A/N: Please read since I changed a number of things. This is an AU story
The Matlins never went to Degrassi and neither did the Coynes, the Hollingsworths or Chewy.
Mrs. Matlin doesn't have MS.
The Ice Hounds never happened.
Dallas has a son, but he's three now, i.e. Dallas didn't have him in high school.
Adam never died and Badam happened instead of Drianca.
Clare didn't get pregnant, but she did have cancer.
Tristan and Maya met at Julliard and became best friends during orientation.
2020
Miles Hollingsworth had it all. He was handsome, wealthy, and about to graduate NYU before joining his father's campaign committee full time. He was engaged to Zoe Rivas, star of the new movie Degrassi Does Milan.
The 22 year old slept in his bed; classes were over. He only had to wake up in the afternoon for Senior Week events, aka free booze. Life was good.
RING! RING!
Who the fuck would call me before 2PM?
"WHAT?"
"Miles, it's me Maya." It was his side girlfriend; well she didn't know she was the side girlfriend. Miles had yet to announce his relationship to Zoe Rivas publicly.
"It's only 10AM."
"I know, but I needed to talk to you." She wouldn't be in town long. She had to go home to Toronto. Her sister was graduating from University of Toronto's law school.
"Where?"
"I can come to you."
"Give me 30 minutes."
He promptly fell back asleep. Maya had to get Chewy to let her into the apartment.
"He's still asleep. I don't think he got out of bed after you called him." Chewy was on Skype with his girlfriend Frankie. She was in design school in Paris.
Maya knocked on the door. When he didn't answer, she went inside and roused him.
Miles opened his eyes, thinking he would get lucky and rolled on top of her. "Hello, Sugar Plum."
She kissed him briefly before pushing him off. "We need to talk."
"Can't it wait?" I want to fuck you now.
"No, I have a train to catch this afternoon."
He sighed. "What is it?"
"Remember six weeks ago when we were fooling around in your car."
He grinned. He totally nailed her in the back seat. "Yeah, why?"
"Remember how you forgot a condom and said you'd pull out."
Where is she going with this? "Yeah."
"Remember how you forgot to pull out, and you had to get me to the pharmacy so I could take Plan B."
"Yeah?"
"Well, it didn't work. I'm pregnant."
OOO
Even though that was the logical end point of her questioning, Miles was still shocked to hear it. "You can't be."
"I went to the doctor and I am. We're having a baby."
We? What is this we? "I can't be a father. I'm too young of this."
"You're too young? I'm 21 years old. You're almost 23. You weren't too young to shove your dick in me!"
He started to panic. "Why can't you just terminate it? I'll pay."
"I'm NOT going to kill our baby. For what reason, it's not like you can't afford fatherhood." It was one thing if they were desperate or she was ill, but she was perfectly healthy.
"What are you going to do about school?"
"I'm not due until January, and if I take summer classes, I can finish my degree in December." She was a third year student at Julliard.
OOO
Instead of telling her the truth about Zoe, Miles just broke up with her instead.
"I can't be a father. It's either me or the baby."
Tristan warned her that Miles would do this. He had never trusted the wily charmer. "Fine, I'll see you in court."
She got up in left.
It took a minute to register. "COURT!"
OOO
Maya ran out of the apartment, desperate to get home before anyone could see her cry. How could Miles do this? He said he loved her. Well, he loved pussy that was true.
Chewy heard the door slam and figured Miles did something dumb. He'd find out later.
Once Miles got his bearings together, he realized he had to call his father.
"Dad … I fucked up!"
Miles Sr. grunted. He thought his son grew out of this phase in high school. "What did you do?"
"I got a girl pregnant."
Zoe? "Well, you and Zoe will have to get married. It's not the end of the world."
If only … "Not Zoe, Maya."
"Who the fuck is Maya?"
"Well …" Miles struggled to explain
OOO
Miles Sr. was not immune to having side girlfriends, but he damn well knew not to knock them up. If they ever did get pregnant, they terminated that shit. "Pay for an abortion."
"She won't abort."
"Please tell me you didn't fuck a catholic girl." Did I teach my son anything?
"I don't know what she is, but she said she'd see me in court."
Miles Sr. groaned. The last thing he needed was a pregnancy scandal.
Toronto
Katie Matlin was finally done with school. She would be working at a firm with her best friend Marisol, and it was nice to have the family all together again. Katie had gone to Stanford for college.
Before she returned to Toronto for law school, Maya moved to New York to go to Julliard. She hated to admit it, but Katie wasn't the best older sister. She was too focused on her grades and her friends to guide Maya and she was hoping to rebuild their relationship.
"Mom, Dad, I'm going to pick up Maya from the train station."
Katie took her Mazda, a present for getting into the prestigious law school, and got to Union Station.
