DISCLAIMER: I own nothing but this plot and the character of Meredith.

Rocky awoke. He was in a hotel room. The bottle of whiskey on the floor explained why he was still in his clothes from yesterday and why he was sprawled out on the bed, face down.

Meredith, the woman he loved, had told him she was pregnant. She had cheated on him, with who he wasn't sure, but he knew she had. It wasn't possible that the baby was his.

He rolled over, his head and stomach protesting that action. He decided to catch a cab back to his house, he'd pick up his truck later.

He arrived home and found Meredith had cleaned her stuff out of his house.

He walked through and found the note from Tommy. He didn't care. Meredith could tell Tommy whatever she wanted, he would know the truth.

He went upstairs to shower and change his clothes. He had a check up with Adam this morning and knew his friend would read him the riot act for drinking himself into oblivion like he had last night. He didn't care. Nothing could help with the pain he was feeling. And it hurt so much more the second time around.

He called another taxi to take him back to the hotel. He went inside and checked out. He got in his truck and drove to Adam's office. It was in a modest high-rise just outside of downtown.

He went inside and checked in with the receptionist.

"Good morning, Mr. DeSantos. Dr. Park is waiting for you in his office. Go on back," Stacy, Adam's long-time receptionist said.

Rocky smiled a smile he didn't feel at her and went back. Stacy had asked him out one time and they had gone, but she'd been the first one to get him to admit he still loved Meredith. She hadn't held in hard feelings for him and was still nice to him when he came to the office.

Rocky walked down the familiar hallway and knocked on Adam's door. He heard a 'come in,' and opened the door. Adam was on the phone and motioned for Rocky to take a seat.

"I'll talk to him. I'll find out what's going on. Promise. Bye," Adam said. Adam faced his best friend. "What the hell is your problem."

Rocky was shocked by Adam's display of anger.

"What are you talking about," he asked.

"You look like hell, which tells me you got wasted last night. Kimberly just called me and told me that she has a sobbing sister-in-law on her hands, an angry rainbow ranger and, oh yeah, the purple swan is PREGNANT! She mentioned you kicked Meredith out of your house after finding out that little piece of information," Adam said.

"She cheated on me Adam and got pregnant by that person. I may love her, but I can't be with her if I can't trust her," Rocky said.

"What makes you think she cheated," Adam asked.

"She's pregnant. I was told last month at my appointment that I was still sterile. How could I have gotten Meri pregnant," he said.

"That's why you're here. I got those results myself and called the lab. They got your results mixed up with someone else's. Today I'm going to take a sample and send it off, but I think you can have children without modern science," Adam said.

Rocky looked at his friend, dumbfounded. "You mean this could have been a mistake? I've ruined my life for a lab mistake? When will you know for sure," Rocky asked.

"As soon as you give me a sample, I'll take it into the lab. All I have to do is look at it under the microscope and I'll have the answer. Now, it's not my area of expertise, but treating your type of cancer as I have for a while now, I know what to look for. We have to wait 30 minutes before I can look. Go, give me a sample and we'll find the answer," Adam said.

Rocky took the cup off Adam's desk and went into the private bathroom. He created his sample and brought it back to Adam.

Adam took it back to his lab, leaving Rocky to think in his office. He was getting anxious. He couldn't believe that he might have ruined his chances with Meredith based on a mistake. If it was a mistake, he hoped he'd be able to get Meredith back. He hoped he hadn't ruined everything.

Adam came back into the office. "Come on man, let's go get some coffee or something. We have some time before I can check your results. Let's talk about what happened with Meredith," Adam said. They walked out the back door, waving to one of the nurses. Adam had cleared his schedule for the morning because he wanted to talk about what had happened with Meredith. Tommy had called him earlier to see if he knew what happened. Adam didn't. He told Tommy that the last time he had spoken to Rocky, they were getting along well. Rocky wanted to propose and marry Meredith after her divorce from Jason was finalized. He told Tommy he'd see what had happened. Kimberly had called that morning to let Adam know that Meredith was a mess and she was pregnant. Suddenly, Adam had known exactly what had happened between his two friends.

They walked to a coffee shop. Adam ordered two coffees and two Danish before setting down with Rocky at a quiet outside table.

"Spill," he told his friend.

"Meri and I were getting along so well. She was working here and things seemed to be going great. I was going to get a ring and all that and then yesterday happened. I came home and Meri was ecstatic about something. She showed me a positive pregnancy test. She was so happy, Adam. She said we were going to be parents. I couldn't believe what she was telling me. I was told I couldn't have children, so I assumed she had cheated on me with someone else. I told her to get out and I went to a hotel. I got a bottle and that's all I remember until I woke up this morning still in my clothes facedown on a hotel bed. I should have been at home, with Meri," Rocky said.

The men finished their Danish and took their coffee and walked back to Adam's office.

"Bro, if I'm right about this test, you need to do some heavy duty apologizing. I wouldn't be surprised if she never speaks to you again and Tommy kills you," Adam said.

"Just find out. I'll figure out how to make it up to her when I know the truth," Rocky said.

Adam left the office and went to the lab. He returned twenty minutes later with the results.

"I'll get them verified, but you, my friend, can have children the old fashioned way," Adam said, patting his friend on the back.

"You mean… Meredith's baby IS mine? I'm going to be a dad! Adam, I'm going to be a father," Rocky said. Adam was happy for his friend, but he had to bring reality into the equation.

"You are the father, but you want to be a dad to that baby, you need to talk to Meredith," he said.

"I know. Think I can do it without getting killed," Rocky asked.

"Don't know. Is she working today," Adam asked.

"No, she was going to get some stuff for the house today. I'm going to Tommy's," Rocky said. He thanked Adam and headed out the door.

Adam picked up the phone and called Kimberly.

"Rocky's on his way there. Can you convince Meredith to listen to him. Rocky knows he has a BIG apology to make," he said.

Kimberly assured Adam she'd get Meredith to talk to Rocky.

***HOORAY! Is Meredith going to forgive Rocky or is Tommy going to give Rocky a massive beat down?***