my brand of lightning,

With your body next to mine our hearts will beat as one----------------------

graduation was just starting to become a small dot in the rearview mirror of life. she had celebrated hard with her friends and her fiancé. sometimes she was still floored by the fact that she was actually engaged to someone. she had never really thought that anyone would be able to relax her or handle her but grett, he could. he was the complete opposite of her, always calm and collected, while she was outgoing and hyper, constantly. she could barely sit still, even now, as she sat in a meeting on her birthday—her feet were tapping and her mind was wondering. she wanted to be home with her fiancé, not in the boardroom listening to this. she had no idea what was actually being said but she just nodded along when the other men around her did. really, she was the only intern in the room and really, she had no idea why she was here. the man that was shadowing seemed extremely concerned about her being in this meeting and despite her internal wish to deny the invitation, here she was. the girl sighed as she leaned back in her chair, twirling the pencil on the desk. after what seemed like her entire shift, the meeting was over and without a word to anyone, penny was out the door and rushing back into the office. she grabbed for her coat and her purse. she darted through one of the exhibits, avoiding the areas where there was loud talking and made her way out the door in record time. ruffling her hair, the girl moved down the steps that she was usually so excited to be walking up when her day began and a little saddened when she had to descend them, but today was different. she promised grett that she would be home early and that meeting was pushing her luck with keeping that promise. sending grett a quick text as she dodged people going the opposite way of her on the sidewalk, hey! leaving now, can’t wait to spend the evening with you! xox.

the train ride seemed longer than the meeting as she sat down in a seat and pulled out some papers that she had ‘reading them would help her’ but she had been avoiding it for the longest time. she had just gotten out of the education system and was so tired of reading and highlighting, she just needed a break. and since the person beside her did not seem to want to talk, and penny got the hint, she pulled out the papers and tried to absorb what her eyes flitted open. the morning that grett had created for her had been perfect—breakfast, the correct tea and even some snuggles. it had made her not want to leave for her second favorite place in the world, but she reluctantly went to the museum and worked a partial day. work had even done a few sweet things for her birthday like a coworker giving her a cake and some nice cards but it was nothing compared to the company of her fiancé. she wanted to be by his side all day but she knew that it was not possible. her stop was announced and penny shoved everything into her bag before jumping up. her manners were momentarily forgotten as she pushed her way between the seat and her neighbours legs. she nearly tripped, grabbing onto the back of one of the seats and disrupting another person. just before she exited the train, she gave a small shout of apology to everyone before jumping the space between the doors and the platform. she was home. it was not the greatest of places to settle down but with her life going in a positive direction, grett and her were going to turn those memories around. she avoided certain areas and roads but the walk was brief from the station to her house. the house was dark and she furrowed her brows, pulling her phone out to check the time. was he not back from work? sighing, penny pulled her keys out. she really needed a tea now. turning the key and pushing the door open. just her luck that her key would get stuck as she tried to pull it out, ”grett!?”, she called, turning around just in time for the lights to sudden flick on and for her loved ones to come out of their hiding spot, scaring her. a scream came out of her lips and her hands flailed in reaction to the ”surprise” that was yelled out in unison. her mind raced along with her heart but a smile came to her lips and she shook her head, ”grett!”, she called for him again as her key slipped out of the lock, while shutting the door behind her and beginning to greet people until she got to the culprit that she had been looking for—”you are such a sneak!”, chuckling while she put a kiss to his lips and a smack to his chest.

GREYSON MATTHEW GATES, dress, 845, ugh i missed them!

