Time Pt.1
I actually was going to stop this story at this chapter then do a sequel but I couldn't think of much to do with that sequel. Chances are it would only be a few chapters long so I'm just going to extend this story a bit and this chapter will have some time passing in it.
"The number you have dialed is no longer in service."
"Give it up." Pogue said. Tyler sighed and hung up the phone. Reid leaned against the wall, looking sadly at his friend. Maddie had been gone for a few days and none of them had had the guts to call Caleb and tell him. Reid had talked to Maddie once, when she was settled in Vermont. She just had to drive three and a half hours north and into a completely different state, didn't she?
"God…I know I pissed her off but why did she have to disconnect her phone?" Tyler asked. The other two didn't answer.
"You can still feel her though right?" Reid asked.
"Yeah…barely." Tyler asked. "We never did figure out why my power affects hers or why I can feel hers."
"If we don't hear anything by the weekend…we're gonna have to tell Caleb." Pogue said. "Especially because he's coming home for the weekend."
"That is one thing I do not want to tell him." Reid said.
"Well you certainly are good at this." The instructor said. Maddie smiled at her. "How would you like to be my assistant?"
"Do I get paid?" Maddie asked.
"Yep." The instructor said.
"Ok then, deal. What do I do?" Maddie asked.
"You help me teach the lessons and when I'm unable to be here, you do the teaching." The instructor said. "Which should work out nicely. Most of the women in this class don't want a skinny, un-pregnant woman teaching them things and trying to convince them it's easy."
"Well we'll just have to see if that really is true." Maddie said.
"Yep. One question though." The instructor said. Maddie tilted her head. "You're only eighteen. Where's the father?"
"He wasn't willing to go through it." Maddie said. "So I left."
"I see." The instructor said. "Well then…first class is tomorrow at noon."
"Ok…thanks for this Ms. Snyder." Maddie said.
"Call me Beth." The instructor said.
"Ok…and you can call me Maddie." Maddie said. She left and drove back to her apartment. Beth was the first person she had met so far, apart from Chuck (her landlord), that was actually really nice. She missed home a lot. She sat on the couch she had recently had delivered. The apartment was now fully furnished and she was glad for it. She took out her new phone and went through the contact list. She had all her original numbers in there in case she ever gave in. Maddie felt the strong urge to call Kali but then she knew that her friend would likely tell the boys. She settled for dialing Reid.
"Hey…Mally." Reid answered.
"Hey." Maddie said. "I'm guessing you're with Tyler?"
"Yeah." Reid said. "I'm in a different room now. Pogue's here too. Tyler keeps trying to call your cell but it keeps saying the phone is no longer in service."
"Good thing to…I don't want to talk to him." Maddie said.
"He's only stopped crying today." Reid said. "He punched me in the jaw on the first day."
"Oh…sorry I got you in trouble." Maddie said.
"I heal." Reid said. "So what did you call for?"
"I got a job." Maddie said. "I'm helping the belly dance instructor at the local gym."
"Sounds fun." Reid said.
"Yeah…especially because it's for pregnant women." Maddie said.
"Even more fun." Reid said, somewhat sarcastically. Maddie laughed. "Hey Tyler…"
"Oh…shit." Maddie said.
"Hang on." Reid said. Maddie could barely hear the conversation between the two.
"Who are you talking to?" Tyler asked.
"Umm…just…a girl." Reid said.
"Same one that called a few minutes ago?" Tyler asked. Reid must have nodded. "Man that's…the longest…on the phone with…girl." Maddie cursed Tyler for talking so quietly. She couldn't quite figure out why she was mad at him for that when she didn't really want to hear him talking in the first place…right?
"Hey…Mally." Reid said.
"Yeah huh?" Maddie asked.
"I gotta go. I'll talk with ya later." Reid said.
"Ok…bye." Maddie said. She hung up and put her phone on the table. She looked at stomach and sighed.
Four Months Later
"Stupid…moving…squirmy little…thing!" Maddie growled at her stomach. She shifted yet once more on her couch.
"Something wrong?" A man asked, walking out of the kitchen and handing over a bottle of water.
"Yes. This thing will not stop…" Maddie started. The man chuckled and put his hand on her rounded stomach. The baby slowed down and then fell still. "Ah! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! Greg, you are the best!" She threw her arms around his neck and hugged him, kissing his cheek.
"I know." Greg said. He sat down next to her.
"So…when's Tammy due back?" Maddie asked.
"Tomorrow." Greg said. "Thanks again for letting me bunk over here. That place is eerie when it's only me there."
"No problem." Maddie said. Greg and Tammy were her neighbors who moved in just after she did. They, of course, were newlyweds. Maddie made friends with then rather quickly and she was glad for it since Tammy was an OB/GYN and just so happened to be Maddie's now.
"How far along are you again?" Greg asked.
"Uh…we're thinking late November, early December was when baby was conceived." Maddie said. "So August or September."
"Still about four more months then." Greg said. Maddie sighed and nodded. She just barely made it through the first four months…how the hell was she gonna manage the next four?
