Ronnie's POV

I just stood there in shock.

"Oh god, it's mine." I said looking as pale as a ghost.

"Ronnie, I'm telling you straight up now, I'm keeping it." Ash told with the little strength she had left. I felt guilty. I let my love and lust get the best of me, now look what happened. Well, I should, and I want to go through this fatherhood. Max just left us alone and went outside. "Even if you don't want me to."

"Ash, I would never ask you to do that. We made a life, and we're going to take care of it. Both of us." She looked in my eyes and smiled.

"Deal. But, what if something happens to you?" She looked at me like a confused little girl who was lost at the park.

"Oh. I don't know what, umm, will happen then." Part of me did, okay, all of me did. But, one part didn't want to have Max take care of the kid had anything happen to me. But, for the best, for Ash's best, I knew it was my only and best choice. "Max will take care of the baby, with you." She looked a little surprised at first but then she looked accepting.

"It's for the best." She said hugging me. Ash went outside to go see what Max was up to. I just stood there, half excited, half dead.

My POV

I went outside to see what Max was up to. I walk outside the hospital doors to see him silently weeping.

"Dude, what's wrong?" I asked fragilely. He nodded, as if something wasn't just wrong, it was just horrible and not right.

"It's..…. actually you and Ronnie." He said calming down. "Ash, I may have never said it, but, I love you." He had said it to me before. But, this time was different. This time he looked me in the eye. This time I could feel that he meant it. And, this time I may have felt it, too. Wait, it don't love him, do I? Maybe…

That's why I ran to Max first when they fell from the window. That's why I didn't feel right when I looked in Ronnie's eyes while he was in a hospital bed. That's why I felt as though the break- up was the right thing to do. That's why I freaked out more than I would have if I didn't love Max when I found out I was pregnant. That's why I agreed to raise the baby with Max, had anything happen to Ronnie. That's why I'm here. I stepped closer to him.

"Max, I don't know if I love you or not. But, either way, I don't want to see you suffering like this. Me and Ronnie already agreed that if anything happens to him, you'll raise it with me." He nodded. It seemed to help, but barely. With his sadness, I felt sad. I felt like something wasn't right, as though somehow, Ronnie wasn't in this. Or at least he shouldn't be.