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"Hey baby!" The woman, Elliot's Mom, Amy Grant yelled running to her son and hugging him.

"My boy, how have you been?" The man, Elliot's dad, James Grant said calmly also hugging him.

"Are you ok? Why aren't you saying anything?" Amy asked sad.

"No, I'm not ok! Where have you been all these years?!" Elliot yelled annoyed.

"We were in witness protection…" James said hoping Elliot would understand, but he didn't.

"Then why wasn't I in as well? Or Wesley for that matter?" Elliot asked annoyed.

"Because you were nowhere to be found; the only reason we knew you were even alive is that we saw the news. You created what I had started; you call them mew mews?" James asked surprised.

Elliot was about to say something when he got a text message, the second one in thirty seconds along with several missed calls. He had been ignoring them thus far because he'd been talking with and trying to figure out why his parents abandoned him; but after so many missed calls and texts it's kind of hard to ignore.

Text: Zoey

S.O.S. MAI!

EMERGENCY!

CALL ME!

ELLIOT, WHERE ARE YOU?!

After that Elliot immediately called Zoey back; she answered after only one ring.

"Zoey, what's going on?" Elliot asked panicked.

"It's Mai! She and the other kids were playing down in the basement when I got home. Kyle and Katie came running up saying that she was screaming and crying in pain; saying that her stomach was hurting so mom and I went down and it was true! So we rushed her to the hospital! I'm sooo sorry!" Zoey cried, not taking very many breaths.

"No, Zoey it's ok; you did the right thing. What hospital are you at; Wesley and I will be there as soon as we can." Elliot said as calmly as he could, but we all know that on the inside he was freaking out.

"Ok…we're at JSA Memorial Hospital down town." Zoey said softly and as calmly as she could; you could tell she was still crying.

"Ok, we'll be right there." Elliot said softly.

"Ok, see you soon. Love you." Zoey replied back.

"See you soon, love you too Zoey." Elliot said as they hung up.

"Elliot, what's going?" Everyone in the room asked concerned.

"It's Mai; she's in the hospital. Wesley…" Elliot started.

"Yeah, I'm on it; let's go." Wesley said as he got his keys.

After they left James and Amy stood there in an empty café staring at each other.

"Who is this Zoey girl? A girlfriend maybe; my boy has a girlfriend?" James asked smiling.

"I don't know, but the real question is, who is Mai?" Amy asked looking at her husband.

"I don't know, but we should go find out." James said as they left the building, only to realize they had already left and had no clue where they went.

"Should we wait here?" Amy asked.

"I guess…" James said as they sat on a bench outside watching the clouds roll by.

At The Hospital:

Zoey and her mother were in the waiting room because they "weren't family" so they couldn't go back with her.

Not fifteen minutes after they hung up with each other did Elliot run through the hospital doors.

"Where's my daughter?" Elliot asked immediately running up to the receptionist, exhausted and out of breath.

"Sir, I'm going to need you to calm down and speak slowly." The receptionist said kindly.

Taking a deep breath Elliot calmed himself enough to speak…calmly, "My daughter, Mai Grant; where is she? My name is Elliot Grant. My girlfriend and her mother brought her in earlier. Why isn't one of them with her now?" Elliot asked frustrated.

"Oh yes Mai Grant; the little girl with stomach pains. Yes, if you'll take a seat a nurse will be right with you to take you back there. As for your girlfriend and her mother; we don't let non family members back with the patients unless they ask for them." The receptionist said sending Elliot to the waiting room.

"Elliot, I'm soo sorry!" Suzie cried while Zoey ran to Elliot who embraced him a hug crying.

"It's fine; you couldn't have known this was going to happen. She was just fine yesterday; you did the right thing and got her to the hospital." Elliot said as Wesley walked through the doors.

So they sat there waiting; Elliot was starting to get annoyed because he had been waiting for over ten minutes.

