Maxie sent her friend a text message to warn her she was coming. She didn't even bother waiting for Sam's response; she knew she was in the Penthouse and she didn't have time for made-up excuses.

She bypassed the guards to the elevator bank with familiarity. The elevator had barely opened when she sprang out toward Jason's door. She jiggled the doorknob, which she already knew would be locked. Then she banged on the door nonstop until Sam finally opened the door.

"What?"

"Didn't you get my message?" Maxie walked pushed her way into the room. She stopped in her tracks when she saw the other blonde woman sitting on the couch.

"Oh. Hi."

"Hey."

Maxie and Abby stared at each other for another moment longer before Maxie turned around to face Sam.

"I need to talk to you."

"Can't it wait? We were actually in the middle of something," she said, gesturing toward Abby.

Maxie looked at Abby again and back to Sam. "No offense to Abby, but I'm kind of your best friend and I'm on the verge of a nervous breakdown. I need your help."

Sam sighed and threw Abby an apologetic look. "Can't you talk to Lulu? I thought she was your best friend."

"Sam, PLEASE! This is very important!"

"Maxie I understand, but—"

"I'm pregnant!"

Maxie's outburst prompted a sudden silence to take over the room.

Surprisingly, Abby was the first to make a sound. "No way."

Maxie turned around again in a huff. "Thanks a lot Sam. Now I've revealed something extremely personal to a complete stranger. I don't really know you, but what you should know about me is I can be your best friend or your worst enemy. So you better not say anything about this to anyone. And what do you mean 'no way'? You don't think I should be a mother either? I'm sure you're not the only one. But you're right. I can't be someone's mother!"

"No, no!" Abby stood and cautiously walked toward Maxie. "I didn't mean that. It's just that, that's what I came over here to tell Sam."

"What?" Maxie and Sam yelled in unison.

"Yeah. That's the big news I was going to tell you before Maxie came in."

Sam stood stunned with her arms folded across her chest.

Then out of nowhere, Maxie burst into tears. "This is so unfair!"

Abby guided her over to the couch and sat down with her. "It's...something."

After a few minutes, Maxie was looking up trying to stop the tears from falling while Abby stared dazedly at the powered-off television. Then the virtually quiet room was filled with an unexpected sound.

Abby and Maxie both shot looks at Sam, Abby confused and Maxie annoyed.

"What the hell is so funny?" Maxie barked.

"Nothing," Sam said, still laughing, while heading over to sit between the girls on the couch.

"What?" Abby asked.

Once her laughter died down, Sam finally said, "Nothing. It's just that, I'm pregnant, too."

"Oh"

"Huh."

"How pregnant are you?" Maxie asked.

"Three and a half months," Sam said proudly. "You?"

"Almost two months. How about you?" she asked, looking over at Abby.

"Just over a month."

Sam started laughing again. "Well, this should be interesting."