A/N: Another fairly short chapter, but don't worry guys! Longer and better chapters up ahead! and OMG PALEYFEST YOU GUYS. CHRIS MESSINA IS THE SWEETEST. As I didn't love him enough.

Hope you like this chapter! Comments & suggestions always welcomed (:

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They hadn't been dating for very long, but to their surprise, the relationship was going well so far.

She was happy with Danny, but she'd been feeling uneasy about one thing. When her relationship with Danny began, she was a couple of days late. At first, she blamed the stress and unpredictability of being a doctor; however, when a couple of days turned into a week, she started to get worried and quickly took a pregnancy test.

She sat on the edge of her bathtub, hands covering her face, knees shaking up and down in nervousness. The timer she set went off, indicating the pregnancy test was ready. Her head shot up, eyes settling immediately on the test resting on the sink. She took a deep breath and reached out to grab it. She closed her eyes to try to calm herself down, preparing for whatever the pregnancy test might say. When she opened her eyes, she saw exactly what she thought she would see.

Pregnant.

She placed the test next to her and put her elbows on her thighs, face in her hands. How did this happen? What am I going to do? That was the least of her worries. She and Danny had sex, but she couldn't have possibly gotten pregnant by him if her missed period was any indication. However, she wasn't sure. She couldn't think clearly, and the dates just started to blur together in her mind. She immediately called her OB/GYN to set up an appointment.

Three days later, with a sonogram in hand, she walked into her dark apartment. As soon as the door was behind her, she leaned against the door, closing it shut, and crumpled to the floor. She let out a cry letting the realization that she was pregnant with Tom's baby overcome her. How am I going to tell Tom? How am I going to tell Danny? She didn't know how, but she knew she had to do it right away. She couldn't keep something like this from him.

She slid her free hand into her pocket to retrieve her phone. With a few swipes, the phone on the other line was ringing.

"Hey, Min. What's going on?"

"Danny?" Mindy quivered out.

"Min? Min, what's wrong? Are you okay?"

"Could-could y-you come over? I-I need to t-talk t-to you." She heard Danny on the other side bustling around.

"Yeah, of course, I'll be there in 15 minutes, okay? Don't go anywhere."

"Okay." The phone beeped, and she couldn't bring herself to move. She raised her knees to her chest and started to cry.

She was awoken by the door jolting against her back. "Mindy? Mindy, please open up." She slowly rose to her feet, not caring to wipe the tendrils of hair patched on her damp cheeks, and opened the door.

He took a step towards her, swept her hair away from her face and wiped the tears with his thumb as he said, "Min, what's going on? Please, babe, please talk to me."

Mindy cried even harder and put her arms around Danny's neck, burrowing her face into his shoulder. He wrapped his arms tightly around her and started to rub circles on her back as his eyebrows furrowed in worry and confusion. She felt safer now that Danny was there. She cried for a good five minutes before mumbling something into his chest, but he couldn't hear it. He pulled back and wiped more tears off her face.

"Min?"

"Dan-Danny. I-I'm pr-preg-pregnant."

"Yo-you're pregnant? Are-are you sure?"

Mindy slowly nodded and handed him the sonogram she was still clutching tightly.

"Oh." He slowly took the sonogram from her and examined it closely. Judging the size of the fetus, he knew she was about one and a half months along, which was way longer than they had been together.

"Is it Tom's?"

She nodded. "Yeah…"

"Are you going to tell him?" The air in the room suddenly got thick.

"Eventually...But, Danny, What are we gonna do? How do you feel about all this? This obviously wasn't expected for both of us. We haven't been dating for very long. How are we going to handle this?" She sighed defeatedly.

"I-I don't know." Danny moved closer to her and hugged her tightly.

She sighed again and softly said, "I don't know either." She breathed in his familiar scent, relishing his warmth, but he let her go momentarily. He saw that her eyes were tired and puffy from crying, so he said, "Come on, Min. You need to get some rest."

She simply nodded, not having the energy to disagree with him. After she changed out of her clothes and into her pajamas, he tucked her into bed and kissed her forehead.

"Danny?" she said softly.

"Yeah, Min?"

"Can you stay with me for a while?"

"Of course." He crawled into bed with her, snuggling himself close to Mindy, who nestled perfectly under his chin. She breathed in his familiar cologne and drifted off to sleep.

After a few moments, Danny heard her breathing evenly. He knew she had fallen asleep. He waited some time before he carefully extricated himself from her and left her apartment.