Hey guys! So this is take 1 of the new Jolex series I've been writing which is essentially just a collection of lots and lots of one-shots which will be set after this first fic! There's no rhyme or reason to the order that I will be updating them because I've just been writing whatever random fanfic from my drafts inspires me at a given moment. Hence the next one is set less than a year after this one but the subsequent one after that will be set in eighteen years time.

You may have seen this on A03 or tumblr under my other accounts ( mdevonsunflower) so this won't be any new content for you! I was holding off posting on here initially because I was trying to get back into my old account from when baby me used to write in 2014 but I''ve had no luck on that front! So new account it is!

Anyways, hope you enjoy!

x Lina

❀❀❀ Zola helps Jo and Alex come to a shocking revelation ❀❀❀

"Thank you again for watching them. The nanny is away this week and Maggie's shift doesn't end for another ten hours" Meredith says to the couple who have already made themselves at home on the living room couch.

"Yeah yeah it's fine but you know this means you owe us a honeymoon" Alex responds in a teasing tone but was quickly cut off by a loud crash upstairs, followed by Ellis' cries and Zola's attention grabbing stomps down the stairs until she stood arms crossed in front of her aunt and uncle.

Meredith, who hopped down the hallway one footed using her second hand to slip on her missing shoe, sighed a disappointing sigh in Zola's direction before turning to Alex "if you can get the sisters from hell to get along before I get back then I won't just replace your weekend trip but I'll buy you an entire mountain."

Five weeks after their Halloween wedding, Jo and Alex were just about to leave to the airport for their well deserved three days of winter wonderland when Meredith had called and begged them to come babysit. Jo thought the idea of another honeymoon was ridiculous but Alex had soon convinced her to go along with it when he suggested they passed on the typical beach holiday and go snowboarding instead.

"We planned to go ice skating too so a frozen lake would be ideal if you want to add that to the list" smirks Jo from her spot next to Alex on the couch.

"Plus we're willing to come sit on your couch all day watching Disney films, eating pizza and occasionally checking to make sure all three children are alive but we're not miracle workers and so your kids might just be stuck like this" adds Alex as he extends an arm to cuddle his wife already snoozing off next to him "

"Ellis is the one that needs fixing" mumbles Zola as she strolls fully into the room from her spot in the hallway to dramatically fall onto the beanbag lined up perfectly with the television.

After receiving quick daggers from her mother and a "that's enough out of you", Zola mumbles an apology to Meredith who now has her keys in hands to walk out the door and arms extended to hug the little girl goodbye. "Seriously Zo, I know I promised you a mommy night but you know how transplant cases work - this lady's been waiting for this day since before you were born. I'm sorry but I will be home before you wake up in the morning and then we still have all of tomorrow to do everything you wanted, just as long as you're good for Jo and Alex and don't wind your siblings up!"

Zola nods and gives an understanding smile. She truly did understand why her mum had to leave but she was just sick of Ellis playing with all her stuff. Besides she liked when Jo and Alex babysat because they let her do whatever she wants. So after reassuring her mother she will behave, she shares a sneaky grin with her uncle who has been enjoying the mother daughter exchange from a far. Alex loved all three of Meredith kids more than he knew was possible but he had a sweet spot for Zola.

So with Meredith eventually finding the last of her things and out of the door, Zola made herself comfy back on the beanbag chair with her little brother Bailey laying upside down on an identical one to her left. Jo, having spent all night packing for a snowboarding trip with plans to sleep on the flight, lay stretched out along the couch with her head on Alex's lap drifting in and out of consciousness. With Ellis squeezed into a tight spot behind her head cuddling both her aunt and uncle, Jo's hair held about a quarter of the popcorn once in the young girls bowl.

Jo had been feeling more tired than usual lately but put it down to the extra stress with Alex transferring back from Pac North to Grey Sloan after Meredith's trial. She hadn't felt the effects of the long shifts she was pulling this bad since her intern-year. To be completely honest, as much fun as snowboarding would have been, she had been sort of relived this morning when Meredith asked them to babysit because she wasn't convinced she wouldn't fall asleep cliff-side. So when the third movie came to a end and he was all out of popcorn to refill the kids empty bowls with, Alex took all three kids into the kitchen in the far too optimistic attempt to cook dinner himself, with three helpers of course. He hoped that the noise break would allow Jo to catch up on all the sleep she's been missing. He had been really worried about her lately, nervous that she was going to be so sleep deprived and overworked that she could relapse. But he knew not to say anything - nothing good ever comes out of saying anything to her.. But he knew she knew. The warm smile and affectionate kiss cheek she gives when he forces her to move from the couch to their bed every night when she's drifting off at the tv tells him she cares. After all, Alex was a master now at speaking Jo.

