I can't help it. I just get incredibly jealous.

"Tell me," Jackson urges, feeling the shift in my emotions, tightening his arms

around me.

"I just want to do that," I say, laughing a little, shaking my head, feeling petulant. "It sounds so cool, and important, and... vivid. I want to do that work, Jacks. I want to help."

He nods, humming his understanding, letting me have the space to speak.

"I just...Jacks, I don't know if I'm going to be a very normal kind of mom," I say quietly, worried about it. "I don't think I can do it."

"What's a normal mom?" Jackson asks, genuinely curious.

"Like my mom," I say quietly. "Dedicated to raising the kids and keeping the family together. Letting the man in the house take charge."

"She does more than that."

"I know," I say on a sigh. "But...mom and dad fall into some really normal gender roles. It works for them. Family has always come first for mom - she loves it."

think

other things too. I think I'm more like my dad. I think

his nose, letting me know that he means it. “If it helps, I don't think I'm

face. "You're going to do great, Jacks." "So

a

have any knowledge to back this up with, but I

they don't?" I ask, a little smile

Jackson murmurs, his voice clearly belying the fact that he has no idea what he's talking about. Or what that

how he'd ever actually have

burst out laughing

is a great deal. Marigold looks

to be great at it," Jackson whispers,

resting against him. "We are,

idea what we're doing.

says. "What do we

want to do?" I whisper, turning

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