Lexie paced back and forth in the tiny bathroom, her mind casting back to that night. She hadn't meant to say it, she'd tried to mash it down and not say it, but she had a habit of saying things she shouldn't. Mark had just stared, watching her gush months of repressed feelings. And then Julia had shown up and he'd left without a word. Until later that night, in the pouring rain when he'd turned up on her doorstep.
"I love you, I've always loved you. I will always be in love with you."
She remembered the way their bodies seemed to recognise each other, perfectly melding together and sharing one rhythm. The passion was still there after all that time – he still took her breath away.

A knock at the door brought her mind back to the present. "Anyone in there?"

"Go away, April!" Lexie called back. She glanced from her watch to the bathroom basin where two pregnancy tests sat like ticking time bombs. Just when everything was falling back into place, something else had come along to come between her and Mark; another baby of all things! Lexie wanted kids, of course she did. She just wasn't ready now. She remembered what Mark had said as they lay in bed that fateful night.
"We can get married. And you're going to become an amazing surgeon. And we're going to have two or three kids."

"Sofia can have siblings." She had mused.
"Yeah, a sister and two brothers. We're going to be happy, Lex. You and me, we're going to have the best lives, Lexie, you and me. We're going to be so happy."

In that moment she'd believed in everything he'd said and wanted it with her whole heart. But she'd thought she had years before they got there, not a matter of weeks. Now she wasn't so sure. She traced the cold outline of the bathroom tiles with her toe, willing time to speed up. She felt like she might throw up, whether that was a sign of pregnancy or nerves she couldn't tell. She really needed to relax – the tests could come back negative and everything could be fine. But she couldn't help but remember the last two times a baby had been thrown into their relationship. She was trying to be calm and picture the positives of either outcome but the truth was she was so scared.

Meanwhile in the downstairs bathroom, April faced the same dilemma. She awkwardly stared at the pregnancy tests she'd bought that were still sealed in their packaging. She'd locked herself in the bathroom at least ten minutes ago and if she didn't get it over and done with soon, the others would notice she was gone. Yet still she continued to stare at the tests, as if they'd soon back down and the whole problem would go away. What were the chances of someone becoming pregnant on their first time; of going from virgin to mother in one night? As a doctor she knew the chances, she just didn't want to believe that it had happened to her. Her and Jackson weren't even together! This was probably God's way of punishing her for having sex before marriage. She jumped as she heard Jackson calling her name.
"In the bathroom!" she hissed back at him.
"Oh okay, never mind then." He said, right outside the door by now.

April heard his footsteps retreating. "No, wait!" she called out. "I need you. I mean, I need to talk to you. Now."

She turned the lock carefully and drew a deep breath. Jackson entered the bathroom with a look of utter confusion, his eyes fixed on April. She opened her mouth to talk to him but instead she burst into tears. Still no idea what was going on, Jackson wrapped his arms around her and she crumpled against his body. Her sobs were muffled as she cried into his shirt.
"What is it? What's wrong?" It was then that he spied the unopened pregnancy test boxes. "Oh April." He squeezed her tighter and rubbed her back lovingly. Eventually, she pulled away and he grabbed her hand as she began to talk.

"Jackson, I think I'm pregnant. I'm so sorry. I was trying to take the test before I got you all worried too but I just couldn't make myself do it."
"You're not alone," he said simply. "I'll hold your hand through it all if you want me to."

April smiled at him. She was glad that after everything they'd been through she still had her best friend. He unwrapped the first test and handed it to her.

"It's karma, it's karma for breaking my promise to Jesus." April repeated over and over as they waited for the results. Jackson tried to reassure her that it wasn't but she didn't seem willing to believe him.

"Do you want to check it or do you need me too?" When April didn't move, Jackson reached for the sticks. The symbols matched each other – they were both positive.
"I'm pregnant…" April repeated after him, wondering if she'd misheard him the first time. She didn't cry, didn't gasp, and just sat in a state of shock as things crumbled around her.

Upstairs, Lexie was echoing her sentiment.