"What did you just say?"
Pointing to the monitor Steph repeated what she said before, "I said you're having twins. See. One. Two. Baby A and Baby B"
Jo stared at the screen for a good 5 minutes in shocking. Steph was joking wasn't she? She can't be serious, this can't be happening. I'm not ready to have two babies, I was just coming around to the idea of having one baby and Alex, oh god Alex, I need to find out ow he is. I need to see him, especially now, he would be so excited right now. He'd be excited for the both of us.
"Jo? Are you alright? You look like you're going to puke." I feel like I am going to puke. Today has been a day filled with happiness, heartache, shocking and that was before we got to the hospital.
"I..I am ok, I guess. I..I didn't expect to see two babies. They're both ok though right? Both heartbeats are good?" "Yes, both are strong, hear listen." Steph pressed the button and the sound of two tiny heart beats filled the room. She bursted into tears again. She couldn't help it, her's and Alex's babies were perfect just perfect. This was one good thing that came from today, but she was still not sure if she was ready for two babies.
"Someone want to find Wilson and tell her Karev is being brought to ICU and she can go and see him." Owen said as they wheeled Alex out of the OR.
"Yes, I'm on it, she needs to see him, she was collapsed on the floor when we rushed him out of the trauma room," Callie said scrubbing out.
As Alex was beig wheeled from the OR to ICU Jo happened to be walking in towards the OR and crossed paths. Still numb and in shock she couldn't hear what anyone was saying to her, but she couldn't cry anymore. There were no tears left. All she could think about is Alex, is he going to live, he has to live, and how he doesnt know about the second baby. She kept replaying the events of that night. It was an endless loop of Alex proposing, her saying yes, telling him about the baby, then the car crash.
The next thing she can remember she was sitting at Alex's bedside in his room. She got out of the trance she was in when she heard "Wilson, Wilson are you good?" She didnt know who said it until she turned her head and saw Callie, Bailey, Meredith, Owen, Jackson, and April staring at her.
"What? Yes, I have no other choice right?" That's all I could say. I don't know how else to feel other than numb.
"He's going to be ok Jo. He's got another surgery when he's stronger and a road to recovery ahead of him, but he will be ok." Meredith said hoping to reassure her.
"Ok." Everyone left the room and left her alone with him and she just stared at him. "Alex, you have to wake up. You have to survive this. We're going to get married and start a family. Alex, please. I found out while you were in surgery, we're having twins." A half smile falls on her face as her hand naturally moves to her stomach. "We need you to be ok. Our children need their daddy."
She looked down at her hand on her stomach and gently rubbed it. "It's going to be ok guys. Daddy is going to be fine. He has to be." She is still not sure how she feels about twins, but for now she is living in the moment.
She looks up from her stomach and sees Alex's eyes starting to flutter open. He slowly opens his mouth to speak. His voice is groggy and weak. "Jo."
The tears she thought she didn't have anymore of came back, but this time they were tears of happiness, primarily. "Alex. Hi, oh Alex, thank god." He woke up. This was the sign she needed to reassure her that everything was going to be ok. They still had a long road ahead of them, but he woke up and he is alive and that is enough for her right now.