A/N: Sorry updates haven't been coming for this story. School and life and the holidays took over and are still takeing over (except the holidays) I hope you like this upate though and will continue to read and review.

Part 16

-------Kane/Montgomery House------

"You're doing what?" Reggie asked as he stuck his head out so he could look down the table at his step sister.

Kendall looked at Reggie and around the table and took a deep breath, as she was about to continue she felt her hand being squeezed gently. Kendall looked up at Greenlee and smiled at her before turning back to the rest of the table.

"I said I'm going to adopt..."

"Yes, I heard you. What I meant to say was, are you insane!?" Reggie asked looking at Kendall. Reggie took a deep breath when he saw the looks he was getting. "I'm just saying, you're pregnant...you're condo has one bedroom and I know you make enough money to support a family but this is going to take a lot of work and with you due soon its just...I'm worried for you and the baby." Reggie said looking down at Kendall. "You'll have to get a bigger apartment, move all your stuff and then their things up from Florida it's just...Kendall...I..." Reggie looked down he wasn't sure what else to say he was just worried about his stepsister and what she was getting herself into.

Greenlee looked down at Reggie and held on tighter to Kendall's hand. "Kendall and I were thinking of buying a house anyway so we'd both be able to raise our son. We'll just have to get a bigger house." Greenlee said looking at Reggie. "You're right it will be a lot of work but she has me and I know she will have the rest of this family to help her." Greenlee said looking around the table with Kendall and they watched as everyone nodded.

Bianca smiled and looked across the table at Kendall and then over at Kathleen and Melissa. She then became confused when she saw Anna. No one had formally questioned who Anna's mother was and Bianca realized too late that she wasn't the only one thinking about this.

"Kendall, you're going to adopt Melissa and Kathleen but what about Anna?" Lily asked looking at Kendall.

Melissa looked at Kendall and then down the table at Lily, her hand unconsciously moving to the car seat, as if to protect her daughter. Bianca noticed this out of the corner of her eye and knew the answer the family was about to get.

"I'm Anna's mother. Kendall doesn't have to adopt Anna." Melissa said and everyone at the table turned toward Melissa, some gasping the others just looking at Melissa their eyes widening.

Maggie picked this moment to walk back into the dinning room and noticed everyone was still quiet. She looked at Bianca and saw her eyes were asking her for something, but what she wasn't sure. Maggie walked back to the table and smiled as she passed Anna and ran her finger across Anna's cheek her smiling growing when Anna laughed and squirmed a little at her touch. Maggie looked up at Melissa and smiled when she saw the teen looking at her.

"She's a beautiful little girl." Maggie said.

Maggie looked at Melissa for permission to pick her up and to Kendall and Greenlee's surprise Melissa nodded her head. Maggie smiled and unbuckled Anna from the seat and lifted the infant into her arms and placed her hand underneath Anna's diaper and her other hand on Anna's back letting the little girl look around the table. Everyone looked up at Maggie and Anna and then down to Melissa, it seemed that Maggie had given the perfect distraction to their daze, and the fact that she seemed to know that Melissa was Anna's mother had surprised them all.

"Maggie...how did you know?" Melissa asked looking at Maggie.

Maggie smiled at Anna and made faces and cooed at the infant before turning to Melissa as Anna laughed and moved so her little head was leaning against Maggie's shoulder.

"Because you glow when she smiles and when she laughs, the way only a mother does." Maggie said to everyone's amazement.

Melissa smiled and stood up and let Maggie hand Anna over to her before she took the baby bag over her shoulder and excused herself to go change Anna. Maggie offered to help but Melissa declined and asked for Kathleen to follow her. Kathleen shoved another fork full of food into her mouth before rushing off her seat and after her sister.

"I thought Melissa was only 16 how can she be a mother if she's 16?" Lily asked as she looked at her father and around the table.

"Lily some people are mothers at young ages, for different reasons." Maggie said as she walked over and took her seat happy to see that Josh was a few inches away from her this time.

"Like rape?" Lily asked and Maggie watched Bianca slightly shift.

Maggie smiled at Miranda who was trying to get into her lap, and pushed her chair back slightly allowing Miranda to slip into her lap. Maggie moved Miranda's plate over to her setting while the little girl sat on her lap, and once Miranda was set she reached over and grabbed Bianca's hand.

