The warm October sun is still high as Ryan and I step out of the clinic, both of us riding the emotional high of what we just experienced. It feels surreal, like the world has shifted ever so slightly, bringing a quiet sense of joy that wasn’t there before. We’re having a daughter. A little girl. The thought keeps circling in my mind, filling me with a soft kind of awe.
As we walk toward the parking lot, Ryan suddenly stops, turning to me with a small, hopeful smile. "Tess, would you like to grab tea? There’s a little café not far from here. I think it’d be nice to just... talk."
For a moment, I hesitate. Tea with Ryan feels like a big step, but then again, after everything we’ve just been through in that exam room, it also feels right. We have a lot to talk about, our daughter, our futu
