gemma didn’t know why she was so nervous to even speak of the topic. this was her mom, after all. she went away to college for all four years, after all. wouldn’t mila want this for gem anyway? every negative thought seemed to be flying through her mind at the moment, though that was interrupted when mila asked if she was pregnant. furrowing her eyebrows, gemma couldn’t stop herself from snorting. “you know even though my ovaries kind of explode every time i see my gorgeous girlfriend, we haven’t managed to get pregnant yet.” she shrugged, her tone laced with a joking manner. looking back down at her plate, she picked up the fork and started poking at the food that still awaited her. “but uh…” a trail, followed by a flickering gaze to her mom. “i kind of… probably applied for an apartment, and i… maybe–probably got accepted for it so,” she inhaled a sharp breath. “what i’m trying to say is that, i’m moving out of the house–soon.”
she rolled her eyes at gemma’s answer, playfully of course. though the question kinda begged for it, that reply was still a little more tmi than she would’ve wanted. simply because she didn’t want to think about gemma in that sense, or any of her kids obviously. they were all toddlers in her mind, and while she loved seeing them grow, the nostalgia got to her at times. she grabs her glass, and just as she's about to take a sip from her drink she's told the news. moving. that was a good thing, right? that was the next step, graduating, independance, all that grown up stuff that was supposed to come next. yet mila could feel her heart stop for a second. did gemma not like it in her house? was she THAT eager to move away from her? she was most definitely overthinking the whole situation, but mostly because she'd always seen this specific moment so far away and yet it was here. it was now, she wasn't a kid anymore who needed of mila's care, and that came way faster than she'd anticipated. "Uh," a second later she finally takes that sip, then proceeds to set the glass back down on the table. it was quiet for a moment, just as she was processing things. " that's great, i didn't know you were looking to move out so soon. " mila was certain that gemma didn't bring this up before, she would've remembered something like this. "how soon? where are you moving?"Â