the living room with a fireplace and a bathroom. The kitchen was completely modern and beautiful. There were French doors leading to a deck and a fenced in backyard.
He watched her as she loo ked around trying to anticipate what she was thinking, how she would react. She walked upstairs without saying a word. There were two small bedrooms and a bathroom between them. Across the hall was the master suite which was amazing and resembled Lucas’s bedroom back home.
She took a deep breath and hugged herself looking around. He put his arms around her.
“Is this okay?”
“It’s beautiful, but Lucas we can’t afford this,” she said. “We have to be smart with money.”
“Tessa, I made enough money this summer to cover this,” he kissed her check.
“I want you to finish college Lucas, please.”
“Why is that so important to you?”
“You worked hard for it. I don’t want to take that away from you ever, I wouldn’t ever be alright with that. Do you understand that?” she turned around and looked at him.
“Tessa if I promise you I ’ll finish school, will you promise me we can live here?”
“No,” she shook her head. “I won’t let your father help us.”
“ I won’t ask for his help. I have asked him once for my mother, that’s it. I’ll even give him back the credit card if you want.”
“Well then how?”
“I have money Tessa. I told you I’ve worked. I have a college fund that I haven’t even touched yet because of my scholarship, we” he said and touched her stomach and smiled. “We will all be fine.”
“I want to see that in black and white bef ore I agree. I’ll get a job-- two to pay my own way.”
He smiled. “Let me take care of you . Come on Tessa, don’t be stubborn. Tell me you like it.”
“I like it,” she said, “But I can be just as happy somewhere far less extravagant.”
“Tessa say yes-- let me off the hook here, baby,” Lucas pleaded.
“Okay yes, but after I know what half of everything is.”
He picked her up and spun her around. He handed her the other key and smiled.
“You’re such a jerk,” she playfully smacked him in the arm.
He kissed her, and they made love on the bedroom floor.
She lay there and started to fall asleep.
“You’re tired Tessa.”
“Yes, I have been a lot lately,” she said quietly as she forced herself to sit up and get dressed.
As they drove home he handed her his checkbook. She shook her head as she looked at the balance, and again when she saw that he had already paid six months worth of rent.
“I pay the utilities,” she said.
He laughed. “We can move in anytime Tessa, I think maybe you should tell your parents.”
“What am I supposed to say?”
“I’ m going to move in with a room mate?” he laughed.
“Or how about Lucas and I are young and stupid and having a baby when we usually break up every three months,” she said quietly.
He didn’t respond he just shook his head and raised his eyebrow. He pulled into a steakhouse. He opened her door, and she got out. She looked up at him apologetically; she hadn’t meant to say it out loud.
He kissed her and then lifted her chin, “You’re definitely going to be a lot of fun, let’s go eat.”
~
When they got back home Lucas dropped her off and headed back to Ryan and Jades, he was going to study, finals were this week.
Tessa walked in and lay on the couch and fell asleep.
Ben walked in and saw her sleeping; he saw the ring on her finger and closed his eyes. He couldn’t believe she was going to have a child with him and marry him. He shook his head as he continued watching her sleep. She opened her eyes and saw him sitting there.
“So you’r e going to marry him?”
She sat up and yawned, “I love him Ben, and now, well, yes I am. Please don’t tell anyone. We’re going to wait until I’ve gone to the doctors and after the first trimester is over.”
“What about school Tess? What about you, God -- you don’t even look
He watched her as she loo ked around trying to anticipate what she was thinking, how she would react. She walked upstairs without saying a word. There were two small bedrooms and a bathroom between them. Across the hall was the master suite which was amazing and resembled Lucas’s bedroom back home.
She took a deep breath and hugged herself looking around. He put his arms around her.
“Is this okay?”
“It’s beautiful, but Lucas we can’t afford this,” she said. “We have to be smart with money.”
“Tessa, I made enough money this summer to cover this,” he kissed her check.
“I want you to finish college Lucas, please.”
“Why is that so important to you?”
“You worked hard for it. I don’t want to take that away from you ever, I wouldn’t ever be alright with that. Do you understand that?” she turned around and looked at him.
“Tessa if I promise you I ’ll finish school, will you promise me we can live here?”
“No,” she shook her head. “I won’t let your father help us.”
“ I won’t ask for his help. I have asked him once for my mother, that’s it. I’ll even give him back the credit card if you want.”
“Well then how?”
“I have money Tessa. I told you I’ve worked. I have a college fund that I haven’t even touched yet because of my scholarship, we” he said and touched her stomach and smiled. “We will all be fine.”
“I want to see that in black and white bef ore I agree. I’ll get a job-- two to pay my own way.”
He smiled. “Let me take care of you . Come on Tessa, don’t be stubborn. Tell me you like it.”
“I like it,” she said, “But I can be just as happy somewhere far less extravagant.”
“Tessa say yes-- let me off the hook here, baby,” Lucas pleaded.
“Okay yes, but after I know what half of everything is.”
He picked her up and spun her around. He handed her the other key and smiled.
“You’re such a jerk,” she playfully smacked him in the arm.
He kissed her, and they made love on the bedroom floor.
She lay there and started to fall asleep.
“You’re tired Tessa.”
“Yes, I have been a lot lately,” she said quietly as she forced herself to sit up and get dressed.
As they drove home he handed her his checkbook. She shook her head as she looked at the balance, and again when she saw that he had already paid six months worth of rent.
“I pay the utilities,” she said.
He laughed. “We can move in anytime Tessa, I think maybe you should tell your parents.”
“What am I supposed to say?”
“I’ m going to move in with a room mate?” he laughed.
“Or how about Lucas and I are young and stupid and having a baby when we usually break up every three months,” she said quietly.
He didn’t respond he just shook his head and raised his eyebrow. He pulled into a steakhouse. He opened her door, and she got out. She looked up at him apologetically; she hadn’t meant to say it out loud.
He kissed her and then lifted her chin, “You’re definitely going to be a lot of fun, let’s go eat.”
~
When they got back home Lucas dropped her off and headed back to Ryan and Jades, he was going to study, finals were this week.
Tessa walked in and lay on the couch and fell asleep.
Ben walked in and saw her sleeping; he saw the ring on her finger and closed his eyes. He couldn’t believe she was going to have a child with him and marry him. He shook his head as he continued watching her sleep. She opened her eyes and saw him sitting there.
“So you’r e going to marry him?”
She sat up and yawned, “I love him Ben, and now, well, yes I am. Please don’t tell anyone. We’re going to wait until I’ve gone to the doctors and after the first trimester is over.”
“What about school Tess? What about you, God -- you don’t even look
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