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Chapter 2: Working

Jo laid there silently waiting for a response from Alex. Oh no he must be mad, I know he said he wanted kids but I guess he was just saying that, Jo thought to herself when she stilled received no reply. "Alex look it's okay you don't have to say anything," She said to him as she turned to face him. Much to her surprise Alex was fast asleep, and hadn't heard a single word that she's said. Jo smiles to herself, and then kisses Alex before resting her head on his chest and falling asleep.

Jo woke up the next morning to the smell of coffee, and an empty bed. She furrowed her brow and began to feel around for her phone, when she finally reached it she was shocked to see that it read 8:51. Shit! She thought as she jumped out of the bed, almost hitting her head on the top bunk. It wasn't until she was out of the bed that she discovered the source of the smell. There on the ground next to the bunk was a cup of coffee and a note.

Jo,

I didn't want to wake you this morning, so I let you sleep.

You're on my service today so don't worry about rounds,

but I have a tumor resection in a 6 year old at 9, so you

better be up.

Love you,

Alex

Jo smiled as she finished reading the note and smiled, I really do have the bet boyfriend ever, she thought as she tucked the note in her pocket and picked up the cup of coffee. She tossed the coffee in a trash can outside the on call room, and then grabbed a cup of decaf from the coffee cart in the lobby, before making her way up to Peds.

"Hey stranger," Jo said when she located Alex.

"Hey sleepy head," Alex quipped back as he made is way over to Jo, "Sleep well?"

"Like a baby," Jo said with a smile as Alex kissed her.

"Well I'm glad that you've finally found someone who isn't crazy or riddled with cancer, and that has yet to be run over or shot at, I don't need to see that." Cristina said as she walked over to the nurses' station.

"Leave me alone Yang." Alex said as he and Jo broke apart. "How are baby Nathan's stats?"

"He's still stable, so that's good, but I still don't think he is out of the woods." She replied.

"Good that means that soon enough you will be back to cardio, and I won't have to deal with you lurking around in Peds." Alex said with a chuckle.

"And yet I will still have the risk of seeing you and Wilson sucking face in some other part of the hospital. Lucky me!" She said as she walked away.

"Why is she so cranky all the time?" Jo question when Cristina was finally out of ear shot.

"She isn't a bad person, you just have to get to know her, she can be very caring." Alex explained

"Yeah I'll believe that when I see it," Jo said with an eye roll. "So when do you get off tonight?"

"Umm well my last surgery is at 4, so without complications, and any crazy traumas I say 10, you on call tonight?"

"Nope, tomorrow and seeing as your my attending, we should be done at the same time." She said as she moved closer to Alex.

"Hmmm fancy that," He replied as he wrapped his arm around Jo's waist and pulled her flush against his body.

"Get to work!" Yang yelled from down the hall, causing both Alex and Jo to chuckle.

"Hey you want to see something before you prep William for surgery?" Alex asked as he grabbed Jo's hand, and pulled her down the hall until they were both standing in front of Cody's room.

"That's Cody, I've seen him before." Jo said, there was nothing she could see that had changed since she saw him yesterday.

"Watch," he said as he nodded to Cody.

Jo smiled when she saw the tiniest twitch of Cody's big toe. "He's gaining function." She said.

"Yup, turns out his father didn't paralyze him after all, now enough of this go get Weepy Willy ready for surgery."

"Alex Karev, the boy is 6, has a tumor the size of a tennis ball on his liver, and is about to surgery, don't you think he has a reason to cry!" Jo scolded, even though she disapproved of his nicknames, they could be quite comical, and were always fitting.

"Yeah sure he can be upset, but he hasn't stopped crying since he got here two days ago, I had to hang and extra bag of fluids to keep him hydrated, it's a bit excessive." Alex defended.

"I suppose, but it still not nice," Jo said as she walked away.

Jo prepped William for his tumor resection, all the while trying her best to get him to stop crying, her attempts were in vain. "Are you sure you have to do the surgery today?" Mrs. Armstrong, William's mother asked. "He is still really scared."

"The sooner we do the surgery, the better otherwise the tumor might grow bigger and cause even more complications." Jo explained to the worried mother.

"Are you sure, I mean what's one more just let me get him to stop crying!" She begged, making her son only more upset.

"Mrs. Armstrong, I know you're worried, but Dr. Karev is an incredible surgeon and he will be able to help your son." Jo explained "And William, this whole thing is pretty scary huh?"

"Mhmm," William whimpered.

"Dr. Karev he has been a doctor since before you were even born, so he's had lots of time to get really good at fixing little boys. And you know what else Dr. Karev is really good at?" Jo asked.

