IRIS’S POVKathryn was still looking at me. I realized she was waiting to see if I had really heard what we had both heard.I laughed first.Not because anything was funny.I just did not know what to do.There was no sound big enough to say what was happening inside my chest.Kathryn whispered to me "You are laughing," and the corners of her mouth went up even though tears were already in her eyes.I said, "I know."Kathryn said, "You have not said anything."I told her "I do not think my brain has caught up yet."Then Kathryn let out a laugh that was a little shaky."Mine either " she said.I reached for her without thinking. My hands closed around hers.Kathryn said, "They said..."I said, "I know what they said."Kathryn said, "We are..."She nodded before I could finish."We are having a baby " I said.The words just hung in the air between us.They were not a surprise anymore.They were a promise.I looked down at our hands then slowly looked up at Kathryn.Kathryn made me the h
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