A/N: so I actually wanted to post this two days ago but I hadn't finished writing it and I still needed to type it. For those of you who are wondering how I've been able to update so fast and quickly recently it's because these recent chapters and the chapters for the rest of the story are chapters I've been thinking about in my mind since I started the sequel. so yea.

Disclaimer: I do not own Degrassi, not I do not. But I might own a Playstation 3 soon =)

When I was 13 years old my parents bought me a Playstation 2 for my birthday. At the time it was the happiest day of my life. I'm pretty sure this day just beat that day by a million points.

I'm slowly starting to wake up. The smell of warm vanilla sugar is surrounding me and a smile slowly appears on my face. Have you ever woken up and your body just feels amazing beyond belief? That's exactly how my body feels right now, AMAZING. I turn my head and the sight before me has just turned my smile into a huge grin.

Beth, the love of my life, is sleeping peacefully beside me. Her back is facing me and it is quite a beautiful back. I run a finger down Beth's back and I see her body slightly shiver. I drape my arm around her waist and kiss her shoulder softly.

"Mmm," Beth moans softly.

Beth turns around and drapes an arm around me. Now she's snuggling up to me and burying her head into the crook of my neck,

I'm running my hand up and down Beth's backside and I'm kissing her shoulder and collar bone.

"I love you," I whisper.

I feel Beth moving against me. She lifts her head from the crook of my neck and slowly starts opening her eyes. Beth gives me a sleepy smile.

"You sure do know how to wake a girl up," she says in a sleepy voice.

I smile at her. "I try," I tell her and kiss her softly on the lips.

"Mmm."

I push Beth's hair behind her ear and kiss her forehead. We're just looking at each other now. Not saying anything but just enjoying each other's presence.

"You know we're going to have to talk about it," Beth whispers.

I groan. "Thanks buzz kill," I say. "Five more minutes of peace and then we can talk about it."

"Fine," Beth says and kisses me.

Hold on, I think I hear something. I think I hear a slight buzzing maybe.

"Do you hear something?" I ask Beth.

Beth stops to listen. "I think so," she answers. Beth reaches over to grab her phone off her dresser. "Not my phone, so it must be yours."

I sit up and look around the room. "My phone is in my shorts," I tell her. "Where are my shorts?" I'm looking around her room.

"Where'd you throw your shorts?"

I turn to look at Beth "Where did YOU throw them? You're the one that took them off."

Beth is smirking at me. "Well you were being slow so someone had to take them off for you." She winks at me.

I'm laughing and shaking my head slightly. We're both searching for my shorts now trying to find my phone so I can answer it.

"Found it!" Beth yells from the other side of the bed.

I look and she's holding my phone up in the air while smiling in triumph. Beth flips open my phone.

"Uh Jordan," she says. "You have thirty missed calls, twenty voicemail messages, and fifty text messages."

"Who is trying to reach me so badly?"

Beth searches my phone. "They're all from Alex."

What in the world? My phone is vibrating again. Beth throws the phone over to me. It's Alex calling me again.

"Hello," I answer the phone.

"Finally!" Alex yells. "I've been calling and texting you for hours!"

"Alex, calm down."

"Calm down? Maybe you'd like to tell Mom to calm down because she just went into labor two hours ago!"

Oh my… "WHAT? What do you mean she went into labor?"

"I mean two hours ago her water broke and the contractions started. You need to get your ass here now because I'm pretty sure she wants you here."

"Ok, I'll be there in fifteen minutes." I close my phone and frantically start searching for my clothes. "My mom is in labor," I tell Beth.

"Yeah, I kind of figured that when you yelled, "What do you mean she's in labor?""

I'm breathing hard and trying to put my clothes on fast. "I have to hurry. Mom would never forgive me if I missed this."

Beth's hands are on my face and she's making me focus on her. "Jordan calm down," she says calmly. "It's only been two hours; your mom probably still has some ways to go. Just breathe."

I take a deep breath in and I breathe it back out.

"Good," Beth says. "Now just let me put some clothes on and I'll drive."

"Why do you get to drive?"

"Because I don't want us to arrive to the hospital in an ambulance."

"Ha ha, I forgot what a comedian you are."

