A/N: Thanks for your patience, everyone, and a special thanks for all your awesome reviews!

So we have absolutely no agreement on which pairing you guys want to be endgame lol. That's fine, still a long way to go before we get to that point. But you should be warned that there will be a whole lot of drama and angst before the happy ending, no matter who you're rooting for. Be prepared. :)

Maya had learned one thing about morning sickness by now. It didn't care if your friends were nearby or if you were in one of the most beautiful places in the entire country. It was going to hit whenever it wanted, and all you could do was hope there was an available toilet close by.

Luckily, Riley was just coming out of the bathroom when Maya had to dart into it. She was too busy puking her guts up to care that Riley and Smackle were in the bedroom exchanging concerned glances.

"I'm worried about her," Riley said, sitting down on the bed next to Smackle. "She was like this a few weeks ago, but I thought it was just bad food. Maybe she really is sick this time."

Smackle frowned. "I don't think an illness is the problem. Farkle and I were just discussing this yesterday. She hasn't been herself lately."

Riley nodded. "Like when she wouldn't get on one of the jet skis. Maya loves stuff like that."

"That isn't all. Have you noticed how peculiar her appetite has become?"

"It's hard not to notice that," Riley said, shaking her head. Maya's cookie dough problem was getting seriously out of control, but there were other things too. She suddenly didn't want anything to do with tuna. She actually asked the lady in McDonalds if they had syrup she could use for her chicken sandwich. Just weird stuff that made absolutely no sense.

"There were also the bathroom stops on the way down here," Smackle went on. "It was nearly always Maya that needed to stop. But she wasn't consuming any more liquids than the rest of us. Riley, these are all classic symptoms of pregnancy."

Riley was stunned by the other girl's suggestion. The idea that Maya could be pregnant seemed so…far-fetched. They were too young to even be considering it as a possibility. Besides, Riley knew her best friend. If Maya was having sex, she would be on birth control.

But Riley also couldn't deny that Maya's symptoms did point in the direction of pregnancy. The brunette just prayed that there was another explanation.

At that moment, Maya walked out of the bathroom. And she could immediately tell by the looks that her two friends were giving her that they were very worried for her.

"I'm fine," she said, casually. "You guys don't have to look at me like I've got the plague or something. Probably just one of those 24-hour bugs."

Riley slowly stood up. "Maya, are you pregnant?" she asked, quietly.

After her shock subsided, the question came as almost a relief to the blonde. She didn't have to spit out the words; all she had to do was force a slight nod. That was all it took, and Riley quickly went to hug her. The two girls held on to each other tightly until Riley finally drew back.

"It's going to be okay. I promise."

Smackle stepped up. "She's right. We'll help you—all of us. If you've even decided what to do about this yet."

"It wasn't a tough decision," Maya replied. "I'm gonna be a mom, and it scares me more than anything's ever scared me in my whole life. But it's the only option that I could live with."

Riley slowly sat down on the bed. "My best friend is having a baby. Wow. It might take me a little while to get used to this."

"Imagine being the one with the baby inside of you."

"I would prefer not to imagine that," Smackle admitted.

Riley nodded in agreement. "Maya, how did this happen? I mean, I know how it happened but…"

"It was one time," Maya said, cutting her off. "It wasn't planned, but one night…things just went too far. I didn't even think about whether we were being safe or not. How big of an idiot does that make me?"

Smackle shrugged. "Lucas was equally at fault."

"Have you told him yet?" Riley wondered. "Does he know?"

While Maya was relieved that two more of her friends now knew of her pregnancy, she had no idea how she was going to explain the complicated situation to them. She decided to just take it one question at a time for now.

"No. He doesn't."

"You're afraid to tell him," Riley said, picking up on her anxiety. "Maya, you shouldn't be. Lucas is a really great guy. He would never leave you or his baby."

For the first time, Maya was actually grateful when a second wave of nausea sent her running back to the bathroom. She would have a few more moments to consider how she wanted to handle her friends' assumption.

Josh was in the kitchen having a snack and thinking about what he had seen last night. He couldn't get that image of Maya out of his head. She'd seemed so upset, to the point where she'd started to cry. God, he hated seeing her that way. He'd been so tempted to go outside and see what the hell was going on, but the conversation between her and Zay just looked like it was meant for their ears only.

And now he was more curious than ever. Maybe not for long though, he thought as Lucas walked into the room.

"That is probably a good idea," Lucas said, motioning to the cup of cookie dough bites that was on the counter in front of Josh. "I'm not sure why, but Maya's obsessed with those things now. If you're planning on eating them later, I wouldn't leave them lying around."

