Chapter 14
"Izzie, Izzie, can you hear me?"
Izzie came round to hear Callie's voice frantically talking to her. She opened her mouth to try and respond, but no sound would come out.
She tried again, as she heard some more voices, it sounded like Meredith and Cristina were in there too and Izzie desperately tried to make out what they were saying, feeling almost as though she was dreaming as the sound of their voices drifted in and out. "Where is the ambulance?"..."We need to get her to Addison."... "It will be here any minute and I've paged Addison, she should be on stand by."
Izzie then managed to half open her eyes, as she tried to focus on the spinning room and group of concerned faces peering down at her. She could just about make out Callie, crouched down beside her, her face full of concern as she stared intently at Izzie, with Bailey, Meredith and Cristina right behind her. Izzie tried to speak again, when she was overcome by a sharp, severe stabbing pain and the sensation of warm liquid oozing down her legs. She glanced down to see it was blood and she gasped out in panic, as it all came back to her. One minute she'd been fine, checking her make up in the mirror, day dreaming about baby clothes and deciding what to make Alex for dinner after his tough day in surgery and then the next minute she'd been doubled over in agony on the bathroom floor, before it had all gone black.
"My baby...Where's Addison?" Izzie, eventually managed to whisper breathlessly.
"Your baby is going to be fine, Izzie. Help is on it's way, Addison had to go back to the hospital, but we're going to get you to her as soon as we can. It will be okay, try not to worry." Callie said, as she gripped Izzie's hand.
"Alex, where's Alex?" Was all Izzie could reply, as she was hit with another sharp pain.
"Where is Alex?" Meredith then said to Callie over Izzie's head as Izzie lay delirious and groaning on the floor.
"He should be on his way back here with Arizona. But they may have been delayed." Callie said to Meredith, as she turned back to Izzie.
"I'll go down and call him. Let him know what's happened and to stay at the hospital." Meredith said as she turned to walk out of the crowded bathroom, followed closely by Cristina and Bailey.
"Mommy, mommy where are you?..." A little voice suddenly said outside the door.
"It's Danny and Will, don't let them in here, they can't see me like this." Izzie said as she tried to move slightly, gasping out in pain and clutching her stomach.
"Okay, boys, your Mommy isn't feeling too well, so why don't you come downstairs with me for a minute. You can see her in a bit." Meredith said as she ushered the two little boys away from the bathroom door.
"Callie," Izzie said weakly as she struggled for breath. "Don't leave me."
"I'm not going anywhere." Callie replied softly.
"Okay, Alex, Alex, you still there?" Addison said through the speaker on the elevator.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm still here," Alex said a little shaken as Addison's words from moments earlier tore through him. "You're going to have to deliver this baby, Alex."
He glanced across to where Arizona was sat with her back to the wall, panting and moaning. How could this be happening? Less than an hour ago she had seemed fine and now she was in the final stages of active labour? Surely not? He took a deep breath as he told himself, all he had to do was hold her hand and wait for them to be freed from the elevator and then Addison could take over, right? Arizona then let out a high pitched scream, and Alex suddenly felt himself overcome with panic as he froze.
"You can do this, Alex. You're an experienced doctor, you know what to do." Addison said firmly again, snapping him back to reality as he rubbed his forehead.
"The pain, it's so bad and it's all in my lower back," Arizona groaned.
"Okay, listen to me, Alex. I think from the sound of it, the baby is in a back to back position, it should still be a fairly straight forward birth, but the baby might not be in the exact optimal position, so it may require a little more effort. But you can do this, Alex. You've done it before," she paused then as Alex heard her pager beep.
"Alex. You're going to have to bear with me a moment, something's come up. Just focus on her breathing and remember don't let her push until she has to." Addison said calmly.
"Addison, Addison..." Alex suddenly said as even more panic swept through him as he was met with silence then from the other end of the speaker. He took another deep breath. He was a paediatric surgeon, not an OB/GYN. Sure, he had delivered numerous babies over his career, but all in an OR with a surgical team and experienced OB/GYN on hand. The one and only time he had actually delivered a baby naturally was in his last year of med school and he had paid little attention to the specifics. The only live births he had attended recently were his own baby's and then he had purely played the part of supportive husband and expectant father, too high on emotions to be worrying about the medical stuff.
This was different though, here he would have to switch to doctor mode. If there really wasn't any time to get Arizona out. It would be down to him, to make sure the baby was born safely.
"Alex, Alex, you have to call Callie. She needs to be here." Arizona said breathlessly in between contractions, as a bead of sweat ran down her temple. "I need to speak to Callie." She pleaded again.
"Right, sure, I'll call her." Alex said as he pulled his phone out of his pocket to see a missed call and voice mail from Meredith. He wrinkled his forehead in confusion as he tried to work out why Meredith would be calling him, she rarely called him these days. It was probably just something to do with the looking after the children or arranging a dinner party, he thought, it wouldn't be important he'd catch up with her later. He scrolled down to find Callie's number instead.
