BUT DADDY I LOVE HIM, ᵉᵛᵃⁿ ᵇᵘᶜᵏˡᵉʸ

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Season 4, Episode 1
'The New Abnormal'

"RYLIN, IT'S PAST 11 PM, what are you doing here?" Maddie asked once she opened her door.

"I'm sorry. Did I wake you?" Rylin asked. Maddie's face softened once she woke up more and noticed Rylin's red and puffy face.

"It's fine." Maddie shook her head, letting Rylin come inside. "Are you okay?"

"No." Rylin groaned as she sat on the couch beside Maddie. "I messed up, like, really messed up."

"What do you mean?" Maddie questioned.

"You're brother told me he's in love with me." Rylin told her.

Maddie's eyes widened. "I didn't think he'd actually do that."

"I didn't think that was something he could ever do." Rylin said.

"Don't tell me that when you said you messed up, you mean that you turned him down." Maddie said.

Rylin nodded as Maddie through her head back. "Now, why did you do that?"

"I panicked." Rylin said. "Everything happened so quickly."

"So you turned him down even though you love him?" Maddie asked.

"I don't want to ruin what we already have." Rylin said with tears in her eyes as she fiddled with the ends of her hair. She went on once Maddie gave her another confused look.

"Every relationship I've been in has always ended badly. My highschool boyfriend cheated on me with my childhood best friend, who I am no longer friends with, by the way. Then, I tried going on dates, but they were awful. Once I moved to LA and started dating Dylan, I thought that he could potentially be someone I could spend the rest of my life with. Then he died."

"So you think that if you start something with Buck, something terrible will happen?" Maddie asked, looking for confirmation.

Rylin nodded. "I know it sounds stupid. I just can't lose him." she said.

"Ry, if you don't fix this, you will lose him." Maddie said. "Things won't be the same between you two now that he thinks you don't love him back. He'll say everything's fine, but then every interaction will be extremely awkward and i guarantee you'll hardly see each other outside of work."

"I just need time to think about it." Rylin sighed as she laid her head on Maddie's lap.

"Hey, I know what could cheer you up." Maddie said. Though Rylin wasn't looking at Maddie, she could tell she was smiling.

Rylin lifted her head as Maddie went to grab something. When she came back, her hands were behind her back. Rylin laughed at how excited Maddie seemed.

Just a second later, Maddie pulled a positive pregnancy test from behind her back.

"Shut the fuck up." gasped. as she shot up from her seat on the couch. She looked at the test, really making sure it's real.