"I feel gross." Jo said walking into the kitchen. Alex was sitting at the table eating cereal and reading the paper. Jo's baby bump made her shirt fit tightly to her.
"You look great to me."
"Nothing fits."
"You could wear one of my shirts. It makes you look sexy."
"There is nothing sexy about my giant boobs and even bigger belly."
"More of you to love." Alex stood up and kissed her on the lips.
"What am I going to wear to work?"
""Wear one of my shirts. You always look great in those."
"I'm probably to big to fit in one of your shirts too."
"You could wear sweats."
"Then I'll look like a shlub."
"But you'll be comfy."
"You're not helping."
"Sorry." Alex picked up his bowl and brought it over to the sink. "I'm going to take a shower before we go."
"I'll be upstairs trying to find something to wear over my huge baby bump." Alex smiled and headed upstairs. Jo sighed and grabbed a banana before going upstairs. On her way to the bedroom she stopped in to see the nursery in progress. The walls were painted and the crib was all set up but that was about all the work that they had done. The teddy bear border was in a roll on the floor. The rest of the furniture was in boxes in the room. There were a couple of outfits hanging up in the closet. The baby kicked her and she rubbed the side of her bump. "Three more months." Jo headed into the bedroom. She grabbed a pair of her stretch jeans and put them on. She sighed and looked at herself in the mirror. She went over to the closet and grabbed one of Alex's button up shirts and put it on. Alex came walking into the room in a towel. Jo turned around. "Well?"
"You look great."
"You're just saying that." Alex put on some jeans and a long shirt. "You suck."
"What?"
"Nothing. I just need a few more minutes." Jo went into the bathroom to finish getting ready.
Jo and Alex held hands as they walked into the hospital. Alex hit the up button on the elevator. He wrapped his arm around her while they waiting. "Ouch."
"What?"
"I keep getting kicked in the spleen."
Alex rubbed her side. The elevator doors opened and they stepped inside. "You working with Torres again today?"
"Yeah. I think we're actually working on a Peds case."
"I get to work with you?"
"Maybe." Jo smiled. The elevator doors opened and they stepped out.
"So I guess I'll see you later then?"
"I guess so." Jo kissed him and headed off to the lounge. Alex headed the other way to go to the doctor's lounge.
"Hey." Stephanie smiled at Jo.
"Hey."
"You look…"
"Huge?"
"I was going to say glow-y."
"I feel gross…nothing fits."
"You look fine in what you're wearing."
"This is Alex's shirt and these jeans have an elastic waist."
"Easier to put on." Jo stood behind her locker door and switched into her scrub bottoms. "And now even my scrubs have an elastic waist." Jo kept her undershirt on and tried pulling the scrub top over her belly. "Oh no no no."
"What?"
"I have to go up a scrub top." Jo said tearing up.
"I'll go get it for you."
Jo sat down on the bench and cried. Stephanie went to go get her another top.
Stephanie walked past Alex and Arizona in the hall. "You're girlfriend is having a melt down in the locker room."
"What is she crying about?"
"She has to go up a scrub size."
Arizona laughed. "I remember those days."
"Should I go talk to her?"
"No I think she'll be alright. I'm going to get her a new top."
"Page me if you need me."
"Will do."
Stephanie brought Jo the new scrub top. "Here you go, Sweetie."
"Thank you." Jo sniffled and put it on.
"You want some water or something?"
"No I'm okay." Jo wiped her eyes and pulled herself together. "I have to go meet Callie in Peds." Jo put her clothes in her locker and closed it. "I'll see you later."
Jo sat at the table eating a sandwich and a bowl of fruit. Alex came walking over with his tray of food. "Hey, Babe." he slid into the seat next to her.
"Hey." Jo smiled and kissed him. "How's Michael doing?"
"He's good. I just came back from checking on him."
"You were great in there, Babe."
"You weren't half bad yourself."
"Thanks." Jo ate a spoonful of watermelon.
Alex took a big bite of his sandwich and washed it down with a sip of his soda.
"I wish I could have some of that."
"My sandwich?"
"No your soda. I miss caffeine."
"You can have a sip if you want."
"No I shouldn't."
"One little sip isn't going to kill you."
Jo smiled and took a sip of his soda. "Oh yeah. That's good." She gave him back his cup.
"You can have more if you want."
"No. I'll stick to my water." Jo sighed. She took another bite of her sandwich.
Alex took the last few bites of his sandwich and then took a big swig of his soda. He could feel Jo staring at him as he drank. He held the cup out to her. She shook her head and took a sip of her water. Jo gasp. "Oh."
Alex sat up in his chair. "What is it?"
Jo had a pained look on her face. She rubbed the side of her stomach. "I don't know."
"Are you having contractions?"
"It's gone."
"Maybe you should go get checked out."
"I'm okay. It was just the one."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah I'm….oh." Jo got another sharp pain in her side. She had a panicked look on her face.
"Come on let's get you upstairs." Alex helped her up. Jo had a panicked look on her face. "Alex."
"It's okay."
Jo started crying as he helped her to the elevator.
When they got upstairs they immediately hooked her up to a fetal monitor. Dr. Willis came into the room and was talking with one of the nurses. Alex held Jo's hand and tried to get her to stop crying.
"Jo?" Dr. Willis walked over to her after she put on some gloves. "Jo. I'm going to check you to see if you've dilated."
"It's to early." Jo cried.
"I know that's why we're giving you some magnesium to stop you from having contractions." Jo looked over at Alex and tears rolled down her face. Jo winced as Dr. Willis checked her. Alex stroked her face. He wiped some tears away and then kissed her cheek.
"Okay, Jo. You haven't dilated which is a good thing."
"Is she going to be okay?"
"The magnesium will help stop the contractions. But I think she should stay here over night to be monitored."
Jo laid back against the pillows. "This can't be happening."
"You're going to be okay. I'll stay here with you."
"Page me if you have any more contractions."
"Thank you." Alex sat down on the bed next to her. One of the nurses checked her IV before she left.
"Alex I'm scared."
"Have you had more contractions?"
"No."
"That's a good thing." He rubbed her belly. Jo placed her hand on top of his. "Hey how about we talk more on baby names?" Alex said trying to distract her.
"Okay." Jo wiped her eyes.
"So we had it narrowed down to five right?"
"Yeah."
"So it was Billie, Drew, Lu, Charley and…what was the last one again?"
"Frankie."
"I like Billie and Charley the best."
"Me too." Jo thought about it for a moment. She rubbed the side of her stomach. "What about Charley Belle?"
"Belle?"
"Beauty and the Beast was always my favorite Disney movie when I was a kid."
Alex smiled. "Looks like she has a name then." Alex rubbed the side of her stomach. "Hey Charley." Alex felt her kick his hand.
Jo laughed. "She knows who you are. She always kicks when she hears your voice."

To Be Continued...