I’m laying here in my bed thinking about my life. Thinking about everything, and possibly re-evaluating it. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m very happy with my life and the way it has been going these last few years. Two years ago I got married to the woman of my dreams; we bought a house in the suburbs of L.A., nothing spectacular but nothing shabby either. A year and a half ago I received a job as a first grade teacher which is my dream job and what I spent 4 years at UCLA for, and Ashley my wife recently got  promoted to First Lieutenant of Fort Irwin. We met at UCLA, while we were going to school, Ashley was in the ROTC program, while I went for education. I feel like there is only one thing missing in my life, one BIG thing.

            I look over at my wife; she is lying beside me reading over some paper work, probably for work I’m assuming. I roll over and kiss her bare shoulder a few times; I let my lips linger on her shoulder as I whisper her name.

“Ash” I say as I kiss her shoulder again

“Hmmm” she mumbled, but didn’t acknowledge me

“Ash baby” I push my body into her side to get her attention

She puts her papers on the desk beside the bed and rolls over to face me

“Yeah?” She wraps her arm around my waist and pulls me closer

“You know, I have been thinking a lot lately”

“Oh no!” She jokes as she expertly rolls over and in between my legs and nuzzles her face in my neck and sighs. She starts to kiss and nip at my neck

“What have you been thinking about babe?” She asks as she continues kissing down my neck

“Well I have just been thinking that maybe, I don’t know, I just think it’s time that we start trying to have… a baby” I finally got out

I feel her stop kissing my neck, as she stiffens up. She pulls her head back and looks at me for a couple of seconds. Quickly she pulls back and sits at the edge of the bed; she throws her feet over the side and goes to get up. I grab her hand and pull her back to me before she can get away. She yanks her wrist out of my hand, and she looks angry.