Flowers781: Yeah, Silky has more issues this chapter too. And Jack hasn't gotten over his problems yet either. I promise this is the last angsty chapter for Jack and Maddie. I bet you'll really like the next one! Thanks for the review.

Lien-Wan: I LOVE torturing you! This is the last chapter of the torture though. Thanks for reviewing!

Emador: Thanks. I get sick of reading stories with perfect girls too, so I made sure Maddie wouldn't be perfect. Jimmy is a sweetheart, gotta love him. Thanks for the reivew, I'm glad you liked it!

Meadow567: It could go either way, but you're thinking right! Thanks for the review.

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A/N: Thanks for the reviews and I bet most of you will be glad to know this is the last angsty chapter for a little while. Also, for this chapter keep in mind that Maddie doesn't know that Silky knows about the baby.

Chapter 9

September 1, 1979

Once Rizzo found out that Maddie might be leaving, he knew he had to talk to Jack. When Rizzo arrived at the bar, Jack was already there. Maddie wasn't there yet because she was packing, and Jimmy was bringing her in a little while.

"Hey OC," said Rizzo, walking up to him.

"Hey, what's up?"

"You need to talk to Maddie tonight, as soon as she gets here."

"Didn't I tell you to stay out of my business?"

"You don't understand. Maddie's leaving tomorrow for Boston. And once she's gone, she's not coming back."

"Well, maybe it's for the better." Rizzo couldn't believe what Jack was saying. What the hell was wrong with him? Rizzo thought. Then he saw the beer in front of him.

"How many have you had OC?"

"Just a few," Jack responded, even though Rizzo knew Jack had lost count.

"That's just wonderful." From what Rizzo could see, Jack wasn't in any condition to talk to Maddie. Unless something incredible happened, the team could say good-bye to Maddie.

Rizzo went to sit with Mac at a table, waiting for Maddie and Jimmy to get there. In the meantime, Verchota, Rammer, and Jannie went over to sit with OC. Now that he was drunk, they figured they could get him to talk about what happened between him and Maddie.

The three guys started out with small talk of random things. Soon, the conversation turned to girls, and things started to get interesting.

"The time my girlfriend was most mad at me was when she caught me kissing my ex," said Rammer.

"Well, my girl was mad at me when I only got her flowers and a card for Valentine's Day. She assumed I thought she was fat 'cause I didn't get her candy."

The guys laughed, and all drank beer as Rizzo and Mac walked up.

"I'll do you one better. My last girlfriend flipped when I forgot to use a condom. On top of that, she missed her period and thought I knocked her up," said Verchota. "I didn't, but our relationship ended pretty quickly."

"I can do better than all of you," said OC, who was completely out of it.

"Oh yeah, how's that?" asked Jannie. "What happened with you and Maddie?"

"She stopped using birth control and now she's pregnant. She's saying it's all my fault when really it's hers for lying to me about the birth control. What does she think - that I'll stay with her just because of a baby?"

Jannie, Verchota, and Rammer looked at Jack, totally shocked. Mac and Rizzo were surprised too because of what Jack just said about Maddie. Sure he was drunk, but that didn't give him the right to say that.

"What are you doing, man?" asked Mac.

"Hey, good to see you," said Jack, turning around.

"Why'd you tell everyone that?" asked Rizzo.

"It's true ya know."

"It's not and you know it," said Mac, who was visibly angry.

"Maddie's pregnant?" said Verchota, getting over his initial shock.

"Yeah. Sucks, doesn't it?" said OC.

"All right, stop it right now, OC," Mac said. "You love Maddie and you need to stop talking about her like that. She's having your baby and she needs some support."

"Well, maybe you could help her out and give her the support she needs. I'm too busy for that."

"OC, you're being a jerk. Stop it already, and give me that," Rizzo said taking the half empty glass of beer form his hand.

"Hey, give that back. I'm not done yet." When Rizzo didn't comply, Jack got up and grabbed it from him, pushing Rizzo in the process. The glass slipped from his hand and smashed on the floor. "Now look what you made me do."

"Just sit down, man, and relax," said Jannie, trying to get Jack to calm down. Everyone had a feeling that if they didn't stop him soon, things would get really out of hand. Jack was already going over the edge with his temper.

"Hey, having a baby won't be that bad," said Jannie.

"Yeah, you guys will be great parents," said Rammer.

"Yeah, Maddie'll be a great mom," Jack slurred.

