He’s right, of course. We will do great at raising another child. If we are having one…
“There’s a chance I might not be pregnant…” I remind him because, honestly, we’ve only been trying for a couple of months.
“Is it time yet?” he asks.
I look at the clock and nod.
“Then, let’s check, baby.”
“You do it,” I whisper, scared to look.
“I got you, baby,” he murmurs, kissing my forehead, making me smile. He always has me—even when I didn’t deserve his love, he gave it. He tells me all the time that he’s the one that messed up all those years ago. I never agree, but I love that he thinks so. In the end, it boiled down to the fact that we were really young, and grief caused us to lose our way.
But we found our way back to each other and that’s all that matters.
I take a deep, shaky breath as Bryant looks at the pregnancy test.
When he turns to look at me, his face is unreadable.
“Bryant?” I ask. A smile finally forms on his face and then deepens. I take a breath and tears sting my eyes.
“We’re pregnant, Maggie May,” he announces, and I hurl myself into his arms.
He hugs me close and holds me while I cry. He’s done that before.
But these are definitely happy tears.
“We’re going to have a baby,” I sob, joy pushing through me and making me feel as if the sun is shining just on me and Bryant.
“We are,” Bryant says, pulling back to look at me.
“Have I ever told you that I love you, Maggie May?”
“Maybe once or twice, but I sure would like to hear it again,” I respond, playing along.
He surprises me by opening the nightstand drawer and grabbing a jewelry box that I had no idea was there. “I got you a little something…”
My hands shake as I open the box. Inside is a charm bracelet. It’s silver and beautiful. I pick it up, the charms chiming together lyrically. In the middle is a shiny tree that has Magnolia blossoms with a tiny diamond in it. Beside it, there’s a baseball with the letter B in the middle, which makes me giggle because the first time I ever spoke to him was because he was playing catch with my brother at school and the ball almost hit me. Next, there’s a little car—a Subaru—making me let out a surprised laugh. It’s the next charm that grabs hold of my heart, though. It’s an angel and my hands shake as I struggle to read the tiny ribbon the angel is holding.
Brylee.
“Bryant,” I whisper, tears stinging my eyes.
“Keep going, Maggie,” he says softly.
I nod, doing my best to suck back the tears stinging my eyes. There’s another little Subaru next, making me roll my eyes. “Lord,” I mumble, torn between laughing and crying.
“You have to admit, we have a thing for sex in cars, Maggie.”
We do, so I say nothing. My fingers move gently over the little boy charm with the letter T on it. Next, there’s a tiny cabin that makes me giggle followed by a wedding cake. After that, there’s another car, although this one is a Volvo and I look at him in surprise. He and I chose to go back to the bar where we met up the night we made Terry. Somehow, that equated to us making out in the parking lot in my brand-new Volvo. I eventually let him buy me a new one, mostly because I got tired of all the wet carpet jokes. Bryant told me that night he got me pregnant. I didn’t believe him at first… and yet here we are. After that charm, there’s a baby wrapped up in a blanket.
“She said when we had a name we could bring the charm in, and they’ll add the letter,” he explains, his larger finger moving against the charm. “And I had her put an infinity charm here because we’ll add more, but I wanted you to understand that our story will never end,” he says and then looks at me.
“I already know that, but I love the reminder,” I tell him, my voice gentle. “I don’t know what I ever did to deserve you, Bryant, but I’m so very thankful you didn’t give up on me.”
“I feel the same way, Maggie. I love you, sweetheart.”
“I love you, too, Bryant, I always will,” I vow.
Mine and Bryant’s story isn’t the most beautiful. It was gut-wrenchingly hard at times, but it was perfect, and I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I’m right where I belong—where I’ll always belong.
In Bryant’s arms.
The End.
I hope you loved Maggie and Bryant’s story as much as I did. I have a preorder up for Blue Lucas and Meadow’s book. You can click the image to go to my website and find out more. It’s a little bit into the future, but trust me you will see Ida Sue and some of the gang sooner.
J
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