Who: Ken Cosgrove and Peggy Olson

When?: Later that night for dinner

Why?: Peggy is unsure how she feels about what do to next, and the next day at work becomes difficult.

Where?: Ken's apartment

Rating?: Pg-13

Peggy woke up to people outside doing some sort of construction work. She woke up with a start trying her hardest to piece together last night's events. After looking around the night before came flooding back to her as her heart began to race. Was anything Ken said last night true? Or was it just a figment of her imagination. She turned to look at the clock that was hanging on the wall to see that he should be home soon unless he had to stay late.

She finally got up and jumped in the shower still feeling a bit sick. She held it in as she didn't want Ken to find her a sick mess on the bathroom floor. She dressed in a simple dress, and pinned up her hair letting it air dry. She walked towards the kitchen hoping there was something in the house for her to fix dinner. It was the least she could do since Ken was letting her stay there. She found a few odds and ends and mixed something up waiting patiently for him to get home. As she waited for the noodles to cook she found a stack of paper on the coffee table unsure of what it was. She picked it up to see it was a story Ken had written.

Peggy smiled softly as she sat down at the kitchen table and started reading. She was absolutely amazed at home beautiful the story was. It was intriguing and she almost burnt the noodles from being so carried away with the story. By the time she was done with making dinner, and reading the story she heard the lock moving on the door. She stood still hoping Ken was the only one with a key to his apartment and smiled when she watched him walk through the door. He looked absolutely tired, and she had a feeling he had a long day.

She watched him undo his tie, and hang his coat on the rack before turning around to see her standing in the kitchen. Her heart stopped when she saw his famous smile as if his whole day was forgotten when he looked at her. He slowly walked up to her and wrapped his arms around her and kissed her cheek.

"Did you sleep well?" He asked softly not wanting to let go.

She shrugged her shoulders. "I slept fine." She admitted softly as she laid her head down on his chest. He smiled as kissed the top of her head. He took a deep breath in and realized she made him dinner. "Hmm smells good" He said softly as he led her towards the dining table where she set up a two place spots for the both of them. He pulled out her chair for her before sitting down himself.

"Well, I spoke with Don" He said seriously he wasn't sure how to say it to her. The only way he knew how was to be blunt.

She stopped scoping the spaghetti onto his plate for a minute as pure tear flashed before her eyes. She finished what she was doing and handed him his plate. She began to make herself a plate unsure what to say. She trusted Don completely but having him know that she was pregnant was a bit much for her, but she assumed that Ken had a reason for telling him.

"What did he say?" She asked hearing her voice shaking a bit.

"Well I told him indirectly, and asked what to do. I guess he figured it out because when I left he asked me to tell you hello." He said seriously as he took a bit of his food. He hoped he didn't over step his place, but he knew Don wouldn't say anything about it. He was good at keeping secrets considering how many he has.

"Oh." She said softly. "Advise about what?"

"I asked what to do if someone that I'm starting to have strong feelings for is pregnant with another man's child, and should I do something, or tell her how I feel." She dropped her fork on the table as she looked into his eyes looking to see if he was lying. Anything to show that what he was saying was true, and not something she misheard. As he looked into her eyes she knew he was being honest with her.

"Oh, well, what did he say?"

"He said to raise the child as my own, and to not tell anyone because it's no one's business and to take care of her and the baby." He said softly.

She reached over and touched his hand gently and smiled at him. "That's really sweet." She whispered. "What are you going to do?"

He took her hand into his as he laced his fingers with her as laid his other hand over the top of hers. "Do exactly what Don said for me to do." He leaned against the table and kissed her lips softly before sitting back down and finished his dinner.

The next morning Ken and Peggy decided to just go into work together. If anyone asked them why they were together they could easily say they ran into each other down stairs. Thankfully no one was really there that earlier and Peggy smiled at Ken as she walked towards her desk. Ken watched as she sat down at her desk making sure she was fine before heading towards his own office. He turned on his heal to see his secretary standing there with the most shocked look on her face. He cleared his throat as he took over his coat and handed it to her. "You don't tell anyone about this." He said seriously as she quickly nodded her head and whispered, "Yes, Sir."

He opened his office door and found a card on top of his desk. He opened it up to find a card from Don Draper. On the front it said congratulations on your new baby, but once Ken opened it two pieces of paper fell. One was a check made out to him for $100 and the other a small private note.

Dear Ken,

I put the pieces together last night, and figured you would need extra money for the extra mouth you will be feeding now. I'll see what I can do about getting you a raise, but unfortunately I can't give you too much slack on accounts. I don't think you two should come out with what's going on just yet, but you need to soon before Peggy starts showing. You can take my advice or ignore it, but just so you know you're secret is safe with me. Also, don't worry about Pete. He's an idiot and won't figure it out anyway

Sincerely,

Don Draper

Ken literally felt his heart stopped as he wasn't sure how he figured out about Pete, but Don had his way of learning things about people. He had to admit it was the reason he was good at his job, but he hoped it didn't make Peggy's life hell. He was happy though that the secret was safe for now. He was grateful for the money considering now he was feeding for three now. It would at least last him for a month if not two. He sat down at his desk rubbing his temples wishing the sudden pain in his head would go away.

Just for one moment he thought the he was finally getting peace and quiet and was going through everything he had to do today with no problems until he heard a loud knock on the door. He groaned out loud as he yelled come in. His secretary slowly walked in and said that Peggy was here to see him. "Why didn't you call?" He asked already starting to get annoyed. He didn't want anyone outside to hear him getting excited about what she said.

"I.. didn't want anyone to hear. I wasn't sure if you wanted me too or not." She whispered softly. Ken finally smiled at her and winked before speaking up again.

"Just buzz me next time, alright? Bring her in." He yelled as he watched his secretary relax at the fact that she actually wasn't in trouble. She opened the door for her before closing the door behind her. He got up from his desk and smiled as he walked over to her.

"So what do I owe the pleasure?" He asked softly before kissing her cheek once more.

"Don needed me to bring these to you, and he told be congratulations too." She said softly.

He took the file folders she had in her hand and picked up the card to hand to her. "Well he congratulated me too." He said softly as he sat the folders down on the desk. "So how are you feeling today?" He asked.

"Well I got sick earlier, but today is a little better. Before I go I wanted to say thank you. I was afraid you would judge me because of this." She said as she instinctively held her hand on her stomach.

"Don't worry about it. I'm happy to take the responsibility, but I think you should go. I don't need Pete jumping on back if you're in here for too long." He said seriously. He kissed her once more before opening the door for her.

"Tell Don I'll get back to him on it." He said out loud and Peggy nodded her head before heading towards his desk. Before he could close the door all the way Pete rammed his way through his office.

"What now Campbell" He said seriously. His constant presence in his office was starting to annoy him.

"What did she want? Does she look off?" He looked like he was going insane. Ken knew he was losing it because of the recent engagement but he seriously needed to leave Ken out of it.

"She was giving me more work from Don. That was it." He said seriously.

"Oh. Of course, I'm sorry the whole engagement and this whole Peggy thing have made me lose it." Pete laughed nervously before heading back outside. "Well we have a meeting in an hour about the recent John Deere account so I hope you have everything you need."

"Don't worry about it. I got it." Ken said before closing the door in Pete's face and heading back to his desk. He looked through the files on his desk to see more accounts that were now assigned to him. Even the more experience guys in the office don't have this many but he knew why Don gave it to him. He knew the reason why Don did it and simply went to work. It hasn't even been an hour into his day and he was already stressed out. He poured himself a drink and lite a cigarette before getting back to work.