"Come on, pick up," he willed as it just rang through to answer phone. Alex sighed as he left her a quick message.
"You get hold of Alex?" Callie said turning back to Meredith as Izzie was taken in to the ambulance.
"No, I left him a message. I told him what happened and that you're on your way, so to stay at the hospital with Arizona." Meredith replied, looking worried.
"Okay, thanks and you're sure you're okay to look after the Karev boys and Sofia?" Callie said again hurriedly.
"Between, me, Cristina and Bailey, we'll be fine." Meredith said, forcing a small smile, as she added. "Just make sure Izzie's okay."
"Right," Callie replied as she climbed in to the ambulance and gripped Izzie's hand.
...
"My dress, my dress...it's ruined...Alex will be so mad when he sees I bought another designer maternity dress too." Izzie mumbled, rolling her eyes as the jumbled, confused words came out of her mouth.
"Sssh..try not to talk," Callie said, as she rubbed Izzie's arm and the ambulance sped through the streets.
Izzie tightened her grip on Callie's hand, as she cried, feeling the pain worsen and she whispered hoarsely. "Callie, you have to promise me something, okay?"
"Okay." Callie said nodding as she stroked the side of Izzie's hair away from her face.
"You have to promise me that if something happens, you and Arizona will be there for Alex. Because he's going to need you. It's going to be hard on him having to bring up three kids on his own and he'll need his friends, because I'm not so sure he'll cope that well."
"Of course, but Izzie, you're not going anywhere." Callie replied her voice trembling slightly, as her eyes looked up to meet the serious eyes of the silent paramedic that was leaning over Izzie, reinforcing to Callie the seriousness of the situation as the ambulance continued to race to the hospital.
Izzie paused, struggling to breathe as she went on to say. "The boys, you need to make sure that they grow up in a house of happiness and laughter. It's important for kids to be around laughter and Alex, he's not that great at laughing when he's mad at the world, so you need to tell him..."
"Izzie, you can tell him yourself." Callie said trying to remain calm.
"Can you call him? I need to speak to him?...Please?" Izzie pleaded, as Callie opened her mouth to protest, her eye's meeting Izzie's and sensing the desperation in them, Callie didn't say anything, she just reached in to her pockets for her phone. "Damn it," she muttered, "I left my phone on the kitchen table earlier."
"Use mine. It's in my bag." Izzie said as she looked down to where Callie had put her bag on the floor.
"Did you get hold of Callie?" Arizona said, trying to concentrate on anything other than the intense wave of agonizing pain rippling through her.
"Err..She didn't pick up, so I left her a message telling her to come in straight away," Alex replied.
"No, no, this cant be happening. She needs to be here. She has to be here." Arizona yelled in frustration and pain. "Why are you here and she isn't? This is all wrong. I don't want you here, at this moment in time I would rather have anyone in the world in here rather than you, Alex!" Arizona yelled even louder, her eyes flashing furiously at him.
Alex just looked back at her feeling completely helpless as he suddenly remembered Callie was with Izzie at the stupid 'baby shower' thing. He'd call Izzie, tell her what had happened and then she could get Callie to come in to the hospital straight away.
"Callie's with Izzie, I'll call her, it will be okay, we'll get her here, I promise." Alex said as he clutched his phone in his hand.
Arizona just nodded back at him unable to speak as her contraction peaked, all she could do was let out another loud high pitched scream.
Alex's fingers were trembling as he went to call Izzie, putting his phone to his ear he heard it ring. He didn't do well under pressure and he knew they were running out of time. He needed Izzie to pick up and with each unanswered ring he felt himself getting angrier and angrier at her. He eventually heard her bubbly voice on her answer phone message. "Hey, its Izzie. I'm sorry I can't come to the phone right now, but leave me a message and I'll be sure to call you back as soon as I can." And just like that, all the stress, fear, pressure and anxiety came to a head as Alex snapped nastily. "Izzie, it's me. Seriously, I don't know why you bother to have a damn cell phone if you can never be bothered to answer it! Did it ever cross your mind that there could be an emergency? You know, someday you're going to have to realize that the world doesn't just revolve around you and some people have real problems, like right now. Arizona is about to have her baby and she needs Callie here with her, so if you can tear yourself away from gossiping and baking cakes at your mothers meeting, you need to tell her to come in straight away, you think you can do that?! Sometimes, Izzie, I really wonder why I married you..." He stopped for a second to breath, immediately feeling better for releasing some of his stress.
"Okay, it's gone through to his answer phone, I think he must be on the phone, you want to leave a message?" Callie said her hand shaking.
