Chapter 17

Kiwi was looking deep into Max’s eyes. In fact, she had been doing that for quite a while. Her heart started racing when Max smiled.

“What’s so intriguing about my face?” Max asked.

“Besides how it lights up when you blush? Everything,” Kiwi chuckled. “I was just thinking that today was not what I expected when you asked me if I wanted to have fun. I’m surprised.”

Max sat up straight and asked, “Surprised in a good way? Or another way?”

Kiwi reached her hand out and rubbed Max’s cheek and said, “Definitely good. I’ll always love picnics and long walks as long as they’re with you, my Disney Princess. It’s so beautiful out in the country compared to the city. I can actually see myself living the rest of my life in a place like this. That’s not too crazy is it?”

Max closed the distance between the two and kissed Kiwi. When she pulled away she said, “I can’t wait until we’re married. There’s one question I have though. Something we never really talked about before. Will you change your last name or would you prefer I change my last name to yours?”

“Wow. That’s another unexpected one from you. I never really believed in changing a person’s name when getting married. But considering the issues I’ve had with my family, I think I’d like to change my last name to yours. In fact, I’ve actually been considering legally changing my first name to actually being Kiwi,” Kiwi told Max.

Max leaned back and said, “Hmm. Kiwi Isabella Halliwell. I love the sound of that.”

Max was practically purring when she went in for another kiss. They ended up laying down on the quilt that they had set out for the picnic and they were both naked. Max kissed Kiwi’s round belly and made her way to her lover’s pussy. As she tasted Kiwi’s already moist pussy Max moaned in anticipation. She so entranced with what she was doing she didn’t realize they had company.

When she heard a twig snap Max jumped up and turned around and said, “Lissa? What are you doing here?”

Lissa grinned and said, “Looking for you M. Grandpa wanted me to find you. Wendy is having the baby.” Max started to run in the direction of the car when Lissa stopped her. “You might want to do one thing before you go rushing off to the hospital.”

“What could be more important than Wendy having a baby at this moment?” asked Max.

“Oh, I can think of one thing. Like not getting arrested because you’re running around town naked,” Lissa answered.

Max looked down and let out a funny noise then ran back to gather her clothes. Lissa offered to drive both Max and Kiwi.

Halfway to the hospital, Kiwi asked, “Did you seriously forget you were butt naked when Lissa said Wendy was having the baby?”

Max blushed again and said, “Maybe a little.”

Kiwi didn’t say anything to that she just laid her head on Max’s shoulder and quietly nodded off to sleep.

Shortly after getting to the hospital, they ran into Harry. Max threw her arms around Harry and asked, “How is Wendy? Is she okay? Is the baby fine?”

Harry placed a calming hand onto Max’s head, “She’s okay. She’s still in labor. And the baby is going to be fine. Is fine. Let’s all go to the waiting room.”

Kiwi still was half asleep as she said, “I’m going to have to take a rain check on that. I want to have a check-up. I want to see how this baby is doing,” she rubbed her belly, “and then I need to talk to someone about giving it up for adoption.”

Harry didn’t say anything he just nodded. Max tried to take Kiwi’s hand but Kiwi just looked down and walked away. Seeing Max’s disappointed look Lissa took Max’s arm in hers and the two walked to the waiting room like that. When they got there they saw that there was already a large group. Some of them Max knew like Wendy’s Dad Joe, and she was vaguely familiar with his ex-wife Gwen. Or was that just his ex-partner? She was having a hard time remembering if they had ever been married or just partners. But there were a few people she didn’t know. She was willing to bet that the young and very nervous couple were Wendy’s brother and sister-in-law. When Joe noticed Max he seemed a little nervous.

“Joe, Is there any word yet?” asked Harry.

Joe’s nervousness vanished as he said, “She’s still in labor. She’s cursing out her brother though just like when they were kids. So I think she’s going to be fine.”

“Wendy cursing someone out? I can’t really imagine that. That’d be fun to see,” Max said.

Joe laughed, “Especially the way she does it. But I think she’d be too embarrassed for you to hear her.”

“She’s practically family. She should get used to that kind of thing,” Max said.

Joe cringed when Max mentioned family. Luckily she didn’t notice but Harry did.

Harry put a hand on his friend’s shoulder and said, “Have you ever had a cup of hot Cocoa from the cafeteria here? It’s the best. It’ll help with the nerves.”

A few minutes later Max noticed that Harry and Joe hadn’t come back yet. She was worried so she went looking for them.

What she heard surprised her. She heard Joe say, “Don’t be stupid Harry. Even you have to admit it could be possible that Maxine is my daughter. After all, Emily gave the letter with the results to Wendy for safekeeping. Until after Emily’s passing.”

“What does that have to do with anything?” demanded Harry.

“Wendy stored the envelope in our old house. The one that burned down, remember?” Joe said.

“I... “ Harry faltered. “I do remember that.” He stumbled stepping back. And that’s when Max made her way in the opposite direction.

She ran into the ladies’ room and locked the stall door behind her. She could feel her body wanting to hyperventilate. She huffed out, “Harry might not be my Dad after all? Oh, God what am I going to do? He may not love me anymore. I need to talk to my Kiwi.”

After drying her tears Max found her way back to the waiting room. When she saw both Harry and Joe there she wanted to run away but then a Doctor came into the room and said, “Wendy Stiller’s party.”

They argued for a while on who was going to see Wendy and the baby first. Joe said that he should get to see them first because he was the one that helped to bring Wendy into this world. He was both her father and he had also delivered her in the back of their SUV. Harry wanted to see Wendy first because she was his fiancee. They ended up agreeing to let her brother and his wife see them first because it was after all their baby that Wendy had given birth too.