Claudia made it to the parking lot before she realized what she was about to do, "Holy shit! There is no way I'm doing this." Claudia bolted for her car and drove

until she ended up at he Metro Court. As soon as she stepped in a young brunette passed by here, with way to much perfume on, and she immediately gagged.

Power walking through the hotel lobby looking for a trashcan or bathroom, she accidentally bumped into Carly. Carly, "Oh I'm sorry," but then she looked up

and realized who it was and her whole demeanor was about to change until she noticed that she was about to hurl. Carly who's always ready to be someone's

mother stepped in and dashed behind the counter to grab the trashcan just in time. If Claudia wasn't busy wiping her face and holding her stomach as she

emptied its contents she would in no way be letting Carly rub her back. Once Claudia was done Carly grew interested, "I know we aren't friends, more like

enemas but are you okay?" Claudia straightened out her skirt and nodded with her hands on her hips, "I'm good. Drinking on an empty stomach that's all." Carly

watched as Claudia just walked away, nothing more, but thought it strange just for her to be vomiting out of no where.

The reason Claudia was at the Metro Court in the first place was to talk with Maxi, but after puking in the hotel lobby she decided to leave. So now sitting in her

car with her head lying on the steering wheel Claudia was trying to decide what to do next when her phone went off, "Jason. Great. Ignore." Claudia put the key

in the ignition and drove off to the only thing that still makes since in her life -shopping.

The world has a funny way of making it seem like the walls are closing in and that there's no way out of rock bottom. This is where Claudia is at the moment, in

this particular dressing room as she is sitting in a heap on the floor crying her eyes out. She got here not only because she's pregnant with the enemies kid, and

starting to have feelings for him, but now she can't fit in the clothes she loves, and she's tired of always being hungry and horny. About an hour later and

Claudia was walking through the front door of her and Johnny's penthouse in hopes that he was there, alone. Johnny saw all the bags she was carrying in and

immediately knew. Holding out his arms ready to embrace her he got up from the couch and met her at the door, "What's wrong?" Claudia dropped the bags

and went straight for him with a sigh of relief that it was just him, "everything."

Claudia had fallen asleep on Johnny but her phone kept going off and she stirred awake, "Johnny answer your phone." Johnny, "it's not mine. It's yours. Want

me to…" Claudia sat up, "No, no, no I'll get it." Claudia came from under the blanket and picked up her phone, "hello?" "Claudia, please don't run away this time.

We need to talk. And what about your father, what does he think?" Claudia stiffened a bit, looking at her brother and then back to the TV so it looked like she

didn't care he was looking, "Jason. I don't want…" Jason, "you have to want this to work, I can see it in your face, you care." Claudia stood up and walked over

to the big bay window, constantly checking to see if Johnny was listening in on the conversation, "Even if we wanted to, daddy would never go for this. So before

it's a probable, I'm going to leave. No one has to know, and don't worry I wont go far."

Jason hung up devastated, and went to talk with the only person who ever tells him the truth whether he wants to hear it or not, Carly. Carly had just sat for

about half an hour listening to Jason talk and for the most part she couldn't believe what she was hearing, "What…How…Why…Jason, I can't even…" Jason

sighed, "I don't think I've ever found you silent. Say something" Carly shook her head and was about to comment when Morgan walked in, "Hey Jason!" Jason

knew the subject was dropped, at least for now.

It was now Thursday morning and Claudia wanted to call Jason and invite him to the baby's appointment, but she couldn't. Claudia, "hey can you leave work in

an hour?" Maxi, "not really, why?" Claudia, "nothing. Never mind." Maxi, "but we can go out this weekend?" Claudia, "You know I can't drink. You are so evil.

But fine, and just so you know as payback you are getting drunk for the both of us." Maxi smiled, "With the week I've had, that will be no problem." Claudia

hung up, sighed and went to get dressed.

It was about an hour after Claudia called Maxi and she was going over notes with Lulu when she said something about a model canceling because she found out

she was pregnant. That's when it hit her, today was Thursday, Claudia's doctor appointment, that's what she was probably calling about, "Shit! I have to go

Lulu." Lulu looked at her like she was crazy, "what are you talking about? Where are you going? You can't leave me now that this problem has…" Maxi, "I'll be

back like an hour tops, I forgot I had an appointment!" Maxi raced out the elevator door as it opened onto the lobby floor and she didn't even notice that she

almost ran over Johnny. Johnny got upstairs and was almost hit again, this time with a magazine, "What the hell Lulu! First I almost get run over by Maxi and

now your throwing stuff at me?" Lulu went to pick up the magazine, "Sorry, I thought you were Maxi. She's always bolting out of here when we have a problem,

and then I get left here to deal with the consequences when the boss gets in." Johnny, "so that's why is bolted and nearly ran me down? I guess that's a

good…" Lulu sighed, wanting to take it back, "sorry about the venting. No that's not why, she said something about an appointment she forgot about but I…We

use to be semi friends, you know? Now she hardly tells me anything, we fight more than anything. And the thing is, I think she's in some kind of trouble and she

wont tell me. And no offence, but I know she's dealing with something she's going to regret because your sister has become like her new best friend." Johnny

took in most of the information as he could, "so your upset that Maxi and my sister are friends?" Lulu, "never mind. I just know something's going on." Johnny

pulled her into a hug as he thought about it, Claudia's been acting funny too. Maybe Lulu's on to something.

Maxi debated whether or not if she should try to make it to the hospital or to the penthouse, she decided on the penthouse. Claudia got back to her penthouse

to find Maxi pacing up and down the hall yelling at someone on the phone, "Lulu I know…Look I said I was sorry, I just…I have something to do. I solved the

problem didn't I? So what your telling me is that you'd rather some bimbo super model on Johnny's arm than me, someone you know? That doesn't make sense!

