Caleb had been to dinner with his Dad, sister, niece and two of his Uncles to celebrate his birthday at his favourite restaurant in the City, but by the time they had finished he found himself preoccupied by thinking about Jess, not knowing what he should do.
As they were waiting for the bill to come his sister Rose looked over and saw that her younger brother looked distracted 'Everything alright Cal?'.
He nodded slightly 'yeah, I was just thinking about Jess, she rang me this morning… I guess that means something…?'.
George glanced at his watch 'look Cal, we're going to head home now anyway, take the Mercedes and go see her if you want, and we'll get a cab. If you'd rather go tomorrow then you can, it's your choice son'.
Caleb glanced at his watch and sighed 'I think I'll go now… I'll just spend the whole night thinking about it instead. Is that alright?'.
George nodded and handed his son the car keys 'it's fine, let me know if you're back tonight okay, and try not to scratch the car, it's only a week old'.
Caleb said goodbye to all his family and left in the Mercedes, heading for the hospital.
Jess was on her own in her hospital room wearing her long silk robe and walking back from the bathroom adjoining her room, walking slowly as she was still sore and ached all over, feeling exhausted.
She was physically and emotionally drained after speaking to John Flynn earlier in the day, and she was finally off the monitors, machines and drips, which meant her body was trying to adjust back to working by itself, along with trying to deal with the early stages of her pregnancy.
As she was walking slowly back over to her bed Jess heard a knock at her door and muttered 'come in', assuming it was Christian or Ana.
She looked up after a few seconds, seeing Caleb standing there in a pair of black suit trousers and a dark blue shirt, his hair messy and a concerned look on his face as he watched as she gripped the side table with one hand, the other holding her side painfully.
'Long time no see Grey, you look too fragile to be walking yourself hun'.
He closed the door behind him and walked over to her, holding Jess as he helped her back to the bed, sitting her down on it and sitting on the chair beside her.
Caleb was only a foot and a half away from her and sat in silence for a while, fingers steepled in front of him 'Uh… Jess… How are you doing?'.
'I had a seizure and almost cracked my head open… how do you think I'm doing?'.
Caleb sighed, looking like he'd rather be anywhere but in the room talking to her 'Jess… we need to talk. I understand you might not have wanted to say you loved me back, that's your own prerogative, but you've been so off with me recently that I have to start thinking there is something else going on here… You haven't spoken to me in a long time, and if you want to break up wth me I'd rather you just fucking did it, rather than skirt around the issue. Of course, if there is an actual problem… can you at least tell me?'.
Jess was quiet for a long time, looking uncomfortable ''It's not you Caleb... There is something else'.
He nodded and started counting something in his head on his fingers 'wait…are you pregnant?'.
She faltered, looking shocked 'how did you...?'.
'Well we've had quite a long time since we've had an 'interruption' so I was just guessing...but you've basically just admitted it there…'.
He trailed off, the situation finally hitting him fully.
'I'm sorry, Caleb'
Caleb looked genuinely confused 'why are you apologising? It's no one's fault but you definitely don't need to say sorry, you didn't get pregnant without some… 'assistance' did you? Please, Jess, don' feel like you need to say sorry, I don't blame you'.
'I… I don't think I can do this Caleb, I- I- I don't know what to do…'
Caleb stood up and sat beside Jess, putting an arm around her and pulling her into him, kissing her hair lightly 'we can talk about this later, but right now you need to sleep, okay?'.
She nodded slightly and he held her hand 'I'm here Jess, alright, you're not going to have to do this on your own, I promise'.
She nodded slightly, looking tired but slightly calmed down as she slowly pulled her legs up so she was lying down on the bed, Caleb pulling the blanket up over her.
'I have to make a call to my dad to tell him I won't be back tonight, I won't be long okay?'.
Jess nodded slightly and Caleb kissed her on the forehead before leaving the room to make the call. Of course he didn't tell his father that Jess was pregnant, but felt the enormity of the situation hit him, forcing him to sit down for a little while, staring impassively at the white floor, thinking for a long time.
When Caleb came back into the hospital room Jess was asleep, curled up under the blanket.
He didn't know what to do so Caleb simply sat back down in the chair beside the bed, watching her sleep and worrying about the conversation they were inevitably going to have in the morning.