Max stared at Tess blankly. "Maria is...pregnant?" That only meant one thing.

Tess chewed her bottom lip. Damn! She was so stupid. But she had honestly thought Maria would tell him, they were best friends! "I lied she's not, it was just a joke...MAX!" But it was too late Max had already taken off back upstairs.

Tess covered her hands with her face! This was not good. All she could think was thank god it wasn't Micheal.

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Micheal lay on the couch watching TV. Kyle was sleeping on the floor. They were supposed to do something today but Max was nowhere to be found. Alex had gone out with Isabel so they were left alone. Micheal yawned, if Max ever got here he would chew him out good. He turned off the TV and went to sleep.

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Maria stepped out of the shower. She slipped her towel off and examined herself in the mirror.

She couldn't believe she was actually carrying another life in her. Her hands drifted down to her stomach. Though the rest of her body was very thin her stomach had hardened and had a little pudge. She smiled. When she had first thought about the pregnancy, she hadn't wanted it. Well that was only expected, she still couldn't believe she was 17 and pregnant, just like her mom had been with her.

She rubbed her belly and was secretly happy underneath it all. She was carrying a new life. She had always wished, that she would be married and settled when she had kids. Married to Max. Well things don't always turn out the way you want, Deluca. She knew Max would never be hers. She thought about what she would call her baby. Max if it was a boy and Maxine if it was a girl. Yeah right Deluca! That would totally give her away. She began singing quietly to herself and the baby, when the door banged open.

Max slammed open the door and walked into the bathroom. He stared at Maria and his eyes drifted down to her stomach, and he saw the roundness of it compared to the rest of her body. He couldn't believe it.

"So, it's true than."

Maria quickly threw her robe over herself and walked out of the bathroom into her room with Max behind her. "I thought you'd left." She didn't know what he was doing here, but she had nothing more to say to him.

Max didn't want to believe it, but he had just seen proof. "It's true that you're pregnant with my baby."

Maria gasped and dropped her hairbrush. She fell backwards slightly and was caught by Max. She moved from his arms and sat down on the bed. Oh God! This wasn't happening. It's all just a dream. She closed her eyes tightly hoping he would go away, but he didn't. She had thought of all things she would say to him if she had told him and not one of them came to mind.

"What are you talking about, Max?" She would play dumb, maybe he just suspected or something.

Max clenched his teeth. He was pissed. He couldn't believe she was going to leave and not tell him that she was pregnant. What if something had happened to her? And now she wanted to pretend like she didn't know what he was talking about when he had just seen her stomach!

"Don't play dumb with me Maria!" he moved to stand in front of her. "I can't believe you weren't going to tell me! You were just gonna pretend like it wasn't happening until you were showing weren't you?"

Maria covered her face with her hand and took a deep breath. "I...I didn't know what I was going to do!"

"God, Max! I'm 17 years old and I'm having a baby. I was just a little confused!" She ran her hands through her hair in frustration. This isn't happening, Deluca.

He stared at the wall, still coming to terms with the fact of his impending fatherhood. "The worst thing is that you were going to pass my baby off as Micheal's!"

Maria avoided Max's eyes. "I just needed some time to think...and figure out what I was going to do with my baby."

"Our..."

Maria looked up puzzled. "What?"

Max moved away from the wall and headed to the door. "Our baby Maria, I'll be back! Don't go anywhere or you'll regret it!" He walked out of the bedroom and slammed the door. He needed to figure out what they were going to do, and being in the same room with Maria wasn't helping him. Especially knowing she didn't have anything on under her robe.

Maria winced as the door slammed shut. She picked up the brush and continued to brush her hair. She was scared...oh God was she scared! Her hand began to shake and she dropped the brush. Maybe she could leave before Max got back? What was she going to do?