For once in Maya's life, she thought she had it made: Marrying 'Uncle Boing', her fantasy crush since the seventh grade, becoming Riley's aunt by marital definition, but sisters by heart, the dream the two had always hoped to come true despite Josh's persistence that they couldn't date because of three years, meaning nothing after the ski lodge almost eight years ago.
When he had realized that Maya's heart was more loving than the words that came from her mouth, and realized the age difference didn't matter as much as he had thought, her heart and mind with wisdom that of an elderly person held. Her love story had came true almost immediately after realizing that she hadn't loved Lucas, only thought she did, leaving him for Riley.
Riley and Lucas had liked each other secretly all along, but feared hurting Maya, waiting for her to find herself then give her blessing, so that they could be together, and when she had found herself, she did. Their triangle wasn't a triangle all along, their friendship was what was important, and Maya realized she was what was keeping Lucas and Riley apart. Once she found herself, she wanted out of the 'triangle' that never was. People change people, and Riley Matthews' wasn't really the best person for her to be, but herself. Riley Matthews' was only the best friend she could be with.
So when Josh proposed her world turned for the best, she had everything she could possibly need, the man of her dreams, the niece of her dreams, and God holding her relationship together, bringing her through all this trouble in life just to show her that he was still there, and it became apparent when she walked down the aisle that day, he had bigger, better plans all along.
Cory escorted her down the aisle arm in arm, smiling as he felt tears stinging the back of his eyes, looking to Maya with pride only a father could feel. Behind her, Shawn, holding the tail of her dress as he watched his step-daughter waltz, one foot in front of another down the carpet, her face glowing, her smile bright, her cheeks rosy and her vibrant blues glossy with tears. Before letting her go, Cory kissed her on the cheek, releasing her arm and hugging her side before holding her hand in his, her other in Shawn's, watching as they proudly glowed at her.
"This is a new world for you now Maya; Make it good." Cory had smiled, and Shawn noded, kissing her on the cheek before leaving the blushing bride to her new husband.
They promised to be together no matter what: Sickness, health, thick, thin, but when Maya had been diagnosed with PCOS, "Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome", it was only the icing on her unleavened cake. She was still able to conceive but it was more difficult, cysts on her ovaries making it feel nearly impossible, and the only thing that scared her more than not having children, but finally having a child and then having Josh decide to leave.
He promised her month after month that she was the strongest, most beautiful person he knew, only to be turned away, Maya scuffing as she bitterly yanked her hands from his, and being kissed on the head by her husband before angrily stuffing the negative pregnancy test into the bottom of the trash can.
It stung that month after month she would get the same result, and pained her that everyone around her seemed to be getting pregnant. She didn't want it to be taken the wrong way of course, after all, Riley was her best friend and even though she just found out she was expecting a son in November Maya couldn't be more happy for her. The thing that burned the most was when her own mother, or even some of her closest friends, even her friends at her part time art teacher job at the rec center, would ask when she was planning to start her family.
The truth was, they had been trying for three years, denying IVF or whatever they were offered simply because they couldn't even afford the pre-payments, and many times after work Maya would come home crying after being reprimanded by one of her co-workers about their friend's or relative's success with IVF and how great it was, or how their in-laws had just adopted, when many times Josh and Maya discussed, and couldn't get approved for three more years. Though it would be worth the wait to give a child a well deserved home, they hadn't found the will to give up yet.
Maya and Josh came to the conclusion that if God hadn't intended for them to have kids they wouldn't, but didn't give up and after much prayer decided to intervene, Maya starting cycle regulation drugs only to become more and more disappointed each and every month. Adoption definitely wasn't out of the question, only the money. Until months later, after Maya had before long decided to call off all trying that she began to feel sick, receiving a negative pregnancy test when she took one, but nonetheless felt down and moppy, concluding it was just the flu.
Just an hour before they had to leave to meet Riley for work related discussions, Maya rolled around in bed, sweat dripping down her forehead as she rode out another wave a nausea. Josh was in the bathroom, getting dressed after his shower when she had bolted the door down, pushing him out of the way as she lunged for the toilet, hurling into the bowl with a white-knuckled grip, feeling as Josh's warm hands scooped her hair off her neck.
"Oh boing, that's not good." She groans, looking back into the toilet before leaning back against her husband's legs.
"Go lie down," He commands as she protests, "You're smarter than this to be trying to go to something we both know you wouldn't anyway if Riley wasn't your best friend and my niece."
After continuing this pattern for two weeks and much to her dismay, Josh convinced her to go to their family doctor, insisting that this wasn't just the average flu, a suspicion both on their minds but both of them too afraid to say, Maya standing firm on the ground that she didn't want to give herself false hope. So she and Josh had walked hand in hand, Maya's shaking in his, and he squeezes it, smiling down reassuringly at his wife.
"Hey, look at me. Whatever happens, we're in this together." He lifts her chin, looking directly in her shimmering eyes.
Maya nervously tapped her leg up and down on the white sterile paper beneath her bottom, the crinkle sound being emitted from it only adding to her angst. She wrung her hands together, pressing her knuckles into her palms, and nearly jumping a mile out of her shoes when the doctor finally came in.
"I'm Doctor Coenner," She outreaches her hand, shaking both Maya's and Josh's, "And we took time to review your blood lab results, including a routine pregnancy test."
"Josh," Her voice wavers anxiously, reaching over to slip her hand in his.
Maya's heart sunk in her chest despite knowing nothing of the results and felt her husband take her hand, looking with all seriousness at the doctor before she noticed the angst in their eyes, grinning as she only shook her head.
"Congratulations you two!" She beamed, watching as Maya nearly trips, hopping off the table and into her husband's arms.
Tears stream down Maya's face, her blue eyes nearly glassed over and her face flushed, her heart palpitating in her chest, feeling the joy burst out of her, something she wasn't sure she could describe. It was an overwhelming, nauseating, confusing, bubbly feeling but she also felt sick to her stomach with terror.
Josh on the other hand couldn't find the words to describe his excitement, only looking to his wife and with a glance they both realized that they were overjoyed, being hit with emotions like a truck. In that moment they didn't think they could love each other any more than they already did, but this baby proved them wrong.
"We're having a baby, Boing!" She literally chokes out her tears of joy, hugging Josh around the neck joyfully before burying her head into his chest.
That night Josh rolled over in bed, kissing his wife on the side of the head before resting his hand on her not-for-long flat stomach, praying over their young child and then kissing him or her, watching Maya's face blush, seeing the joy in her sparkling blues, looking like vibrant waves crashing on the shore.
"I love you, Maya Penelope Matthews. You're going to make the best mother to our child." He smirks, and she buries head into his chest, falling fast asleep.
Authors Note/ Disclaimer: All credit to MusicGirl1120: When first reading her fanfic, I fell in love with the idea of Jesse and Beca from Pitch Perfect struggling to have a baby because the truth is that it happens, and not every character has a fairytale ending. There are lots of aspects of infertility that hasn't been written about or can't be understood, thus triggering my want to write an infertility story of my own, and the idea to do a GMW one came after watching Ski lodge part 1, ( A Joshaya shipper because to be honest, they're adorable and I love the idea of Maya Being Riley's aunt, and Rucas) I'm sure im not the first person to think of writing an infertility story, but fearing plagiarism, wrote this note :) Please enjoy and all criticism welcome, after all, criticism helps writers grow :) Thanks for reading!