you were made for me,

i was made for you, just one touch and we stuck like glue. you were there for me, i was there for you. got stuck in a hole and we dug ourselves through. we always do-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Alright everyone! She's on her way home now, so get into your places in fifteen!" Greyson cupped his hands around his mouth and shouted out to the crowd of people who were currently filling the rooms of his house. There were so many that he even felt it necessary to stand on the counter in the kitchen just to get everyone's attention. They all smiled and nodded and cheered at him, raising their red cups to signal that they got the message. Pleased with himself, Grey grinned and hopped down from the counter and returned to the tiled kitchen floor. This whole party had taken at least two months to prepare. He had to go around texting and calling people without Penny's notice, making sure they all had enough time to clear their schedules in order to make it to his fiancee's surprise birthday party. There wasn't anything special about her new age, but he liked to do things for her. He wanted her to come home to a good time after work because she deserved it. They were both pretty busy with work for most of the week and because of that, he found it challenging to come up with ways to remind her that she was still the beautiful love of his life. Most of the time he had to make due with surprise visits at her work with coffee or the wrong kind of tea, which were still sweet gestures in his opinion, but he wanted to do more for her and so this whole party came about. There was food all over the table inside and drinks out back. Once he got dark, he was planning to start a fire in the pit back there so they could hang out and roast marshmallows if she wanted. Maybe that seemed kind of childish, but the two of them were all about doing random, spontaneous things. He was pretty certain she would love it, but his hands wouldn't stop shaking until she came home and confirmed it. Finally, with only minutes to spare, Greyson went around the house to turn off all the lights and to tell everyone to quiet down and hide behind whatever they could find. It was pretty hard for everyone to stay hidden since there were only so many places to hide in the house, but they managed and he somehow got stuck further away from the front door than he wanted to be. However, before he could return to his position front and center, the door started to jingle and everyone went silent until it opened. Then, all at once, the lights turned back on and everyone shouted their surprise with perfect timing. Grey grinned, even more pleased with himself because of how perfectly it played out. He was disappointed that he hadn't been able to see the surprise on her face, but he heard the scream and pushed his way through people until he found her. A bright smile lit up his face and his hands wrapped around her waist, lifting her up so he could press his lips excitedly to hers before he put her back down. "Surprise!" Still smiling, he put another kiss to her lips and laughed afterward. "Well, yes. I am a master sleuth but, y'know, you learn a thing or two when you deal with tricky criminals." Grey pressed his fingers into her sides, hoping to tickle her a little. His energy levels were exceptionally high right now and he was just thrilled to see her. It felt like years since they'd seen each other last, even though in reality it had only been a few hours. "Hope you're up to party. If not, there's some tea out in the kitchen. It's the right kind I think." He gave his head a slight nod, still beaming with pride in himself.

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With your body next to mine our hearts will beat as one----------------------

a normal person would have found it strange when her husband to be didn’t send her back a reply, or any of her friends when she asked what they were up. it was a mass text, something that she occasional did in order to cover all her bases in her friendly duties. but nothing, it was radio silence and she dropped her phone onto her lap while being slightly bored, on her birthday, on the train. getting home was a dream come true, seeing the white door that she still wanted to paint but knew that the result would end being several choices before she actually stuck to one, but the door made her smile. she opened it and was surprised and startled, letting out a scream of panic, to the sound of popping confetti and screaming people and then she opened her eyes to see all of her friends. grett. what a little sneak. she had no idea how long he had planned this but her twenty fifth birthday did not seem like a big deal. she had kid parties and when she got older, teenager parties but her favourite tradition was with her dad building her a cupcake birthday cake and making tea and just talking. but this was great too. she smiled broadly, greeting people while she made her way to her fiancé and jumped into his arms upon the first eye contact. ”it was! it was scary but …amazing. you did all of this for me? you’re such a doll!”, kissing him back and squeaking as her feet left the ground. her feet touched back down and she grinned, ”how..when…how did ..”, words could not be found as she looked around at her favorite color, a banner, the cake—it was all perfect. he was completely perfect. she jumped to the sudden poking of his fingers, letting out a squeal and squirming away from him with a grin on her face. ”tea is for the hangover tomorrow, but kudos getting the right one! let’s just party the night away!” and everyone cheered with her.

the celebration lasted into the hours of the morning where the sun was beginning to rise and all the guests were gone. the place was a mess and penny, well, she was a drunk mess but it was the kind where she could still dance and jump and sing. things took surprising turns throughout the night from the random dance floor that was created, the firepit that was lit, the amount of alcohol and marshmallows that were devoured. in all the chaos, penny had kind of lost her fiancé throughout the night, reunited with him, only to be lost again but now, she was on the lookout for him. her head was beginning to hurt but she assumed that was from the loud music and the alcohol starting to wear out of her system. ”grettt!, she called to him in a sing song voice before bouncing into the backyard where she found him. grinning she stepped up behind him, trying her best not to giggle but failing, ”guess whooo?”, not really giving him much time to guess as she pressed a kiss to his cheek, ”are you as drunk as i am cause whooo…that was a lot of shots tonight.”, taking his hand and pulling him to a chair where she let him sit before sitting down on his lap. leaning in, she pressed a kiss to his lips, ”this was the best birthday party ever. it beats the moon castle one of my tenth birthday for sureeee!”, she grinned, putting her lips to his again and deepening the kiss for as long as her breath could be held before pulling back, ”noowww…can i give you a surprise? before we have to sleep! actually, this thing..activity… will help us sleep!”, she asked while standing up and giving his had a light tug, nodding her head toward the upstairs bedroom while giving him a wink.

GREYSON MATTHEW GATES, dress, 685, figured skipping over the party would be best.