There For You

Mila

“I love you, too.”

There was nothing else to say. Words couldn’t describe how we both felt at that moment.

After I changed back into my clothes, we met Dr. Holt in her office again. She gave me a prescription for prenatal supplements and an eating plan with do’s and don’ts for the next seven months.

“I’ll see you back here in about eight weeks,” Dr. Holt said. “Then we’ll find out what you’re having.”

When Ben and I walked back to the car, I felt like I was walking on air. Everything felt different, now. I felt more ready to be a mother, to have this baby and to raise it, than I had before. Now that I had seen the baby, I knew that I wanted all of this.

Did Ben feel the same?

“You know, you still have time to back out of this,” I said to Ben. He stopped dead in his tracks and looked at me.

“What makes you think I would want that?” he asked.

I pulled up my shoulder. I couldn’t guarantee that this feeling of amazement was mutual. Ben took a step closer to me and kissed me long and