Married. A baby. With a man she'd met twenty minutes earlier. For a long moment she said nothing, just staring at him unblinkingly. What was she supposed to say? Was there anything to say, really?
"My dad's dead," she finally managed, her mouth dry. The fact that they'd had a child, her and this man she'd only just met - that was a blow, but she'd always wanted kids. It wasn't the most surprising thing in the world that she'd had one by twenty-five. But her father was dead, and that was going to take a lot more than a few seconds for her to accept.
She swallowed the lump that was quickly forming in her throat. She was not going to cry in front of him. Especially not in public. "You - you're cute," she said tightly. "I can see it. The shagging probably came first. I probably wouldn't... I wouldn't wait until..."
She trailed off, and blinking rapidly, she looked away. Dammit.
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Date: 2013-03-17 05:39 am (UTC)"My dad's dead," she finally managed, her mouth dry. The fact that they'd had a child, her and this man she'd only just met - that was a blow, but she'd always wanted kids. It wasn't the most surprising thing in the world that she'd had one by twenty-five. But her father was dead, and that was going to take a lot more than a few seconds for her to accept.
She swallowed the lump that was quickly forming in her throat. She was not going to cry in front of him. Especially not in public. "You - you're cute," she said tightly. "I can see it. The shagging probably came first. I probably wouldn't... I wouldn't wait until..."
She trailed off, and blinking rapidly, she looked away. Dammit.