You know, when I was watching this series, I was puzzled at Tess's reaction of having a child, I mean, Max was in a shock that he was going to be a dad but Tess was so excited and I was wondering why! I mean, I'm seventeen and if I was to have a baby right now, I would major freak out, not just accept it and did you notice that as close Isabel and Tess were, they didn't share how they felt about the baby together? Weird epic if you ask me.
Anyway, thanks for the reviews and I hope you like this chapter, I think this is one of my fave.
Previously on New Gal, Season 2.
"Max and I had sex." Liz whispered to Maria and Maria looked at her wide-eyed. "And I'm pregnant Maria."
"Liz, what is going on with you?" Max asked, Liz sighed as she took Max's hand and led him over to the picnic bench.
She looked down at their intertwined hands before looking up into his expecting eyes.
"I'm pregnant Max." Liz whispered, tears forming in her eyes as she waited for Max's reaction.
Chapter 23: Revelations
Max stared down at his girlfriend's bowed head as shock filled his body.
"Are you sure?" Max whispered and Liz nodded as she wiped away her tears before lifting up her shirt and rested her hand on her stomach and Max saw the pale blue glow. "Wow."
Liz dropped her top and played with her fingers. "Liz, we used both used protection." Max stated and Liz stood up angrily.
"Don't you think I know that?" Liz demanded and sighed as she ran a hand through her hair. "I checked my birth control pack, I haven't missed a day, and you used a condom."
"Liz…" Max started.
"I can't believe this is happening, I mean, why now. We're not ready for a child." Liz cried as tears slipped from her eyes and down her cheeks.
Max stood up and took her into his arms.
"It'll be okay. We'll deal with this." Max whispered and Liz fought against him.
"No Max, it won't be okay. We're only seventeen, I'm carrying a baby, our child and it's an alien, Max; we can barely look after ourselves, how are we going to care for a baby?" Liz demanded.
"Shh baby, calm down." Max whispered as he ran a hand through her hair, comforting her.
Liz relaxed against his body and cried into his chest while Max rocked her backward and forward, he kissed her forehead. He pulled away and lifted her face up to his; he wiped away her tears.
"Do you not want this baby?" Max asked and Liz cried once more.
"Yes Max, I do but I'm scared." Liz whispered.
"I know baby, I'm scared too." Max whispered as he pulled her back into his body.
"Do you want the baby?" Liz asked.
"Yes I do, as crazy as it sound, I really want this baby." Max stated as he pulled away and looked into her eyes. "It was created out of our love together, how can I not love it?" Max asked. Liz cried once more as Max pulled her into his chest once more, this time out of relief.
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"What are we going to do Max?" Liz asked and Max laid back on the bed, provoking Liz into curling into his side, resting her head on his chest.
"We can't give the baby up for adoption, not with our inheritance." Max explained softly and Liz nodded in agreement.
"And I'm not having an abortion, I don't trust it and I'm not killing our child." Liz warned.
"You have no argument from me." Max agreed and sighed. "Looks like we're keeping the baby." Liz looked up at him.
"Are we ready to have children, I mean, Max our lives are already in danger because of the F.B.I and Khivar, I don't want to put our child through it." Liz explained.
"What would the F.B.I do if they knew you're pregnant?" Max asked.
"They would turn it into a test tube and use it as a play toy to subject to their tests." Liz whispered.
"Khivar?"
"He would use the baby himself, if Khivar has your heir, the whole planet would surrender and Khivar would be the puppeteer while the baby would be the puppet." She explained.
"I will kill him if he comes anywhere near you or the baby. No one will take our baby from us." Max promised as he kissed her forehead. "And to the answer to your question, we don't really have a choice Liz, you are having our child." Max whispered; Liz nodded before looking around the room.
"Where are we suppose to put our child?" she asked and Max looked around, noticing the lack of space.
"I'll find something." Max whispered.
