A loud knock is what woke him up and the loud, panicked, yelling is what got him out of bed.
He ran up the stairs, with only his pajama pants on. He mentally scolded himself when he saw it was Allison's parents. Why did he never wear a shirt at the right time!?
Allison's mom ran to him, grabbing him by the shoulders. "Max! We went into Allison's room this morning and she wasn't there! Do you have any idea where she is?" She was frantic, close to tears.
Before Max could answer, she continues on. "We checked everywhere and this is the last place we checked." She paced around the room, the feeling of panic radiating off of her. As she rubbed it away, Allison had walked out in Max's shirt, having changed from all the tears and snot that had been covering her own.
Allison didn't seem to even notice her parents as she nonchalantly walked into the Thunderman's kitchen, reaching up and grabbing a box of cereal.
Her mother's scream of her name caused her to yell in shock and fall to the floor. The box of cereal fell to the floor along with her and scattered across the ground.
Max ran over to her, right past Allison's confused mother. "Allison, are you okay?" He asked worried.
"I'm fine." She mumbled, standing up with a bit of his help. She walked over to her parents, looking at them with a confused look on her face. "What are you guys doing here?"
"We went into your room this morning and we couldn't find you! Why do you think you can just sneak out like that, Allison?!" Her dad exclaimed loudly.
Barb saw a fight was brewing and decided to fuse the tension. "Why don't we all sit down and talk. I think Max and Allison have a few things they'd like to explain to you." She gave Max a pointed look as her and Hank led Allison's parents to the couches, who were in such a state of shock that they didn't even notice being moved.
Allison stood in front of her parents, a good distance away, she might add, Max right by her side, holding her waist.
"Mom, Dad. Max and I have something to tell you." She said quietly, looking down for a moment before back up to their confused faces.
"Allison, just tell us what's going on?" Her mother said with a small sigh. Oh how confused her mother was, what was her daughter doing sneaking out to her boyfriend's house at God knows when! And how were his parents even okay with that!?
"I'm pregnant." She said softly. And then her tears fell again and she was being pulled into Max's chest as he shushed her and reminded her that it's all going to be okay.
"Pregnant?" She asked shocked as both her and Allison's father stood up. "How?"
Max's mom gave him a warning look not to say anything and Max was glad she did because he didn't think Allison's parents would enjoy the answer he gave his own.
"We weren't as careful as we should be after a while..." Allison said quietly as she turned out of Max's chest to look at her parents.
"After a while?!" Her dad exclaimed in pure anger. "When did this even start!?" His face was a violent red and Max gently pulled Allison closer into his chest a bit more. He wasn't afraid of her dad being violent towards her, no. He was worried about what the father inside of him would do. The same man who was bright red at the moment.
"Since our one year anniversary." She whispered, looking down at her feet. The disappointment she felt in herself had finally sunk in and now she was just left with this disgusting, worthless feeling.
She would have never compared herself to someone who got knocked up at such a young age and especially before marriage. Now here she was, being the person who she had said she would never be. What a vicious turn of events.
"I just..., I can't believe this, Allison. How could you let this happen? First you start on this whole saving the world phase and next you get pregnant! I thought you knew better." Her father said in a disappointed tone, having calmed down a bit.
Allison looked at her parents, feeling a tad bit of anger rise in her. "It's not a phase! This whole 'saving the world' thing isn't a phase! It's something I love!" She exclaimed loudly and quite angrily.
The phase part is where Barb and Hank Thunderman had really decided to tune in. The most common thing between Allison and Max was so obvious now! The constant being told that 'it was a phase.' Seeing Allison get so angry was odd, she had never been so...red.
"If you believed in me, if you knew me, or if you even loved me, you would know that this isn't a damn phase! It's my life!" Allison yelled angrily, pushing off Max and rushing off down to his room.
"Was this how Max felt when he and Barb said the same thing to him about wanting to be a super villain?" Hank thought to himself quietly.
Max had run down the stairs a few seconds after Allison and saw her sitting on his unmade bed, her hands clutching onto his pillow.
He sat down next to her and pulled her into him. She dropped the pillow and held him instead, her soft tears falling on his bare chest.
"Why are they always acting like this? Why can't they ever accept me like I am?" She sobbed into him as he rubbed soothing circles on her.
He looked down at his girlfriend, his heart breaking at the site of her crying. What an odd thing to say for a villain. Cologne circles, dreamy looks, and now heart break at her pain? What was next?
"I don't know, Allison. I really don't know. They're just angry right now. If they can't accept such a beautiful and talented girl like you then they obviously don't know what they're missing." He said truthfully, letting his hand take hold of hers.
"I'm always crying on to you." Allison whispered meekly, looking up at him with a small chuckle as she wiped her eyes.
"That's okay. I'll always be here for you to cry on." Max held her closer, his free hand rubbing against her arm slowly.
She looked up at him with a sad smile. "How did we get into this mess, Max?" She asked softly, another year falling down.
"Because we love each other." He said simply. "We can do this, we'll go back up there and talk to them about this like adults, okay? We have to." He got up, holding his hand out to her and soon enough she took it. Max felt odd being the responsible one; it was something new and different.
The two walked back up to the living room to see both sets of parents talking.
The room became silent and Allison's mom's voice broke through.
"Allison..." She said with a sad look on her face. Allison ran into her mother's arms, crying softly. "I'm so sorry you feel like that."
"I'm sorry; I let you down, Mom." Allison sobbed gently, holding onto her mother tightly.
Max watched and felt a hand clasp onto his shoulder. He looked behind him to see his father. Max gave him a sad smile and turned back, watching Allison sob into her mother's shoulder quietly.
It all would turn out alright, it had to. Right?
Hi! Here's another chapter! Please read and review!
-UnaverageWriterFreak
