"What is it?" Nick asked with a huge smile, he had a pretty good idea about what she was about to tell him, and he was extremely happy and excited.
"You know how usually we have two parent teacher conferences during the school year, one in the fall and one in the spring?"
"Yeah." Nick said nodding his head, trying to hide his disappointment.
"Well this year we are only going to have one, the one in the fall. It's a huge stress relief for me, you know how I get about those, I love being able to talk to the parents but I would rather just do that throughout the year, when I or a parent feels it necessary, I'm always available if the parents need to get a hold of me and so the need to set up actual meetings is just a hassle and for whatever reason I always stress out, so I'm happy that there is only one this year." She finished with a smile.
"That's nice honey." He told her with a smile while meanwhile mentally he was upset with himself for jumping to stupid conclusions, he knows better than that.
"What's wrong? You seem upset." She told him.
"What? No, I'm not upset, I'm just tired." He fibbed as he once again smiled at her.
"Oh, ok." She replied.
"And I'm glad that you only have one parent-teacher conference session this year, it will take a lot off of your mind come spring time." He said sincerely.
"Thank you."
He leaned over and kissed her cheek.
"Goodnight, I love you." He told her.
"I love you too." She replied.
He kissed her again before he rolled over so he could go to sleep.
"Nick?"
"Yes?" He answered.
"There's one more thing."
TBC….