Ryland's Pov

Harlan woke me up by jumping on me and landing right on my ribs I groaned and he laughed. "Hi, daddy." He said laying on top of me with his arms coming around my neck.

"Hey buddy, when did you guys get back?"

"Um, I don't know." He said I sat up with him still on me he squealed. "I'm gonna fall."

"I got you, buddy." He nodded still holding on. "Are you hungry?"

"No we went to Ihop with uncle-" Willow was crying so Harlan ran off in the middle of his sentence to see if she was alright I followed him upstairs and into Willow's room Kayla was in the rocking chair nursing her.

"Hey…" She said softly.

"Why didn't you call me? I would've picked you up from the airport."

"I did call you." She said softly. "You didn't answer."

"Oh… I'm sorry, I was taking a nap I guess I didn't hear my phone."

"It's fine."

"How did you get home?"

"Aaron." She said and I sighed inwardly I hated him I don't know why I didn't like him but I just don't, I never have even when I met him when Kayla and I were just friends with benefits I didn't like him.

"Oh," I said and she gave me that look. "What?"

"Why can't you just be nice to him? He did us a favor."

"I haven't said anything." Harlan was looking back and forth between us.

"Please don't fight…." He said I know he gets scared when we fight he thinks I'll hurt Kayla like his father did to his mother and sister.

"Come on little man let's give mommy some privacy."

"Ry?" Kayla called out as I was leaving.

"Yeah?"

"Have you talked to Max lately?"

"No, why?"

"Maybe you should give him a call…"

"Is everything okay?" I asked she didn't answer me though which was strange I left Harlan and went down to get my phone to call Max, he answered almost immediately.

"Hey, I can't really talk right now… At the lawyer's office." Max said.

"Lawyer? Are you in some kind of trouble? Kayla told me to call you…"

"Kayla told you to call me?"

"Yeah."

"How would she even know what's going on?"

"Um, I don't even know what's going on…."

"Cambry lied…"

"There's a lot of ways those words could Max I need a little more than that."

"I have a son," He said almost a whisper. "She didn't get the abortion."

"Holy shit…."

"Yeah my thoughts exactly, I'm going for a paternity test on Tuesday and I should have the results I don't know when but soon…"

"Max-"

"Don't do the whole I'm so sorry speech thing I called my parents and they are freaking out right now and I don't need it from you as well."

"Right sorry," I said.

"How did Kayla find out?"

"I don't know maybe Sadie?"

"No Sadie and Kayla haven't talked, Sadie's a mess without her."

"Kayla's the same way she's been more bitchy lately."

"So glad I'm not a girl," Max mumbled. "I have to go, I'll call you when I'm done."

Kayla came down with Willow who seemed much happier now. "Do you want dada baby girl?" I took her from Kayla giving her a bunch of kisses. "I cannot believe you are already one, you know that?" I kissed her little nose. "You have been in our lives for a year it seems like just yesterday you were in the nicu…."

"Ma maa," Willow said.

"Nooooo…." I groaned Kayla laughed. "It's not funny, just say dada baby girl."

"No." She said and Kayla dropped her head onto my shoulder laughing.

"It's not funny." Kayla kissed my cheek and warmth spread through me. "I've missed you, baby."

"I missed you too." I moved my head to really kiss but she pulled away.

"Is everything okay?"

"Yeah."

"Don't lie to me," I said she looked up with a facial expression that made my heart hurt.

"I don't know- I'm not used to this Ryland."

"Use to what?"

"This. Us. I don't like you being gone so much and I know it's your job but I'm just lonely here I raise the kids and that's it…. I want more…"

"More kids?" I said and she glared at me.

"I'm trying to be serious right now and you are taking it as a joke."

"You were talking about the kids and then you said you want more how am I supposed to know what you mean by more?"

"I want more from you I want you to fucking be here for me on important days I don't want our kids to grow up and look back on pictures from vacations and birthdays and say oh yeah dad cared more about his job then my birthday… I need you Ryland because I can't raise them on my own and that's what it feels like."

"Kayla," I put Willow down on the floor and she crawled away towards the random toys on the floor. "When we did the scheduling for the tour it was before I even knew you were pregnant, I want to be there for the kids and for you but right now life is crazy but I promise in the future I will make sure I'm here for the kids birthday, your birthday, Christmas, Thanksgiving-"

"What about your birthday?"

"Well, my birthday will be kinda hard because we play Warped Tour in the summer and my birthdays in June but you and the kids will come and we can celebrate my birthday where ever we are."

"I don't really care about my birthday," She said shrugging. "But our anniversary that's a different story and your gonna miss that too…." She pushed away from me and went into the kitchen… I had completely forgotten all about that, Kayla and I didn't get back together until Willow was almost two months old March 2nd was our anniversary and then Harlan's birthday was March 7th which I would also be missing.

She was sitting on the back porch I probably should have left her alone but I didn't like when things sat between us because it was awkward and I hated it. "Babe…." I had Willow in my arms but she was struggling to get free.

"I'm not in the mood right now Ryland just leave me alone."