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"Max? Liz?" Isabel asked she came through into Max's bedroom, she saw Liz sleeping on the Max's bed while Max was flipping through the papers of the decoded destiny book.
"Hey Iz." Max stated.
"What is going on?" Isabel demanded, Max sighed as he took Isabel out of the room and shut the door behind him.
"Liz is pregnant, we're going to have a baby." Max stated, rendering her speechless.
"Are you kidding me?" Isabel demanded and Max shook his head.
"How?" Isabel asked then shook her head. "Never mind how, I already know how. I thought you had protection." Isabel demanded and Max nodded.
"We used them Isabel, we both did but it never worked." Max stated and Isabel stared at him, scared for Liz and shocked at what had been revealed to her.
"What are you going to do?" Isabel asked and Max sighed.
"We are keeping the baby, we talked about it and we can't kill something that was made out of our love together plus we can't give it up for adoption due to our inheritance." Max explained and Isabel nodded.
"But Max, a child? Mom and dad are gonna kill you." Isabel whispered and Max shrugged.
"I don't care Isabel, we have are having a child, it's too late for us to do anything plus we don't know how long babies take, for all we know, she could be giving birth in a week." Max explained.
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"What's going on Max?" Jim asked as he and Kyle sat down.
"Liz and I have are going to need your help. We've just found out that protection don't work for us." Max explained and Jim's eyes widen.
"She's pregnant." Jim asked, incredulous.
"Yes, we are going to have a baby." Max confirmed.
"How?" Kyle demanded.
"Liz thinks the pill didn't work because of her biological fluid while the Condom split." Max explained, blushing slightly.
"Damn." Kyle muttered, wide eyes.
"What are you going to do?" Jim asked.
"We are keeping the baby, we've been over our choices, we really can give the baby up for adoption, and we can't kill a child that is a part of us." Max explained.
"Have you told your parents?" Jim asked and Max shook his head.
"We have no idea how long the baby will take to be born, we need to have an idea before telling them." Max stated and Jim nodded.
"Well, you know I'm right behind you and Liz." Kyle stated and Max threw him a thankful/grateful look.
"And I'll do whatever it takes to keep you and your family safe." Jim added.
Max nodded, relieved that they were going to stick by him and Liz with their child. He hoped Liz was getting on okay with Tess.
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"What is going on Liz?" Tess asked and Liz sighed as she took Tess's hand and they both sat on the bed.
"I'm pregnant Tess." Liz whispered and Tess was stunned, she stared at Liz.
"Oh my." Tess whispered and Liz nodded.
"Tell me about it." Liz whispered back.
"Are you okay?" Tess asked.
"Max checked me over, the baby and I are fine." Liz assured her.
"Emotionally?" Tess asked and Liz sighed.
"I'm scared, I'm really scared. We're only seventeen and we already have our enemies after us, what if they come after us while I'm pregnant, what if they want our child?" Liz asked, finally voicing her fears for her child.
"Max will protect you, you know that." Tess stated and Liz sighed.
"Max can't be with me 24/7 all the time." Liz explained.
"Listen to me." Tess stated and Liz looked at her. "If the baby anything like Max, it will make sure that you are safe no problem." Tess stated and Liz smiled weakly.
"I just wish there could be some way of proving that." Liz stated and Tess thought about it.
"Okay, stand up." Tess stated, Liz stood up and Tess picked up a vase. "I'm going to throw that at you but not right at you, this way we can see if the baby has a sense of what's going on." Tess explained and Liz nodded, confused.
Tess threw the vase at Liz and all of a sudden, a green shield popped up, surrounding Liz. "Wow!" Tess whispered and Liz looked around before looking at Tess once more. "Guess baby is more like daddy than we thought." Tess muttered and Liz giggled at the thought.
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"Max, is Liz okay?" Michael asked and Max sighed as he sat down, dropping the basketball. Michael sat down beside him.
"Liz's pregnant." Max explained and Michael looked at him in a stunned shock. "She's not dealing with it too well at the moment."
