Somebody To Love
Matt/Julie, Post-Series, PG13, 392 words, Title from 30 Rock
Julie lies on her bed and looks at her hand, raised high in the air. She smiles. The diamond shines so brightly it might damn near blind her.
Matt moves towards her, wrapping his arms around her waist and kissing her cheek. He looks up at her hand as well. It's the best decision he's ever made.
"You're staring," he says.
"How can I not?" she responds back.
They laugh silently for a second or two.
Matt turns his head to look at her face.
"I know how to pick 'em," he tells her, before kissing her again.
"You do."
She kisses him back.
--
Julie looks at herself in the mirror. It seems like everyday she gets bigger and bigger. It excites her, and scares her at the same time.
Matt walks up towards her, wrapping his arms around her waist and placing his hands on her stomach as he kisses her cheek.
"You're staring"
"How can I not?"
They laugh longer than a few seconds because they've had this same conversation a million times before.
"She's going to be beautiful," he says.
"She? I think he's going to be beautiful. Daddy's little quarterback." She laughs and rubs her stomach.
"I think Mommy's little cheerleader has a better ring to it."
She pinches his hand. "Never gonna happen."
"Yeah. That's – let's not go there."
"I agree."
They kiss.
--
Julie looks ahead of her and sees Matt. She smiles and grabs her father's arm. She walks down the aisle with the biggest smile on her face. Matt won't stop looking at her.
She walks up the steps and stands in front of Matt and takes him by the hands.
"You're staring," she says to him.
"How can I not?"
Instead of laughing they kiss.
"Hey, you two wanna wait until you're actually married to do that?" Landry screams out from the side. They each give him a look and go back to laughing.
--
Julie gives birth a few months later to a boy; Matthew Peyton Jr.
Matt lies next to Julie on the hospital bed that night as she holds her son in her arms. He has his eyes open.
"He's staring," Matt says.
Julie laughs. "Okay that's getting really old. You should think of something more original."
Matt laughs and kisses her cheek.
"This is why I love you."