"I'm sorry I can't be here on important days it sucks and I wish I could but-"

"I understand Ryland I know your busy…. I don't really mind I guess, I'm fine." She said giving me a fake smile.

"No your not you're pissed."

"I have to spend our anniversary by myself…. I'll be surprised if you can even make it to our wedding."

"Kayla-"

"I guess I'll send you the invention first to see if that day would work out for you before I try and actually plan a wedding."

"Would you stop it…" She was crying now and I felt terrible. "Kayla…" I pulled her to me and Willow wasn't too happy about being squished up. "Let's go away."

"What?"

"Just because I won't be there in March doesn't mean anything… We can celebrate our anniversary early this year, pick somewhere and we can leave right now if you want."

"We can't…"

"Why not?"

"The kids."

"I can ask-" I knew she wouldn't let Max and Sadie watch them and they have a lot on their plate right now. "Maybe my mom?"

"Willow won't take a bottle."

"So we can take the kids with us I'll even see if one of my sisters or someone can come so we can go out for a little while enjoy our two-month early anniversary…"

"Where do you want to go?" She asked wiping away her tears.

"You pick."

"I picked Aruba last time so it's your turn…"

"How about Hawaii? We can't really go anywhere to extravagant with the kids because they don't have passports yet but when they do we should go to Italy or maybe the Caribbean."

"I've never been to Hawaii…" Kayla said softly.

"You've never been anywhere." I laughed.

"Harlan has school though." She said frowning.

"It's kindergarten Kayla… I'll ask Logan to come he can teach Harlan about the periodic table or maybe the history of Hawaii…."

"Jokes on you Harlan loves Logan."

"So Hawaii it is?"

"We don't have to go anywhere Ryland, I just wanted you to understand that lately, I've been lonely…"

"So no Hawaii?"

"I don't know let me think about it…"

"Just let me know and I'll make it happen."

"Oh before I forget I wanted to tell you what we're doing doing for Harlan's birthday." We? She knew I wasn't going to be here maybe she was talking about my family or something.

"What you doing?"

"Either Legoland or Disneyland."

"I think he'd have more fun at Legoland," I said thinking about my first trip to Legoland with Max when we got lost and I got yelled at for wandering away.

"Yeah I was thinking Legoland too and Aaron says it would be cooler for him so I think that's what we are going to do."

"I'm sorry…. What? Who's this we that is taking my son to Legoland?"

"Well, Aaron was saying-"

"No."

"You don't even know what I was going to say."

"You were going to say that Aaron was going to go with you to take Harlan to Legoland fuck that."

"What's the big deal?"

"The big deal?" I laughed. "The big deal is that's my fucking son and I will not have some fucking douchebag who wants to sleep with you go on a fucking family vacation." She rolled her eyes.

"You have nothing to worry about." She said pulling me into a kiss I wanted to pull away but her lips on mine made me weak. "I love you."

"I love you too," I said kissing her cheek over and over, Willow was whining to get down.

"We should go back inside," Kayla said pulling away and taking Willow.

"We aren't done talking about this Kayla."

"I know we aren't but for now I just want to spend time with you and not argue, we can argue as much as you want later right now I just want to spend time with you."

"Fine…" I said following her back inside.

"I'm gonna go put Willow down for a nap."

"I'll go check on Harlan see what he's doing," I mumbled and made my way towards his room it was weird without Nugget around following me to every room. When I got into Harlan's room he was asleep in bed with some toys and his cover was on the floor I picked it up and fixed him so he was on the bed properly before taking his prosthetic off and covering him and turning off his light. "Sweet dreams little man." I went into our room and sat down on the bed sighing heavily I can't believe she actually thought I would be okay with her and Aaron taking Harlan to Legoland.

"Willow's in her crib," Kayla said coming towards the bed.

"Harlan's sleeping."

"My poor baby… He was so tired on the plane but he couldn't fall asleep."

"We uh have some alone time," I said and she nodded smiling.

"You know what that means?" She asked quietly closing the door and locking it putting the baby monitor on the dresser.

"We can get down to business?"

"We can talk," Kayla said she must've noticed the disappointed look on my face because she laughed and pulled her shirt over her head. "I'm just kidding." I don't think I've ever taken my clothes off that fast in my life I have never gone this long without having the last time I saw Kayla was in New York almost five months ago. "Either you really want it or just seeing me with my shirt off gets you hard."

"Both?" I said desperately she rolled her eyes as she unbuttoned her pants, once they were off she came to me and was about to drop to her knees but I pushed her down on the bed. "Fuck the foreplay I need you."

Sadie's Pov

Max was pacing around the house making phone call after phone call trying to figure out what's going on with everything I guess I don't know he won't talk to me and I felt so useless and I tried to be there for him but it just seemed like I was more annoying than anything, Kayla would have advice for me she's the person who everyone turned to when they needed someone to talk to maybe it was the way her voice was always soft and sweet but I can't call her because she hates me right now. "Thanks for nothing," Max said and hung up on whoever he was talking to.

"Come here," I said patting the couch next to me but he shook his head.

