And the drama begins :) Enjoy!
They both looked at her, Alex with anger, Aiden with skepticism.
"It can't be his, I've been with Alex for awhile now." she argued.
"It could be Aiden, what if you were pregnant before you got back with Alex?" Ajay suggested.
He saw her face drop and glared at Ajay, "Remember the part about no stress? This is my kid, why would you even bring Adam up?"
"It's a possibility that its not. I think you should let him know." she said talking to Aiden.
She turned to Alex, worry etched into her smooth features.
He kissed her gently, "We'll go to the doctor and see what he says, if its even something we have to think about."
He helped her up and left Ajay on the floor completely undecided about what to do. For some reason she had this nagging feeling in the pit of her stomach that Adam was the father of Aiden's baby.
After the next day of tapings they all flew home to Detroit. Ajay had noticed that Alex had made sure to keep her away from Aiden. She understood he was being protective but that didn't mean she had to like it.
She had a moment when they touched down, while the boys were getting the cars to finally talk to her.
"Aiden I'm sorry. I don't want to upset you at all, but I do want you to be realistic too. You and Adam were hot and heavy for awhile. All I'm asking is for you to check when they baby was conceived. The doctor should know that from the ultrasound right? If it were me you would be telling me to do the same thing." she reminded.
"I know. I'm just scared that the baby is his. We didn't exactly end things on the best of terms, not to mention how Alex will take the news. I'm still pretty dumfounded how any of this happened in the first place. Ninety-nine percent means ninety-nine percent huh?"
Ajay hugged her tightly when she saw her tear up, "Don't get upset, Alex will kill me."
Alex and Chris pulled up.
"Tell Lexie I love her and that we'll be home in a little while." Aiden sighed.
"We'll be waiting." she said.
Alex held her hand the whole tie until they were called back. She changed into the gown that was provided and sat on the table with a sigh.
"Will you stop worrying? We'll get through this together." he promised just as Dr. Thomas came in.
"Hello again young lady. How have you been?" he smiled.
"Okay, I guess." Aiden replied.
"Let's start some of these test shall we?" he asked.
After blood work and other tests, she was allowed to change. She sat nervously next to Alex leaning into him for support.
Finally the doctor came into the room, papers in hand, "You are in fact pregnant."
Aiden frowned a little.
"That's not exactly bad news. You're already six weeks along, development is normal. When we get back your blood work we'll know how to proceed and how your body is handling this pregnancy. Until then, take it easy, lots of rest, eat well, nothing too strenuous, and absolutely NO stress." he instructed.
"Did you say six weeks? I'm six weeks pregnant?" she stammered.
"Yes." he said looking between them.
Alex's face was stoic, but just beneath that there was a whole layer of pain.
"Is there something that I should know?" Dr. Thomas questioned.
Aiden had her face in her hands weeping quietly.
"We were separated for awhile, and umm, only got back together two weeks ago." Alex informed, not sure how he found his voice to speak.
He nodded pensively, "Aiden, you have options…you're still very early into your pregnancy."
She shook her head, "I just want to go home."
When they returned home after a silent car ride, Aiden dropped her purse in the chair and went upstairs to their bedroom.
She crawled under the covers ignoring her tears by trying to go to sleep. Why had she been so stupid to think that she couldn't get pregnant? She knew birth control pills were not foolproof, that was quite obvious actually.
How was she going to tell Adam? They hadn't spoken in weeks.
And Alex? What was he going to do?
She cried into her pillow for awhile before Alex came upstairs to join her. He got in the bed beside her and molded his body to hers.
He kissed her cheek surprising himself how at peace he was with the whole situation, "Whatever you decide I'm with you one hundred percent."
She rolled over to face him, "I'm so sorry Alex."
She buried her face into his chest sobbing.
"Shhh…I love you no matter what. I want you to know that. If you want to keep it, then we will. It's whatever makes you happy." he quieted her.
She looked up at him, "I'm having another man's baby, how can I be happy?"
He smoothed her tears away, "It may not seem like it now but we can get through this. I'll be here for you no matter what."
She searched his face for the answers to her questions, "Why would you want to stay with me? You did hear him right? I'm having…Adam's baby."
He stared at her for several moments before he smiled, "There are several reasons I'm staying with you. You're my wife, my soul mate for starters, and this baby you're carrying is half of you. Anything that is a part of you or belongs to you, I will always love. Leaving you never crossed my mind. You being pregnant with his kid is my doing anyways. I was dumb to think there wouldn't be a line of guys wanting to take my spot, and I allowed that to happen."
