Dean could hear Lea crying as soon as he walked in the front door. He followed the sobs to their bedroom. Lea was curled up on her side crying into his pillow.
He crawled in behind her, pulled her against his chest, and squeezed her tight. He wasn't used to seeing her cry. She was the kind of woman when upset, she became more stubborn, more resolved.
Her tears were his kryptonite. He would do absolutely anything to make it better.
"What's wrong kitten?"
"I'm not ready to talk about it yet. Just hold me. I need to feel you."
"You never have to ask me to do that Lea."
Lea snuggled into his chest. Breathing his scent into her lungs. She felt stronger just lying next to him.
"I'm pregnant," she mumbled into his chest.
Dean's hands stilled. He tilted her chin up. "Day that again."
"I'm pregnant."
Slowly a smile crept across Dean's stunned face. He learned down and kissed her.
"I'm going to be a father?"
His absolute joy over the news broke her heart again.
Taking a deep breath, she forced the next words out.
"Not necessarily. I'm approximately 10 weeks pregnant. The problem is 11 weeks ago, Drew and I had sex. Nine weeks ago, we were in Hartford. Ten weeks ago, I didn't have sex. Therefore, I'm not sure who had the lucky sperm."
Dean felt bile rush up his throat into his mouth. He ran to the bathroom and vomitted into the toilet. Lea rushed into the bathroom.
Dean knew the anger growing inside him was illogical. It wasn't like Lea had cheated on him. Yet he wasn't sure he could stomach it if that Scottish bastard was the father.
He brushed past her. Ran to the living room, picked up his bags, and stormed out of the house. He was going to catch another flight. He needed to hurt somebody right now and Drew McIntyre was the best choice.
Lea grabbed her phone off the bed. She called Seth. Dean was out of his mind right now. Dean was dangerous when he was levelheaded. Right now, he could wind up killing Drew.
There was no answer. She repeatedly dialed his number. Hanging up and redialing when voicemail picked up. Finally she blurted out a quick summary. Warning Seth that Dean was on his way to the airport.
After she hung up, she called Dr. Sampson and once again left a voicemail. Hopefully this would fall under patient/doctor confidentiality. She wasn't ready to tell Stephanie and Paul about the pregnancy yet. She would deal with that Monday morning.
She quickly packed a bag. She wasn't going to trust Seth and Dr. Sampson to be able to stop Dean.
She called a taxi to pick her up. While waiting, she bought her plane ticket to Boston. Luckily, they had a flight leaving in a few hours.
With any luck, she'd be able to catch up to Dean. Calm him down. With even more luck, she catch up to him at the airport.
Either way, she was flying to Boston. She needed to get everything out in the open. Whether or not she cared for the situation, Drew deserved to know he might be a father.
Once she arrived at the airport, Les rushed to the ticket counter. She had a very limited window of time to get through security and board the plane.
She caught sight of Dean just clearing security. Unfortunately, the line was moving rather slow. She would never be able to catch up with Dean at this rate. She had hoped to soothe his temper before they landed in Boston. Now she was just praying she'd see him before he made it to the arena.
She debated calling Drew and warning him that Dean was out for his blood. Unfortunately, he would want to know why. She wasn't having that particular conversation over the phone.
She might not love or even like Drew. But she was trying to be respectful to all parties involved. Personal feelings couldn't play into this.
This was about the innocent life that was growing inside of her. A life that hadn't asked for the drama and consequences surrounding it's conception.
She pulled out her phone and called Dean. Perhaps he would listen to her now. She needed him to be her shoulder to cry on. Her rock that she could lean on right now.
She was trying as hard as she could to understand his anger. She even understood his need to hurt somebody. What she couldn't understand is why he felt betrayed. She had never, would never, cheat on him.
After six rings, he finally answered his phone.
"I'm busy. I'll call you later."
Right before he hung up, Lea blurted out in desperation.
"You think you are the only one who's angry. Who is hurting?"
"I'm practically a talk show joke right now. As much as I would love to have been able to tell you we were having a baby. I chose to be completely honest with you. I swore that I would never hide anything from you again. What more do you want from me dammit? I don't like this situation anymore than you do. But I refuse to be punished like I fucking did this on purpose. This should be a happy time for me, fire us. Yet I haven't once felt any joy. You running out on me to go beat Drew's ass, that isn't helping me. I need you by my side. Supporting me like a man."
By the end of her rant, Lea had tears ruining down her cheeks and everyone was staring at her. Some in horror, others in support.
She felt drained. All her energy leaving her. She started to fall and the two men directly behind her caught her.
The security guard called for a paramedic. Lea called Dean once again. She was scared and needed him to hold her and make everything better.
"Forget some other insult to my manhood?"
"Dean, help me. I'm scared."
"Lea, what's wrong? Is it the baby?"
Lea handed her phone off to one of the bystanders.
Dean was frantically yelling into his phone now.
"Lea, baby answer me!"
He heard a stranger's voice on the other end.
"Uh, hello sir. My name is Jessie. Your wife handed me her phone."
"What's wrong? Why are you at my house?"
"I'm not at your house? We're at the airport."
"She's here? Where?"
"We're at a security checkpoint. The one next to the frozen yogurt stand."
"Okay. I'm at the domestic flights terminal. I'll be there soon. Let me talk to her please."
Jessie handed the phone back to the woman who he had called Lea. "He wants to talk to you sweetie."
Lea nodded her head. "Dean, I'm scared. What if I'm losing our baby?"
"Kitten, I'm on my way. I need you to be strong. I'll be there in just a couple minutes. Are EMTs on the way?"
"Yeah. I'm sorry I yelled at you."
"Oh Kitten, I love when you yell at me. I wouldn't love you if you didn't stand up to me when I'm being a dick."
Lea laughed over her tears. "You were being a dick. But I forgive you. Are you still angry at me?"
"I wasn't angry at you. I was angry at Drew. Scared that he might take you away from me."
"Dean, you big idiot, no one could ever take me away from you. Face it babe, you're stuck with me til the end."
"You promise?"
"I promise. You, me, and Baby Ambrose will always be a family."
Dean arrived just as the paramedics were wrapping the blood pressure cuff around her arm.
He dropped to his knees and kissed her forehead. Breathing in her scent. Just seeing her had calmed him down.
After the cuff was removed, he pulled her against him. Kissing her greedily.
"I can't ever lose you. Promise me you won't die."
"Oh sweetheart, I'm not dying. I just needed to rest."
Dean had never felt so vulnerable in his whole life. His heart had almost stopped when that woman had spoke into Lea's phone.
He stepped aside so the paramedics could work on Lea.
They were going to transport her to the nearest hospital. Have her checked over more thoroughly along with the baby.
Dean spoke to the security guard about their bags. The guard radioed his supervisor. Explained the situation. After speaking back and forth a few times, the guard told Dean their bags would be pulled from the plane's cargo hold. He could pick it up whenever they left the hospital.
Dean thanked him and watched Lea situate herself on the back of the medic cart. Dean jumped in next to the driver.
Two hours later, Lea was discharged from the hospital. They had given her a shot to boost her iron. Since her doctor had prescribed pre-natal vitamins, she was set. They did an ultrasound to check the baby.
They couldn't find any abnormalities, so they felt confident that the baby was doing fine. As Lea was changing out of the gown, Dean spoke to the nurse.
He wanted to know about DNA testing. Unfortunately, the nurse told him that testing the baby before it was born was very dangerous. It was best to wait until it was born.
(I've never been pregnant, or inside an airport, and certainly don't know about DNA testing. Therefore, I'm using artistic license. Please don't constantly pick out the errors. Thanks)