"I have a lot of stuff that I have to do Sadie and I need to-"

"I said come here that wasn't me asking," I said he blinked a few times in response but came over to the couch and sat down. "Take a deep breath," I said but he didn't. "Max you going around screaming and yelling at people isn't going to solve this situation."

"Well since the bitch won't answer her lawyer for the fucking paternity test I don't think the situation will ever get solved." He yelled.

"Maybe there's something keeping her from answering her phone or something."

"Whose side are you on?"

"Don't you get it, Max? If he's yours there are no more sides we'd all have to learn to get along for his sake or do you really want him to come here and have to listen to us bad mouthing his mother? How would you feel if it was DJ or Rosie having to listen to someone talking about me?"

"I know that your right but all I feel right now is angry I don't understand why and that's my fucking issue is just why would she do it? Why'd she lie to me? Did she just really think I would be such a shitty father?"

"Max…" He seemed so heart broken and I didn't know how to help him, he dropped his head against my shoulder sighing heavily, his hand went to my baby bump.

"How are you so calm? I expected you to leave when you found out…" He said rubbing my stomach.

"I think maybe if you didn't explain everything to me then I'd be freaking out a lot more but I know the story of what happened and I'm more worried about you then the fact that you might have a son."

"You're worried about me?"

"Max you've been hurt so many times in your life, your mom mostly but it doesn't change the fact that you are the kindest and warm hearted person I have ever met. Of course, I'm worried about you when you talked about what Cambry did I could tell that you were thinking about the what ifs and how you could have been a better father then your real parents were you could have been the type of father Magnus and Alec were to you and your siblings."

"It doesn't seem real…"

"Now you are torn between wanting him to be yours because you want that sense of unconditional love, something that is really biologically yours and if he's not yours that will hurt worse than finding out she didn't have an abortion."

"If your talking about DJ and Rosie that doesn't matter that they aren't bio-"

"I know it doesn't matter to you and that you love them no matter what."

"I use to have dreams about the father I could have been for the kid I always dreamed it was a girl and that I was a semi-decent father."

"It seems like you have always been selling yourself short."

"I was on drugs back then really heavily on drugs so I don't think I would have made a very good father back then. I was a dick to everyone."

"I don't know what to say, Max, because I can't understand what you are going through but I can promise that I will be right by your side."

"What if he is mine? Will you leave me?" His hand stopped rubbing my stomach but he didn't move it away the baby wasn't really moving around right now.

"I'm not gonna lie it would be hard at first but I know I would love him like he was my own just like you love DJ and Rosie."

"I love you."

"I love you too." In all reality I was terrified not of the fact that Max might have a child with another woman it was the fact that they had this connection they were together for so long and no matter what I know he loved her and she loved him, what's to say that after he finds out they have a kid together he dumps me and goes to be with her? No…. Max wouldn't do that he loves me and we are having a baby together but at the same time I didn't know what the future was going to hold and that scared me because DJ and Rosie love Max so much and they wouldn't understand it if he left they'd be so confused and heartbroken… I needed someone to talk to I needed Kayla I summoned up all my courage and picked up my phone.

Sadie: Hey… I know you don't want to talk to me right now and you have every right to be upset with me but I really need you right now… Please Kay

Kayla: Fine

It wasn't the nicest of replies but it was something I guess.

Sadie: Can you bring Harlan? DJ has been begging to see him

Kayla: Yeah I will bring him he's sleeping right now so give me a half hour and text me where to meet up

I was going to pick up DJ and Rosie from my cousins daughters birthday party they were at, I had asked Rebecca and May to invite Kayla they said they would but I don't think they ever even asked her my aunt Karen was totally against seeing Kayla since what she said at her wedding which apparently came true because Aunt Karen got divorced last month. "Mommy!" DJ ran to me wrapping his arms around my legs. "Hi, baby brother." He said kissing my stomach.

"My dear." Mom said coming to greet me with Rosie in her arms. "I thought you were going to stay."

"I'm sorry mom Max needed me."

"Of course my darling, come I wanted to talk to you about some things."

"Oh um okay… Go on DJ go play." He nodded and ran off mom put Rosie down so she trotted along after her brother. "What's up?"

"I was thinking about baby names." She said touching my stomach.

"Right…. I don't really have that much time mom I'm going to meet Kayla at this frozen yogurt place and it's kind of far so I have to go."

"But you just got here." She said frowning.

"I'm sorry mom I will call you when I'm free and we can go get lunch or something."

"I'm going back to San Francisco tonight."

"I thought you were staying out here for a few more weeks."

"I was planning on it but your brother is sick so I have to go home and take care of him." She never cared when anyone got sick before.

"Oh…"

"So please stay honey I'm sure Kayla would understand."

"No Kayla isn't even talking to me right now so her agreeing to see me is the first stepping stone into getting-"

"Well if she wants to act like a baby and hold some petty grudge on you then I say she isn't worth your time."

"You insulted her son mom."

"Why couldn't she just adopt a normal boy? That's all I was asking."

"The way you said it made it sound horrible, you made him cry."

"Well, he needs to learn to toughen up then."

"He's five."

"Mom you are being ridiculous right now."

"No Sadie you are being ridiculous arguing with me now can we talk about baby names just for a little while?"

