The Girl In Red

The first time he saw her she was wearing red. It was back in the day when he worked for her mother. He had been in the study working when he caught sight of something red outside. He walked from the desk to the window and looked out. There he saw her. She was sitting in the grass reading a very thick and old book. Even from where he was standing he was able to see how yellow the pages were. His eyes moved for the book to her. She was so focused on her book that she did not even notice that he was looking at her, and she looked so beautiful as she sat there in the sun.

Long, dark locks of hair hung around her face in big curls. Small pieces of it kept falling in front of her eyes and she would ever so often move them behind her ears, only for them to fall back down again.

She wore a dress – a red summer dress. The red color was perfect for her and he would never be able to look at her again and not picture her sitting in the grass bathed in sun wearing that red dress.

It had now been so many years since he saw her for the first time and as he looks out his office window, he once again sees her in red. Today she is wearing a simple button down red shirt. A shirt that is the same red color as her dress had been. But unlike the first time he had watched her, this time she notices him looking at her. She lifts her head and smiles at him as she closes the case file she had been reading in and makes her way to his office.

"Are you ready to go?" she asks with a smile leaning against the doorframe.

"I still have a lot of work to do. Sorry."

Her expression saddens and she walks to his desk, sitting down in the chair across from him. "It can't wait for tomorrow?"

He knows that she knows that it could not wait, but the hope and optimism in her voice makes him smile. It is one of the reasons why he loves her so much.

"I have something really important to tell you."

"Then tell it to me now."

"No, I will just wait till you get home."

"Are you sure?"

She nods her head and gets up. "Yeah I'm sure. I will see you at home."

"Okay," he says smiling at her.

She walks to the door, but then she turns back to him with a happy sigh. And as she lays her hand on her stomach she says, "I hope the baby will have dimples as cute as yours."

For a moment he just sits there by his desk looking at her, but then he rises from the chair and without a word he walks over to her and kisses her.

She laughs against his lips. "I guess you are just as happy about this as I am."

"Happy is not even a strong enough word to describe how I'm feeling right now."

She tilts her head back and laughs with everything she is worth.

He loves her laughter. He loves her. And he loves the family that they are going to be – him, her, Jack and the baby.

"I love you, Emily."

"I love you, Aaron."

He kisses her again and he can feel the happiness coming from both of them.