Even as he stumbled just a little over his words, Quinn couldn't help believing Jeremy. Every single word of what he said. Strangely enough, though, they were very much on the same train of thought, Quinn also facing the realization that she could very well be carrying his baby... a baby they made together... and she had no idea who he was outside of his connections to people she knew already, and the fact that she'd thrown up on him at the market, and he hadn't been a dick about it. That was terrifying, if she were honest. What if she decided to keep the kid, if there was one, and Jeremy turned out to be a horrible guy, someone that had only been being sweet to her because he was hoping for a second round of sex or something. But Quinn just couldn't believe that. Not with the way that he'd acted almost on instinct to care for her and look after her when she'd been sick. "I'm glad you're not," she offered wryly. "Because I am. Horribly so. I have been for... for a few weeks now. I should've... I didn't want... I wasn't ready to face all of this, so I pulled an ostrich for a little bit. Head in the sand, the whole nine. I'm... I'm in law school, and I don't know what... what being pregnant might mean for me there. I mean... I know there are options, but that's not... That's not something I really ever wanted to even have to consider, and... Thank you." Thank you was maybe a dumb thing to say right now, but she was grateful just in hearing that this guy had no intention of leaving her high and dry carrying his baby. It was scary enough to think she might be pregnant with someone there who would help her through it... The thought before this of going it alone had beyond terrified her.
Still, she was watching him as he sat there for a moment, the fact that he was trying to talk himself into something or another very plain on his face. She wasn't sure whether it was because he was trying to talk himself into what he was saying to her, or because he was trying to talk himself into standing up without throwing up all over the place, but either way, she very much could understand it. She'd never really planned on having children in the first place. At least not for a very long time. It was one of those things, when she and Mike were together, that was a bit of a non-issue. Both of them were open to the idea sometime in the far future, but neither really wanted it right now. But this wasn't Mike. This wasn't the marriage that she'd planned for, or even the person she ever thought this would be happening with, but she couldn't help being so, so grateful that she wasn't alone. She couldn't look away from him for some reason, and she had to give him a little nod of her own, trying to reassure him. "That's fine," she assured him, rubbing her fingers over her lips when she felt pretty sure that she might be sick again. She managed to hold back, though, at least for now. And then he was headed back into the store, Quinn's eyes locked in on his back as he disappeared.
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Still, she was watching him as he sat there for a moment, the fact that he was trying to talk himself into something or another very plain on his face. She wasn't sure whether it was because he was trying to talk himself into what he was saying to her, or because he was trying to talk himself into standing up without throwing up all over the place, but either way, she very much could understand it. She'd never really planned on having children in the first place. At least not for a very long time. It was one of those things, when she and Mike were together, that was a bit of a non-issue. Both of them were open to the idea sometime in the far future, but neither really wanted it right now. But this wasn't Mike. This wasn't the marriage that she'd planned for, or even the person she ever thought this would be happening with, but she couldn't help being so, so grateful that she wasn't alone. She couldn't look away from him for some reason, and she had to give him a little nod of her own, trying to reassure him. "That's fine," she assured him, rubbing her fingers over her lips when she felt pretty sure that she might be sick again. She managed to hold back, though, at least for now. And then he was headed back into the store, Quinn's eyes locked in on his back as he disappeared.