Chapter 28

Megan was now three and a half months pregnant, to anyone looking at her it wasn't noticeable that she was pregnant yet but her stomach was slightly rounder. Mark had been staying at her house every night since she had been discharged from the hospital, they had gotten into the habit of sleeping in the spare room together every night but weren't a couple.

"Meredith, have you seen Mark?" Megan asked. Mark hadn't come back to the house after work the night before and he hadn't called her to see how she was that morning, he always did that if he had to work during the night.

"Uh...yeah he and Derek went for a run this morning," said Meredith. "He had a rhinoplasty in OR2, he must be about done now though."

"Thanks," said Megan.

"Is everything alright?"

"Yeah," said Megan. "I just haven't seen him since yesterday...It's probably nothing."

"How is my niece?"

"The baby is fine," said Megan. "And we don't know if it's a girl or not yet."

"Well it better be a girl, I have a bet with Derek and Mark, they both think it's a boy," said Meredith. "So do what you can."

"I'll try," said Megan. "I'm going to go see if I can find Mark."

"Okay," said Meredith going back to her charts.

Megan went to the scrub room of OR2 and found Mark washing his hands. He glanced up when he saw her enter the room, but he didn't say anything he just kept on washing his hands.

"Hi," said Megan.

"Hey."

"Alfie missed you this morning."

"I'll pick him up from school today," he said. "If that's alright with you?"

"Yeah it's fine," said Megan. "Is everything alright? You seem...mad at me or something."

"Why would I be mad at you?"

"I don't know. Are you?"

"No."

"Did you have a late night surgery last night?"

"No," he said. "I went back to my hotel room."

"Why?"

"I live there," he said. "Although I think it's about time I bought my own place, I'm going to view some places this afternoon I might as well get Alfie's opinion. At least then I could look after him overnight."

"Mark," she said burrowing her eyebrows in confusion. "Did I do something to annoy or upset you?"

"No," he said. "We're fine."

"You might be."

"How are you feeling today?" he said changing the subject. "Any morning sickness?"

"No, just a little nausea."

"Good," said Mark. "Did you eat something this morning?"

"Ugh," said Megan annoyed by his distant behavior. "Are you going to tell me what is bugging you?"

"Nothing is bugging me."

"Fine!" She said stomping out. "Stupid men!"


That night Megan was standing outside Mark's hotel room, she knew something was wrong with him and it was driving her crazy because she truly had no idea what she had done wrong. He had dropped Alfie off at her house, but he had stayed in the car and sent Alfie inside on his own. He had avoided her all day at work as well. So she asked Meredith to put Alfie to bed while she went to find out what his problem was. She knocked on the door and heard him shouting for her just to come in. He was clearly expecting someone. For a moment she dreaded that he was seeing someone else, she couldn't stand it if she walked in on him with someone else.

"Just leave the cart out there," he called from the bathroom. Megan breathed a sigh of relief, he was expecting room service.

"Mark," she called.

"Megan?"

"Yeah."

"Is everything alright?" he said coming out of the bathroom without having taken off residue shaving foam off his face. "Is Alfie sick?"

"No he's fine," smiled Megan. She picked up a towel that was flung over a nearby chair, she went to wipe his face but he flinched when the towel touched him. He took a step back, took the towel from her and wiped his face himself.

"What are you doing here then?"

"Wow you're that happy to see me," she said. "I came to talk to you."

"About what?"

"About whatever it is I have done to make you act like this," said Megan. "You have been avoiding me all day, you drop Alfie off without a word and...you didn't leave me a smiley note on the bathroom mirror."

"That is because I wasn't in the shower before you this morning," said Mark feeling bad he hated seeing Megan upset.

"What about the rest?"

"I wasn't avoiding you all day I was working all day, I didn't have time to wander down to the fun easy world of genetics."

"You think my work is fun and easy?"

"I think it's a cop out," said Mark. "You couldn't cut surgery so you ran to genetics."

"See that!" Megan shouted. "What the hell is your problem?"

"Nothing!"

"It's something!" she shouted. "Is it the baby? Are you freaking out or something? If you are it's fine."

"It's not the baby," he shouted. "It has nothing to do with the baby or Alfie!"

"So it's just me you have the problem with?"

"I don't have a problem."

"You clearly do," said Megan. "If I'm in this alone again, just tell me."

"What?"

"Two kids is a lot. You couldn't handle the thought of Alfie," said Megan trying to be understanding. "You have never been around new born babies but I'll show you..."

"How can you say that to me?" said Mark too hurt to bother hiding it. "I have never given you any reason to think that I don't want to be around for our children. I have done everything I can to make up for how I reacted the last time you were pregnant."

"I know, I'm sorry," said Megan. "Just tell me why you are being like this then."

"It's nothing."

"Because the only reason I could think was that you were getting cold feet," she said feeling her eyes fill with tears. "Because this is feeling just like last time, I'm pregnant and missing you and I hate it!"

"I..." Mark started but he didn't know what to say or do he had never seen Megan cry before and she was really crying now despite her trying to hide it with her hands.

"These are not real tears, you have not made me into a sniveling pathetic person. These are pregnancy tears, I can't control them so they don't count!"

"You should sit down," said Mark, she shouldn't get worked up while she was pregnant.

"I don't want to sit down," she said. "I want you to tell me what I did? I want you to tell me what the hell it is you want?"

"I want you!" Mark exploded. "Are you happy now? I want you!"

"What?"

"I love you, I have always loved you," he said. "I can't take living there with you and not..."

"I...I..."

"You don't think I loved being there all the time with Alfie, finally feeling a proper Dad. I know so many little things about him, his teacher actually knows my name now..."

"Yeah she has the hots for you," said Megan. "She asked me if you were single."

"My point is, I can't go on the way we haven been, acting like a family but not quite," he sighed. "I love being around the two of you but...it's like low fat ice cream it's kind of like the real thing but missing one major thing."

"I...I-I have to go," said Megan pointing to the door. "Sorry but I left Alfie with Meredith and...bye."

"Megan," he sighed but she was gone.


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