We had been together for a year, and here I was freaking out because I missed my period.

I didn’t tell Charlie anything about this because he was getting ready for the big promotion party and I needed to figure this one out on my own, or so I thought.

The next day I get up early to go to the store I quickly buy a pregnancy text and run straight to the Walmart bathroom.

After ten minutes of balling my eyes out, I gather myself and rush home. “He doesn’t need to know yet.” I tell myself.

I start crying as I begin to panic. “What if he doesn’t want a child with me?” I think and think. I get home go straight to the shower and get ready for tonight, I come out and Charlie is sitting on our bed with my purse sitting next to him and the pregnancy test in his hand. He says softly, “You’re pregnant?” I answer back, “I was gonna tell you,” and I begin to ball my eyes, he rushes over to me and says “baby, why are you crying?”

“I’m just scared you’re not gonna want this with me.”

He grabs my rosy cheeks gently, and says “this is everything I’ve ever wanted and more.”

He looks at me in awe for being so silly, and laughter begin to echo around the room.