Only You

52

"Can I ask you something?" I asked while slipping into a new pair of undergarments 

Michael and I had just gotten out of the shower from getting cleaned up, and while we were in there I couldn't help but wonder whether children were something he wanted or not. I've always wanted kids, but once Jake started getting more difficult I decided to go on birth control to avoid pregnancy. 

However right now, its possible Michael does have a child, and overall I'm curious as to what he is thinking about the situation

"shoot" he responded from the bed 

"Are children something you want?" I looked over at him, he was sitting on the bed while scrolling on his phone. He immediately looked up at me once I spoke 

"Yes, I do want kids. Do you?" 

"I do" I smiled, I shuffled over to the bed and sat next to him now that I had a t-shirt on "how soon would you want them?"

"I mean, I'm turning 29 in a few months so hopefully sooner than 5 years" he chuckled, he turns 29 in August which I had already started thinking about since we're in mid June now "is that okay with you?" He asked

"Why do you ask?" I am more than okay with it, but I'm curious to know why he asked if its okay with me

"Well you're the one I want to have children with, if everything works out of course, so I want to make sure that's okay with you" all of a sudden I felt butterflies in my stomach, the good kind.

We've only known each other for a few months, but every part of my being knows he's the one. I've heard people say before that time is nothing when it comes to relationships, you could be with someone for 5 years and be more in love with someone you've only been with for 2 months

I mean my own parents were only together for 2 months before they got married and pregnant with my older brother, and they were together for 25 years before they passed.

I've come to realize that I'm truly in love with Michael, and what I thought I had with Jake was far from love

"I'd love that" I could feel my smile take over my entire face

"Good"

"I know mom, I'd like that too" Michael spoke from the living room while I washed the dishes

He calls his mom every Sunday at some point during the day, which in turn reminds me of my mom. I wish my mom could have met Michael, I'm sure she would have loved him.

"Let me double check and I'll get back to you with a definite answer" I loved that he had a close relationship with his parents, it truly made me feel that if we do end up having kids they would have a close relationship with him because of it 

"I promise mom, I love you too" he chuckled as he hung up 

"What was that about" I asked, setting down the last dish on the drying rack 

"So" he got up off the couch and met me at the kitchen island "my mom really wants to meet you"

"Aww really?" I felt my cheeks turning warm, the thought of her wanting to meet me made me feel important in some way..it took forever for me to meet Jake's parents

"Yeah, is there any way you would be up to driving down to Houston this weekend?" I definitely wasn't expecting to meet them this soon, but am excited that they want to meet me 

"I'd love to" he took my hands in his 

"Are you sure?" he asked "I know its a little soon into our relationship but I have talked about you a lot to them so my mom finally said she needs to meet you"