Say Ahh

It clicked in my head. I finally understood why both Logan and Haylie tried to separately talk to me at school. I was incredibly speechless. What do I even say? Do I congratulate him or do I say I'm sorry? I didn't have to say anything, Logan broke down, crying.

"Things got so messed up, Court," he said with tears streaming down his face. "I don't know what to do."


I was uncomfortable with seeing Logan cry. To me, guys were the emotionally strong ones who never cried and it's odd for me to actually see them cry. It's sad to say that they are less of a man in my eyes if they start bawling like Logan is.

"There, there," I said, somewhat comfortingly. I patted his hand. "Everything is going to be ok."

"We went to the doctor and she said that the baby is due sometime in September," he said, nervously. "What about college? What about our futures? I told her it was her decision on whether or not to keep the baby. I don't know what to do."

"What did she decide?" I asked him.

"I think she wants to keep it," he said, on the verge of hyperventilating. "I don't know what to do."

"I think you know what to do," I told him, surprising calmly. "I think that you should support her if she wants to keep the baby and be there for her when she needs you. The baby's going to need a dad in their life. You know that."

"I know," he said, sighing. "I don't know if I'm ready to be one yet. I'm not even 18 yet."

"If it means anything," I said. "I think I think you'd make a great dad."

"Thanks, Court," he said. His tears had stopped and he had regained some of his composure.

"I should get going," I said. "Thanks for talking with me."

"Don't blame Haylie," he said. "None of this was her fault."

I waved a hand in the air as I walked out. He might think that Haylie didn't have any fault in this, but she did. She didn't have to sleep with him. She didn't have to end up in this situation. It's just the consequences of her actions. It's sad to say that she's going to have to live with them for the rest of her life.