Chapter 3
Today is the day that they are having their first doctor's appointment with Addison and both Charlotte and Cooper are very excited about seeing their baby. Despite their excitement, Charlotte is still on edge with nerves over the pregnancy and always fearing the worst but lucky for her, Cooper is always by her side reassuring her. Charlotte is in her office at St Ambrose when her alarm on her cell phone goes off to say it's almost time for their appointment with Addison, so she heads off to OCW to meet Cooper in his office.
OCW – Cooper's Office
Charlotte knocks on the door.
Charlotte: Hey Coop it's almost time for our first appointment.
Cooper: Oh right! (Pauses) I'll just finish writing this and we can then go see Addison.
Cooper is so focused on getting his work done that he almost forgets that Charlotte is in the room. He has his head down scribbling notes and after about a minute he lifts his head, giving Charlotte his attention as he is frantically trying to finish his work.
Cooper: How are feeling today anyway? Sorry I had to rush off so early this morning. (Pauses) So much to do and I had to re-schedule a few things so I can go with you to our appointment.
Charlotte walks over to him with a slight smile on her face. She grabs his free hand and places it in hers and then onto her stomach.
Charlotte: Our baby and I are just fine, although he or she was up to no good and was giving me a hard time because morning sickness today was lethal. I could barely hold water down afterwards.
Cooper has a concerned face when he looks to charlotte after she tells him about her bad morning sickness, but Charlotte reassures him she is okay.
Charlotte: I am fine now. (She looks at her watch) But we really need to go before Addison takes another patient instead of us. You know what she is like, she hates when people are late and I want to get my work done on time tonight so you can run me a bath and we can have a little fun with the rubber duckie.
Cooper has a big goofy grin on his face.
Cooper: Ah well you know how much I love that duckie.
Charlotte playfully hits his arm.
Charlotte: Be good and the duckie will play with you.
Cooper: I am loving you right now you know that? These hormones have made you very... (Gets cut off)
Charlotte put her hand to Cooper's mouth before he finished his sentence.
Charlotte: SHHH there is a child in the room.
Cooper looks confused and lost as he scans the room to find no child anywhere in sight.
Cooper: Where? I don't see any child. (Screws up his face) Are those hormones making you see thing?
Charlotte playfully hits his arm again and then grabs his hand and places it on her stomach.
Charlotte: This one silly!
Cooper: Oh right, well then I definitely am the silly one then aren't I?
Charlotte smiles at him and Cooper smiles back and he then gives her a kiss on the lips. He packs up his work on his desk and places it in his office drawer and locks it. Cooper then grabs Charlotte's hand and they walk out of the office together.
Addison's Exam Room
Charlotte is lying down on the exam table while Cooper is standing next to her holding her hand. He could tell she was nervous because her hand was shaking, and she was holding on tight. The truth was, Cooper was also scared but he tried not to show it because if he did, it would then make Charlotte more anxious so he puts on a big smile for her. They were not just scared about it being their first baby, but because of the last two times they were false alarms they were worried this one could be too.
Charlotte glanced at the door and then back to Cooper.
Charlotte: What if there is something wrong or it's another... (Gets cut off)
Cooper puts his hand over her mouth to make her stop talking.
Cooper: Everything will be fine. We have done so many damn pregnancy tests at home to know it's not a false alarm. Trust me, everything will be fine. (Pauses) Just holds my hand and breathe.
Charlotte nods her head but still has a worried look on her face. She does as Cooper tells her and takes his hand while taking a big deep breath in. Charlotte is about to say something to Cooper, when Addison comes in pushing the ultrasound machine in with her.
Addison How are we all today?
Charlotte: You just saw us 1hour ago!
Addison: Sorry it is just an old habit as I have to ask how the patient is going so they feel more relaxed.
Charlotte: Well you know how I am so let's just do this so I can get back to work.
Cooper lip-mouths to Addison 'Sorry she is hormonal' and Addison give him the eye-nod that she understands what he just mouthed to her. As soon as Charlotte said those words to Addison, she realized she should not have said it or used that kind of tone with her.
Charlotte: Sorry, I didn't mean it like that. It must be my hormones or something.
Addison: Okay enough of us talking. (Pauses) let's just see how your baby is doing.
Addison asks Charlotte to lift up her top and to relax. Addison grabs the ultrasound machine wand with one hand and with the other, puts gel on Charlotte's abdomen. She warns Charlotte that it will be cold and then starts to roll the wand up, down, and around her abdomen trying to find the baby's heartbeat.