"Max and I were talking about Alexander for a boy after his father and for a girl, Addelyn."

"Oh…. Cute names." She said making her famous I do not agree with those names face.

"What were you thinking?"

"Well as you know your father was never around to help raise you I practically did it all on my own." She huffed and I tried not to laugh because the thought of her actually raising us was comical. "And Tom helped out a lot he was more your father than your real one ever was so how about Thomas for a boy?"

Thomas? As in the guy who snuck into Kayla's room when she was small and forced her- "Sadie? What do you think?" Mom asked again pulling me out of my thoughts.

"I um I don't know mom I'd have to talk to Max."

"Why?" She asked.

"Because he's the father."

"Well, Daniel didn't care what I named DJ and Rosie."

"Daniel didn't care about a lot of things mother like being a father for his children, being faithful, being on time, and a bunch of other things."

"Everyone has flaws, Sadie."

"Well, his seemed to shine."

"Are you really sure Max is the father?" Mom asked.

"Yes mom he is the father, I am not a whore I don't go around sleeping with every guy that I meet." She seemed disappointed.

"Just making sure." She said shrugging.

"I'm leaving now," I said standing up but she grabbed my arm.

"I didn't mean to upset you, Sade…" It was weird when she called me Sade usually that was only Kayla who called me that and Max once in awhile. "Please stay I don't have much time left here and I don't know when i'll be back, maybe we can go shopping for baby clothes?"

"We haven't done much baby shopping we were waiting until we found out."

"That doesn't hurt to look."

"Mom I have to go," I said as May came in and pouted.

"You can't go…," May whined. "You just got here."

"I have to go meet up with Kayla."

"Why? She didn't even want to come here for Marianna's birthday."

"Well was she invited?" I asked kind of harshly May looked surprised and then glared at me.

"We told you we invited her we did she never said anything so fuck her."

"Do not talk-"

"Mommy can we swim?" DJ asked I was just about to say no when May said yes and picked up DJ taking him back outside.

"Well you wouldn't want to disappoint the little man would you?" I groaned putting my purse down and going outside, I could just let them swim for like five minutes and then leave and everything will be okay.

Kayla's Pov

An hour. That's how long I've been sitting here waiting for Sadie and DJ, Harlan was getting bored he had eaten his frozen yogurt already because as soon as he woke up from his nap we left and he didn't even get to put Mr. Robot hand on as he now calls it so he was grumpy about that. "Can we go home, mommy? I'm so bored." He said laying his head on the table.

"Let me call Sadie and see where she is." I really did miss Sadie and I knew that this must be hard on her and Max so I put all my hate aside for my mother and agreed to see her because, despite everything she was still my sister, Ryland seemed very happy about me going to meet up with her but I still felt weird leaving Willow with him I have very rarely been away from her the past six months.

"Hello?"

"Sadie…. I've been waiting for an hour are you like stuck in traffic or something?"

"Oh hey, Kayla…." That wasn't Sadie.

"Who is this?"

"It's Rebecca." My evil conniving cousin.

"And May!" I heard from the back.

"Oh look two halves of a whole idiot," I said bitterly.

"Very funny," May said her voice was clear now.

"Where is Sadie?"

"Talking to your mom and the kids are in the pool I think she might be getting in I don't really know the party kinda just started, it's a family get together for Marianna's birthday." That actually kind of hurt…. I was really close with Marianna so the fact that I wasn't invited sucked.

"We were going to invite you but your mom and Sadie said no and well we didn't want to upset the birthday girl."

"How long has Sadie been there?"

"Like an hour-ish maybe a little less I don't really know well you have fun doing whatever I'll be sure to tell Sadie you called." She said and hung up the phone.

"Come on Harlan we're going home."

"Is Sadie bringing DJ over to our house?"

"No she's not coming she never was…." I said trying to fight the tears maybe it was just Rebecca and May who stole Sadie's phone and made me think she actually wanted to talk to me or maybe Sadie just wanted me to sit there wasting my time for nothing looking stupid.

"Mommy, why are you crying?" Harlan asked putting his hand on my face as I clipped him into his car seat.

"I'm fine baby boy…" I turned my phone off and started to drive.

I'm stupid for thinking Sadie wanted to mend everything and move past this she probably is there with all the family and mom talking about how much of a bitch I am and how I was soooo wrong for adopting Harlan. I hated them so much the entire family could go die in a hole and I wouldn't care they are so judgemental and rude and assholes.

I don't know how or why but I ended up in front of my father's company just looking at the place I sighed and got out picking Harlan up and walking towards it. "Where are we?" He asked looking up at the huge building.

"I just need to see someone real quick."

"Okay." He said, I was hoping that my dad would be here he had buildings all over the place like in LA, New York, Florida, some in different countries but the one in Huntington Beach was by far the nicest looking one he only made it here because he was going to relocate it from LA to here but decided on keeping them both.

"I need you to sit right here for me okay? Mommy is just going into that room to talk to someone." I said and Harlan nodded sitting down with my old phone to play a game.

