Alex walked over to the bathroom door and banged on it. "Hurry up in there. We're going to be late." He turned and walked back down the hall. Jo sat on the edge of the tub. She looked around nervously and tapped her foot. She took a look at her watch and sighed heavily.
"Come on…hurry up." The timer dinged. Jo sat there a minute before getting up and slowly walking over to the sink. She picked up the pregnancy test and looked at it. Tears welled up in her eyes and she sighed heavily again. Alex came over and banged on the door again.
"What are you doing in there? We're late."
Jo cleared her throat. "C..coming." Jo wiped her eyes and wrapped the pregnancy test in a tissue and threw it away. She walked over and opened the door and Alex was waiting outside. Jo stopped short when she saw him.
"What the hell is wrong with you? Are you sick or something?"
"I'm fine. Come on let's go." Jo walked past him and went downstairs. Alex followed her. Jo grabbed her coat and bag and headed out the front door. Alex grabbed his keys off the table by the door and followed her out.
Alex pulled into his parking space in front of the hospital. He looked over at Jo who was eating some saltines. He gave her a look. "What?" She wiped the crumbs off of her shirt.
"You're acting weird."
"I told you I'm fine. Jeez Alex." Jo looked like she could burst into tears. She grabbed her bag and got out of the car and headed towards the front door of the hospital.
Alex grumbled to himself as he got his stuff and got out of the car. He hit the lock button on the key as he followed her inside. Alex walked fast to catch up with her. "Are you like PMSing or something?"
"Seriously?" Jo scoffed. "You know what I don't want anything to do with you right now." She yelled before storming off into the direction of the resident's lounge.
Alex watched her turn the corner before he headed off to the doctor's lounge. He pushed the door open forcefully and shook his head as he walked over to his locker.
"Are you alright?" Meredith asked from her spot at the table. April was sitting next to her. April's swollen belly hit the edge of the table. She was pregnant with her second baby. She and Jackson had their daughter, Emily Grace, two years ago.
"What?" Alex said angrily.
"Someone sure is a grumpus this morning."
"What is the matter with you?"
"Wilson. She's been acting weird all week. I asked her if she was PMSing."
"Why would you do that?"
"She's been acting all hormonal lately."
"Are you sure it isn't just because she's dating you?" April said before pushing herself up out of the chair.
"Shut up, Kepner." Alex made a face at her.
"Did you want me to talk to her or something?" Meredith asked.
"No."
"You could try being a little nicer to her." April said walking out of the room.
"She probably is PMSing but it's not something you ask about. Just be there for her."
"Yeah, okay. I'll go and try to find her."
"Give her some time. She's probably still pissed at you for asking." Meredith headed out of the lounge.
Jo vented to Stephanie as she changed into her scrubs. Stephanie sat on the bench half listening to her. "Sometimes he makes me so mad." Jo slammed her locker shut.
"You knew what he was like before you started dating him."
"I know but he goes from being a really sweet guy to a complete jerk in ten seconds. Maybe he's the one who is PMSing." Jo sighed and leaned into her locker resting her head on her forearm. She started sniffling.
Stephanie had a confused look on her face. "Are you crying?"
"No." Jo sobbed.
"What's wrong?"
Jo shook her head. She turned and leaned back against her locker. She looked up at the ceiling and wiped her eyes. "I'm…pregnant…" Stephanie couldn't hear what she said.
"What?"
"I'm pregnant…" Jo said a little louder this time.
"What? Are you sure?" Jo nodded. "Did you take a pregnancy test?"
"Three of them."
"Oh God. Jo what are you going to do?"
"I don't know." She started crying again.
"Does Karev know?"
"No."
"Are you going to tell him?"
"Everything is going really good between us…."
"He loves you. You know that. He's asked you to marry him like three times already."
"I know…I just…."
"Does he not want kids or something?"
"No he does…"
"You don't?"
"I do. I just didn't want to be in my third year of residency. I wanted to be a real doctor first."
"So what are you going to do?"
