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Two days had passed since Mackenzie's birth. Aiden had tried getting in touch with Ajay to see if she needed any help but Bailey or Mollie always answered her phone and rudely told her that Ajay didn't need her because THEY were there. She had finally called Chris to see who things were going. He had told her that it might be better for her to lay low because of Bailey and Mollie. She felt like something was wrong but for the life of her she couldn't figure out what.

She was sitting on the couch having been up all night being sick. Today was going to be a bad day, she could already tell. Alex came down with his suitcase packed for his flight to Orlando.

"Still not feeling any better?" he asked.

Aiden shook her head.

"Where is Ajay, she's usually here by now." Alex pondered pulling on his leather jacket.

She hid her suspicions that something was up from him, knowing he would make a big deal if she told him.

"She does have a newborn she has to take care of." Aiden pointed out, "I'm sure she'll be here in a little while."

He nodded slowly, "I love you and I hope you feel better okay? I'll be home as soon as I can.'

He kissed her stomach gently and then her lips, "Do you want me to wait until she gets here?'

"No, you'll miss your flight. I'll be okay." Aiden promised weakly.

He looked like he was about to argue but didn't. He kissed her again and then headed for the door.

"I love you." He said stopping at the door.

"I love you too." She called

She rested her head against the leather sofa and prayed that Ajay showed up soon.

THREE HOURS LATER

Aiden gripped the counter top shaking uncontrollably after spending the last five minutes heaving. She cleaned herself up and went to the bedroom to check her cell phone. No missed calls. She hit Ajay's speed dial and there was no answer. She was really worried now. She put on some jeans and boots and pulled her black trench coat on over her t-shirt. She knew she shouldn't be driving in her condition but she also knew she couldn't stay at the house by herself. She pulled into their driveway and slowly made it to the front door. She bent slightly at the waist as a spasm shot through her. She knocked when it was finally gone. Ajay opened the door and crossed her arms when she saw Aiden standing there.

Aiden looked up at her, "Umm, I thought you were going to come over."

"I'm not your fucking babysitter." She snapped.

Aiden recoiled as if she had been slapped.

"What's wrong? What happened?" she asked wincing as another spasm hit her.

"You don't remember making out with MY boyfriend after I gave birth to OUR daughter?" she spat.

"That's not what happened…I was just as surprised as you when…" Aiden tried.

Ajay got in her face then, "Don't hand me that shit!! I trusted you and you just weaseled your way in to make a move on Chris."

Aiden gasped as she tried to focus on not throwing up, "I wouldn't do that to you! Chris loves you too much to even think about being with someone else. You're wrong."

"So I didn't see the two of you kiss four times?" Ajay questioned.

Aiden was silent.

"He was just excited. I didn't even know he was going to do that." She finally said.

"And that makes it okay?" Ajay asked.

Aiden shook her head, "No it doesn't. I'm sorry Ajay; you have to know it didn't mean anything."

"I don't care what the fuck it meant, your lips should have been no where near his!!" She yelled, "I don't ever want to see you again Aiden. Don't speak to me ever again and stay the fuck away from my family."

Aiden's frantic eyes looked into Ajay's, "No, Ajay, please, I need you! I can't stay by myself, I'm too sick to take care of myself."

"You're not my problem anymore. You should have thought about all of this before you kissed Chris." Ajay said dismissively.

Aiden's lip trembled as her tears fell, "Please, please don't do this. I can't lose you as my friend. I won't have anyone."

"That's not my fault." She shrugged.

"What about my baby?" Aiden sobbed.

"Figure it out for yourself. I'm done with you!" Ajay yelled again, just as Bailey and Mollie pulled up.

They brushed past her jostling her in the process.

"What the fuck is SHE doing here?" Mollie asked.

"She was just leaving." Ajay told them.

Aiden shook her head, "Please Ajay…"

"I'm not going to stay if she is." Bailey remarked.

"Neither am I." Mollie agreed.

Aiden curled into herself as she sobbed softly.

"No, I invited the two of you over, not her. So if you don't mind, I need to check on my children and you need to leave. Don't come over and don't call me or Chris ever again." Ajay said as she slammed the door in Aiden's face.