Izzie nodded and Callie held the phone to her ear as Izzie whispered weakly. "Alex, it's me. I just called to tell you that I love you. I love you so much, Alex. Thank you for making me so happy. These past few years with you and our boys, has honestly been the happiest time of my life. But you need to promise me that you'll carry on being a great Dad to the children, Alex. And remember no matter what happens, we'll always be together... Wait a sec, my phone is beeping, it's you. You're calling me, I'll just hang up." She stopped talking, as she glanced at Alex's name flashing up on the phone trying to get through to her, before she dramatically dropped it to the floor and her head fell back on to the pillow.
"What's happening?" Callie yelled, teary eyed as she could only look at the paramedic rushing in to action to try and save Izzie.
"Did Izzie pick up? Is she with Callie?" Arizona said desperately to Alex as he crouched down on the floor next to her.
"She's on her way in." Alex lied, he needed Arizona to remain calm, they didn't have much time. He removed his coat quickly as he said. "Okay, we'll use this to wrap the baby in as soon as she's born. You're going to have to take off your coat too, so I can lie it across the floor as we don't have any blankets."
"Where is Addison? She's not going to get in here in time, is she? The baby, she's going to be born in this elevator, isn't she?" Arizona said anxiously, as a fresh bead of sweat ran down the side of her face. This wasn't how she had planned to give birth at all. She had wanted a room full of calm, with relaxing music and birthing balls and cushions and Callie, most of all she had wanted, Callie!
"Addison is right here on the other side of that door and they're working as fast as they can to get us out, okay. But we have to presume that yes, your baby will be born in here." Alex replied as calmly as he could.
"Oh, no." Arizona suddenly said as she sensed the start of another contraction about to build up. "The pressure it's in my back, it feels like I'm being torn apart. What's happening?" Arizona said, panting
"Just try and breathe." Alex said slowly as he felt his cheeks burn and he cleared his throat as he said awkwardly. "I'm really sorry, but I'm going to have to, you know, take a look to see what's going on..."
"Right, sure." Arizona replied as she quickly removed the lower half of her clothing, feeling more than a little relieved that she'd chosen to wear a loose maternity dress over her pants that day. But there was no time to be embarrassed, Alex might be her friend and co-worker but he was also a very good doctor and he'd certainly seen it all before.
"Can you see the head?" Arizona said breathlessly as Alex was quiet, concentrating.
"It's there but it's slipping back," he said as he looked up to face her and said "Okay, you need to take a deep breath and push as hard as you can, okay. I think you're nearly there. But you're going to have to work a little bit harder, so you need to focus."
"Okay," Arizona replied as she took a deep breath in and yelling loudly, she pushed with everything she had.
Alex frowned as Arizona's efforts appeared fruitless, he still couldn't properly see the baby's head crowning.
"You're doing great," he said to her as she sat back and rested for a moment.
They were then interrupted by the sound of the top of the elevator doors being prized open. Alex quickly leapt up to hear the engineer shout down. "Okay, we've identified the fault, it shouldn't be much longer and we've managed to get the doors open a little for you to get some air in there."
"Is Dr Montgomery still there?" Alex shouted, looking up to then see the face of a resident doctor staring back down at him, it was a girl he vaguely recognised from working alongside Addison. She looked studious with shoulder length brown hair and glasses. Addison had seemed impressed with her, saying she was the best resident she'd had for years, but Alex wasn't sure if he'd ever even heard her speak before.
"Dr Karev, I'm Dr Fox, I'm studying under Dr Montgomery," she said politely.
"Where is Dr Montgomery?" Alex replied gruffly.
"She's been called away on an emergency, she sent me to offer you some support instead, although she said you wouldn't need it and you'd do a fine job of delivering the baby on your own."
"What the hell? She's gone away to see to an emergency? This, right here, is a frickin emergency. So I don't care where she is. You get her back here, you hear me!" Alex said, his voice shaking as he screwed his fists up in to tight balls, he was trying to keep it together but he was on the verge of exploding.
"I'm sorry, Dr Karev, but Dr Montgomery was very clear, she is needed elsewhere. The emergency that has just come in, is very serious. There's a chance she could lose both the mother and the baby and she's probably going to have to go in to surgery."
"I don't care what the emergency is. You get Dr Montgomery back here and you go and see to the emergency. You're what, second, third year of residency? You can handle it." Alex hissed back at her, and he saw something in the young doctor's eye then, that he recognized only too well, a look of frustration and disappointment. Being sent here to help him, she was missing out on the chance to scrub in on a big exciting surgery, and she didn't want to be here anymore than he did. It was funny, Alex thought, how they could so easily distance themselves from the emotion when it was the chance to practice surgery on a un known person, they could forgot then that it was real people's lives at stake and not just a game.