An hour had passed and Alex had successfully burnt every ingredient Meredith had left in the house, resorting to what everyone had ultimately known they'd be eating for dinner from the get go - delivery Pizza from the same place Alex had been getting it from since he was giving nurses syphilis. In fact, it's been many years but he still has to put Meredith's name on the order instead of his own because the owner has never forgiven him for giving three of his delivery drivers syphilis.

Walking over to wake up his wife with the announcement of her favorite comfort dinner - a classic margherita pizza - Alex took a step backwards just as he rounded the corner and almost bumped right into Jo as she ran in the direction of the bathroom, hand clasped over mouth. Immediately concerned, Alex chased after her and his heart sunk as he watched her spill the minimum foods he'd seen her eat recently into the toilet bowl she hunched over. Jo felt Alex's comforting hand rubbing in circles on her back with the other one holding back her long dark locks. As Jo felt some of the nausea subside, she pulled herself into a seating position on the cold tile floor, hand still clasping her mouth incase of further urges to vomit last weeks food as well as this weeks.

"Don't move" Alex told her, hand framing her pale face as he leaned in to kiss her forehead, before he exited the room. Jo could hear him from afar handing out pizza to the three kids and setting them up back in the lounge to re-watch one of the very same movie they'd watched that day. A minute or so later Alex returned with a blanket to wrap round Jo's shivering shoulders, a couple of saltines and a damp hand towel that he began dabbing on her clammy face.

"Do you think a ginger ale would do you good? Alex asked softly whilst continue to pat her with cloth. A small nod accepts his offer in which Alex returns with less than 3 seconds later.

"It's a good thing we weren't on a flight right now" Alex joked to try and make light of the situation, feeling very proud with himself when he saw the smile he got in response.

"Yeah, well there's the mile high club, but what's it called if your husband just holds his wife's head back as she pukes for an hour." Jo joined the joke thinking about the situation they avoided

"Marriage" Alex jokes back in order to lighten the mood

"Uncle Alex! Come sit with us!" boomed Baileys voice from the other room. Alex met Jos eyes which encouraged him to go be with them.

"You're really not hungry?" Alex doubled checked with Jo before leaving the room to join the kiddos. Jo soon trailing behind, nose scrunched up at the smell of the pizza and mess of popcorn all over the floor.

"Thanks for looking after me" she spoke softly to Alex has she regained her new position on the couch.

"It's my job" stated Alex in a rather positive sing-song voice but in person he was even more worried about her now.

It was nearing 9.00pm and Alex had just finished tucking Ellis and Bailey into bed and was looking forward to enjoying the quiet night left to come with just him and his wife. Of course, Zola had other plans. He walked down the stairs and was greeted with Jo, completely wide awake and looking 100 times better than before, playing connect four with the youngster.

Obviously having gotten her appetite back, Jo crammed slices of pizza into her mouth with her spare hand, whilst using the other hand to drop her colored counters into the game.

"You look like you're feeling much better" Alex nods his head softy at Jo and brought her into a side hug as he sat down on the couch next to her. She didn't respond but as she leaned in for a kiss, Alex felt a rush of relief inside as he realized she was going to be okay.

He did, however, pull away from the kiss with a rather confused impression on his face. "Are you eating Ellis' leftover Hawaiian pizza…" he said as he rose an eyebrow.

Zola spoke on behalf of Jo with particular annoyance to her tone "Yep! And mine and Baileys…also I win" Jo looked down at the row of red counters Zola had formed in front of her, before busting out laughing.

Suddenly Alex started to worry again "I think we should go to the doctor" he told Jo but was met with a mocking laugh- "WE ARE doctors Alex…besides Zola here claims she's never been wrong about a diagnosis so I thought we may as well get our opinion from the best."

Alex tried to muffle his laughter as he thought about little Zola, the baby he would once visit in her hospital crib whenever he had a bad day during his residency, being the doctor herself. However in an attempt to humor the young girl he stared at her down and put on the most serious voice he could muster up. "Okay Doctor Grey Shepherd. What is wrong with my lovely wife"

"Well, fatigue and nausea - those are pretty basic symptoms but throwing up could be food poisoning or the flu but I think both are unlikely since aunty Jo doesn't have a temperature ." Zola rambled out without taking a breath and continued before allowing either Alex or Jo a chance to respond "It's possible it's a migraine but I also don't think it's that because it's lasted too long. So based on the constant fatigue and nausea which has lasted longer than ten days, plus last weekend when we were at the vegetable market you needed to go to the bathroom every 5 minutes, AND the completely obvious cravings you're having because you just ate 4 slices of Hawaiian pizza that you usually claim is disgusting, then I'd say she's just pregnant." Zola stated confidently with a smug look on her face.

