"Okay blankets are all set up, let's get snuggled up under the top one and I'll pour you a glass of your favourite" I say to Bridget as she moves to get comfy next to me.
"This is wonderful, I'm so glad we decided to come out here tonight, and I don't think the sky could be any clearer" Bridget says as she accepts the glass of wine I am holding out to her.
"Thanks sweetheart" she adds.
"I know, I really don't think we could have gotten a more perfect night to celebrate and you're welcome my love"
"I could stay here cuddled up next to you forever Franky, wouldn't that be just wonderful?"
"It sure would Gidge, shame we need to do adult things like work" I laugh lightly.
"I know, don't remind me, I am so glad it is Friday night, means I have you to myself the whole weekend" Bridget says with a smirk and a playful wink.
I raise my eyebrows and lean over Bridget claiming her lips in a kiss that has a lot more heat than the one shared in the restaurant.
"I'll be sure to remember that for once I get you home" I mumble in between pecking more kisses to her lips.
We sit in a comfortable silence for a few minutes, until my mind drifts to what I have been increasingly thinking about for a while now. I start to play with my fingers nervously as I try to think of the best way to bring up the subject, however, Bridget notices my nervous trait before I can think of anything.
"Penny for your thoughts darling?" she says in the sweetest voice, filled with so much love. I can feel the tears start to gather in my eyes as I gaze into the blue orbs of my amazingly beautiful wife.
"Franky? Honey you're starting to worry me, what's the matter?"
"Nothing's wrong baby, I'm just so incredibly happy, if you were to tell me a little over three years ago I'd be sat here now with you? I'd have told you that you were crazy! I have everything I've always wanted now thanks to you…well almost everything" I add shyly and dip my head down to stare at my lap.
"You have done wonderfully baby, and I couldn't be any prouder of you…but what do you mean by almost? I mean, career wise you are on track to finish your law degree soon and you can apply to be a lawyer at a great firm and no longer a paralegal, that's within reach now Franky, you almost have everything you've always wanted" Bridget smiles at me, as a few tears escape my eyes and trail down my cheeks.
"Don't cry my love, come on talk to me, it is career related, yes?" I let out a breath as I stare at Bridget.
"No Gidge, it's not about that at all, it's about us and our life together" Bridget frowned and I could see the confusion in her eyes.
"Okay…Franky you're starting to worry me now, have I done something wrong?" I feel terrible now looking at how scared Bridget looks, I reach for both her hands and hold them tight as I reply to her.
"No, no, God Gidge I'm sorry I didn't mean to worry you, it's nothing bad, not at all. Actually I'm hoping it will be a good thing for us". I smile at her as she seems to get even more confused by my words.
"Okay, do you want to tell me then? Or am I supposed to guess? Bridget raises her eyebrows at me and I let out a small laugh.
"Right, okay, so you see…the thing is, I've been thinking, for a while now, like a few months, that umm, well I mean it's just an idea…ahh okay, Bridget I love you so much, I feel like we have so much love, so I was thinking, wanted to know what you would say to the idea, just an idea! That umm, we add to our family?"
"FRANKY! Oh wow I had no idea you were thinking of that sort of thing! You mean like a baby right? Don't tell me you were that nervous over the prospect of a puppy?!"
I had to chuckle at the sight in front of me, my normally very well put together wife looks incredibly flustered.
"Yes! Of course I meant a baby Gidge, God! I'm not that nervy!"
"Umm, okay well I mean I have thought of the prospect, yes, I just honestly never thought it was something you wanted so I guess I just kind of took it off the table, so to speak. Why now though? What's made you want a baby together now?" I smile at Bridget, moving my thumbs across her knuckles in a comforting motion.
"Well, mostly it's seeing so many babies and kids around, they're literally everywhere right now! Then of course when Amelia came around last month to show us little Benjamin, my heart melted when you help him, you looked so happy and maternal with him in your arms and I remember watching you and thinking to myself 'I wish we had one of our own', so umm yeah, I think we'd be really great parents Gidge and I want that life for us."
I look up to see a steady stream of tears running down my beautiful wife's face, I take my thumbs to wipe them away and give her a worried look, just as I was about to open my mouth, Bridget manages to choke out.
"Happy tears Franky, happy tears" she then lunges herself towards me, her lips making contact with mine in a heated exchange of emotions, we both try to pour as much of our love for each other into the kiss as possible. We now both have tears flowing down our faces. I end the kiss to Bridget's lips and start to kiss away all of her tears, placing kisses on her cheeks, eyelids and then finally her nose. We then pull apart and sit there, smiling brightly at one another.
"Take me home Franky, I think we both need our rest, something tells me we're going to be quite busy in the near future."
"As you wish my love"