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"It didn’t look like it up there, to me" I pointed in the direction of the decks above us

"I’ to you first, at least That was a huge mistake" He seemed earnest as he said it, but he also looked confused "But what’s gotten into you?"

"Uhthearted I hadn’t sat around and thought about how this conversation would go, but even if I had, this wouldn’t have been how I pictured it His face was still blank I sat down on the bed "For soe inside him, you are very very dense"

He frowned, and then realization slowly dawned "Wait Are you trying to say you’re pregnant?"

"I don’t know Are you trying to hear it? I hed "And I don’t know yet I just know my period is late"

His frown deepened, and he raised a querulous eyebrow "That’s not possible"

"Wow Thanks," I said, as sarcastically as I could

"No, Edie It is literally not possible Shapeshifter and human DNA don’t mix Believe me It’s one of the reasons shapeshifters can be so pro children with hue would have saved me a trip to the clinic for an STD check last year Thanks for letting me know"

He looked fronant?"

"I have no idea what being pregnant feels like Hoould I know? All I know is that my period should have started, and it didn’t, and--"

"When were you going to tell esture "After I could scao to theI just didn’t want to worry you before I knew anything for sure"

"But you think--"

I cut him off "I don’t knohat to think My uterus isn’t always clockwork And neither a"

Iwhat he’d just done without any warning up above--"You are one to talk"

He shook his head "That was different"

"Really?" I said, with even h "Okay, no Not really" He looked again froh The instant--"

"There’s nothing to tell yet," I interrupted, starting to chew on my bottom lip "And I’m sorry, but I’ve never done this before I don’t know the rules for this I’"

Was it really is then? I’d sort of et ood reason to have children

"You’re sure it’s iht

Asher’s brow furrowed in conteo, yes But … I’ into their ed ether infor sure, you know?"

Asher snorted softly "Me too"

There was a long pause between us during which I wished he’dwishing that was epically unfair "Is it okay?" I asked, my voice small

He looked surprised "Yeah Why wouldn’t it be? Unless you don’t want it Then--" He esture in the air

I twisted my lips to one side "So you’re a?"

"I’ve had less than five minutes to think about it It’s still a maybe Whattone, Iday But he was earnestly asking what else, if anything, he could do, and I ise enough to know he ure it out for sure to," I said "It would be celebrating, right? And don’t say what I want to hear because you know already That’ll just pissfor the past fourteen or so hours "I never thought I would ever be a dad I never wanted to be one Aftera kid into the world"

It felt like a lead fishing weight was dropping down my throat while he talked