She wasn't sure when exactly Maya's train would arrive. Amtrak was not exactly the most reliable when it came to scheduling. She called Maya but got her voicemail.
"Hey, it's Katie. I'm waiting for you outside the Main entrance."
Maya missed the call because she was puking, fucking morning sickness.
She brushed her teeth and when she went to check her phone, she realized Katie left a message.
After listening to it, she went outside the doors where Katie was waiting for her.
"It's been so long," the taller Matlin hugged her younger sister, confusing the girl who was not expecting such affection.
"Um, how are you?"
"I'm great. How's New York?"
"It could be better. I'm just glad to be away from it right now."
"Let's get back home."
Katie started to tell Maya about her new job. "I'm going to be representing people who are facing discrimination in the work place." The firm mainly focused on racial or gender discrimination, but they would take any case. Katie would be an apprentice for nine months and then she'd get ready for the bar exam.
"That's really great." Maya was surprised her sister didn't go corporate. She has the shark-like mentality for it.
"How's Julliard?"
"It's really nice." Maya loved music. She got into Julliard for the violin, but she started playing the upright bass and the trumpet. She was really interested in layering her music, producing multiple tracks using different instruments and them merging them to create one song.
"It's been a long time since I've heard you play." Being in different countries for the better part of seven years did not help with that. "You still play the violin?"
"Along with the bass and the trumpet."
Katie parked the car and they headed inside. "I'm warning you now, Mom's gone a bit crazy with well everything."
OOO
Maya opened the door and her eyes bugged out of her head. There were ceramic animals, some type of miniature fountain, all kinds of junk."
"What is all this crap?"
"It's décor for Katie's graduation party!"
"Are you trying to scare away all the guests?"
Katie snickered.
"It's modern and nouveau riche."
"Do you even know what nouveau riche is?"
"I read about it in Martha Stewart's' magazine."
Maya sighed. "I'll be in my room."
Katie's ceremony was tomorrow and the party was after that. This would be quite an ordeal.
OOO
Maya was sound asleep until a pounding on the door woke her up.
"We're leaving in an hour!"
She grunted as she got out of bed. She did not need an hour to get ready. She only needed 30 minutes to shower, put on clothes, and eat a banana.
The younger Matlin decided to get in the shower before Katie go to it. That girl could take forever!
She looked in the mirror and realized how much her body would change. She was going to get fat. Her boobs were actually going to be larger than a B cup for once. Who's going to want a girl carrying someone else's baby? Maya groaned as she realized she was going to be alone for some time.
Five minutes into her shower, her mother was pounding on the door. "Katie needs to get ready."
Then why did you wake me up to get ready? Maya rolled her eyes as she finished washing her hair. She brushed her teeth and made it out of the bathroom. She didn't even see Katie.
The older Matlin stumbled towards the bathroom. "Thanks Maya. I need the shower to wake up." The girl was clearly hung over. She had gone drinking with Marisol and her new boyfriend Mo. He was very good at getting you to do shots, lots of shots.
Maya shook her head and continued to get ready.
OOO
By the time they were ready to leave, Katie looked much less hung over. A long shower, make up, and coffee, can do a lot to help someone look together, even if they are not.
They got to the graduation and Katie went to get in line with her class. Maya put headphones on her head. It was time for some Beirut.
"Katlynn Elizabeth Matlin, summa cum laude!" Her family cheered as Katie walked across the stage. With her black hair and bangs, she looked more attractive than Maya had remembered her being. Her forehead looked less big and the hair took away from her scary looking eyes.
OOO
Luckily, the ceremony was short. Once it was done, the graduates and their families met for a mini party on the campus. There was champagne and juice floating around. Maya reached for a juice.
Katie and Marisol hugged. "I can't believe we did it."
"I know. It feels like yesterday when we were getting those long ass exams about property, ugh!" Marisol hated that class with a burning passion.
"Where's Mo?"
"He's probably trying to lift a bottle of champagne from the bartender."
Katie laughed. She saw her sister by herself and decided to bring her over.
"Maya, this is Marisol. We've spent the last three years suffering here together. Marisol, this is my musical little sister."
"It's great to meet you," Marisol said with a smile. "Katie told me that you've been playing the violin since you could walk."
"Pretty close," Maya said with a sheepish grin.
"What's with the juice?" Mo questioned as he approached them. "Surely, you're old enough for champagne." She had to be 19 at least.
Maya needed an excuse. "I was sick yesterday. I don't want to push it."
"Although if you do toss your cookies all over mom's décor, it might be an improvement." It was UGLY!
They all started laughing.
OOO
When they got to the house, Mo flipped his shit. "You have a ceramic tiger. ROAR!"
Marisol shook her head. "Sometimes, I wonder about him."
