Rescuing His Captive Mate: Saving The Future Luna

Chapter 201 - Star - Artem’s Birthday Part 1

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Star

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With the immense success of the birthday parties that we had in the previous months, especially the ones in October, I wanted to have one in November as well. None of the kids had a birthday in November, but Artem's was on the twenty-first. I wanted to make sure that we did something special for him.

I had been talking to some of the others, and they had given me some ideas. There were some things that I wanted to do for him that I had never done, nor ever thought about doing before.

I couldn't talk to Chay about this though, considering that it was her brother she wouldn't be comfortable talking about it at all. However, I still had Dakotah, Sydney, and Criztie (the cousin, not the aunt), I could also talk to Ella and Leelin. There were options for me to talk to people that didn't include any of our parents or Artem's sister.

Artem's actual birthday was on a Sunday, and everyone wanted to throw him a party that day, specifically the boys. They wanted to throw their dad a birthday party from all his kids. They were the ones that were in charge of the party this time. All thirteen of them would decide on the decorations and the food, even the gifts were up to them. Of course, we all had gotten Artem some stuff in advance as well, but they were going out shopping with the others on the day before the party to get it all ready for the big day.

I was not going with them. Instead, I was taking Artem out on a date and spending time with him where it was going to just be the two of us.

As I prepared for the date, it dawned on me that we had been married for two months now. I was two thirds of the way through my pregnancy, and before I knew it we would be having a little baby boy and not just the boys that were already a little older when we had gotten them. That was exciting and scary at the same time.

That was for another time though. We still had time to worry about the baby later. Today, tonight really, I wanted to focus on my husband.

I needed to make sure that Artem was away from the house for a long time. Everyone at the house was going to take the kids into the city to shop while we were out, so I needed to make sure that we didn't go anywhere near them.

Well, something that would keep Artem occupied would be a movie. We were going to go see one and then have dinner. To top the night off, we were going to be staying at a hotel. That was about as much as I could think of. And I had a feeling that Artem didn't care where we went as long as we were together and alone.

The movie we were seeing started in the middle of the afternoon. It was a romantic comedy, something that would be sweet as well as make us laugh. And even though I had been the one to invite Artem out on this date, he was the one taking charge.

The moment we had gotten out of the car, that he drove by the way, he put his arm around me and held me close. He bought our popcorn, drinks, and even some candy. He led me to my seat, which I at least bought ahead of time, though since it was his money it was still like him buying it.

The entire movie I sat there with Artem's arm around me, thanks to the cup holder in the middle lifting up and out of the way. The chairs also reclined so we lounged and snuggled together. It was a good start to the date, even though he was the one leading it and that was what I wanted to do.

Following the movie, we went to dinner. He drove again since I didn't have my license or know how to drive. We needed to work on that soon. I didn't want to be stranded in the future.

Dinner was delicious and amazing, but Arte once again took the lead as if he were the one that had invited me on the date. It was like any other date we had been on in the past. That was fine though, cause I got him to blush like crazy when the staff of the family-friendly restaurant we went to started to sing to him really loud and plopped a childish dessert down in front of him. That was priceless, and I made sure that I got a picture of it. I adored that face he made when he was embarrassed. But hey, he still enjoyed the dessert.

Finally after dinner, it was time for us to go to the hotel. I had reserved the hotel room in advance and was all set to check us in. However, even though Artem had given me a credit card on his account with my name on it, they wouldn't check me in since I wasn't twenty-one. That was stupid if you asked me. So in the end, I had needed Artem to check into the hotel for me. And even then, they tried to be mean and say no to him until he put on his Alpha persona; they finally caved after that.

When we finally got to our room, I sighed and flopped onto the bed. I felt totally dejected about what had happened. Why couldn't I do anything for him? Why was it that I couldn't do anything at all?

"What's the matter?" He asked me as he sat on the edge of the bed.

"I wanted to be the one to do things for you for once. I wanted to be the one that was in charge and in control."

"You don't need to change anything for me, honey. I am happy with how you are."

"That's not the point. I wanted to prove that I was capable."

"Oh." It was like he finally got what I was saying. "Well, was there anything else that you had planned for tonight?"

"Well there was one thing." Now I was feeling embarrassed. Everything else I tried had ended up failing, this probably would as well. I would try it anyway since that was the only option I really had. "Wait here."