Chapter three. I do not own SWAC. Enjoy! :)

Even though I kept telling myself that I was waiting for the right moment to tell Nico, Grady, and Zora about the baby, I knew I was just stalling. I was worried about how they might react, so I just didn't say anything at all. This probably wasn't the smartest thing to do, because things are always worse when people find out on their own. And that's exactly what happened.

I was in the prop room, taking a break on the couch. Despite Marshall's warning about me taking care of myself, I had skipped breakfast that morning and wasn't feeling particularly good at the moment. Tawni was perched on the arm of the couch, filing her nails while she watched over me. Ever since I had told her that I was expecting she had taken up a sort of mother hen attitude, making sure she was by my side half of the time so I wouldn't get hurt. I didn't mind so much, although sometimes she had a tendency to overdo it. There was no way I was going to tell her I hadn't eaten anything yet. She'd probably kill me, or stuff food down my throat. Both were equally scary.

"Pizza time!" Grady announced, walking into the prop room just then carrying a box of hot pizza. Nico was right on his heels, following the scent of warm tomato sauce and melted cheese. It would have smelled good to me as well, but not now. Now it just made me feel sick.

Tawni, who knew all too well what pizza did to me, jumped to her feet. "Get that stuff out of here right now!" She ordered, brandishing her nail file threateningly.

Nico and Grady were stunned by her reaction.

"I thought you liked pizza, Tawni," Nico said, confused.

"Yeah, well…I'm on a special diet," Tawni said, saying the first thing she could think of.

Nico raised an eyebrow. "Riiight. Come on, one slice won't do anything to you."

"Maybe Sonny wants some," Grady said, apparently not picking up on the fact that I didn't want any despite the fervent shaking of my head. He opened the box and practically shoved it in my face.

The sick feeling hit me the moment the aroma reached my nose. I pushed the pizza away and got up to make my escape, but I hadn't even made it past the coffee table when my vision started spinning wildly out of control and I fainted.

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When I woke up, I was lying on the couch in mine and Tawni's dressing room, surrounded by a million pillows and blankets. It was dark, and for a second I just closed my eyes again, enjoying the security all those pillows provided. But then I heard something stirring nearby and opened my eyes to find myself nose to nose with Zora. I screamed, making Zora yell in response. The lights flickered on all of sudden, and Tawni, Nico and Grady rushed in.

"Zora, what on earth did you do to her?" Nico asked. It wasn't until then that I realized I was clutching a nearby pillow in a death grip. I must have looked really freaked out.

"Nothing! I was quiet and didn't say a word, just like you told me," Zora said.

"I think you were a little too quiet," Grady surmised.

"Sonny, are you okay?" Tawni asked me after she had finished glaring at Zora.

"I'm fine," I said, although my voice was a little shaky. "Zora just startled me, that's all."

"Sonny, we just wanted to say we're really sorry about the pizza incident," Nico apologized. "We didn't know you were…well, you know."

My hands settled instinctively on my stomach. It had become a habit as of late. "I wasn't expecting you guys to be so calm," I noted.

"Oh they already covered the whole explosive freak-out thing while you were unconscious. I had to make them promise not to murder Chad, though," Tawni explained.

"We said we wouldn't murder him. We didn't say we wouldn't rough him up a little," Grady said evilly.

"Boys," Tawni warned.

"But Tawni, after what he did to Sonny…" Nico piped up.

"No is no. Remember, Chad's still Sonny's husband, not to mention the baby's father."

"You should have told us, Sonny," Nico said, looking a bit hurt.

"I was going to. I really was. But I was scared you'd blow up. Well, I guess you kind of did anyway." I felt kind of bad. Nico and Grady were great guys, and I should have known they'd help me out as much as they could. But there was still one person who I was a little confused about.

"Okay, Zora. You have been oddly silent during all of this," I said.

"That's mainly because I enjoy watching real-life drama," Zora replied offhandedly.

"Didn't they tell you that I was pregnant?"

"Oh no, I've known about that for ages."

"What?"

"Three words. Air conditioning duct."

"You were eavesdropping?"

"How else am I supposed to find out the good stuff?"
I laughed. All this time I had been worried about nothing. "It thought you'd all be mad at me."

"Why would you think that?" Grady asked, surprised.

"Yeah, it's not like it was your fault or anything," Nico said.

"Don't go blaming Chad," I told them. Truth to be told, it wasn't entirely because of him that I was in this situation.

"We won't," Grady replied. "Not in hearing distance, anyway," he muttered under his breath.

I shook my head but decided to let it slide.