So I really don't know how this will go, but my fingers are crossed! If my story keeps sucking, I am so sorry! I'm trying to help y'all have another jolex story to enjoy (: I've changed a lot of stuff so yeah, hope you guys can keep up. If I go out of character a little bit, sorry! Again, ideas are welcomed! Review after you read (:
Thanks for the review: NomadDreamer!
DISCLAIMER: I am not a doctor!
Alex had proposed to Jo at Kepner's wedding…he thought she said yes. He was so excited. He hasn't been this excited…well never! Even including the time Hopkins wanted him.
When he had introduced Jo to Jimmy's wife (or whatever they had seen each other as); as his fiancé, he couldn't help but smile.
When she had come up to him and asked about it. He was nervous/scared. When she practically turned him down, it hurt.
"You're leaving me," He interrupted her.
"What," she asked, shocked.
"You are having freaking cold feet, so you're leaving!"
"I never said that! Really, Alex? Have you lost your mind?" Alex looked down. He didn't know why he felt this. "Let's talk about this at home; I have patients to check up on." She walked out of the cafeteria.
"Why did you say yes, if you didn't mean it," Alex questioned, frustrated at her.
"I didn't know you were proposing," Jo exclaimed, for the millionth of time to her.
"What part of: 'We'll be together forever' and the whole kids part did you not get the 'proposing' concept?"
"It just sounded like you wanted to plan our future…I did not hear any words resembling to the idea wrapped around marriage. I just thought you said you wanted kids…"
"I do…but I was mostly talking about marriage…"
"I did not hear 'will you marry me?' coming out of your mouth…not once!" Alex shook his head when she said that. "You know I'm right, Alex."
"Whatever…" He grabbed his keys and wallet. "I'm going to the bar if you need me." He walks out the door.
Jo cried all that night in bed.
The next day, Jo was sitting with Stephanie in the alley behind the kitchen, where they had hung out when they were interns, when Heather, Shane & Leah were still there.
"…He's just…" Jo covered her mouth and closed her eyes. To be honest, she didn't even know why she and Alex were fighting about this at all.
"He cares about you, Jo," Stephanie offered.
"I never said he didn't. It's just that…he sprung it on me."
"It's not like he was dating you and then ask April to run away with him…" Jo looked at Steph, remembering what her friend had encountered the past month and out her hand on her shoulder.
"I'm sorry, Steph. I keep rambling on about my life and totally forgot what happened with you…"
"At least, one of us can forget…" Jo patted her on her back for comfort. "But, your edition of 'Keeping up with Jo' helps me forget sometimes…except the whole marriage thing you brought up."
Jo giggled. "Well, I guess our love life sucks a little does it?" Stephanie shrugged.
At the same time that is going on with Jo/Steph's convo, Alex was having his own "rant" to Meredith Grey.
"…This always happens to me," He yelled. "One thing screws up my life…Izzie with cancer; Lexie when she went crazy…" He stopped midsentence and looked at Mer apologetic about the Lexie comment and then he returned. "…Lucy stealing my freaking job, when I gave it up to spend time for her like she asked…and now this…at first I thought Jo was psycho-which she is kind of, but not in a bad way-I just thought you know…"
"Alex," Meredith interrupted. "First…take a breather between each monologue. Second…she isn't ready, doesn't mean she doesn't love you…she has to wait for the right time."
"I guess I kind of rushed it…"
"Maybe to her: yes. Sometimes you got to look at someone before deciding."
"I don't know why I'm getting upset…"
"Well you did practically get rejected."
"Thanks." He replied, sarcastically.
"What! It's the truth!"
Jo was working on a chart, when Meredith happened to be at the nurse station doing the same. Jo looked at Meredith and was thinking of something…she needed to tell someone…ok maybe not…but an idea maybe…OH maybe she can play it off for a patient…no that wouldn't work.
All of a sudden, Jo yelled in frustration at the inner battle of what to do in her head.
"Uh, you ok, Wilson," Meredith said, afraid to ask. Jo looked up and stared at Meredith. Jo, it's your chance ask her…god dammit, Jo, do it!
"I have to ask you a question…in private…" See was that hard?
"Uh, sure, follow me." Jo followed Mer into a supply room. "Is this about Alex? 'Cause I told him you weren't ready."
"Not really…so he did discuss this with someone…" You just did it too, dumbass.
"He sometimes complains to me…a lot."
"Anyway, I just wanted to ask you a question…"
"Well…"
"How did you know….uh…?"
"How did I know what?"
"Well my friend thinks she's pregnant and she wanted to know, how someone knows their pregnant and if they're ready for it…? I wouldn't know, because my womb has always been empty…" Really, Wilson, your "womb has always been empty"?
"They're tests you know…"
"Oh, she knows that, she wanted to know physically could she tell."
"Sometimes you can. Um, when I found out I was pregnant with Bailey, I kind of knew, but I did a blood work test to confirm it before I told Derek."
"Thanks, I'll let her know." Jo was about to turn around when Meredith stopped her.
"Wilson, who is this 'friend', you were speaking of?"
"Oh, someone back home in Boston!"
"O…K…" Jo quickly got out of the room.
"Karev," Arizona Robbins yelled for the attending.
"What," he asked and walked to her.
"So you remember that patient last month with the bad heart and practically bad organs?"
"Yeah, Amara from Malawi; what about her?"
"Some of her organs had failed again…they can't put her on a flight, so both of us need to head there tomorrow morning like the crack of morning!"
"How long would it last?"
"We might have to be there for a week, so go home and get packed; I already got our days off."
"Uh, ok, thanks Robbins…I'll see you at…"
"5am."
"5am…ok…bye"
Jo was sitting on the couch staring at the fireplace across the room. She was numbed. She didn't know whether or not she was happy or not. For all she knows she was practically scared.
The front door open with Alex in a rush and he closed and locked the door and quickly sat his stuff down and started heading towards to their bedroom.
"Alex," Jo started.
"Yeah," He asked and stopped at the stairs.
"Why are you in a rush?"
"Robbins and I got called into an emergency surgery…"
"Then why are you here?" Alex sighed and went to the couch and Jo looked at him.
"It's in Africa…"
"Wait, what?"
"Yeah an old patient's organs are failing so we are leaving at 5am to head over to Malawi."
"Oh…" Jo looked down.
"What's wrong, babe?"
"Oh…nothing…" she lied.
"Something's up…what is it?"
"It can wait till your back…which is?"
"In one week…"
"Oh…Yeah it can wait…"
"Look, tell me, you're obviously upset. Was it because of the whole fight, because that was stupid and I'm sorry, you obviously weren't ready-"
"Alex-"
"-I promise to think about how you feel about certain things in our future-"
"Alex-"
"-I'm serious! I'll ask instead that'll be better-"
"ALEX!"
"What?"
Jo almost started crying and choked as she spoke the following sentence: "I-I-I-I'm pregnant."
So again, sorry if this was out of character and all that stuff, because it is 3:14am here as I write this. Also the whole Arizona/Alex scene was very poorly written…so sorry…
ALSO AGAIN I'm not a doctor!
I was trying to make that end "unpredictable" but obviously it kind of wasn't, if it was yay! If not, yeah I understand…
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