Kevin's mouth slowly spread into a grin. He rubbed Andrew's back absently as he looked at the ticket agent. "Got any more seats on that flight to Chicago?" He turned back to Tara. "I'm finally getting to know this little guy. I don't want to say goodbye to him now, even for a week."
Her heart swelling, she leaned into him and they kissed. A couple of other passengers who had heard the exchange applauded.
"Look at you," Tara said when the ticket agent cleared her throat, forcing them to end the kiss. "You've been holding that baby for at least five minutes, and you haven't dropped him even once."
Kevin smiled down at Andrew and switched him to the other shoulder. "Yeah, how about that."
"It will get easier, Kev, I promise."
"It already is."
With their tickets in hand, they walked toward security, a real family for the first time.
Kara Lennox
