…Till Death Does Us Part Chapter II – Part 8/26
Disclaimer - See part one for all important informationMac stared at him. "I'm what?"
"Pregnant, probably less then ten weeks. I would like to do an ultrasound just to be on the safe side," Chapman told her.
Mac continued to stare at him. "I'm pregnant."
"I take it this wasn't planned?" Chapman asked.
Mac let out a dry chuckle. "Nothing in my life is planned, Captain."
AJ stared at Mac with shock on his face. "Mac, are you okay?"
"I don't think so, Sir," Mac told him honestly.
Chapman looked at Mac. "Colonel, I would really to do the ultrasound now. It will give us a better estimate of the age of the fetus."
"Okay," Mac said as the words started to sink into her.
"Let me just get the portable," Chapman said before he left the room.
AJ stood up from the chair next to the head of the bed. "I'll just be outside."
"Sir, I would like you to stay. I think I'm going to need some help on this one," Mac almost pleaded.
AJ looked at her face and could tell she was scared. "Of course, Mac. But I think for the rest of the day you should call me AJ. Somehow I don't think you're CO should be here."
Mac chuckled. "Thanks, AJ."
AJ sat back down and gave Mac an encouraging smile.
Chapman entered the room again with a handheld ultrasound and a nurse. "Just lay back, Colonel."
Mac laid back on the bed and the nurse pulled up Mac's shirt around her waist, putting some clear gel on her stomach. Chapman then pressed the small wand over the area searching for the tiny baby.
"Bingo." Chapman smiled.
The nurse looked at the small screen. "About eight weeks."
Chapman looked closer at the small black and white grouping. "Eight weeks." He hit a button on the side of the screen and removed the wand from Mac's stomach.
The nurse wiped off Mac's stomach and helped Mac sit up. Chapman showed the screen to Mac. "I know this is hard to see. But that mass right there is your baby."
Mac looked closely at the screen. "Wow."
"I'm going to have the nurse print this out for you. Have you had any morning sickness?" Chapman asked as handed the ultrasound to the nurse and she left the room
"I've felt nauseous, but nothing else," Mac told him.
Chapman took out his prescription pad and wrote on it. "This is a prescription for vitamins. I want you to come for monthly check-ups with an OB doctor. I'm going to recommend Commander Kyle Henning, he delivered my son." He handed Mac two slips of paper. "You need to eat better and try to lay off the stress, Colonel. If you have any questions about the pregnancy, Commander Henning will be able to answer your questions."
He paused and looked at her. "Do you have any questions?"
"A million," Mac nervously said.
"It's a lot to take in, but don't worry just stay healthy and everything should be fine," Chapman reassured her as the nurse walked back in. She handed Chapman the picture and he gave it to Mac. "Congratulations."
"Thank you, Captain," Mac said before he left the room.
AJ stood up and sat next to her on the bed and looked at the picture. "It's a little fuzzy." He tried to joke.
Mac looked at him. "Well, looks like I don't need those two weeks to tell my CO."
"Congratulations, Sarah."
"Thanks, AJ." She stared at the picture in awe now. "I'm going to be a mom."
AJ shook his head and wondered who the father was. Instead of asking her the question he choose another. "Well since our lunch plans changed. Why don't Meredith and I take you out to dinner tonight?"
Mac looked at the picture in her hands. "I don't think I'm going to be up for company tonight, Sir."
"Mac, you need to eat and Meredith would love to see you again. If it helps, I won't tell her about the baby."
"I would appreciate it, if you didn't tell anyone."
AJ stared at her with surprise. "People will find out."
"I know, Sir. I just want to be the one to break the news."
"Understood, Mac. But Meredith and I will pick you up for dinner at seven. There is a small café she wants to go to and she made reservations for three last night."
Mac laughed. "Harriet's been rubbing off on you."
"That she has." AJ laughed before he gently took her hand. "I just want to make sure you're going to be okay, Sarah."
Mac squeezed his hand. "I will be."
Mac's Apartment
9:16 PM
Naples, Italy
Mac had returned from dinner with Meredith and AJ about ten minutes ago. She took a shower and was now sitting on her couch in her PJ's, staring at the picture of her baby. It was so tiny and growing inside her.
"What the hell am I going to do?" she muttered as she stood up to pace the room. After a few short laps around the room she noticed a picture on her end table. It was of her, Little AJ, and Harm. She picked the picture up and returned to the couch, picking up the other sonogram picture.
"Congratulations, Harm, you're a dad." She let her mind wonder to what the baby would look like. Blue eyes or brown? Boy or girl? His nose or hers? Then her thoughts changed. "How am I going to tell him?"
A few tears fell from her eyes as she allowed herself to realize this baby was from that one night. The one night they both let go and express their feelings. From the night he left her, alone. From the night they ended their marriage. "What am I going to do?"
End Part 8