Her aunt and uncle however, were less calm. Jo coughed as she felt herself choke on the bite of pizza she still had in her mouth and Alex spat his latest sip of drink onto the blanket he was wrapped in. Zola, unimpressed with this responses, continued to offer her medical expertise to her aunty, "Do you have tender breasts?"

The latest question was met with hysterical laughter from Alex who couldn't even comprehend what words little Zola has just asked his wife. Deciding to put a stop to it he stood up to send the young girl up to bed with her brother and sister. "Okay Zo Zo you've had your fun, time for bed now."

But Zola wasn't joking, rolling her eyes at her uncles dismissal of her diagnosis as she walked towards the stairs to upstairs. "You're going to be a really good dad uncle Alex and Jo too, she gives such good cuddles when I'm feeling sick. She'd be an awesome mom" the young girl said smiling back at the two adults in the living room before disappearing upstairs to bed.

Alex continued to chuckle at the events that just unfolded, turning back to his wife to make a joke about it when he suddenly stopped laughing. She wasn't laughing like he was and looked anxious about something, suddenly worrying him. "Jo, talk to me, what's wrong. Sorry I was so wrapped up in Zola I didn't notice you seemed upset. Are you okay?"

She turned to him slowly and nodded in his direction to reassure him that she was good. "um yeah, no I'm good. Don't worry.. It's just." she paused not quite knowing what do say "what Zola was saying, it made me realise that um… I'm late Alex."

Alex, who had started cleaning up the pizza boxes, suddenly dropped everything in his arms on the floor in complete surprise and shock. "What….?" he inquired again in an attempt to confirm what he was already thinking

"I hadn't even noticed but the last time I had my period was the week before the second wedding… that was six weeks ago. I'm late." Jo said a little louder and faster this time, indicating to Alex that she was starting to panic.

"Hey breath it's okay. This is okay, you don't need to panic Jo - look at me." Alex says reaching his hand to move the hand out of her face so he can look into her eyes. "Didn't you hear Zola" he said chuckling slightly out of nervousness "we are going to be such awesome parents one day and I don't care if its nine months from now or nine years from now, as long as it's with you. I will always be there for you no matter what, and we can make Meredith babysit all the time like she makes us."

Jo wipes a few stray tears off her cheek before starting to laugh slightly herself and smile brightly back at Alex. "I think this is probably Karma for my joke at the wedding"

"Oh no it most definitely is. You're fully to blame." Alex added as he took her hand in his continuing to laugh at the entire situation.

"How long do these ones take?" Alex yelled through the bathroom door anxious to know the results.

"Keep your voices down, the kids are asleep." Jo hissed opening up the door with five pregnancy tests in hand. Alex had run out to the 7/11 round the corner to buy one of each brand of pregnancy test they had in stock and insisted Jo take every single one, just to be sure.

"Not anymore." mumbled a half asleep Zola as she walked down the hallway towards them, stopping when she realized what Jo was holding. She had seen a pregnancy test when her aunt Amelia first announced that she was pregnant so recognised the objects straight away. Her annoyance quickly changing to curiously, Zola smirked at Jo and Alex "so… am I getting a cousin or what"

Jo wasn't sure exactly how to react to the Zola's entrance into the already tense environment, but decided to roll with it. Afterall, it was her who made her realise the possibility of her being pregnant in the first place. "Why don't you take a look and tell us for yourself Doctor Grey Shepherd." Jo said handing over all five sticks.

"So the four skinnier ones will have one line if Jo is not pregnant and two lines if she is pregnant. The fatter stick will just say inside the small screen pregnant or not pregnant. Do you understand?" Alex explained.

Zola took all five in her hands, turning them one by one to reveal each individual result. For a such a small child Zola had quite the poker face and was not giving anything on about what they said. Looking up to stare back at her aunt and uncle she just smiled "so how do you want to do this?"

Alex reached for Jo's hand to pull her close and hug her tight before turning to Zola to give her the go ahead. "Take it away Zo"

Zola suddenly smirked at the nervous pair before her "well, like I said, I've never been wrong about a diagnosis."

Both Alex and Jo let out a breath neither realized they were holding and suddenly both were crying tears of happiness and nervousness.

"I love you so much" Alex told Jo before reaching his hand down to her abdomen to softly hold "and I'm going to love this baby."

"We should probably start looking for somewhere else to live." Jo choked out with laughter in between the tears.