Chapter 1
Back in their sleeping quarters Deanna and Will are laying on their bed. Both are now dressed to sleep. Will breaks the awkward silence with a suggestion.
"Deanna is it really important to you that you have another baby?"
"My heart says yes but my mind says no. We already have three beautiful children but a part of me wants to have a baby with your blue eyes. I mean we have done everything we possibly could. We tried getting pregnant the natural way for a year with no success. Then we tried it the artificial way for sixth months with IUI still no luck the past six months we tried again the natural way. Well you know how that turned out. But my heart is still saying another. Is that selfish?"
"Of course not, I was raised as an only child and as much as I wanted another brother or sister it just wasn't going to happen. I wanted a big family I grew up very lonely then when my father left I took care of myself. I was a better father then he was and I was only 12."
"Me too, I cried myself to sleep every night for two years because I wanted a brother or sister then when my father passed away it was just my mother and me. So yes I wanted a large family. Since we have been trying so hard for so long maybe the three kids we have now is all we will have. We don't even make love like we used to now its all temperatures, inseminations, and hormones. I just want it the way it used to be; when we made love because we wanted to and not because it was the right time."
"I have been doing a lot of research the last few months and I came across something rather interesting. Have you ever heard of IVF?"
"Yes, it's a test tube baby.""
"Yes, they did that all the time back in the 20th century maybe we can try that."
"I don't know Will, I'm sick of temperatures, appointments, and getting negatives all the time. I don't think I want to go through that again."
"Why don't you think about it before you say no okay?"
"No promises"
"None expected we better get to sleep, goodnight."
"Goodnight Will."
Will wrapped his loving arms around Deanna and closed his eyes. However Deanna remained awake for several hours contemplating Will's suggestion.
TBC…Chapter 2