A/N: Names suggestions?

Maya's POV~1/12/18

I had my date with Lucas today and I felt like everything was tense with Riley today. We were sitting in Mr Matthews' class working on our letters or, in my case, doodling and pretending I hadn't dropped a bomb in my letter to the teacher. He stood up abruptly and walked around from his desk.

"Class," he said, scanning his eyes over us.

"Yes," we all said, looking up to meet his eyes.

"Sometimes people make mistakes. Like accidentally dropping a deadly disease in the New World. When you drop something like that you don't apologize, you hide and never bring it up until it's forgotten by everybody. Sometimes, people drop their soup on your feet. Then they apologize, help you clean your feet and move on.

"Some of you wrote letters to me that were like dropping a deadly disease in my developing society. It was tragic and disastrous." I almost felt him saying my name to the class, so I tried so slouch further into my chair. "Some people wrote to apologize for spilling their lunch on my means of transportation. You know who you are, now your assignment for the rest of the period is to find someone in the room and tell them something you've been keeping from them.

"Everyone, keep open minds. Your time starts now." he walked back to his chair. I turned to Riley and was about to speak when. "Miss Hart please come here."

"Yes, Mr Mathews?" I asked as I stepped up to his desk.

"Are you going to tell Riley?"

"I planned on doing it right now. Do you think she'll be mad. I mean technically we were dating when it happened. It's not like I had him cheat," I said.

"She should understand perfectly. She is your best friend after all. Good luck."

I nodded and thanked him and went back to my seat. "Riles, I have something to tell you," I said, grabbing her attention.

"Did Lucas ask you out again? Yet?" she asked excited for me, I hoped she wasn't faking it.

"Actually he did, we have a date today. But there's something else."

"Ohhh. A surprise what is it?" her whole body shimmered in excitement. I grasped tighter onto the needle I was about to shatter her bubble with.

"I'm going to have a baby," I said.

Her eyebrows shot up and her jaw dropped into an open smile. "Really? Are you going to keep it? What are you going to name it?"

I put a shushing finger to my lips. And she clamped a hand over her mouth. I raised my hand. Mr Mathews nodded. "Can I talk to a few people outside?" I asked. He nodded again. I pinched Lucas and nodded to Riley and said Farkle and Zay names.

Once we were in the hallway Riley practically popped in excitement. "Ohmigod. Ohmigod. Ohmigod." she said, clapping her hands.

"What has Ms Bubbly so...bubbly?" Zay asked sardonically.

I looked at Lucas a question in my eyes. He nodded slightly and I shrugged off my hot pink blazer. I tossed it to Riley who caught it. I pinched the sides of my black, empire waisted dress and pulled the fabric back making it tight in the front.

"Oh my god! Look at the bumppppp!" Riley squealed holding the P at the end of bump.

"Oh my god, she's pregnant," Zay said, he rubbed the top of his head and looked at Lucas a little disapprovingly.

"Farkle?" I asked. I let go of the dress and it went back to concealing the baby. I put my blazer back on because it really was cold in the building.

"Farkle is very happy for the Maya and the Lucas. Farkle thinks mistakes were made though. Farkle hopes the Maya and the Lucas know what they have gotten themselves into," Farkle says, his voice full of shock.

I laughed and nodded. "Trust me, I know." I pushed the dress down to bump highlighting the top of it. Everyone shared a smile and went back inside.

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I style my curls into loose beach waves and glossed my lips in a shade I haven't in a good three months. I put on a tight dress from before the baby that made the bump look huge. I put a jean vest over it and my grey, chunky heels. I took one of the strips of pictures from the ultrasound and tucked in into my purse.

As I was walking down the hallway Gammy Hart called me. "Where you going girl?" she asked as I peeped into her room.

"Out with Lucas," I said, giving no details.

"He's the baby daddy?" she asked, pausing her knitting to narrow her eyes at me. In my shock, I stepped fully into her doorway revealing the bump because of the dress. "I knew it!" she proclaimed, punching the air. I widened my eyes.

The doorbell rang.

"You have till Sunday to tell your Mom or I will," she said. Then her face softened and she blew me a kiss. "Now, have fun. But not to much fun."

