And how can it be he's so in love with me? To grow up without love, and still have so much inside?

Learning by example is valid, but when you have the information to know that turning in a certain direction can lead you to a very wrong place, most of the "blame" is on the individual.

Don't make me laugh, I'd much rather cry.

As I thought about that, I had to wonder: What will we know better about tomorrow? Who cares? Hindsight is useless.

Then I said it. He said it too. I love you. And everything that went before meant nothing.

I swallow any sort of apology. "screwing your neighbor." There. Said it. React, okay? pregnant pause becomes three weeks overdue. Four weeks. Time for a C-section. What? Oh, Kaeleigh, I'm so sorry. Are you sure...?

THE BAD THING ABOUT FEAR Is it requires a reaction. Some hide. Some cry. But, like a dog condemned to a walled yard with no hope of escape or affection, some learn to bite.