"I think she does." Katharine looked at him in surprise, then smiled. "I didn't know you were a professor."
She hesitated, then scratched her head in thought. "Well, I mean, just... I know they both intend for him to go to school, and I know his plan is to do that regardless of what happens, but a baby is so much work. He has absolutely no idea how much work it really is, and I'm sure she doesn't, either. I had my parents' help, but I nearly didn't graduate high school after Alex was born, and I dropped out of college." She didn't regret it, but she'd regret it forever if Alex wasn't able to finish school.
She made a small sound, trying to think of what it was he was hoping to study. "He's thinking of engineering, computer science, or biology now, I think, and he's looking seriously at the University of Washington and Seattle University. But he's also very interested in his music..."