Back to Your Heart
Part 13

A couple of weeks passed by and Carter and Susan were busy making arrangements dealing with florists, bands, caterers, and trying to find a priest to do the ceremony. They walked out of the church "Well I like this place" Susan said walking out

"Yeah this will definitely work" Carter said as they got into his car

"Okay so we got the everything we need all we need to do now is find a wedding coordinator," Susan said looking at the list she had in her hand

"A wedding coordinator?" Carter asked

"Yeah someone to plan where the wedding reception is going to be and what it's going to look like, you know a wedding coordinator," she said

"Okay I think I can deal with that," he said. They had to be on that day so they went home and got ready for work and headed towards the hospital "I have to go upstairs I'll see you later," she said as she gave him a kiss and walked over to the elevator. She went up to OBGYN and sat down waiting for her name to be called

"Susan Lewis" the nurse called out

"That's me," she said as she got up and walked over to the nurse who had her chart in her hand

"Okay why don't you step up onto the scale here" the nurse said pointing at the metal scale sitting up against the wall "Wow you seem to be gaining weight there," she said looking at the results

"Oh I'm so thrilled," Susan said sarcastically

"Okay I'm going to take your blood pressure then the doctor will be into see you in a little bit" she said as she wrapped the cuff around her arm and took it "Okay you go ahead and put that gown on and the doctor will be in" she said as she closed the door. After feeling like she was waiting forever Dr. Coburn showed up

"Susan Lewis I knew that name sounded familiar its nice to see that you are back," she said shaking her hand

"Hi Janet" she said feeling a little uneasy

"So can I ask who the father is?" she asked her

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you" she said

"Try me" Coburn said as she was searching for the ultrasound machine

"John Carter" she said

"Really I'm happy for you two" she said as she got the ultrasound ready "Okay why don't you lift your gown up and we will take a look" she said as she squirted some of the goop on Susan's belly "Well it looks like you have a very healthy baby here" she said

"Wow" she said looking at the screen in pure awe at the little life that was inside her

"Okay well its too early to tell if it's a boy or a girl but I'd say you have a very healthy baby and you need to take some pre-natal vitamins" she said handing her the package

"Thanks Dr. Coburn" she said as she left

"No problem Susan and tell John I'm happy for him" she said as she shut the door

"Yeah that's something I will have to tell him," she said to herself as she got dressed and walked out

"Okay your next appointment is two weeks from today," the receptionist said handing her appointment card to her

"Thanks" she said walking out and getting into the elevator, she stood there with the picture from the ultrasound in her hand seeing the little life that she was carrying inside her right in front of her eyes and a tear came to her eye "I know you will never be able to fill the void that little Suzie had but I will love you just the same" she heard the elevator doors beginning to open and she stuck the picture in her pocket and walked off

"So what's the story on the patient in 3?" Carter asked Luka as they were walking down the hallway doing rounds before Luka took off

"I don't know it's a total mystery to me, why don't you get a surgical consult and maybe they can figure it out," he said as he handed him the chart. They rounded the corner and ran straight into Susan who had a big stack of papers in her hands

"Whoa there" Luka said as he helped her grab some of the things she dropped

"Thanks" she said, but in her haste she hadn't noticed that she had dropped the picture of the ultrasound

"Susan you dropped this" he said as he picked it up but she was already gone "Um Carter I think you should look at this," he said as he showed him the picture

"Oh is Abby pregnant?" he asked looking at it

"No it says Lewis" Luka said handing him the picture

"It's what?" he said in total shock

"It's hers congratulations Carter," Luka said patting him on the back and walking off

"Oh my god" he said still in shock "Why didn't she tell me about this?" he asked himself, and went on with his work. He was thinking about it all day when he finally ran into Susan

"Hey you want to go get lunch?" she asked as she signed a patient off

"Sure, I'm famished" she said as she walked into the lounge to get her stuff. They walked over to Doc's and sat down, Carter was about to tell her what he had found but he decided maybe there was a reason she didn't want to tell him, he pushed that thought out of his head and went back to their lunch
"Thanks for lunch" Susan said as she gave him a kiss on the cheek and walked off, she had wondered if something was going on cause he was acting weird during lunch did someone tell him about the baby. She felt worried all day until it was time to go home, Carter had gone home before her and she was sitting in her car looking at the house wondering if it was time to tell him about the baby "John well what would you say an addition to the house you know like a crib and a changing table, cause I'm pregnant" she said going over her options "Oh this is going to be hard" she said as she got out of the car, she walked up to the door and took a deep breath "Here goes nothing" she said, she opened the door to the shock of her life