Okay guys, I'm so excited to give you this chapter! This one is kind of a happy note after all the sadness that Page has gone through since the beginning of the story, I'm happy she can have a little break.
I'm a little bit sad that the response to the last chapter was nothing compared to 8, but don't worry I will keep going for the ones that are sticking up with me. Just please don't forget to keep telling me what you think, it helps me out a lot and everytime I get a review it encourages me to keep going with this.
A funny thing with this chapter is that today I read the last chapter in the fanfic called Lighting by lookingforthestars (an amazing autor) and it mentions Megan and my chapter does as well ^^ I know it's silly but I laughed a little bit at the coincidence.
Also I forgot to mention: 3x25! Yaaas! I was worried that the whole stranded thing would mess up Waige but I'm glad the writers stuck with that idea, the last scene was lovely 3
This chapter takes place almost 3 MONTHS after Walter's disappearance.
White. Too much white. Her nerves were killing her and all that she could think about was that the walls were too white. She looked around the reception area of the clinic she was visiting and her eyes laid on the little boy sitting next to her, confused. He looked up at her and they both smiled simultaneously.
The second Paige had told Kiara the news she had urged her to go to the doctor since she had had a stressful first two months of pregnancy. After a week of self-reflection, she had taken her advice but she hadn't been able to do this on her own. Kiara jumped at the opportunity to accompany her, and Paige had made Ralph skip school. It wasn't such a big deal since his grades were the best of the class and missing one day wouldn't change that. She hadn't told the kid what was the reason for skipping, but he didn't seem to mind. By now Ralph had to know but since she wanted the news to be a surprise so she had told him nothing.
"Miss Paige Dineen?" The receptionist called. Hearing her name startled her for some reason. The next second a reassuring hand was on Paige's shoulder, Kiara's hand.
"Let's go." She said softly, knowing she was having a small breakdown. Paige nodded and looked the other way, to her son, who simply took her hand.
"The doctor will be with you shortly, you can get comfortable." The secretary told them before disappearing from the room. Paige looked around and saw a chair that looked like the ones they have at a dentist's office, but weirder. Several posters about pregnancy were posted on the wall, she didn't look at them too much, they made her even more nervous. She had been in this environment before, for Ralph, but it felt like a totally different experience. For her son she was barely an adult with a boyfriend that wouldn't commit, a terribly scared girl. This time around, she was an accomplished adult with a kid of her own but still no one to help her. She decided her last thought was wrong the instant she glanced at Kiara and Ralph getting comfortable on a couple of stools that were on the room. She may not have a man by her side but that didn't mean that she was alone. Kiara had proven to be a good friend and support, she knew her son would become the male role model the baby would need and Scorpion would become his family. After remembering all the love that kid would have she felt a lot calmer.
Suddenly the door opened and a man in a white lab coat entered the room. He looked up from some papers he was holding, he had to be the obstetrician.
"Miss Paige Dineen is it?" He smiled to look cordial. "My name is Jackson Cummings and I'll be your appointed doctor. So tell me, what do we have here?" He asked her, looking around at her and her companions.
"That's my son Ralph and my friend Kiara, I thought I needed some support in all this." Paige answered the doctor, nervous.
Following his instructions she got in the chair while he asked some questions.
"When was your last period?"
"A couple of months ago."
"And this is your first visit?" He asked, surprised. "You didn't find it weird enough that you wouldn't check?" He didn't sound condescending, just curious.
"I have been under a lot of stress this past months, I simply thought that was it." It was all that she could answer.
"Okay, let's check first if it's positive."
They did the necessary tests while Ralph and Kiara waited. In the end he announced that she was indeed pregnant and congratulated her. She felt relieved when she heard those words, she already loved the baby too much to be just a broken pregnancy test.
"Now do you want to get to it?" The doctor asked when she was still awed by the fact that she was really having a baby.
