Birthday Getaway

Punk and Lacy had made it to their hotel in the Bahamas a couple of hours ago. It was early in the morning when they arrived and since they were tired, they slept in a bit. Punk woke up and took a look around the room, really liking the place. He then headed out by the pool area and sat in one of the chairs, enjoying the view. He knew things weren't great between him and Lacy because of him, but he was hoping that things would turn around on this trip. He figured he would let Lacy sleep in for as long as she wanted to without bothering her rest. Besides, he had some things planned for her today.

She woke up about an hour after Phil did and sat up, not seeing him next to her. She ran a hand through her hair and got up to fix the bed, yawning as she did so.

Punk heard some movement in the room and saw that Lacy was awake. He stood up and walked in. "Hey um, good morning. Well...afternoon." he chuckled a bit.

"Hey." she said tiredly, putting the pillows in place. "have you been up long?"

"Woke up like an hour ago." he said. "I figured I would let you sleep. It was a long flight and you barely get sleep as it is."

"thanks." she said.

"You're welcome." he said. "There's breakfast if you want. Eggs, pancakes, bacon and some fresh fruit."

She finished fixing the bed and went over to the breakfast bar where the food was. She got eggs and fruit and sat down to eat. "Did you eat?"

"Not yet, I was waiting for you." He said as he started to serve himself.

"Oh, okay."

He got his food and sat down. "Well, Happy Birthday." he told her.

"Thank you." she said as she started to eat.

"You're welcome." He said.

"I might just go get a manicure and chill out in the room today." she said.

"Actually, I may have planned some things for you."

"May have?"

"Okay well, I planned some things for you today." he told her.

"Like?" she asked.

"Well, I set up a day for you to go to the spa and get everything done." he told her. "It's your day to relax and be at ease."

She nodded and bit her lip. "Can we talk?"

"Yeah, I think we should." he nodded.

She nodded and pushed her food away from her. "Okay. I'm not happy. And as much as you try to hide it, I know you're not happy either. And despite how I've been acting late, I do want this to be a good trip, and if it's going to be one then I need to say this. I already told you on Mother's Day about how you make me feel when you do the things you do. But I feel like.. all you ever expect from me is just to be angry. half of the stuff you do isn't worth getting mad over, but you already write me off as being upset before I can even process the situation. I'm not making excuses, I know I've been unbearable and unfair. But it's only because I feel like all you ever want is for me to be mad so you can have something to fix, and I've spent so long pretending to be mad that I figure that it's just easier actually just be angry. That way you can have something to do." she shook her head. "That's why I've been going home more often, because at least home, my friends expect me to smile and laugh." She took a breath. "Your turn."

He let it all sink in and nodded. "Well, I was planning on talking to you about this later, but now is a good time." he said. "You're right, I'm not happy either. Look Lace, I know I've been completely unfair to you and you're right, I don't expect you to be anything but mad at me. It's wrong of me to do and until last time that we spoke about it, I really had no idea how it made you feel and for that I do apologize. It's just over the years, whenever you were mad at me over big things, I got used to you being so short with me and so on, that's how I figured you were mad at me. The reason we're like this is because of me and I own up to that completely. I don't want to say that I'm "fixing" things or anything, but I will say that I am working on me and working on not thinking you're angry all the time. I want us to laugh and smile and have fun. I especially want you to do that when you're home with or without me." he said. "As far as you going home is concerned, I don't blame you. I wouldn't want to stick around somebody who thinks I'm angry all the time and only expects that, it's not right." he told her. "I want us to enjoy this trip and have a good time. I am not saying that all will be completely better, but at least we can start being happier."

She leaned against the counter. "I'm really tired of feeling like this, Phil. I don't want to anymore."

"I know." he said. "You shouldn't have to be like this." he shook his head.