Hey guys! Sorry for the long wait! My laptop had been in a bad condition for the last two weeks, but finally it's back to normal! YAAAAY! So here's chapter two! Sorry for the long wait and delays. *pouts* Well, anyway.. reviews are highly appreciated! R&R! F&F!

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"I'm pregnant."

Natasha and Pepper looked at her, a bit surprised. Maria stared at them and then looked over to the kitchen where the men where cleaning-up, then back to the ladies.

"Okaaay. Seems that he *looks over to the kitchen* doesn't know yet, and you don't have any plans on telling him yet. Let's talk about this somewhere more private, shall we? Our suite?" Natasha asked as she and Pepper stood up as Maria nodded.

When they got in Clint and Natasha's suite, Maria suddenly ran to the bathroom and her dinner made their way to the toilet. Natasha and Pepper rushed to her side and soothed her. When Maria was done, Natasha helped her up and into the bed as Pepper went to get some water.

"You okay Maria?" Natasha asked as she looked at Maria who was now lying on the bed.

"Yeah, just morning sickness that's all. Fifth time today though." Maria replied with an awkward laugh.

"You do know it's already 8PM. But it's morning sickness?" Pepper said as she walked towards the bed.

"It's what its called! Leave it guys please. I just want to rest. Let's talk about this tomorrow." Maria said as she tried sitting up, getting ready to leave the suite.

"No! I'll go talk to the men, you and Pepper will be staying here for tonight." Natasha said firmly as she headed for the door.

The men decided to stay on Stark's suite because he told the whole team that it was "the best" suite in the tower. The ladies, on the other hand, stayed at Natasha and Clint's.

"Look guys. I just found out tonight before dinner. I-I don't know what to do and how I should break the news to him. I-I-I'm freaking out and I.." Maria trailed off. She shut her eyes as she rested her head on the pillow. She felt the matress deepen on both of her sides and she knew that Pepper and Natasha were now lying with her on the bed. She slowly opened her eyes as tears formed and stared at them.

"Hey, hey. Don't cry Maria. That won't do any good to you or the baby. Just stay calm and relax." Pepper said as Natasha hugged Maria to her and soothed her.

"I-I'm scared guys. I don't know what I'll do next." Maria said as she continued to cry on Natasha's shoulders as both Natasha and Pepper tried to calm her down. After almost half an hour, her cry lowered down to whimpers and they soon finally subsided. Natasha and Pepper didn't say anything except words that could calm her down and make her relax. When Maria was a hundred percent relaxed, Natasha gave her some advil to help with her throbbing head. The ladies then decided to go to bed and promised to talk again in the morning.

Maria sat in the bed and looked over to Natasha and Pepper to make sure they were asleep. When she was sure that they were, she slowly made her way out of bed and decided to go to the kitchen. She looked at her wrist watch and it read 1:38AM. She sighed and continued her way to the kitchen which was just below Clint and Natasha's suite.

When she was in the kitchen, she didn't bother to open any lights because the street lights outside were enough to see the whole part of the kitchen. She opened the fridge and got her hands on the bottle of bourbon when she stopped midway of getting it out of the fridge when she remembered. 'Alcohol and babies is not a good mix.' She sighed, brought the bottle back in and got the carton of milk instead. She walked towards the kitchen island as she poured herself a glass. She placed the carton on the island and eyed her glass for a moment and sighed.

'How am I going to tell Steve?' Maria thought as she stared at the glass for a minute before drinking.

"How are you going to tell me what Maria?" Maria nearly spit the milk in her mouth as she heard Steve's voice from the hall. She didn't realize that she said it aloud and she didn't even realize that Steve was here. She turned around only to see him staring at her. He walked over to her as she placed the glass on the island next to the carton. When Steve was in front of her, she didn't look at him. She just glued her eyes to the floor.

"Hey." Steve said as he raised her chin so that she could look at him in they eyes but Maria didn't. She looked everywhere but his eyes. Steve frowned and hugged her instead.

"Talk to me Ria. Don't shut me out." Steve said into her hair, inhaling every inch of her scent. He then pulled apart and raised her chin once again. He was shocked to see a few tears rolling down her cheeks.

"Hey, hey, hey. Ssshhh. What's the problem Maria? What is it that you want to tell me?" Steve said as he wiped a few tears rolling down her cheeks. Maria shook her head as she buried it into Steve's chest. Her shoulders began shaking as she cried.

"Sshhh. Maria." Steve tried as he held her in his arms as she cried. He kissed her hair as a way of saying that he won't let her face whatever problem she has now.

"Sit first at the couch and I'll clean up your glass, then we'll go to our suite and talk about it okay?" He said as he looked down on Maria and helped her to the couch. He only received a nod from his wife and he kissed her on the forehead as he walked back to the kitchen and cleaned up the glass.

When they got to their suite, Maria felt sick. Her stomach felt like she just got out of a roller coaster ride. She was thankful that Steve was with her or else she would've fallen by now. She tried to keep it together but she couldn't and stormed off to their bathroom. Steve looked shocked as Maria ran off for the bathroom and shut the door closed. He walked to the bathroom and heard retching sounds as he heard Maria throwing up.

"Maria? Open the door." Steve said as he knocked on the door. He heard more retching sounds and started to worry more so he knocked again.

"Ria open the door." he said again but it was not getting anywhere. Steve walked over at the nightstand on his side of the bed and got Maria's credit card from her wallet and used it to unlock the door. When he did, he saw Maria on her knees throwing up and emptying the contents of her stomach. He rushed to her side and held up her hair with his hand and rubbed circles to her back with the other.

When Maria was finally finished, they both sat on the cold tile floor of their bathroom. Steve looked over Maria who has her eyes closed, silently praying for it to stop.

"Maria, what's going on?" He asked as he lifted her head and turned it to look at him. His eyes widened at what he saw. Maria looked pale, really pale. Her eyes were drooping and she seemed to be fighting it off to not faint.

"Let's get you in bed." Steve said as he stood and helped Maria to her feet.

Maria leaned on Steve as he guided her to their bed. They were halfway to the bed when Maria's knees felt limp and darkness took over her. The last thing she heard before the darkness was Steve yelling her name.

To be continued xx

Hey guys! So that's chapter two! Reviews are highly appreciated! Please stay tuned for chapter three!

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