"I'm sorry you can't go in there if you don't have an appoint-" I didn't listen to her I walked in and saw my dad sitting in his chair talking to someone.

"Kayla?"

"Hi, dad…."

"Please excuse us for a moment." He said to whoever was sitting there he nodded and left. "What are you doing here Kayla?"

"I don't really know."

"I'm busy." He huffed annoyed.

"I know you are I don't know why I even came here."

"Mr. Carlton I'm so sorry she just-" His assistant burst into the room with security behind her.

"It's fine she's my daughter."

"Oh… Um, I am so sorry." She said to me.

"It's okay," I said softly.

"I didn't think I'd ever see you here," Dad said pushing away from his desk and standing up, he looked the same as he did the last time I had seen him when I was seventeen.

"I didn't think you'd be here."

"I had some work to get done and this one from my office I can see the ocean so I figured why not?"

"Right…"

"How's your sister?"

"Pregnant."

"Daniel?"

"No."

"Good." He said.

"I thought you liked him?"

"For my company I did he's very good at his job."

"I came here because I missed you and I'm tired of having parents who hate me."

"Kayla…. We don't hate you."

"Mom does she pretty much said it to my face I'm the biggest disappointment either of you have and it sucks dad it really fucking sucks because when my kids grow up and see how amazing their father's family is and then see how fucking shitty my family is what the hell do I tell them?"

"Kayla you and your sister are the lights of my life."

"You never wanted us…"

"Your mother kept you two from me said that her new husband had taken on the role as your father and that you two were happier with him, you guys eventually stopped calling and answering the phone on birthdays and holidays."

"Mom always said you didn't want to be bothered…."

"I should have fought harder for you and Sadie." He said and I for the first time in I don't know how many years he pulled me into a hug holding me tightly, the last time I saw him he yelled at me because I didn't want to work at his company. "I'm sorry Kayla."

"It's okay dad, I'm a big girl I handled what life threw at me."

We talked for a little while but I didn't stay long I still didn't trust dad it's not like he was the picture perfect parent he had told me to abort Willow because it would have brought shame on his company and he never bothered to see me the entire time he would barely answer the phone and only called back once but that was just to tell me that marrying Ryland would be wrong.

We got home and Harlan ran inside disappearing into the game room. "Hey baby." Ryland said he was on the floor playing with Willow who was throwing blocks around. "How was hanging out with Sadie? Are we all friends again?"

"Fuck Sadie."

"I'm just gonna take that as a no?"

"She tells me oh I wanna see you and I need you and blah blah bullshit and doesn't even fucking show up and I call her to see if she's stuck in traffic or what not but nooo she isn't even on her way she's at a family birthday party which I wasn't even invited to because my lovely mother said no and apparently Sadie said no as well though I think Rebecca and May were lying about that part but it doesn't change the fucking fact that I tried but she just doesn't care so I am one thousand percent done trying."

"Baby maybe-"

"And if you even try and justify her standing me up after I told Harlan he was gonna get to see DJ do you know how excited he was? So if you try and do that your ass can sleep on the fucking couch I don't care anymore I don't care about her, I don't care about my mother, I don't care about my father, fuck every single one of them." I said and dropped onto the couch crying.

"Hey…." His hand was on my leg rubbing it gently. "Babe."

"Why am I not good enough for them?" I said softly and thought back to when I had left Tanner that was when things started getting unbearable with my mom I had nowhere to go so I turned to Aaron he was always my safe zone the person I had always turned to when things got tough but now I had Ryland but it didn't seem right he didn't know every little thing and I wanted him to know it all but I saw how bored and uncomfortable he looks when I rant.

"You are perfect Kayla."

"Right…" I sat up wiping my tears away. "I'm sorry it was an emotional day."

"It's okay you can talk to me."

"You don't really seem like you want to hear about it."

"No, I'm completely interested…."

"This would be a moment where Nugget would be coming to lick my face and give me all the cuddles."

"When is he dropping Nugget off?"

"He's not I'm gonna go pick him up after I drop Harlan off at school." I said Ryland bit his lip.

"I um think it would be better if he just dropped Nugget off here."

"Why?"

"Because I just don't like the way he looks at you."

"Do you trust me?"

"Of course I do but it just doesn't sit well with me, he wants to have sex with you."

"Nothing is going on between us now please just stop worrying he's my friend."

I felt bad for never telling him the entire story about Aaron and I but he never really asked he would just say that Aaron wants to have sex with me and that he didn't like him. He never asked if i've had sex him and that wasn't really a question I wanted to answer, because Aaron and I are friends who had random sex once a few times wasn't anything romantic and it didn't mean anything to either of us, He was happy when Ryland and I got together and he never really seems bitter or anything towards Ryland.

"What are you thinking about?" Ryland asked and I smiled.

"Just my trip to Seattle."

"Oh yeah, speaking of that why Seattle?"

"Well Cambry had to go see her mom about-" Oh I shouldn't have said that….

"Cambry…? As in Max's Cambry?" Oh fuck me…. I nodded. "Is that why you knew to tell me to call Max?"

"I really shouldn't have said anything."

"How do you know Cambry?"

"We're friends."

