Chapter Seven

End of August. Eight 1/2 months pregnant.

Cole and I ended up finding our dream house, in Manhattan, and it's pink. The night he asked me to buy a house with him, and be his girlfriend, I seriously thought he was going to propose. Thank god he didn't back then...I would have said no. However, now? I think my answer would be yes if he were to ask me.

Things have been going really well with us as we navigate through new territories; our new relationship.

Honestly, I couldn't be any happier. I love this house. The porch is my favorite. I sit out here every morning and have tea or coffee and listen to the birds.

Cole's at the youth center working, getting ready for the benefit tonight; they're raising money for at risk kids. They're hoping to build another youth center since the only one around here is overwhelmed with troubled teens. He's doing amazing things with the youth center, and it makes me so happy to see him thriving, doing what he loves. Cole grew up rough, like I did; absent p