"Two months, that's plenty of time to get everything done that I've been putting off," Joel says and he doesn't mean to sound nervous, but he actually sort of is. Two months had seemed like a long time only a few months ago, but now it seems like it's getting shorter and shorter, the due date looming right overhead.

"Right?" he asks, looking at Raleigh, his voice slightly strangled. Ellie, looking amused, drifts off to take care of someone looking for a drink.