They headed back inside, it was immediately warmer and brighter inside. Farkle gave her a side hug, and promised to look up her condition later before excusing himself to mingle with other people—it was his party after all it would be impolite to ignore the other guests.

Maya touched her cheeks, checking if there were any tears residues. She didn't want to make a sense before finding Lucas.

"Hey," Lucas walked up to her, as soon as he saw her. "Are you okay?"

She gave him a halfhearted smile and nodded her head.

"You wanna tell me what's going on now?"

She looked up at his green eyes, as she opened her mouth to speak.

"EVERYONE!"

Their heads turned to the center of the noise. Charlie was smiling from ear to ear, in his hand he was holding a bottle of beer. His face was bright red, showing that he might have one too many of beer. He was standing on top of the dining table.

"This woman!" He pointed at Riley who was burying her head down in embarrassment. "I love this woman so freaking much!"

"Honey, you're gonna hurt yourself," Riley warned him. "Let's get down okay?"

"No no no!" He slurred. "Because I wanna tell everyone, that I knew about it."

Riley knitted her eyebrows closer, "Know about what?"

He finally jumped down from the table and took her hand, "When I was taking out the trash last week, I found your pregnancy test! It was positive, I was waiting for you to tell me—but you never did. So I want all of our friends to know, that we the Gardner's are expecting baby number two!" he said in aloud voice while holding his bottle up in the air. He then placed a quick peck on his wife's cheek. Everybody quickly moved towards them to congratulate the couple. "Why didn't you tell me sooner, Riley. When you found out about Rosie, you literally came to my office and crashed my meeting just to announced it."

"Because I am not pregnant," Riley stole a quick glance at Maya.

Great. Older Maya must have taken the test at Riley's house.

"Wait what about the stick? I saw it. It was positive, two pink lines."

"Maya, it's now or never." Riley said sternly.

"It was mine," she confessed, she could feel people had shifted their attention to her. She was afraid to look up and see Lucas.

"That's a bummer," Charlie said, Riley hit her chest lightly. "I mean, it's great for you guys! Congratulation!"

"Yeah congrats you two," Farkle lifted up his bottle in the air.

"You're pregnant?" Lucas asked, he was surprised but there was joy in his voice. "Babe, why didn't you tell me?"

"I..uh," She tried to find the right words. "I gotta go," she said, grabbing her bag and sprinted out of the loft. She entered the elevator ignoring Lucas' screams and demands to wait for him. She could hear him loudly cursing as she pushed the close button of the elevator repeatedly. A sigh of relief came out of her mouth when the elevator door closed before he got a chance to get in.

13th…

12th…

Please, just don't stop.

11th…

10th…

Ding!

"Crap!" It's 2027 and no one's invented faster elevators?!

The door opened.

"You think I wouldn't take the stairs?" Lucas said, trying to catch his breath. "Why are you running away?"

Maya moved to the corner, "Because I'm not sure what's going on."

"If you're not sure you're pregnant or not, we can take another test. It's not a big deal at all, babe."

She ran her fingers through her hair. "Can you please stop calling me that!"

"What?"

"Babe!"

"Why not?"

"Because I'm not your babe, okay?!"

"Why are you acting like this?"

"Acting like what?"

"Like a fucking child!" He raised his voice.

"Maybe because I am one!"

"What.." he asked confused. "What are you talking about?"

3rd…

"Just forget it!"

2nd…

"I can't just forget about it! I can't forget the fact that you went to Riley and Farkle first when you found out you're pregnant. You're supposed to talk to me first!"

"So is this how our relationship supposed to be, I'm supposed to run everything by you before I talk to my best friends."

"Yeah! When you're carrying my kid, I'm supposed to be the first to know!"

1st…

Ding!

Maya got out of the elevator as soon as the door flew open.

"Maya, please can we just go home and talk about this calmly. I don't understand why are you suddenly acting like a totally different person right now." He ran after her. "Is it because two weeks ago, is it why you're trying to push me away."

She finally turned around. "What?" She briefly remembered the conversation they shared on the bed this afternoon. "What happened two weeks ago?"

Lucas stopped walking and faced her, leaving her a pained expression. "Oh wow Maya, I can't tell if you're being serious or sarcastic right now."

"No, tell me, please," she pleaded.

"I proposed and you flat out said you're not ready," he explained. "And I understand, I told you that."

This is too much. Maya didn't know what to do, what to say, or what to think.

"But now," he inched closer to her.

Her heart started to palpitate when he reached for her hand.

"Now we have this little thing we have to think about," he said cautiously, glancing down to her stomach. "Don't you think so?"

Maya closed her eyes and draped her hands over them.

"Hey, you okay?"

"Urgh!" She screamed in frustration. "I just need to think."

"Okay, then let's go-"

"No, alone," she uttered. "I need to think about this alone. I want to be alone."

"Is it some-"

"Lucas," she interrupted him. "I'm sorry okay. I know all of this must be very confusing to you as it is to me and trust me when I say you have done nothing wrong, but I just need some time alone."

"Are you breaking up with me?"

"No! I told you I just need to think and figure some things out," she clarified.

She reached for his hand and pulled him into an embrace. He rested his chin comfortably on top of her head. "Please tell me this isn't a goodbye."

"It's not.."

"I love you, you know that right?" He said like he was convincing her to stay, like it was his last card to dwell. She gave him a sweet peck on his cheek before leaving him stranded alone in the middle of the night, standing in the middle of a sidewalk somwhere in Manhattan.

First of all, I'm so sorry for not posting this sooner. But life has not been kind to me lately.

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