Conflict Resolution of Questioning Whether Matt Love Kimberly or Not

tells him all about her problem. After listening to Kimberly‟s story, Curt wants to marry her. Curt also offers to give her some money. However, Kimberly does not want to marry Curt because she does not love him. She loves Curt as her friend not as a husband. She also refuses to take some money from Curt. “Curt, I love you,” I paused. “ But not like that. And you don‟t love me that way either. Actually, we‟re friends. Friends who fool around.” He closed his eyes for a moment, then signed. “Yeah. You want me to give you some money? “You‟re the sweetest guy there is.” I put my hand aga inst his unshaved face. “ it‟s not that I don‟t need it, but I can‟t take it from you.” p. 112 Instead of asking Curt to marry her or give some money to her, Kimberly asks him what should she do. Curt does not exactly give her a suggestion but he asks if Kimberly has told Matt about her pregnacy. Kimberly has not told him and she also does not know whether she will tell him or not. Even though Curt does not tell her what should she do but Kimberly thanks him for being a good listener. I frowned. “Ethical. If you knew the things that were going through my head... Oh, Curt, what am I going to do? “ Have you told the dickhead yet?” “He‟s not a... No.” “Are you going to tell him?” I don‟t know.” When it was time for me to go, Curt bent over to kiss me on the lips. I held his face in my hands, then turned so that his kiss landed in my cheeck, to the side of my mouth. With my eyes closed, I said, “Thanks for listening.” p. 112 Kimberly not only shares her problem with Curt but also with Annette, her bestfriend. Kimberly meets Annette in the bathroom in between classes. She tells all the stories to Annette and asks her what she sould do. Annette suggests to Kimberly to tell Matt about her pregnancy. However, Kimberly does not want to tell Matt because she thinks that she will not be a good wife for Matt. For once, annette didn‟t say anything. She just held me in an incredibly tight grip. Then she spoke. “I‟m here for you.” I took a deep breath. “What do you think?” “You need to tell him.” “I can‟t.” “Why not?” I rubbed my eyes. “He does. But if I tell him, he‟ll never let me... you know. He‟ll want to keep it and get married. He‟ll want us to stay in Chinatown.” I guess there are worse things than being an incredibly young mother and living with a hunk the rest of your life.” I don‟t want to force him to be with me. I don‟t even know if can make him happy in the long run p. 112. Sharing her problem with Curt and Annette helps Kimberly very much. However, it is not enough unless she tell it also to the most important person in her life who is her mother. Kimberly is waiting for her mother until her mother comes home. She acts as if she is a little daughter to her mother. Before Kimberly can tell her mother about her pregnancy, her mother has already known it from Kimberly‟s big stomach. Kimberly‟s mother has already known that she is pregnant. However, Kimberly cannot tell anything to her mother for the first time. Her mother holds her and her eyes are squeezed tight. Kimberly guesses that her mother‟s head must have been spinning. Finally, her mother asks Kimberly if she has told Matt. However, once again Kimberly cannot tell Matt about her pregnancy p. 113. Kimberly thinks many times before she has enough courage to tell Matt the truth. Actually, she loves Matt but she never imagines that there will be a baby between them. She asks her mother what she should do. Her mother tells her that sometimes life does not give her what she wants. Therefore, she has to accept the reality that is different from the one she imagines for herself p. 113. After Kimberly asks for suggestions from Curt, Annette, and her mother she decides to keep her baby and to be a young mother. However, she does not tell Matt about her baby for tweleve years. Kimberly decides to be a single parent for her baby. Kimberly‟s baby is a boy. His name is Jason.