Nelliebly413672: No, it's not bad drama, and neither is next chapter's, well, not really. Jack and Maddie don't fight, so don't worry! I'm glad you liked the chapter and thanks for the review.

Flowers781: Glad you liked it. I tried to make it funny and I wanted it to take Mac and Laura a long time to figure it out. My eighth grade math teacher did the same thing as Maddie. She tired to get our class to notice her engagement ring, by making motions with her left hand, but no one noticed. Finally someone did, and asked her about it. She was like, "I wondered how long it would take you to notice." It was pretty funny. Anyway, you'll find out how Maddie's parents react next chapter. I know I keep saying that it's soon and stuff, but I promise it is in the next chapter. I already have that part written, lol. Thanks for the review!

Emador: Yeah, what can I say? Jack and Maddie need some fun, lol. And I had to make the conheads oblivious like that. I just couldn't resist. Thanks for the review and I hope you like this chapter!

Meadow567: Glad you liked it, hope you like this one too and thanks for the review!

A/N: Time for a new chapter and some drama! Well, I guess it's not big drama, but it's still sort of drama. Hope you like it. Please read and review!

A/N 2: There's a part in here when Jack and Maddie are talking about baby names. I have the top girl's names and the top boy names there. I already know the sex of the baby, but let me know what names you guys think. I actually do have middle names picked out too. When you review, tell me your favorite boys names and girls name, if you have a preference. :)

Chapter 15

November 13, 1979

Before anyone knew it, a month and a half went by. No one could believe Thanksgiving was the next week. The Olympics were less than three months away, and that meant the baby was three months away too. Maddie was starting to show more and more now, but she could still cover it up if she had to, and she would have to in the near future, because Maddie was going to see her parents. The team was planning a big Thanksgiving feast together, but Maddie was spending her Thanksgiving in Boston. Herb was giving the team Thanksgiving off from practice, and their normal Friday practice was Saturday instead.

Maddie was sad she was going to miss Thanksgiving with the team, but she also knew that she had to tell her parents about the baby. Telling them over the phone wasn't an option. It had to be done in person as much as Maddie hated the idea of facing them.

The guys were all pretty disappointed Maddie wouldn't be around for Thanksgiving too. Maddie not being there meant they had to cook, which might not turn out well. Luckily for them, Gail and Laura were both going to help.

Tuesday night, the week before Thanksgiving, Jack and Maddie were relaxing in her room, watching TV. Maddie was sitting on the bed, in front of Jack, leaning back on him, and flipping through a baby name book. Jack was reading it over her shoulder.

"The number one girl's name last year was Jennifer. I like that name, but not with O'Callahan," Maddie said.

"Well, Michael was the top boy's name," Jack said reading the boy's column. "I like it, and it sounds good with O'Callahan."

"I've always liked Michael. I like Christopher too."

"Christopher's too long," Jack said. He tried it. "Christopher O'Callahan. Yeah, too long."

"We would call him Chris. Chris O'Callahan sounds good."

"Let's see what else we can come up with."

"Well, there's common names like David, Andrew, James, William, Mark, and Kevin. Or we could try something more unique, like Lewis, Gillbert, or Alan."

"Alan O'Callahan?" Jack said laughing. "Let's stick to common names."

"I agree. We could name the baby after someone too. Wasn't your grandfather's name Andrew?"

"Yeah, Andrew's okay, but I like Michael better." Jack put his hands on Maddie's stomach and leaned down closer to it, over her shoulder. "What do you think? Do you like Michael?" As if in response, the baby kicked. "I'll take that as a yes."

"And how are you so sure it's a boy?"

"I'm not. But with all the kicking it does, it must have some strong legs. I sense a future Boston Bruin in there."

"Oh, please," Maddie sighed. Now it was her turn to talk to the baby. "If you think your daddy's weird, kick for me."

The baby kicked again, and this made Maddie laugh. Jack laughed too, but pretended to be hurt.

"Well, the baby must be a girl. The two of you are already gaining up on me."

"Okay then, let's try girl's names."

"Well, Jennifer's already out. What else have we got?"

"There's Amanda, Ashley, Amy, Allison . . . "

"Those all sound okay with O'Callahan, but they're not my favorites. Let's keep going." The two continued looking, laughing at funny names and thinking of others to seriously consider.

"This is harder than I thought," Maddie said. Jack was still reading.

"Joelle, Guadalupe, Salina. What kinds of names are those?"

"Well, that's why they're at the bottom of the list. They're not too popular."

"Ella's not popular either, but it's pretty."

"Yeah, it sounds good with O'Callahan too."

"And Isabelle is cute."

"Izzy?" Maddie asked, wondering if that would be the nickname.

"That's a cute baby girl's name."

