Chapter 4

A couple months later and everyone all around the world has found out about Matt and Alex's engagement. Alex has goes to the doctor regularly to make sure everything is going alright with the baby. She had decided to take a break from acting to make the pregnancy less noticeable and her and Matt hardly go out unless they are going to the doctor or need to go to the store. It's a Saturday morning and Alex steps out of the shower and throws her robe on. She walks to the bedroom to find Matt had finally gotten up for the day. She throws on comfy clothes and walks into the kitchen to find Matt making bacon.

"Morning Sweetie." Says Alex giving him a quick kiss on the cheek and then going to the fridge to get a bottle of water.

"Morning."

Just then Alex's phone starts ringing. She picks it up off the 's Karen. They hadn't talked since before Christmas because Alex knew she was busy and didn't feel the need to bother her. She presses answer and puts the phone up to her ear.

"Hello, Darling!"

"Alex! You actually are alive! We were starting to think you and Matt had disappeared!"

"We?"

"Darvill, Steven and I. We have tried to get ahold of you before but you two never answer your phones anymore."

"Sorry Sweetie. We have just been busy and then most of the time we wanted to be alone."

"Well that can end right now! How about you two come to my place for dinner. Darvill and Steven are coming too. It will be a Doctor Who get together and we can't have it without The Doctor and River Song!"

Alex laughs. "Hold on let me ask Matt." Alex presses the phone up against her shoulder.

"Want to go have dinner at Kaz's?"

"Sure. Might be good to get out."

Alex smiles and brings the phone back up to her ear. "Yeah we will come."

"Be here by 6."

The phone clicks and Karen is gone. Alex hangs up her phone and puts it on the counter. Suddenly her mouth falls open.

"What?" says Matt putting the bacon on a plate.

"We never told them."

"Told them what?"

"They don't know I'm pregnant. Karen still thinks we are trying. I wonder if they would notice." Says Alex placing a hand on the bump that is very noticeable from how flat her stomach normally is.

"Why don't we find out? Don't tell them. See if anyone notices. Then if they haven't by the end we will tell them."

"Alright." Says Alex with a small laugh.

Later that day Alex puts on a light blue shirt with a dark blue skirt. She makes sure the shirt is kind of tight so that it is noticeable that she has a bump. Matt wears and button up with a pair of jeans. They get in the car and go to Karen's.

"You really can tell you know." Says Matt as they walk up to the door.

"Tell what?"

"That you have a bump."

"Well let's see if they see it!" says Alex smiling and she knocks on the door.

Karen answers it and they go in. Arthur and Steven are already there.

"You guys are alive!" exclaims Arthur walking over and hugging Alex then Matt.

Steven gives Alex a hug and shakes Matt's hand. They all walk into the living room and sit on the couch.

"Alex you want wine right?" says Karen about to go into the kitchen.

"No thanks Love."

Karen has a shocked look on her face. "Are you feeling well?"

Alex laughs a bit. "I've never been better."

Karen shrugs and goes into the kitchen to get her wine and get everyone else's drinks.

They sit around and catch up on what each other have been doing. Alex and Matt make things up since they have either spent their time at the doctor's or at home. Karen doesn't once bring up them trying to get pregnant. Karen tells everyone that they aren't having a fancy meal that she just made pizza and they could just watch a movie. None of them agree on what to watch so they just turn the telly on and continue talking. When the pizza is done Alex gets up to help Karen serve it out to everyone. They walk into the kitchen and Alex gets the plates while Karen cuts the pizza and lets it cool a bit.

"Please don't take this the wrong way, but have you gained weight?" says Karen breaking the silence that fell between them.

Alex laughs and shrugs. "I guess I have."

Karen gives Alex a small smile and then starts cutting the pizza. She glances over at Alex and then her eyes get wide.

"What?" asks Alex.

"Oh my God! Are you.. but you must be… I mean… Oh my God!"

Alex raises an eyebrow questioningly. "Am I what?" She is trying hard not to smile because she knows that Karen has figured it out.

"Are you pregnant?" whispers Karen excitedly.

Alex smiles and nods, curls bouncing madly.

"Oh my God!" says Karen really loudly as she pulls Alex into a hug.

"What's going on in here?" asks Matt as he comes in.

"Where is my pizza!?" says Arthur who was just behind Matt. Steven was following close after, probably just because he didn't want to sit in the living room alone. Karen pulls out of the hug.

"She's pregnant!" yells Karen as she points to Alex's bump. Alex's face turns red.

"Congratulations!" says Steven coming over and giving Alex a hug.

"This is all great and don't get me wrong I'm happy but I'm also hungry." Says Arthur giving Alex a quick hug and then getting himself some pizza.

Matt just stands there and smiles at her.

The rest of the night they ate and drank (but of course Alex did not). Alex starts to get tired and she lays her head on Matt's shoulder and wraps her arms around one of his. Steven leaves and Arthur falls asleep on the sofa. Alex closes her eyes and starts to drift off to sleep when Matt moves waking her up.

"I think we better go." He says.

Alex nods and gets up. "Thanks for having us Sweetie." She says hugging Karen.

