Prompt: Doug Witter - "You know maybe I'm a selfish idiot but I'm happy with what we have. I mean I like that it's just the two of us and I don't care that the rest of the world isn't involved." - 'Dawson's Creek'
Coming home from work, I stepped into the kitchen and paused. As usual, Kathleen was at the sink preparing dinner. Coming home to her never got old. More than once a day, I still found myself wondering why she ever said yes to marrying me. But the fact was, she had and despite all the people who told us we were to young for marriage, we were doing okay.
Kathleen's parents had turned their back on them in protest of the marriage. My mother, though supportive, lived too far away now to be of help on a daily basis. My father, had passed away of a heart attack two years earlier leaving me the garage which was now our livelihood. It really was, only the two of them, but I didn't mind. I loved the life we had chosen and I would do it all again. So what if no one else was involved. The two of us were all we needed.
Walking across the kitchen, I stopped just behind Kathleen and wrapped my arms around her waist. "That smells delicious," I told her, savoring the aroma coming from the food she was preparing on the stove.
"Everything I make smells delicious," Kathleen responded, tilting her head for a kiss.
I gave her a quick kiss. "Can I help it if you're such a good cook," I replied.
She turned in my arms, resting her hands on my shoulders. "Do you think I'll make just as good a mother?" she asked, looking up at me.
"Of course you will. Where is that question coming from?" I asked, confused. This exchange had never taken this direction before.
"Because I'm pregnant. The doctor called to confirm it this afternoon," she replied.
"Seriously?" I asked, trying t let the news sink in. Kids had always been in our plans just not quite this soon. We had only been married for two months. I had been hoping for a year or two of just the two of us before a child came along.
Kathleen nodded. "Guess I'm that minuscule percent the pill didn't work for," she replied. "Are you upset."
I thought about it and the answer came to me immediately. "No, I'm not. Surprised, yes but not upset. I'm just going to have to savor every day I have left of having you all to myself before I have to learn to share you with our child. I love you and I love this child whoever he or she may be."
"I was hoping you would say that," Kathleen said as she hugged me tight.
I still felt like the luckiest man alive to be able to hold her in my arms.