Chapter Four:

Finally Don was home, smiling as he opened the apartment door he had expected to see Alex curled up on the sofa watching some kind of horror movie like she normally did when she was sick, but this time she wasn't in the living area. Looking around Don called out to her.

"Alex? Where are you?"

"I'm in the bedroom."

Don closed and locked the apartment door from the inside and took off both of his jackets and hung them on the back of the dining table, loosening his tie he headed towards the bedroom where he could see that the bedroom light was on. Opening the door slowly he smiled when he saw Alex sitting on her side of the bed, he had to admit that she looked a lot better than she had done this morning, but he couldn't help but notice that she looked somewhat nervous, almost scared, sitting down beside her Don wrapped his arm around her shoulders and pulled her into a hug and kissed the top of her head. Don hadn't been late home; it was only seven-thirty, early by any means.

"You okay Alex?"

Alex pulled herself away from Don's chest and smiled gingerly standing up she took hold of Don's hand and led him to the bathroom. Don was really worried now.

"Alex, why are you taking me to the bathroom?"

Alex continued to say nothing until they were in the bathroom, turning on the light Alex stood in front of the sink and looked towards the toilet, which had the toilet seat down and two pregnancy tests on top of it. Don followed Alex's gaze and once he saw the used pregnancy tests he couldn't shift his gaze. Being a bloke, Don didn't know what the markers on the tests meant, slowly he turned his attention back to Alex who was now crying.

"I don't understand…I don't understand what they mean…are they positive?"

Crying more than she had been before Alex nodded.

"I'm pregnant…that's why I've been so sick lately, but I don't understand I mean, I'm still getting my periods and we've been careful and I know it wasn't planned but I want this baby but if you don't then I understand…"

Don cut Alex off mid-panic by taking hold of her arms and pulling her into his chest, he smiled as he pulled her tear stained face to look up at him, his smile was wide his eyes glittering.

"Don't even think for a second that I don't want this Alex, I don't care if it wasn't planned, sometimes the best things in life are surprises…and this is the best."

Alex stared into Don's eyes confused as she calmed herself.

"So…you're happy…you want this baby?"

Don already wide smile grew again as he nodded his head.

"Never been happier, having a kid with you…why wouldn't I be happy. I love you, and I wouldn't want to have this with anybody else."

Alex started crying again but this time tears of joy as she kissed Don passionately. Laughing as she pulled away she looked down to her stomach and held her hand there gently.

"Now that it's happened…this is what I want too, and I wouldn't have this with anybody else either."

Don smiled as he placed his own hand on top of the hand Alex had gently pressed against her stomach. All the while imaging the months to come, knowing that he was to become a father.

Sighing Alex looked up towards Don his gleaming blue eyes looking back down at her, smiling Alex spoke.

"You know what this means now don't you?"

Don continued to look down at Alex, now with a slightly confused look on his face. Alex smiled.

"I'm going to pushing paper for the next nine months."

Laughing Don lent down to Alex and kissed her on the lips lovingly, both pulling the other closer.

To be continued…