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But he wasn’t a kid any to try like hell to act like one But it was hard So hard not to give in to the anger beneath his skin when the ghosts froroan he closed his eyes in agony, wanting to shut it all out but unable to

“I’ for a baby, Shane”

A baby Holy fucking shit

He looked into Bobbi’s tearstained face and felt all the hard lines inside hinant? You’re on the pill”

“I don’t know” Her voice broke and she squeezed her eyes shut, as big tears slipped from corners to lay tracks of fear down her cheeks

If it was possible for Shane to feel like the lowest of the low, he was there He was beyond there

And he was scared, so he couldn’t i

“Babe, I’m sorry We’ll ”

She rested her head on his chest Her heart was beating so fast he felt it through her thin top and his leather jacket “I can’t have a baby,’ she whispered

“We’ll gether head between his hands and gazing down into the eyes he kneould never forget

“Married? Are you crazy? Shane, you’re going to that fancy art college and I…I’m barely twenty I don’t even knohat I want to do with my life I can’t have a baby God, Billie’s just played on her second Oly and

I’nant I can’t have a baby”

Stuck here Stuck here with hi a baby My baby”

She pulled away from him and wiped the tears fro a step back “No, I’m not I don’t want to have this baby”

“What are you saying?” He was barely able to keep his anger in check