Chapter 26
A few hours later Megan woke up in a hospital bed, she moved her arm and was horrified to discover that she was attached to a drip. Her head felt heavy, in fact her whole body felt heavy. She opened her eyes and immediately heard Alfie squeal.
"Look Mummy awake," he shouted.
"Alfie keep your voice down your Mummy needs rest," said Mark gently.
"No," said Alfie bossily. "Mummy said cuddles, juice and an ice packs makes everything all better."
"Alfie," said Mark. "You really need to sit down."
"He's right," Megan croaked. Her throat felt like sandpaper.
"See," said Alfie triumphantly. "Auntie you get the ice, Daddy you get Mummy some juice box and I do cuddles."
"Come here baby," said Megan stretching out her arms as Alfie climbed on her bed and cuddled into her. "You okay?"
"Daddy said you were sick," he said looking up at her with his sad eyes. "Are you sick Mummy?"
"I'm fine now," said Megan kissing the top of his head.
"Daddy Mummy needs juice," said Alfie.
"Would you mind?" Megan asked uncertainly. Meredith had already left the room to get an ice pack. She was very aware of the fact that Mark pretty much despised her right now but she really needed a drink of water.
"What do you want?" he asked.
"Just some water," she said.
"Okay," he said.
Megan looked over the top of Alfie's head to the bottom of her bed where her chart was. Mark lifted the chart and handed it to her before he left the room to get her some water.
Megan scanned her chart and winced when she realized what was wrong with her. Exhaustion and dehydration. She had collapsed for the same reason when she was pregnant with Alfie. She never took the fact that she was pregnant into consideration when she stayed up all night cleaning and when she decided she was too busy to eat. Mark was going to kill her, she should have been more careful. But according to her chart there was no harm done to the baby, there wasn't much they could do because she was only five weeks along and the baby didn't have a heartbeat yet. They had done a scan and the fetus was fine.
"Mummy," said Alfie.
"Yeah," said Megan as she sat her chart at the side of her bed.
"What is that tube on your hand doing?"
"Oh it's just something that helps me to rest," said Megan.
"I missed my dentist appointment."
"I know," said Megan. "I'll call and get you another one."
"Okay," said Alfie. "Daddy was crying...I sawed him wiping tears...did he think you were going to die?"
"No," said Megan quickly. "He never thought I was going to die, I told you I am fine. I just need some rest and then I will be back to normal, I promise."
"You need rest like Daddy said," said Alfie. "I go sit nice and quietly."
"No," said Megan pulling her arms tighter around Alfie. "Mummy needs lots of cuddles."
"Okay," said Alfie.
"Here is your water," said Mark coming back into the room with a tray, with a jug of water and a glass.
"Thank you," said Megan pulling herself into a sitting position still keeping one arm round Alfie.
"Here let me," said Mark pouring the water into the glass.
"Thank you," said Megan taking the glass from his hands and gulping it down.
"I couldn't find an ice pack," said Meredith appearing at the door.
"In a hospital?" Megan giggled "You couldn't find an ice pack in a hospital?"
"You try it," Meredith protested.
"No it's fine I don't need ice," said Megan. "I don't have a fever."
"Let me feel," said Alfie pressing his hand to her forehead. "Daddy can I have your stethoscope?"
"No," laughed Mark. "You can't have my stethoscope, we have doctors here that are going to take good care of your Mummy, you can have a stethoscope when you're older."
"Mummy can I have yours?" asked Alfie.
"When you're older," laughed Megan. "And your Dad is right I am fine."
"And you young man need to get to bed," said Mark. "It's nearly past your bedtime."
"I assume I am staying here tonight?" said Megan rolling her eyes.
"Yes one night observation," said Mark. "I think you can handle one night."
"Fine," said Megan childishly. "What's..."
"Alfie is staying with his Auntie Meredith and Uncle Derek tonight," said Mark. "Aren't you buddy?"
"Uh huh."
"Well what about his school uniform?" said Megan. "Has he done his homework? Do you have his cereal?"
"Relax," said Meredith. "Tomorrow is Saturday, I have your house keys so Alfie and I are going to stop by your house to pick up what he needs, and things you will need."
"Don't worry about me I'll be fine, I keep clean clothes and stuff in my lab downstairs," said Megan. "I have everything I'll need for one night here at the hospital."
"You sure?" asked Meredith.
"Yeah," said Megan. "Don't worry about me."
"Mummy why can't I stay here with you?" asked Alfie.
