Alex's POV
I sat at the table watching her with some amusement as she poured hot sauce over her blueberry pancakes instead of syrup. "What are you doing?"
Her eyes lift from the plate momentarily. "Thought I'd try something different." The awful smell from the combination makes my mouth water, and not in a good way. "Do you want to try it?" She cuts off a piece and drags it through the fiery red sauce.
I stare at it as she holds the fork out for me to try. "I think I'll pass."
"Okay, but you don't know what you're missing." She teases as she waves the fork under my nose one last time.
"I'll chance it." I watch as she places the fork in her mouth, closes her lips and slides it out empty. Her eyes flutter closed as she begins to chew, like it's the best tasting thing she has ever experienced. It makes me ill. "I can't watch you eat that, I'm gonna go."
"You're leaving? We don't want you to go." She self-consciously rubs her belly with her free hand, making me smile. I never thought a simple action like that would affect me like it has. Since the moment she uttered the words 'I'm pregnant' little things like touching her stomach or watching her eat things that shouldn't even be allowed to share the same plate, have the ability to make me emotional. It's an amazing thing. I'm excited to be a father, if you told me a year ago that I would feel this way I would have told you, you were out of your fucking mind! I wouldn't be good at it; it's not something anyone would want me for.
"I've got to get to the hospital." She looks disappointed, I'm trying to spend as much time with her as I can but it hasn't been easy. I have a lot going on in my life at the moment. "I know I asked you not to say anything about this baby to anyone yet but I think we should tell people, tonight."
"Really? I think that's a great idea. Thank you Alex."
"Why don't we meet at Joe's tonight, we can tell them there." I suggest. "Around seven?"
She smiles. "Seven is perfect."
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She's an hour late and I can't help but worry. "Hey what's this big news you wanted to tell us?" Meredith asks as I stare at the door. "Alex!"
"Huh?" I know she said something but I haven't been listening. "I'm sorry. I'm just a little worried about Kelly, she was supposed to be here at seven and it's been over an hour." Where is she? As much as I don't trust her I can't stop myself from caring, she's the mother of my kid….at least I think she is.
"Have you tried calling her?" Olivia asks.
"Her cell phone is off." Izzie answers as she squeezes my hand. She's as worried as I am and I love her for that. "This can be done some other time. I'll help you look for her."
"You won't have to look very far." I glance at Cristina and see she's staring at the door, or rather Kelly who is stumbling inside carrying close to a dozen bags.
I rush to her side and lift the heavy bags from her hands. "Are you okay? I've been so worried." I place them on the floor near our table.
"I'm fine….look what I bought!" She reaches into the bag and pulls out a tiny pink sundress with little yellow flowers. "Isn't it adorable?" She squeals. "I know we are going to have the cutest little girl…well I don't know, but I just have this strong feeling that our little baby is gonna be a girl."
I look at her in disbelief. "You've been shopping for baby clothes?"
"No, not really I just got that one outfit. The rest is for me." I can feel the anger bubbling inside me, threatening to erupt.
"I've been worried about you and you've been shopping…I tried to call you about fifty times!" The look on her face tells me she doesn't understand why I was worried, or maybe it's just she doesn't really care about anyone but herself. I'm not sure.
"What's the big deal? I'm here now…nothing to worry about." She smiles sweetly at me and sits down at the table. "If it's alright with you I'd like to be the one to tell them our wonderful news…."
"You're pregnant?" Cristina casually guesses as her eyes roll to the tiny dress spread out on the table. "What a shocker. " She adds sarcastically, she tries to say it under her breath but fails to do so.
Kelly ignores Cristina's comment. "I'm pregnant! Isn't it just the best news you've ever heard? Now I know what you are all thinking and Alex didn't know I was pregnant when he ripped my heart in two and broke up with me, so please don't be mad at him. " I feel Izzie squeeze my hand tightly, she's probably trying to hold herself back from slapping Kelly.