She ran a finger along his collarbone, "I don't have to keep it."
His dark eyes watched her face seeing the flicker of fear, "That is totally your decision, but we both know that's not something you would do."
"I'm so scared of going through all of this again." she admitted finally.
He pressed his lips to her forehead, "So am I babe, so am I, but I've got another idea. Why don't we not tell anyone about the paternity. He'll be ours all along and no one will know the difference."
"Except for when he looks nothing like you. Look at Joey, he looks exactly like Adam." she said skeptically.
He looked a little defeated, "It's whatever you want to do. I just thought that maybe it would be less stressful."
She kissed him softly, "I know. Thank you for being so great about this."
Alex let her sleep for a little while before waking her to go get Lexie.
He scooped his daughter up and held her above his head when they walked into Chris and Ajay's house. She giggled and squealed before squeezing his neck tightly.
"So how did everything go?" Chris asked putting a hand on Aiden's stomach.
She glanced at Alex before answering, "Fine, everything was normal, the baby is healthy. They did a lot of tests on me, and we're waiting to get those back."
His infamous concern was back in full force, "You're okay though right? Did he say anything about….last time?"
Alex stepped in, "She's fine. We'll know more when her blood work and stuff comes back."
"What about how far along you are?" Ajay asked settling Kenzie on her hip.
Aiden sighed knowing she wouldn't be able to keep the secret from them, "I'm six weeks along."
"So it IS Adam's?" Chris choked out.
"Yeah, but we're thinking about leaving that part out." Alex interjected, "I don't think she's made up her mind whether or not she wants to tell him."
You could almost see Ajay turn red, "Wonder who came up with that idea?"
She sat Kenzie down who had begun to whine.
As soon as the toddler had taken Lexie's hand and was around the corner, Ajay got in Alex's face, "How would you feel if it was your baby and Adam suggested that she not tell you? Are you really that pathetic and heartless?"
Alex was only slightly phased, "The decision hasn't been made yet, Ashton."
"I can't believe you would even bring that up! Adam has a right to know about his child." she argued.
He laughed then, "Yeah because he did such a great job with the first one. Lexie, baby, come on, we need to go."
She teetered over and went into his arms easily.
He glared at Ajay, "This is her decision, remember that Ashton. I don't want her to go through another falling out with you."
"Go fuck yourself PATRICK." she snarled.
"Bitch…" he mumbled under his breath as he went out the door grabbing his daughter's bag.
Ajay's features softened when she locked eyes with Aiden, "Please reconsider. He has to at least know."
"I'll think about it if you promise me you won't tell him before I decide what I want to do." she bargained.
Ajay rolled her eyes, "This isn't right and you know it."
"Ajay, come on.' Chris pleaded, putting his hands on her shoulders.
"Whatever." she dismissed, "We'll see you in Orlando I guess.'
Aiden mouthed 'thank you' to Chris who smiled weakly and nodded.
He found Ajay pouting in her chair after he walked Aiden to the car. He sat on her playfully trying to smother her.
"Get off of me crazy ass." she laughed pushing on his back.
He let his body go limp and draped himself over her even more, "Only if you won't be in a bad mood."
She struggled against him even more until he put his hand on her face.
"Chris!" She screamed.
He got off of her grinning when he saw her fighting a smile.
"You're a dork." she muttered.
"But a really hot and sexy one right?" he asked leaning down for a kiss.
She met him halfway for a peck then frowned, "He's my brother though."
"She's your best friend. I'm with Alex, I don't want the two of you to have another fight.' he said.
"I'm not going to fight with her. I'm mad that Alex is influencing her to even entertain the possibility of not telling Adam. That's my niece or nephew she's carrying." she pointed out, her voice straining slightly with emphasis.
Chris sat back, realization washing over him.
He moved her bangs from her eyes, "Babe, this isn't the same situation that Joey was in. Aiden isn't Addison"
Tears welled up in her eyes.
He knew he hit the nail on the head, "She will do what's best for the baby no matter what. Look at what she did to protect Lexie."
"I don't want to talk about that." she cried.
He pulled her to him, "Okay, don't get all upset. You know Joey doesn't like to see you cry."
He felt her nod against his shoulder.
"She's probably in shock and needs to organize her thoughts first, you know how she loves to organize, look at our alphabetized pantry." he joked.
Ajay laughed through her tears.
"Everything is going to be okay. She's going to need you, especially if this pregnancy is anything like the last one."
Ajay wiped her eyes on her sleeve with a tiny smile, "You're still a dork though."
So Adam's the father...can't wait to hear what you think about that one!
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