“I am open to it,” I finally said. “I mean, I really do want to have a family with you. Of course I do. And I only really wanted to put it off before because I was doing school, and now that I’m not…”
Nolan was watching me intently, not blinking. He waited for me to say more.
“Yes,” I said, closing my eyes. “I… I think I could handle it.”
“You don’t sound very sure.”
I blew out a big breath of air. “I suppose I am just scared. I’m still only eighteen, Nolan. That’s young to have a baby.”
He said, his tone meekly half-joking, “Your birthday is coming up soon, though.”
“Okay. Soon I will be only nineteen. I just don’t know if I am ready to be a mother. That doesn’t mean I don’t want to do it… I’m just afraid.”
“I’m a little afraid, too,” he said, surprising me.
“You are?”
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