Sorry, I couldn't resist leaving you guys hanging! But yikes! One of you people was trying to curse me with more snow! We had just finally dug ourselves out of about six weeks of snow before today happened, so I decided I'd better write… Just in case. ;)


Addison put her hand up to the screen, pointing to one spot with her index finger and the other with her middle finger. "There… And there… Two embryos."

Alex's jaw dropped and his eyes widened. "Two Nuggets?!"

"Yes… Twin Nuggets."

"You're… You're sure?"

Addison laughed and nodded. "Pretty sure, Alex…"

There was a dazed look in his eyes before he hit the floor with a thud.

"Alex?" Addison blinked a few times and looked over the edge of the bed. "Alex! Wake up!"

Fortunately, at that moment, Callie walked into the room. "Hey, one of your nurses said that you were in here, and I was going to ask you if you told…" Callie looked at the sonogram, which was still on the machine, then at floor, where she noticed Alex had passed out. "I guess you did tell him!"

Addison gestured frantically to her gel-covered stomach. "I can't move because of the goo! Can you get him some smelling salts?"

"Oh! Yeah, sure! Did he hit his head?" Callie tossed Addison a towel, and then went over to a supply cabinet in search of the smelling salts.

"No, I don't think so."

"So, you told him and he hit the floor?"

"No… I'd already told him I was pregnant." Addison was mopping the gel off of her stomach. "I showed him on the sonogram that we are having twins, then he hit the floor."

"You're not more alarmed by this?" Callie gestured to Alex's body and crouched beside him, holding the smelling salts.

"Please, do you know how many expectant fathers I've seen hit the floor?" Addison laughed.

Callie waved the smelling salts under Alex's nose. The choking scent of ammonia did the trick, and Alex coughed and blinked awake.

"Huh? Wha?"

Callie rearranged him so that his feet were flat on the floor, with his knees bent up. She looked at his face. "He's okay." She left him on the floor and leaned over to look at the sonogram. "I want to see!"

Addison pointed again with her left hand, and Callie suddenly grabbed it. "Wait a minute! What is with this bling? Did you guys?..."

Addison broke into a smile, happy to be able to say it. "We're engaged!"

"Oh my God, babe, that's so great!" Callie yanked Addison into a hug.

"Still… On the floor…" Alex mumbled. "Tile… Pretty cold…"

"Aw crap, I forgot about him." Callie squatted beside Alex on the floor and helped him slowly sit up. "Just sit down here for a minute. Don't try to get up too quickly. Did you hurt anything? Your head?"

Alex shook his head slowly. "No… No, I'm fine."

Callie put an arm around his shoulder and gave him a squeeze. "So, twins!"

Alex nodded slowly, still in a daze. "Yeah, that's when there are two babies."

"Thanks for explaining it, doc." Callie smirked.

"It's no big deal really…" Alex explained. "Just an extra set of diaper changes… An extra set of feedings… An extra life… Is it hot in here?" Addison tossed Callie her pillow, and Callie laid him back on the floor, cushioning his head with the pillow. "You stay down there for right now! Rest. I'm going to talk to your fiancé."

"Do you think he's okay?" Addison was starting to get a little worried.

Callie plopped down into the chair beside the bed. "He's fine. Dish."

"Well, he kind of freaked out at first and I got really upset… Then Derek talked to him, and I don't know what he said, but Alex came back with a teddy bear and a ring and he proposed! He bought the ring last week." Addison said.

"Dude… I'm still in the room." Alex muttered from the floor.

"Sorry." Addison called down to him.

"Last week, seriously? So, he was planning on doing it anyway?" Callie asked.

"If you must know… I was trying to think of a unique way to do it." Alex mumbled.

"When are you guys getting married?" Callie asked.

"We haven't really discussed it yet… I want to do it before the babies are born, and before I get fat… That leaves me with about a month." Addison laughed.

"So, twins!" Callie let out a little squeal. "That's crazy!"

"What can I say… I got the job done right." Alex had a cocky grin on his face. He was starting to become himself again.

"You?" Addison crossed her arms and looked down at him. "It was either my ovary that released an extra egg, or my egg that divided twice!"

"But my boys can swim." Alex stated proudly, and rested his hands behind his head.

Addison rolled her eyes and looked back at Callie. "He's going to be fine, clearly."


So, let's see… They have people to tell and a wedding to plan in a month or less… And they both kind of need to process the whole thing beyond Alex being proud of his sperm… Hmm… I'll see what I can do tonight. :)