Believe

It's the morning of Mike's birthday.

He is sleeping, soundless.

I cuddle up close to him as I watch the sunrise through the blinds.

It's a perfect early morning.

Like everything from last night never took place.

Mike seemed to calm down after I promised him Tyler didn't hurt me.

But I was lying.

I was pinched with something on my back.

It felt like I got a cut deep into my skin.

I haven't checked out the cut yet, and I really don't want to see it.

I'm not a big fan of gory things.

But there's no way I'm asking Mike to take a look at it.

He would flip.

I get up from the bed and stretch a little as I walk into the bathroom.

I see my reflection in the mirror.

I'm wearing the clothes I wore last night.

And my hair is now wavy.

My makeup is a bit smeared.

I grab a makeup wipe, wiping my face to get rid of the makeup.

Then I rinse my face with cold water to wake me up.

I feel the pains in my cut even more as I stand up.

I get curious.

I turn around and lift my shirt to see a deep cut with blood stains around the damaged skin.

I put my shirt down quickly and try not to think of the gory image.

I walk into my closet changing into a clean shirt and some leggings.

Now I was comfortable.

When I walk out of the closet, I climb back into bed again.

Mike yawns a little and opens his eyes looking at me.

"Good morning beautiful." Mike says in his morning voice.

"Good morning birthday boy." I say smiling at him.

He smiles and I feel a hand go up my shirt.

I pull his hand down.

"Nuh uh, that present is for later." I say smirking getting up from the bed.

But a hand pulls me back down.

"What's that?" Mike asks.

Oh no... I forgot to put something over the cut... It might be still bleeding and it stained the shirt....

"What baby?" I ask looking at him confused.

"That present?" Mike asks smirking.

I sigh a little in relief.

"Oh that present? You know what the present is silly!" I say with a little giggle as Mike lets go of my arm.

He laughs a little, "alright babe, can't wait." Mike says with a wink.

He sure knew how to make me smile.

"Go get ready, you have a big day ahead of you old man." I say, then peck Mike on the lips.

Mike does have a very big day ahead of him.

Vic and I put together a surprise party for him.

I'm excited to give him a surprise after all the surprises he does for me.

All Mike knows is Vic has a birthday present for him, and that we need to stop by their place to pick it up.

This will be a surprise he won't forget.

*Mike's POV*

I drive Rose and I to my brother and I's place.

Rose is sitting quietly in the passenger side, watching out the window as we pass by neighborhoods.

She looks beautiful as always.

But today it seems like she tried to look beautiful.

Usually her beauty is simple, but today, she wears a rather revealing dress.

It's tight, hugging her curves.

It also shows her cleavage.

I've never seen her leave the house showing this much cleavage.

It's different.

We get to my place, and I park in front of the house.

Rose and I get out walking to the front door.

She's quiet, which normally she is... But it was an odd quiet.

Like she was hiding something from me...

I unlock the door with my key, and let Rose in first.

She walks in and I follow.

The lights turn on and people jump out.

"Surprise!!" The crowd of people say.

"Oh wow!" I say laughing.

"Happy birthday Mike!" My best friend Casey says patting me on the back.

"Thanks man! Good to see you." I say as he looks over to Rose who is standing next to me.

"Casey this is my girlfriend Rosaline, Rosaline this is my best friend Casey." I say introducing them.

"Please call me Rose." Rose says smiling to Casey as she shakes his hand.

Casey's eyes wander across her chest then he replies "well Mike sure is lucky to have such a beautiful woman."

Rose blushes.

I didn't appreciate that. I know Casey just went through a breakup and he's hurt. But he can't talk to Rose. She's mine.

"Alright good talk... Now moving on..." I say putting my arm around Roses waist and walking away from Casey.

"How long have you two been best friends?" Rose asks smiling up at me.

"A while." I say trying to forget about what Casey said.

"Oh, that's nice..." Rose says a little unsure.

We walk through the house getting greeted by many of my friends.

I introduce each and everyone of them to Rose.

"Happy birthday old man! How does it feel to be 30?!" Tony asks excited with whiskey in his hand.

"Come on now... You know I'm really 25 Tony! Why do you keep adding 5 years?" I ask.

Rose giggles.

"Maybe because you are 30. OLD MAN!" Tony says laughing. "Have some drinks man!" Tony says looking at me then to Rose "you too princess, drinks on me." He says with a wink.

I hated when my friends did this...

Rose holds my hand, pulling me a little towards the kitchen.

"Thanks Tony, see you around!" I say walking off with Rose.

She walks me into the kitchen where all the alcohol is.

She grabs my favorite.

A Jack Daniels, handing it to me.

I take it from her, unscrewing the cap.

She starts to fix my shirt.

"There, there... Don't get so worked up by your silly friends. You should know your all mine, and I'm all yours." She says looking up at me.

I take a sip of the drink, and hand it to her.

I think she is mature enough to handle alcoholic beverages.

She takes a sip, handing it back to me.

"Let's go find Vic, babe." Rose says holding my hand starting to walk back into the living room.

I follow her with the drink in one hand, and the other holding her soft hand.

She finds Vic walking us over to him.

Vic is watching the Chargers game with Rose's friend and a bunch of other friends of mine.

Some new people as well.

