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A few days later, Max felt okay enough to go to work. She walked in with Zack's arm around her waist, supporting her. The past few days she had been very quiet, but she was starting to become herself again.
"Hey, Missy Miss, about time you showed up for work," Normal said. "I don't believe that crap about you being abducted, but out of the goodness of my heart, I –"
He stopped short when he realized she was ignoring him and not making any smartass comments. He took in her still sort of pale face and walked up to her.
"Normal, don't get into my face today, I'm not in the mood," she said, lacking in her usual bite.
Normal noticed she looked very tired. Since he didn't know that she was pregnant, he didn't know that she was needing more and more sleep everyday.
"Hey Normal, back off on Max, it turns out her ex-boyfriend was Eyes Only and he was killed by a terrorist group a few days ago," Sketchy said.
Max gave him a grateful smile, and opened her locker. She and Zack had told him that she was pregnant after she threw up in front of him a few days before.
Normal softened. He may be a prick but he wasn't heartless. "I'm sorry Max, I didn't know about your ex. And Alec wasn't kidding when he said you were kidnapped, was he?"
"Nope." She sighed. "And to make it more twisted my now dead ex was who kidnapped me."
Normal was shocked. "What? Why?"
"Because he hated Zack and wanted us to get back together. There was also another matter that Zack and I will talk to you about in a minute. He was killed a little after Zack and Alec had rescued me. My life is twisted isn't it?"
Normal just nodded. "What is it that you want to talk to me about?"
"In your office," was all Zack said.
The night before Max and Zack had agreed that they would have to tell Normal about Max being pregnant, because she would soon be too big to ride a bike, and she would also have to go on maternity leave. They both needed the money to support their child and if Max didn't get her paycheck then they were going to be in trouble and Zack would probably have to pull some heists.
Normal, Max and Zack all stepped into his office and closed the door.
"Well, what is it?" Normal asked.
"I'm – " Max started to say, but quickly ran over to the garbage can and started puking. Zack immediately went over to hold back her hair and rub her back, leaving Normal standing in surprise.
"Maybe I should have given her a little more time off," he muttered.
When Max was done she wiped at her mouth, and muttered, "Damn morning sickness. I hate this."
"What did you say?" Normal asked.
"Morning sickness. I'm pregnant Normal."
Normal stood frozen. 'Missy Miss is pregnant?' he thought. It was unbelievable. 'Missy Miss? The girl who has a bad attitude, an iron grip, doesn't do her job, and shows up midday Missy Miss? This is impossible.'
"Are you joking?" he said. "Because it's not very funny. A baby is a serious matter."
"Which is exactly why we're talking to you," Zack said.
"You're the father?" Normal asked, still in a state of shock.
"No shit Normal, unlike your very bad opinion of me, I don't sleep around," Max said, annoyed.
"Right, right." Then Normal snapped out of his immobile state and started firing questions at them.
"How are you going to take care of it? How far along are you? Do you have enough money to support it? Can you reprobates actually take care of an infant? How about baby expenses? What are you going to do?" he asked, not taking a breath in between questions.
"Normal! Shut up for a moment and let us talk!" Max shouted.
He shut up and just stared at them. 'These two reprobates are going to take care of a child. Can they actually manage it? Hmm, maybe I should take care of the baby.'
It was almost as if Max knew what he was thinking. "No way in hell Normal are you raising our child."
'Well, there goes that idea.'
"Now, in answer to your questions," Max started calmly. "I'm about a month and two weeks along. Zack and I are perfectly able to take care of our own child. As for money, that's why we need to talk to you. Soon, I won't be able to ride a bike, Normal, and the thing is, when the baby is born, I need to stay with it so I have to go on maternity leave. The problem is that we can't just rely on Zack's paycheck and I need you to keep paying me while I'm on maternity leave so we can support our baby."
"I can't do that if you're not working, Max, and I really am sorry. How about a compromise because I don't want to see an innocent baby not be able to have what it needs," Normal said slowly. "When you get too big to ride a bike, you can still work here, but work as dispatch. You can give out all the packages and I'll pay you for that."
"Okay," Max said. "But what about when the baby is born?"
"I will allow you to go on maternity leave for a few weeks, until the baby has grown a bit. During that time I will still pay you. But you'll be able to ride a bike again after you lose the fat from having the baby, and you can start working again. We have a child center here, did you know that? For all you reprobates who do something stupid. Anyways, we have a few very good nannies who work in the child center, who are very experienced with babies. You can leave your child there."
Max looked at Zack, who shrugged and said, "Sounds pretty good so far."
"Are you sure the girls are qualified?" Max asked uncertainly.
"Positive. Babies are things I love and I make sure to get the best for them," Normal said proudly.
"Well, okay I guess," Max said. "It sounds okay."
"Good," Normal said. "But don't try to cop out early Missy Miss, I will see that you're too fat to ride a bike before you can start working as dispatch."
Max and Zack both rolled their eyes. "Fine," Max said as they walked out of the office. "Oh, and Normal? The name's Max."
After work, Sketchy, Alec, O.C., Max and Zack all went to Crash. They went up to the counter. A bartender saw Max and was at the front in an instant. Zack, not liking the way the guy was eyeing Max up and down, put an arm around her waist but the guy didn't seem to notice.
"Can I get you anything?" he asked Max.
She smiled sweetly, and said, "No thanks, not good for the baby."
"Baby?" the guy asked, confused.
"Yes," she said, still smiling so much it was starting to hurt, "I'm pregnant."
The man's eyeballs almost popped out of his head and he backed off.
"Right, sorry." He looked at the others. "What can I get you guys?"
"Pitcher of beer," O.C. said.
"Coming right up," he said, and left hurriedly.
Alec started laughing. "Did you see that guy's face?" he said, in between laughs. His face was starting to turn red so Cindy smacked him. "Calm down fool, you look like a tomato."
They got their beer and sat down at a booth. After quietly chatting for a while, Sketchy said, "Max, you look beat."
Max was dozing off with her head on Zack's shoulder and Zack nudged her. "You want to go home?" he asked.
"Yeah, I think I'd better," she said, yawning.
"Shark DNA my ass," Alec said under his breath which made Zack chuckle.
"Come on sleeping beauty," he said, and pulled her out the door.
As soon as Zack got the door open, she went to their room and instantly fell asleep. He laughed quietly and proceeded to take off her shoes and jacket, and then he undressed her so she would be more comfortable. He put her clothes away then laid down beside her, tracing circles across her back until he fell asleep.
Zack groaned when he felt Max shaking him awake. He had only been asleep for 2 hours. "Someone better be dying," he said and she laughed.
"Baby, I'm really sorry, but could you go out and get me some raw meat? I'm really craving some. Oh, and some of those little buns at the bakery shop and maybe some shrimp too. Guess the cat in me likes seafood. And if you have time, could you also get me…"
Max continued to name off a bunch of random food, and Zack sighed, kissed her, put on his clothes and went out into the night just to please the woman he loved.
Ah, the joys of being pregnant.
A/N: Sorry if this chapter wasn't too great, I don't think I did such a good job on it but let me know what you think.
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