"Wait a minute." Kitty shook her head, frowning slightly. "Don't do that to me. Don't shut me out like that. This is me, remember?" It hurt a little and Kitty didn't bother hiding that fact. After all the progress she and June had made, as close as she felt they were, it bothered her how easily June would just run away from her.
"Don't you think if all it took was talking to Professor Munroe and going to court once or twice was all it took that I wouldn't do it? Adoption is a big deal, June, and it should be. It won't matter how well you and I get along. I live here, I'm single, I got fired from my quote-unquote real job. None of that will work in my favor. The courts like to place children with married, self-sustaining couples. And right now, that's just not me." Not that it couldn't be, Kitty told herself. But she was happy where she was. Minus the being single part.
"We can't worry about the future, love. If we did that, all we'd do is worry." She turned so she was facing June and took her face in her hands. "We have today. We have tomorrow. We even have next week. That's all we can count on, and that's what we should make the most of, okay? I want to be here for you, I want to take care of you, but you have to talk to me. Can you make me that promise? That you'll talk to me and not run away from me? because that hurts my feelings when you shut down like you have. It makes me think I'm doing something wrong."