"Only sometimes," Maya questioned.
There were lots of people, relatives, family friends, and law school friends of Katie's. One person, stuck out to Maya. "Who's he?"
She saw an attractive male with dark hair and hazel eyes.
Katie shrugged. "I have no idea. Maybe he's somebody's son."
Soon enough, Mo introduced them.
OOO
"Katie, this is Drew. We work together on the Hollingsworth campaign."
Maya was about to throw up when she heard that.
"Hi," Katie thought he was hot.
"You have an interesting house." He offered diplomatically.
"My mother's bat shit insane. It's okay to say."
The two quickly started talking.
Maya decided not to chance it and went to the bathroom.
"Did you grow up around here?" Katie asked him.
"Sort of. I moved here when I was 16. I ended up staying. What about you?"
"Born and raised in Toronto. Ran away to California when I was 18 and then I came back for law school."
OOO
Drew had always wanted to go to California. "How was it?"
"The people were nice. The rent was just too damn high."
Drew knew those sentiments exactly. "Rent is no joke. I can barely afford a studio," and he's been out of college three years.
"I told you so," Marisol said to Mo. She just knew they would hit it off.
"To be fair, Drew will fall for anything in a skirt." Mo didn't think, however, that Katie would take to Drew.
At the end of the night, Katie and Drew exchanged numbers.
"I'll give you a call," he said as he and Mo took off.
"Bye Drew."
"Bye Drew," Marisol teased.
"Shut up!"
"Katie and Drew sitting in a tree F-U-C-K-I-N-G!"
She rolled her eyes. "Not yet, but did you see his arms?" He was a beefy looking man, yum.
"Let's get you upstairs cowgirl!" They headed up for the night. It was time for a drunken sleepover.
Maya had been home two days when a solicitor came to her house.
OOO
Margaret answered the door. "Hello?"
"I'm here for Maya Matlin."
"And who are you?"
"My name is Holly J. Sinclair."
"Maya … you got company."
Not expecting anyone, Maya scrambled to put on clothes and come downstairs.
"Who are you?"
"Hello Maya. My name is Holly J. Sinclair. I represent Miles Hollingsworth II."
What use did he have with me? "Represent him for what."
"I'm his general counsel." She hired him to represent him and his family, whatever they needed.
"Okay, what do you want with me?"
They moved into the study. "I'm here to discuss the matter of your impending baby. One you allege to be sired by Miles III."
"There's no alleged about it. He was my only partner for two years. He knows what happened. He was horny and didn't bother with a condom." Maya might be a little naïve, but she was not a tramp.
"That may be," Holly J replied coolly, "but it would be best for you to keep quiet about this baby's paternity."
"Why? Is your boss afraid of people knowing his son's a coward?"
Holly J presented Maya with settlement papers. "My boss will pay handsomely if you would give your baby up for adoption, a closed adoption," one where no one ever mentioned Miles III's name.
"I'm not giving away my baby."
"Think about it," Holly J told her. "My birth mother gave me away," she said calmly. "I was much better for it."
She got up and left.
Maya took the papers and threw them in a drawer. Of course, Miles ran to Daddy who ran to a lawyer. "How did I fall for such a man child?"
OOO
Katie quickly found herself smitten with Drew. They went to the movies that night and saw the fourth Avengers movie. It was not Katie's favorite movie, but it was half decent, she had to give it that.
"Just half decent. It had Scarlett Johansson practically naked."
"I'm straight," she reminded him, "not exactly a selling point for me."
"It had that blonde guy girls like."
"I've never been into blondes," Katie admitted.
"I guess that's good for me."
They made out in her car like teenagers before he dropped her off at her house. "I'll see you later."
Katie was on cloud nine. How could things get any better?"
OOO
Maya was on Skype with Tristan.
"So how's Toronto?"
She shrugged. "It goes. I don't have too much to do here." She had her violin to play, but that was about it.
"Did you hear from Losersworth yet?"
"No, but I heard from his daddy's shiny lawyer." She hardly looked older than Katie.
Tristan rolled his eyes. "Let me guess, settlement for you to get rid of the baby and keep your mouth shut."
"Of course. Didn't you know money fixes all problems?"
"I wish I could say I was surprised but …"
"He's an asshole, and I took too long to see it."
"You don't need him Maya. You have talent and skill. He has nothing but a trust fund and an overactive dick."
Maya started cracking up. "I'll be back in New York before you know it."
"You better be. Who else am I going to make fun of Zoe Rivas with when Degrassi Does Milan comes out?" She overacts so much it's hilarious.
"What would you do without me?"
OOO
Drew was about to pick up Katie for a date. She was out of condoms and wasn't sure if she could trust Drew to be prepared. "Maya, are you in there?" She knocked on Maya's door and got no answer.
