AN: This is a bit of an evil chapter. I'm aware of that. Don't hate me (or Mason) too much at the end of it.

Madison woke up the next morning feeling groggy and sick. Shit. I don't have time for this! I have Cheerio practice this morning and Glee this afternoon so I need to eat a decent breakfast! Instead of quieting, however, her stomach revolted more and she practically flew to the bathroom she shared with her brother. As she crouched over the toilet, throwing up everything she thought she'd ever eaten and then some, she heard footsteps behind her.

"You know, I should have figured out earlier, what with you feeling so tired all the time and throwing up every day without fail. I guess I didn't want to believe it." He didn't reach down to help her so she guessed he was still very upset.

"Well," she said, rising her mouth and flushing the toilet, "it's not like I asked for this. I don't like it either, after all it's me who can't keep anything down." He snorted.

"You say this like it doesn't affect me. You being pregnant hurts us both. There's going to be people who claim that the baby is mine. We know it isn't, but Kitty's going to crank up the rumor mill to high speed and you know it."

"Yeah, I do."

"I think you should get rid of it." Mason blurted out. Madison spun around to face him.

"WHAT?!"

"Yeah, I think we should make an appointment at Planned Parenthood and just, you know, get rid of the problem before it really becomes one."

"That is absolutely not an option." Madison hissed at him, her eyes flashing as she shoved past him and stalked out of the bathroom.

"It would fix everything!" He shouted after her. Without hesitation, for the first time in her entire life, she flipped her twin brother the bird. How dare he talk about her baby that way?! Especially when he wasn't the father and he knew it! She had a sudden wash of fear. What if he tells everyone that I'm pregnant before I'm ready? What if he tells them that he's the father? Shit shit shit shit shit. This was getting worse all the time… and I still haven't told Roderick. There was nothing she could do though, so she hauled herself up for what promised to be a very rough day of school.

At Cheerios practice she had messed up multiple times in a sport where messing up even once wasn't acceptable. Even though Coach Roz had been relatively understanding when she said she thought she might be in the early stages of the flu, she could feel Mason's eyes boring into her back and Kitty staring at her thoughtfully. She refused to make eye contact with either of them, terrified that they would say something that would unravel everything. She was determined to make it through her first day of really knowing she was pregnant without any major incidents. During lunch, her brother refused to sit next to her or look at her. Jane noticed and raised her eyebrows at them as if to say what is going on with you two, which neither of them answered. One of the Warblers, one of the one's who's name she hadn't quite gotten yet plopped down next to her and, apparently oblivious to the tension at the table, chattered about the set list for Regionals that Mr. Shue was releasing that day. Most everyone was watching the McCarthy twins wage their silent battle of indifference when Madison abruptly stood up, threw her tray out, and ran out of the lunchroom.

She was running to the bathroom, of course. Eating even a little bit had brought the nausea sharply into focus and it was all she could do not to throw up in the hallway. Back in the lunchroom, Kitty stood up and made to follow her before Mason snarled at her to sit down, that he would explain what was going on. Jane looked at him, alarmed, because clearly whatever this involved, it was probably not in either of the twins' best interests to reveal it. Mason leaned into the center of the table gestured the group closer.

"What I say right now doesn't leave this group, okay? I mean it. Swear that you won't tell anyone else, okay?" He held out his pinky, which everyone linked with, as well as they could anyway. "Good. So, um, Madison is pregnant. She found out yesterday." He dropped the bomb to muffled gasps and widened eyes. "I don't know who the father is yet, she won't tell me. I think she's too afraid of me hurting him. Which is true, I guess, but still. Anyway, I thought you all should know."

Jane glared at him before hissing, "And you thought the best way to handle this was to tell the entire glee club? Are you stupid?" He stared at her open-mouthed. "She's probably still wrapping her head around being pregnant and you decided to tell everyone?"

"The point is, I think you guys deserve to know, after all, the New Directions handled a pregnancy in their first year but only as a group." Jane and Kitty just gave him disgusted looks and stalked off, while the only thing running through Roderick's head was am I the father?