Aiden knelt down as the pain of losing her best friend hit her all at once. She held her stomach as she cried; violent tremors shook her through and through. She wasn't sure if she could bear this burden on top of all of her others. She had to compose herself so she could leave before Mollie or Bailey or Ajay or herself came out to deal with her.

She was all alone now; the only person that could protect her was all the way down in Florida.

She stumbled to her car and fell into the driver's seat. She couldn't see anything because she was crying so hard. She had never felt so hopeless before in her entire life. She screamed into the steering wheel to let out her frustrations. She threw her head back to try and get a grip on her breathing before she hyperventilated and passed out. Her shaking hand went to turn the ignition and she slowly made her way back home. She pulled over once to throw up and then try to compose herself again.

She finally made it home and barely made it to the couch before she passed out due to exhaustion. It was her body's way of protecting her and her child; it just shut down so she could slip into unconsciousness and not have to deal with the bleakness of her new reality.

AJAY'S HOUSE

"I just cant' believe that stupid bitch showed up here like nothing had happened." Mollie scoffed.

"She didn't even act like she knew what I was talking about." Ajay muttered, still irritated by Aiden's sudden appearance.

"Have you confronted Chris about it yet?' Bailey wondered sipping on her coffee.

"No, I'm not going to either." Ajay said.

Mollie looked up at her like she was dumb, "Why the hell not? Chris is just as guilty as Aiden." Ajay rolled her eyes, "I know that, but if I confront him about anything having to do with her he'll brush it off and then defend her just like everybody else does."

"You did it too." Bailey pointed out."

"I know how she is now. Lay off of me." Ajay snapped, "I'm not telling Chris, hopefully she won't either."

"But if she does you know we're on your side right?" Mollie smiled, she was glad to have Ajay back as her friend.

Ajay nodded.

As mad as she was at Aiden, somewhere in the back of her mind she was worried about her. The look on Aiden's face, one of fear and pain would not get out of her head. She didn't want anything to happen to her. She forgot about Aiden and went back to talking with the girls.

Aiden groaned as she slowly opened her eyes. Her stomach was churning again and the house was completely dark.

How long had she been out for?

She gingerly pushed herself up and turned on the lamp beside the couch. She whimpered as she felt her stomach cramp. Her cell phone rang shrilly scaring her to death.

"Hello?" she answered weakly.

"Aiden! I have been trying to get in touch with you and Ajay the whole fucking day! Where the hell have you been? Are you okay?" Alex paused and waited for her to answer.

She was trying to hold her tears back so he wouldn't notice them in her voice but she failed miserably.

"Aiden!" he said her name sharply.

"It's been a bad day." Was the only response she could muster.

"Is she there with you now?" he asked.

"No." she choked out.

"Well let me call her and see if she can come back over to stay with you." He sighed.

"She's got Joey and the baby to deal with, its fine. I'm just going to go to bed." She cried.

"It scares me that you're there by yourself and in the shape that you are. She won't mind honey." He said.

Aiden's chest tightened knowing that Ajay did mind very much indeed. She tried to stop herself from sobbing on the phone but her desperation was making her extremely upset.

"Baby, you don't sound good at all.' Alex worried.

Aiden was hiccupping softly, "I'm, I'm fine. Please I just want to go-go lay down. P-please." She cried curling into herself.

Alex was silent on the other line for a moment, "Okay, okay, calm down for me though baby. If I call, you better answer your phone though. I'm going to go ahead and leave the show early so I can get home to take care of you." He told her.

"Okay." She cried.

"I love you." He said dejectedly.

"Love you too." Aiden said ending the phone call.

Alex stared at his phone and chewed on his lip. She had never sounded that bad before. Chris noticed Alex's posture and walked over to him, "Was that Aiden?"

Alex looked up slowly, "Yeah, she said she had a pretty rough day."

Chris' brow furrowed, "That's what Ajay said too. I'm sorry man, but the good news is it will all be over with soon."

Alex was silent, lost in thought about Aiden. Chris saw how worried he was, she must have sounded really bad.

"Why don't I go find Jeff and tell him you need to leave? I'm sure he won't mind." Chris offered.