She slowly opened it and saw that the room was empty. She looked in her desk drawers, hoping to find condoms when she saw some kind of contract. "What is this?"
She started to read it.
This agreement is to settle the alleged paternity of …
"Maya's pregnant?"
She heard Drew honk his horn and threw the contract in the drawer.
"SHIT!"
She ran out for her date, forgetting about the condoms.
"Hey Katie."
"Hey Drew."
"Let's rocket."
He took her to see a roller derby match. She had never been to one before and was surprised that Drew took her to a female sporting event.
"My brother's girlfriend did roller derby here. The girl would not hesitate to punch bitches out." Bianca DeSousa was a scary bitch. Drew knew not to mess with her.
"Was she any good?"
"Her team won three years in a row." Bianca and Adam now lived in Boston together. He was a radio show host, and she was a dance instructor.
OOO
After the match, the Fire Foxes beat the Willows, Drew and Katie went out for pizza.
"I could eat pizza every day," Drew commented as he grabbed a third slice.
"It would go straight to my stomach," Katie stayed fit by playing soccer. She had been on an intramural team during law school.
"You look fabulous." She really did. Drew had both good and bad luck with women. He got into relationships easily; he also fucked them up easily.
They went back to his apartment after dinner. His lips met hers in a tender kiss as he guided her to his bedroom. She could feel his excitement against her stomach and he started to kiss her neck.
"Drew wait."
He broke from her and looked up. "What is it?"
"Do you have any condoms?"
Phew! "Yeah. We have plenty."
They went right back to making out. Hands slithered underneath clothes and before Katie knew it, Drew had her naked. He started kissing her breasts, before making a trail down her stomach.
"YMMM!"
His fingers slid across her sex. She was wet. He started to rub his finger against her clit.
"OH DREW!"
One of his fingers slid inside her and he began to pump it.
"OH!" she could feel herself tightening around him.
When his eyes met hers, he whispered, "Are you ready?"
She nodded, and he quickly put a rubber on himself. He pushed at her knees, getting her to spread her legs before he slid inside of her.
"OH FUCK!"
She was tight. It had been a while for her. Drew kissed her neck and began to thrust.
Her nails dug into his shoulders. Her legs wrapped around his hips and she began rocking against him.
Moans and curses filled the room as they battled for control.
Katie's eyes rolled to the back of her head as she came. Drew was right behind her.
They sank into the sheets. Before they could have round two, Drew fell asleep.
OOO
When Katie got home the next day, she remembered what she had seen the evening before and went to speak to her younger sister.
Maya had been puking, again, and Katie waited for her to come out of the bathroom.
"What's going on?"
"Can we talk?"
Okay. Maya went into her room and Katie followed her.
"I want to apologize. I needed some condoms last night and I didn't have any, so I went snooping in your room for some."
Maya handed Katie a box. "I don't need them."
"There's more. I found the contract that the Hollingsworths gave you. You're pregnant, and it's Miles' isn't it?"
Maya should have known that this wouldn't stay quiet, especially with Katie dating their campaign manager or whatever Drew is. "Miles and I dated for two years. I met him at one of my concerts."
She had no idea what he had been doing there. He was probably loitering.
"He seemed nice and started flirting with me. I thought he was cute, so I gave him my number."
It started with grand gestures like lots of flowers, and once he had sent her a singing telegram.
"We started dating, and I thought we would be together forever." He told her he loved her, he wanted to marry her, she was everything to him.
"One afternoon, we fooled around in his car. He didn't have a condom. He said he'd pull out. He didn't and six weeks later, I started puking. I told him I was pregnant. He said he'd dump me if I didn't terminate, and I walked out. Now his daddy's lawyer is trying to get me to give up the baby, so no one will know what he did."
OOO
Katie couldn't believe how things changed so much. When she left, Maya was this awkward freshman with no boobs. She wasn't having sex or even going to second base.
"Was he your …"
"No." Her first had been a boy named Zig. She met him at a party before she went to college. He was nice, but they both knew they'd likely never see each other again afterwards.
Katie wasn't sure what Maya should do, but she knew she had to be supportive. "What do you want to do?"
"I want to keep it." She knew it would be hard. But she was healthy, employable, and would be able to take care of a child.
"What about Julliard?"
"I'm going to take summer classes, so I can graduate in December. I'm due in February."
She would still walk with her incoming class in May.
"Where will you live?"
Right now, she had a two-bedroom apartment that she shared with Tristan. "I'll have to move when the baby comes." She couldn't Tristan to live with her and a crying baby.
"Maybe you should come back home." She'd at least have family here.
Maya shook her head. "Miles will be back here, and I don't want to be anywhere near him or his family."
Katie could understand that. "I know we haven't been so close over the years, but if you need anything, I'm only a phone call away."