Disclaimer: No ownership still of Will&Grace. Sad, sad thought.

Chapter 8.

A month later at 5.30 am

A month went by since Karen told Jack and Grace what happened. Will was still living with her and had to take out some vacation to be with her. He gladly did it though. Karen was on the mend, or so she acted like anyway. He still slept in the same bed with her. She still had a long way to go, but the nightmares appeared very rarely now and she didn't cry as often anymore. Will had started slowly to hang out with Grace and Jack again both with and without Karen. When he was without Karen he always called a couple of times to check up on her and to let her know if he was going to be late or not. Karen had started to manage without Will and she felt more and more normal as the days went by. She still felt safer and protected when he was with her and in the same bed but she could now manage OK without him. He was proud of her and always let her know that.

One morning Will woke up and noticed that Karen wasn't in bed. He sat up and checked around in the room. There was no sign of her. He got up and walked out of the bedroom down the hallway looking for her. He checked the library, no sign of her. Finally he thought he heard someone cry. He walked by several rooms that contained liquor and peeped inside. No sign of her there either. He got to the bathroom and listened through the door. Someone was crying inside. He opened the door carefully, in there on the floor he saw Karen. He entered and sat down next to her, softly rubbing her back.

"What is it honey?" he asked.

"I think I'm ..." she started but couldn't finish the sentence for the crying and sudden rush to the toilet.

Will understood. There was no need to say anything else. He got up and squatted down next to her, helping her to hold up her hair and to steady her.

"We better go to the doctor tomorrow Kare" he whispered softly into her ear.

She nodded but couldn't say anything before yet another urge made her bend over the toilet again. Will never left her side that morning. He gave her some water to drink, no food yet. She wouldn't have eaten it anyway. He held her hair everytime she needed to bend over the toilet, he steadied her body when she was so tired that she almost fell down.

Will carried her to the bed when she had fallen to sleep from exhaustion. To be safe he also left a bucket next to the bed that she could use if it came to it, before he made the call to a doctor to make an appointment.

They were lucky and was able to come that very afternoon. After the phone call he got back to the bed and sat on a chair next to it. He watched Karen sleep. Her hair in a mess again. She was sweaty and red after the strain of vomiting for so long. Even though she looked like a mess, she now looked peaceful in her sleep. Her features were relaxed and her mouth was slightly opened. Will smiled when he saw her face. He loved her as much as a friend could and he was amazed over how much he had grown accustomed to her face and her ways. She was completely different from how she was before the rape. She now was totally dependant on him, while before she was totally independent and did well without anyone, or so it seemed anyway. She didn't comment on anything anymore like she did before, no mean comments at all. He almost missed that.
She had been very upset over Stan's death of course, but she had gotten past that. This time he wasn't to sure if she would get past so easily. She was very vulnerable still. Her nightmares didn't seem to let go completely. Every now and then they came back even though it was more and more rare, but they were still there.

2.30 pm at the doctor's office

"So, mrs Walker" said the doctor. "I have gotten your testresults back and you are very healthy. There is one test however that didn't come back as we wanted it to."

"Yes doctor?" Will said nervously.

Karen sat on a chair next to Will, holding his hand in a tight grip.

"Since you haven't been to the doctor after you were assaulted, we did a bunch of tests. A rape kit wasn't possible since it's been so long and you've taken multiple showers and baths. I understand that you haven't reported this to the police mrs Walker?"

Karen nodded her confirmation.

"I couldn't see who it was. It was dark and he wore dark clothes and I didn't see his face once" she said with a shivering voice.

"What about the tests doctor" Will asked.

"You have no diseases mrs Walker, which is very good news."

"Yes doctor but what test are we talking about that came back strange?" Will said, fearing the answer.

"Mrs Walker, you are pregnant."

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A/N I know, I know, a little cliffhanger. Reviews people, reviews. Sorry for the short chapter.