"No problem, but give us updates more often!"

Alex laughs and then abruptly stops. "Oh God." She says and then she runs off to the bathroom. She comes out a couple minutes later to find Karen and Matt outside the door looking worried.

"Oh calm down. I never got sick this morning, so I guess my body decided to get sick now."

They walk to the door say goodbye again and then leave for home.

The next morning Alex gets up early to find Matt not in bed. She goes to the bathroom (throws up), brushes her teeth then goes to get a drink. She is sitting on the couch when Matt walks in from going jogging.

"They saw us." He says grabbing a water out of the kitchen then sitting down in the chair.

"Who?"

"The photographers."

Matt throws a magazine down on the table. Alex picks it up and flips through to find what he is talking about. There on page 7 is a picture of her and Matt walking to their car from the day before. The picture has a big read circle around Alex's bump with a headline questioning whether or not they got engaged because she was pregnant.

"It would be terrible if I had just happened to have gained weight and they thought I was pregnant. Good thing I actually am."

"But don't you have that interview with that magazine woman later? You know she is going to question you about it."

"Yes but that is just for a local magazine and the woman isn't a well-known article writer, but I might as well just answer truthfully. It's only going to get harder to cover up."

Later on Alex goes to her interview with the woman.

"Hello."

"Hello Sweetie." Says Alex with a smile.

"Oh I was hoping you would say that! I absolutely love how you play River Song on Doctor Who!"

"Thank you."

"So Alex, If I may call you that. We heard you are taking a break from acting for a while. Care to explain why?"

"You can call me what you like. Yes, I am. I just feel I should spend more time with my daughter and other family right now. Need a break, you know?"

"Yes, everyone does need to take breaks. Especially when you are dating, wait, when you are engaged to The Doctor!" Says the woman with a wink. "How did Matt pop the question?"

Alex smiles and laughs a bit. "It was rather.. ah.. random, but very cute. I had been over at Karen's house because I needed a girls day but Matt insisted on my staying home. When I refused he said that I at least need to be back by dinner, so I agreed and left. Traffic ended up being terrible on the way home and didn't get home till 9 something, but when I walked through the door there were candles and rose petals everywhere.."

"Thanks so sweet!" interrupts the woman.

"It was. He was standing in the dining room all dressed up. Then he sent me back to the bedroom to find this beautiful dress waiting for me on the bed. After I changed we ate and he still wouldn't tell what all this was for until I finally asked again and then he asked me. To tell you the truth that was the last thing that crossed my mind. I was so shocked when he got down on one knee."

"I bet! That is so cute! And the ring is quite beautiful!"

"Aww thank you."

"Now I have to ask. Have you seen the pictures of you and Matt from the other day?"

"Which pictures? The ones where they circled my stomach wondering if I was pregnant?" says Alex with a small laugh.

"So you have seen them?"

"Yes, this morning. Amazing how quickly pictures like that are published! Those pictures were just from yesterday."

"So now the question must be asked. Are you pregnant?"

Alex looks down at her hands (and stomach) and smiles a bit, then she looks up. "Yes I am."

"Oh congratulations! How far along are you?"

"Uh…about 4 months now."

"Now I did my research and found that you had a hard time getting pregnant before you had your daughter. How is it that this happened so quickly?"

"I did. We really didn't think it would happen on the first try but we had a miracle happen. I truly didn't think it was going to happen with me being how old I am and my past problems, but then there I was on Christmas morning, Salome opening her presents and I'm spending more time in the bathroom throwing up than watching her."

"So you and Matt planned this pregnancy?"

"Oh yes. There would have been no way that I would have gotten pregnant had we not gone to see a doctor. Matt is fabulous with kids and one morning we decided to try. I figured why not seeing as I'm just going to get older and it will be more impossible."

"Well that is just wonderful! But some people are thinking you two are moving too fast. Do you think everything is going fast?"

"No. We are going at just the right speed for us I think. We aren't rushing the marriage and we certainly didn't rush the dating. We had been dating for a few months before anyone even noticed."

"That's great that you are both so happy. Well it looks like we are out of time. Thank you so much for coming and talking with me."

"Thanks for having me, darling."

After the interview was over the young woman came up to Alex just before she left.

"Thanks again. This was my first real interview with someone actually really famous and you were really easy to talk to."

"No problem Darling. I'm not really that famous." Says Alex with small laugh. "You did really well for this being your first time."

"Really? Thanks. Oh and I just thought I would tell you, you really don't look your age. When I found out how old you were I couldn't believe it!"

"Aw thank you. Sometimes even I can't believe how old I am." Says Alex with a laugh and then she turns to leave.

"How did it go?" asks Matt as Alex walks into the bedroom. He was laying on the bed watching the telly. Alex climbs onto her side of the bed and snuggles up to Matt, laying her head on his chest.

"Well, once that is published, which I'm guessing it will be in out in a week, everyone will know. Nice girl though. Apparently I was her first big interview. Good break for her I guess since she was the first reporter I told about the baby."

Matt and Alex just lay there. She closes her eyes, exhausted from the day, and falls asleep.