"I don't know."
"Well you need to tell Karev."
"I will. I just don't know how yet."
Callie came into the lounge. "Wilson! You're with me today." Jo stood up straight and wiped her eyes. She cleared her throat.
"Coming." She put her stethoscope around her neck and went over to join Callie in the doorway.
"I hope you ate your wheaties this morning." Callie smiled.
Jo was standing at the nurse's station finishing up on a chart. Alex came walking over to her. "Can we talk?" Alex leaned against the counter.
"Alex. I'm busy."
"We need to talk."
"Yes we do but not now." Jo handed the tablet to the nurse sitting behind the counter.
"Are you going to break up with me?" Alex asked as Jo walked away. Jo turned around and walked back over to him.
"What?"
"Are you planning on breaking up with me?"
"Why would I break up with you?"
"I don't know."
"No. I'm not going to break up with you. I just can't talk to you now." Jo's pager went off. "I have to go. Torres needs me."
"Fine."
"We'll talk tonight."
"Okay." Jo headed off in the direction of the trauma rooms. Alex sighed heavily.
Jo walked into the trauma room. "Did you get those x-rays?" Callie asked.
"Yes. Right here." Jo handed them over to her. Callie took them out of the envelope and put them up on the light board. Jo went over and looked at the x-ray with her.
"You see that right there." Callie pointed to a dark line on the x-ray.
"Yeah."
"Hairline fractures. We need to go in there and reset them."
"Did you want me to book an OR?"
"Yeah we need to get in there as soon as possible."
Jo went over and called up to the OR to book a room. "There's a room available in an hour."
"While we wait we can cast his arm."
"I'll go get the plaster." Jo headed out of the room. Jo brought it over and sat down across from Callie and they started to cast the man's arm.
They were just about done casting but they needed a little more plaster. Jo stood up to go get more plaster when she got lightheaded. "Woah."
"You okay?"
"Yea." Jo took a minute to let the dizziness pass and then went to get the plaster. Callie set the arm while Jo mixed the plaster. There was a loud crash and Callie looked behind her to see what happened. Jo was passed out on the floor.
"Wilson? Wilson? Someone help her." A nurse rushed over to help her. "Someone get Hunt."
A few minute later Jo regained consciousness. She held her head and seemed a little out of it. "What? What happened?"
"You passed out." Owen said examining her.
"My head hurts."
"You whacked it pretty good on the exam room floor."
Jo shook her head. "Oh, God."
A nurse hooked her up to an IV. "Did you forget to eat or something this morning?"
"We were running late."
"You don't think you could be pregnant do you?' Jo didn't say anything. "Someone page OB."
Alex came into the room. "What happened?"
"Nothing, I just passed out."
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah. Just a little dehydrated."
"Did you want me to stay?"
"No. Go. You have kids to save." Jo gave him a little smile.
"Okay." He leaned in and kissed her. "I love you."
"I love you too." Alex headed out of the room.
"So how far a long are you?" Owen asked after Alex left.
"I don't know." Jo teared up.
"It's okay. Dr. Taylor can help you out with that." Dr. Taylor walked into the room. "I'll leave you two to talk."
"Thank you." Owen left.
"Hey, Dr. Wilson."
"Hi."
"So you think you're pregnant?"
"I took a test this morning and it was positive."
"Okay. Well why don't we take a look."
Jo nodded and laid back. Dr. Taylor sat down in front of her and put on some gloves. Jo winced as Dr. Taylor examined her. Dr. Taylor did an internal ultrasound. Jo watched the screen intently.
"Is that…?"
"Congratulations…it looks like you're about five weeks." Jo bit her bottom lip to keep from crying. "You going to be okay?"
Jo nodded. "Y…yeah. I just don't know how I'm going to tell my boyfriend."
"You do have options."
"I know. He wants kids. We both do but we were hoping in a couple of years or so." Dr. Taylor gave her some pamphlets.
"You should take it easy the rest of the day."
"No I can't."
