FALLOUT FROM JAEGER
@youngerkate How’d you feel about being a daddy?
@maybehubby A what?’
@youngerkate A dad. You know, a father.
@maybehubby Are you trying to tell me something?
@youngerkate Yep. Ten weeks.
@maybehubby You’ve known for ten weeks?
@youngerkate No. I’m ten weeks pregnant.
@maybehubby How long have you known?
@youngerkate Only since last week.
@maybehubby You’ve known that long? Why didn’t you…
@youngerkate You were on tour.
@maybehubby Oh my god! We’re having a baby.
@youngerkate Looks that way…
@maybehubby But I don’t want to have a baby.
@youngerkate I’m not exactly ready either!
@maybehubby Only ten weeks, right? You could still….
@youngerkate If I wanted to. But I don’t.
@maybehubby Why not?
@youngerkate I’m thirty-one, dude. I’m not unhappy about it.
@maybehubby What if I’m unhappy?
@youngerkate I was pretty freaked out to begin with too!
@maybehubby You’re on the pill. How’d it happen?
@youngerkate The usual way. The pill’s not infallible.
@maybehubby You didn’t do it on purpose did you?
@youngerkate What?
@maybehubby Stop taking the birth control?
@youngerkate No! Of course not!
@maybehubby I’m not mad. Just….scared.
@youngerkate I know. But we’ve talked about it.
@maybehubby Talking about kids is different to having them.
@youngerkate You said you’d have kids with me.
@maybehubby I didn’t think you’d get pregnant…
@youngerkate So quickly, right?
@maybehubby You’ve only been back, what?
@youngerkate Ten weeks.
@maybehubby You mean…
@youngerkate That night.
@maybehubby The Jaeger?
@youngerkate That’s when it happened.
@maybehubby Jesus!
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Lol, this was hilarious! I love this little look into your life :) There's something about all dialogue that's so easy to read.
ReplyDeleteFun. Gotta love the inspiration from twitter . . .
ReplyDeleteNicely done! It's interesting how I pictured these characters even though there were zero descriptions aside from your excellent dialogue!
ReplyDeleteThis was a really fun dialogue, and I also could understand who they were in spite of no set-up of the scene.
ReplyDeleteHah! The Jaeger. Very good, very nutshell. I have trouble with that, as you might see with my attempt ;)
ReplyDeleteBut yeah, I love the realist back-and-forth, the u-turns and repetitions.
I'm a new follower to your blog! :)
ReplyDeleteLoved the story! I mean I really LOVED IT! There's an old saying in the Maritimes--all the sailors had to do was hang up their pants and the women would get pregnant! Your story reminds me of that saying! I enjoyed the interchange between them. Lots of fun! :)
This is cute. Loved the flow of the back-and-forth!
ReplyDeleteHow adorable! Loved your entry. :)
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