"Thanks." He said going to their locker room.

Aiden went to the kitchen and made her a sandwich then went upstairs to her bedroom. Before she could get comfortable her phone rang again. Her heart raced when she saw that it was Ajay.

"Hello?" she asked hopefully.

"Listen, I'm going to make this really short and sweet okay?" she said angrily.

Tears welled up in Aiden's eyes again; she had hoped that this morning had been all a dream.

"Okay." She said quietly.

"You keep your mouth shut about our fight this morning and I wont' tell Bailey and Mollie that you married Alex and are pregnant with his kid." She bargained.

"Ajay, please, I can't fight with you. I need you, you're my best friend." Aiden cried.

"Best friends don't kiss their best friends boyfriend EVER! Do we have a deal or am I going to have to make a few more phone calls?" Ajay screamed into the phone.

Even as angry and as pissed as she was hearing how upset Aiden was kind of hit her soft spot.

"I won't say anything." Aiden whispered.

Ajay thought about her biggest fear of Chris leaving her and their children and forgot about her sympathy. Nothing came before her babies and Chris, especially not a two timing tramp like Aiden.

"I'll just tell Chris you've been doing okay and pretend I'm still coming over there and you do the same. If you fuck this up, your secrets are out bitch." She said hanging up the phone.

Aiden threw her phone into the bed and fell back onto the pillows. Three more months she had to successfully hide her marriage and pregnancy from Bailey and Mollie, her illness from Alex, and now her fight with Ajay from Chris. If her child weren't involved nothing would matter, but she had to pull this off, she had to for her baby. Nothing was more important to her, not even Alex. She would do, say, or be anything to ensure her daughter's safety. She just hoped her frail, weakened body was up for the challenge as well.

Alex rushed into his house the next morning and up the stairs to his bedroom. He dropped his bags and went to Aiden who was asleep. He gently pulled the covers off of her and placed a hand onto her womb and kissed her lips.

"Hey pretty girl." He smiled down at her.

She started crying instantly.

Alex looked at her confused, "Honey, don't cry, don't be upset."

He kicked off his shoes and lay down beside her cradling her to his chest. He held her and let her cry for close to twenty minutes before she finally slowed down and was sniffing quietly.

"What was that about babe?" he asked into her hair.

Aiden sighed, "I'm tired. I'm so tired of everything Alex. I'm ready to be done."

His fingertips ran up and down her arm, "I know you are sweetheart. I'm proud of you for being so strong to have made it this far. Our little girl will be here soon and then we won't have anymore secrets."

"If we even make it until she's born." Aiden thought sadly.

She snuggled closer into her husband's side and prayed that everything would be alright.

ONE MONTH LATER

Late that night Chris finally arrived home after several delays due to bad storms in the south. The house was dark and he was pretty sure everybody was asleep. He tip toed through the house hoping he didn't wake his sleeping daughter up. He got to his room glad to see that Joey was asleep in his own room. He closed the door and took off his clothes and slid into bed with Ajay. He kissed her awake and she threw her arms around his neck.

"I missed you." She whispered in his ear as his lips went to her throat.

"I missed you too' he smiled as he nudged her with his erection.

Ajay giggled, "I see."

"Do you want to try?" he asked looking into her eyes hopefully.

She nodded, "Just take it easy on me."

He chuckled and positioned himself. He had been antsy the past month waiting for Ajay to be cleared to have sex again. She held her breath as he joined their bodies. He was slowly delving into her and it was only mildly uncomfortable. He waited a few moments to move again and was glad that she hadn't protested yet. He kept up his slow pace not wanting to cause her any discomfort until she urged him to go faster. He grinned as he thrust his hips into her harder and faster. Ajay held onto him as she felt her orgasm creeping up.

"Chris." She whimpered as she let go.

He grunted as he continued to move back and forth into her. She was almost finished by the time he found his release. His whole body shuddered into hers and he threw his head back as he jerked her body into his once more.

"Hmmm….yeah…Aiden…"

One word: DAMMNNNN!!!! (that is NOT a typo BTW :) how's that boy going to get out of this one??? let me know :) xoxo