A/N: Well, thanks to everyone who reviewed on my first time writing for this story! I really hope that you all liked it! I was going to try and drag out the update for this chapter but I was just too excited! So here's chapter 12.


Chapter 12:

"John! John, wake up!" Maria yelled. She was scared. John had just fainted when he told her that he was the father of her baby. Maria felt the tears welling up in her eyes. She had hoped that John would have reacted like he was happy and not completely shocked. He should've expected this when he was there when it happened. Maria fanned his face with her hand but John still wouldn't wake up. Maria tried shaking him and she lightly slapped his face. She could not think of a way to wake him. An idea sprung into her head. Before she could even think of the consequences, she leant her head forward and placed her lips on his. She pecked his lips once more and he still didn't wake. Maria grabbed John and kept her lips pressed to his. She was about to let him rest on the ground once more when she suddenly felt him kissing back. Maria moaned as John roamed her mouth but then quickly pulled away when she realized what was happening. She got up off the floor and walked across the room. She needed space if she wanted to think clearly.

"I'm sorry, Maria, I don't mean to do that to you. I just get caught up…" John said, shaking the all too silent room.

"You seem pretty conscious now." Maria replied. John stayed silent in response. "I can't believe that you passed out."

"Well, that news was very unexpected. I just… needed an escape, I guess. But how long was I out?" John asked.

"About ten minutes." Maria replied in a monotonous tone.

"O… Maria?"

"Yes John."

"I woke up and you were kissing me."

"Yes, I was."

"Care to explain? You just said that you hadn't chosen yet and then you go ahead and kiss me. Maria, I'm trying really hard to be the perfect guy for you and you're making it extremely hard."

"How?" Maria asked after a moment of silence.

"Playing with my feelings would be a good start." John answered. A hint of hatred was in his voice. Maria squatted down until she was resting on the back of her heels. She bent her head in defeat.

"I'm sorry, John. It's… It's just so hard." Maria's voice cracked at the end. John stood up to go and comfort her. He felt a little dizzy but he kept walking. He needed to be strong for his love. He bent down and put his arm around her. "Maria. I can't really relate to what you're going through, but I'll be here for you. You know I love you, and I'll do anything for you. I can't help you if you don't let me. You need to tell me what's wrong."

"I just can't decide. I love Shawn, I do, but…"

"You love me too?" John asked finishing her sentence but was also very hopeful at what she was debating. If she took into consideration the fact that it was his baby inside her, then he would gain some major points. Maria didn't answer and that was enough confirmation for John. He leant down and kissed Maria's head and kept his face in her hair as he took one hand and placed it on Maria's slightly extended stomach. She looked up at him and stared into his eyes. Just then a knock was heard on the door.

"Maria? Are you in there?" Maria heard Shawn's voice on the other side of the door. She got up to let him in, shaking off John's hand in the process. Maria opened the door and Shawn was shocked at her tear-stained face.

"Maria, are you alright? What happened?" Shawn turned to see John in the room. "What did he do to you?"

"John didn't do anything. I told him about his baby." Maria said quietly. Shawn lent in to give Maria a hug. Shawn thought, it had to have been hard for her to tell the man that broke her heart and she now hates that he is the father of her baby. She looked like she had been crying hard. John must have wanted nothing to do with the baby.

"John, you better leave. You broke her heart when you cheated on her with Mickie and you've made her life worse by not wanting to be in her baby's life. Just go before you hurt her anymore." Shawn retorted.

John was about to speak when Maria looked up at Shawn and said, "Shawn, he didn't make me cry. And he wants to be in the baby's life. He didn't do anything."

"Then why were you crying?" Shawn asked, confused.

"You'll find out later." John grumbled angrily in before he pushed past them and left the room. Shawn held Maria closer and kissed the top of her head.

"Maria, why didn't you tell me that you were gonna tell him?"
"I wanted to do it myse—" Maria started but was cut off. John had popped his head back in the room.

"Maria, keep me updated on your condition and I wanna be there for all the doctor's appointments. I'm only a phone call away and I'll always be here for you." John said before smiling at her, showing his dimples.

"I will." Maria promised with a small smile of her own.

John left them once again. Maria buried her head in the crook of Shawn's neck. He rocked her back and forth until he was sure that she was done crying. Shawn pulled Maria out of his arms and kissed both her cheeks and her nose. She looked at him and started to cry again. She couldn't stand hurting him, but it was too late, she kissed John on more than one occasions since she had been going out with Shawn, that day included. She almost had sex with him a week ago and that—sex with John—was the cause of one of the main issues in her life.

"Let's get you back to the hotel." Shawn whispered,

Maria didn't reply before Shawn steered her out the door and to his dressing room to get their things. It wasn't long before there were in the car and pulling up to the hotel.

Maria hadn't said a word on the drive to the hotel and didn't plan on it. She was afraid that if she started to talk to Shawn that she would accidentally mention the fact that she kissed John twice, or the choice that she had to make between Shawn and John, or, the worst, that she still loved John.

They walked into the room. Maria took her suitcase from Shawn and got out pajamas. She headed into the bathroom and got ready for bed. She walked out, gave Shawn a kiss on the cheek and crawled into bed. Before she drifted off, she heard Shawn croon in her ear, "Sweet dreams, Maria. I love you."


A/N: Hey guys. Thanks for reading this chapter. So, just for the record: Shawn hasn't said "I love you" to Maria's face and this is the first time that she's heard it. She loves Shawn but she hasn't told him. Okay, I was writing and was like wait… I gotta clear that up. So yeah. I would love to hear what you readers think. You know what that means: REVIEW!!!!!!!!!

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