"I still can't believe you two." Caleb said, grinning. Reid shrugged while Kali looked down with a bit of a blush. "Maddie would have a laughing fit over this."
"No kidding." Reid muttered.
"I bet she would." Kali said, not hearing him. "Her two best friends dating."
"How on Earth did you manage to hide it for three months?" Pogue asked, staring at Reid.
"I'm good." Reid said. Kali went even redder as he winked at her. "Anyways Caleb…you were going to say something before I decided to give everything away?"
"Oh right…yeah." Caleb said. "Umm…actually…Sarah was gonna say it."
"Oh no…I told my parents…you get to tell everyone else." Sarah said.
"She's pregnant." Kate said, simply.
"Here you go." Reid said, handing Kali twenty dollars.
"Thank you." Kali said, smirking.
"What was that for?" Caleb asked.
"Oh we had a bet." Reid said, putting his arms around his girlfriend from behind. Kali giggled as she put her new money in her pocket.
"That doesn't surprise me." Sarah said. Kali turned her head and whispered something into Reid's ear. He listened then nodded.
"We'll be back in a minute. Don't miss us too much." Reid said, getting dragged from the room. "What's new?"
"Have you heard anything in the last week or so?" Kali asked.
"Not really, no." Reid said. "You?"
"Nope." Kali said. "Last I heard from my cousin was that the check up went well."
"What are the odds that your cousin just happens to be Maddie's doctor AND neighbor?" Reid asked, chuckling a bit.
"Very slim, but it did happen." Kali said. Their relationship had originally started out as just a relief thing, glad that both of them finally had someone they could talk to about all the stuff involving Maddie that they were sworn not to tell anyone about. And then it got deeper and more intimate and next thing they knew, the two of them were out on actual dates and…doing things that were better kept behind doors. Kali didn't know about the whole lot of them being magical but Reid could tell she was figuring it out.
"Well she's told me to call only with important stuff so I guess…telling her that she's gonna be an aunt would qualify." Reid said. Kali nodded. "Can you make sure no comes over this way?"
"No problem." Kali said. They kissed quickly and Kali left Reid alone to call Maddie.
"Hey, sorry I can't answer the phone right now but leave me a message and I will call ya back." Maddie's voice message answered.
"Hey Mads, it's Reid." Reid said. "Haven't heard from ya in a while, hope everything's alright. Listen, you're gonna be an aunt. Caleb's just announced that Sarah's pregnant. Give me a call soon alright?" He hung up and went back to the others.
Maddie sighed and dropped down onto the chair. Beth laughed at her.
"Shut up." Maddie muttered. She reached into her bag and pulled out her cell phone. "Oh…I missed a call."
"Who from?" Beth asked.
"My friend Reid." Maddie said. She flipped open the phone and checked her voice mail. "Oh my god."
"What is it?" Beth asked.
"My brother's fiancé is pregnant." Maddie said.
"Are you going to go back to see them?" Beth asked. Maddie shook her head. Beth knew better by now then to ask questions about the young girl's decisions.
"Oh Maddie, you have an appointment tomorrow." Tammy said, meeting her at the door to the building. "I have to run now. One of my other patients has gone into labor."
"Uh…ok." Maddie said. She waved bye then headed into the elevator. She had no idea that Kali was Tammy's cousin but she wondered if they were related somehow because they were very similar.
"Hey Maddie, I guess you ran into Tammy." Greg said, coming out of his apartment as Maddie came out of the elevator.
"Yep." Maddie said. "The life of a doctor. Thank god I'm not one." Greg chuckled. "What are you doing for dinner?"
"Umm…not sure yet." Greg said.
"Well then I'll make sure to make up extra of…whatever I make." Maddie said. Greg laughed and nodded. He watched her go into her room. The young woman amazed him. She was only eighteen and she was doing much better then most of his friends who were about six years older then her…as far as he knew anyways. He rarely saw Maddie upset in any way and she was taking care of herself rather well.
"Hey, did you ever tell Maddie about us?" Kali asked, looking over at Reid. He twisted around in the bed to look at her. He was so close to falling asleep when she spoke.
"Huh?" Reid asked.
"Did you tell Maddie about you and me?" Kali asked, rolling from her back to her side.
"Umm…nope." Reid said, shaking his head.
"Me neither." Kali said. "Do you think we should???"
"I don't know." Reid said, honestly. Kali sighed.
"Me neither." She said again. "Tammy knows about us but as far as I know, she hasn't told Maddie." Reid shifted closer to her and ran his hand along her side.
"Don't worry about it, alright?" He said. "We'll figure out a good time. Hell…the only reason the rest of them know is because we got caught." Kali giggled. Reid smiled at her. "Ok…sleep now."
"Right." Kali said. She closed her eyes and was soon fast asleep. Reid sighed and rolled onto his back, staring at the roof. He had a small feeling of guilt every time he was really happy. He had no idea what Maddie was up to or what was going on with her. He didn't want to be really happy when she was possibly miserable.
Ok so this might be a three part thing that's gonna be spread out over…quite a bit of time. So yeah, this story is gonna be going for a while longer but there's basically just gonna be relationship problems from here on out.