"Because hospitals are no fun," said Megan. "And the food is really bad, now at Auntie Meredith's her cooking isn't much better but Uncle Derek can really cook breakfast. So you be a good boy, okay?"
"Okay," said Alfie.
"I will call you in morning," she promised. "And you can call me before you go to bed."
"Okay," said Alfie.
"You better go now," said Megan.
"Fine," sighed Alfie jumping off the bed.
"I love you," said Megan leaning down and kissing him.
"Love you too Mummy," said Alfie taking Meredith's hand. "Daddy will you look after Mummy with your stethoscope?"
"I promise," said Mark. "Bye buddy."
"Bye bye," said Alfie leaving the room with Meredith.
"I'm so sorry," said Megan once Alfie and Meredith were gone. "I should have known better than to skip meals...this happened when I was pregnant with Alfie, apparently pregnancy makes me a fainter. Did Dr. Bailey finish my surgery?"
"Yes Dr. Bailey finished your surgery, and your patient is just fine," said Mark sitting on the chair at the side of her bed.
"Good," said Megan. "You don't have to stay with me."
"It's fine," said Mark.
"Look I know that you hate me right now so you really don't have to stay here!" Megan snapped. "I am not some feeble sick person!"
"I know that," said Mark calmly. "But you scared the hell out of me today when I saw you go down like that. Do you have any idea what went through my head?"
"I'm sorry," she said. "I didn't even feel...I wasn't thinking. I didn't mean to scare you."
"I know you didn't," he said. "It is my baby, isn't it? Please don't yell at me, I just...why else wouldn't you tell me..."
"Yes it is your baby," said Megan.
"Yeah I thought that," said Mark. "But...I couldn't think of any other reason. There was that guy you were seeing at the engagement party and I...I'm sorry."
"It's okay," said Megan. "The last time I saw him was the night of the engagement party and I had my period in between seeing him and the night we..."
"You don't have to explain that," said Mark. "But why keep it a secret?"
"It wasn't a secret," said Megan. "I just found out myself a few days ago and then there was the job in London. To be honest I haven't really thought about the baby very much," Megan confessed.
"The job in London," Mark sighed. "I forgot about that."
"I turned them down," said Megan. "I called them last night and told them I couldn't take the job. I couldn't do it to Alfie...or you."
"Good," said Mark taking her hand. "I'm glad you're not leaving."
"Me too," said Megan. "I swear I was going to talk to you about the baby I just...we don't exactly have the best past when it comes to unplanned pregnancy."
"Yeah that is fair," said Mark. "But I'm not going to make the mistakes I made last time, I'm not going anywhere and I can't wait to meet this baby. I'm not scared."
"Then that makes one of us," said Megan. "The thought of two kids is pretty scary."
"It will be fine," said Mark. "You're not by yourself this time. I'm here for everything."
"I thought you hated me," she said. "I know how it must have looked to you. But I could never have taken Alfie away from you and I would have told you I was pregnant once I had processed it myself. I know it was wrong not to tell you straight away, I should have taken you to the appointment with me so you could have seen the sonogram, although the baby is less than a millimeter in size, and doesn't even have a heartbeat yet in fact the OBGYN didn't even want to do the scan but I had to see it...But I am sorry...damn! You should hate me! For once I can't think of a single thing you have done that I could blame you for this whole mess well other than having super strength sperm."
"Well my sperm and I apologize for any inconvenience caused," said Mark trying to hold back a smile.
"Well you should damn well apologize," said Megan. "With Alfie there was one day I brought my pill up and bang I was knocked up. Then we slept together once and bang!"
"It might have been on one occasion but several times."
"Even so!" Megan exclaimed. "I'm surprised you don't have an entire football team of kids when your shooting swimmers like that!"
"I knew you would find a way to blame me."
"You and your extra strength boy penis!"
"Yes I take full responsibility for the grain of rice in your uterus," he said. "Now get some rest."
"Do you hate me?" she asked quietly.
"I have never hated you," said Mark tucking a stray strand of hair behind her ears. "I just got mad, and I'm sorry I never gave you the chance to explain."
"I'm sorry I made it all messy again," she said.
"It's okay, it's all okay," he said then he pressed a kiss to her forehead. "Get some rest."
"Okay," she said.
"I have a surgery now but I'll come back to check on you."
"Goodnight," said Megan.
"Goodnight."
Thanks to the reviewers of the last chapter, Fangirl44, KittyLikes2Scratch, greys5824, jlamb13 and lilxjames
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