Daisy
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“Daisy… Daisy, wait!” Corbin yelled as he chased after the young bride. “Please, wait! You know that I didn’t mean it like that!” Daisy glanced over her shoulder, but continued on. “Oh! Are you seriously acting like this, Daisy?” Corbin slowed to a stop as he watched her gate slow. She was beautiful and exotic, yet childish at times. Her young spirit only added to her beauty, but Corbin found himself annoyed with it at this moment.
“Leave me be, you jackass!” Daisy cried. “You’re a jerk! I don’t want to talk to you… Apparently it was a mistake marrying you- our goals and dreams are so different.” She sobbed. Daisy couldn’t help but wonder if they had made a mistake getting married so young. They were barely twenty and already settled down. She couldn’t help but wonder if they had leaped too fast.
“Don’t say that. Please, don’t say that.” Corbin pleaded. “I love you, Daisy. I love you more than life itself!”
“Why? Why did you say that?! Tell me!” She screamed.
“I’m… I’m scared. Scratch that, I’m terrified. We can barely take care of ourselves; never mind bringing another human into this world. I… I just thought that maybe there were other options. How can we afford a pregnancy when we have to struggle to make ends meet? I was just thinking of what was best for us…”
“Corbin, don’t you see? A person’s a person, no matter how small.”
“You honestly believe that that thing inside of you is a person? It hasn’t taken its first breath yet… It doesn’t have a brain, a soul, a personality; how can it be a person?” Corbin asked, rubbing his temples. It was too much for him to even fathom that that thing was a person.
“God, Corbin. We are so different! How can you believe that this,” She placed her hands on her tummy, “is not a living, feeling being? How could you not love him or her? How could you not feel an instant bond?” Tears were collecting at the rims of her eyes. How could she have fell for someone who was so different? Who didn’t have the same goals; the same wants… the same needs. Daisy needed a family; Daisy wanted a family; Daisy wanted her own, real family.
Corbin wanted none of that. Corbin wanted to be free, to be young, and to be carefree. He didn’t want a family… He didn’t need a family. Corbin had made it ten years by himself. Why would he need one now? Besides, they were just barely adults themselves… they both still had childish impulses, especially Daisy; how could they care for a child?
“I don’t know Daisy… I just don’t. We cannot take care of a child. We’re barely adults ourselves! Daisy, we’re practically still kids! We still act like them… How do you think this mistake happened in the first place?!”
“Mistake?! Mistake?! You think this baby is a mistake? God! I don’t even know you, Corbin! How dare you call my baby a mistake?”
“Oh my God, I didn’t mean it like that! Stop being so over-dramatic! I just meant that we cannot afford it right now. We cannot afford the doctor bills that you’ll have; never mind the hospital bill when the baby is born. Forget about all the supplies!”
“Fine, I will make it on my own. It’s over… We’re over.” Corbin’s face fell.
“What?”
“We’re over. O-V-E-R, over! We are just too different for our own good… I cannot destroy a life. I cannot give away my baby!” Daisy walked away; leaving Corbin in the middle of the parking lot, mouth agape. What just happened? Where did that come from? How could it all be over, so fast?
“Leave me be, you jackass!” Daisy cried. “You’re a jerk! I don’t want to talk to you… Apparently it was a mistake marrying you- our goals and dreams are so different.” She sobbed. Daisy couldn’t help but wonder if they had made a mistake getting married so young. They were barely twenty and already settled down. She couldn’t help but wonder if they had leaped too fast.
“Don’t say that. Please, don’t say that.” Corbin pleaded. “I love you, Daisy. I love you more than life itself!”
“Why? Why did you say that?! Tell me!” She screamed.
“I’m… I’m scared. Scratch that, I’m terrified. We can barely take care of ourselves; never mind bringing another human into this world. I… I just thought that maybe there were other options. How can we afford a pregnancy when we have to struggle to make ends meet? I was just thinking of what was best for us…”
“Corbin, don’t you see? A person’s a person, no matter how small.”
“You honestly believe that that thing inside of you is a person? It hasn’t taken its first breath yet… It doesn’t have a brain, a soul, a personality; how can it be a person?” Corbin asked, rubbing his temples. It was too much for him to even fathom that that thing was a person.
“God, Corbin. We are so different! How can you believe that this,” She placed her hands on her tummy, “is not a living, feeling being? How could you not love him or her? How could you not feel an instant bond?” Tears were collecting at the rims of her eyes. How could she have fell for someone who was so different? Who didn’t have the same goals; the same wants… the same needs. Daisy needed a family; Daisy wanted a family; Daisy wanted her own, real family.
Corbin wanted none of that. Corbin wanted to be free, to be young, and to be carefree. He didn’t want a family… He didn’t need a family. Corbin had made it ten years by himself. Why would he need one now? Besides, they were just barely adults themselves… they both still had childish impulses, especially Daisy; how could they care for a child?
“I don’t know Daisy… I just don’t. We cannot take care of a child. We’re barely adults ourselves! Daisy, we’re practically still kids! We still act like them… How do you think this mistake happened in the first place?!”
“Mistake?! Mistake?! You think this baby is a mistake? God! I don’t even know you, Corbin! How dare you call my baby a mistake?”
“Oh my God, I didn’t mean it like that! Stop being so over-dramatic! I just meant that we cannot afford it right now. We cannot afford the doctor bills that you’ll have; never mind the hospital bill when the baby is born. Forget about all the supplies!”
“Fine, I will make it on my own. It’s over… We’re over.” Corbin’s face fell.
“What?”
“We’re over. O-V-E-R, over! We are just too different for our own good… I cannot destroy a life. I cannot give away my baby!” Daisy walked away; leaving Corbin in the middle of the parking lot, mouth agape. What just happened? Where did that come from? How could it all be over, so fast?