We Can Work It Out

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PJ's POV

Paula is crying in my chest. She has every right to be upset: she's confused about what she should do. I wanna talk to her, I wanna tell her that we can work out all this mess.

To be honest, I wanna cry too. My father just passed away, and I didn't know about it until just the other day.

"They...they disowned me..." she cries out, "I'm...I'm not ready to commit my life to you...I don't wanna marry someone I don't know if I love or not!"

She looks me dead in the eyes, hers red from crying so much.

"I don't wanna get rid of this child."

A very bold statement of hers to make.

"But...are we fit to raise it?"

I find my notepad, then write, "We're gonna be fine. Family isn't always perfect."

"Are you sure?" Her voice sounded as if it was breaking.

I nod. Paula squeezes my chest.

The fact that we've come this far, it bewilders me. We never even given our relationship deep thought.

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