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“I guess that’s the question you have to answer. Would knowing—if the answer was yes—help you? You don’t need to figure that out right away, though.”
She looks up at me, letting out a long breath. “I keep alternating between wanting to thank you and tell you I’m sorry.”
“You don’t need to do either. We’re going to take this one day at a time and do our best to get stronger. Pregnancy tipped both our worlds upside down while converging them. We need to put our new world right side up. Everything else will come in time.”
“I might need you to remind me of that. Daily.” She laughs.
“I probably will too.”
She sighs softly, twining our fingers together. “Do you think we need to go to couples’ counseling?”
“I think we should see how we do with individual therapy first before we decide.”
“That makes sense.”
We sit silently for a few moments. Finally, it’s comfortable silence again. I love comfortable silence. Not everyone can sit silently with someone else without feeling a need to fill the space. I love it. To me, it’s the height of comfort with someone when you can do that. I have that with all my friends, but especially with Mackie. I love that I have it with Amelia, too.
My hand is still resting on her stomach when I feel a quake that I assume is the baby rolling around until I hear the loud growl. My eyebrows shoot up and I laugh. “Damn, baby.”
“I’m starving. I just haven’t wanted to move.”
I kiss her forehead, then pull her upright. “Well, I think it’s time we feed you before the rumbling scares the baby.”
She laughs. “I’m not sure it works that way, but food is probably a good idea.”
“More than probably. Get your sexy butt up.” I reach around and give it a playful smack before climbing out of bed. “Do you want me to order something?” The nice part about living so close to downtown is that delivery is quick and readily available.
“Uh, no. The fridge is still fully stocked.”
“Right,” I say with a laugh. “Ma mentioned she cooked.”
“Her, Kara, Linda. Garrett sent an ice cream cake. We’re stocked for several more days,” she says as she slips her robe on.
“It’s good to be loved.”
She pauses for a second, then smiles. “Yeah. It is. Sometimes letting it in is so hard because it reminds me how alone I was. How alone I’m afraid to be again.”
I step over to her and wrap her in my arms. “You will never be alone, Ames. Never.”
“If this last week has been a crash course in anything, it’s definitely that. I’m overwhelmed with gratitude for all the wonderful people in our lives. And for you.” She gently caresses my cheek. “You never gave up on me.”
“And I never will. I told you, you’re mine, and I meant it.”
“Move your clothes in here.”
A laugh bubbles in my chest. “What?”
“It’s dumb that they’re across the hall. You’re never sleeping in there anyway. Move your clothes in here. Let’s make that room the nursery.”
My eyebrows go up, but then I smile. “What happened this week?”
“So much,” she says with a sigh. “Let’s talk about it all over dinner. And Gilmore Girls.” I chuckle at that. “Amanda got me addicted.”
“Sounds right. And also like the perfect night.” Wrapping my hand around the side of her neck, I press my lips into hers. “Love you. Always.”
“I love you too. Now feed me, baby daddy.”
“Yes ma’am.”
