Maya was nervous when they were at the doctor's. She had to have a blood test to see if she was pregnant and Josh held her hand while a nurse pocked her with a needle. They asked her to put on a hospital gown and she had to sit wearing only that and wait for a doctor.

"I feel so exposed." She said.

"That gown looks great on you, buy the way." Josh said. "I bet it's all the rage at the fashion shows in Milan and Paris."

"With a cute belt it can be a going out outfit as well as a stay at home and watch Netflix outfit." Maya continued the joke.

"Multifunctional. The best quality in cloths." Josh made her laugh.

"I am glad we stopped fighting." Josh said.

"I am too." Maya smiled.

They were about to kiss when a doctor came and interrupted them.

"Good news. You are pregnant." The doctor said.

"We kind of knew that already." Josh said.

"And we're not sure it is a good news yet." Maya added.

"No worries. We can do some tests, see how far along you are, see how the fetus is doing and we can go from there. Sounds good?" The doctor asked.

Maya and Josh looked at each other and then they both nodded.

The doctor came back half an hour later with all the test results.

"I can tell you that you are six weeks pregnant. That means you have two more weeks to decide whether you want to keep it or terminate the pregnancy. So far the fetus is healthy and all that is left to do is an ultrasound." The doctor explained everything.

"It's very early on so you won't see much on the ultrasound." She warned them.

"I'm ready." Maya said and the doctor poured cold gel on her stomach. She struggled for a while to find the fetus but when she did she pointed to a little blurry circle on the screen: "And that's your baby."

"It's a little peanut." Josh said.

"We have a peanut." Maya whispered and smiled. It was her baby. No matter how small and unrecognizable it was, it was hers.

"It's a size of a thumb nail right now but that is what it is supposed to look like." The doctor said. "Everything looks fine. Do you want me to schedule another appointment in a week and you can tell me what you decided?" She asked.

"No need." Maya set up straight and looked at Josh. "We are having a little peanut."

Josh laughed. "We are keeping it?" He asked.

"We're keeping it." Maya nodded. Josh hugged her tightly.

"Are you sure? I'll understand if you don't want to." He assured her.

"Shut up and be happy." Maya said. Josh kissed her.

"Well, congratulation." The doctor said. "I am very happy for you two." She smiled.

"If you want me to be your doctor I can schedule a monthly visit. I will be happy to answer any questions that you have and if anything happens or you just want to ask me something, I'm available 24/7 on this number." She gave them her visit card.

"That's very sweet of you, but we are only here for a visit. We are going back to Italy in a couple of days." Maya explained.

"We are?" Josh asked surprised. "I assumed since the baby, you'd want to be closer to family."

"I have to finish college first. I have some extra credit and with some luck I'll be able to graduate early." Maya explained.

"You're absolutely right." Josh agreed.

"Where in Italy are you living?" The doctor asked.

"Florence." Maya said.

"I have some friends who practice there. I can give you their contacts." She offered.

"That would be amazing. Thank you." Maya said.

"It's no problem." The doctor said.

"Just make sure you are relaxed and comfortable because when you're stressed, the baby is stressed too. When you're angry, the baby is angry too. So everything you do in the next eight and a half months directly affects your child." The doctor warned her.

"I'll take good care of her." Josh said.

"And I'll remind him constantly." Maya joked.

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"We can't tell anyone." Maya reminded Josh again.

"Why not?" Josh was still persistent.

"Because it's bad luck. We have to wait until the end of the first trimester." Maya reminded him again. "And if we tell our parents they would never let us go back to Italy."

"We are coming back to New York full time though, right?" Josh was making sure.

"As soon as I graduate we will move back." Maya assured him.

"What if the baby decides to come early?" Josh was trying to plan ahead.

"Then it will be born in Italy." Maya was okay with that.

They entered Topanga's where the rest of the gang was waiting for them. Maya was glad to see that their favorite cafe stayed the same. Her mom didn't work there anymore, she bought it from the Matthews last year but she still kept the name. The customers loved it and so did she.

Riley and Lucas were giggling and stroking each other's arms as Farkle stared at them nauseously. He looked glad that someone else was joining them.

"Oh thank God." He yelled when Maya and Josh walked in.

"We're having a baby." Maya said as soon as they walked in.

"I thought we were going to wait." Josh said.

"They already knew." Maya said.

"A baby? You are pregnant? I did not know that. No one told me." Lucas acted surprised.

"Pipe it down Ranger Rick. I know she told you." Maya was amused.

"She told me." Lucas admitted. "Congratulations."

