Disclaimer: Said to boredom but here it goes. No ownership to Will&Grace or the characters. Just this storyplot.
Chapter 9.
Both Will and Karen sat and stared at the doctor first. Karen's face was white and her mouth would open and close kind of like a fish on dry land. A second later she slid down on the floor, she had fainted. Will sat down next to her and the doctor hurried around his desk to help. Will lifted her up and put her down on one of the examinationtables in the doctors office. The doctor got a nurse that came in and helped to check out Karen's vital status, but everything was in order. It was just the shock that made her faint.
A few moments later she woke up and looked really confused. When she remembered what had happened and had been said she clasped her hand over her mouth and tears started to roll down her cheeks.
"Mrs Walker, I recommend that you think about what you want to do with this baby. You have a few weeks more before it's too late to remove it if that is what you want to do" the doctor said and left the room together with the nurse so that Will and Karen could regain strength and talk a little.
"Karen, what do you want to do?" Will asked holding her hand.
"I ... I don't know" she answered and stared at him with confusion and fright.
"Shall we go home then, so that you can think about it alone in peace and quiet?"
"Yes, I want to go home" Karen said and sat up.
She still felt a bit dizzy and wobbly, but she got up on her feet only to almost pass out again. Will caught her and sat her down on the bed again.
"Do you want to eat something? You haven't eaten all day?"
She nodded and he went outside and asked a nurse where he could buy something to eat. There were a couple of vending machines nearby so he settled with those and bought a couple of bars of chocolate to fast help her get her bloodsugar up. He got back and gave her a bar of chocolate which she hesitantly took and finished in minutes when she realized how hungry she was.
"Shall we go home now?" Will asked when she finished the bar.
She nodded and got up on her feet, still a little dizzy and wobbly but she was OK now. She could walk. Will put his arm around her waist to support her and they went outside to catch a cab.
At home Karen went straight to bed. Will went to the kitchen and asked Rosario if she could make Karen something to eat. A real meal. Rosario gladly did as he said and made a meal for Karen and went up with it.
Will called home. Grace answered the phone.
"Hi Gracie. How's it going at home?"
"Hi Will. It's going well. Jack's here and he's teaching me how to dance like Britney."
She laughed at something that must've been Jack doing something he thought.
"Listen Gracie. I'm gonna stay with Karen for a while longer OK?"
"Why? Something's happened?" now she sounded really worried. "I thought she was starting to do better."
"She is, she was but, ... I can't tell you. I just wanted to let you know that I'm staying here for a while longer" he said and hung up on her before she could ask any more questions.
Will got back to Karen's bedroom. She was sitting in bed with a tray across her legs. She was picking in her food when Will got in the room.
She looked up at him with big tears in her eyes that threatened to spill over any second. She let out a sigh when she saw him and covered her face with her hands.
Will sat down on the bed and removed the tray so she could move freely. She threw herself around his neck and started to cry hard again. Will didn't say anything, he just sat there, soothingly rubbing her back and held her in a tight grip.
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In Will and Grace apartment
Grace stood staring at the phone. Will had hung up on her. She couldn't believe it. But he had said something about Karen. She was doing better. What did he mean with was? He had made her worry again. This was Karen it was all about. She was her best friend and she loved her as much as a friend could. Why couldn't they tell her what was going on? She had had to wait a week before she knew about the rape. Now there was something else. What could it be? Suddenly a thought struck her and she clasped her mouth with her hand and tears started to run down her face.
Jack stood next to the fireplace when the phone had rung and Gracie went to the kitchen to answer it. He watched the emotions spread across Grace's face and he understood that there were big news again with Karen. What could it be this time? He wanted to rush over to Karen's place, but he also knew that he would be thrown out by Will.
"What's the matter Gracie?" Jack asked when he saw her starting to cry.
She looked at him, put down the phone and went to the couch to sit down. She looked up at him with her green eyes filled with tears.
"Gracie, you're freaking me out, what is it?" Jack said and sat down next to her.
"That was Will on the phone" she answered.
"Yeah, I got that and it's news about Karen. What is it?" Jack asked and took her hand.
"He didn't say anything. He just said that he was going to stay there for a while longer. But he also said that Karen was feeling better. Something's happened and they don't want to tell me or you" she sobbed and covered her face with her free hand.
Jack looked confused and scared. He gave Gracie a hug which she returned. She put her arms around his neck and refused to let go. Strangely enough, he didn't want her to either. He held her in his arms. She buried her face in his shoulder and sobbed. He himself felt that he was close to tears too. Karen was his best friend. He was her daddy and her poodle. She meant more to him than anything in the world, not because she always bought him stuff but because she was his friend. His best friend. His tears started to run down his cheeks. Grace's grip tightened when she noticed that he too was crying.
"What could it be? What if something really bad has happened and she got sick or something?" Jack sobbed.
"I think I know, but I'm not sure since Will didn't say anything" Grace answered with a shivering voice.
"What?"
"Either she's contracted a fatal disease or she's pregnant" Grace said.
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A/N What do you guys think? Enough tension? Reviews feed my muse and my soul.
