A/N You guys are brilliant reviewers. You really know how to flatter a girl. Lol. I was uuber nervous about that last chapter.
So I'm having this chapter up a little early. Hope you guys enjoy!
Meredith rolled her eyes at Derek as he gave them a look. He had just got home from Seattle Grace. She bet that he assumed they didn't show up for work today, which was true. He couldn't possibly understand how much Owen had hurt Cristina. Cristina laid there on her living room floor, wondering why? "Derek, go away" Meredith said, in her calmest voice possible. He nodded his head sympathetically and left for the kitchen. She started bawling once again, lightly gripping the fibers of the carpet. Meredith hugged her, and hung on to her. "Shhhh" she ran her hand through the back of her best friend's hair. She felt horrible for her, but she couldn't say she was surprised by this. She -was- surprised though when Cristina had married Owen though. Cristina had been one to take however much time she needed to make the right decision. Yet for some reason her "Right decisions" about men where always ,what Meredith considered to be, wrong. All of the useful advice Meredith had to offer had been told to her the first time. She knew it would hardly help. This was something Cristina had to go through herself now, but she wasn't alone. No, Meredith would never leave her alone. The sobs racking through her body stopped, and Meredith moved away, looking at her. "Send him another one." She pulled out her phone. "Cristina I can't." Cristina shot her the death glare. "I'm way over my limit, do you have any clue how much you text me?" She looked at the floor. " Well it's over four thousand messages." Now she had stopped crying, and was trying to hold back a grin. Just then Derek walked over with Zola. "I think she wants her mommy." he said as he fiddled with the toddlers hair. Meredith reached up and lowered her to the ground. Zola stumbled over to Cristina, wondering what was wrong. Cristina picked her up and placed her in her lap. Zola laughed hysterically and reached for her stuffed toy. She couldn't stop thinking if she secretly wanted a baby.
"Ughhh" Teddy moaned as she gripped her stomach. "I'm so nauseous." she whispered to Owen. They were sitting in the waiting room for the appointment he planned. He glanced up from his phone. "When are you not?" Obviously preoccupied , he went back to scrolling though something on his phone. She rolled her eyes. Teddy concentrated on the still window across the room. Little had she thought about the actual child growing inside of her, but more of the emotional nauseous wreck shes become. She watched the small children run across the waiting room. She was going to have one of those. She would turn into that mother, running after her toddler in waiting rooms when he/ or she takes off randomly.
Owen placed a hand on her knee. She looked at him. Despite the fact he was in the process of having his divorce filed, something about being together with him in public seemed unreal, and inappropriate. That doesn't mean she doesn't like it.
Teddy placed her hand over his. "Can you feel it move?" he asked out of the blue. She thought about it for a second. " Not yet. I'm only 12 weeks you know..."Owen nodded "I know, I've been keeping track" Teddy smiled, and looked at the ground. Around five minutes later Owen's pager buzzed.
He stood up quickly. Teddy already knew the deal. "Fourteen yearold girl, car accident, trauma to the lower legs and chest cavity." Teddy's heart sank. She hadn't been paged too, and could probably help that girl. " I'm -so- sorry" Owen said, kissing her cheek and walking out towards the doors. "Make sure you get the ultrasound photos printed!" he added on, and left.
She sat there ,awkwardly surrounded by couples. Her first ultrasound had looked like a blue blob to her. She had no clue what she was looking at. Then her train of thoughts where interrupted. "Dr. Altman" a nurse called, looking right at her. 'How does she even know who I am.' Teddy thought. She stood and smoothed her scrub pants. The nurse led her to a room. "Alright just a few questions." Teddy nodded. After they had gone through the typical checkup she told her the ultrasound technician would be with her in a moment, and left. Teddy checked her phone and found she had a new text from Arizona "Whats this business? And I know you know what Im talking about!" Arizona had wrote. Teddy ignored it, deciding to talk with her later.
The door opened, and the technician walked in. A different one than last time. She stood up. He reached a hand out. "Doctor Trevor Coeland." he said. She shook his hand "Doctor Theodora Altman." "I wasn't notified that you worked here at Seattle." he said, zooming through his papers. She glanced around the room, in silence again. "What department do you work in?" he asked as he clicked his pen, writing in check boxes and such. "I work in cardiothoracics." she said, wasn't it already on the papers?
