A/N: We are officially more than halfway through this story :) Thanks for hanging on and for those who are still interested, means a lot.

"So just make sure you follow up at the desk outside and you're all set."

"I can't believe it. It's official," Tori was amazed.

"Yes, yes it is."

"I can't wait to tell Andre!" she said.

"And what about you're husband?" the lady chuckled lightly.

"Oh yeah, Travis too, but Andre will be so excited I'll tell you that. Wow. I just realized something…" Tori was hit with reality.

"What?"

"I- I'm a mom."

"I know," the lady smiled. "Congratulations, Tori. You're going to be a wonderful mom."

Tori made her way out of the building and headed straight for the hospital. She couldn't wait to tell everyone the good news. She called her husband to meet him at the hospital, but strangely he was already there. She texted Cat to ask when everyone's shift was, but strangely again everyone was at the hospital too. She could have sworn that the four had scattered schedules today. But that didn't matter to Tori, she was too excited with the news.

She reached the hospital no sooner than she wanted with the anticipation building up. She walked over to Lane's floor at the receptionist's desk to check in. No one she knew from the team was around, but when she spotted a familiar face, her vehemence multiplied.

"Trina!" she wailed.

Trina was coming out of the ladies' room. It appeared that she had retouched her makeup or took it off, either way, it was a bit messy. Tori hastily sprinted over to her ready to share her news.

"Hey Tori," Trina calmly said. "D-did you just get here?"

"Yeah just now. I rushed over. Hey… is everything alright?" Tori noticed Trina's fatigued posture.

"Uh well…"

"What, Trina? Tell me," Tori gave her a sincere hug.

Trina wiped away new tears that were forming in the corner of her eyes.

"Is it boy trouble? That waiter guy you're dating?"

"No, no. It's not that."

"Is everything alright back home?"

Trina and Tori were doing rounds together the other night and Trina had explained that her parent's weren't as supportive of her becoming a doctor because they never believed someone like Trina (someone dumb, in their eyes) would ever amount to anything let alone go far in life. Tori asked Trina if they still talked to her and Trina said yes, but most of the time it's them seeing if she had given up with medical school so she can come home and have her parents and practically everyone say 'I told you so'. So it would be a natural concern now for Tori to ask Trina if the reason why she was in an unpleasant mood was because someone in her family might have put her down through a phone call or email or something else.

"No, they haven't called in a few weeks. But I'm fine with that."

"Hard day at work?"

"Something like that…" Trina started losing her composure.

"Well Trina, the only thing I can tell you is you'll have rough days, but you'll get through them, you're a strong woman. I know you'll get through whatever it is that's bothering you."

"Oh Tori, I wish I was as strong as you."

"What do you mean? Of course you are."

"Tori, hey," Lane walked up to the two girls.

"Hi Lane," Tori smiled.

"Did you just get here?"

"Yeah, hey have you seen Travis? He told me he was here."

"Uh yeah, he's over at Andre's room right now."

"Perfect! My two favorite men, I'm going to head over too. Can you call the rest of the group?"

"Yeah they're on the third floor. Why?"

"I have some exciting official news for you guys! Especially for Andre! And I want everyone I love to hear it first!" Tori exclaimed.

Beck had scurried in the building, searching frantically for someone he knew. He spotted Lane, Tori, and Trina and made a beeline to their circle.

"Beck, I'm so glad you're here!" Tori exclaimed giving him an abrupt hug.

"Hey guys, you seen Cat?" he calmly asked after Tori's embrace.

"She's upstairs with Sinjin," Lane informed him. "We're actually all going to head up there a bit."

Just then, Robbie had entered the building with Terrence guiding him, gradually making their way towards the growing circle, frantic and worried exactly how Beck acted when he entered moments ago.

"Hey everyone," Terrence greeted.

"Terrence, Robbie. Hi, yes you're here too! This is so exciting you can hear the news too! Wait, why are you here? You're appointment isn't until tomorrow," Tori wondered.

"Hi Tori. Well, Beck called me after Cat called him."

"Oh ok. Wait, why'd Cat call you?" Tori asked Beck.

Before he could answer, however, as if on cue for the third time, another familiar face, Jade, emerged from the ladies' room as well. Though unfortunately she was not able to hide the puffiness in her eyes.

"Jade, what's wrong? Are you ok?" Tori saw her. Jade reluctantly walked over to the circle.

"Jade?"

"Beck, not now," she begged him.

"No, I know. I'm here for my sister."

"Oh" was all Jade could muster.

"Yeah but… you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm…" Jade choked before a new set of tears formed. Beck didn't know what to do; Jade didn't necessarily like him, but he wanted to console her somehow. So he placed a hand on her arm and gave her a sincere nod.

For the first time, Jade accepted his gesture and the crooks of her lips slightly formed into a weak smile.

Then Jade did something that surprised everyone in the group, including herself. She fell helplessly into Beck's arms, and started silently weeping. She couldn't contain her tough girl façade any more that day, and had even let someone like Beck comfort her.

"Ok, what's going on?" Tori was confused. The group snapped back to reality after witnessing the moment with Beck and Jade, though none of them dared to speak up. Tori was a little worried now, matching the distressed emotions fixed on everyone else's faces.

"Lane?" she was desperate for an answer.