"Yeah. I think I like that the best so far. How about Emma or Olivia?"

"They're both cute too. I like Emma a lot."

Jack and Maddie continued looking, and Maddie found a few more.

"What about Kelly, Anne, Anna, or Kristina? They're all pretty common and they sound good with O'Callahan."

"Kelly's all right. Kristina is a little too formal though."

"We could call her Kristy."

"That sounds better," Jack said, thought still not completely happy with it. "I like Anna though. Would we call her Annie or something?"

"Yeah, we could. That's cute."

"What do you think? Do we have a top boys name and girl's name yet?"

"Well, I really like Michael for a boy. But if you like Chris or Andrew, they're okay too, I guess."

"No, I like Michael."

"Andrew's probably my second favorite."

"Okay, so Andrew or Michael for a boy. What about girls?"

"I think either Anna, Emma, or Isabelle."

"Okay. I like those. I think I like Emma and Izzy the best," Maddie said, smiling at the thought of the baby.

"We still need middle names too," Jack said with an almost dreaded tone. He was tired of thinking of baby names.

"I know, but all this thinking has made me really hungry." She stopped for a minute before adding, "You know what I could really use right now?"

"What?" Jack asked.

"Peanut butter ice cream."

"Peanut butter ice cream?"

"Yeah. But I don't have any," Maddie said sadly, putting on a sad face, and turning around to face Jack.

"Oh, I hate when you do that," Jack groaned.

"Do what?" Maddie asked innocently.

"That thing."

"What thing?"

"That sad puppy dog face. I can't say no to you when you do that. I'll get you some ice cream," Jack said giving in.

"Oh really! Would you? You the best Jack!"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. You owe me one."

"I owe you one? But I'm pregnant. You're supposed to get me whatever I want. It's a rule."

"Oh so now there are rules?"

"Yeah. Everyone knows them."

"Is there a rule book?"

"Everyone knows them," Maddie said, dodging the question.

"I've never heard them," Jack said, skeptically.

"Your mother has." Jack rolled his eyes and Maddie laughed.

"Fine. I'll be right back."

Jack left the room and walked outside, trying to decide where the closest store was. The coneheads saw him and stopped him.

"Hey OC. Where are you going this late?" Bah asked.

"Maddie wants some ice cream."

"She has legs," Pav teased, laughing.

"She's pregnant. I'm not gonna make her go by herself."

"So you're going all the way to the store for her. It's cold out too," Bah said. Jack didn't respond. "She's got you whipped, man."

"If it was your girlfriend, I'm sure you'd do the same."

"Nope. I'd make her walk," Pav said.

"Well I'm nice."

"No, you're a softy," Buzz said. "All I know is, when Gail gets pregnant someday, I'm not waiting on her hand and foot."

"I'm sure she'll make you see that differently," Jack said.

"Nope. I mean, I'll be nice and stuff, but I won't walk to the store when the wind chill factor is fifteen below."

"Well, Maddie really wants ice cream."

"Like I said, you're a softy," Buzz said, and the three guys laughed.

Jack walked away, knowing the guys were partially right. He was sort of a softy when it came to Maddie.

The next day, the guys were in the locker room after practice, getting changed so Maddie could come in. She needed to check on a few minor injuries. Verchota had sore legs and a little pain in his joints, and Rammer had a slightly strained hamstring. Jack took the opportunity to complain to the team without Maddie there.

"Okay so last night, I got Maddie the wrong ice cream at the store. She got mad when I brought her vanilla with peanut butter instead of chocolate. She told me she didn't care, but she got that annoyed, pouty tone."

"What did you do?" asked Pav.

"Went back and got her the other kind."

"What!" Bah asked incredulously.

"I had to. She really wanted it."

"So?" Pav said.

"OC is supposed to do things like that," Rizzo said. "Maddie is pregnant after all."

"Exactly. She's pregnant, not paralyzed," said Jack.

"But everyone knows that guys are supposed to cater to pregnant women."

"How does everyone know this?" Jack said to no one in particular.

"It's like an unwritten rule or something," Jimmy said.

"Yeah, everyone knows," added Silky.

"Well, it's stupid," Jack said.

"You think being nice to Maddie is stupid? Wait til I tell her," said Silky.

"No. I like being nice to her. But if I have to walk to the store in the middle of the night, when it's that fucking cold, for the next three months, I'll go crazy."

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November 16, 1979

Over the few days, a lot of the guys were ready to go crazy. Maddie had started asking them for everything, and they always helped her, though they secretly would rather do anything else, even skate Herbies. Maddie was starting to bother them more and more, but no one wanted to tell Maddie no, because the first few times they told her no, she got really mad.

"Okay guys. See you later," Philly said as he was leaving the locker room after practice on Friday.

