Was it weird that I was excited to watch her belly grow with my kid in it?
Hm.
She laughed at my words. Or maybe it was at me. Either way, I loved that sound so it didn’t matter how I got to hear it.
I pulled her to her feet and wrapped her up in my arms.
“Hey, daddy,” she said in a sexy tone right next to my ear.
“Okay, that’s weird now. Nope.”
“Yeah,” she agreed with me in a flat tone.
“Um, Bridge?”
“Yes, Lake?”
“I don’t know what the hell to do now.”
It was one thing to be on the outside watching everyone around you have babies and kids and shit. But it was another to be the one having the kid.
Raising it.
Taking care of it.
Protecting it.
Making sure it knew all the important things in life and that it ate enough fruits and vegetables and didn’t pick its nose in public.
I probably should have started with not calling it anit.
“We start a new adventure,” she said like the answer was that simple.
And, well, maybe simple was the way to go.
“Alright,” I said with a firm nod. “Let’s do this.”
—The End—
Or… is it just the beginning…
