The day was nearly coming to its end. Foreman and Chase were already at home, House was in his office packing while Cameron was wrapping things at the clinic.
"Have you seen Elsa?" Cameron said as she entered her husband's office. "I've seen in the records that she's done her clinic duty until midday but then?"
"She had an exam today" House said as he switched off the lights.
"Oh, but the exam must have finished hours ago and she hasn't come back" Ally said
"Maybe she's already at home" House said
"Her laptop is still here"
In the meantime, Elsa was in the elevator of a familiar building. Once she got in the desired floor, Elsa stepped out of the elevator.
"Hold that elevator, please!" Someone yelled. "Oh, it's you, Elsa" Elsa nodded. "Nice to see you"
"Nice to see you too. Have a good night"
"You too" Elsa said and got in the room, closed the door and approached the lit office.
"Hi!" Elsa sighed.
"Hey!" Alex said with a smile from his chair.
"I'm sorry" Elsa said defeated.
"Come here" Alex said softly and she obeyed. She went to sit on his lap and both melted in a soothing hug and kissed.
"Something is wrong with me, Alex" Elsa said seriously.
"Why do you say that?" Alex said as he cuddled her.
"Remember I told you I missed my period last month, well, I've missed my period this month too, so this morning I took a pregnancy test and..." Elsa paused and her eyes got wet.
"It was negative" Alex finished. Elsa confirmed the statement by nodding her head and letting go a loud sob.
"I was angry and I yelled at you without any reason. I'm sorry, honey. It wasn't your fault" Alex kissed her forehead. "Then I got to work wearing sunglasses because my eyes were all red and swollen, I bet Ally and Greg suspect something is wrong, I yelled at Foreman..."
"Shh, it's okay, baby. You've had a very bad day"
"It's not okay, Alex. I haven't been feeling well in these past days and I thought it was because or either my period was finally coming or because I was pregnant. My period is gone and I'm not pregnant. I should be pregnant by now" Elsa whispered the last part.
"I'm not a doctor but it's my understanding that in order to conceive a woman should not be under too much pressure. Take a look at everything you've had on your plate since we decided to try for the baby. You're working in the hospital, then you've been travelling to different conferences, you've been staying up till late preparing exams and studying or making me company when I had to work till late, we've been helping Greg and Ally, that's a lot. Your body is strong but it reaches a point that the body says I can't handle anything else."
"You're right. I've been quite stressed lately" Elsa said as Alex dried her tears.
"Come on, don't cry, I don't like seeing you crying, baby. I know you want a baby so much, I do too but I don't want to see you pressuring yourself because you're not pregnant yet. It's not your fault, ok?" Elsa nodded. "Now, you're done with the exams, you won't have to stay till late working, you don't have any conference ahead and everything in Ally's is almost set, so, it's time to relax. Your body needs to rest and you'll see that if you take care of yourself a little bit, everything will be alright"
"Period can be delayed because of stress" Elsa said
"See!" Alex exclaimed. "I don't like seeing you sad, smile me" Alex tickled her a bit. "If mommy is not healthy, baby won't come" Alex said in a childish voice which made Elsa smile. "There it is, that's what I like, your smile is gonna be the end of me"
"Oh, silly!" Elsa said and kissed him.
"It's true what people say, doctors are the worst patients"
"Hey!" Elsa protested.
"I was thinking that we can go to that little hotel in the mountains this weekend. No phones and laptops allowed, just us and the mountains. What do you think?" Alex said as he caressed her hair tenderly.
"I'd love to" Elsa said with a smile. "I love you, Alex"
"I love you too" And both kissed tenderly. "So, how was the exam?"
"It was alright"
"I'm sure you did great"
"How was your day?" Elsa said as he stroked his chest tenderly
"Boring, I've been thinking of you all day. I knew something was wrong"
"I've been thinking of you too" Elsa stroked his stubble. "I'm glad we talked"
"Me too" Alex smiled at her. They stood in that position for a long time, just holding each other. Alex kept revising some papers while his wife had fallen asleep on his lap. Suddenly, the phone sounded and Alex picked it quickly so not to wake up his wife.
"Hello?" Alex said
"Alex, it's Greg"
"Hey"
"Is Elsa with you?"
"Yes, she's right here" Alex said looking at his sleeping wife and caressing her cheek.
"Oh, great" House sighed. "She's acting a bit weird today and after she left to the clinic this morning, we haven't seen her the rest of the day. We were kinda worried"
"She's had a very bad day"
"She's alright?"
"Yes, just tired. She's had a lot on her plate lately"
"I know. If there's anything you need, just call us"
"We're fine. Thank you, Greg. I appreciate it"
"Anytime. Good night"
"Night" And he hung up. "Elsa, sweetie" Alex whispered.
"Mmm" Elsa mumbled. "Who was it?"
"Your uncle, he was worried about you" Elsa smiled. "Let's go home, you'd more comfortable in bed"
On their way back home, Elsa had fallen asleep again so Alex had to pick her up from the passenger seat and carried her until the bedroom. Alex set her on the bed delicately and removed her shoes and clothes leaving her in her underwear, then Alex proceeded to do the same and quickly joined her in bed. As soon as he got in bed, Alex hugged her and she quickly reciprocated.
"Thanks" Elsa mumbled and Alex answered her by kissing her neck. Minutes later, both were sleeping peacefully