Chapter 8 - Liz-POV
I already knew that I wanted the baby, before Max told me to talk to the girls. I just hope that he wants this too. That's the only reason why I hesitated … to see how he would react. Except he didn't show any emotion.
"Hi, babe." I heard him say.
I looked over at the door, and he was there. A huge smile lit up on my face.
"Max. Sit down. We should talk about this." I said.
"I know. Just hear me out for a little, okay?" I nodded. "I love you. More than anything. I would say that I would die for you, but I won't … because that would put you in more pain. Ever since the day I first met you, I knew that we were meant to be together.
"When you had that vision, and you were unconscious, I was out of my mind with worry. I didn't know what to do. And then you woke up …
"And this baby," He put his hand on my stomach gently. "This baby is probably the best thing that has ever happened to me. I want this Liz. And I hope that you do too."
I was shocked. Yes, I did want it, but what he said … it made me realise that Max has thought about this more than I have, probably while I was talking to Maria and Isabel.
Then I remembered that he had the same reaction on Antar. I broke out into a grin.
"Max, I want this too." I grinned along with me. "I realized just now that after the first … flash … that I wanted it again. And that reaction, the one you've just had, was exactly the same as last time. We might have to work on getting your memories, from there, back. Those flashes are going to annoy the hell out of you, but they're well worth it."
"Liz. You're starting to rant." He stopped me suddenly. "Maybe we should work with them, but for now … we should enjoy what we have."
That's when I realized something extremely terrifying. "Max … you do know that our parents are going to kill us, right?" I cried.
"Calm down, honey. Everything is going to be fine. If your parents kick you out, you'll stay with me and mine. If my parents kick me out, see if I can stay with you and yours. And if they both kick us out … we'll stay with Michael until we get our own place. Okay?" He asked seriously.
"Okay. I suppose that could work." I laughed.
Max left an hour after we had our conversation to get some 'things'. I don't know what he went to get, but it must have been important because he left with a kiss on the cheek and said, "I'll be back in a little while. Try to keep out of trouble."
I looked at him questioningly, but he just smiled, waved, and left.
And then the worst happened. My mom came in.
I was just sitting waiting for Max to come back, when she just walked into my room. I know that she's my mom and everything, but …
And then Max walked back in with balloons, flowers and chocolates. My mom knew that something was going on as soon as she saw all the presents.
I couldn't do anything to stop it from happening. She looked at Max, then me, then back at Max again. Then me.
"Liz Parker. Is there something that you want to tell me?" she half shouted.
"Umm, Mom," I started. "Maybe you should sit down for this. It's kind of big news."
"I don't want to sit down. Tell me straight. Are you pregnant?"
I looked at Max, and we shared a look that said, 'might as well get it over with'.
"Yeah, Mom. I'm pregnant. We just found out off the doctor." I told her.
She was pale. Then she looked around the room as if to find an escape route - Oh, my God. My baby girl is pregnant. What the hell am I suppose to say to her. I know I should say I'm disappointed, but in truth … I'm not. She knew what she was doing. I can see the defiant look in her eyes. Oh well. I guess I'll just go with my instinct.
'Wait. Was that my mom's thoughts? She wasn't moving her lips … Oh, my God. I can read minds!'