"I am so happy for you guys." Riley said.

"I knew first." Farkle bragged.

"Thank you guys." Maya said. "But no one else can know."

"Not even our parents." Josh added.

"We'll keep it a secret." Farkle promised them.

Katy walked in and saw them all sitting there. She walked over.

"Hey guys." She greeted them. They all greeted her back.

"Why aren't you answering your phone? I tried calling you all morning." Katy asked her daughter.

"I'm pregnant." Maya blurted.

"Maya." Josh screamed.

"I don't know what's wrong with me." Maya defended herself.

"I knew it." Katy screamed in excitement. "I knew it since the wedding." She hugged her daughter.

"Oh baby girl." She teared up. "You're going to be a mom."

"And you're going to be a grandmother." Maya reminded her. They both started crying tears of joy.
"My baby is having a baby." Katy said through tears.

"Well the cat is out of the bag now." Josh said. "I have to tell my mother now too."

"Why don't we throw a dinner and invite everyone and tell them then?" Maya offered. "And then we can tell your parents and Shawn and the rest of the Matthews."

"Deal." Josh agreed. "We can do it tomorrow since everyone is still in town because of Riley's wedding."

"And you can do it at our house." Katy offered and the plan was set in motion.

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Josh and Maya wanted to make something nice for their friends and family. The only problem was neither one of them knew how to cook. In Italy they survived on take out and an old Serbian lady who lived next door who'd sometimes bring them over a home cooked meal, presumably because she took pity on them. Only thing either one of them knew how to make, was pasta with meatballs and even that had a fifty percent success rate. Maya found a recipe on the internet for an apple pie and tasked Josh to make it while she prepared chicken and potatoes in the best way possible. Needless to say, it didn't go according to plan. Josh put salt in his pie instead of sugar and Maya burned the chicken.

"Take out?" Josh finally suggested after a whole day of slaying over the stove.

"Take out." Maya exhaustedly agreed. She waved her white flag and surrendered to the chicken.

"It's a shame we have to throw all this ruined food away." He said.

"Yeah." Maya agreed. "How are we going to feed this baby? We're useless in the kitchen."

"It's going to be fine. We can feed it only milk for like the first ten years and then he or she can learn how to cook and feed us." Josh suggested. Maya laughed.

"Is that why some mothers breast feed longer? So they don't kill their kids with burned chicken?" She joked.

"At least you know your kid won't die of salmonella." Josh said and it made Maya laugh.

"I am glad I have you and I don't have to go through this alone." She said. Josh got closer to her and kissed her softly with his arms around her waist. She wrapped her arms around his neck and stepped on her tip toes.

"You will never be alone. I will always be here." He comforted her. Her lips met his and they stood in the middle of the messy kitchen.

"I know something we can do with all this food so it won't be a complete waist." Maya said after she pulled away.

"And what is that?" Josh was curious. Maya freed herself from his hold and grabbed a hand full of flour.

"Don't do it." Josh warned her as soon as he realized what she was doing. "Don't you dare."

Maya smiled with her wide grin and threw the flour all over him. In retaliation Josh broke an egg over her head. And so the great food fight started. They threw every eatable thing they could put their hands on while laughing hysterically. They were all alone in the apartment and they ran around in circles throwing food at each other like two little kids.

"Look at this mess." Maya commented as soon as there was more food on the floor than in the bowls.

"You go figure out what we are going to order and I'll clean this mess." Josh said.

"I love you. You're the best." Maya said.

"I know." Josh answered and kissed her.

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Riley and Lucas were the first ones to come. Riley wanted to help out Maya before the rest of the family arrives. Farkle and Smackle fallowed shortly behind. Then Katy, Shawn, Cory, Topanga, Amy, Alan, Eric and Morgan came all at the same time. The house wasn't this full in a long time, maybe even never. It was nice to have all their family in the same place. Especially since they haven't seen each other in a long time. They joked and reminisced and had a lot of fun. Maya was nervous that they had to tell everyone very soon. She hoped everyone will be happy for them and not tell them that they are being stupid and rushing into parenthood way to soon, because that's what Maya thought. She wanted the baby, but it scared her. Josh knew that she was scared. He kissed her forehead and held her hand the whole night. He wanted her to know she's not going through this alone. He was excited. He always wanted to have kids, especially with Maya. But he was scared too. They were starting a family and as wonderful as that was, neither one of them understood completely how much their lives were about to change.

It was time to eat and everyone sat at the table. Riley kept glancing at her because she knew what was coming, she was just wondering when and Katy couldn't stop smiling widely for the same reason. They only made Maya more nervous.

