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Birthday girl

She wanted something different for her birthday this year. She spent the previous night with him to celebrate. It was cozy, intimate, much different from the louder, bigger parties she’d had each year for the last 10 years. They had a candle-lit dinner at her favorite seafood restaurant and toasted many times to the coming year. Two bottles of champagne later, he was giving her a piggyback ride home. It was a miracle that they didn’t fall to the ground, amidst all the drunken stumbling. They managed to find her front door and she invited him to stay considering how plastered he looked. They managed to take a shower together and shortly after passed out in the most awkward position on the bed.  The next morning, she woke up before him and threw on a robe as she went to make coffee. He watched her leave and a few minutes later, was right behind her, his hands on her waist, as he kissed her good morning. She held on to enjoy his warm embrace. She could feel his very eager morning wood pok