Page 53 of Being Julia

“I love the thought of making babies with you. You’re going to be an amazing father.”

“You’re going to be an amazing mother.”

“Somehow, I feel that my parents will see our kids more than we will.” I laughed.

“Yeah, no kidding. They’ll be kidnapping them.”

“We need to spend some time together first as a couple before we start having kids.”

“I agree, babe. I want you all to myself for a while first.”

I lifted my head and kissed Jake on the lips. “You can have me whenever you want.” I smiled.

A low growl came from the back of his throat as he flipped me on my back, and we continued to break in our new bed.

My wedding day. What can I say? It was absolutely perfect. Everything turned out as planned and only a few tears were shed. I was no longer Julia Rose Black. I was Mrs. Julia Rose Jensen, and I couldn’t be happier. My dad gave us an all-expense-paid trip to Europe for our honeymoon. We were going to be gone for three weeks. That was the longest I’d ever gone without seeing my parents. Two weeks into our honeymoon, while we were in Paris, we received a call from a restaurant telling us that reservations were made for dinner to celebrate our marriage. I thought it was odd that the restaurant did that, but it must have been something my dad arranged when he booked thetrip because I remembered him saying that we had to go there because it was his and my mom’s favorite restaurant.

Jake and I shopped all day, and then went back to the hotel room to get ready for dinner.

“You look so sexy. Let’s just skip dinner and make love the rest of the night,” Jake said as he kissed my shoulder.

“That sounds amazing, but we have to go to dinner first. That would be rude of us not to show since reservations were made.”

“You’re right. But plan on an all-nighter the minute we get back here.”

“Oh, don’t worry, Mr. Jensen. I’ve already planned on it.” I turned around and looked at him.

“What’s wrong?” he asked.

“I miss my mom and dad. Isn’t that terrible that I’m thinking like that on our honeymoon?”

“No. I don’t think it’s terrible at all. You love your parents, and it’s natural to miss them. Don’t worry, babe. One more week, and we’ll be going home.” He smiled as he kissed me. “Try and call them. You’ll feel better once you talk to them.”

I smiled and picked up my phone. I dialed my dad’s number first, and he didn’t answer. So, I dialed my mom, and she didn’t answer. “Neither one of them is answering their phones,” I said with irritation.

“They’re probably having wild and crazy sex and don’t want to be bothered.” Jake smiled.

“Don’t say that!” I said as I covered my ears.

Jake laughed and handed me my purse as we left the hotel and headed to the restaurant. We walked through the door and gave the hostess our name. She smiled and showed us to our table. I stopped in the middle of the restaurant when I saw mymom and dad sitting at our table. Tears started to fill my eyes as my dad got up from his seat.

“Julia,” he said as he hugged me tightly.

“Dad, what are you doing here?”

I turned to my mom and hugged her. “It’s so good to see you both.”

“We thought we’d have dinner with the two of you. No big deal,” my dad said.

“You flew all the way to Paris to have dinner with us?”

My mom looked at me and smiled. “Yes. We did.”

“I love you both so much,” I said as I hugged them one more time before sitting down.

My mom announced that she had to go to the restroom and asked me if I’d join her. I got up from my seat, and as we walked into the bathroom, she looked at me and hugged me. “It’s so good to see you, Julia.”

“I tried calling you and Daddy about an hour ago because I was missing you guys, and you didn’t answer.”

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