Beth gives me a cheeky smile and starts putting clothes on. I can't believe my mom is in labor. I can't believe I'm about to be a big sister!

Hospital:
"Oh my God! Just park somewhere Beth!"

Beth starts yelling in Spanish. I don't know what she's saying but I did just hear the word "punta".

"Did you just call me a bitch?" I ask.

"Jordan Johnson, if you don't shut up I'm going to kill you!" Beth yells.

We finally find a spot to park and we both jump out of the car and run inside the hospital. We're running up the stairs to the maternity wing on the third floor. I run into the waiting room and I see Alex sitting in a chair. Alex jumps up from her seat when she sees me.

"Finally!" she yells as she's approaching me.

"It's not my fault someone took forever to park," I tell her and then look at Beth.

"Keep talking aboot it Johnson and you'll find yourself single," Beth says with attitude.

"Wait," Alex starts and a look of realization appears on her face. "You two are back together? That's awesome!"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," I say. "Woo-hoo, yay! We're all happy and what not. We'll throw a gay parade later. Where's Mom?"

"Room 311."

I take off running down the hallway with a nurse yelling behind me that I need to walk. I finally reach the room and open the door.

"Mom I'm here," I announce as I enter the room.

My mom is in the bed with a pained look on her face while Brian is feeding her ice chips and a nurse is looking at one of the machines. My mom looks up and small smile is now on her face.

"Oh Jordan honey, you're finally here," she says quietly.

I approach her bed and take her hand. "I'm here Mommy. I'm sorry I'm late."

"Don't worry, you haven't missed anything big yet," Brian says and laughs nervously.

"Ah!"

Ah! Oh my God! Brian is yelling, so I'm yelling, and Mom is just groaning in pain while her face is all scrunched up. Mom stops groaning and her face relax. Brian is now cradling his hand.

"What was that?" I ask.

"That was a contraction," Brian says while flexing his hand and wincing.

"Last time I was in labor was 19 years ago so I've sort of forgotten how much it hurts," Mom says.

A lady in a white coat enters the room with a smile on her face. Since she's wearing a white coat with a stethoscope around her neck I'm going to go ahead and say she's the doctor.

"Hello Mrs. Johnson," the doctor says. "Let's see how you're doing."

The doctor puts on a glove and reaches under the sheet. I'm not 100% sure what she's doing and I'm pretty sure I don't want to know.

"Hmm," the doctor says. "You're about five centimeters dilated. You're half way there."

"How many centimeters dilated does she need to be?" I ask.

"About ten," the doctor says.

"Jeez. How long will that take?"

"Well considering this is your mother's second child it shouldn't be too long now. Considering your mom's and she's already halfway there it could take a couple of hours to about six.

I whistle and Brian is giving me this look, telling me to shut up. All I'm saying is that six hours is long.

"I'll be back in an hour to check up on you," the doctor tells my mom.

The doctor and nurse leave the room and now it's just my parents and I.

"How long were you in labor with me?" I ask.

"Twenty hours," my mom answers.

I whistle again. "Wowzers," I say amazed."You're a trooper Mom." I kiss her forehead. "I'm going to go wait in the waiting room with Alex. Send Dad if you need anything. I love you."

"I love you too sweetie."

Brian hugs me. "See you later kiddo."

I leave the room and walk back to the lobby. Alex and Beth are sitting, talking to each other.

"Yeah, it was a pretty sad sight," Alex says. "It was depressing, her just moping around."

I clear my throat, interrupting their conversation. I'd rather not have Alex telling Beth how sad and emo I was.

"Hey," Alex says and gets up from her seat. "How is she?"

"She's good," I answer. "Doctor says she's five centimeters dilated and needs to be ten to give birth. So she's almsot half way there."

"How long will that take?"

I shrug my shoulders. "The doctor said it could take anywhere from a couple of hours to several hours."

"Wow, well I need to eat," Alex announces. Alex is pointing at me. "You probably need to eat too." She's giving me a knowing look.

"Yeah, I could eat," I say hesitantly. I turn to look at Beth. "Are you hungry?"

She shakes her head. "No, I'm good," she says with a smile on her face. "You go ahead and I'll be here when you get back."

