Cass groaned, hiding his face in his hands. 'This can't be happening,' he mumbled to himself, trying desperately to steady his breathing enough to keep from fainting.
He barely heard Percy's word, his heart pounding so loudly it seemed to drown out all other sounds. That was, until the word abandon filtered through the noise. His head shot up almost on its own. 'What? No!' He shook his head. 'Look, I don't want to abandon the kid, I wouldn't, but- Gods, Percy, this is me we're talking about. I'd make a horrible parent. I'm irresponsible, I get myself in danger all the time and I don't know the first thing about raising a kid!'
'If mum and dad were around things would be different...' he stopped himself from saying more, because he didn't see the point in wishing for what couldn't be. 'Merlin, Percy, you don't even like kids. How are we-' He stopped himself, looking at Percy. 'We are still talking about we, here, right?' he asked, suddenly in need to hear Percy say that it was. This was something entirely different than what they'd started. If this kid, Aiden, suddenly came along... he wasn't so foolish as to not realise that it would change everything.