Michelle taps on Vic's shoulder then points over to Rose and I.

Vic looks up to his girlfriends tap and over to Rose and I.

"Hey brotha Happy birthday!" Vic says hugging me.

"Thanks Vic! Thanks for putting this party together for me." I thank him as we get out of our hug.

"Oh don't thank me, be thanking your girlfriend. Rose is so sweet, she thought of the whole thing. I just made the friends list." Vic says as I look over to Rose who is talking to a group of girls.

Rose is sweet, and I knew that from the start.

Just like I knew I was in love with her.

"I really did get lucky this time." I say with a smile, looking at Rose who is talking with some friends.

"I approve of her, she is perfect for you. You both complete each other." Vic says patting me on the back.

"Thanks Vic." I say smiling uncontrollably.

"I just like to see my little brother happy." Vic says as Michelle walks over to us.

Our conversation ends immediately.

"Hey my little enchilada." Michelle says pinching Vic's cheek.

"Hello beautiful" Vic says smiling to Michelle.

Michelle looks up at me.

"Happy Birthday Mike!" Michelle says.

"Thank you." I say as Rose walks back over to me.

She hugs onto the side of me.

And I put my arm around her.

"Tell Mike his present for tonight Rose." Michelle smirks at Rose.

I look down at Rose, who is shaking her head disapprovingly at Michelle.

Michelle laughs.

"Go on tell him!" Michelle keeps up.

"He already knows Michelle." Rose says.

I guess I do know what present I get for tonight. And I'm quite excited for it.

"Well let's sit down and enjoy this chargers game kiddos!" Vic says trying to change the subject.

We all take a seat on the couch, Vic sitting next to Michelle, and Rose sits next to me.

I pull Rose's legs across mine and cuddle her as we watch the game.

Rose puts her head gently next to mine.

We watch the game for awhile before Jaime sits between Vic and Michelle and Rose and I.

"Alright love birds... Break it up!" Jaime says with a laugh.

Rose turns her head to look at Jaime.

"Hey Jaime, having a good time?" Rose asks with a smile.

"Yes I am, thank you for asking. How is the night treating you?" Jaime asks Rose.

"Mhm, very good time." Rose says with a smirk.

Casey walks over with whiskey bottles in his hands handing them to Rose and I.

"Here is for the birthday boy and his beautiful girlfriend." Casey says with a wink at Rose.

Here we go again..

"Thank you Casey." Rose says smiling at him then at me.

"Where's mine?! I wanted one! So did Vic!" Jaime says angrily at Casey.

"Hey sorry man you got feet of your own to!" Casey says walking away.

Jaime looks over at us.

"He's a bit drunk, gotta give him something to do." Jaime says with a laugh.

A couple hours pass, and the party is coming to end.

Now it's just the band, Casey and the girls, Rose and Michelle.

Rose and Michelle are taking selfies with Michelle's phone.

Casey and Jaime are passed out drunk on the couch.

Vic, Tony and I are talking about our next tour dates.

"So we leave in January right?" Tony asks looking at Vic.

"Yes towards the middle of January." Vic responds.

I'm not looking forward to this tour.

Leaving Rose behind is really like leaving everything behind to me.

"It's so soon." I sigh looking at Rose.

"Aye, maybe you can arrange something with Rose to come to our first couple shows." Vic says patting my back.

"Yeah, isn't she from Arizona or something?" Tony asks.

"Yes, Tucson, Arizona... Why?" I ask Tony.

"Well we have a show in Tempe... See how far it is from her home, then maybe she can come with us and have a free trip back home for a visit." Tony says.

That actually isn't such a bad idea.

I'll have to talk to Rose about this.

"Thanks Tony, I'll have to talk to Rose about it." I say.

Tony nods in agreement.

"I like her. She's a sweetheart." Vic says looking straight at Rose. "She treats you right, unlike-" Vic gets interrupted by Tony.

"Aly.."

Aly sure wasn't a good girlfriend.

We met when I was 27, and she was 24.

She had short blonde hair, green eyes, and a petite body full of tattoos.

She came across as a bubbly nice bombshell.

But she really wasn't deep down inside.

She wasn't a loyal loving girl.

I was on tour for awhile, and I wanted to surprise her by coming home a day earlier then I said I would.

I fly home earlier, skipping a appearance in New York.

I get to her place at late at night.

Her bedroom lights are on and I help myself in with the key she gave me.

I quietly walk in.

Then I hear noises, coming from her bedroom.

Moaning noises.

I walk over to the bedroom and take a peak through the crack.

Aly was in bed with another man.

I thought she loved me, she never showed a sign of cheating or anything.

When I lost Aly, I never thought I could trust or love another person again.

I got heavily into smoking and drinking.

I locked myself in my room and shut the world out.

My family and friends worried, trying to get me out and forget about the past.

Months passed and nothing changed. Vic decided we needed to tour again.

Then that's when I met Rose.

The real love of my life.

I couldn't have gotten luckier.

I look to see Rose talking to Michelle.

Rose takes a look over at me with a smile.

It's incredible how you can just look at someone and know that they are becoming your everything.

Notes

Sorry I haven't been on very much, I have been trying to make this chapter exactly the way I want it.

Now you know about the woman who broke our beloved Mike's heart.

Next chapter is a big one!