Branch Three Hundred and Eighty

Brian felt himself awake as the stick flashed before him. "What do you mean?" he asked. Suddenly the sleep he had been feeling all this while had left his eyes and he was now sober and awake.

"I know only a doctor's test can confirm it but I took all the tests we have left and every single one came out positive," she told him.

His hands went around her to wrap her in a hug. He signed in relief. He did not know what to expect but to hear her voice sound so joyful was almost a miracle to him. She has always had those down moments and days.

"Brian?" she asked when he remained in the hug without uttering a single word.

"I am so happy, my joy knows no bounds," he tells her as he tightens the hug.

She wiggles in his embrace and waits for him to free her. His hands go to her face and he cups it in his. He kisses her whole face all over. "I love you" he whispered in between the kisses.

"I love you more," she said with a giggle following the statement.

"How did this.....?" he trailed of