Lu held her breath, waiting nervously for his reaction. Mickey just stared at her blankly.

"Mickey, did you hear what I just said?" she asked after a few minutes had passed.

"Yeah, I heard," Mickey said slowly. "Are you sure?"

She shook her head. "No. I won't know for sure until day after tomorrow at the earliest.

"So there's a chance that you might not be?" he pressed hopefully.

"Well, yeah," Lu answered, puzzled by his reaction. "But Mickey, if I am-"

"If you are, then you'll just get rid of it," he said firmly. "You're a doctor, you know how."

Lu shook her head disbelievingly. "No... Mickey, you know I couldn't do that."

"Then you'll just have to figure something out," he responded. "Lu, this isn't a good time. We've only been dating for a few weeks, you know, and I... I'm just not ready for this."

"And you think I am?" she shot back. "But damnit, this is happening, and we're just going to have to deal with it."

"No," Mickey said, shaking his head. He went past her, heading for the door.

She turned around, following him with her eyes. "Where are you going?"

"I can't do this," he told her, "I'm sorry."

He left. Lu heard the door close behind him, sunk down onto the couch, and cried.

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Lu was late for work the next morning. When she got there, Andy was waiting in her office.

"Lu," Andy said softly. "How did he take it?"

Lu dropped onto a chair dejectedly. "Not well."

Andy sat down across from her, a worried frown creasing her face. "I figured as much, when you weren't here this morning. What happened?"

Lu shrugged. "I don't know. I thought he'd be happy, you know? But he... He said all these things about he wasn't ready, and it wasn't a good time, and he told me to... take care of it."

"What are you going to do?" Andy asked.

"Not that," Lu replied decisively. "I'll raise it by myself, if I have to. Marc'll help me. And maybe Mickey will come around."

"Maybe," Andy repeated quietly. She wanted to be supportive of her colleague, and besides, anything that took her mind off Les and the girls was a welcome distraction.

Lu picked up on Andy's thoughts, and made an effort to divert her attention from her family. "Hey, why don't you come to my place tonight? We could have a girls-night-in type thing."

Andy smiled sadly. "Thanks anyway, but I know you're just trying to distract me, Delgado."

Lu feigned innocence. "Distract you? Andy, would I do that?"

Andy raised her eyebrows.

"OKay," Lu conceded, "Maybe I would. But still, you should come."

Andy shook her head, and patted Lu's shoulder as she got up. "It's a generous offer, Lu, but I'll be fine. And right now, I think we've both got patients to take care of."

Lu sighed, and then followed Andy out to the waiting room to call in her first patient.

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A/N: Sorry for the long wait. But thanks to everyone who's been bugging me to update. =)

A/N2: Before I go any further with this, I just want to make it clear that I have nothing against Mickey. On the show, I love him. I love him and Lu together. But I started writing this fic after he was only in a couple of eps, so we didn't really "know" him, and yeah. But just know that he's a completely different personality in this fic than he is on the show.