I nodded and went to answer the door. Lucas was standing there in faded jeans and a grey and blue tee shirt, his eyes looking elsewhere and a choco taco in his hand.

"Did you bring me a taco? You brought me a taco. Best date ever," I said, reaching out to take the taco. He handed it to me, placing a kiss on my forehead.

"Hey there, do you have your camera?" he asked me and I nodded and gestured to my purse. I ate quickly so we could get a move on with the date, because I knew for a fact he wouldn't let me eat in his truck.

I finished and licked my thumb. "Thank you for that. I really needed it. Let's go." He nodded and held his arm out for me to take. I smiled and took it, it was really my favorite thing about him, he knew what I like. He knew how to treat me like his queen. Baby was lucky to have a daddy like him.

Once we were in his car and maneuvering around the city he asked me what I wanted to photograph today.

"Well, I want to get a picture of us doing something coupley holding the strip of baby pictures so I can post it on Instagram," I said, looking out my window. My fingers somehow finding his and tangling together.

"Do you really want to put it on social media without telling our parents?" he asked me.

"Yeah. Do you want to tell your mom this weekend? I don't have a choice; if I don't tell my Mom by Sunday Gammy will," I said. He hummed in agreement.

"I'll pick you up at four. We'll probably eat around five. Show the bump but not to much," he said, he was lost in his thoughts his voice told. It was distracted and airy.

"Who you thinking about?" I asked him, the hand that won't tangled in Lucas' found my bump.

"You of course, well and the baby."

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He walked around with me for hours as I took pictures of the humming city. He would point at hideous things, requesting I turn them into masterpieces. Finally, I ran out of battery and my feet were starting to hurt so Lucas took me to a little taco hut and ordered food for us. He finished much quicker than I did and watched me eat with a serene smile that reached his eyes.

"So what do you want to do about the baby? Do you want to keep it; be a mom?" Lucas asked me, as I took a bite of my burrito.

"I don't know. I've heard horror stories of women who gave up their babies for adoption. Abusive parents, them never being adopted, and how emotionally heard it was on the moms." I countered, setting down the Mexican wrap.

"But won't it be hard to raise a kid? One that relies on us for everything. And what about us, we aren't even together, how would that make the baby feel when it grows up?"

"Raising a baby would be hard but so would dealing with heart wrenching, unstoppable grief over giving up a baby that we never gave a chance."

"What about school, Maya? Being uneducated won't get you a job; no job means no money." He twirled the straw of his lemonade between his middle and pointer finger.

"You heard the doctor, Smart one, I'm due in July. School will be over and I can take online classes come fall."

"Will we get back together? I mean...we… broke up on false pretenses, it could work out."

"I don't know Lucas, you left me once, I can't just give you the power to do it again."

"Maya…" he placed his hand on mine and met my eyes. His were hurt and pleading.

"Let me think about it Lucas, let me think. Now, will you go take a coupley picture with me for the baby announcement?"

"Anything for you," he said.

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We walked back to Central Park, he put a hand on my hip and one on my bump and I put one arm on his shoulder and another holding the strip of pictures out towards the camera, which the man who runs the ice cream cart was holding. Right as the man started counting down Lucas pressed a kiss to my forehead. The man handed my back my camera and I looked through the album to find the picture.

It was a stunning photo, the sunset was a turquoise shade at the top that faded to an orange near the ground. Lucas' face was relaxed and he looked so happy and… in love, maybe. I had my eyes closed to and a gigantic smile on my face with the strip of pictures taking front and center of the shot. It was perfect.

"Thank you Huckleberry,'' I said, taking his hand as we started to walk along the path in the park.

He turned to face me and took my face very gently and brushed his lips against mine. It sent little fireworks off in the area he touched and an energy pulsed through my blood. "Anything for you, Maya," he said. "Please consider being my girlfriend again." He took my hand again and started walking, which I quickly did too.

"If I do, you promise not to break my heart."

"I would never dream of breaking your heart, or Baby's."

"Well then, boyfriend, this has been fun but I'm getting tired so can we wrap it up?" he nodded and took the next turn and led me back to his car.