She's Having My Baby

A Test Of Friendship

Maya and Riley sauntered through store after store, not buying much. Maya was barely standing at this point. The only thing keeping her going was the iced caramel mocha she got earlier. She'd hardly eaten today because she really had no appetite.

"Maya! Maya!" Riley called from the front of the store. Maya had been hiding in the back sitting on an unopened cardboard box full of new stock. She got up slowly and made her way towards Riley.

"How amazing would this look on you? You have to try it on!" Riley held up a tiny black dress. It was exactly something Maya would wear. This cheered Maya up. She took it from Riley and started towards the dressing room, Riley following close behind. She didn't let Riley come in with her. Normally she would have, but she was feeling much too vulnerable right then. Riley still talked to her through the door the whole time.

Maya stared at her reflection and smiled. She looked good. Hot, even. She felt confident and beautiful and for a moment forgot about the weight she felt in her stomach since this morning. She spun around and almost began dancing to the music playing in the store.

All of a sudden, she stopped and looked in the mirror again. She felt a tear stream down her face as she stared at her petite frame, her flat stomach, her skinny ankles. She imagined her belly growing into a gigantic baby bump, her ankles swelling to the size of watermelons, her teeny tiny body going into labor and having to push a baby out. She was sobbing now, horrified at something that hadn't even happened yet.

"Maya? How does it look?" Riley called from outside the dressing room.

Maya shook her head, breathed in and called, "I don't like the way it fits. I'm taking it off."

"Huh. I really thought it would look good on you," Riley answered.

"Me too," Maya whispered softly to herself.

Maya recomposed herself and they left the store. Riley suggested they go to the food court. Maya wasn't the slightest bit hungry, but she didn't feel like having another dressing room incident either, so she agreed. They walked and Riley talked about how Lucas didn't say he wanted to be her boyfriend again but she was fine with that because she doesn't need to put a label on their relationship to have fun with Lucas.

"What do you mean have fun?" Maya asked.

"What?" Riley said, confused.

"You mean, have fun like Auggie and Ava have fun or have fun like your parents sometimes have fun?" Maya hinted.

"I don't get what you m-" Riley started.

"Never mind," said Maya.

They were almost at the food court when they ran into Farkle and Lucas. Maya wasn't in the mood to socialize, but she didn't want to seem rude either.

"Do you guys want to get something to eat with us?" Riley asked the boys.

"Yeah, that'd be great. But does anyone know what time it is? I have to be home at 6. We're having relatives over," Farkle stated.

"Here, lemme check," Maya said as she started digging in her purse for her phone. Riley and Lucas were deep in conversation again. Maya finally found her phone and pulled it out of her purse. She saw something else fall out with it, but didn't pay much attention until Farkle picked it up to give it back to her. To her horror, she saw that Farkle was holding a plastic bag with her pregnancy test from earlier in it.

Farkle stared open-mouthed at the test. He looked at Maya in complete shock. Maya bit her lip and shook her head in panic. Just before Riley turned around, he threw her the test and she put it back in her purse.

"What time is it? Farkle are you coming?" Riley asked.

"It...It's 5:45," Maya stuttered, keeping her eyes on Farkle.

"Aw shoot, Farkle. You better head home," Lucas said.

"Yeah, yeah I should. Maya, you're walking with me," said Farkle quickly.

"Farkle I don't think-" Maya began.

"We'll see you guys later, ok?" Farkle interrupted. He grabbed Maya and pulled her along with him, leaving a very confused Riley and Lucas behind.

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A/N: Do you think Farkle's the father? Or is he just a concerned friend? I'm going through this "day" pretty slow, so things will probably speed up soon. Don't forget to leave a comment!