“This isn’t about the potatoes again, is it?” he muttered.
She shook her head. “No, It’s not about potatoes. I’ve known for a little while now. I just didn’t know how to tell you. Maybe, I just don’t want to leave here, and I know we’ll have to.”
Pyrus’s eyes widened. “What? Why?”
Mazie sighed. “You know that last time we went to town? Well, I bought a few things I didn’t tell you about.”
“Babe,” Pyrus laughed. “You spent five grand in one transaction shopping in Rome, and I didn’t even blink. I think a few items at a local market or small-town drugstore won’t break my budget.”
“That’s not the problem,” she said with a laugh. “I do remember that day in Rome, though. I didn’t know the conversion rate.”
“That’s a really good excuse,” Pyrus said, shaking his head. “For the purchase of a thousand-dollar leather jacket."
"The tailoring was very expensive," Mazie protested. "Not to mention, I did spend a whole two thousand on lingerie."
"Yes, okay," Pyrus said. "I’m not complaining. But still, my question stands. What could you possibly buy up here in a remote town that would upset my very delicate budget? The most expensive things I’ve seen out here are huge snowplow trucks.”
Mazie looked at him very seriously, holding his eye. “That’s it, my love. I bought a snowplow, the most expensive one they had.”
Pyrus laughed out loud. “Can I drive it? Sounds like fun.”
Mazie laughed, falling against his chest and kissing him hard.
“Okay, no. Here goes,” Mazie said, taking a deep breath. “I bought a pregnancy test. Two, actually. I did one in town and brought the other one with me to do here a few days after.”
Pyrus was watching her with huge, round eyes. His face was slack, more shocked than she’d ever seen it.
“Both were positive,” she said softly. “We’re going to be parents. We’ll have to leave our secluded mountain peak and be people for a while.”
Pyrus reached out and put one hand gently on her belly. He blinked and shook his head. “A baby? I’m going to be a dad?”
Mazie nodded, feeling tears sting her eyes. Pyrus leaned forward and kissed her, and she fell into his arms, melting into his embrace. They had proven that all they needed was each other and that together, they made a family. A family both of them wanted to make bigger, so they could share the gift of their love.
The End