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Boris Yeltsin: Yep, that's right! And, to your question, I don't take requests, but if people contribute ideas, I'll try to fit them into the story if I feel it will work.

I'm sorry there's not a lot of description or anything, but I didn't have much muse.

Chapter Six: Troublesome Trevor

Maddie sighed, running her hand over her face as she leaned against the candy counter. She wasn't having a very good day, and she was thinking about Trevor. He called her earlier today and tolf her that he'd be stopping by to 'catch up'. As she looked up to the door, Trevor walked in, and Maddie groaned internally. She looked towards Katie, who was in the lobby chair, playing with Zack's then looked back to Trevor just as he made his way up to the counter. She looked at him for a few seconds, biting her lip before speaking.

"Hey…" she said.

"Hi," Trevor said. "How's it going?"

Maddie stared at Trevor for a few seconds. "Hows it going? Trevor, I have a six-year-old that I'm raising on my own, and you're asking me how it's going?"

"…Wrong question?"

"No shit."

"What am I supposed to say?"

"How about, 'I'm sorry'? Or, maybe even 'I'll admit that I'm a coward'?"

"Why am I a coward?"

"You left me! You left me after I told you I was pregnant, and you even planned her with me!"

"Her?"

"…Yeah," she said, nodding towards Katie. "She's six."

Maddie watched Trevor stare at Katie, and she bit her lip lightly. What if he's wanting to come back and help me with her? Am I being rude, not letting Katie know about him? She thought to herself. Letting out a small sigh, Maddie ran her hand through her hair.

Just as the elevator dinged, Katie looked up, towards Trevor's direction. "Daddy!" she shouted, running towards him.

Trevor was taken aback by this, but he watched her, thinking she was running for him.

As Katie ran past Trevor and into Zack's arms, who then picked her up and kissed her cheek, Trevor looked at Maddie, who looked away from him, to Zack and Katie.

"I think someone needs to eat before playing anymore video games," Maddie said.

"Licorice rope," Katie said.

"Real food, not candy. You're already hyper; thanks, Daddy," she said, looking at Zack.

"Hey, I do what I can," Zack said. "I'll take her to the restaurant; Patrick probably needs someone to pick on him, and Katie and I are the perfect people."

"Don't get her ice cream, please; she's all sugared up from last night."

"Alright. Tell Mommy 'bye'."

"Bye, Mommy," Katie said.

"Bye, Sweetie; have a good time. I love you," Maddie said.

"I love you, too."

Maddie watched Zack walk towards the restaurant and she looked back at Trevor, who had a small glare in his eyes. "What?"

"Daddy?"

"Yeah. She calls him 'Daddy'."

"Why?"

"Because he earned the name."

"How the hell did he earn it, if I'm her father?"

"Correction," Maddie said, stepping out from behind the counter, revealing her six-month baby bump. "You're the sperm donor. Zack is her father. He takes care of her, he nurtures her, he loves her. What do you do? Oh, that's right. Nothing. Wanna know why? Because you left her before she was born."

"Maddie, I—"

"Don't you dare apologize. If you were really sorry, you would have come back years ago. That little girl has lived withouth her biological father for six years, and she still asks me about you. She wants you in her life, but that can't happen. You know why not? Because it breaks my heart that one day I'm going to have to eventually tell her than her father is a deadbeat coward and that he left her before she was born because he didn't want her, even after he helped Mommy plan and make her."

"Maddie, that's not fair; you can't just keep me out of her life."

"You left!" she shouted, causing people to stare. "You agreed with me to get pregnant so I could help Liam, and when I told you that we were having a baby, you bailed! I know you got scared, Trevor, but I'm the one that went through everything! I went through the nine months of carrying her, I went through the seven hours of pain and labor, the three hours of pushing! I've gone through the 'where's my daddy?', 'why doesn't my real daddy love me?' questions, I've explained to her that she's different from her friends because of her father! I'm sick and tired of having to deal with the pain that you put me through, Trevor; I'm not dealing with it anymore! You chose to stay out of her life for six fucking years, and that's not my fault; it's yours! It was your mistake, now you decide how to deal with it, but do not expect to get close to her, because I'll do every fucking thing I can to make sure you don't go anywhere near her!"

By this point, Maddie had tears rolling down her cheeks and she was yelling through sobs. Her face was red, and everyone was staring at her and Trevor, but she ignored it. She was pissed.

"Don't ask me for anything when you need help in the future, Maddie. You're a bitch," Trevor said, starting for the door.

"I won't be desperate enough to go to you for something. The only thing I'll be getting from you is child support, so stay in the city; the court date will be as early as next Friday."

Maddie knew Trevor ignored her, because he walked out of the hotel without saying anything or turning back. She stared after him and ran her hand through her hair as she broke down, sobbing just as Carey started walking over to her. Being taken into Carey's embrace, Maddie let out a rack of sobs and let her tears do the talking.

Now, Maddie was calmed down, and she was in Zack and Cody's room up in the suite, laying in hers and Zack's bed with him. Zack was rubbing her stomach, and she had her head laying on his shoulder. They'd been in here for about forty-five minutes, just laying down with each other, and Maddie was enjoying the time they had with each other. Over the past three years, they'd grown a lot closer to each other, and they had their first sexual encounter with each other on Zack's eighteenth birthday. Maddie found out that she was pregnant with their first child together a few months ago, and they couldn't be happier. Katie was especially happy, because she was getting a little brother or sister soon, and her mother's due date was on her birthday.

"…Zack?" Maddie asked.

"Hm?"

"What about Caleb?"

"What?"

"The baby's name. Caleb?"

"That sounds nice. But, we don't know what we're having."

"Well, I know. But, if it's a boy, I wanna name him Caleb."

"What if it's a girl?"

"You can name it."

"Alexis?"

"Perfect."

"I love you, Maddie. You know I'd do anything for you."

"I love you, too, Baby…" she whispered, looking at him.

Zack kissed Maddie's lips lightly. Maddie returned the kiss, placing her hands on his cheeks with a small smile. As Zack's tongue swept across her bottom lip, Maddie opened her mouth and their tongues battled each other as Zack's hand started creeping down her sweat pants.

"Isn't that how you got pregnant?"

Zack's hand retracted and the kiss broke, both of them looking at Carey, who was standing in the doorway. Maddie laughed as Zack turned red and he ran his hand through his hair.

"What do you want, Mom?" Zack asked.

"I'm taking Katie to the mall, just wanted to let you know," Carey said.

"Okay. Bye."

"Cody's out with Barbara, so you'll be here by yourself until I get back."

"Okay, bye."

"I would say 'use protection' but you already got her pregnant, so... Just make sure you wash the sheets after you're done."

"Okay, Mom; bye."

As the door closed after Carey left, Maddie laughed again and she looked at Zack. "We really should wash the sheets after we're done; people can tell when we've had sex."

"How?"

"Because sex has an aroma and everyone knows what it smells like."

"What's it smell like?"

"Sex."