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“Shall we go to Mexico?” Kayla asks me on a whim, her eyes glazed over as if she’s in some kind of dream land. “Have you ever been there?”
“No.” I shake my head honestly. “But that could be fun, couldn’t it? An adventure that we have together. Mexico. I wonder what adventures wait for us in Mexico.” I bring the car back to life feeling more thrilled for this adventure than I have for anything that has ever come before. I’ve honestly never been so thrilled.
Kayla reaches across to hold my hand as I drive making me feel increasingly connected to her, even more so. I have always been a lone wolf before, living by myself and exploring the world that way, I can’t wait to see what it’s going to be like with someone else, someone that I love at that…Chapter 20 – KaylaOne Year Later…The sun is bright. So bright that it makes me smile up at the sky gratefully, glad for another happy day. Another day with the man of my dreams by my side and another adventure up my sleeves. God, I can’t even remember a time these days when I aimed for sitting in an office doing law work, it seems so far away from who I am now, like another life time. I would never have survived it, not a chance in hell, it would have been ridiculous.
Thank God I met Tim when I did. He really did come in to my life at the exact right moment, changing everything as I was at the cross roads and able to make a difference. Otherwise I don’t know where I would be now. I dread to think. I certainly wouldn’t be as happy as I am right now anyway.
I smile at Tim as he drives along the road, praising myself and my life for being so amazing to me. I didn’t know that it was possible to be so lucky, yet here I am, living the dream. I can’t even count how many places I have been to in the past year, how many adventures I have had and people I’ve met. It’s been a blur but one that has turned me in to the absolute best version of myself and that’s all I want to be.
“Ooh…” He turns to look at me with wide shocked eyes. “What was that? Winter waking up?”
I twist around in my seat and smile at my sleeping baby girl in the back of the car, my heart swelling with love at the sight of her. After our heat of the moment hook up on the side of the road on the first day of our journey where the idea of protection simply flew out of the window, we quickly found out that we had a little surprise in my stomach. Of course I was worried that it would affect our life style, how the hell were we going to have adventures with a baby in tow? But Tim classically didn’t seem worried at all. He said that it would be amazing and surprisingly he’s right. Winter is fitting in with or life perfectly. She’s an adventurer at heart I think, if a three month old can be an adventurer, and at the moment things are perfect.
One day we might need to slow down and change things, we may even need to settle in one place, but I’m getting much better at taking one day at a time, working through life as Tim does. He’s relaxed and calm at all times, he doesn’t let anything screw him up, he takes everything in his stride and keeps on going. I don’t even think that Tim would know anxiety if it hit him in the face… but then again, these days I don’t either.
“She’s just stirring,” I tell him confidently. “Don’t worry, we still have a lot of time.”
He reaches across and takes my hand, holding on to me hard. I love it when he does this, when he holds me like he can’t bear to let me go. Like he can’t stand the idea of life without me because I feel the same about him.
“So, where are we going anyway?” I ask him idly. “You look like you have a plan in mind this time around which isn’t like you at all. Usually, you just keep on driving like a hippy, no care in the world.”
“I actually do have a plan this time around,” he replies mysteriously. “But I’m not going to tell you this time around. Unfortunately for you, we’re going to have to wait until we get there.”
I pout out my bottom lip playfully. “I don’t know if I like that. I don’t like surprises.”
“See, you did get something from your mother,” he laughs. “You did get some of her traits.”
