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\u201cI\u2019ll step up. We can get married, and I\u2019ll help you raise the baby. You won\u2019t be alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

She stared at me with a softness I\u2019d never seen before. \u201cI can\u2019t ask you to do that. I\u2019m sorry, Mark. But I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll ever feel that way about you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s okay,\u201d I told her. \u201cThis isn\u2019t about that. We\u2019ll get married so no one will look down on you, and so you won\u2019t be a single mother.\u201d<\/p>\n

She hesitated, whispering, \u201cAre you sure? That\u2019s a lot to ask of a friend.\u201d<\/p>\n

But I was sure. Even if it was crazy, even if part of me wished she felt more for me, I couldn\u2019t let her face this alone.<\/p>\n

So we went down to the courthouse that week. Two friends signed as witnesses. It was quiet, quick, and nothing like the wedding of childhood dreams. But it was ours, and I promised myself I would make it enough.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ll step up. We can get married, and I\u2019ll help you raise the baby. You won\u2019t be alone.\u201d She stared at me with a softness I\u2019d never seen before. \u201cI can\u2019t ask you to do that. I\u2019m sorry, Mark. But I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll ever feel that way about you.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s okay,\u201d I told her….<\/p>\n

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