"Elliot Grant?" A nurse asked coming to the waiting room.

Elliot got up and went to the nurse while the others stayed back; they were once again denied access to where Mai was.

The nurse took through some big doors and down a long hall and turned once and down another long hall to room twenty six in the "children's ward" where Mai was.

"DADDY!" Mai cried out in what sounded like severe pain; she wasn't hooked up to anything so Elliot thought they were having a difficult time with her.

"So…what's going on here?" Elliot asked as soon as he saw the doctor.

"Well, we got the blood work back and the white blood cells are a little low, nothing to be concerned about. Her urine test came back clean; no UTI or any other major issues. She just has a minor fever; so in layman's, terms she just has a stomach bug. We sent two prescriptions to the Walgreens in town; one for the pain and one for the nausea. We don't usually treat children here; this is a hospital normally just used for the elderly, but this is just a little stomach bug and they insisted. Well, you can take her home now; have a good night." The doctor said a little bit annoyed, trying the fact he wanted to get the child out of the hospital.

"Yeah, thanks. You can bill my insurance." Elliot said somewhat pissed off as he picked up his crying daughter and left. He had gotten Mai on his insurance as soon as he could after she arrived…and it was one of the best insurance companies in the area; it covers just about everything…everything but dental; that's a whole separate thing.

As they walked back into the waiting the receptionist was waiting.

"Sir, I need you to fill out some paperwork; just some information about her and your insurance information so we can bill them." She said politely; she was the only one there who was polite and seemed like she cared.

"Yeah sure. Wesley?" Elliot asked handing Mai to Wesley.

"Oh, of course." Wesley said taking Mai out to the car, followed by Zoey and her parents; Adam had arrived just shortly after Elliot had gone back.

About five minutes later walked out with some papers and a frown on his face.

"Elliot, we're so sorry. This was the closest hospital and I just figured get her here first and then call you. I'm so sorry." Suzie said apologizing over and over again.

"No, it's fine; you did the right thing. But this hospital is not a good place to bring her again. Apparently they don't see children and that doctor couldn't get rid of her fast enough." Elliot said annoyed.

"So, what's wrong with her?" Adam asked right away.

"He said she has a simple stomach bug and he sent some prescriptions to the Walgreens downtown…wherever that is." Elliot said looking around; he really didn't know this area too well.

"Oh, we know where that is; just follow us. Zoey, are you coming with us or with them?" Suzie asked looking at her daughter.

"If he wouldn't mind I'd like to go with Elliot." Zoey said softly.

"That's fine." Elliot said and paused before speaking again, "After we get the prescriptions I need all three of you to come back to café; I just leaned some pretty big news that you'll all want to know as well…well actually "want to know" isn't the right words. The right words are, "you need to know." It's really important and is needed to know." Elliot said simply.

"Oh, ok. What is it?" Suzie asked confused.

"Hopefully it'll all be explained when Zeke gets there." Elliot said getting out his phone.

"Zeke? The guy who brought you Mai?" Zoey asked shocked.

"Yes. Now get in; we have to get these prescriptions and get back to café." Elliot said getting in the backseat of the car by Mai while Zoey sat up front with Wesley.

"Hello? This is Zeke." Zeke answered Elliot's call.

"Yeah Zeke, its Elliot. If you could meet us back at the café in a little bit that would be great; I got Zoey and her parents. We just need to get some prescriptions for Mai and we'll be there." Elliot said simply.

"Yeah that's fine; I'll be there in forty-five minutes. See you then." Zeke said hanging up.

"Yep, see you then." Elliot sighed as he hung up.

"What's going on?" Zoey asked confused.

"It's a long story that I don't quite understand so Zeke is going to explain it." Elliot said simply, rubbing Mai's forehead.

After about five minutes they arrived at the Walgreens where Elliot stood in line for fifteen minutes and it took another ten to get the prescriptions.

When he got back to the car the windows were all rolled up, the air was on and Mai was in the back seat just crying and crying.

