Do we have our game plan?
Addy chewed on her bottom lip as he spoke, silently cursing herself. He was right— she hadn’t even met his brother’s fiancee yet. Fuck. The blonde had a million thoughts running through her mind so she turned around to face Ian, her eyes taking a moment to run over his handsome face. “This isn’t a mistake, right?” She asked quietly. “I mean, not Aidan…” She quickly tried to correct herself. “I-I don’t know.” Her hand ran over her belly, which she found herself doing quite often. “I mean, us… I know you said you’d be here for me but I don’t want you to feel trapped. You know— You know how some women will get pregnant to stay with the guy or something—” Addy rambled on, mostly to herself. “I don’t want— I’m not doing that. I mean, we’ve only been together a little while but I love you and— and i’m a little bit worried about how fast it all happened and I don’t want to scare you off or have you feel obligated to be with me because of Aidan but-but this is what you want right?” Naturally, Addison’s cautious and un-trusting behavior had caught up to her— maybe it was the hormones— but she had become increasingly worried lately that she had trapped Ian into this life with her that she wasn’t fully sure he wanted. He had only woken up from his coma a year ago and Addy didn’t fully know how it worked with his brain and if he felt like he was too young to settle down because of his lost years. The thoughts caused her to spiral, not matter how much she tried to ignore it. Addy was an insecure and needy person, due to her abandoning, and was always seeking clarification for things like this. And due to this being so life-changing, it had the girl in a constant fear, even laying in his arms, post-making love.
Ian listened to her as she poured out seemingly everything that had been bothering her, and while some of it was reasonable for her to consider, other parts seemed geared towards freaking herself out even more. However, he waited until she was done speaking before responding, wanting to make sure that she'd expressed every fear that was floating around in her mind. "Addison Carmichael, I love you and it's because I love you that I'm not going to run through every fear that you just listed because that would bore you to no end if I went into that much depth. But I will answer the last question the you asked and hopefully that'll help you: yes this is what I want." He paused for a moment after that, wanting her to fully comprehend what he'd said before continuing. "Sure I wasn't expecting us to have a baby quite so soon, but I have always wanted kids at some point and maybe now is that point. And while our having a kid would add another element to our relationship, it doesn't change how I feel about you or how the rest of our lives are supposed to play out." Ian then offered her a small smile, continuing his progressively elongating response, "I know that you aren't trying to trap me in a relationship, and even if you were, I wouldn't mind. I'm happy with you and if that counts as being trapped, then I'll enjoy being a prisoner. Things are going to be alright and so long as you're okay with everything, this is bound to be one of the happiest times in our life. Or, at least that's what parenting books always say."


















