Chapter 2 Telling the world
Week 13
Kate woke up one morning in a panic. A panic that started by the realisation of one thing she really had and that realisation sparked off a seething storm of a thousand questions in her head. Kate realised that she was going to have to tell her mother. She was going to have to tell her mother that she was now an expecting grandmother. And that the father was mission in action, possible dead. And even if he was here, Kate had no idea how he would reacted to being told that she was carrying his baby, so wasn't likely to be getting married any time soon.
How the bloody hell was her Mum going to react when she hear this? Would she lecture her about sex before marriage? Would she yell at Kate for not using safe sex? Even though she had been using a contraceptive for years and she couldn't help it if the goddamn thing had bloody expired? Would her mother disown her and never speak to Kate ever again?
But worst of all, what if her mum decided, that since Declan wasn't here, to "come and help her"; meaning "come down and try to run her life"? And tell her that she's doing everything wrong? And then what if Declan turned up? Would her mother guilt press him into marrying her? Kate wasn't even sure if she even wanted to marry Declan. Honestly, what would be wrong with just living with Declan for the rest of their lives? If Declan even was still alive.
Kate's mind ran wild as it dreamed up every scenario (whether it was totally ridiculous or not) where telling her mother she was pregnant resulted in her mother throwing a spanner or two in the works and not only ruining her life but her baby's and possible Declan's as well.
But she had to tell her Mum she was pregnant….Didn't she?
Meanwhile.
Will wasn't a former FIB profiler and psychologist for nothing, in fact that's what he told Kate when he confronted her and told that he knew something was wrong as she hadn't been on the mission list since the sea lions.
And Will confronting her just she had successfully convinced herself to her mother the news and was preparing herself for mother's most likely reactions was really, really not what she needed right now.
She tried to hind how upset she was (very unsuccessfully) and bluntly told Will that it was none his business and remained him that he had need a while to recovery after Mumbai before walking off. Her angry words did find there marks but Will was more guttered when he heard Kate start to cry and then cry all the way back to her room.
He still went to see if Magnus had any idea about what was up with Kate. That was the first he had seen Kate cry, after all. Magnus told him that he should wait for Kate to be ready to tell him in her own time. Part of Magus wondered if Kate would tell anyone before her belly really started to swell.
Will added her gaining some weight and her emotional state to the other things Kate hadn't been allowed to do lately. He thought about all this information until one answer crossed his mind that answered why she wasn't on the mission list. One week later, Kate was alone in the library, he apologised for being a jerk before he asked, "Kate, are you pregnant?"
Her face and her silent stillness had almost answered his question by themselves, but Kate knew that she wasn't going to get out of this and she didn't entirely want to keep her baby a secret anymore. "About 3 and half months." She said, desperately trying not to start crying again.
One part of Will didn't expect Kate to just not fight and not only cave in but tell him how far along she was. The rest of will was shocked that Kate was pregnant. A small part of him was aware that Kate could start crying again and he was no really equipped enough to comfort her or stop her crying. That part of him just didn't state its case loud enough as after a few awkward minutes pasted the only thing a still studded Will could say was. "Um…So…Who…? Who is the father?"
"Declan McRae." Kate said and this time she can't hold back the tears this time. Will tried to comfort her, but it didn't really work.
A few days late Kate was walking around the Sanctuary trying to clear her head after the ear bashing she had received after telling her mother about the existence of Maia, aware that she now had a baby bump when Henry come round the corner.
"Hey Kate, how are you this morning?" Henry asked innocently enough while still looking at his iPad.
"How am I? How am I?!" Kate yelled, before letting ripe and telling Henry everything. That she was pregnant with Declan's baby, that she had no real idea how was coping to cope working for the Sanctuary while trying to raise a baby without him, that her mother had effectively disowned her for falling pregnant out of wedlock and she had discovered that she was pregnant when she was nearly killed the abnormal sea lions! Once she realized that she had just spent about 5 minutes yelling at Henry, she tried to apologise before she started crying and then ran back to her room.
After Kate ran off crying, Henry felt vilified, confused, bewildered and awful. The Big Guy came up to Henry, having heard Kate's rant up the hallway and having his suspension that Kate was carrying Declan's child confirmed, to see how was after being yelled at. Henry turned to him and said, "All said was 'How are you this morning?'!"
The Big Guy chuckled.
When Henry told Will how Kate reacted and what she said, he got why she was behaving the way she was. She was scared, she wasn't coping and she was lashing out. The Big Guy discreetly rolled his eyes as Will declared his theory about Kate. He could have told Will that Kate was scared and not coping with life weeks ago. And Henry figured it out after Kate yelled at him for about 5 minutes.
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Afterwards, Will thought that it was a good idea if Kate can't go on missions, she could 'help' him with filing. His said that he is trying to keep her and her baby safe. Kate thought he just wanted her to do his filing, however she will do just as she doesn't have many other things to do.
When Kate got restless or felt left out, Henry would take pity on her and get her to help him do things around his lab. He learned very that if he wasn't with her, to write his instruction down in case she forgot. Mostly he kept her company by playing video games with her in his lab.