I nod my head in understandment and we share a quick kiss. Alex and I are walking to the hospital cafeteria.

Alex nudges me shoulder. "So, you and Beth are back together," she says.

"Yep," I say nonchalantly.

"I guess my speech motivated you after all." Alex is smiling her smug smile.

I start clapping. "Congratulations Alex," I say sarcastically. "Once again you were right."

Alex starts bowing, playing along. "Thank you," she says. "Now you must name your first child after me."

I'm shaking my head. "Nu-uh," I tell her. "I name my child after you and then before you know it I get a call from the school principal telling me my child got in five fights in one day all because her or his Auntie Alex told her or him it was ok to use your fists in any situation."

Alex gasps. "I would never tell my future niece or nephew that."

I give her a look. "Sure you wouldn't."

We reach the cafeteria and get in line.

"Wait, why are we eating hospital food?" I ask. "Isn't hospital food known for being disgusting?"

I hear someone clearing their throat. I look up and the cafeteria worker is giving me the evil eye. Alex is covering her mouth with her hand and I know she's laughing.

"I mean disgusting in a good way," I tell the cafeteria working, trying to save myself."

"Mhm," the worker says with attitude and a hand on her hip.

"I'll take an orange jell-o cup please," I say in a polite and quiet voice. The worker hands me the jell-o cup. "Thank you."

I pay for my jell-o cup and milk and walk to a table while Alex grabs her lunch. Alex sits down with her food across from me. She has a ham and cheese sandwich, baby carrots, and orange juice.

I lift my jell-o cup. "I just got a jell-o cup," I say glumly.

"You're lucky jell-o cups come pre-packaged or else that worker might have spit in your food," Alex says in an amused tone.

"Shut up," I tell her.

Alex continues laughing. "Anyway, I talked to Sage a couple of days ago."

Now I'm interested. "How is the lovely Sage?"

"She's good," Alex says with a dopey smile on her face. "She's actually coming up here next month to visit."

"Really?" I ask in a surprised voice. "That's awesome Alex."

Alex is nodding her head in excitement. "Yeah, she'll be staying with us for a week."

What? My eyes widen at this news. "What?"

"Mom and Dad already said it was ok," Alex says in a teasing tone.

"No one asked me how I felt about this."

"Well for starters it's not your house and you don't pay the bills so your opinion doesn't matter. Also you've been a very depressed Debbie Downer for the past month so it's not like we could have actually talked to you aboot it."

I narrow my eyes at her. I don't appreciate being called a depressed Debbie Downer, even if it is true.

Alex finishes her sandwich and orange juice. "We better get back before your girlfriend misses you too much and then breaks up with you again."

I point my finger at Alex threateningly. "Not funny Nuñez."

"Alright that was mean. I'm sorry."

Alex and I throw our trash away and head back to the waiting room. I see Beth talking to some brunette and black guy. I wonder who they are.

"Alex! Jordan!" someone yells.

Alex and I both turn in the direction we heard the voice come from. Marco? What the hell is he doing here? Alex and I are both looking at each other and I know she's thinking the same thing I'm thinking. Neither one of us were exactly on good terms with Marco when we left. I mean I know he called Alex on her birthday but I'm still slightly pissed.

"Hey Marco," I greet him with a fake smile. What? I can be fake when I want. Not my fault.

"Hey Jordan!" Marco greets me excitedly. "How are you?" We share a hug. I don't know if it was awkward for him but it was certainly awkward for me.

"I'm good," I tell him.

Marco turns his attention to Alex.

"Alex! You look good!" Alex and Marco share a hug. A person from a mile away can tell you how uncomfortable Alex looked while hugging Marco.

I'm looking at Marco carefully and he still looks the same. Oh yeah, Ellie is here too. Ellie is the other person I've been hanging with this summer so I don't feel the need to make a big deal of her being here.

"Hey Ellie," I greet her with a genuine smile.

"Hey," Ellie greets me back with a smile and a wave.

"What are you two doing here?" Alex asks them.

"Well I saw Beth's status update on her Facebook and I knew I had to come down here and Ellie was with me anyways," Marco explains.