"How, when?" Michael asked and Max sighed.
"I was telling Liz how I felt annoyed that I couldn't feel more closer to my planet so Liz took me to observation Centre and we looked through the telescope, it made me feel more closer and that was when we got closer. We both used protection Michael, I used a condom and she was on the pill. We both just don't understand why they never worked!" Max grounded out, frustrated and Michael placed a hand on the young man he saw as a brother.
"You know I will be there for you and Liz no matter what." Michael assured and Max nodded.
"Yeah, and thanks for not getting on to me as Liz is your sister." Max thanked and Michael smiled.
"Liz told me once that she would kill me if I dared to lay one finger on you and that was way before she even got pregnant." Michael explained and Max laughed.
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Liz was lying down with her head in Isabel's lap while Isabel stroked Liz's hair.
"What am I going to do Izzy? I'm not ready to be a mom yet." Liz whispered as her hand absently stroked her stomach. She knew that baby could feel it and they loved being connected to their mother.
"You know that Max will stand with you no matter what and I will be here whenever if you need me. I will stand by you in what ever choice you make, this is entirely up to you and Max." Isabel assured and Liz nodded.
"It's just scary you know, I mean, Max and I are becoming parents." Liz whispered and Isabel giggled slightly with a hint of sadness and Liz looked up at Isabel. "You miss Alex don't you?" Liz asked; tears filled Isabel's eyes.
"Yes I do, it just not fair that he died after I told him that I loved him." Isabel explained and Liz nodded as she sat up and hugged Isabel.
"I know he was murdered Isabel, I can feel it and I promise you that we will find out who did it and they will regret messing around with our family." Liz promised and Isabel pulled away from Liz look her in the eye.
"Just make sure that you keep yourself and your baby protected while you are. Max will be destroyed if anything happens to the two of you." Isabel explained and Liz giggled.
"He is really sweet when he is concerned about me and the baby isn't he?" Liz asked and Isabel rolled her eyes.
"The guy stood out the bathroom with a crowbar in his hand when you locked the door, he was worried that you wouldn't be able to get out the bathroom!" Isabel exclaimed and Liz laughed at the memory.
"Oh your mom's face. I have never seen her look at Max like he was insane!" Liz joined in and Isabel laughed then sobered.
"You know Max will do what ever it took to keep the two of you safe. He just loves you so much that it isn't funny." Isabel assured and Liz smiled.
"Yeah I know; I love him so much that it scares me. Its like if he ever leaves me, I don't know how I would be able to go on without him." Liz explained and both girls hugged, just enjoying that they were safe, together, and relaxing.
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Max came home from basketball and smiled at the sight that greeted him in the Evan's living room. Liz and Isabel were both sleeping on the couch, Liz had her head resting on Isabel's shoulder and Isabel had her head resting on top of Liz's head. He walked over and gently lifted Liz into his arms and taking her to his bed, She mumbled his name as she turned her face into his chest while her arms wrapped themselves around his neck, hugging him tighter.
Max bit his lip lightly as he gently put Liz on his bed, he unwrapped her arms from around his neck and pulled the covers over her body, he kissed her forehead before heading back into the living room and lifting Isabel into his arms. He knew how upset Isabel had been about Alex's death and only hoped that she would grieve soon, she was bottling it up, so was Liz and it was scaring him. He gently laid Isabel on her bed, pulled the cover over her, and kissed her forehead before heading into his bedroom.
Max pulled off his shirt and jeans before getting himself into bed; Liz turned onto her side and snuggled into Max's side, her head resting on his chest.
"I love you Max." Liz whispered sleepily and Max smiled to himself.
"I love you too baby." Max whispered back as one hand rubbed her stomach and closing his eyes and going to sleep himself.
TBC.
Hey, hoped you enjoyed this chapter and thanks for the FB on the others. I will see you on Wednesday.
Next chapter: The Sex of the baby and a visitor comes to visit the Royal 4, who is he and what does he want?