“Ruby?”
“Yeah babe?”
“I think I want us to have a baby.”
With Sapphire around, there was never such a thing as an uncomfortable silence for Ruby. Every moment of silence was just moments spent enjoying each other’s company. This rang true for when Sapphire was driving especially, as she preferred the quiet atmosphere and Ruby had a habit of falling asleep when she wasn’t driving. However, if there was ever an uncomfortable silence with her, it would have been then. She found her mouth dry, and she swallowed several times as she tried to come up with a way to respond to the sudden decision from her wife.
“What uh…” She swallowed again, glancing to her lover before trying again. “What brought this up?”
“I saw this pregnant woman at the store the other day. She was absolutely glowing, and she looked so happy. After that, I started noticing families everywhere we went. They all look so happy and complete, and… I was thinking… Well, what would be wrong with us having a baby?”
“Besides the lack of correct parts?” she quipped, only to earn a slight glance from Sapphire before she turned back to the road. Neither of them had ever expressed discontent with the lack of parts before, and Ruby hoped that wouldn’t start now. She was just trying to point out flaws in her plan, not hurt Sapphire. She never wanted to hurt her.
“You and I both know that there’s ways around that,” Sapphire said without a single second of hesitation, as if she had already thought this all out. She probably had.
Ruby fell silent as she thought over this, running her thumbs over each other nervously. She had never thought about having a baby with Sapphire before. She had never been too fond of kids to begin with actually, and thankfully she didn’t have to worry about that too much with her job as a personal trainer. However, Sapphire was not only the music teacher at the local elementary school, she loved to sing for kids at birthday parties and just generally be around them. She should have figured it would only be a matter of time before something like this would come up.
“I… I’m not sure…” She barely caught the briefest twitches of Sapphire’s lips, and sighed. If she hadn’t known her as well, she wouldn’t have noticed her disappointment at all. “You really have your heart set on this though, don’t you?”
“Yes. I’m sorry if you don’t want to though. I’m not gonna force you to–”
“No, let’s do it,” she cut her off quickly, lest she end up regretting it later. “Besides, we’ve been married for like five years and we talked about it before, but never came to a decision, so I think the question was never really, if but rather when. We can look into more once we finish moving, okay?” A huge grin spread across Sapphire’s face, and she found herself returning it. She couldn’t help it. Sapphire’s smile was infectious, and she was so lucky to have Sapphire as her lovely wife.
“Really?” Her fingers thrummed lightly against the steering wheel in barely contained excitement, and it proved just how happy she had made it. Ruby hoped it would end well in the end, and Sapphire wouldn’t end up completely crushed.
“Really,” she confirmed. If it had been anyone other than her stoic wife, they might have been bouncing up and down in the seat. Instead, the singer gripped the wheel tighter for just a moment before tapping her thumbs against it five times in rapid succession to a beat only she could hear, no longer little light thrumming.
“I love you so much, Ruby. Thank you for agreeing to do this. It means so much to me.” She smirked at that and leaned across the console, planting a kiss on Sapphire’s cheek and earning a smile giggle in response to the feathery kiss.
“Love you too Sapphire. As long as you’ll be around, I’m sure I can manage.” The car fell silent again, and Ruby smiled fondly at the sight of her wife thrumming her fingers along the wheel. They were going to start a family, and nothing would stand in their way.