It was not a good day. Yes, Riley needed to face this. She knew they should have been there when the baby was born. She'd wanted to be there so badly. She'd even made time to take the time off, but NO. Melissa had other plans. It was making Riley fidget now. If only she could have been there for Em and Yuki.
"It's not a big deal," Melissa shrugged. "It's a baby."
Melissa said she'd gone through it with her sister. And really, she found it boring and horribly disgusting. She winked about it in a rather tragic way as they were on their way to Em and Yuki's from Iowa.
"But I wanted to know, I wanted to be there for the birth," Riley fretted.
"Oh, get over it, will you," Melissa finally looked at Riley in the passenger side. "They wouldn't have let you be there for the birthing."
Melissa sighed heavily. Riley looked out the window at the grassy landscape patched with old farms. She was practically in tears. She wouldn't dare want to be in a spat with her girlfriend. They never ever really argued. Well, because Riley always made sure not to disagree. That was it. But now...she wondered if she was really being honest.
"I want a baby," Riley blurted while she watched a car pass on the partly cloudy day.
"A BABY?" She thought Melissa might swerve and put them in the wrong lane. Riley held on tight. "Are you crazy?"
Riley shot her a look, thinking Melissa was the one being insane. Melissa steadied the car and it was quiet once again. But a minute or two later while Melissa focused on the interstate after the traffic slowed down she said, "Don't get me wrong. Being an Aunt is one thing, but ..oh God NO. I just don't have the patience for it."
"Not even if it's our baby?" Riley looked at her a bit hurt.
"Technically, it would be your baby," Melissa squinted as she pushed a stray lock out of her face.
"Well, I don't know how much longer we can be together," Riley scowled back. She hugged herself wondering how she could possibly go through spending a day with Em and Yuki.
being a mom is not for every woman ... sometimes woman does not feel a maternity hook
ReplyDeleteI think that young women don't want children, what's happening in Portugal is that more and more women are becoming mothers over the age of 35. Young women are still too immature for motherhood, which must explain Melissa's reaction! Have a nice week!
ReplyDeleteThey are a lesbian couple. And they do have their differences. One who has always been surrounded by family and Riley who has felt she has been missing not having the close-knit family that Melissa perhaps takes for granted. And some still want to have children before they are thirty.
DeleteInteresting
ReplyDeleteWhen Riley feels the desire to have a baby, the desire doesn't just go away. No matter what Melissa says.
ReplyDeleteNot sure i understood the meaning of the textπ
ReplyDeleteThe title is from a Sheryl Crow song. I thougth it was intriguing that this line was in the song. I really feel their romance started from a good friendship.
DeleteOther amazing post, thank you so much for sharing
ReplyDeletehave a nice day full of nice things
Kisses ♥
hola
ReplyDeletetengo ganas de ver como Riley va a pasar el dΓa, se ve complicado
Besotesssssssssssss
I'm looking forward to seeing how Riley is going to get through the day, it looks complicated πππΎThanks
DeleteDress up for new adventures even if the clothes are from a thrift store.
ReplyDelete(κα΄κ) Poetic and cinematographic greetings.
πKissesπ
Pobre Riley. Te mando un beso.
ReplyDeleteSheryl crow- my girl!!!!
ReplyDeleteAww... maybe Melissa will come around for Riley.
intereting... to have a baby...
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chapter, I liked it, greetings
ReplyDelete¿Uy que hara Riley? Te mando un beso y genial fragmento .
ReplyDeleteOh, what will Riley do? I'm sending you a kiss and a great snippet. πππππ Thanks for your comment!
DeleteGenial fragmento. Te mando un beso.
ReplyDeleteUh-oh. This may be a deal-breaker for Riley and Melissa. Especially because Riley has been suppressing her true feelings for so long. I'm interested to see how they'll handle this.
ReplyDeleteLove all the pink -- and the Sheryl Crow shout-out! -- in the collage. ππ΅ππ΅