By late February, Sabrina is 15 weeks pregnant and has been avoiding Tucker’s texts, still tormented by her indecision. At Starbucks, she encounters Joanna Maxwell, Beau’s sister, who explains that she’s quit her Broadway show to pursue a music career, inspired by Beau’s philosophy of prioritizing happiness. Their conversation prompts Sabrina to visit her academic advisor, Professor Gibson. Sabrina asks if it is possible to raise a child while attending Harvard Law School. Professor Gibson is encouraging, confirming that while it would require sacrifices, such as potentially not graduating summa cum laude or making Law Review, she believes Sabrina could succeed.

The conversations with Joanna and Professor Gibson help clarify Sabrina’s feelings. After leaving her advisor’s office, she realizes the reason she has not scheduled the abortion is that she does not truly want one. Despite her fears, she makes the definitive choice to keep the baby.

Sabrina finds Tucker’s class schedule online and waits for him outside a lecture hall to tell him her decision. At a nearby park, she confirms she is keeping the baby and still plans to attend law school. They discuss logistics, with Sabrina noting that she has health insurance and hopes her grandmother will provide childcare. Tucker offers to get a job and care for the baby himself while she is in class.

Overwhelmed with guilt about the impact on his life, Sabrina tells Tucker that he is free to date other people. In response, Tucker gently suggests they can be just friends for now and revisit the nature of their relationship later. Sabrina becomes emotional, confessing that she has never had a real boyfriend and is terrified of becoming a parent. Tucker comforts her, promising that she is not alone and that he will support her through everything.

In March, Sabrina meets Hope and Carin at a diner to tell them about her pregnancy. She reveals she is nearly five months along, which shocks them. Hope and Carin initially react with concern, reminding her that an abortion is still an option.

Sabrina firmly states that she wants to keep the baby and is determined to continue with her plan to attend Harvard. Seeing her resolve, her friends’ apprehension turns into enthusiastic support. Carin declares that she will learn to knit so she can make booties for the baby.

Tucker finally tells his friends that Sabrina is pregnant. Garrett and Logan are immediately supportive, but Dean reacts with anger, calling Sabrina cold and judgmental and insisting the baby will ruin Tucker’s life. Tucker firmly defends her as the mother of his child.

Later, Tucker meets up with Fitzy to ask for help finding an apartment in Boston, explaining he’s staying in the area after graduation because he is going to be a father. Fitzy is no longer looking for a place himself but knows someone who needs a roommate: Brody Hollis. Despite his strong dislike for the notoriously sleazy Brody, Tucker recognizes the convenience of the situation and asks for his number.

In April, Tucker accompanies Sabrina to an ultrasound appointment. Sabrina is anxious to learn the baby’s sex, while Tucker initially wants it to be a surprise. Tucker wins a rock-paper-scissors game, but Sabrina disputes the result, arguing that rock traps paper. Dr. Laura offers to tell Sabrina privately so it can remain a surprise for Tucker, but Tucker changes his mind and says he wants to know after all. Dr. Laura announces that they are having a girl.

As they are leaving, Tucker confesses that he had privately asked Dr. Laura if it was safe for them to resume having sex. He then tells a curious Sabrina that he has a surprise for her.

Tucker drives Sabrina to a sketchy neighborhood near her home and reveals his surprise: He has rented the room in Brody’s apartment to be close to her and the baby. He reached an agreement three days ago but does not move in until the end of the week.

Inside the apartment, he shows her prospectuses for various franchise businesses he’s considering buying. As he kneels to feel the baby bump, the sexual tension between them reignites. Sabrina admits she’s been thinking about him, and despite her protest that she’s too heavy, he lifts her and carries her to the living room, where they have sex.

Tucker gets a text from Logan containing a photo of a frightening-looking homemade teddy bear. He explains to Sabrina that Logan and Garrett are competing in a series of events to see which of them will make the best godfather for the baby. The bear is part of a challenge to determine who could be the most comforting. Sabrina accompanies Tucker to his old house to help him pack and meets his friends Hannah, Grace, and Fitzy. Garrett arrives and explains the competition’s “grace-under-pressure” test, a newborn CPR class that Logan failed by accidentally decapitating the infant doll. A brief argument erupts when Sabrina and Tucker disagree on whether the baby’s last name will be James or Tucker.

Left alone in the room, Dean confronts Sabrina, insisting the baby is ruining Tucker’s life. Devastated, Sabrina breaks down and confesses to Dean that she’s in love with Tucker but feels too guilty about how much his life is being disrupted to tell him. Realizing her feelings are genuine, Dean’s hostility subsides, and they agree to a truce. Sabrina makes him promise not to reveal her confession to Tucker.

In June, Sabrina’s friends Hope, Carin, and Hope’s boyfriend, D’Andre, help her assemble a crib in her small bedroom. Sabrina is stressed, revealing to Carin that her grandmother has refused to provide childcare, saying she already raised one child that didn’t belong to her—meaning Sabrina herself—and will not raise another. Sabrina also admits she feels immense guilt for keeping Tucker in Boston and derailing his life plans.

Later, she and Tucker attend a birthing class led by an eccentric instructor named Stacy. The class takes a strange turn when Stacy shows graphic videos of complicated births to motivate the couples. While attempting a relaxation massage during one of the videos, Tucker’s grip on Sabrina’s neck tightens involuntarily. When she tells him he is choking her, he mishears it as “joking,” and the resulting confusion causes them both to break into uncontrollable laughter. They are promptly kicked out of the class.

For the Fourth of July weekend, Tucker’s mother travels from Texas to Boston to meet Sabrina. Sabrina is extremely nervous, admitting to Tucker that she has never met a boyfriend’s parents before. The meeting is tense from the moment his mother arrives.

At dinner in Tucker’s apartment, the atmosphere sours completely when his mother begins interrogating them about their financial and childcare arrangements. She asks if they have considered adoption, strongly implying that Sabrina is not a suitable mother. Devastated, Sabrina flees the table in tears. Tucker firmly tells his mother she must accept Sabrina because “that kid in her stomach is half of me” (285). He then goes to comfort Sabrina, reassuring her that he believes she will be a great mom.