"It's so wonderful we all gathered here before we head to Philadelphia and you two go back to Italy." Amy said during dinner.

"We haven't done family dinner in a long time." Cory added.

"It seems like I've been missing for a long time." Morgan couldn't help but notice.

"This reminds me of when I would use to come over for dinner all the time when we were kids." Shawn noticed. "Except there's a lot more of us now."

"As it should be." Alan concluded.

"And everything tastes incredible." Topanga complimented.

"Thank you." Maya said. "We made none of it."

"We tried. We really did." Josh added. "But we failed completely."

"All Josh can make is burned toast." Eric teased him.

"Maya's even worst." Riley added.

"Call me when your cook book comes out." Maya teased Riley.

"I made pancakes just yesterday." Riley said proudly.

"And they were very good." Lucas said as he put his arm around his wife's shoulder. "I have to say that. We're married now." He joked. Riley hit his forearm playfully.

"Cooking is just putting different chemicals together." Farkle said. "It's science."

"Not everything is about science. Cooking is art. It requires a lot of work and a lot of love." Amy said.

"It's just measuring and mixing ingredients." He stayed true to his statement.

"Farkle is a very good cook." Isadora said with a big smile. "It's because he's an amazing chemist too."

"They are so cute." Topanga whispered to Cory.

"Nerd love." He responded. "They are really meant for each other."

"What is going on with you tonight?" Shawn asked Katy.

"What do you mean?" She asked him.

"I love when you're happy but if you smile any wider, you'll break your jaw." He said. "Spill it."

"There is nothing to be spilled." Katy tried to keep quit.

"We are married. You are obligated by law to tell me. And I can't testify against you in court."

"Maya has some news she is going to share with us tonight." Katy said as much as she could without giving anything away.

"What news?" He asked.

"Should we tell them now?" Maya asked Josh so only he could hear her.

"Maybe we should. Just to get it out in the open." He agreed.

"Good." Maya said. "You do it first."

"No way. You go." Josh protested.

"It's your baby." Maya argued.

"It's your baby, too." He responded.

"What are you two lovebirds whispering?" Alan asked Josh and Maya.

"We're having a baby."

"I'm pregnant." Maya and Josh screamed at the same time.

"Every time they say it, it gets even better." Farkle whispered to Smackle.

"Congratulations." Lucas said.

"This is such a surprise." Riley screamed.

"You're going to be parents?" Cory asked surprised. "Oh my god."

"Alan." Amy turned to her husband. "We'll have another grandchild to spoil."

"Oh my god, I completely forgot that's my cousin in there." Riley realized.

"So everyone's happy about this?" Josh asked sheepishly.

"As long as you two are happy about this, of course we will all support you. And we will love this baby." Topanga assured them.

"I'm a grandpa?" Shawn teared up.

"Oh honey." Katy rubbed his back.

"Dad don't cry." Maya warned him. "I am very emotional right now and if you start to cry I will start to cry too."

But it was too late. Shawn cried and Maya started to cry too. He got up to hug her. Katy started to cry when she saw them hugging. Then Cory and Riley joined in on the tear fest. At the end of the night, everyone was either crying or comforting someone who was crying but they were all happy. Maya and Josh knew it takes a village to raise a baby. And Maya and Josh would tell their child about the moment they knew their village had their backs and their child would always be taken care of.

"I love your friends." Smackle told Farkle. "I can't wait for the next dinner party."

"Me neither." He said.

A/N: I didn't plan on updating this chapter this fast, but someone commented about abortion and I would usually respond to it privately but this particular comment came from a Guest user so am answering it this way. This is to that guest and everyone who thinks the same way: I apologize if I offended you with this storyline in any way. That was never my intention. I never meant to make a political statement or start a discussion. I only hope you can understand this beautiful character, or my version of her, and not judge her for any decisions she makes and feels is right for her. I hope you can understand how scared and confused she is and how hard this decision is for her to make. I hope you can go back and reread the last two chapters and listen to her words carefully and understand her and respect her for being brave enough to consider all of her options. I can't make you read or stop reading this story. It is your choice. Yours and no one else's. And I respect it. I already wrote this chapter, before reading your comment, so I can't rewrite it now, but I seriously considered it.

I hope you will understand that just because something is right for you, it does not make it right for everyone else. I do not want to be rude in any way. I respect your belief and your opinion, regardless of whether I think it is wrong or not. I only hope that someday you will learn to respect the things other people choose as a right option for themselves, regardless of what you personally consider to be right. Have a lovely day.