"Well hello Mr. And Mrs. Atwood." Sandy and Jimmy greets them with a smile as they walk into the Cohen's front door. It's been two days since the wedding and they wanted to spend time with the family before heading off to Italy for their honeymoon. Marissa gives Sandy a kiss on the cheek and heads to the kitchen. "How are the newly weds doing?" Sandy asks Ryan as he closes the door behind them.
"Never better. Only, Marissa's been acting a little weird since yesterday morning." Ryan replies.
"What do you mean?" Jimmy asks.
"Well, nothing big, I mean, I'm pretty sure she doesn't want a divorce just yet," he says with a small laugh, "but, she's been tired a lot, who knows, maybe from lack of sleep, I know she was working hard on the wedding and stuff so."
"Yeah, it's probably just exhaustion. She just needs rest." Sandy says reassuringly.
"Yeah, so our honeymoon would be well deserved. I'm so glad we're leaving tomorrow night." Ryan utters as Sandy puts a hand on his back leading him into the kitchen.
"Hey, buddy! How's the wife treating ya?" Ryan laughs and gives Seth a hug.
"Hey man." He says softly with a smile and then gives Summer a kiss on the cheek as she hands him a glass of wine.
"Here, Coop." Summer says holding out a glass for Marissa to take as Ryan and Seth head over to the table to help Kirsten and Julie set up.
Marissa shakes her head, "No, it's alright, I'll just have a glass of water."
Summer, surprised at her best friend's sobriety, laughs, "What? Since when do you say no to a glass of wine?"
Marissa lets out a small laugh and takes the glass, "Just not in the mood for alcohol, I'll give it to Ryan." She says softly.
"Come on, Coop. What are you pregnant or something?" Summer says jokingly. Marissa doesn't say anything, but smiles at her friend, and from the corner of her eye, she sees Ryan and Jimmy turn their head quickly, right after they hear Summer's comment.
"What?" Ryan asks, not blinking. Marissa smiles shyly and looks at her best friend, who's face was in disbelief and then back to her husband.
"Baby, I was gunna tell you tonight…" Marissa begins nervously, seeing her husband's shock. "I'm sorry, I just tried the pregnancy test this morning…"
"You're…you're pregnant? I mean, are you sure?" Ryan asks, his face expressionless.
"Yeah, I did it 4 times to make sure, and I'm pretty sure I peed on the stick right." She replies with a small nervous laugh. Suddenly, a wide smile begins to form on Ryan's face and he takes Marissa's face in his hands and kisses her lips.
The rest of the family watches with smiles on the faces. Jimmy wraps an arm around Julie who was in the verge of tears, but with a big smile on her face. "I'm gunna be a dad!" Ryan shouts. "Oh my God! I'm gunna be a father!" he says softly, staring into Marissa's eyes. "I need to sit down."
Marissa laughs and drops a soft kiss on Ryan's cheek as everyone begins to say their congrats and gives out the hugs.
After hours of talking about the future, baby names and labor, Ryan decides it was time to head home for him and Marissa. He wants to make sure Marissa is well rested for their trip tomorrow and he wants to make sure the baby would be in good health so the couple decides that a quick trip to the doctor's the next morning would be in order.
Ryan grips the wheel tightly, thoughts racing through his mind. He wonders if it was going to a boy or a girl and thinks about driving to little league baseball games if it was going to be a little boy, or ballet recitals if it was a girl. He imagines reading a bedtime story to his child and tucking them in. He wonders how the next few months would be like with Marissa, how it would feel like to carry his baby for the first time, but most of all, he wonders if he was going to be a good dad, if he was going to be even half the father Sandy Cohen was to him and Seth, not like his own father who bailed on the family when Ryan was only 4 years old. He shakes his head and realizes that his child would not be going through the same childhood as he did, and Ryan was going to make sure of that. He pictures his little boy or girl running towards him after a hard day's work and gives him soft kisses on his cheek that makes him forget about his frustrations. Ryan finds himself smiling at his thoughts and glances sideways at his wife, looking out the window.
Marissa stares out of the window of the car as she imagines what the baby is going to be like, if she's gunna be going to pee wee football games or driving to ballet practices. She imagines girls' day out if she was to have a daughter, or when she would be packing lunches for a father-son bonding day. She wonders about her child's first steps, first words, first day of school, and even their first broken heart. She imagines family nights when the three of them would watch movies, or play board games. The thoughts put a smile on her face and she turns her head and looks over at Ryan who has his eyes focused on the road with a smile on his face and Marissa knows that he too was thinking about the same thing.
Ryan catches a glimpse of Marissa watching him and takes her hand into his as they paint a picture of their future together.
Alright, i need opinions, boy or girl? and i need names too...i've got some girl names picked out but i dunno about them yet. Any suggestions?