"Beth's face what?" I ask. What the hell is a Facebook?

"Her Facebook," Marco repeats. "It's sort of like Myspace except less crazy and way easier to find people. Also congrats on you and Beth getting back together."

I scrunch my eyebrows, still slightly confused about this Facebook thingy. "Umm thanks," I say.

Alex and I are sharing a look. Apparently she doesn't know what Facebook is either. Thank God I'm not the only one. We shrug our shoulders and start walking toward Beth and who ever she's talking to.

Beth sees us coming and motions to the guy and girl. They both turn around. OH MY GOD! It's Paige! It's Paige effin Michalchuk without blonde hair! What has the world come to? I turn to look at Alex and she looks as shocked as I do.

Paige smiles and is walking toward us.

"Be cool," I tell Alex.

"Shut up," she hisses.

Paige reaches us. "Surprise," she says excitedly with her hands out. It kind of looks like she's doing jazz hands.

"Your hair," Alex says. That would be the first thing that comes out of her mouth.

"Yeah I know," Paige says while messing with her hair. "I just said to myself one day, "Paige it's time to try something new" and I did it."

"You're not Paige," I say seriously while pointing an accusing finger at her. "You're Paige's evil twin Brunette Paige."

Paige laughs and black boy chuckles. "No, it's definitely me hon," Paige says. "It's good to see you Jordan." Paige and I hug.

We end the hug and Paige looks at Alex. I'm pretty sure I just saw her scan Alex's body up and down.

"You look good Alex," Paige tells her. They share a hug that looks weird and awkward.

I don't know which hug was weirder. Alex hugging Marco or Alex hugging Paige. I don't know, close call.

"Looks like Florida treated you well," Paige says, this time we all can see she just looked Alex up and down.

Alex stuffs her hands in her pockets. "Yeah," she says bluntly.

Beth appears by my side and I place an arm around her waist and she does the same to me. You can feel the awkwardness in the air right now. It's sort of like when you step outside and it's really humid and you just feel sticky and you can't breathe. I don't know about everyone else but that's sort of how I'm feeling right now. Paige is looking at Alex while Alex is trying to look everywhere and anyway but at Paige. The black boy is just swaying on the balls of his feet and I'm staring at him. His fro and facial hair is bothering me. Black boy looks up and sees me staring at him. I don't do that thing where someone pretends they weren't staring at someone. I want him to know I'm staring because his facial hair bothers me.

He takes out his hand. "Hi, I'm Griffin," he says while holding his hand out for me to shake.

Oh this is Griffin. Well that would explain why when I saw him I automatically disliked him. What? They say don't judge a book by its cover but I think just this once I will.

I take Griffin's hand. "Jordan," I introduce myself. I let go of Griffin's hand.

Now he's holding his hand out to Alex. Alex narrows her eyes but take his hand.

"I'm Alex," she says.

"Yeah, we kind of met a few months back before you moved out," Griffin says.

"You mean before she was kicked out," I mutter.

Ow! Sharp pain, sharp pain! Beth just pinched my side and it really hurts. I turn to look at her angrily but she's just smiling innocently but her eyes are telling me to shut my mouth. Not my fault I was speaking the truth.

"Griffin is my boyfriend," Paige says.

I turn my head around to look at Ellie and she's nodding her head. I turn back around and I can see that Alex has clenched her jaw.

"Alex has a new girlfriend," I blurt out.

Alex whips her head to look at me and her eyes have widened a bit in surprise and anger. I look back at her with an apologetic look. I didn't mean to say it, it just came out.

"Really hon?" Paige asks. Paige's face is sort of unreadable but I notice she just took Griffin's hand into her own. "That's great." She smiling a smile that only those close to her know is her fake cheer smile.

"Umm yeah," Alex says. I can tell that Alex doesn't quite know what to say.

"Yeah, she's really cool and hot," I tell them. Oh my God, what is wrong with me? I just can't shut up. I turn to look at Beth and she's looking at me weirdly with a raised eyebrow.

"Wow hon, it seems like you really like Alex's girlfriend," Paige says.

I laugh nervously. "I just think she's a great person and really good for Alex."