Later, at Glee, everyone was in the room early except for Madison. They were all waiting for her because none of them had any afternoon classes with her and Jane had insisted that they tell her that they all knew.

"It would be unfair not to. After all, she should have made the choice to tell us when she thought she was ready. You did not have the right to make that choice for her." Kitty backed her up, and so they were all waiting in the choir room in silence, whether out of respect for Madison or fear of Kitty it wasn't quite clear. When Madison walked into the room of serious looking New Directions she looked petrified. Jane nudged Mason hard in the side and motioned for him to stand up and talk. He scratched his head and ruffled his hair a few times before opening his mouth.

"I'm sorry." He said nervously, "I screwed up big time and I'm very, very sorry. I told everyone in glee that you were pregnant at lunch after you ran out and I really shouldn't have." He finished as quickly as possible. Madison stood stock still, looking rather faint.

"Everyone?" She whispered. He nodded shamefully before rearing his head again.

"But they deserved to know. They deserved to know what you did because it might impact them if you decide to keep the baby."

"That was not part of the plan." Kitty hissed.

"I literally found out yesterday Mason! I'm still struggling to accept this AND the chance of miscarriage is still high right now! I needed more time you idiot brother of mine! I wasn't asking for anything ridiculous! Just a little bit of time!" She shrieked, her breathing getting panicky. Kitty, recognizing a full blown crisis when she saw one, stood up.

"Well, we wouldn't want Jaime and Cersi Lannister to have problems in paradise so why don't we cancel Glee practice for today and I'll handle Thing One and someone else can handle Thing Two." Jane grabbed Mason's hand and pulled him out of the choir room as fast as she could manage to tug the sputtering cheerleader. "Oh! And someone make sure that Mr. Shue doesn't come in!" Kitty hollered after them. One of the Warblers nodded quickly at her as he vanished. Roderick was one of the last to leave, and he turned back at the door to lock eyes with Madison, whose tears threatened to overflow imminently. Kitty swatted her hands at him. "Out! That includes you!"

Then she turned to Madison. "So, you wanna tell me exactly what's going on?"

"There's not that much to tell." Replied Madison. "I found out I was pregnant yesterday after missing my second period in a row. Mason isn't taking it well. I haven't thought much beyond that."

Kitty sighted. "Roderick is the father, am I right?" Madison nodded miserably.

"How do you know?"

"Well, you aren't exactly known for screwing every guy in sight, you aren't dating anyone, anddd I saw you leave the party with him. That's the only time I could imagine you being somewhere with someone and Mason didn't know." Madison nodded slowly.

"What do I do? Everything I text or call is being tracked by my brother and I can hardly get any alone time as it is, nevermind alone time to tell Roderick he's the father!" Kitty handed Madison her phone.

"Call him on this and tell him to meet you somewhere late tonight. Trust me, if Mason McCarthy thinks he can track my phone he's in for a big surprise. And whatever his flaws, Roderick's a really great guy who would be heartbroken if you didn't tell him." Madison took the phone gingerly and called Roderick's number.

Hello? Kitty?

It's Madison. I don't have a lot of time so I need you to listen carefully.

Um, okay?

Do you know the park down the street from my house? It's like 3 blocks away?

Yeah I think so.

Meet me there at midnight tonight. It's important. And whatever you do, don't tell anyone.

Okay. And Madison?

Yes?

None of us encouraged him today. And Jane insisted that we tell you.

I never thought you would have. It isn't like you, and this really isn't like Mason. But hopefully this all gets resolved, or at least accepted, soon. Bye.

Bye.

After she hung up and handed the phone back to Kitty, Kitty stood up and offered her hand to Madison.

"Why are you being so nice to me?"

"Because I know what it's like to have people gossip about you for a reason that's inane and patently untrue. I've suffered more than you'd think. Now come on, let's get some pizza." With that, Kitty linked her arm through Madison's and swept imperiously from the now-empty choir room.