"Friends? I know Cambry she doesn't do the friends thing she knows how to stab people in the back that's about it."

"She's actually really nice to me."

"It's her being-"

"She's got a lot going on right now so please just drop it."

"Oh she has a lot going on? What about Max? Or does he not matter to you?"

"Of course he matters."

"He's got it a lot worse than she does she kept him from-"

"She didn't want to! She was going to get the abortion that's why she told him before because she didn't want him to stop her but when she saw her baby she couldn't do it and it's not like she could have gone back to Max and said she lied."

"That still doesn't make it okay."

"I never said it was okay and I even told her that but he's the sweetest little boy ever."

"You met him?"

"Yeah… Her mom is driving out here with him."

"Why didn't he just come back?"

"He's sick so he can't really get on a plane."

"Sick? How so?" So I told him the entire story of what Cambry told me and how he couldn't talk very well even though he really tries to and how Harlan and Kai had gotten along so well.

Max's Pov

I have been waiting for twelve maybe thirteen hours for the results of the paternity test, Sadie was with me for awhile just sitting there waiting for my phone to ring but she was still trying to mend things with Kayla after what happened at the party. Now Kayla won't even answer her back she called Ryland but he seems to be staying out of it for the most part kind of like I am, it still sucks because usually we would family night and we'd go over there or they'd come over here and cook and watch movies and now we don't do anything because they are fighting.

"Dada…" Rosie sat down beside with her sippy cup in her hand.

"Hey sweet baby girl."

"What you doing?" She asked pushing her hair out of her face.

"Waiting for a phone call."

"Oh."

"What are you doing?"

"Drinking." She said holding up her cup.

"Daddy wishes that's what he was doing right now." I mumbled Rosie stood up and put her cup to my face.

"Some?" She asked trying to share.

"Oh thank you baby girl."

"Daddy?"

"Yeah?"

"I lob you." She said and my heart melted I pulled her into my lap kissing her head.

"I love you too Possie Pooh." Sadie came out from the kitchen with a bag of chips and a sandwich.

"Didn't we just eat dinner like an hour ago?"

"Tell your little spawn that." She said looking down at her stomach. "I'm always hungry and hor- never mind…" She stopped I smirked.

"Should I cover Rosie's ears for whatever you are about to say?"

"Shut up!" She groaned.

"So we are going on Monday to find out the gender right?"

"Yeah…." She said softly.

"What's wrong?"

"Kayla wanted to come with before we started fighting and I had the chance to go and make up with her but my entire family kept asking me to stay and I was a dick…."

"Yeah but you called her." I said trying to help her feel better.

"After I got home because my stupid phone was dead and she didn't even answer, I just feel shitty about the entire thing."

"I think it will all be okay soon, you and Kayla can't stay mad at each other forever."

"I just miss my sister."

"I know you do baby, trust me we will work everything out in the ned."

"I'm sorry…. I'm standing here whining about my stupid problems when you actually have a real one."

"I talked to my lawyer today and after today this either goes one or two ways."

"Which is?"

"He's not mine and we go about our lives like this never really happened." I didn't know how I still felt about this entire thing the anger was still there and I just wanted to punch something really fucking hard but I was trying to hold it all together until I found out the truth I needed the truth before I did anything.

"And the other one?"

"If he's mine tomorrow morning I sit down with her and her lawyer and mine and try to come to an agreement on custody and all that crap so we can try and settle out of court if not we have to go to court and all that freaking crap…."

"So-" My phone rang and I think my heart stopped right then.

"Hello?"

"Hey Max I got the results back."

"Okay…. What is it?" My heart was in my chest and I felt like I was going to faint.

"He's your son." Tears started to flow and I couldn't stop them no matter how hard I tried to keep them from falling I didn't know if it was from sadness or happiness or what all I knew was that I wasn't there for him. "Max? Are you there?"

"Y-yeah I am."

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah…. I'll see you tomorrow." I said hanging up the phone letting it drop.

"What happened?"

"He's my son." I said everything felt real now and I dare not look at Sadie's face because I don't think I can handle whatever look she is giving me right now but then she sat down beside me and pulled me into her carefully.

"We'll get through this…" She said softly and then barely a whisper she said. "I hope."

Sadie's Pov

Life doesn't always play out the way you think it does, my nanny Maria said that to me one day when I fell out of tree and broke my arm before a softball game I was so mad because I couldn't play and now i'm finding myself using her words for this situation because I didn't think something like this would happen, we were sitting with the lawyers waiting for Cambry to show up Max looked tired and didn't really talk on the way here he was still adjusting to the fact that Kaiser was his and he wasn't really letting me in but I was more than alright with giving him his space. "Sorry i'm late." Cambry said coming in and rushing towards her lawyer. "Couldn't get a babysitter." She sat down and looked at the table I noticed how she wouldn't look at Max who was shooting daggers at her.

"Let's get this started, we've established right of paternity Max have you signed the papers stating you are taking legal action for your son in claiming him."

"Yeah…" Max said like he was getting aggravated.

"Take a deep breath baby." I whispered to him he moved his hand under the table and let it rest on my stomach and then took a deep breath.

