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“Are you serious?” She makes to push me away, but I don’t let her.
“Yes, marry me.”
“No, are you asking just because I’m pregnant with your baby?”
“You could not be pregnant, you could be pregnant with another man’s baby, and that still wouldn’t change the way I feel about you. I want us to be a family, but only if you love me back.” I blow out a long breath and smile. “Am I happy you’re pregnant? Yes! Do I want you to be with me because of the baby? Nope. Never. I want you to be in love with me.”
“Are you crazy?”
“Yes, about you.” I hug her, burying my face in her neck. “And you’re crazy about me, or will be again soon.”
“Is that a threat?”
“Hey, I’m not the one who almost tackled the other into an ER visit.”
She pulls back. “You said I didn’t hurt you.”
“Don’t worry, my ribs can take the hit, but my heart can’t, not again, and neither can yours. So until we’re both all in, I’m confining our interactions to kissing only.”
She scowls, pointing at the couch. “That was a lot more than kissing in my book.”
“As long as the clothes stay on, we’re fine.”
“And I have no say?”
“No, sorry.”
“So what now?”
“I’ll call you a car and you go home.” I inch my head toward the stairs. “Unless you want to go upstairs and snuggle with me?” I tease.
“Yeah, no thanks.”
“Fine.” I know not to push my luck.
“Fine,” she repeats.
The car arrives ten minutes later.
I escort Marissa to the door and lean on the frame. “Text me when you get home. Let me know you got in safe.”
She grunts something that sounds vaguely like a yes and walks down the driveway to the waiting Uber.
I wait until she gets in to go back inside. Not the least interested in sleep, I still go through the motions of getting ready for bed while waiting for Marissa’s text. It arrives shortly later, curt and pragmatic.
From Marissa:
Home safe
No good night, no sweet dreams, no kiss emoji. Ah, well…
I search online for a kitty picture and send her one of a black kitten wearing a witch hat captioned:
To Marissa:
Should we get Nora and the baby a kitten next year?
I know it’s not possible, but even the incoming notification sounds angrier when a new text lands in the chat.