"And you'll be a great dad," continued Rizzo.

"Why doesn't everyone just shut up and stop trying to make me happy? I'm not happy and I don't want to think about it right now." The guys immediately stopped talking. "Thanks," OC continued. "After all, I wouldn't want to do anything I regret to the next one that opens their mouth." With this threat, no one said another word.

A few minutes later, Jimmy and the cone heads came in with Maddie. They sat at the table next to the other guys. No one dared to mention anything to Maddie about the baby. The guys that just found out figured they weren't really supposed to know and didn't want to embarrass her by bringing it up.

Once everyone sat down, Jimmy went to talk to Mac and Rizzo about the situation with Jack. They knew things were going to turn out even worse if he kept up drinking. In the meantime, Silky and Mark walked in. Silky took everyone's drink orders and got them from the bar. Everyone had beer except Maddie, who just ordered coke. Silky handed her the glass and Maddie took a sip, immediately spitting it back into the glass.

"Silky, what is this?"

"Coke."

"No, it's not. I tasted alcohol."

"Okay, so it's rum and coke. I figured you could use a little drink."

"Well, I don't want it."

"Why not?" Silky asked. He knew why she wouldn't drink it, but he wanted her to tell everyone else.

"I really shouldn't have any."

"Look, it doesn't matter if you're hungover tomorrow. You'll sleep on the plane anyway."

"I can't have any."

"Maddie, you need to treat yourself. You haven't had one drink since you've got here. You're not leaving tonight without drinking at least a little," Silky said. "Or at least give us a really good reason why you won't."

"What are you doing, Silky?" Jack asked, who was walking back to the table. Jack had an expression on his face that Maddie couldn't read too well, but Jack looked pissed at Silky. "Leave her alone. If she doesn't want anything, don't make her." Maddie was surprised that Jack was defending her.

"OC, you haven't given Maddie the time of day for the last two weeks. Why are you being nice to her now?" asked Bah, who was half joking.

Maddie was hoping he wouldn't answer that and luckily for her, Jack wasn't paying attention to Bah. She really didn't want everyone finding out about the baby yet. I have a feeling more people know than I think, though. The way Verchota and Rammer keep looking at me I'm sure they know. Obviously Buzz, Bah, Pav, and Silky don't know though, she thought.

"If you don't want that I can get you something else," offered Buzz.

"Anything without alcohol. I can't have any tonight."

"No, you can have it. You just don't want any. There's a difference," said Silk.

"Yeah, the only people that can't have alcohol are people with, like, liver failure," Pav added. "And you aren't having liver problems."

"Alcohol's not good for the baby either," Maddie said quietly, looking at the floor.

"What?" asked Buzz, having not heard her last comment.

"Alcohol is not good for pregnant women," she said much louder, almost yelling.

"Yeah, but you're not pregnant," Buzz said and smiled.

Bah and Pav immediately realized what Buzz had said, and Maddie continued staring at the floor. Buzz then realized what was going on.

"Oh my God. You're pregnant!" Buzz yelled.

The other table, including Jack, looked over at Maddie. She realized everyone was looking at her, and in response, turned bright red.

"Yeah, how about you just tell everyone Buzz!" she yelled with tears in her eyes as she got up and ran out of the bar.

"Oh shit, you're in trouble Buzz," Verchota said.

"I can't believe she's pregnant!" said Bah. "No wonder someone's been really moody lately."

"She hasn't been that moody," Mac said in Maddie's defense.

"I wasn't talking about Maddie," he said, looking over at Jack. "I was talking about someone else."

"Oh, OC?" asked Buzz. Jack looked over, with an evil stare.

" I have not been moody," Jack grumbled.

"Hey, don't look at me, he said it," Buzz said, pointing to Bah.

'You all better watch it," said Jack, clearly still angry.

"You really need to learn to keep your mouth shut," Pav whispered to Buzz.

Meanwhile Outside . . .

Maddie ran outside and felt a little better with the cold, fresh air on her skin. She felt bad for yelling at Buzz, but she didn't want everyone to know. Even though everyone was bound to find out eventually. Everything was building up and all Maddie felt like doing was crying. Soon, she was crying so hard, she forgot why in the first place. She was sitting in the parking lot resting against a car when Rizzo came over to her.

"Hey Maddie," Rizzo said.

"Hey," she said, wiping the tears from her face.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. I just needed some fresh air."

Rizzo sat down next to her and put his arm around her. "I'm sorry everyone found out like that."

