"Why are you mentioning this now?" Elliot did not want to fight. Now, there was something they shared, their child.

"Why not? Just because we don't talk about it, doesn't mean it's in the past!" Avery knew it was bad to be hung up on the past, but she also knew that there were things that had to be clarified, or they would all come back to hurt them.

Elliot pulled her into his arms and said in a gentle voice, "Weren't you going to sleep? Did I wake you?"

Her face was pressed into his chest, a