"Tony? Hey. Me again. Are you sitting down?"
A look of incomprehension crossed Tony's face. "Uh, no. Am I supposed to be?"
Michelle laughed. "Well, you'd better find some place to sit down it, hon."
"Michelle! Are you dying or something?" Tony asked, getting all panicky.
"No, no. Its actually the total opposite, if you think about it..." she realized.
"What? I'M dying!?" Tony shot back, getting more panicked by the second, as he sat down on Michelle's chair at CTU.
"Tony, just... shut up and let me do the talking for now, how's that?" Michelle told him, smirking.
"Okay. I'll shut up."
"Good. Uh, well, ya see... Nicole took some tests for me, and she ordered one test that eventually turned out positive, but they really didn't mean to take the test, so it was very coincidental that it turned positive, so I..."
"Michelle. You're killing me. What is it?"
Michelle took a deep breath. "We're gonna be parents, sweetie."
Suddenly, Michelle heard the phone drop. "Uh, Tony? TONY?"
After a few seconds, she heard the phone get picked up again. "Hi Michelle, its Jack. Tony is in some kind of shock, but I'll see to it that he calls you back, how's that? Oh, and Michelle? Congratulations."
"How did you know? Have you been tracking down calls again?" Michelle asked him suspiciously.
"Of course not. I just know... cos I looked exactly like that when Teri told me she was pregnant with Kim." Jack laughed.
"Oh, right. Sorry. Well, thanks Jack. Have Tony call me when he gets out of his trance, okay?"
"I will."
Michelle hung up and after about 5 minutes, she got another call.
"Michelle Dessler."
"I'M GONNA BE A FATHER!"
"Hi Tony, yes you are..."
"Wow, this is great, sweetie... I have to go see you. I really do. Oh my gosh, this is just great. Wow. I love you so much."
"I love you too, but if you love me enough, you will not come in here. There are other patients here and you might get infected."
"But I..." Tony tried.
"No buts, sweetheart. I love you, and I don't want this kid to grow up knowing that his or her father died because he was too stubborn. Do it for me and for the baby, okay? I miss you so much. A couple more hours, hon. I love you."
"I love you too, sweetie."
"I'll call you later, okay Tony?"
"Sure... oh, and Michelle?"
"Yeah?"
"Can we name the kid Tony? Whether or not it's a boy or a girl... I mean, if it's a girl, we could name it Toni... with an I." Tony asked her, unable to contain his excitement.
"We have 8 months to think about that, sweetheart. Well, I think I'll get some sleep, okay? I love you hon, get some rest once you finish up, okay?'
"I love you too. I miss you to death."
A look of incomprehension crossed Tony's face. "Uh, no. Am I supposed to be?"
Michelle laughed. "Well, you'd better find some place to sit down it, hon."
"Michelle! Are you dying or something?" Tony asked, getting all panicky.
"No, no. Its actually the total opposite, if you think about it..." she realized.
"What? I'M dying!?" Tony shot back, getting more panicked by the second, as he sat down on Michelle's chair at CTU.
"Tony, just... shut up and let me do the talking for now, how's that?" Michelle told him, smirking.
"Okay. I'll shut up."
"Good. Uh, well, ya see... Nicole took some tests for me, and she ordered one test that eventually turned out positive, but they really didn't mean to take the test, so it was very coincidental that it turned positive, so I..."
"Michelle. You're killing me. What is it?"
Michelle took a deep breath. "We're gonna be parents, sweetie."
Suddenly, Michelle heard the phone drop. "Uh, Tony? TONY?"
After a few seconds, she heard the phone get picked up again. "Hi Michelle, its Jack. Tony is in some kind of shock, but I'll see to it that he calls you back, how's that? Oh, and Michelle? Congratulations."
"How did you know? Have you been tracking down calls again?" Michelle asked him suspiciously.
"Of course not. I just know... cos I looked exactly like that when Teri told me she was pregnant with Kim." Jack laughed.
"Oh, right. Sorry. Well, thanks Jack. Have Tony call me when he gets out of his trance, okay?"
"I will."
Michelle hung up and after about 5 minutes, she got another call.
"Michelle Dessler."
"I'M GONNA BE A FATHER!"
"Hi Tony, yes you are..."
"Wow, this is great, sweetie... I have to go see you. I really do. Oh my gosh, this is just great. Wow. I love you so much."
"I love you too, but if you love me enough, you will not come in here. There are other patients here and you might get infected."
"But I..." Tony tried.
"No buts, sweetheart. I love you, and I don't want this kid to grow up knowing that his or her father died because he was too stubborn. Do it for me and for the baby, okay? I miss you so much. A couple more hours, hon. I love you."
"I love you too, sweetie."
"I'll call you later, okay Tony?"
"Sure... oh, and Michelle?"
"Yeah?"
"Can we name the kid Tony? Whether or not it's a boy or a girl... I mean, if it's a girl, we could name it Toni... with an I." Tony asked her, unable to contain his excitement.
"We have 8 months to think about that, sweetheart. Well, I think I'll get some sleep, okay? I love you hon, get some rest once you finish up, okay?'
"I love you too. I miss you to death."