"It's fine. They were bound to find out eventually." She was silent for a minute before continuing. "I just feel so overwhelmed right now. There's so much I have to think about and do. I can't talk about this to anyone. Jack's still pissed off. I don't want to leave. I would really love to give Jack another chance, but I don't want to be disappointed . . . " Maddie trailed off, and began crying again. "I'm sorry Rizzo. I don't mean to cry and put everything on you, I just don't know what to do anymore."

"Maddie, it's okay," he said, pulling her in a hug. "You don't need to apologize for being my friend. I'm here for you, no matter what. You can talk to me all you want, or even just cry. It's okay."

Maddie sat in Rizzo's arms for a few minutes. Maddie felt so much better, just having a shoulder to cry on. She forgot how good it felt to be held.

"Hey Maddie, you okay?" asked Bah, walking over to where Maddie and Rizzo were sitting.

"Yeah," she said, standing up and trying to smile.

"I'm sorry about before. We shouldn't have said anything."

"That's okay. It was only a matter of time before everyone found out."

"Not like that though."

"No really, it's okay. I didn't mean to get so upset. With these hormones, one minute I'm fine and the next I'm balling my eyes out."

"I'm going to go back inside for a minute," Rizzo said, leaving Maddie and Bah to talk.

"Buzz wanted me to apologize for him too. He feels really bad, but he was too scared to come talk to you right now. He thinks you might hurt him," he said with a smile.

"Why would I do that?"

"Because, according to him, you had a look that could kill," Bah said as Maddie laughed.

"He's too sweet to hurt," said Maddie.

"Good because I want to live," Buzz said walking out the bar with Pav close behind.

"Hey guys," Maddie said.

"Hey," they said in unison.

There was an awkward silence, and none of the guys knew what to say.

"So," Pav said, trying to break the silence.

"Buzz, you can say it," Maddie said, smiling, reading him. She knew what he was thinking about saying. He smiled back, knowing what she was talking about.

"Congratulations," he said, and gave her a big hug.

"Thanks."

"Wait. Are you happy about this?" Bah asked, sort of confused.

"Not at first," Maddie admitted. "I was scared and still am. But at the same time, it's exciting. I'm getting used to the idea that I'm going to be a mom." Maddie paused for a minute, then continued, "I just wish Jack would get over himself."

"I'm sure he will in time," Pav said reassuringly.

"By the time he does, it will be too late."

"I'll make him," Buzz said in a threatening tone, although they all knew he was kidding.

"Is that why he constantly asks Rizzo how you're doing?" Bah asked.

"He does?" Maddie asked.

"Yeah, the other day I overheard them talking in their room. I didn't listen for long so I didn't know what it was about. OC just said something like 'how's Maddie doing?'"

"Wow, maybe Jack does care," Maddie said sarcastically.

"Of course he does," said Pav. "He really loves you. We can all tell."

After the four chatted, Maddie didn't feel like going back in the bar. She was so tired, so Bah offered to take her back to her room. Buzz and Pav went back in the bar.

"Where's Maddie?" asked Mac when Buzz and Pav came back in.

"Bah took Maddie to her room. She was tired," explained Pav.

"You let her leave!" Rizzo asked, in a loud whisper so no one else would hear. The two looked at each other, wondering what was going on.

"If Jack doesn't talk to her tonight, she's leaving for Boston. She's not coming with us to Europe."

"What?" they both said, shocked.

"She can't go home," continued Buzz.

"Nice going you two," said Mac.

"Hey, it's not like we knew," Buzz said.

Back at the dorms, Maddie and Bah hung out in her room. He offered to stay and keep Maddie company for a while. At first, they avoided all conversation of Jack and the baby. Maddie was extremely quiet, which was not really normal for her.

"Jack will come around, you know."

"I hope so," said Maddie.

"If he doesn't you still have the rest of us - and you always will. All of us will be here for you."

Maddie smiled, knowing it was true. She knew the guys would support her no matter what. Maddie also knew she couldn't leave the team. After all, they would never leave her, so she couldn't leave them either. In addition, Maddie really didn't want to tell Herb she was quitting the internship. She didn't think that would go over too well.

A/N: I hope you guys liked this chapter! Please review - reading what you guys have to say makes my day. The next chapter probably won't be up until Sunday night or Monday. I'm going to be really busy the next few days, bit I'll post it as soon as possible. No more angst either, at least for a few chapters!