"Yeah I did."

"The only other issue is custody." Max's lawyer David said.

"Right now Cambry has full custody she's offering visitation four times a month until-"

"No." Max said harshly. "Don't you do that to me." His voice calmed down into a more desperate cut off heart wrenching sound.

"Can you let him finish?" Cambry said finally looking at Max.

"Visitation four times a month until both parties are probably trained."

"Trained?" Max said.

"Both parties?" David said.

"Kaiser has a list of medical problems that if let untreated when in the care of his father can and will lead to hospitalization and until they are both properly trained in how to fully take care of him and understand his chronic illnesses we are recommending visitation."

"And after that?" Max asked.

"With your job you'd be away for longer periods of time so joint custody isn't really something we'd pressure so physical custody is more the revenue for-"

"What's the difference?" I asked I didn't really know if it was my place to say anything.

"Joint custody would be like every two weeks on Sunday he would go with his father and then two weeks later he'd go back to his mother."

"And we can't do that?" I asked.

"I'm not home enough to be able to have that." Max said softly."

"So what is physical custody? And what does that mean for Max?" I asked grabbing his arm and squeezing it tightly his hand was still on my stomach.

"That Kaiser is in his mother's care for more than half the time."

"And Max gets what? Nothing?" I said slightly yelling.

"Max will get partial custody where he gets him when he is off tour and he can always ask for extra time with his son for important days and holidays."

"And i'd still have to pay child support?" Max asked looking at Cambry.

"Considering I get stuck with the medical bills, child supports a walk in the park for you." Cambry said softly.

"Can you put something in there that says we split medical bills?" Max said Cambry looked at him with narrowed eyes.

"Of course."

"Where do I sign?"

"Max maybe you should think it over for a few days?" David said but Max shook his head.

"I just want to see my son and get to know him." Someone came in and went over to Cambry whispering something into her ear she got up and walked out. "How long do I get to see him for since I only get four times a month…."

"There is no time limit but there are certain days you can't see him when he does his infusions until you know proper medical care."

"And when is that?"

"Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays." Today was Monday that's probably why she didn't have anyone to watch him.

We talked a little to the lawyer and then left, Cambry was out in the waiting room with a little boy who looked looked not just like Max but a perfect little mix of Cambry and Max and oh my heart his dark blue eyes were all Max's I looked at Max who had his eyes glued to the little boy who had a mask and backpack on. Cambry looked over at us and then down to him picking him up and coming over to us. "Kai this is Max and Sadie, can you say hello?" She asked him he dropping his head onto Cambry's shoulder. "It's okay baby boy, just like we've practiced."

"Heo." He said softly.

"Hey little dude." Max said completely mesmerized by Kai, Cambry put him down and he went to sit down.

"Aaa." He said tapping on Cambry. "I pa if Ar." He said patting the dog's head that was sitting beside him with a blue vest on that said 'Please do not touch I'm working'.

"What's the dogs name?" Max asked.

"Ar." Kai said patting him again.

"His uh speech therapist isn't the the best so he still needs a lot of help but I've been looking into it and he's started a new one next Monday."

"Is it a good?" Max asked.

"It's what I can afford so it's not the best it's okay but it will work for now until I find a new job." She said playing with his hair he looked up annoyed.

Max looked at me and then to Cambry. "He should have the best not just okay, find him the best speech therapist and I'll pay for it."

"Can I ask a question?" I said I didn't know where I stood on the line with her so I wasn't sure how she'd take my question.

"Sure."

"Is he gonna have a speech problem forever or is he just delayed?"

"The doctors did a lot of test and found nothing mentally wrong with him but only time will tell which is why I started therapy at two instead of four like most doctors recommend."

"Oh.." Kai dropped a cup on the floor. "Ma…." He said sadly

"Arlo give me the cup." Cambry said and he picked it up. "Good boy."

"Go boy!" Kai said getting off the little couch and wrapping his little arms around the dog's neck.

"Thank you for including me in the whole learning how to take care of Kai." I said and Cambry nodded.

"Kayla told me not to be a bitch to you so I figured that since you are going to be in my son's life you should at least know how to take care of him."

"Y-you know my sister?" I asked trying not to be so shocked.

"Yeah we're friends I met her when you were supposed to have lunch with her or something and since that day we've been friends, she's the one who told me to stop being a raging bitch and be more open and myself…."

"I don't think I've ever seen this side of you." Max said cautiously.

"I'm trying to be less bitchy and more of my real self because Kai needs you I may have always thought that he didn't and he'd be better off with just me but he needs his father so I am going to put our differences aside."

"I think that's big of you." I said Max pulled me towards him putting his arm over my shoulder.

"Just let me know a day before you want to see Kai so I can make sure he has everything he needs."

"How am I supposed to do that?" Max asked and she raised her eyebrow.

"Oh um right my phone number…"

Kayla's Pov

Cambry asked me to meet her at her apartment so Aaron and I went over there, Ryland decided on spending quality time with Willow so he took her to the aquarium like he always does it was kind of there little thing to do and after school he was gonna pick up Harlan and take him to the ice rink to learn how to skate. "What's the problem?" I asked as soon as I got into her place Kai was sleeping on the couch still hooked up to his ambulatory pump for his infusions I was getting smarter with all the words and Cambry even let me hook Kai up to his infusions once it scared me but at the same time was kinda awesome.

