Chapter 7

"You're going to have to tell someone sooner or later," Izzie urged, she and Abby were at Abby's apartment talking. Abby had just told Izzie she was keeping the baby. Only her, Mark, Alex and Izzie knew, she was only 8 weeks and thought it to be bad luck to announce before she was 12 weeks.

"I'm not telling you who the father is, I didn't even tell Alex," said Abby.

"But I'm not Alex, I'm not going to kill the guy that got you pregnant. You can tell me"

"Izzie, you're my best friend but you're a gossip," said Abby.

"I wouldn't say anything about something this important. Why won't you tell me?"

"Because, it's complicated. We work together but we are not together and never will be. I also doubt he will stick around, he says he will but…."

"What a bastard!"

"Yeah, and if he's only going to abandon this baby then I don't want him involved at all. So I need to figure out if he is in this in the way he claims, and until then I am not telling anyone who the father is," said Abby.

"We work with him!"

"Yes"

"Abby come on please, I've been at Seattle Grace longer than you have I know these people better than you do….or I guess some of them, obviously not the father….Um…"

"Izzie," laughed Abby, "Shut up"

"Alright sorry. But if you do want to talk to me, I swear I will be non judgmental and I will not repeat a word of it," said Izzie.

"Alright, but you really can't say anything to react in any way," sighed Abby she did want to talk to Izzie about it.

"I swear"

"He's your boss too though"

"Resident or Attending"

"Attending," confirmed Abby.

"Oh god it's not Shepherd or Burke is it?"

"No"

"Then who? Are they surgical?"

"Yes," said Abby who was getting bored of the guessing game, "It's Dr Sloan"

"Dr…..Sloan….Mark Sloan? Plastics?"

"Yeah, that one," said Abby getting up and going into the kitchen with the coffee mugs, leaving Izzie sitting on the couch with her mouth open.

"You slept with Sloan?"

"Well I'm not going to give birth to Jesus the second."

"But….Sloan come on Abby…"

"I know it was stupid….but there was just……."

"Was the sex really that great?"

"Yes," was all Abby said.

"But…Sloan? And he knows you're…..that he is the father?"

"Yeah he does. It was sort of an accident Alex blabbed, he didn't know. I told him I was getting rid of it and he thought I had but then I got mad at him for making me pick up his dry cleaning and I let it slip that I was still pregnant,"

"Then what happened?"

"I freaked out, yelled at him stormed out. And I avoided him like the plague all week so I haven't spoken to him since," said Abby.

"Wow"

"Yeah"

"What are you going to do?"

"I have no idea"

"You'll have to talk to him eventually," said Izzie.

"I know," sighed Abby.

"Are you on call tonight?"

"Yeah"

"You should do it then, when is exhausted from working all day then…."

"Oh I get it I can confuse him and get this whole thing over and done with"

"I doubt it will be that easy," said Izzie, "Good Abs when you screw up, you sure screw up"

"Thanks Izzie, I knew I could depend on you unwavering support and help," snapped Abby.

"You know you can, but still Sloan. You couldn't have picked anyone worse. Isn't he still after Addison?"

"Yeah," said Abby, "I'm so screwed"

"You sure are"

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"Dr Bailey I need an intern," said Mark.

Abby groaned, Bailey had just given everyone else their assignments. He knew that, damn him.

"Abby."

"Alright," said Abby following Mark. She followed him into a patients room, but it was empty.

"Where is the patient?" asked Abby.

"They got discharged an hour ago," said Mark.

"I don't understand, why did you need an intern? To scrub the floors? Cook you dinner? What?" shouted Abby, Mark was just staring at her, "What? Speak!"

"I didn't need just an intern, I needed you. You know the intern that is carrying my baby"

"This again?"

"Yeah, this. It's not going to go away, we are having a baby"

"We? I didn't know you could give birth."

"Abby, will you please just grow up. We have to talk sooner or later"

"Well later suits me, never suits me even more"

"Too bad, this isn't just about you and what you want. This is my kid too"

"Arrrghhhh I wish I had never told you I kept it," groaned Abby, "No in fact I wish Alex had never told you I was pregnant in the first place."

"I had a right to know, I have rights……."

"Oh god. Seriously!"

"Why are you so against me being in my child's life? Its not as if I'm going to get down on one knee and insist we do this the old fashioned way, I just want to talk about this like adults."

"You really want to know why I'm against this? I don't want to bring a child into this world only for it to be abandoned and neglected."

"This again Abby. I would never abandon or neglect a child," said Mark.

"Yeah I'm sure that is what they all say," said Abby bitterly.

"You actually think I could hurt a child"

"Maybe not physically…."

"You think I'm capable of something like that?"

"Yes"

"Fine," shouted Mark flinging open the door in anger, "This isn't over"