"You're leaving quick. Got a date?" Mark asked.

"Nope, but I have stuff to do."

"You're not even waiting for a massage?" Mac asked.

"Definitely not. Because every time Maddie gives us massages, she thinks we owe her. And I am not going to be in debt to Maddie."

"Yeah, I'm leaving too. See you guys later," Pav said ducking out of the locker room with Jannie, Suter, and Christian following.

"Well, if everyone else is leaving, so am I. I'm not getting stuck going to the store for Maddie," Mac said, picking up his stuff. The rest of the guys were trying to hurry too. Maddie would be there in a couple minutes, and everyone wanted to leave before she found them.

"Wait, you guys can't leave. I need help," said Jack.

"OC, we're sick of helping. You can go to the store for Maddie. You're the one that's engaged to her, remember. It's your responsibility," Silky said.

"No wait! Please don't leave."

"Hey guys," Maddie said walking in the locker room. Jack instantly jumped back in the shower area, and the other guys looked at each other, thinking 'Too late.'

"Where's Jack?" she asked, noticing he wasn't there.

"I don't know. I think he's back -" Rizzo cut Silky off.

"He's talking to Herb."

"No, he's not. I was just there," Maddie said, confused.

"Oh, well he is," Rizzo said.

"Well, could someone help me with something?"

"Nope, I have to go ice my leg," Silky said.

"I have to go call my parents," Mark said.

"I have to get ready for my date with Laura," Mac said.

The rest of the guys all made excuses, quickly leaving the locker room. Rizzo was the only one left. Maddie looked at him, hoping he would help.

"I have to go to the bathroom," Rizzo said quickly, running away.

Why are they avoiding me? Maddie though sadly, leaving the locker room.

After Jack was sure Maddie left, he came out of his hiding spot, got his stuff together, and went to his room.

That night, the guys had all planned to go bowling. Maddie had invited herself along. When Jack found this out, he went to warn the other guys.

"What? Maddie's going? If she is, then I'm not," said Philly.

"Why?" OC asked. Philly just looked at him with a 'you know why' expression.

"I'll only go if you promise that Maddie won't make us do anything for her," Silky said.

"Do you just want me to ask her not to come?" Jack said. He was joking, but Jannie answered him seriously.

"Yeah, could you?"

Jack did succeed in getting Maddie to stay at the dorms. He told her that she could use the rest, and that the guys needed a night out alone. Maddie didn't like the idea at first, but she finally agreed.

The guys did have fun without Maddie that night, especially not having to cater to her. After bowling they went to a bar for a few drinks and then went back to the dorms, satisfied with their night of fun without Maddie.

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November 20, 1979

"Hey Jack, are you almost ready?" Maddie asked, calling into the locker room. They had another doctor's appointment that afternoon. From the other side of the door, she heard loud groans.

"Yeah, one minute," she heard Jack say. She waited for him to come out. Jannie and Suter came out first though. They ran past her, barely acknowledging her presence.

"Don't I get a hi?"

"Oh. Hi Maddie. We got to go."

"Okay, bye," Maddie said, although they were already too far away to hear her.

Mac came out a second later, and he barely said hi either.

"Where is everyone going in such a hurry today?" Maddie asked him.

"Lots to do," was all he said before running off.

Maddie felt sort of bad. In the past few days, every time she saw the guys, they would run off, not really making time to talk to her. Last night she wasn't even invited to go out with them.

They must be busy. And they do need guy time, she thought, trying to assure herself. Jack came out a couple minutes later and they left for the doctor's office.

"Do you know why everyone runs off without talking to me?" Maddie asked on their way there.

"They do?" Jack asked innocently.

"Yeah, I feel like they are avoiding me or don't like me or something. I'm never included anymore. Is it because I'm pregnant?"

"No, not at all. The guys love you. I'll find out what's going on. I think they just appreciate time alone, without girls around. And I think you scare them."

"I scare them?"

"Well, yeah. No. I don't know," Jack said, not really wanting to explain.

"Why do I scare them?"

"Never mind. I don't know."

"Yes you do. Tell me," Maddie pleaded.

"Look, we're here," Jack said, pulling into the parking lot. "I'll talk to you about this later."

"Okay fine."

Later, Maddie ended up completely forgetting that Jack was going to talk to her about why she scares the guys. Jack and Maddie got a picture of the baby printed, and they were both really excited. As soon as they got back to the dorms, Maddie ran to Rizzo's room to show him.

Silky, Jimmy, Mark, Pav, Bah, Mac, and Buzz were all there too, playing poker. Maddie interrupted them to show them the picture.

"Guys look!" she said running with the picture. "It's our sonogram picture!" Jack followed Maddie in the room, and stood behind her.