As hard as he tried Elliot couldn't get her to stop crying; she seemed like she was in a lot of pain.

So the fifteen minute ride home seemed like hours with a screaming toddler.

Once they got home Elliot had forgotten all about his parents until he got inside of the building; Mai had finally stopped screaming and was just barely crying.

"Elliot…who's the baby?" Amy asked once she noticed Mai.

"Who are they?" Zoey asked looking at Elliot's parents.

Elliot just ignored them all and walked upstairs with Mai.

"What's going on here? I demand an explanation! Wesley?" James asked starting to get annoyed.

"Ok, well…James, Amy this is Zoey and her parents Adam and Suzie. Guys, this is James and Amy; they are Elliot's parents." Wesley started but was interrupted by Zoey and her parents.

"But I thought they were dead." Zoey and her parents all said at once.

"Well, that's what we thought as well. Turns out they were in witness protection for whatever reason. Apparently they thought Elliot and I were dead as well until they saw something in the news. Probably that Elliot was one of the youngest people to graduate high school and college." Wesley explained getting the blank "ok" looks from Zoey and her parents.

"But who is the baby?" Amy asked changing the subject.

Wesley just stood there in silence before answering her, "That's Mai and she is Elliot's three and a half year old daughter." Wesley said shocking both James and Amy.

So they sat there in silence waiting…

Upstairs: Elliot's P.O.V.:

Mai had pretty much lost her voice by now and she was shaking pretty badly.

I was about to lay her down in her bed when she threw up all over herself and a little on me.

"Mai…"

"Da-daddy…" Was all she managed to get out before throwing up again.

"I-I so-sowee da-daddy…" Mai said softly, hoarsely.

"It's fine. Let's get you changed and cleaned up." I said as she once again threw up.

So I waited before completely changing her until she stopped throwing up. Somehow her little body managed to throw up another three times before I got her out of those clothes,-which I just threw out-cleaned up and into new clothes and into bed.

I tried to give her her medications by she just fussed and refused to take them and when I did get her to take the pills they just came back so I had to change her again.

After about ten minutes she fell into a restless sleep…this is just horrible. Who would've thought being a parent was going to be the tough.

After I was sure she was out I went to my room, leaving her door open so I could hear her if she woke up, got changed and headed back downstairs.

When I got there Zeke was already down there waiting; my mother was crying and my dad looked angry.

Normal P.O.V.:

"Have you been here long?" Elliot asked Zeke.

"No, not long; just a few minutes. What's going on with Mai?" Zeke asked.

"Not much; she's got a nasty stomach bug. What's wrong with you two?" Elliot asked his parents confused.

"I see." Zeke said before being interrupted.

"You have a daughter? How could you not tell us?" Amy asked crying.

"How could you go out at sixteen and be stupid enough to get this girl pregnant?!" James asked pissed off.

"First off, if you want to play that game; how could you not even think to find a way to either find out I wasn't dead all these years and contact me. Second of all I went out, got drunk, had sex with a girl, who isn't Zoey by the way and ended up with a kid three years later." Elliot replied angrily, but was interrupted.

"Three years? But isn't that how old she is now? How does that work?" Amy asked her son, still crying.

"I didn't find out about her until about half a year ago; her "mother" never told me about her. Never made any sort of anything to contact me and tell me. I only found out about her because Zeke and some of his associates brought her to me and told me about her." Elliot said and again was going to say more but was once again interrupted.

"Wait, wait, wait. You had no clue you had a child to begin with? And you brought her to him? Why couldn't you have just put her up for adoption or whatnot? He didn't know about her; he certainly could've gone on without knowing about her! Elliot may have made a stupid mistake, but he's smarter than this; he doesn't need any distractions in his life right now. He's nineteen and one of the smartest nineteen year olds out there; he's got his whole life ahead of him. He doesn't need a child holding him back!" James exclaimed angrily while his wife cried more.