Paige focuses her attention on Alex. "I'd love to meet her hon," Paige tells her.

There's something in Paige's eyes and the way she just spoke that makes me think she only wants to meet Sage to see if she's better than her.

"Well she lives in Florida," Alex says in a fake 'I want you to meet her too' voice.

"But she's coming to visit next month so we should all hang out," I blurt out. Ok, someone needs to put tape over my mouth NOW.

Alex is practically trying to kill me with her eyes right now. Once again I'm giving her an apologetic look. I can't help that I have diarrhea of the mouth right now.

Paige is nodding her head. I'm guessing she's agreeing with what I said before.

"We should definitely hang out when she comes to visit," Paige says.

"Yeah, maybe," Alex says quickly. "Jordan we should go check on Mom."

I know that's code for, "We need to get out of this awkward situation and talk". I'm nodding my head, agreeing with her.

"We'll be right back," I tell everyone and smile nervously.

I kiss Beth on the cheek. Alex and I are walking down the hallway toward our mom's room. We're far away enough from the others now so we stop. Alex is looking at me with angry eyes and crosses arms. Thank God we're in a hospital because I think I might need a doctor soon.

I throw my hands up quickly. "I am so sorry!" I exclaim.

"What is wrong with you?" Alex asks angrily.

"It just came out, like diarrhea of the mouth."

"You just wouldn't shut up. Then you tell Paige that Sage is going to be here next month and we should all hang out. Are you trying to kill me?"

"I'm sorry! I felt like Paige was flaunting her boyfriend so I decided to flaunt your girlfriend around for you."

Alex points a finger at me. "I don't need YOU flaunting MY girlfriend for me."

"Ok, ok, I get it. But did you see the way Paige reacted when announced you had a girlfriend?"

Alex uncrosses her arms and furrows her eyebrows in confusion. "What are you talking aboot?"

I cross my arms because one again I noticed something Alex didn't notice.

"Before, Paige wasn't holding Griffin's hand but when I suddenly blurted out that you have a girlfriend that's when she took his hand," I tell Alex.

Alex is shaking her head. "You're being delusional."

"Yeah, because I always imagine people not holding hands and then all of the sudden they are," I say sarcastically. "Because that makes so much sense."

"Maybe it was just a coincidence."

I put my hands up. "Fine, maybe it was just a coincidence. Or," I say holding up a finger indicating something. "Paige Michalchuk still has some type of feelings for you."

Alex holds up her hand as if she's stopping me. "Don't Jordan," she says angrily.

Why is she angry all of the sudden? "Don't what?" I ask confused.

"Don't start with the whole "Paige has feelings for you" crap. You always do that and then we end up repeating the same cycle over again."

"The cycle will only repeat itself if you also have feelings for her," I tell her matter-of-factly.

"Just drop it Jordan."

"But-"

"Drop it!" Alex yells angrily.

Here eyes look like they're on fire. I'm nodding my head telling her I won't mention it again. We continue our walk to Mom's room to check up on her. We enter the room and Mom must be having another contraction because her face looks like she's in pain and Brian is wincing in pain. It looks like Mom has a really good grip on his hand. I wouldn't be surprised if she ends up breaking some of his fingers. The contraction stops and Mom let's go of Brian's hand.

"Good Mrs. Johnson," the doctor says. She places her gloved hand under the sheet. "You're almost there. I'm expecting just a couple of more hours now."

"Hey Mom," I greet her as Alex and I are approaching her bed.

She looks up at us with a tired look on her face. "Hello girls," she greets us with a tired smile.

Alex takes Mom's hand into her own and I place my hand on Mom's shoulder.

"How are you feeling?" Alex asks her.

"Just a little tired," she says. "I'm waiting for your little brother to finally decide when to make his arrival."

"Are you going to tell us his name yet?" I ask.

"You'll find out his name when you meet him," Brian says.

I narrow my eyes at him. "Fine," I say. I kiss Mom on the forehead. "A lot of people are here for you and the baby."

"Really?" she asks surprised.

Alex nods her head. "Yeah," she says. "Marco, Ellie, Paige, and Beth are all here for you and the baby."

Mom raises her eyebrows and looks at me. "Beth is here?"

