Maria stared at Tess, not quite sure she had heard correctly. "I'm what???"

Tess looked down and choked the words out."You're...pregnant."

Maria almost choked. She backed up swiftly, trying to get away from the possibility. It couldn't be, it was only that one time. C'mon Deluca even you know, that's all it takes. She began to shake her head from side to side. God! What a mess. Her head started to spin so she sat down quickly, what was she going to tell Max? Would she even tell him? Damn! This would have been so much easier if it was Micheal's. Then at least she couldn't be called a backstabber. Oh God! What if Liz found out? What was she gonna do?

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Liz lay her head down next to Max's. She had just gotten to his house, but he seemed a little preoccupied now.

"What's wrong, honey?"

Max snapped out of his thoughts as he realized Liz was talking to him. "What? Oh nothing."

Liz didn't know what was wrong with him, but it had been wrong for the last couple of days. She figured there was only one way to get his attention. She turned onto her side and lay half on top of him. She traced his face with the tips of her fingers. God! He was so beautiful, and he was all hers and no one could take him away.

Max felt Liz shift on the bed. He felt her lips on his, and tried to respond. But all he could think about was Maria. He hadn't stopped thinking about her. He was worried about her and attracted to her too. He felt Liz's hand descend toward his pants. Oh God! Why was she doing this now? He felt guilty, he shouldn't be thinking about someone else when he was with his girlfriend! He felt her hand getting closer to its desired location. Damn! He should stop her now, this was wrong.

"Uh.. Liz honey, aren't you hungry? I know I am." He swiftly kissed her brow and moved from the bed, to head into the kitchen.

Liz was astonished. She couldn't believe what had just happened. Had he just tried to avoid her and succeeded? She had always been the one to pull back, and now he had pulled away. This was getting weirder and weirder. She stood up from the bed and followed Max to the kitchen.

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Tess held Maria in her arms, she had began to cry. All she could think about was what a bastard Micheal was. The weird thing was, Maria and Micheal never even talked anymore. And they had been broken up for well over 6 months. But it had to be Micheal, and boy did she have some words for him!

Tess pulled back to look at Maria. "Are you going to tell him?"

Maria looked up at Tess, and realized that she must think it was Micheal's baby. Boy was she in for a surprise. But Maria didn't know if she should tell anybody at all. "I...I don't know."

Maria needed time to think, and the only way she could do that was if she was away from Roswell.

"Tess, I need you to do me a favor."

Tess looked at Maria, and knew that she would do anything for her. They were like sisters. But what exactly did Maria want her to do, or not do?

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Micheal sat in his living room with Kyle and Alex. They had come over after they had put up Alex's desk, which for some reason took them 5 hours. They had decided to hang out at his place, well, because he was the only one who had a place of his own.

Kyle was lounging on the couch. He was exhausted. "So guys, what do you want to do?"

Alex looked up from the TV. "Um...I don't know but I gotta go out with Isabel soon. So let's do something quick."

Micheal groaned. "Are you guys ever apart?"

Kyle smiled as he thought about him and Tess. "It's nice sometimes, Guerin."

"Anyways, why don't we call Max and see what he's doing??" Micheal had already moved to the phone to dial Max's number.

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Max sat down at the table with Liz on his heels. He knew he shouldn't have blown her off like that, but it was wrong to lead her on and be thinking about her best friend at the same time. The whole relationship was wrong! He didn't know what to do.

Liz looked closely at Max, trying desperately to figure him out. "What just happened, Max?"

Max winced. He didn't know how to explain anything to her. He lifted his head as he heard the phone ring. Thank God! Saved by the bell.

"Hello."

Micheal was about to hang up the phone when Max picked up. "Hey, what are you doing tonight?"

Max thought this was a good opportunity to get out of his conversation with Liz. "Nothing."

"Ok, come over in half-an-hour." Micheal disconnected the call.

Max turned to Liz and sighed. "Honey, let's finish this later, Micheal wants to talk to me about something."

Liz was already upset. She got up put her shoes on and headed for the door, brushing past Max. "Don't worry about driving me! I'll walk!" She slammed the door on the way out.

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Tess watched as Maria packed her stuff up and shook her head silently. "Maria, this isn't going to solve anything. You're still gonna have to tell him about the baby."

Maria continued packing. She had decided she needed some time to think about things, and she didn't have any important classes, so she wasn't going to miss anything. "Look, Tess, I need time to think, I mean think about how this is going to change things."

Tess sat down on the bed next to Maria's bag. "What do you want me to tell everyone? They're going to wonder where you are."

Maria rolled her eyes. "Whatever, I don't really care what they think, but don't tell anyone about why I had to go!"

"I know, but this seems so...I don't know, fast."

Maria stopped packing and sat down on the bed next to her. "I know...but I don't know what else to do, I mean, I just need some space, ok?"

Tess looked at Maria and could tell she was trying hard not to cry. She remembered Maria calling herself teflon and smiled. "Yeah, ok."

Tess raised her head as she heard knocking at the door. She ran out of Maria's room to answer it. She opened the door quickly and was surprised to see Max.

She smiled. "Hey!"

"Hi Tess, is Maria here?" Max was kinda hoping she wasn't. He had no idea how he had ended up on her doorstep, but he had been thinking about her and BAM! had found himself here.

Tess thought about saying no. But she knew that Max and Maria were really very close and she thought that Maria would need another close friend to help her out. "Yeah, she's in her room, come in."

Max brushed past Tess and inside the house. It had been awhile since he'd been here, it felt kind of weird.

"Can I see her?"

Tess figured she'd just make herself invisible, so if Maria wanted to tell him, which she probably did, Tess wouldn't interrupt. "Yeah, go ahead."

Max walked to Maria's room, getting a little more anxious along the way. He knocked softly on the half opened door.

"Yeah, Tess, come in." She didn't know why Tess even bothered knocking.

Max stepped into the room. "It's not Tess."

Maria spun around almost tripping over herself. What was he doing here?

"Max..." she whispered.