One year later...
Greg cut a fat slice from the cake top and handed the plate to Sara. "Happy anniversary, babe."
"Happy anniversary to you, lover." She smiled and took a bite of the frosting - her favorite part of cake, he'd discovered. "It's been a great year."
"It has. " He paused for a moment. "Any regrets?"
"Only that we couldn't find a babysitter for tonight. I was looking forward to another hot night at the Tropicana."
"And in two weeks you'll get it. Meanwhile, you'll have to settle for a hot night pretending our bedroom is the honeymoon suite at the Tropicana." He looked her over lasciviously. "I'm glad Katie's a heavy sleeper."
She smirked. "Yeah, me too."
He took her hand. "I have something to ask you." Sara looked up from her frosting and nodded. "Will you have my baby?"
"Well, now. We've been married a year, we're settled in our new house, our finances are pretty good, and Katie is walking and talking. This time, THIS time I would have to say... yes."
She laughed as a grin settled on his sunny features. He swept her into a kiss. "I love you so much, Sara. I hope you know that."
"I love you too, Greg. " She sighed. "I never thought I could be this happy. When I was a little girl, after... after I ended up in foster care, I'd be walking to school. I'd walk by all these houses with the picket fences, and I'd think about the families inside eating bacon and eggs and waffles and drinking orange juice and kissing their kids on the cheek and telling them to have a great day. My throat would get tight because I knew I'd be having my cold, slimy oatmeal in the cafeteria with the other charity breakfast kids - no kisses and have a good day for me, just a shove out the door. I knew... I thought I'd never get to be one of those people surrounded by loving family, but now I am, I have it all, and you gave it to me. "
He pulled her to him. "You gave it to me, too. We're going to make the prettiest, smartest babies together. On our fiftieth wedding anniversary they're all going to give us a big party and afterward we're going to creep up the stairs to our bedroom and try to recreate tonight." He took her lips in an ardent kiss. "Now Katie's asleep, so why don't we give ourselves an experience to shoot for?"