Summary: A ransom leads to a very long weekend for Walker and Alex
Disclaimer: I do not own them
A/N: First attempt at a Walker fic, be nice
Chapter 28
Walker showered and then let Alex take another long soak in the tub. He had asked her if she wanted to talk about Culliver, but she had shrugged the topic away saying she did not want to think about it right now. Walker had to agree. He didn't want to think about it ever again, and especially not today.
He waited for Alex to get dressed and then made her a piece of toast and gave her some juice. Waiting for her to finish was driving him nuts, but he did wait nonetheless. As soon as Alex was done Walker walked her to the truck and helped her inside.
"Walker I am pregnant not an invalid," she chuckled when Walker buckled her seatbelt for her.
"Your arm is hurt Alex, besides just indulge me all right."
Alex laughed, but she let Walker tuck the blanket around her and she sat humming to the radio on the way there.
Walker parked the car and then walked with Alex to the front desk to check in.
"Alex Cahill Walker to see doctor Pearson."
"If you will just have a seat over there the doctor will be with you momentarily Mrs. Walker."
Walker an Alex took a seat and Walker tried to pass the time looking at one of the magazine in the lobby, but soon he tossed it down and began to pace the floor.
"Walker, the other people are beginning to stare," Alex whispered to him.
Walker sat back down. "I can't help it Alex I am nervous an all this waiting is killing me."
"You will just have to be patient Walker I am sure we will be seen soon."
No sooner had Alex said it than a nurse called Alex back to the room.
"Please disrobe and put this on," she said handing Alex the gown. "Sir, you can either step outside or stay if you wish."
Walker looked to Alex but she grabbed his hand and all of a sudden she looked scared. "Stay with me Walker."
"Not even a wild bear could tear me away," Walker joked.
Walker helped Alex take off her shirt past the bandages on her arm and helped her get into the gown. Alex took a seat on the table and Walker took the seat off to the side.
Doctor Pearson walked in an after introducing himself to Walker sat down in the remaining seat.
"Well, Alex by my calculations you should be due around September tenth, but why don't we give you a full checkup and then do the ultrasound to make sure."
Alex held out her arm to have her blood pressure taken, and then the doctor listened to her heartbeat.
"Blood pressure good, weight, and lungs both excellent, and now the nurse will take some blood from you while I go and get the ultrasound machine."
Alex hated needles and she looked away when the nurse stuck her.
"Your vein has collapsed and we need another vial. I am afraid I am going to have to stick you again," the nurse told her an Alex's eyes grew big. Once was not that bad but twice was another story.
Walker could see the look in her eyes, and stood up holding her injured hand, caressing it to try and let her know that he was there. Alex smiled at him, relishing the look in his eyes and she was surprised when the nurse told them she was finished.
"I'm back and now if I can get you to lie down on the table Mrs. Walker we will see how far along you are exactly."
Alex laid down and Walker came to stand at her side. He watched as the doctor turned on the machine and his heart skipped a beat remembering the last time he had heard machines whirling to life when Alex was on the brink of death. Tears welled in his eyes but he fought them back knowing Alex was safe now.
"This, is the head of your baby," the doctor told them both.
Walker gasped aloud as he stared at the monitor trying to see a head in the shape the doctor was looking at. It all looked like a blob to him, but the reality of it all came when the doctor turned on the sound and a steady thump was heard echoing through the room.
"That Mr. and Mrs. Walker is your baby's heartbeat, and by the sound of it your baby is very strong and healthy."
Walker an Alex both let the tears fall from their eyes, both overjoyed with the news that their baby was all right after all the scares they had so far. Alex and Walker were so wrapped up in their joy they did not see the strange look cross the doctor's face.
It was Walker who saw the doctor looking at the screen, and immediately his heart lurched.
"What is it what is wrong?" he asked, the fear in his voice evident.
Alex heard the fear in his voice and she began to tremble beneath him. "No, Walker. What is it? What is wrong with the baby?"
Both of them looked to the doctor for an answer but he held off their questions with a motion of his hand. Alex and Walker both waited, tears streaming down Alex's face when the doctor sat up and beamed one of the biggest smiles they had ever seen.
"Congratulations I think are in order," he said.
"What are you talking about!" Walker yelled, his fear making him on edge.
"You are going to have not one baby Mr. and Mrs. Walker but two."
"Two?" Walker said, his eyebrows raised.
"I shall leave you to get dressed Mrs. Walker. I warn you that there is an added strain to carrying twins and that you should not overexert yourself if possible." After giving them a few more instructions the doctor informed them he would see them again in two months time.
"Walker, how ... two Walker I can't imagine," Alex stuttered.
"I will just have more of you to love," Walker said. "Furthermore, you heard what the doctor said no more overdoing it."
"I'm sure you won't let me."
"That you can bet on. Come on I will help you get dressed and then we will go tell CD and Trivette. I think the news will probably give them both a heart attack."