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Chapter Seventy-Nine

"Oh.", Dan says when he sees a single line on the test.
I squeak with excitement: "Yes then, I'm not pregnant!"
Looking to my right, Dan doesn't have the same expression on his face.
He looks rather sad and just stares at the test in his hands, balancing it between his fingers.
"Hey...", I begin and stroke his cheek, "you alright?"
He sighs: "Yea. Guess I just got a little too exited."
"Wait, hold on. Did you seriously want a child? Dan, how are we able to manage a child?! We would have to live together plus we've only been dating for 8 months. We're both in our early twenties, we have a whole life to live before a child."
Another sigh escapes his lips: "I know. I just had my mind wrapped around it already and got a bit delirious I guess."
I stand up and throw the test in the bin: "You're crazy babe."
"What's so crazy about not minding to have children with the girl I love most?", he now says.
"Alright, alright. Stop being so dramatic over it."
"Really? Is it really?"
I throw my hands up: "Of course not. I am not ready to do all the settling down stuff just yet."
"Oh, so you wouldn't marry me now?", he asks.
"What the? From kids to marriage? Dan, I feel too young to. So no, I wouldn't want to get married to you right now. Maybe in a few years, definitely not now.", I say and sit down on the closed toilet.
"Okay then. Looks like I'm a bit more optimistic about our relationship, don't you think?", he says and gets up to leave the rook.
"The only thing you are being, is childish. And selfish. Being married doesn't change anything for us so why rush?", I shout after him.

Is he actually being serious? How can he even think about marriage right now? My thoughts are occupied by bigger topics. And how can he get annoyed at me for not wanting to marry him now?
As if he is even ready for that huge step.

I get up from the seat and grab Dan's phone from the floor that must've fallen out of his pocket.
With it in my hand I go to the lounge, expecting to see Dan there.
No sign of him, just Phil sitting on the couch.
Before I can turn around to leave, Phil notices me: "How did it go?"
"Negative.", I say and sit down next to him.
"Is that good or... bad?"
"Good, obviously.", I laugh and nudge his shoulder.
"Yay, then! Dan wasn't to happy, was he?"
"Um- no. How do you know?"
"He said he was exited all the way here and wouldn't shut up about it. Plus he left the flat quite, um- angryly?"
"Oh for fucks sake. I don't get why he's being so dramatic. He literally does not get how big of a change and responsibility a child is."
"Hm, I guess so."

I pause before clearing my throat: "I just don't know if we are on the same page sometimes. He's all ready to settle down but I am everything but that. It seems so rushed."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, he asked me if I want to marry him and I-"
"Wait, he proposed? I thought he wanted to do it in- I mean, um, he proposed? In the toilet?"
"No, goodness. He just asked if I would marry him."
"And you said...?"
"Not any time soon but maybe in a few years time."
"Oh shit, Y/N. This is not good."