Fandom: 30 Rock

Pairing: Jack/Liz

Prompt: Originally insipred by Jenncho's fanvid 'Wonders of my World' and later intended for ham_napkin, but the idea got much too long.

Rating: PG-13

Spoilers: May make references to all episodes

Disclaimer: Tina is our supreme leader. I own nothing!

I.

There are times in Liz Lemon's life when she finds her boss endearing. Sometimes he's sweet, sometimes charming. Other times he can be a bit arrogant. And other times she simply can't stand him. As for the latter, right about now comes to mind.

"We can't do another product integration sketch, Jack. I seriously feel like we're just an hour-long advertisement as it is." Liz says as she presses ground floor button on the elevator.

Jack follows her in. "Lemon, come on now. We've had this discussion several times already. What is television if not to fill time in between microwave commercials."

Liz glares at him, "Oh so on top of everything else you decide to insult my show? Great argument Jack, you would make one hell of a lawyer."

Jack sighs, "I mean, Liz, you know what I mean."

The elevator door opens and she quickly walks out of it, Jack following her step "No, sadly I don't Jack. I'm beginning to question whether or not we even know each other that well. Look at us! Dating for six months and we still get into arguments about...sketches? Really?"

Jack reaches out to grab her arm. "Liz, wait, please." She sighs exaustedly and waits for him to finish, "You're right, this isn't like us. Let's just go home, have a nice dinner in..." he wraps his arm around her and whispers in her ear seductively, "...and spend the night in my bed together..."

But instead of the impassioned acceptance of his proposal, he instead is met with Liz's fiery glance as she tears away from his grip. "You're thinking about sex already? Jesus, what is wrong with you?"

He opens his mouth to protest, but is quickly interrupted. "You know what Jack, I can't do this anymore. I think we're done." And with that, she storms off, exiting the building.

"Fine," he whispers defeatedly.

II.

She and Jack had been broken up for a month, officially. Well, she thought, who was keeping track. It wasn't like she was upset that he hadn't called at all. The only officicial contact she had had with him was very straightforward meetings about the goings-on at the show. That was it.

The point is, she felt great. Again, she thought. This morning's past splorching session said otherwise. But she assumed that it had to do with her massive beef jerky intake. Which she had been craving for the past month.

This, though, is why she is currently at the doctors office, in a patient's room waiting for some tests to come back. Because of the swine flu epidemic they didn't want to take any chances, and had immediately admitted her. Her mood lifts a little when she sees the doctor enter the room with a smile on his face.

"Ms. Lemon, how are you feeling?"

"Well, not as bad as I could be feeling!" she nerviously laughs. Damn it, she can't even approach a serious situation without turning it into a joke.

"I have some good news," Liz lifts her face in expectation, only to be crushed not two seconds later. "You're pregnant."

Liz clears her throat, attempting to block what she felt were incoming tears, "I'm sorry, what now?"

"We got your blood work back. The good news is that you are perfectly healthy, no diseases. And well, you're only about eight weeks along, but you are definitely pregnant."

It deftly hits her all at once, and she immediately knows who the father is. Who else could it be? She surprises the doctor by, instead of smiling indefinitely, collapses her head against the pillow and stares off in the distance. "Blerg"

**

Her first instinct when she returns to 30 Rock is to talk to Jack, but clearly, that's out of the question. If he hadn't already called her regarding their relationship, how would he respond when she walked nonchalantly into his office and went "Hey, guess what, I'm pregnant with your baby, congratulations."

So that left out Jack, and she couldn't approach Pete because let's face it, this was a woman's issue. She needed a woman with experience in this area. Unfortunately, she knew of no such person, so that left Jenna, whom she found touching up her make up in her dressing room.

"Hey friend!" Liz said pseudo-happily as she hugged Jenna

"Oh my god, you're pregnant!"

"What, yes! How can you tell!"

"I just can!"

"This is no time for bragging!"

"I'm sorry, I'm just so happy for you, this is what you always wanted."

"Yeah but not like this."

"Why not like this? I mean, it's Jack's...it is Jack's right?"

Liz sighs "That's the problem."

TBC