"What?" William asked his crying turning into just a few whimpers.

"Telling jokes," Jo said as a smile grew on her face.

"Really! Does he tell really funny ones?" William asked, and Jo swore she almost saw a smile grace William's lips.

"The funniest!" Jo exclaimed.

"Will he tell me one?" William asked, no longer crying.

"I don't know, he only tells them to his favorite patients, but I think he likes you, so next time you see him why don't you ask him." Jo said.

"No way!" William said, like he had never heard a joke before, or that he couldn't believe that his doctor knew funny jokes.

"Yes way, now I'm going to go tell Dr. Karev that you're all ready for surgery and then I'll come back to get you." Jo explained as she left the boys room. She then made her way to the attending's lounge, where she knew Alex would be.

"Hey is Weepy Willy ready for surgery?" Alex asked when he spotted Jo.

"You can't call him that anymore, he isn't crying." Jo answered.

"How'd you swing that one Wilson?" Cristina asked from across the room. "I've heard that kid crying from down the hall for days."

"I have my ways," Jo said "I just told him that Alex was a really good joke teller."

"You did what? I don't know any jokes!" Alex said.

"Well he's ready for surgery, and I told him that if he asked you would tell him one so here." Jo said tossing Alex a piece of Laffy Taffy. "Now let's go, William's waiting."

"You're dead Wilson," Alex called after her as he quickly read the jokes on the wrapper.

Alex and Jo were pushing William's gurney down the hall toward the O.R., when William finally asked Alex to tell him a joke. "Why did the cookie go to the hospital?" Alex asked.

"I don't know," replied William.

"Because he was feeling crumby!" Alex said.

Much to his surprise the boy began laughing hysterically, Alex smiled and the looked up at Jo and mouthed the words thank you. Jo just shrugged and wheeled William into the O.R., while Alex headed into the scrub room. "See I told you Dr. Karev knew some really funny jokes." Jo said to William as the moved him to the operating table.

"That one was really funny," William agreed. "Do you think he will tell me another one?" William asked.

"Well let me go ask him," Jo answered as she headed into the scrub room. "William has requested another joke before he goes under." Jo informed Alex.

"What am I now a stand-up comic?" Alex asked.

"Just tell the kid a joke, it makes him happy," Jo explained, she then watched as Alex walked into the O.R. and told William another corny Laffy Taffy joke. William laughed as hard as he had the first time, and Alex walked back into the scrub room.

"You know that kid's going to expect me to tell him a joke every time I go in to check on him, all thanks to you." Alex said to Jo, faking madness.

"Well I guess that means I'll have to get you a whole bag of Laffy Taffy." Jo said with a smile on her face.

"You know if I didn't love you so much, I'd be really mad right now." Alex warned, but Jo could see that he was smiling behind his scrub mask.

Jo chuckled and made her way into the O.R., Alex following close behind. The two began operating, and everything was going smoothly, until about have way through the surgery. "Hey Jo you doing okay?" Alex asked, when he noticed that Jo had become quiet and her forehead was sweating.

"Ah yeah I'm fine" She replied, but avoided looking up at Alex.

"Are you, you don't look so good." Alex said, and Jo could hear the concern building in his voice.

"Oh gee thanks," Jo answered, avoiding the question.

"Hey Jo look at me." Alex said, and waited as Jo tentatively looked up at him. "Are you sure you're okay you look kind of sick."

"I'm-"But before Jo could finish her sentence she turned and raced out of the O.R.

"Jo!" Alex called after her as he watched her leave through the scrub room. "Hey Jo come back!"

Alex wanted more than anything to drop what he was doing and chase after her, but he was half way through his tumor resection and had to stay. "Could someone please go check on Dr. Wilson?" Alex asked his scrub team, but before any of them could leave Jo reappeared in the scrub room, looking paler than before. "Dr. Wilson are you alright?" Alex asked, knowing that she didn't look fine at all.

"Yeah I'm fine," Jo replied not wanting to mention the fact that she had just puked her guts out in the hall trash can.

"I think that I can finish up here, if you need a break." Alex offered.

"I don't need a break." Jo said sternly, she knew that Alex was just worried, but she was fine and he would understand soon enough.

Alex sighed, he knew Jo and he knew that she was very stubborn and she wouldn't be taking a break. He knew that if he really wanted to he could pull rank and kick her out of the O.R., but he figured that keeping her here was the best way to keep an eye on her. "Fine, then get back in here and hold this retractor."

