Chapter two
That night
Once again some of these scenes are from the movie 'waitress' and I've modified some scenes to suit my story.
Also, I know that Alex being Jo's OB would never happen in real life, especially considering he is in Paeds, but let's just roll with it. I needed Alex to be involved in Jo's pregnancy in a medical capacity.
Sending you all love and happiness and I hope that you enjoy this chapter.
The dinning room was brightly lit with 7 decorative candles placed in the centre of their wooden dining table. The vanilla sent wafting around the room from the burning candles were pleasant. Jo walks into the dinning room holding two plates of roast beef and veg in her hands. She sets one down in front of Paul, who was sitting at the head of the table and then proceeds to sit down on his right side with her plate.
"You look handsome tonight Pauly" Jo compliments.
"Thank you honey," Paul replies slightly shocked. "It's been a long time since
you called me that. I like it," Paul says with a firm nod of the head. "And you look pretty tonight, maybe a little tired, that's all." Paul picks up his fork and takes a bite of his roast beef.
"I'm not sleeping well," Jo says brushing the statement aside. Being tired, that was a pregnancy symptom. Surly she wasn't far enough along to start showing fatigue, was she?
"You're not eating your roast beef. Why not?" Paul asks. He places his fork down on his plate and the clink of it hitting the glass fills the room.
"I'm thinking that I want to borrow some money from you," Jo pipes up.
"And my answer to that, of course, is no," Paul replies with a glaring look.
"There is a medical conference down south that I'd like to go to. It's focussing on Paediatric emergency medicine and surgery, and I'd like to go," Jo replies. As much as she was trying to remain calm, the excitement in her voice was building up
"And my answer to that, is no," Paul replies simply.
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The next day
"Josephine Stadler?" A young man questions as he walks into the exam room of Grey Sloan Memorial that Jo was sitting in. She was sitting on the exam table and dressed in a hospital exam gown.
"That's me," Jo says with a smile. "And Who are you?" She questions. He was not the doctor she was expecting to see.
"I'm your doctor, Dr Karev. I'm a Paediatric fellow," Alex replies. He places her file on the counter and takes a seat.
"You're not my doctor. Dr Louise Fuller is my doctor. You're not her and i would like to see her," Jo points out. She sits on the exam table with her hands placed on her lap.
"She is very sick at the moment," Alex replies.
"You're a paediatric fellow. Gynaecology is not the same thing," Jo replies assertively.
"No, it's not. And I'll admit that gynaecology isn't an area I've work in since i completed my residency last year, But I'm perfectly capable. If I wasn't able to, or if the hospital hand any doubts then I wouldn't be here," Alex replies. He looks at her curiously, he had the feeling that he had seen her somewhere before. Do I know you? Or have I seen you before?"
"I'm an intern. You've probably seen me around. I recognise seeing you in passing," Jo replies.
"Well, it's nice to formally meet you," Alex smiles, "So... What seems to be the problem?"
"Well, I seem to be pregnant," Jo says blankly.
"Congratulations," Alex replies.
"Thanks, but I don't want this baby," Jo replies blankly.
"Oh, well, I don't perform... uh..." Alex begins to stutter. Her response caught him off guard.
"No, I'm keeping it, I'm just telling you I'm not so happy about it, like somebody else might be," Jo replies. "It's not a big deal. I'm having the baby and that's that."
"Uh, well, we'll do a blood test, to confirm that you're pregnant and we'll take it from there," Alex replies.
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"Hey Robbins, I need to chat to you real quick," Alex says after he walks over to Arizona, who was standing at the nurses station chatting to nurse Jenkins.
"Struggling in gynaecology? I'm sorry, but there was no one else who could cover her so you're just going to have to deal with it," Arizona replies.
"Okay, not at all what I was going to ask, but it's good to clear that up," Alex confirms.
"Oh, well, you're welcome. What's up then?" She quires.
"This morning I had a patient, Josephine Stadler. She's an intern here," Alex begins.
"Ah Yes, Dr Stadler," Arizona nods.
"Something seemed off. She came in suspecting that she was pregnant but she wasn't the happiest about it," Alex explains.
"Well, Karev, I hate to break it to you, but having a baby isn't a happy thing for everyone. I once never wanted children," Arizona reminds him.
Alex nods his head, "But this just seems like more then that. Like something else isn't quite right. I just can't put my finger onto it."
"A feeling that something isn't quite right isn't proof of that unfortunately. I have surgery so I need to go prep but just keep an eye on her," Arizona suggests. Alex sighs and nods his head.
That afternoon
Jo sighs and knocks on Alex's door. "Come in," he prompts.
Alex looks up from his chart and see's Jo standing in his doorway, "Hi Jo, have a seat."
"This is a nice office," Jo compliments as she sit's down.
"Ah, thank you. Not every attending receives an office. I'm just lucky," He replies. Jo nods her head softly.
"What did my blood work say?" Jo asks with a sigh.
"You are pregnant," He replies.
Jo looks down at the ground and shakes her head, "Great, just great. how am I supposed to get away now?" she mutters softly.
"Pardon?" Alex replies.
Jo looks back up at him, "Sorry, just talking to myself. Now, how far along am I?" she questions.
"Ah yes, now that was going to be my next thing. The elevated HGC presence in your blood work indicate that you are around 16 weeks," he states.
"That was the night Paul got me drunk alright," she sighs.
"How long have you suspected that you were pregnant?" he asks.
"A few months I just put it off you know, I didn't want it to be true," she replies honestly.
"Well, okay," Alex pauses for a moment, "If you don't want to raise a baby then adoption could be an option?"
Jo shakes her head, "My husband would never agree to that." Paul wouldn't want to have a baby, but he also wouldn't want to give one away. This baby would be a power hold. Something to keep her within arms length of his life and within his control. Adopting the baby would eliminate all of the extra control over her he soon would have.
"Seeing as you are so far along I'd like to do a ultrasound and run a few blood tests just to make sure that everything is progressing as it should. Would you like to wait for your husband?" Alex requests.
"No," Jo shakes her head.
"Okay then, If you'd like to follow me then we can go ahead and get that done now," he replies, he stands up and Jo follows him down the hallway to an exam room.
Jo changes into a hospital gown and waits on the exam table for Alex to return to the room. When he enters the room he is followed by Arizona.
"Dr Robbin's? What are you doing here" Jo questions.
"Jo, Hi. I'm just here to assist Dr Karev. We need to be thorough with this scan seeing as you are so far alone and a second pair of eyes will only help," she explains.
Jo nods her head and lays down on the table and Alex began the ultrasound. The baby measured at be 16 weeks and 6 days. Upon hearing that everything looked okay she got changed and Alex went ahead and drew two vials of blood from Jo's left arm.
"We will get these down to the lab and we should have the results by tomorrow," Alex says.
"Okay, Thank you," Jo sighs. She stands up and leaves the room.