"I just got back from meeting with the lawyers and Max."

"Oh was it terribly awkward?"

"No I mean I was nice I guess so it wasn't awful."

"Wow you were nice? Did it hurt?" Aaron said Cambry threw a pillow at him.

"Ouch!"

"Go away you asshole." She yelled playfully.

"Kayla can you believe what she's saying to me? It's so hurtful I thought we were all are friends here." Cambry laughed, I knew she kinda had a little thing for Aaron and I was going to make them get together because they were adorable together.

"So what was the problem? If you all were friendly to each other?"

"That's the thing I mean we all can't fake being friends for long, soon Max and I will start fighting like always and I will turn into my old bitchy self and it's all gonna be a mess so i'm asking you to be the mediator."

"What does that even mean?" Aaron asked Cambry groaned.

"Did you two really go to college together because he's dumb."

"I meant how is Kayla supposed to be the mediator what do you want her to do?"

"I don't know i'd drop Kai off at your house and Max picks him up and then when he's done i'd pick Kai up from your place? I don't really know but I know that me and Max around each other is never a good thing."

"You guys are going to have to learn how or maybe Sadie can pick him up."

"She hates me more than Max does."

"It's time for all of you to get a reality check and if I was talking to my sister right now I would go over there and tell her the same thing. This isn't about you guys it's about Kai and what's best for him so you will eventually have to suck it up and deal with him but until that time fine I will be the stupid mediator."

"Thank you."

"I mean it even if I have to drag all three of you and sit you all down and act like your fucking therapist I will don't think I won't."

"She's scaring me." Aaron joked.

"Shut your face." Cambry laughed.

We watched a movie with her and then we went back to Aaron's place to I pick up Nugget. "So I was thinking about a movie night."

"I don't think that would be a good idea right now…. Ryland doesn't like us hanging out."

"Why?"

"Your a guy." I said rolling my eyes.

"What if I come over for a movie night and that way he can see that you and I are just friends?"

"Is that a good idea?"

"I'll pretend to be gay if you want."

"I don't think we need to take it that far…."

"Ask him about the movie night i'll bring over some beer and we can bond like men do and by the end of the night all three of us will be best friends."

He dropped me off at home Ryland's car was here I opened the door and Nugget bolted in running around and almost tackled Ryland to the floor. "Hey Nugs…" He said messing around with him.

"Hey babe."

"Hey." Willow crawled to me with her hands up.

"Oh my baby girl, did you and daddy have fun?"

"Yes we did and whatever she tells you is a lie." Ryland joked.

"Are you hungry baby?" I asked kissing her head laying back on the couch to nurse her.

"How was your day?"

"Fine… My boobs are sore." I said and Ryland stopped playing with the dog and looked at me.

"Thanks for telling me."

"I think it's because she slept through the night and I didn't nurse her for that long this morning, did she take a bottle for you?"

"No she cried for a really long time so I had to bring her home and she was still crying so I gave her pizza."

"She has baby food."

"It's nasty and lumpy and smelly. My daughter deserves to eat the best and nothing will beat pizza."

"And to those who disagree with you?"

"Suck my dick."

"Ryland!" I couldn't move to slap him so I glared at him he laughed.

"So how was the super fun quality time with Aaron."

"He actually wants to know if you'd like to do a movie night kinda thing."

"So like what we did with Max and Sadie?"

"Yeah."

"Well can Max and Sadie come?"

"I was actually going to invite Cambry and Kai."

"Right…"

"But maybe Max and Sadie can come I mean if you want them to."

"I don't know if you invite Cambry I don't want things to be awkward."

"Well you can invite them if you want Cambry will be fine… I think seeing as I am the stupid mediator…"

"Huh?"

"Nothing long story…. Are you picking up Harlan or am I?"

"I figured since we aren't going to Hawaii that all of us could go to the rink."

"I never said no."

"Well you didn't say yes either."

"Willow can't ice skate."

"But you two can cheer Harlan on and i'm sure he'd love that."

"Yeah I think that's a good idea, huh Willow you want to go watch daddy teach Harlan how to skate?" She didn't care she was to interested in nursing and biting mommy.

"After your done we can go."

"Can you get some clothes for her?"

"Sure." He said disappearing upstairs.

Harlan was afraid the ice would crack and he would die because he thought that it was water that was frozen he didn't understand what it was but he did really good after he got over his little fear, Ryland was so proud of him when he did it on his own even though he fell he got back up and reached out for him, I didn't know how to skate which Ryland thought was insane and said we'd be going on a skating date soon I did not like the sound of that I couldn't even roller skate even with the four wheels I sucked, but watching my boys made the crappy week turn into a good week.

Next chapter Max and Sadie find out the gender of the baby and Ryland and Kayla's relationship hits a wall

Questions:

Boy or girl

A little family vacation to Hawaii?

Middle name suggestions for Kaiser?