I grin widely. "Yes she's here," I tell her. "We're back together."

"Woo!" Brian shouts with a fist in the air. The hand that's not been tortured today.

"I'm happy for you, sweetie," Mom says, placing her hand on my cheek.

"Thanks Mom." I turn to Alex. "We should probably get back to everyone."

Alex nods her head, agreeing with me. She kisses Mom on the cheek, "We'll be back," she tells her.

"Ok," she says.

I also kiss her on the cheek. "Love you," I tell her.

"Love you too."

Alex and I both hug Brian and walk back to the waiting room. Ellie and Beth are talking to each other, Paige and Griffin are sitting on the other side with Griffin whispering something in Paige's ear while she's giggling, and Marco is nowhere to be seen. Ellie and Beth notice us and they stand up from their seats and walk over.

"How's she doing?" Beth asks.

"She's ok," I tell her. "The doctor says it shouldn't be long now."

We all hear laughing. I turn my head and see Paige laughing while Griffin is chuckling. Ew, they just kissed. I turn my attention back to the rest of the group. Ellie and Alex look as disgusted as I am.

"Good thing we're in a hospital because I think I'm about to throw up," I tell them.

"Jordan," Beth says in a warning tone.

"No, I agree with Jordan," Ellie says with her arms crossed. "I don't understand how someone could be with a person who might have possible given them HIV."

WHAT? All of our eyes have widened as Ellie gasps and quickly covers her mouth. Doesn't matter now because she's already said it.

"What do you mean possibly gave someone HIV?" Alex asks through clenched teeth.

"I-I…." Ellie stammers.

"Ellie, explain now," I say sternly.

Ellie holds up her hands. "I can't," she says. "I already said too much."

"Hey guys, what's going on?" Marco suddenly appears.

I turn to Marco. "Oh nothing, just the usual. Just finding out a friend might possibly have HIV," I tell him in a fake cheery voice.

Marco gasps and looks at Ellie. "Eleanor Nash, I can't believe you told them Griffin might have infected Paige."

"I didn't but you just did!" Ellie says.

Oh my God, you have got to be shitting me right now. I'm looking over at Paige and Griffin and they're holding hands and just laughing with one another. I don't understand how she can be with someone who might have infected her. Wait a minute.

I turn back to the group. "What do you mean by "might have" infected her?" I ask Marco and Ellie.

"Well, when Paige went to get tested they said it could take up to six months for HIV anti-bodies to show up," Marco informs us.

"It's only been two months," Ellie says.

"So are you telling us that Paige purposely slept with a guy who has a deadly virus?" Beth asks. That's my girl, always asking questions.

Marco shakes his head no. "Paige didn't know he was positive when she slept with him," Marco says. "Besides, they used protection."

"Whoa whoa whoa, wait a minute," I say while holding my hands up. "Are you telling me that Griffin slept with Paige and didn't even tell her that he is HIV positive before hand?"

Both Marco and Ellie are nodding their heads.

I run my hands through my hair and breathe. I cannot believe this is happening. I turn to look at Alex. Uh-oh. There's this fire burning in Alex's eyes, her jaw is clenched, she's balled her fists, and she's breathing really hard with her nostrils flaring. This is not good.

"Alex..." I'm slightly scared.

Alex turns around and starts walking toward Paige and Griffin. I look at the rest of the group.

Beth points to Alex. "Jordan go do something!"

Oh shit! I turn around and run after Alex. I catch up to her.

"Now Alex, think before you do something ridiculous and stupid," I tell her.

We reach the couple and Paige is looking up at us smiling.

"What's up?" she asks us.

"Oh nothing," Alex says. "Griffin, can you stand up for a sec?"

Griffin looks confused and I'm definitely in the same boat with him.

"Um sure," he says and stands up.

HOLY SHIT! Griffin was standing and now he's not. He's on the floor and probably seeing stars.

"Oh!" I hear everyone behind us.

"Hey!" a nurse yells from the nurse's station.

"Ma'am I have everything under control!" I tell her.

"Oh my God!" Paige exclaims. She's kneeling down on the floor, checking on the injured boy. Paige touches Griffin's now bruised eye and he winces in pain.