I don't understand why your so F…" She turned around and was caught off guard when she saw Claudia digging for her key, "I have to go. See you tomorrow."

Maxi, "hey." Claudia, "so you and my brother? Well I guess I rather you over Lulu." Maxi, "I'm sorry I missed it. It just slipped my mind, I meant to be there.

You know I would have been there if I remembered." Claudia shook her head and held the door open while Maxi gathered her things off the floor. Claudia sat her

things down and grabbed a bottle of water, "So what's going on with you and my brother?" Maxi, "Nothing. A model canceled so I'm stepping in. Now you,

how's baby?" Claudia could see the excitement in her eyes so she decided to forgive her, "She is doing fine. Healthy, and playful." Maxi smiled and squealed,

"She! Awe, your having a girl! She is going to be the most spoiled little girl there ever was. Tell me more." Claudia sat next to her with her feet wrapped up

under her while she dug in her purse for the ultrasound to show Maxi. While Maxi was looking at the ultrasound Claudia was lovingly rubbing her stomach,

"Mommies little princess is very playful. It took them five tries to get that picture. She kept hiding behind her hands, feet, and she started off turned the

opposite way from the camera." Maxi put the ultrasound picture down between them, "Awe! Claudia I'm so sorry I missed that. I said I was going to help and be

here for you and I can't even make it to the appointments." Claudia picked up the ultrasound, "It's fine" She gave her a hug, "but you better be there for the

next one!" Maxi laughed, "Nothing could keep me away. So how goes the name game?" Claudia put the ultrasound back into her purse and went towards the

kitchen, "how about some food for your niece?" Maxi felt proud, but then realized she was avoiding the question, "Hey! Wait, you can't escape. Have you even

started thinking of names?" Claudia bit into an apple as she searched through the fridge for something else, "Maybe." Maxi shut the fridge, "Maybe?" Claudia

looked at her, "yeah maybe." Maxi, "You haven't started have you?" Claudia rubbed her belly with one hand while she held onto the apple with the other talking

to her stomach, "your aunt Maxi is a little crazy, but don't worry she's not the only one in the family who is." Claudia looked up to catch Maxi's look she was

giving her, "not funny. And you have to because we can't keep calling her baby." Claudia went back to the fridge, but Maxi closed it again, "stop avoiding the

topic, besides you and I both know you need to go grocery shopping so your going to end up ordering out." Claudia smirked at her smart comment and went to

the drawer that had all the take out menus, "Smartass."

Five minutes later and Claudia and Maxi decided on Kellies. So Claudia said she'd go get the food because Maxi said she had to go get a change of clothes, but

Claudia thought that sounded suspicious. Fifteen minutes later and they both met up in front of the penthouse. Claudia had the food and Maxi did change but

she had bags with her now. As they were eating and the movie started Claudia couldn't take it anymore, "okay I give what's in the bags?" Maxi's face lit up, "if

you must know" she put her plate down and went to get the bags. The next 10minutes was filled with them looking at all the cute baby things Maxi brought,

"how'd you know I was going to have a girl?" Maxi picked up the last bag, "I just did." Claudia threw a pillow at her, "sure you did, you were just probably

hoping it was so you could buy all these cute girl clothes." Maxi, "okay, so maybe I was hoping you would have a girl because lets face it - girls have the best

clothes. But this last bag isn't clothes. It's to help you." Maxi handed Claudia the bag and she looked inside, which had about five books inside. Claudia looked

up at her, "what am I suppose to do with these?" Maxi, "well they're for you to read. One's just full of names, because 'baby' needs a name. And the other four

are the top baby books. They have everything you'll need to know from baby-proofing the house, car seats, formula vs. breast feeding, what do do when they're

sick, to selecting a preschool." Claudia, "Thank you Maxi. I really don't know what I'd do without you."

Maxi and Claudia went through the baby books for the next couple of hours. Maxi now had the baby name book, "How about: Scarlett? Kendall? Audrey?

Charlotte? Abigail? Ally? Alexandria?" Claudia, "Abigail is cute, but I don't think it's a name that'll out grow cute. I do like Audrey though. What about Italian

names?" Maxi smiled, she knew she'd crack her, "Okay, how about: Adriana, or Allegra? Isabella? Alessa, or Alessandra, Arianna? Claudia, "hmmm…Alessa

Alessandra Morgan-Zachariah. I like it." Maxi didn't want to say it because they were in a happy place right now and that's a place you don't want to take

pregnant woman out of, but she had to, "So Morgan. Your going to give her his name?" Claudia stretched out on the couch more, "Maybe, I'm just playing with

it." Okay no blow up so lets try a little deeper, "so you talked to Jason then? How does he feel about Alessa?" Claudia looked at her and then focused back onto

the television, "I don't want to go there." Maxi took a breathe because she knew once she started this was not going to end well, " Claudia what does he think of

Alessa? Does he know about her?" Claudia, " He knows there is a baby, he's actually all gong ho for us to do this together, but we can't." Maxi, "so he doesn't

know the sex? And why can't…" Claudia snapped, "Maxi! I said I don't want to talk about this." Maxi got up and started cleaning the food away and putting the

baby stuff in Claudia's closed where the rest was then she came back and Claudia was knocked out. She grabbed the blanket off the couch to cover Claudia and

then grabbed her things to go. Just as she was closing the door she bumped into Johnny, "Oh! Sorry." Johnny caught her, "It's okay, I'm use to it now." Maxi

apologized again and then headed towards the elevator.

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What's up next: Who find out next that Claudia's pregnant? Johnny, or Anthony? And what about Jason, where's he been and who tells him he's having a little girl that without a doubt will be wrapped around his finger? Keep up to find out! :)