Well...This Is New - 15

The story rages on!
Yesterday morning I sat on the couch in my dad's office, when Paul sent a text to the group conversation with me, Heather, and Sally. It was a picture.
I clicked on it and noticed a screenshot of his Sims game. It was a baby in a crib.
Paul: Guess who?
Me: Diamond?
[Heather and her crush, Nathan's daughter]
Paul: No
Me: Who?
Paul: Ben!
Me: Ben who?
Paul: Our new daughter!
My mouth dropped open, and I gripped my phone tighter.
Me: LOL WHAT?! YOU MADE US HAVE A SECOND KID?!
Sally: WWOOOOAAAA
Paul: We can't have more than 2 kids
Paul: I was gonna make us have like five
I shook my head, staring at my phone. Five kids?
But I couldn't help but smile. The fact that Paul was so excited...was pretty cute. If not a little creepy. This was just a game, after all, but he made it seem so serious. As if this was everyone's future. As if, when we were older, this was going to be reality.
Which brings me to give you a little background info.
A little while ago, Paul and I had a huge fight. And after this huge fight, we had a very long, very personal, very painful conversation.
And the conversation ended with Paul saying that it's not that he can't love me. It's that he's not ready to.
He told me that his brain hasn't fully developed to have crushes and fall in love yet. He isn't mature enough.
I asked him if he'd ever feel the same way, and he said definitely not in high school.
But now...I'm wondering...
Is he lying?
And I'm not talking about lying to me.
I'm wondering...if maybe...he's lying to himself.

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What do you guys think?