A few weeks had passed and the happiness continued to grow.
"Hey, honey, how was your first day of work?"
"Ugh. It was okay, I suppose, but I would have rather been watching you at the paper. Hey…are you hiding something?"
"Noooo…why would you think that?"
"Because…you…are…hiding…something."
He said as he reached for the arm she kept tightly behind her back.
"An EPT? AN EPT? Are you pregnant?"
"Um…probably…are you okay?"
He picked her up and swung her around in a loving embrace.
"Okay? Okay? Oh, my gosh…I'm thrilled! We're having a baby! Oh, I love you so much!"
She starred in admiration. He took it a lot better than she thought he would.
"I guess you just struck me as the type of man that wouldn't want a baby, at least not this early on."
"But, honey, I'm not having a baby with just anyone…I'm having a baby with you! You…you I can imagine being the perfect mother to my children, and with you, I feel I can do anything…even be a good father. Don't you see, Rory…you make me into that man…you make me better."
"Well then…I think we should celebrate."
He raised an eyebrow and wrapped her in another hug.
"Hmmm…I think we should."
…………………………………
Two months had passed.
"Rory, Jesse, I think we might have missed something at our previous check-ups."
Rory squeezed Jesse's hand a little tighter and spoke with genuine concern in her voice.
"Oh my gosh! Is the baby okay? Did something happen?"
"You might want to prepare yourselves. This might come as sort of a sock. Your baby is okay, but technically, we should really make that plural and say babies."
This time it was Jesse who squeezed her hand a little tighter. It was panic in his voice when he spoke.
"Babies…as in more than one?"
"Come here. I'll show you on the ultrasound. Here's one. Here's two. And here's three."
"THREE? Triplets?"
"I told you it might be a little bit of a shock at first. I'll leave you two to discuss this for a minute."
The doctor walked out into the hallway, closing the door behind him. The couple stood in silence for a moment before Rory worked up the courage to talk.
"Jesse, are you okay? Are you upset?"
"Surprising…no. To be honest with you, I'm actually sort of elated. I mean, I am worried about finances and things like that. In general, though, I'm thrilled. You are carrying triplets….the mother of my children. Those lives, well, they represent the love between you and me, and how can I be upset that there is just more of that love than we had first thought?"
"I'm glad you feel that way. I'm excited, too!"
She starts doing a little dance in the exam bed.
"Yay! We're having triplets….we're having triplets….we're having triplets."
Jesse just stood back and laughed. He had never been happier.