Jared could understand all that... It was barely believable that they were having a child with how low conception rates were in recent years and the genetic modification lower chances further. That was only one step of it too; they still had to worry about carrying to term. So yes Jared was nervous and scared both for the child and Veronica... the idea of being a father did not help either.<br/><br/>After processing all that and taking a moment to collect his thoughts, Jared slowly laid down next to Veronica and rested his hand with hers on her stomach. He was silent for a long while before he finally picked up speaking again, "Yes... I'm worried and scared... but..." He paused till she she looked at him again and she would see the small smile on his face, "I know we can do this... because we are doing it together...... wow that cheesy." Jared broke out in a somewhat embarrassed smile/look when he realized how weird it actually sounded.<br/><br/>He took a moment to recompose himself and tried a slightly different approach. "You remember that accident that happened a few months after we started dating? When the feedback buffers on the Orion failed?" The event he was bringing up happened in the hangar when the pilots were doing their standard testing of their mechs. When they got to testing the synch ups, Jared's mech malfunctioned and nearly fired his brain due to his direct link set up. "You stood by me even after I turned into little more than a raging beast... and I realized then that I could not be a pilot forever and I wanted something else for the future," He paused for a second, not really sure if what he was saying made much sense with everything currently but it was too late to stop now. "I wanted a life... a life with you... perhaps even a family despite how slim the chances seemed at the time..."<br/><br/>Jared stopped realizing he seemed to be rambling and he needed to just say what he was beating around the bush with. He lets out a sigh and tries to finish, "What I'm trying to say is... I'm going to stay by you no matter what like you did for me... I will be with you through the worst and the best, through tiny terrors and little angels," He jokes a little with the end. He goes back to a caring, loving, soft tone for his final piece as he takes her hand with the ring and fingers it for emphasis, "I've made a promise, a vow, an oath to always be with you... and love you till the end... and I have no intention on turning back now." He smiles slightly before leaning over and kissing her lightly. "You'll be a great mom I know it... if anyone is going to mess our kid up it's me."