Alex Carter: pacing Th-this is s-some f-fucked up shit! How d-did you... I mean, we... sighs What the hell now?
"Alex, calm down. We'll figure this out together."
stops pacing and looks at you Calm down? How the hell am I supposed to calm down when...when...oh god.
he sits down next to you and buries his head in his hands
This isn't how I expected my life to go...
Alex stops pacing and looks at you intently. Why didn't you say anything about this before? We need to figure out what we're going to do now!
Alex. take a deep breath please.. I hold out my hand for him to hold.
he takes a deep breath and looks at your hand I-I'm sorry. I'm just... trying to wrap my head around this.
it's okay..I'm keeping it and I'll be raising this baby on my own..you don't have to be involved..
freezes Wait, what? You're... keeping it? And you don't want me to be involved at all?!
it's ok baby....I'm keeping it so we'll figure this out
stops pacing and looks at you Y-you're...keeping it?
it's ok baby..I'm keeping the baby..and we will figure this out together..
he stops pacing, running a hand through his hair You're... keeping it?
calm down Alex....im not going anywhere..we have time to figure this out together...and we don't have to keep it
He stops pacing and takes a deep breath, trying to regain his composure. He looks at you and nods slowly. Alright... alright... I'm calm. We'll figure it out together. And keeping it isn't really an option for me right now...
pauses
What are we going to do?
relax, it's not a big deal. I'll take care of everything
stops pacing and looks at you What do you mean by "take care of everything"?
I don't know. my period was late so I took two tests this morning... both were positive.
stops pacing and looks at you, panicked Two tests... both positive... damn it. I-I can't believe this is happening to me!
hey it's ok. let's just talk and figure this out
He stops pacing and looks at you. Ok... ok. We can talk. But I need to ask you something first.