"Yeah, cool Maddie," Mac said, not really looking up.

"Robbie, you didn't even look at it." He looked up, then back down at his cards again.

"It's nice." Maddie started pointing things in the picture out, like the head, arms, and legs.

"That's really nice Maddie, but we're in the middle of a game. Could you wait?" Silky asked. Even though Silky and Maddie got along a little better, Silky was one of the only people who didn't mind telling Maddie off, or ignoring her.

"I just wanted to show you. The baby's so cute."

"It's a little black and white blob," Silky said laughing. He made his comment as a joke, but Maddie looked really hurt.

"Fine. If you guys want to be like that, then I'll just leave. Don't bother looking at the picture. I didn't want you to see it anyway." Her eyes welled up and she turned around, going past Jack and out of the room. She made her way to her room and laid on the bed, crying.

"Why did you guys have to do that?" Jack asked them, after Maddie left. "You know she's excited about the baby."

"But she's getting on our nerves," Rizzo commented.

"I got to go see how she is," Jack said, and left to find Maddie. Even if she was getting a little annoying, the least they could do is put up with her. She was pregnant after all.

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The next day was Sunday and Maddie completely avoided the guys all together, except Jack. She was convinced that he was the only one on her side. Normally she made dinner for the team on Sundays with Gail and sometimes Laura, but this week she wasn't going to. The guys didn't seem to realize that Maddie was avoiding them though. They thought she had a lot to do before she left. The next three days, Maddie went straight to her dorm after practice unless she had work to do. She no longer offered the guys massages, and she didn't really even see any of them unless they needed an ankle taped or injury looked at. Now the guys really started to miss her and they knew she was leaving late that night for Boston.

"Where's Maddie been lately, OC?" Mark asked in the locker room.

"I don't know. Just hanging around."

"Why doesn't she come by anymore?"

"She thinks you guys hate her," Jack said honestly.

"What?" Bah asked, surprised. "Why?"

"Because I told her that she annoyed you guys."

"OC, why'd you do that?" asked Silky.

"We don't hate her," said Mac.

"Well, what was I supposed to tell her? You were avoiding her because she smells bad?" Jack asked sarcastically.

"She doesn't smell," Buzz said seriously.

"He wasn't being serious, dumb ass," whispered Bah.

"Well, someone should try talking to her," said Jimmy.

"I'll pass," said Philly.

"That's exactly what I mean," said Jack. "You guys constantly try to avoid her because you think she'll ask for something."

"More like, we know she will," Silky said.

"Well you guys never say no."

"How can we?" asked Bah.

"Welcome to my world," said Jack.

"We can say no, we just don't," said Mark.

"Exactly," said Jack. "But let me tell you something. She'd be a lot happier if you just said no."

"When I told her no, she got mad," Silky pointed out.

"Well, she still thinks that you don't always like her. Trust me, if you were honest with her, she'd be happier. Instead, you made me the bad guy, telling her something she can't stand hearing."

"What's that?" asked Jannie.

"That she's being annoying as hell. Maddie hates when people tell her that they don't like the way she is doing something or that she's doing something wrong. She is obsessed with pleasing everyone all of the time, and she hates when people are mad at her."

"Really?" said Buzz.

"Yeah. It's because it kills her to have people mad at her."

"I'll talk to her," Rizzo offered.

Shortly after Maddie got back to her room, there was a knock on the door. Assuming it was Jack, she got up quickly to answer it.

"Hey guys," Maddie said with a smile when she saw Rizzo, Jimmy, and Bah standing there. The three guys could tell it was a fake smile, but they didn't say anything.

"Hey Maddie. Where have you been? We haven't seen you in so long," said Jimmy.

"We wanted to see if you wanted to some over for dinner before you leave. I'm making meatballs," said Rizzo, trying to tempt her.

"I don't know," said Maddie. "I'm pretty busy around here."

"Are you sure? You can always make time for the infamous meatballs," Bah said.

"I'll see. Maybe I'll stop by."

"All right. Your flight is leaving at nine-thirty, right?" Maddie nodded her head. "Okay, come over at five-thirty. We'll give you a nice dinner before you leave," Rizzo said.

"Okay, maybe," Maddie said and shut the door, and the guys knew she wouldn't be coming over because of the look on her face.

"Aren't you going to try harder?" asked Bah.

"Maybe she'll come," said Jimmy.

"She wants us to admit we were wrong," said Rizzo. "If she doesn't want to come over, that's fine. I have a better idea anyway."

The guys walked to Rizzo's room as he told them the plan.

A/N: What is Rizzo's big idea? You'll find out next time. Maddie will also (finally) tell her parents next chapter! Please review and again, if you have a favorite name for a girl and boy, tell me. Next chapter will be up next weekend at the latest.