"Is this seriously what you brought us here for? Cristina hops off the nearby stool; clearly she's unimpressed with the news that I've impregnated my ex-girlfriend. "I hope you're going to at least pay my tab so it was worth it to have to listen to that."
"Yang sit back down….there's more." I wait for another biting comment from her. There isn't one, she just rolls her eyes as she sits back down. "Okay here's the thing….I found out Kelly was pregnant after Izzie and I got back together. I plan on being a father to my kid and that's why she moved here, it wasn't because of a job offer like I told most of you." I glance around the room at my friends who remain quiet. My eyes land on the woman who has become my spy, the only other person besides Izzie to know about my situation with Kelly. Lexie offers me a small smile of encouragement. I turn my attention to the woman sitting next to me, seeking her approval for what I'm about to do. Her soft smile is all I need to know she wants me to continue. "I did ask you all here to tell you I'm going to be a father, something I never thought I'd want….but here I am, excited for the birth of my babies."
"Wait, babies? Twins?" Meredith looks at Kelly and then back at me. "Uh…congratulations."
"Alex, I never told you I was having twins…"
"I'm pregnant." Izzie blurts out. I notice the hurt look on George's face, I don't know if he's upset because she didn't tell him sooner or if it's because he and Olivia are having a hard time getting pregnant. I'm going to assume it's the latter, because even now I get this slight knee-jerk reaction when it comes to their friendship and I don't want to torture my self with the possibility that he still has feelings beyond friendship. I suppose it will always be in the back of my mind. "I found out last week and Alex asked me not to say anything until we decided how to tell you about all of this."
"You're pregnant?" Kelly asks loudly, she doesn't appear to be too happy. "How does Mark feel about that? It is his…right?" In the excitement of it all, I hadn't given it much thought that Izzie's baby might not be mine and her now pale face tells me she hadn't thought about that either. "Or were you just planning on letting Alex think your baby was his so he'd forget about me?"
"Kelly!" I won't let her do this, not to Izzie. "That's enough!"
"I'm sorry Alex I just won't let her trap you like this…" Izzie's eyes fill with tears as she excuses herself and runs to the bathroom. "…and I won't let you forget about our baby for one that might not even be yours!" I ignore her words and try to go after Izzie when Kelly grabs my arm to stop me. "Please Alex…"
I shrug her off without a word, right now I can't even look at her and I certainly have nothing to say to her. All I can do is worry about Izzie right now. I push open the door to the ladies room and step inside, not really caring who sees me do it. I hear a soft sniffle coming from the last stall. "Iz?"
"This is the ladies room Alex, you shouldn't be in here." She blows her nose.
"I don't care Izzie."
"I'm pretty sure the woman in the next stall does." I look at the other stall and notice for the first time the black heeled boots under the door. It doesn't matter because I came in here to do something and I'm not leaving until I do it.
"I don't care if it's not my baby, I love you and we'll work things out…with Sloan." I still think the guy's an ass but we would work it out. "As far as I'm concerned, regardless of the baby's paternity….I'm that baby's father and I always will be, because I'm so in love with you." I take a deep breath. "I can't believe I'm going to do this here…I want to marry you Izzie."
"What?" I can barely hear her small voice.
"Will you marry me Izzie?" The stall door opens and our eyes lock. "I'd get down on one knee but we are in the bathroom at Joe's and who knows what is crawling around down there." I smile and pull out the small box I've been carrying around with me for a few weeks. "Before you ask, I bought it before you told me you were pregnant so that's not what this is about."
"I didn't think…that's not what I was thinking."
"What were you thinking?" I hold my breath, scared of what her answer is going to be.
Tears roll down her cheeks as she takes a step closer to me. "I was thinking it's about time you asked." She smiles and I inhale deeply before I pass out. "I'll marry you…on one condition, that we do it now…tonight. No more waiting."
"How do you feel about Vegas?"