Paige looked up, not understanding his question. He signaled to a machine next to him. An ultrasound machine.
"Su-sure." Paige positioned herself, pretty nervous with the whole ordeal.
Ralph got up to stand next to her and Kiara followed suit, leaving her and her son a little of space.
The gel applied to her belly was cold, it made her wince a little bit. She took Ralph's hand and he held it tight, he was as nervous as her.
Paige tried to relax and closed her eyes, wishing there was no problem, but too scared to look.
Suddenly a sound filled the room. It was a loud beautiful thump. She opened her eyes the second she heard it letting out a little laugh while a couple of tears streamed down her face.
Paige looked at her son and saw the face of wonder he was making, she probably had the same expression on her, just like Kiara that was on the background.
"That's the baby's heartbeat." The doctor said. "It sounds fine and healthy." When he spoke those words she couldn't help but exhale loudly from relief. "Here it is." He said after turning the screen her way so she could see the monitor.
Ralph jumped a bit forward, excited to see his new sibling while he smiled cheek to cheek. His face of wonder when he saw the black and white footage was undescriptible. After watching her son's reaction she turned her face around and saw the most beautiful sight. It looked like a bean with little arms and legs. After the wonderment she couldn't help but try to see if there was any problem with the baby.
"For what I have seen there's no problem with this little fellow." The doctor said. "But I would ask you to try to relax for the remaining of your pregnancy or it could result in problems. Take care of yourself, Paige." He looked at her, worried.
"I will, thanks doctor." She responded, while she was still looking at the monitor. If it depended on her she would never stop looking at that screen, seeing her baby, Walter's baby.
"Do you want to know the sex of the baby or you'll wait?" Dr. Cummings asked, startling her. She had forgotten the sex of the baby could be seen from the fourteenth week.
Paige looked at her son and knew that he needed to know, uncertainty was something he had never liked. She nodded to the man.
"Well, in that case, congratulations, you're having a little girl." Ralph almost jumped out of excitement and Kiara was smiling broadly.
"Congrats, Paige." She said to her while she gave her a little pat on the shoulder.
Too amazed, Paige couldn't answer, she simply smiled at her friend.
A girl, she was having a little girl, Ralph was going to have a little sister. At that instant a girl with brown eyes and hair popped into her mind, and she felt an overwhelming wave of love for that weird-looking bean that was growing inside of her.
"I will give you a picture of the ultrasound to go." The doctor said, interrupting her vision of Walter with a little girl in his arms and Ralph next to him, smiling.
"Oh! Thanks a lot, that would be wonderful." She answered when she came to her senses.
Paige cleaned herself up while Kiara and Ralph waited for her on the reception area, she could hear them talking about what they had found out today. When she finished Kiara went back to work and Paige decided she had to tell her family about the news, not just her mother but the whole family, Scorpion. She didn't even ask Ralph if he wanted to come, she knew he did.
During the whole ride the twelve year old couldn't stop staring at the picture they had given them when they left the clinic.
"Are you excited about having a little sister Ralph?" Paige asked him while she drove.
"I can't believe it." He honestly answered. "It's going to be a very gratifying experience." He sounded awestruck. All that Paige could do was laugh happily at his reaction, she almost never saw Ralph act that way, he looked more like a kid at that instant than last week, when he looked like the adult in their relationship. A wave of relief and happiness took over her, she couldn't stop smiling.
They arrived at the garage and she saw how Ralph hid the picture in his backpack, he probably would wait until she had told them the news to show it around the garage.
When they got in a couple of faces looked up, but the rest didn't even bother, everyone had been in their own world since the tragedy. One of the faces that looked at the liason and her son was Silvester.
"Paige, Ralph, what are you doing here?" He asked curious and scared at the same time. "Aren't you supposed to be in school?" The second question was addressed to the kid. Ralph looked at Paige for permission and she nodded at him. Everyone in the garage was paying attention at them by now.