Jo sighed, thankful that Alex didn't push the subject, she didn't want to tell him in front of all these people, but she really didn't want to have to miss this surgery, she knew she'd be doing enough of that in a few months. They finished the surgery and where wheeling William to post-op before Alex said something, "Hey so what happened back there? Why did you just run out like that?"

"I think I might have ate something at the wedding that didn't sit right, I felt a little sick, but I'm fine now I promise." Jo said, looking Alex straight in the eye.

"If you say so, but why didn't you just say something." Alex questioned.

"Oh yeah what 'Sorry I had to puke my guts out in the hallway real quick but I'm fine now' I wasn't just going to say that in front of a whole O.R. of people."

"I guess, but you're sure you're fine now?" Alex confirmed.

"Yes, it was a one-time thing," Jo said just as they were arriving in post-op.

"Okay, well why don't you get William settled in here, and I'll go get his mother." Alex said before heading off for the waiting room.

Jo and Alex worked together for the rest of the day. No major traumas came in so they were able to start their last surgery on time, and leave when they were done. "It's going to be so nice to finally go home." Jo said while they were scrubbing out.

"Yeah I feel like we've been here for days." Alex agreed.

"Well, we kind of have, I mean what we left here for like 6 hours yesterday to go to a disastrous wedding, and then were home for a few hours before we got called back." Jo said.

"Well then I guess we better leave as soon as we can, before this place sucks us back in." Alex said, before grabbing Jo and ushering her out of the scrub room and down the hall to grab there things. Jo giggled at Alex's silliness, but went along with it a hurried to grab her things and leave.

"So what do you want for Christmas?" Alex asked Jo in the car on the way back to his house.

"What?" Jo asked a little taken back by the question, she knew that it was only a week and a half until Christmas, but they hadn't really discussed the upcoming holiday.

"Well Christmas is in like twelve days and you still haven't told me what you want." Alex explained as he turned onto their street.

"I don't know, what do you want?' Jo questioned him back.

"I don't want anything I have everything that I need." Alex said taking Jo's hand.

"Well I don't really need anything either, I have you, and besides we don't even have a Christmas tree." Jo said.

"Oh we don't?" Alex asked as he led Jo into the house. "Close your eyes." He said putting his hands over her face.

"Alex what are you doing?" Jo asked as he led her through the house.

"TaDa!" Alex said reveling, a scrawny little Christmas tree.

"Alex when did you get this, and why does it look like that?" Jo asked referring to its small, almost pathetic size.

"I got it this morning, while you were sleeping, and its 12 days before Christmas so the choices were a bit slim." Alex explained.

"I love it!" Jo said with a smile, "Are we going to decorate it?" Jo asked noticing the tree's lack of decorations.

"Well of course," Alex said picking up bags that contained colorful lights and ornaments. "I had Meredith pick these up and drop them off when she got off."

"You really are amazing," Jo said as she grazed her lips over his. She then grabbed a box of lights and began to wrap them around the tree. Alex watched as Jo began the decorating the tree, how could I get do lucky, he thought to himself. "Hey are you just going to stand there, or are you going to get your butt over here and help me?" Jo asked pulling Alex out of his thoughts.

"Of course I am," Alex said as he walked over to the tree and helped Jo.

They both continued to decorate the tree with the lights, garland, and ornaments that Meredith had gotten them. They had just finished putting the last ornament on the tree, when Jo noticed one more ornament at the bottom of the back, she picked it up and smiled, before handing it to Alex.

"Leave it to Grey, getting all sentimental." Alex said as he looked at the hart shaped ornament that read 'Couple's First Christmas 2013'.

"It's cute," Jo said as she placed it on the tree. "Besides we'll have to get one that says baby's first Christmas next year anyway."

Jo stood with her back toward Alex, well she hung the ornament. "Wh-What? Why?" Alex asked, though he was pretty sure he knew the answer.

Jo turned slowly turned around, and smiled when she saw Alex's face. "I'm pregnant."

"Really, like are you sure?" Alex asked.

Jo's smile fell, "Yeah I'm sure I took a test yesterday, and then I did a blood test last night."

"Jo, I can't, I just-" Alex stumbled, unable to find the words he was trying to say.

"Look, its fine Alex, I know you said that stuff yesterday, but I can do this on my own, I don't need any-" But before she could finish Alex's lips crashed against hers.

"Stop, I told you I meant every word that I said, this is so amazing, I can't even tell you how happy I am right now! This is what you want right?" Alex asked.

"I wasn't sure at first, but I know now that this is exactly what I want, with the man that I love." Jo said, happier than she had ever been.

Jo and Alex spent to rest of the night curled up together, happier than either of them had ever been.

Well there you have it Chapter 2, thank you guys again for all the great reviews that are always appreciated!