Month 2:

Red held Emma's hand as she lay on the exam table at the OBGYN. They were going to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time.

The doctor put the cold gel on Emma's stomach.

"Aww shit that's cold!" Emma yelped.

Dr. Martin laughed at the young woman . "I know." She said. "Even when I warn mothers each time they still jump."

"Are you ready to hear your baby's heartbeat?" She asked the two women.

Red and Emma both nodded in anticipation. The first time they saw the baby was at 5 weeks and it was a little peanut of a spot. Now at 8 weeks pregnant, they would hear the heartbeat.

The doctor placed the sonar prob on Emma's slightly swollen belly. She looked around for a few seconds and then they heard it.

Thump thump -thump thump

Emma immediately let out a sob as tears ran down her cheeks. She couldn't stop staring at the screen where the little spot now had a flickering heartbeat. She felt a tear drop on her hand and she looked up to see Red staring straight ahead at the screen, as tears slipped down her face. She made no attempt to wipe them away as they slipped down the bridge of her nose onto Emma's hand.

"Love?" Emma said bring the cook out of her inner thoughts. She looked down at Emma, bright blue eyes shining.

"What are you thinking?" She asked her red headed wife.

"I'm thinking that I have never seen or heard such a beautiful thing in such a very long time." She said.

The doctor gave them a picture of the ultrasound to keep. Then she left so Emma could change.

As they walked out of the building hand in hand Emma turned to her wife. "I love you so much. I know this isn't where you thought you would be at this point of your life but here you are. And I am so happy you choose to live this life with me."

Red smiled "I didn't think I'd be here. But I also at one point didn't think I would fall in love again. Or that the person I would fall so deeply in love with would be a woman so much younger than me. But I did and I love you so much and I will never stop. And I already love this little sprite inside of you. Our baby..ours." Red said placing her hand on Emma's stomach.

Emma smiled through her daily hormones running down her face as she placed her own hand on top of Red's. She kissed her wife and they walked to the car to go home, holding hands the entire way.