"What kind of asshole has sex with a girl and doesn't even tell her that he's HIV positive?" Alex asks angrily.

Paige looks up at us surprised and angry. "Alex!"

"Do you just sleep around with a bunch of girls possibly infecting them?" Alex continues. "You figure, "Hey some random slut gave me HIV so I might as well pass it around"."

I'm pretty sure Alex is remembering the time Jay was sleeping around and gave her gonorrhea.

"Lexi!" Paige yells angrily. She stands up. "Hon, you have no idea what you're talking aboot."

"Like hell I do," Alex says. "But I don't know what's worse; him sleeping with you without telling you or the fact you're still with him after finding out."

"My sex life and relationship is none of your concern."

Alex laughs angrily. "You're right, it's not. But I find it amazing that you chose to stay with a guy that might have infected you with a deadly virus yet you broke up with me because I didn't deliver your damn reminders."

Wow, looks like Alex's comment just punched Paige in the stomach.

"I want you two," Alex is pointing at Paige and Griffin. "I want you to leave," she says. She's walking away, back over to the others with her fists still balled up.

I look back at the couple and Griffin is now standing up, touching his eye gently.

"Jordan-"

I raise my hand, silencing Paige. "Today is supposed to be a happy day for my family. Today is supposed to be a day for my family to celebrate. Today is about MY family. Now Alex asked you to leave and if you don't respect her wishes then I'm afraid I'll have to ask security to escort you out. I don't want to have to do that."

Paige is looking at me with disbelief. I don't know why she's so surprised. Everyone knows that no matter what I'll always be on Alex's side. A look of surrender appears on Paige's face.

"Ok," she says in defeat. "Tell your mom I said congratulations." Paige takes Griffin's hand. "Come on hon, let's go home and get some ice for your eye."

Paige and Griffin walk over to the elevator. Paige turns around and waves good-bye to me. I raise my hand, but I don't wave. The elevator door closes and I sigh in relief.

I turn my attention back to the rest of the group. Alex is sitting off in a corner away from the others. I walk over to Marco, Ellie, and Beth.

"Well I didn't expect that to happen," Marco says.

I give Marco a pointed look. "Yeah because none of us thought Alex would go punch out a guy that might have potentially infected the woman she use to love with HIV," I say sarcastically. "Because Alex is known for being a very peaceful loving person." I'm shaking my head at him.

Ellie looks over at Alex. "Is she ok?" she asks concerned.

"I don't know," I tell her. "But I'm going to go talk to her."

I walk over to Alex and sit in the seat beside her. She's not talking and neither am I. Quite frankly I'm waiting for her to talk first because I don't want to say the wrong thing. I hear sniffling and I've just now noticed that Alex has tears coming down her face. I don't know if they're tears of anger or sadness.

Alex sighs. "I smoked weed, wore a dress, didn't deliver those damn reminders and she broke up with me and kicked me out. Griffin endangers her life by having sex with her without tell her he's HIV positive and she stays with him." Alex laughs bitterly. "Of course she breaks up with the guy and stays with the girl."

"Alex I don't think that's exactly it," I tell her.

"Whatever Jordan, it doesn't matter. I don't care anymore."

"Of course you care Alex. If you didn't care then you wouldn't have let Griffin experience your right hook. By the way, nice to know you still have a good right hook."

A small smile appears on Alex's face. "Thanks. Glad to know I still got it."

"Yeah, but next time how about we not punch someone out in the hospital? I'd rather not get kicked out on a very important family day."

"Do not tell Mom and Dad," Alex says seriously.

"Yeah, because my first thought was to tell our parents that you gave your ex's boyfriend a shiner."

Alex shrugs her shoulders. We're sitting in silence now.

"Do you think they'll last?" Alex asks out of nowhere.

"I'm assuming you're talking about Paige and Griffin. I thought you didn't care."

Alex sighs. "I'll always care," she says quietly.

A/N: This chapter was actually suppose to be longer because it was suppose to include the birth of the new baby but it was already 5,749 words long so I figured that was long enough. Please leave reviews =) Also I know nothing about child birth and labor so I've been doing a lot of research to try to get stuff accurate.