Nick really wished it could have been easier than this. Their wants clashing like this over a serious subject. He just honestly never expected Jeff to raise the subject again so soon in their lives. He had assumed they would have a baby and then once she got old enough and went to school, they could start to enjoy the hard work they had done right out of school. The thought of bringing another baby into the mix really did make Nick's head spin right now. He didn't want to end up one of those couples who had nothing in common between them but the kids, where their sex life died and their bank balance was living from pay check to pay check because they had to fork out so much money to raise them. He didn't want a life where he could get pleasure in anything else he loved because it constantly revolved around children.

He soon just looked at Jeff tiredly. "You're scaring me a little, you know. You're sounding like you can't function in life unless it's home here with kids, and as much as I love my family, and know we're blessed with Natalia, I never wanted my life to just exist to breed. Family is important to me, but it was never, ever an assumption in my head I would automatically have a huge family. I always wanted other things too. Art is one of those things, and if we add another kid to the mix? That's less time for that. But honestly, you're scaring me with this breeding obsession, and almost indicating you can't even... I don't know, cope. Are you going to fly off the handle when she goes to school and resent me for saying no to more kids just because you feel that's the be all and end all to everything? You're just really worrying me. All this right when Natalia is about to go to school? It's strange. Like you want to feel the hole she will leave in the day. I don't know."