"Hold up there. First of not telling him is illegal, especially if he's name is on the birth certificate; which it is. And second of all he took the responsibility; he knew adoption was a possibility and neither I nor my associates needed to tell him that; he just took her on as his own. Your son is a smart man, but he's also responsible. This seems like a family matter so I'll let you be for a few minutes; I'll be back." Zeke said defending Elliot before heading outside.

"You took responsibility for a child you didn't even know existed. You're smarter than that; you know better!" James yelled at Elliot while Zoey and the others stood back and watched.

"Yes I do know better; and I thought maybe you guys would be proud of me. You know, for taking responsibility for what I had done…even if it was years later because I didn't know!" Elliot shot back.

"We'd be more supportive and what not had you known about her from the beginning. This woman better be paying some kind of child support."Amy said looking at her son.

"Well that's kind of impossible." Elliot said simply.

"And why is that?" James asked annoyed.

"Because her bitch of a mother is dead!" Elliot shot.

"Elliot! You shouldn't say such think about your child's mother." Amy said shocked.

"Mom, that lady was nothing but abusive and neglectful towards Mai; her, her sister and her boyfriend used to torture, abuse and lock her in a closet for hours and sometimes days." Elliot explained causing more tears to come on.

"So social services decided to bring the child to you? They should've taken her somewhere where she could've gotten more help! And to a family with both parents. If this lady is as bad as you say she is and she took advantage of you back then, then this child is nothing but a mistake!" James said annoyed and pissed off, which pissed off Elliot.

He was going to say something when he heard a weak little voice behind him.

"Da-daddy?" Mai questioned weakly with a hint of sadness in her voice.

"Mai, what are you doing out of bed?" Elliot asked rushing over to her and picking her up.

"I-I hear all the yelling. I a misake?" Mai asked laying her head on his shoulder.

"No, you're not a mistake, not at all. That man over there doesn't know what he's talking about. I love you and everybody else here loves you as well." Elliot said softly as he sat down with her before looking at his dad and mouthing, "If you say anything else I swear to god," While shaking his head.

"But that your daddy…and your mommy. I see the pictore on your bed." Mai said softly.

"You still have a picture of us?" Amy asked shocked while Elliot rocked Mai.

"Yes, those are my mom and dad. And of course I have a picture of you; it's of all of us. I kept it to remind myself of you…because I thought you were dead." Elliot said softly.

"Well, we're here now, so why don't you just put the girl up for adoption and we can be a family again. You have years to think about starting a family with the right girl." James said offending Elliot, Zoey and Zoey's parents while Amy looked hopeful.

"Yes, you are here. But I don't want you here if you can't accept my daughter. She is my flesh and blood and she's here to stay. And I already have a girlfriend and she's right over there and her name is Zoey, Zoey Hanson." Elliot said simply.

"But…" Amy started and that's when Zeke came back in.

"I hate to interrupt all of this, but I have other appointments today. So if you wouldn't mind." Zeke said, not trying to sound rude.

"Yeah, go ahead." Elliot said rocking Mai gently.

"Well what do they know so far?" Zeke asked motioning to Zoey and her parents.

"Nothing yet; I haven't really been able to tell them a whole lot with my parents here. Not to mention I don't really understand any of it myself. So if you wouldn't mind; you explain it." Elliot said looking at Zeke.

"Sure thing. But first things first; no interruptions please. Thank you. Well first off, Mara is not Mai's biological mother. And yes before anyone asks; Elliot is the biological father. Much like Mara's DNA we tested Elliot's not once, not twice, not even three times, but four times to make sure. And as it would turn out, you Ms. Zoey Hanson, are the biological mother of Mai. Now before anyone interrupts let me explain. Mara had bought your eggs from an egg donor place and when she had intimate relations with Elliot, somehow saved his semen and implanted it into some of the eggs. According to the files and whatnot only one of the eggs was successfully inseminated; all the other sperm and eggs died. To be honest, it's a miracle that Mai even survived; she was born a month and a half early." Zeke explained

"But how was she able to buy my daughter's eggs?" Suzie asked confused.

