Sorry to leave you hanging last night but I couldn't write anymore as it was 1am and I had an English exam this morning! But now I'm all done with English Lit (and all exams) for 2 weeks so I've got more time now! Yey!

Chapter 12

"Ok, Karen, you're really scaring me now? What the hell's happened?"

"Will, I…I can't…I did something, Will and now…" She couldn't finish, her mouth wouldn't physically move anymore.

Will knew this was something really bad, something she wouldn't just reveal in front of the doctor, he knew how Karen felt about them.

"Dr. Goldberg, can you excuse us for a moment please? I need to talk to Karen alone."

He still looked worried but nodded at Will and walked out. Will turned back to Karen and grabbed both her hands. "Come on, Karen. Please tell me. No matter what it is, I'll help you, I promise."

"The baby…it's not Stan's."

Whatever Will had been expecting, it wasn't that. "It's…what?"

She nodded, tears forming in her eyes. "Not Stan's."

"But how? I mean, you said that…"

"I know what I said but I….I miscalculated."

"You had affair then?" Will just couldn't get his head around this. He thought Karen loved Stan, that's why she was so upset when he walked out on her. Why would she have an affair? This just didn't add up. "Whose is it?"

Karen hesitated. "It's just some guy."

"Just some guy? This is the father of your child! Do you even know his name?"

"It was…Mark, I think."

"You think?...Jesus, Karen. What…I mean, how did this happen?"

"It was…well, 10 weeks ago. Stan and I had a fight and I was feeling down so I went to a bar and one thing lead to another and well…look." She pointed to her stomach.

"God." He didn't know what else to say. There was nothing to say. "Let's go home, Kare." She nodded; feeling like her old world had just collapsed around her. Just when she thought all the trauma had disappeared, the one mistake she wanted to forget about had come back and smacked her in the face. She looked at Will as they walked out of the room. He wouldn't look at her anymore. She'd fucked up. Again. How could she fix it this time? Why was her life so difficult? For once, couldn't everything just be normal and good?

"Mrs Walker?"

Oh, they'd forgotten about Dr. Goldberg. Karen looked up from the floor. "Yes?"

"Here's your scan print-out." She took it from his hand and placed it in her bag and started to walk off. "Is everything…sorted out now?" He had a look of worry and concern on his face.

"Yes, thank you. It was just a small mistake, nothing major. It doesn't matter."

"Oh good. See you later then. You'll need to come in for another scan at about 20 weeks so if you like you can book it now or over the phone later on."

Just wanting to be out of there as quickly as possible, she told him she'd do it later and they both left.

The car ride home was silent. Will was thinking about what Karen had said in the hospital, particularly what she had said to the doctor. "Just a small mistake…nothing major…it doesn't matter…" Was that really how she saw it, "nothing major"? Was she really prepared to just forget about the paternity of her child? He suspected Stan would take some action soon, be it divorce or just an official separation. Was she really going to keep lying to him about it being his child?

Karen was thinking about the same thing. What was she going to tell the others? Maybe they didn't have to know. Would Will keep quiet? Oh, why did she have to make a fuss? She could have just said nothing and forgotten about it! But no, she had to be melodramatic, didn't she! Just when things were back to normal, this came along.

"Will?"

"Mm?" He murmered to show he was listening.

"Are you…I mean, will you…"

"I'm not going to tell anyone, don't worry, Karen." He turned and gave her a small smile. "I may not understand why you did what you did but I'm trying so you can have as much time as you like."

"Thanks, honey." She whispered, returning the smile. Good, more time. That was all she ever had nowadays. Time. And it was the one thing she needed. She didn't know having a baby would be this complicated. How do women do this all the time?

Finally, Will pulled up at Karen's apartment and she got out, pausing before she shut the door.

"Thanks, Will, for everything."

He smiled at her, pleased that she was finally starting to trust him, finally opening up to him.

"Anytime."

I just wanna say thanks to Jen for helping me with this chapter. Seriously, if I'd have had may way there was going to be a whole rape storyline! But don't worry, she talked me out of it! I think this is better anyway, I wouldn't really want to do that to my beloved Karen! R&R, as usual!