Josh smiled. "Yeah, I'm starting to figure that out." He glanced into the living room to see if anyone was around before he turned back to Lucas, who was now unpeeling a banana. "Look, I don't know how much you know, but something is going on with Maya."

Lucas looked at him, curiously. "What is it?"

"No idea. I saw her and Zay talking last night—she looked like she was pretty upset about something. I thought you might know what it is."

Lucas shook his head. He didn't know what Maya would possibly be upset about. As far as he knew, everything in her life was going really well right now. But after a few minutes, he decided to go to her room and check on her for himself.

"Maya, do you want me to go get Lucas?" The girls' bedroom door was closed, but he could distinguish that voice as Riley's. "We can be here with you when you tell him if that'll make it easier."

There was a brief silence before he heard Maya's voice from the other side of the door. "Nothing could make telling him this any easier."

"Are we the only people that know?" This voice was Smackle's.

"Just you guys and Zay." There was a pause in her voice. "But Zay knows the whole story. You guys only know part of it."

"What do we not know?" Riley's voice again.

He heard Maya sigh. "It's complicated. You'll know everything soon. But for right now, I just need you guys not to say anything to Lucas or anyone else. Please."

Lucas was understandably concerned after what Josh had told him and even more so after what he had overheard of the girls' conversation. Which was why he quickly went to Zay and talked him into going down to the beach for a few minutes.

Once they got down there, Zay looked around. "I thought you said there were a bunch of swimsuit models having a photo shoot!" he complained.

Lucas shook his head. "That was to get you out of the house. I need to talk to you about Maya. I know something is going on with her, Zay. Something that she doesn't want to tell me. And I know you know what it is."

"How do you know that?" Zay asked, cautiously.

"Because I heard her telling Riley and Smackle that. That you know the whole story and they don't. And besides, Josh saw you two last night."

Zay closed his eyes. "You can't be serious right now. Did he hear anything?"

Lucas crossed his arms. "Considering he was asking me if I knew what was going on with Maya, I could guess he probably didn't. What is this big secret? Is she in some kind of trouble?"

"That depends on your definition of trouble. Look, I wish I could tell you what's going on, but Maya's got me sworn to secrecy. This is something you need to hear from her anyway."

That did not reassure Lucas in the least.

Zay sighed. "She'll tell you soon, okay? But until she does, just remember that she loves you. You have a great girl, and you're gonna want to think twice before you let her go."

"There's nothing Maya could tell me that would make me do that," Lucas said, sincerely. He'd known going into this relationship that Maya had a tendency to get herself into sticky situations every now and then. Whatever this one involved, he was sure he could help her get out of it.

That afternoon, everyone agreed to go to an amusement park that was located only a few miles from the beach house. Maya wasn't particularly looking forward to it because she would have to avoid all the fun rides, which royally sucked. However, Riley and Smackle assured her that they would stick to the gentle rides, as they tended to prefer that type anyway.

She didn't know that gentle meant the Merry-Go-Round.

"Okay, this is lame for most kids," Maya complained. "You guys couldn't even let me get on one of the horses!"

Riley sighed from the other side of the bench. "You could fall, Maya. We don't want you or the baby getting hurt."

"All I would have to do is hold on to the pole!"

The Merry-Go-Round passed Lucas, Zay, Josh, and Farkle, who were waiting for them to get off and looking quite amused. Maya buried her head in her hands. This was so embarrassing. Shortly after the ride ended, the guys approached them.

"We were going to ask if any of you wanted to go bungee jumping with us, but I think we can safely assume that you aren't interested," Josh commented.

"That would be a safe assumption," Maya agreed.

Lucas put his arm around her. "Can I at least talk you into going on the roller coaster? I've already watched it, and I promise it doesn't go upside down."

Farkle nodded. "It does look pretty harmless. What do you say, Isadora?"

Smackle looked at Riley and Maya. "That does sound enjoyable. Do you guys mind?"

"Nah, go have fun," Maya said, waving the two of them off. Frankly, she wouldn't mind if they all went off to ride something so she could find time to get some snacks. More specifically, some ice cream. It had to be ninety degrees that day.

"Maya?" Lucas said, giving her a hopeful smile that made her want to say yes so badly.

Zay stepped in. "I think the girls just want to do their own thing today. But I'll go ride it with you, bro."

"Yeah, we'll meet up with you guys in a little while," Riley said, giving a quick glance to Maya. As Lucas and Zay walked off, Riley noticed her parents and Auggie in line for more tickets. "I'll be right back," she told Maya and Josh. "I'm just going to see if I can get a few more tickets. We're running low."

