanted to apologize actually..."His eyes widened slightly. "You...wanted...to apologize?" "Yes, I did." What was with his reaction? Why was it surprising that she was apologizing. Wasn't that the right thing to do?"For real?"She blinked in confusion. "Uhm...yeah? I was wrong to react like that. I realize that so now