"Not everyone gets pregnant from being raped." Maggie said since no one seemed to be taking the chance to say anything. "Some do, yes but others don't. Others have intercourse and become pregnant." Maggie explained and was hit by some syrup when Miranda lifted her fork up. Maggie wiped the syrup off her face and held on to Bianca's hand tighter and answered the question she knew Lily was about to ask. "People can have children outside of wedlock as much as people who are married can have a child." Maggie said and watched Lily nod as she contemplated what she was being told.

Kendall looked at Maggie as did everyone else at the table, she seemed less fazed by this subject then anyone, because she was now talking and playing with Miranda as the little girl tried to finish her breakfast. Kendall was great full for what Maggie had just done, she'd finished this subject before Melissa had come back into the room and she had done it discreetly as well, Kendall made a note to thank Maggie for that.

Erica looked at Maggie and smiled when she saw how well Miranda and her interacted. Miranda laughed and Maggie smiled with just as much glow as any mother would have for their child, the same glow Maggie had seen in Melissa was in her as well, toward Miranda. Erica also saw that Bianca was happy; she was smiling and was glowing rather brightly as well. It seemed the three of them had become the family Bianca had wanted them to while they were in Paris and Erica was happy for them. She was also impressed with how Maggie was treating this news of Melissa being a teenage mother.

"So Josh...did you know that Maggie is a doctor as well." Erica asked as she took a sip from her glass.

Slowly pulling away from the conversation of Kendall adopting Melissa and Kathleen for a little while, giving her time to see how she could help Kendall get her sisters in her custody. Erica would admit that she was afraid Kendall wouldn't be able to handle the two or three of them but as she watched how Melissa took care of Kathleen and Anna she realized all Kendall really had to do was take care of Melissa while Melissa did what she was good at, and that was taking care of her sister and daughter. Now...with Kendall adopting them, those duties that Melissa thought she had to hold would be split between her and Kendall and let Melissa had some sort of normal childhood.

Maggie looked up at Erica and smiled before turning to Josh and watched him blush and clear his throat. Maggie had just been given her MD a few months ago after finally finishing med school and her internships in the clinic and hospital out in Paris. She just didn't think Erica would be the one to be pushing this up toward anyone, certainly not after how things had been last night.

"No...I didn't." Josh said as he turned toward Maggie.

Maggie smiled and patted Josh's shoulder and whispered, "Its okay...alls forgiven."

Bianca heard this and when Maggie turned toward her she raised her eye brow looking for the blonde to clarify what that was all about, Maggie only winked and squeezed her hand.

Josh seemed to visibly relax which made Bianca want to know what had been going on between her brother and girlfriend while she wasn't looking.

"I better hope you don't plan on staying in Pine Valley." Josh said and Maggie laughed as did everyone else.

"Why is that?" Bianca and Maggie asked at the same time, smiling at each other before they turned back to Josh.

"Because I might have to start worrying about Maggie taking my job." Josh said smiling.

Everyone laughed at this and it seemed the mellow mood was back, and when Melissa and Kathleen walked back in with Anna everyone just continued on with the good mood. Maggie looked across the table and when Melissa made eye contact with her Maggie winked at the teenager and gave her a smile before turning back to Greenlee who was asking her a question.

"So...Maggie how have things been for you lately?" Greenlee asked.

Bianca noticed how Maggie seemed to lose her good mood because she became stiff and even Miranda noticed the difference because she turned around toward Maggie and asked if she was alright.

"All right, Maghie?" Miranda asked looking up at the woman holding her.

Maggie looked down at Miranda and tried to smile, and she did but it was forced and everyone seemed to notice it except Miranda who just smiled kissed Maggie's cheek and went back to talking to Kathleen who was sitting on Greenlee's lap, and was directly across from Miranda and Maggie.

"Maggie...?" Bianca asked softly and moved so she was now sitting in the seat Miranda had been in before, and could be closer to Maggie.

Maggie turned toward Bianca and smiled. "Yes...?" Maggie asked.

"What happened?" Bianca asked softly.

Maggie looked at Bianca confused. "What do you mean? Nothing happened..." Maggie said and sat still as Bianca lifted her hand up to her face and used her thumb to wipe away a stray tear. Maggie saw this and brought her hand up to her face and started to wipe it with her sleeve hoping to catch anymore tears before they came. She hadn't gotten a chance to tell Bianca what happened and she wanted to tell Bianca before everyone else.

"Maggie...something happened. Something's making you cry...what is it?" Bianca asked softly.

Maggie looked at Bianca and down at the floor, everyone just watching the scene hoping it wasn't too private. "Something did happen..." Maggie whispered and looked down as two more tears slipped away from her.

TBC...