"You're going to have to now." Dr. Taylor handed her the sonogram picture. "For your baby."
Jo and Alex drove home in silence. Alex cleared his throat. " Are you okay?"
"Hmm?" Alex interrupted Jo from her daydream.
"Are you okay?"
"Oh, yeah. Well I still have a bit of a headache but other then that I'm fine."
Alex pulled into the driveway and they got out and headed inside. "Did you want some aspirin for your headache?"
"Um…no it's okay." Jo sat down at the kitchen table.
"Did you want to order a pizza?"
"Yeah that would be great."
"Anchovies?"
"Ew no."
"You love anchovies."
"Not anymore. How about peppers, mushroom, pineapple and olives?"
Alex makes a face. "You want all that on one pizza?"
"Yeah." Alex shook his head. "Okay." He pulled out his phone and called in the pizza order. Jo looked at Alex trying to think of a way to tell him the news. Alex hung up the phone and put it back in his pocket. "You want a beer?"
"No…" She took a deep breath in. "Alex?"
Alex grabbed a beer out of the fridge and popped the top. "Yeah."
"I need to talk to you."
Alex walked over and sat down next to her at the table. "What's up?" Jo knew what she wanted to say she just couldn't bring herself to say it. "Babe? Are you breaking up with me?"
"What? No. Of course not."
"What is it then?"
"I um…I don't know how to really say this."
"Just spit it out already."
"I'm pregnant."
Alex spit his beer out. "What?"
"i'm pregnant." Jo's eyes teared up.
"You're…pregnant?" Jo nodded. "When? I mean how long ago?"
"Five weeks." Jo cried.
"You're pregnant." Alex said it again so it would sink in. Jo sobbed. "Hey, why are you crying?" Alex reached over and rubbed her shoulder.
Jo shook her head. "I don't know."
"It's okay."
"It wasn't supposed to be like this. We were going to wait until I finished my boards."
"We can still do this."
"How can you be so calm?" Jo wiped her eyes.
"I love you and we can do this."
"Alex…"
"It will be fine." Alex leaned in and kissed her. "I love you."
"I love you too." The doorbell rang.
"I'll go get it." Alex got up and headed out of the kitchen.
Jo was laying in bed looking at the ultrasound picture that Dr. Taylor had given her. Alex came walking into the room. "What's that?" Jo held it out to him. Alex climbed into bed and took the picture. He looked at it and smiled. Jo laid back on the pillows and rested her hand on her stomach.
Alex looked at the picture another minute. "I promise I won't be a dead beat dad."
"You're going to be a great dad. You're so good with your patients." Jo smiled at him. "That's one reason why I fell in love with you." Alex wrapped his arm around her and pulled her into him. Jo rested her head on his chest. Alex put his hand on her stomach and gently rubbed it.
"Are you still going to love me when I'm as big as a whale?"
"Oh yeah."
"You promise?"
"I promise." Alex leaned forward and kissed her. Jo rested her hand on top of his.
"You know we could get married."
"What?"
"We could get married."
"Why?"
"We're having a baby and we love each other."
"Just because we're having a baby doesn't mean we have to get married. A lot of people have kids without getting married."
"Will you just think about it?"
"Okay, I'll think about it."
Alex kissed her again. "I love you."
"I love you too."
"You want to get some sleep?"
"I can't. I'm to hungry to sleep."
"We just ate a few hours ago."
"Well the blob is hungry."
"Want me to get you something?"
"Yes, please."
"There's still some pizza left."
"Um…I was thinking more on the lines of crackers with cheese wiz and pickles."
"That's disgusting."
"I can't help what the blob is graving."
"How long are we going to call it the blob?"
"I guess until we find out if it's a boy or a girl. Unless you don't want to know."
"No. I think knowing is better."
"Okay. So I guess until then."
"I'll go get you your crackers."
"Don't forget the pickles." "I won't." Alex got out of bed and headed out of the room. Jo smiled and leaned back against the headboard.
To Be Continued...