You are Home
I have wanted to write this fan fiction desperately, but I was kind of nervous about how people would take it. But, you know what? I don’t care.
“What if he doesn’t like me, Kurt?” Jane questioned, her voice trembling with every syllable. She mindlessly stroked the red ribbon on the teddy bear she bought three weeks ago. She adjusted the brown bear in front of her lap as they waited on a flower patterned couch in a dark lobby. “Who is going to want a Mom like me? He is going to be made fun of all of his life. He’s going to be known as the little kid with the tattooed mother.”
“You are going to be a great mom,” Kurt said as he stroked the falling tear off of Jane’s cheek. He leaned forward and slowly pressed his forehead to hers. “This kid is going to be so lucky, Janie. So lucky.”
Jane smiled gently as Kurt leaned back. He gently stroked her back as Jane traced the outline of a pink rose on the couch cushion.
“It has taken so long for us to get here. I never thought that this day would come,” Jane muttered, her voice was soft as she thought back to the three-year journey she and Kurt had been on.
In the second year of their marriage, they started discussing children. Soon discussion turned into contemplation, and then contemplation turned into an agreement. They wanted children. They wanted a family. The thought of a little child as their own brought a smile to each of them.
They tried for months, but, they had no success. After a while, an uneasy feeling came over Jane, and she went to a doctor. After several examinations, her doctor pulled her into her office.
“Jane,” the doctor softly spoke as she stared at the stack of medical papers she was holding. The doctor gently scooted her leather chair forward closer to her desk. “Jane,” the doctor spoke again this time swallowing down hard.
“Jane, I examined you thoroughly - I came to the realization that you have been sterilized. The scarring suggests that this happened in your late childhood. Possibly the time you told me when were in the orphanage. The damage done will make it impossible for you to have children of your own.”
The doctor continued talking, but Jane couldn’t hear her anymore. The doctor’s explanation faded away as her heartbeat grew louder in her ear, and she took in a deep swallow to try to keep her lungs from escaping her mouth. Tears clouded her eyes as she wished the world would swallow her whole.
The drive home was a blur. She only glanced up once from the steering wheel to look at the children playing in the nearby park. Making it into the house was a challenge, as she could hardly see the key hole through her tear filled eyes. Her hands shook as she attempted several times to place the key in the keyhole.
Once she made it inside her house, she dropped her bag immediately to the floor and made her way to the bathroom. She stepped into the shower fully clothed and turned on the hot water. She let the water fall down over her hair and soak her clothes and shoes. She collapsed to her knees as she sobbed loudly and wailed several times, “Why?!” She pounded the white shower tile with her fists as the water washed away her tears.
She brought her knees to her chest and rested her forehead on her wet jeans.
It wasn’t long before Kurt got home. She could hear his footsteps as he walked through the house. Kurt looked through the open bathroom door and saw the shower curtain pushed to the side. Worried, Kurt walked into the bathroom and saw Jane sitting in the corner of the bathtub the water beating over her wet hair. Jane lifted her head to look at Kurt, her blank stare turned to immediate sobbing as her eyes met his.
“Jane, what’s wrong?” Kurt asked as he stepped fully suited into the shower. His hands wrapped around Jane’s face as he knelt by her side.
“I can’t have kids,” Jane explained, each word only coming out one at a time.
Kurt embraced Jane as he moved her to his lap. Jane placed her forehead into Kurt’s neck. Kurt moved Jane’s sopping wet hair out of her eyes as he spoke softly in her ear, “We’ll adopt.”
Several years later, and they found themselves in that lobby on that flower patterned sofa. Jane squeezed the teddy bear to make her hands stop shaking. Kurt placed his hand on her knee as he smiled at her. “You are going to be a great mom,” Kurt said as his smile widened ear to ear.
Jane smiled back, “You are going to be a great dad.”
They turned their heads as they heard the door open, and a blonde haired woman exited the room holding a little African child. The child’s hands were wrapped around the woman’s pearl necklace. Jane and Kurt stood up as the woman walked over to greet them.
“This is Masego,” The woman said as she gently passed the boy to Jane. Jane held the boy as she stroked his tight black curls. She laughed as tears ran down her face. Kurt played with the boy’s feet as he gently kissed the top of his head.
Jane hugged her son tight as she looked into his eyes. She stroked his warm cheeks as she whispered, “Jy is tuis.” (You are home)