"We went to the doctor." He simply said. Sly looked up at Paige worried out of his damn mind and then back at the kid.
"What!? What's wrong?" He started to panic a little bit so Paige decided to take over.
"Nothing! Sly, nothing is wrong, calm down." The mathematic sighed, relieved. "We went to the doctor for me." That statement made everyone curious about what she was talking about, so they moved a bit closer. She saw that Silvester was still worried so she decided that it was time to tell the news.
"I'm pregnant." A couple of seconds passed with no one moving even an inch, and she could see their acceptance process, their faces when they realised what those news meant. Toby jumped out of his seat loudly and went to Paige, Happy looked at her and smiled. Sly simply stayed rooted in his spot to amazed to comment, Sam smiled and congratulated her just like Cabe. Their handler hugged her tightly and she felt like she was hugging Walter's dad and in some sense, she was. Her mom did the same as the man and gave her a little kiss on her forehead.
"We have to pick the name!" Toby shouted after all the congratulations had been given. He took out the whiteboard before anyone could comment. "Do you know the sex of the baby?" He looked at Paige.
"It's a girl."Ralph answered before she had the chance.
"But you would need to be at least two months and a half into your pregnancy to know…" He trailed off, thinking. She knew he had figured it out when she saw the mischievous grin that erupted on his face. "Oh! Know I understand why you weren't worried when you came in the day Sam first came to Scorpion." Paige blushed a little bit, she couldn't help it. Before the behaviourist could keep on going and started to talk about stuff that was not age appropriate for her son she interrupted.
"Yes, it happened that night." Toby made the gesture to ask something but she interrupted him again knowing what he was going to ask. "And yes, the baby's father is Walter." She looked at Ralph, he was looking at her right back. "She's a Scorpion baby." She smiled while she caressed her belly. The last statement was mostly aimed at her and her boy, and as she predicted, it made him smile at her.
After that Ralph showed the picture to everyone and Toby hanged it up in the board. Right after everyone started to blurt out girl names, getting really excited about the whole ordeal. Ralph and Paige laughed at the sight of Cabe yelling girl's names. The sad thing was that Paige had already chosen the name she wanted for her daughter, she knew the name she would give at the little thing the instant she knew her gender. She wanted to tell everyone but all the excitement and yelling of names didn't help her to get heard. Finally she yelled to shut them.
"Guys! Guys listen up please!" Everyone stopped where they stood, like stones. "I have already chosen a name for the baby." She said more calmly. She heard Toby protesting.
"That's not fair. You didn't even tell us that you and Walter were together." He looked indignant at the news she was giving the team. She knew he wasn't really mad though. "Well, let's see then if your name it's better than mine." He handed her the permanent marker he had used to write everyone's input on the issue.
Paige did as she was told and wrote in big letters the name she had decided to give to the little thing. While she wrote it she realised it was truly the perfect name for her. After she wrote it and turned around she saw how Silvester teared up a little bit and the rest of the team simply nodded and smiled.
"Yea, true, I can't argue with that choice, it's perfect." The doctor said while he patted Paige gently on the back.
She smiled and looked at the future big brother.
"It's great mum, it will fit her perfectly." He said while he got closer and looked at the name. He looked amazed by all that was going on and Paige loved it.
In big black letters there was a name written on the board, and it stayed there for weeks, next to the baby's picture.
The board read Megan O'Brien-Dineen.
I'm so happy to tell you guys the sex and name of the baby :)
The name comes (obiously) from Walter's sister and I had the name even before I fathomed the idea of this fanfic. I always thought that if Walter had a daughter he would name her after his late sister whom he loved so much and was such a great character.
I'm just so excited about all this XD From now on we will get to know Sam a little bit better, since he almost hasn't appeared (not my initial intention) and Paige will still try to figure out how Walter died (she's not going to let it go, she's a sttuborn gal :P)
Thanks again for sticking with me!
