Chapter 18: A Wonderful Life... Finally

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by Maksyl18

by Maksyl18

Chapter 18
A Wonderful Life... Finally
Meryl
Everything was finally coming together. Ever since the wedding there has been nothing but drama for me and Maks. The fight, the baby, but now we can finally sit down and enjoy our new life together with our new dog. Speaking of, Bear is the sweetest puppy I have ever met. He just radiates love for me and Maks. He is our furry little baby and we put all our love towards him. Just the other day I was thinking what it would be like if we still had the baby and Bear as well. Life would be so different if Bear had a little sister to play with and protect. Now I think about if Maks and I were to try again how would that affect poor Bear? He's already so used to being the center of our love and attention. If we brought someone else into the family and out of nowhere take the attention away from him, I fear that he would grow to dislike the baby. I don't want that to happen, if we do eventually have a baby I want Bear to love her as much as we do. So I decided to go to Maks. He was in the living room sprawled out on the couch. I jumped onto him and he pretended my weight injured him. But he smiled and kissed me lightly.
"What's up, love?" he asked petting my hair.
"I think Bear has to interact more with little kids." I said and played with the collar of his T-shirt.
"Really? And why the sudden thought?" Maks asked with slight amusement in his eyes.
"I just thought that maybe if we were to ever consider trying again then Bear would have to share the attention. And you know Bear he's already a spoiled little mama's boy so if we wait any longer then he's going to dislike the baby if we succeed and I don't know it was just a thought." I rushed out, fumbling over my words. I didn't look into his eyes for a while. But the silence was deafening. I looked up and saw a mix of emotions in his eyes. "What?" I squeaked. He cupped my head in his hand and pulled me down into a kiss.
"I love you." he whispered when he broke the kiss.
Maks
I was so proud of Meryl that she could actually talk about babies now without breaking down into tears. She even wanted to try again. Even though the other baby had been a mistake it was the best mistake that had ever happened to us. Losing her was devastating and it crushed the hope that we had about having a child. If Meryl wanted to try and have another one I would have no problems with that. Honestly though I didn't think she was ready but I would wait as long as it took for her to be. Right now our attention was on Bear and preparing him for any addition to the family in the future. It was a great idea but I just didn't know how we would accomplish it. I went to Meryl asking her what she planned on doing.
"Well we could bring Bear to Tony's if he wouldn't mind. I know you guys are close friends, maybe if Bear got used to kids then he wouldn't be too intimidated if one ... were to... you know." Meryl said nervously. I wrapped my arm around her shoulders and kissed her head.
"I'll call Tony."
Meryl
Tony was so happy that we were coming over and he said the kids would love to see Bear. Bear had his head outside the window the whole way there. He was adorable, so free with his ears flapping in the wind. Everything was perfect. But I still couldn't shake the thought that it would've been even more perfect with our baby girl in my arms. I fell into a daydream while Maks drove us to Tony's. I was in a room, the room we were working on for the baby. I was sitting in a rocking chair holding a beautiful baby girl. She looked at me with Maks' big brown eyes and happy smile that I loved. I looked up when I saw Bear run in. He stopped and sat right in front of me and the baby. He looked bigger, a teenage dog. He reached his nose towards the baby and sniffed her. I laughed and pet his head. He looked up at me and I swore he smiled. The baby was falling asleep in my arms so I stood and put her in her crib. On it read a name: Viktoria.
"Of course." I said and laughed a little.
"What are you laughing at?" Maks asked, amusement in his eyes. I realized I was back in the car with him.
"Oh nothing, just thinking." I said. I wanted that life. I wanted to have a baby. You still can. The inner voice in my head said. I was going to have the life I wanted with Maks no matter what.
Maks
We spent the whole day at Tony's and Bear seem to get along with the kids quite nicely. He played with them and didn't mind when they would come to us. We paid attention to both just as we would if we had children. It was a fun day but everything has to come to an end. Meryl took Bear into the front seat with us, he was so tired he fell asleep in a ball on her lap.
"I think he's going to be just fine." Meryl said when we finally arrived home. She carried a now slightly awake Bear inside. I closed the door and followed Meryl into the living room with Bear. I watched him walk to his bed, circle around a few times, lay down, yawn and finally put his head down and fall asleep. Dogs... I thought and shook my head. I looked around and noticed Meryl wasn't in the room.
"Meryl?" I called
"Hold on! Stay right there." She yelled from the bedroom. I shrugged my coat off and sat down on the couch, taking my shoes off. I looked up and saw Meryl standing there in just her robe. I raised my eyebrows in a question. She nodded her head towards the bedroom and headed towards it herself. I abandoned my shoes and followed her. I stood in the doorway of the bedroom seeing Meryl laying there on the bed waiting for me to join her. There were candles all around the floor and the lights were off. I laid down on the bed next to her and pulled her to me. I was in a trance and couldn't let go. It was like a dream. Meryl put her arms around my neck.
"Happy Valentines Day." She whispered before kissing me tenderly.
" It's not until tomorrow." I said stupidly, she laughed.
"I couldn't wait." She said then went quiet. She looked like she wanted to say something else but she didn't.
"What is it?" I asked suddenly concerned. Meryl looked up into my eyes.
"I'm ready. I want to try again. I mean if you want to." She said it. She wants to try and have a baby. Wow. I knew this was a big step for her after what happened.
"Are you sure?" I asked. I didn't want her doing anything she wasn't completely sure about.
"I'm sure." She said a little shakily.
"Then come here." I whispered and pulled her into my arms, trying to tell her how much she meant to me with one long, love filled kiss. She helped me get my shirt off, her touch was intoxicating. There was nothing else but Meryl and I right now in this very moment. The rest of the world just disappeared.