How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
I feel like I don't even know who all these people are or where they came from, and I've known most of them all my life. (20.11)
It's clear at this party with Nia that something has changed within Bobby. Pre-pregnancy, he probably wouldn't care that he doesn't really know the people he thinks he's known his whole life. But now, with a baby on the way, he feels like he doesn't belong with them. He's past the point of this party but not quite ready to give up parties altogether.
Quote #8
Mom never has said or done that for me since Feather's been here. But now she's looking at me like I'm a baby that just walked across the room for the first time.
Maybe I just did. (21.38-39)
When Paul visits, Bobby's mom offers to babysit Feather so the two brothers can go for a walk. It's shocking for Bobby; she's refused until this point, and he's far too proud to beg for help. So why now? What steps might she realize that Bobby has just taken?
Quote #9
But I wiped my eyes real fast on the back of my sleeve 'cause I'm going to be this baby's daddy now.
I don't know any of the parent rules, but crying like a baby when you just decided to keep a baby probably shouldn't happen. (29.59-60)
Bobby cries when he tells Nia's parents that he's going to keep Feather, and he is starting to act in ways that he thinks adults should act. (Though, truth be told, there's no magic playbook entitled How to Be an Adult, Bobby.)