They watched her walk away before Josh turned back to Maya. "And then there were two. Don't worry, I won't leave you by yourself. Bungee jumping can wait a few more minutes."

"I'm more important than bungee jumping, huh? I'm flattered, but you can go ahead if you want. I was gonna go find some ice cream anyway."

But as soon as she had said that, she suddenly felt very lightheaded and dizzy.

"Maya?" Josh said, slowly. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah. I'm…fine," she managed to say.

And then everything went black.

An hour later, Zay was carrying out a cup of coffee from the hospital's coffee shop when Lucas approached him with a giant stuffed teddy bear under his arm. No one could ever say Lucas wasn't a good boyfriend.

"Seriously?" Zay asked, eyebrow raised. "Maya's not sick, man. She passed out because she was dehydrated. They'll probably release her tonight."

"Yeah, I know. But it still scares me to see her in this place. Can you give her this if she wakes up before I get back?" He handed over the teddy bear to Zay. "I'm just running across the street to pick up some sandwiches for everybody. You want meatball marinara, right?"

Zay nodded and then let out a sigh as he watched his friend walk through the sliding doors. He made his way back up to the floor that Maya was being held on, but he stopped when he encountered the woman that he recognized as Maya's doctor.

"Hey. Dr. Palen, right?"

"Yes. You're with Maya's group, aren't you?" She smiled at the teddy bear he was holding. "The boyfriend, I'm guessing? You do know she's going to be fine, don't you? It was just a case of dehydration. It's actually quite common during the summer. And with her being from New York and not being used to the weather down here…"

"No, I get all that. Look, I don't know if y'all have figured this out yet, but Maya's pregnant. It's still early, like two months maybe. But when she wakes up, she's gonna want to know if her baby's okay."

The doctor nodded. "Maya and the baby are both fine, no need to worry. One of Maya's friends has actually already asked me about that. She and the baby are both lucky to have so many people looking out for them."

Zay gave her a relieved smile. "Yeah. They always will have us."

It was several minutes later when Maya opened her eyes to an unfamiliar, sterile room filled with all of her friends plus Riley's parents. She was confused at first to realize that she was in a hospital room. But then her mind immediately jumped to the worst possible reason that she could've been there.

"W-What happened?" she stammered.

"Hey, everything's okay," Lucas assured her. "You got dehydrated, and you passed out."

"The doctor says you'll be fine, honey," Topanga chimed in.

Riley smiled. "Thank goodness Uncle Josh was there to catch you before you hit the concrete and gave yourself a concussion."

"I was just in the right place at the right time," Josh said, shrugging.

"Well, I'm really glad you were," Maya said, softly. She turned her gaze to Zay and Riley, who were standing next to one another. "So…everything's okay?"

"Everything," Zay promised.

Maya couldn't believe how relieved she was to hear that. She hadn't wanted to be pregnant. Not at her age, not by these circumstances. But those few moments when she thought she might have lost her baby—she didn't want to feel that kind of terror ever again.

"You need to see what Lucas got you," Riley said as she picked up the giant teddy bear and placed it on top of Maya. "This is for when you get dehydrated. I'd hate to see what you'd get if something was actually wrong with you."

Maya understood the message that Riley was trying to send her. He loves you. Tell him the truth, and trust that he'll be there for you. And she would if things were truly as simple as Riley thought they were.

She looked back at Lucas and forced a smile. "You are way too good to me."

"I'm glad you think so. It means I'm being the boyfriend you deserve," he responded.

Topanga smiled at Cory. "Aren't they adorable? Okay. Come on, everyone. I think we should give Maya and Lucas some time to themselves."

But as the group started to head for the door, Maya's doctor came into the room and smiled at everyone. "Wow, we have a full house in here. I was just telling your boyfriend, Maya…" She glanced at Zay. "…you are one lucky girl to have all of these people in your corner."

"I know," she said, handing Lucas the teddy bear so she could see the doctor clearly.

"She's ready to get out of here, isn't she?" Cory asked. "We're kind of on vacation right now."

The doctor nodded. "I see no reason why Maya needs to stay overnight. She looks perfectly fine now. But you guys do need to make sure she stays properly hydrated, especially with her being pregnant. It's very important that the baby…"

"Whoa, hang on a second," Josh said, putting his hand up. "Did you just say Maya is pregnant?"

Lucas shook his head. "You guys must have gotten her charts mixed up with someone else's."

The doctor looked around at the shocked faces in the room, mixed in with a couple of not-so-shocked faces. "I'm sorry. I just assumed that everyone already knew."

Maya closed her eyes in defeat, for she knew that the next few minutes would be some of the hardest of her life.