Kitty was waiting for her results. She was twiddling her thumbs and silently praying that she didn't have cancer.
Red was watching his wife closely trying to figure out what she was thinking.
Finally, the doctor walked into the room.
He shook her hand and sat down.
He cleared his throat and said "Mrs. Forman, I looked over your test results and I'm sorry to say you have cancer. It's in the early stages so we can do surgery and remove the tumor."
Kitty just sat there in shock with tears streaming down her face.
"Mrs. Forman?"
Red said "Kitty? Kitty? Kitty!"
Her eyes flew open and she found herself in bed sweating with the covers wrapped tightly around her body.
Red looked worriedly at her and softly said "Kit-Kat are you alright?"
She said "Red?"
He smiled "yes baby. You want to sit up?"
She nodded.
Red helped her and said "I'll be right back."
He walked into the bathroom and came back with a wet rag and a glass of water.
"Here. Drink this."
Red helped her take a sip of water and ran the cool rag over her face.
Once she had calmed down Red asked "bad dream I take it?"
She raised her eyebrow and cocked her head.
He said "you were crying in your sleep."
She frowned and whispered "oh."
He could tell she didn't want to talk about it so he kissed her hand "tell you what why don't we go back to bed? You can wake me up when you're ready to talk."
She just stared at him. He sighed and crawled back in the bed. He opened his arms silently asking if she wanted to be held.
She slowly moved into his arms and wrapped her arms around him. She rubbed her face against his chest and within minutes fell asleep again.
The next morning Red was in the kitchen sipping on his coffee while reading the paper. Kitty walked into the kitchen and saw her husband.
He looked up and playfully said "its about time you woke up!"
She grabbed some coffee and walked behind him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and whispered "thank you for last night."
She kissed his cheek and he rubbed her arms "you don't have to thank me. Want to fill me in?"
She moved to the chair and sat down.
She sighed "I dreamt I had cancer."
He sighed and laid his paper down.
"Oh baby come here."
She watched him scoot back and open his arms. She moved onto his lap and he held her tight.
"I know you're scared. I am too but we have to have faith."
She looked shocked and felt his head "Red Forman! Did you just talk about God?"
He rolled his eyes "come on Kitty I'm not an Atheist! Talking about faith just gives me the heebie jeebies. I've probably prayed more this last month than in my whole life."
She cupped his cheek "I love you Red."
He smiled "I love you too baby. Don't worry. I'm sure everything will be fine."
"I hope you're right."
She leaned her head back giving him better access when he started kissing her neck. She sighed and placed her hand on the back of his head.
"Eww! In the kitchen!"
They sprung apart and saw Eric covering his eyes.
Kitty moved to the counter and said "let me get you some breakfast."
Eric muttered "no thanks. I lost my appetite."
Kitty laughed and Red grinned.
Kitty said "we hadn't even gotten that far!"
Eric groaned "mom stop!"
Kitty smiled.
They sat down and ate breakfast while Eric picked at his. Red just rolled his eyes.
After breakfast Kitty was cleaning up when Red came up behind her. He slid his arms around her and said "call me if you need me. I'll be here to pick you up for your appointment at 2:00. Try not to worry to much."
She nodded. He kissed her cheek and walked out the door.
Throughout the day she tried to busy herself to keep her mind off of her appointment.
She sat at the table drumming her fingers lost in her own world. She nearly jumped out of her skin when Red kissed her cheek.
She sighed in relief.
He said "sorry I scared you. Are you ready to go?"
She looked at him and said "no Red I'm not but I guess I have no choice."
He held out her hand and she took it. They walked outside and went to her appointment.