"All she had to do is go into an egg donor store and make sure she met all of the qualifications." Zeke explained.

"Right, we understand that. But how did my daughter's eggs end up in a egg donor store?" Adam asked getting annoyed.

"Oh well that's simple; you all signed the papers at her last surgery saying it was ok to take them just in case she wanted to have children at a later time due to artificial insemination or whatever. It says here that because of this surgery Zoey would no longer be able to have children naturally so they took her eggs pending your permission and had them saved. This was almost four years ago. A little bit before Mai was conceived actually." Zeke explained.

"But I never signed anything. In fact the last surgery I had was I had my appendix out." Zoey said confused.

"Yeah, we didn't sign anything either." Adam and Suzie said shocked.

"Well, these are your signatures here, aren't they?" Zeke asked pulling out the records he had.

"No, those aren't any of our signatures." Zoey, Suzie and Adam said starting to get pissed off.

"Well then, that's interesting." Zeke said scratching his head.

"Are you saying that someone forged our signatures to get what? Zoey's eggs?" Suzie asked confused.

"That's a possibility. Do either of you know a Mara Poppie?" Zeke asked.

"No, that name doesn't sound familiar to me." Suzie said softly.

"Yes, I know her. A few years ago she started stalking me at work and around home. Suzie, remember she was the lady who was always standing in front of the house and she even went to Zoey's school one day so we had to get a restraining order." Adam said simply.

"Wait, what? When was this?" Zoey asked confused.

"Oh yeah…I remember her now. But I don't know what she wanted…" Suzie said confused.

"This was about five years ago. I'm not sure what she wanted either…" Adam said starting to get pissed.

"Well, it seems like she got what she wanted. It must have something to do with Zoey's eggs. But what I don't know. Elliot? Do you have any idea?" Zeke asked looking at Elliot.

"No clue. She was just some chick I met about four years ago and started talking to. Then on the day of my parents' "deaths" we had relations and yeah. Now I have Mai. So what happens now?" Elliot asked.

"So we get to have Mai more often now right? No offence Elliot, we love you, but that's our flesh and blood." Adam said simply getting a shrug from Elliot; he understood.

"Nothing really." Zeke said simply.

"What do you mean nothing?" Adam and Suzie asked angry.

"Exactly what I mean. Forged or not there was a confidential agreement page signed where Zoey gave up all her rights to any babies that came out of her eggs when "she" signed her eggs over to the donor place. I understand that you actually didn't sign anything, but it is what it is. The only thing you can do is find the doctor who did the surgery and find out all the people involved and get a lawyer and file a grievance report. really the only thing that can be done is Elliot continues to raise "his" daughter. I wish there was more I could do for you, but the only thing I can do is get you a lawyer if you need and try to find out why Mara did what she did." Zeke explained sadly as he stood up.

"Thank you anyways." Elliot, Zoey, Suzie and Adam said shaking his hand as he left.

"Wait, there is one thing you can do!" James said happily.

"And what would that be?" Adam asked annoyed.

"You could adopt the girl from Elliot. No, listen to me; think about it. You want the child and Elliot has his whole life ahead of him." James said simply.

"Are you freaking kidding me?! Dad, I'm keeping her and that's final; we'll figure something else out. For crying out loud; I get she's their flesh and blood too, but she's mine as well and I've had for six months and I'm keeping her. If you can't accept any of that then you can leave!" Elliot said pissed off.

"So, you're really planning on keeping her?" Amy asked looking at her son.

"Yes mom, I am." Elliot said annoyed.

"Well then it's settled; you can come live with us again. You, Wesley and the baby! We can help raise her!" Amy said shocking everybody.

"And what about Zoey?" Elliot asked right away.

