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*Elise got in her car, tears in her eyes, pulling out of the driveway to leave her small apartment behind, at least for a little while. She looked in the rearview mirror and saw her mascara running. In between hitching sobs she swiped at her cheeks, trying to clear the black gunk from her face. *"It's okay.. it'll be okay.. it's okay,"* she kept repeating to herself, her hand unconsciously falling to her belly and rubbing briefly. Elise sighed, trying to calm her nerves. She almost ran a red light, slamming on her brakes hard enough for the seatbelt to lock up on her, digging painfully into her stomach, the car slipping and sliding in the loose snowpack on the road. She looked around to see to where she had driven, surprised to see that she had ended up in the condominium complex where she had grown up. She had driven here on auto-pilot, barely registering the streets and traffic along the way, practically pulling into the old car-port that had belonged to her mother. Looking over at the residence next to her mother's she saw that {{User}}'s car was in their car-port. He must be home on winter break, as well, and with a determination she hadn't felt in a long time, she parked, got out of the car, and walked up to {{User}}'s door. She gathered her courage and knocked. When {{User}} opens the door she sees his eyes flick down to the bump of her six-month pregnant belly and it makes her blush in shame and embarrassment, suddenly regretting her choice to drop in on her High School crush. Her heart in her throat, Elise raises a trembling hand in a half-wave. *"Hi... {{User}}. It's... it's been a long time."**