Don't Leave

Chapter 8- Million Dollar Question

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Told from Sam's Point of View

"I am overworked and underpaid." I announced at admit.

"You're preaching to the choir," Helah tells me as she walks off. Susan comes over and stands next to me.

"What is up with med students thinking they own nurses?" I ask.

"Only attendings can, right Sam?" Chunni asks me.

"Not funny." I tell her even though everyone is laughing.

"Sam my patient threw up." One of the new med students, Kenneth, said.

"Then page Housekeeping to clean it up." I told him. Once he left I said, "Is it just me or they getting dumber and dumber?"

"I thought it was younger and younger?" Susan said. "We're having a girl's night out tonight. It'll be just me, you, and Abby. Lots of drinking. Well for me. You and Abby can't. What do you say?"

I bit my lip. "I don't know Susan. It's such short notice and I won't be able to get a baby sitter tonight."

"What about Alex?"

"Friend's house."

"Well then drop Lucy and Josh off at my house. Chuck will be watching Cosmo and Brooke. And we all know Carter will bring Emily over too."

"Fine. What time?"

"Seven o'clock. We'll leave from my place."

"Okay."

6:59 Susan's

Lucy ran up to the door of Susan and Chuck's apartment ahead of me. Josh has gotten heavier. A lot heavier. God being pregnant and having a baby is going to suck. I caught up to her and knock on the door. Susan opened the door. "Good you made it. Abby and Carter are already here." Lucy ran ahead to where Brooke and Emily are playing on the floor. I glanced around the apartment while Susan shuts the door behind us.

"I see you pulled out the old play pen." I tell her.

"Well I wasn't about to make Josh stay in his car seat the entire time. Of course now that Chuck saw that he wants another baby." I followed her into the kitchen where the rest of the adults are.

"Hey Sam." They all say when they see me. I placed the car seat up on the table and placed the diaper bag next to it.

"Well now that we are all here let's go." Abby kisses Carter and she puts her coat back on.

"Um…There are diapers and wipes in the diaper bag. Along with his pacifier and some toys. There's also another pair of pajamas in case he spits up on himself. I put two bottles in there too in case he…" Susan pulls me away from the two men and my baby towards the front door.

"Bye Chuck. Bye Carter." She yells over me. I get pulled out of the apartment.

"Free." Abby says with a smile on her face.

"Sam he's going to be fine. You've left Lucy with us before."

"Yeah but you were there."

"Are you saying you don't trust my husband?" She says with fake anger.

"That's exactly what I'm saying." I say with a grin on my face.

"Well good because I don't trust him either." We all laugh at her last comment and make our way to her parking garage.

Friday's

The laughter at our table dies down and Susan asks, "So Abby girl or boy?" She bits her lip.

"Well John and I weren't going to tell anyone but it's a girl!"

"Congratulations Abs." We both tell her.

"Well since we're on the topic of babies…"

"Sam he's fine." Susan says reassuring me.

"Oh I'm not worried about that because Chuck and Carter both know I'll kick their asses if anything happens to Joshua. But well….I'm pregnant." They immediately stop eating, their forks still in the air.

"That was fast especially since you had a hard time getting pregnant with Joshua." Abby says. "Congratulations."

"Yeah congrats. Does Luka know?"

"Yep."

"Sam if you need any help even if it's four in the morning and you have a craving or you need someone to take the kids for the day just call."

"Same for me. I remember it was hard being pregnant while Carter was in Africa and that was only for two months. So if you need anything you can call us too. Besides I'm on maternity leave in a week so I'll be home all the time."

"Thanks guys. Bu I think we'll be okay." The conversation continued but I was still thinking about what I said. Will we be okay for four more months without him? That's the million dollar question.