"Very neat stuff. Alright miss Altman, if you could take a seat, lay back and lift up your shirt." She obliged, watching him turn on the device and snap on some gloves. He picked out a clear blue gel, and smoothed some over her stomach. "And how many weeks are you?" "Twelve." she replied. "With one, correct?" , "Yes" she said with hesitation. Nobody told her otherwise, so she had assumed. He raised an eyebrow. "What?" she said, bothered by his remark. "Nothing at all , I guess we will see." he said, the device now making contact with her stomach. Teddy hardly bothered to try and make sense of the random blue and blackness showing up on the screen. That wasn't her specialty.
"Well would you look at that." Dr. Coeland said, moving the device back and forward again. She gave him a questioning look. "You work in cardio? Correct?", "Correct." she replied. Teddy wasn't one for small talk when she was feeling like she was going to puke. He flipped a switch, and a light sound pattered through the room. She immediately heard her own heartbeat. Then something else. It took her less than a second to hear what he wanted her to. "Twins." The technician nodded. " Normally I would say twins are more likely to occur in women over thirty, but that only applies to fraternal twins."
Teddy went blank. Identical twins. Raising one child was hard enough. Making sure they turn out to be a good person. Two at the same time? 'And I'm already thirty four..' she thought. Teddy sighed. "That makes these identical." he continued. "Yeah I caught that." she said, looking around. "Do you want the still frames printed out?" he asked. She nodded, and he ordered a nurse to have them printed in the front office. "I can prescribe you some safe anti-nauseates, but they may have a slight reaction with your prenatals. It would be generally safe for the babies, but it may make you feel sicker than you already do. So come back in if any of that happends, but it shouldn't." said. "It was nice meeting you " he said, grabbing a towel and wiping off the blue gel."Likewise." Teddy replied, fixing her shirt and walking out. "Before you go, if you don't mind, I was wondering if the father works here too?" Teddy thought about whether to tell him or not. "Doctor Hunt." she said, then casually left.
She didn't want to know if he knew him, or that he knew he was married. She was sure she would get plenty of that. She signed some papers at the front desk, and got her ultrasound walked to the waiting room on the trauma wing of the building. People came and left. After around four hours of sitting, pacing around, and calling her father to break the news, Teddy saw Arizona. Arizona ran up to her and hugged her.
"It's true isn't it?" she practically squealed. Did she forget the predicament that 'it' happened in? "It's true. But now I'm twice the home wrecker I originally thought I was." Teddy said. She handed her the photos. "Oh my word. Teddy this is.."she was at a loss for words, and Teddy couldn't read her emotions. "Sophia is going to be an amazing god-cousin!" She smiled at the thought of it. "So will your wife think I'm a whore?" Teddy asked. "Well, think of how Sophia was conceived. Of course not. I think she'll love this." Arizona looked back at the ultrasound photos. "Identical twins. Well you got lucky huh?" she asked, smiling at her. "I guess you could say that." Teddy said, still very confused with her own emotions. "Well I have to head home." Arizona said. "I won't tell Cal. If you don't want me too. But I think word will eventually get out. Your so skinny, so you'll start showing earlier, especially with twins." She said while checking her phone. Teddy adjusted her lab coat. Arizona noticed how uncomfortable she looked. She hugged her best friend another time. "You'll be okay." she whispered to her, and waved her off when she tried to object. "I'll see you tomorrow girly." she said, while looking through her purse for her keys, then departed.
Teddy was alone, again. Another hour passed and she was surprised when she checked the clock: It was already 7 in the afternoon. She decided to just leave. Owen must be having a hard time with this patient. She was walking towards the front desk to check out. Apparently, even though she hadn't been given any patients, she was working 'Overtime'.
As she was heading out, somebody grabbed her arm from behind. She pulled away and turned around. Owen. She looked at him, and right away she could tell. He lost his patient. She hugged him as tight as she could. He hugged her back and intwined his fingers in her hair. "She was only fourteen." he said, moving his arms to her waist. "Her whole family died at the scene, except for her." Teddy was heart broken by this. "I don't know how we are going to bring a child into this world..." Owen added on. The silence was almost perfect. "Well you better figure out." Teddy said, taking the ultrasound photo out of her scrubs pocket in between them. She held it in front of her chest and Owen leaned back to look at it, arms still around her waist. 'Here goes nothing...'