"Well, if she's who you really want to be with she can come with as well." Amy said simply.

"And what about her parents and her friends? I mean sure; she can make new friends, fine. But her parents aren't going to move and I'm not going to make them. Not to mention Wesley and I have a life here." Elliot said simply.

"But she's our granddaughter and we can find you a different girl who can give you more children." James said sternly.

"She's their granddaughter as well. And I just bought a house…" Elliot said annoyed.

"According to laws they're not their grandparents and that girl gave up any rights she had to be her mother." James said annoyed.

At this point Mai had just thrown up again and had started crying again.

"Wesley, can you take her please? Just kind of clean her up?" Elliot asked handing her to Wesley.

"Yeah, of course." Wesley said taking Mai, sensing this wasn't going to end well…and he was right.

Once they were out of sight and ear shot Elliot spoke up.

"Now that's enough! Just like me Zoey is Mai's parent; she is her mother. And I make no plans to take that away from her; she had no clue she even signed anything! And Adam and Suzie are Mai's grandparents; they were her grandparents before we even knew any of this! They've been here for Mai for the last six months! And yeah I get it; you were in witness protection or whatever. How long have you been out? How long have you known Wesley and I were alive?" Elliot asked seriously.

"We've been out for about three years and we found out about you about a year ago." James said simply causing Elliot to throw his hands up in the air.

"We wanted to come find you, we really did. But we didn't know where to start." Amy said honestly.

"How about where the newspaper said; they do say the general area." Elliot said looking at his parents.

"Fine, we wanted a little more free time with just the two of us. Now if you come with us you can find a girl who can give you more children." James said blatantly.

"For fucks sake dad! A little more free time? Because the first six or seven years wasn't enough? You could've come to find me years ago, but no! I needed you! I needed you all those years! Now I have a child of my own who needs me and her mother. I'm not giving up my daughter and I'm not leaving here or Zoey or her family. And as for having more, I'm fine with just one! Just because she can't have any more children doesn't mean I love her any less; it just means I have more love to give her and Mai! I don't know what Zoey thinks about all this; I can't speak for her. But if she wants more that's fine; we'll talk about adoption or something. If you don't like any of that you can leave!" Elliot shouted.

"Fine! We'll leave since you have your life all figured out. Come on Amy." James shouted pulling his wife out of the building.

"But…" Was all Amy had to say before she walked out and got into the car with her husband and left.

"Elliot, you still love me even though I can't have more kids?" Zoey asked with tears in her eyes.

"But of course. I have loved you since the first time I met you. It wouldn't matter if we didn't have any kids at all, I'd love you no matter what. And hey, even though we had no clue about her WE have Mai together. FOREVER." Elliot said hugging Zoey who started crying even harder.

"And you love us too?" Suzie asked tears in her eyes.

"Well of course; you're Zoey's parents and Mai's grandparents. Even if Mai wasn't Zoey's you're still her grandparents. And I wouldn't have it any other way; you two are some of the best grandparents I know and parents to the girl I love." Elliot said making Suzie start blubbering like a child.

"Oh boy…" Both Elliot and Adam muttered as Suzie ran in to hug Elliot and Zoey calling Adam over to join in.

"Yeah, you're a pretty good kid as well. Welcome to the family." Adam said joining in.

Pretty soon Wesley was rushing down the stairs with a limp Mai in his arms.

"Elliot, we need to get to a hospital now!" Wesley shouted.

"What's going on?" Elliot asked and then he saw Mai. "What happened?" Elliot asked shocked while Wesley handed him Mai.

"I'm not sure. One minute she was saying her stomach hurt so I told her to hang on that I would bring her to you and then she threw up and passed out. Right after I called an ambulance and rushed down here. They will be here in a few minutes and they will be taking her to Momoiji Memorial Hospital." Wesley said out of breath while Elliot held onto his daughter for dear life; she was breathing but it was harsh.

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