Charlotte and Cooper both look at each other with worry because it seems like Addison is having trouble finding a heartbeat.
Charlotte: What is it Addison?
Cooper: Is something wrong?
Charlotte: (sounding sad) There is no baby, is there?
Charlotte was starting to panic when Addison was not answering their questions and as Charlotte was about to say something, Addison turned to the two of them with a smile on her face.
Addison: I think you are going to have your hands tied with this one, because (pointing at the monitor) you see this over here?
Charlotte & Cooper: Yeah...
Addison: This is your baby. Your baby was playing hide and seek with me but you have nothing to worry about. You have a perfectly healthy baby it seems for being 9weeks.
Charlotte and Cooper look completely shocked at Addison telling them that Charlotte is 9 weeks pregnant. This means that she was in fact pregnant the previous time. Now they are thinking back to when they thought she was pregnant just after they got married and realized they only took one test. The period that Charlotte thought she had at the time must have been spotting as Charlotte re-thought back to it.
Charlotte: Wait so 9 weeks? Are you sure?
Addison: I'm sure!
Cooper: But how? I mean how come Charlotte didn't know? She showed no symptoms.
Addison: It's different for every person and some don't show symptoms for several months. Well congratulations once again but I will now leave you two alone to enjoy this moment. I will be back soon so if you have any questions just ask.
Charlotte and Cooper both nod their heads in agreement to Addison.
Cooper: Thanks!
Charlotte: I might take you up on that. I already have some questions for you because I am going to be a first time mom and I want to do everything right!
Addison: WOW that coming out of Charlotte King's Mouth. (Gives a smile)Shocking!
Charlotte: Yea well I do have a heart you know.
Cooper lip mouths to Addison 'Hormones' as Addison walks out the door. Both Charlotte and Cooper are looking proud of themselves. Charlotte wipes off the gel from her abdomen, pulls down her top, and sits up on bed exam table. Cooper grabs her hands to help her stand up, and cups her face to give her long passionate kiss on the lips. Charlotte's smile then turns to a frown and Cooper notices it right away.
Cooper: What?
Charlotte: What's what?
Cooper: Why the look?
Cooper knows Charlotte very well to know the look she is giving him, is a look that means something is upsetting her.
Charlotte: I still can't believe I didn't know.
Charlotte starts to cry so Cooper uses his hand and wipes them away for her. Charlotte then glares at him as if what he did was wrong.
Cooper: It's okay to cry you know. That week we thought it was negative was rough but right now it is positive and will be forever.
Charlotte: I am not crying about that. I am crying because I am actually happy. I never thought I would be crying over something like this and them being happy tears, but having you, having this baby, is all I need to be happy.
Cooper smiles at Charlotte and gives her a deep meaningful kiss. He then places his hand on Charlotte's stomach long enough to admire the baby until his hand is pushed away by Charlotte.
Charlotte: Now that you have had your precious time with baby, you think we can go now? This office is making me feel nauseas.
Cooper mouths the words 'Hormones' to himself when Charlotte is not looking and pulls her in for a hug as they walk hand and hand out the door.
Charlotte and Cooper are walking down the hallway together arm and arm realizing they forgot to get a copy of their first baby photos.
Charlotte: Oh darn, we forgot to get the photos of Addison.
Cooper: You want me to go get them?
Charlotte: No it is okay. I will, since I want to ask her something anyway but I will drop off a couple of photos for you to show the other s if you want.
Cooper: Does that mean I can tell them?
Charlotte: Well Addison knows, so you might as well tell everyone else.
Cooper's pager goes off.
Cooper: Well just as well you are going to get them, because I have a call-out.
Charlotte: It sounds serious.
Cooper: Yup it is so got to go and sort it out.
Before he goes Cooper gives Charlotte a quick kiss and then rubs her stomach. This makes Charlotte smile.
Cooper: I will see you two later.
4hours had passed and Cooper was nowhere to be found. No one knew where he was nor did he make it to his call-out. This made everyone worry and the only person, who didn't know he was missing, was Charlotte. No one knew how to say it to her so they decided to wait another hour before worrying her in case it was nothing. This was until they heard on the news there was a highway accident and when they described the cars involved, one of them sounded exactly like Cooper's. The phone rings at OCW and Addison picks it up. The person on the other end of the phone tells her to sit down. They were all right to worry because the car they thought was Cooper's was in fact his.
FYI – Don't panic CharCoop Fans, it is not what you think and i promise i would never kill any of them off.
