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don’t have to worry about that right now.”
    “No, I want to. I’ve been wanting to say it for days.” I look up at him. Even now, through a blanket of tears, he’s so beautiful. His eyes are soft and full of love. “I opened up to you too fast.”
    “No — Mina…” He settles down onto the floor next to me. “You were right. It was too dangerous to stay together.”
    “I’m sorry things went too far,” I say.
    “I’m not,” he says. “Mina, those few days with you were the best in my whole life.”
    I wipe my lips with the damp cloth. “Yeah, they weren’t so bad for me either.”
    “Mina, I don’t want to rush you into anything you don’t want,” he says. “If you don’t want to be with me now, then that’s fine. But I want you to know that I’ll always be here if you change your mind. I don’t care how long it takes. Even if we’re both seventy years old and can’t remember our names.”
    I laugh and take a deep breath. My stomach churns from the sudden movement. “It doesn’t seem fair to you.”
    “Yeah, and that honestly makes me angry.” He nods his head. “But I’ll get over it.”
    I want to say something more, but I force myself over the toilet again. Seth reacts quickly and holds my body in place as I shake back and forth with each dry heave.
    “You sure you’re okay?” Seth asks as I lean back down.
    “I must have eaten something,” I say as I wipe my lips again.
    “Mina,” he says. “Are you sure you’re not…”
    My brain reacts slowly, but when it finally hits me, I feel another rushing wave of nausea crush me.
    “Oh, shit,” I sigh.
     

Chapter 5
     
    “This is bad…” I say. “This is really bad.”
    I pace back and forth in the living room.
    “Well, slow down,” Seth says from the couch. “We don’t know anything for sure.”
    “No — I know,” I say firmly. “I know . I can feel it.”
    “This early?” he asks as he eyes my belly.
    “No,” I shake my head and place a hand on my stomach. “Not like feel it. But feel it — like instinct.”
    “Oh…”
    “I can’t have a baby right now!” For some reason, I can’t stop fixing my hair. No matter what style I put it up in, it never feels right. I pull my hair tie out and let the pony tail fall down. “I’m in college. I barely know how to handle being an adult. I don’t know the first thing about taking care of another person .”
    “Relax, Mina.” Seth pats the empty seat next to him. “Sit down.”
    “No, I can’t sit down,” I say. “I have to fix this. I have to know for sure.”
    “Mina, you’re not alone here,” he says. I come to stand still as he reaches out and grabs my hand. “Do you hear me? You are not alone.”
    I let him pull me down to the couch. “I’m not?” I ask.
    He holds me in both arms and pulls me against his chest. “It’s you and me,” he says.
    A weight lifts off my shoulders. “I thought maybe I had pushed you away too much,” I say.
    His lips curl into a smile and he kisses my head. “Not possible.”
    “Oh, shit!” I sit up quickly.
    “What?” he asks.
    “What if…” I can’t even bring myself to say it.
    “What?”
    I turn to him. “Carter.”
    He takes a deep breathe. “The possibility did cross my mind,” he says and shrugs. “I thought it would have been me because of that night in the bell tower.”
    “Yeah,” I say. “But… he and I didn’t use protection either.”
    “Oh,” he says. His gaze drops to the floor. “Aren’t you on the pill, too?”
    I nod. “Everyday… you know,” I pause, “maybe I’m not pregnant. Maybe I really did pick up a bug somewhere.”
    Seth shows a small grin. “So much for your instincts,” he jokes.
    “Maybe we’re overreacting too prematurely.”
    “Yeah, maybe.”
    I fill my lungs with air. The nausea I felt earlier has completely subsided. My abs burn a little, but for the most part, I feel normal. “It was probably just food poisoning.”
    “We should get a test to