But here now though, it was very real for Alex as he turned back to Arizona again and she gave him a small apologetic smile as she said. "It's okay, Alex. We'll manage fine. If there's an emergency Addison needs to be there, not here. We don't need Addison. I just need Callie." And she started moaning again as she was hit with another aggressive contraction.
"Right, focus and push." Alex said as he rolled the sleeves up on his sweater.
"Why is nothing happening? Why isn't she coming out? Why am I feeling so much pain in my back?" Arizona said despondently, as after another long excruciating contraction there was still no sign of the baby.
Alex glanced upwards to look at Addison's resident. "Okay, Dr Montgomery said that, Dr Robbins's baby is most probably back to back. Which means, the baby is technically in the right position, but the baby's back is pressing against her back and therefore it will take longer to push her out. It's quite common..."
"Yeah, yeah, I think we know what that means, thanks." Alex said condescendingly, turning his attention back to Arizona again.
"Another contraction and I'm sure the baby will be here. Then they'll get us out of this damn elevator and we can all celebrate," he said kindly, squeezing her hand.
"Thanks, Alex. Hey, just think, you're going to have to go through all this again with Izzie in a few weeks time." Arizona joked with a slight hint of a twinkle in her eye.
Alex groaned and rolled his eyes, he was still getting his head round the fact that he and Izzie were having another baby. So he hadn't got as far as mentally preparing himself for another birth yet, as he replied. "Don't remind me. You know what? This time I think I'm going to leave Izzie to deal with it on her own. I'll be in the bar across the road until it's over."
"You don't mean that." Arizona said as she gripped his hand tighter in preparation of the next contraction.
"Alex, Alex, Alex. I need Alex..." Izzie moaned, slipping in and out of consciousness as she was rushed in to the hospital.
"What happened?" Addison said as she ran along side the trolley.
"One minute she was fine, fresh as a daisy at the party and then the next minute I found her collapsed and bleeding on the bathroom floor." Callie said as they got to the emergency room and Addison listened in for the baby's heart beat.
"Is it there? Can you hear the heat beat?" Callie said anxiously.
"Yes, it's there. It's faint, but it's there. We're going to need to get her to in to surgery. This baby needs to come out now." Addison said, taking immediate charge, gesturing to the team around her.
"What about Izzie? Won't that put her at risk? Don't we need to get her stable first?" Callie said without taking a breath.
"We're running out of time. This baby isn't going to make it unless we deliver it soon. At 28 weeks it has a great chance of survival if we deliver now. So, we need to act fast." Addison replied firmly.
"This isn't our decision to make and you know it, Addison. Where's Karev? Why isn't he here, this is his decision?" Callie said as more panic came through in her voice
Addison suddenly froze, signalling for her intern to take over as she stepped away from the bed and taking Callie gently by the arm, she led her in to the corner of the room.
"What's going on, Addison? Where is Alex and Arizona too for that matter?" Callie said, putting her hand up to sweep her hair away from her face.
"Okay, I don't want you to freak out. But Arizona has gone in to labour. She's okay, she's with Alex." Addison said.
"She's what? Where? Why isn't she here? Why is she with Alex and why aren't you with her?" Callie cried out.
"She's not here because they were stuck in the elevator, and as far as I'm aware that's where they still are. But don't panic everything seemed to be going okay. Alex is with her, he knows what he's doing and I've also sent my best resident too. But, you need to go and be with her too, Callie."
"Okay, yes," Callie said nodding her head as adrenaline pumped through her. "No, what about Izzie?" Callie suddenly said. "I can't leave her. I promised her, and if Alex can't get to her."
"I'll take care of Izzie, okay. Arizona needs you, you need to go and be with her right now." Addison said.
"Right, yes." Callie replied, putting her hand up to her face.
"Oh and Callie, don't say anything to Alex about Izzie until after Arizona's given birth. You're going to need him." Addison said touching Callie's arm and looking deep in to her eyes with a warning look.
"No, no. I can't do that, he has a right to know what's going on. That's his wife and child." Callie said raising her voice again.
"As soon as your baby is born, you can tell him. But until then he can't know. You know he'll freak out and there is nothing he can do stuck in that elevator, and like I said, you're going to need him." Addison said, taking a deep breath. This was a call she didn't want to have to make, but she knew for the sake of Arizona and Callie's un born baby she was making the right one. She was fairly confident it would be a straight forward delivery in the end, but they needed Alex coherent and on hand just in case. Whilst Arizona was stuck in the elevator, he was all they had.
Callie just stared blankly back at Addison, as adopting a firm tone of authority, Addison simply said "Go!"
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With Callie gone, Addison turned her attentions back to Izzie, yelling. "Right, we need to get her up to an OR now."
"What's going on?" Addison then heard a male voice say as she turned to see Owen Hunt, the Chief of Surgery marching towards her.
"I can see it. I can see the head. Keep pushing." Alex said excitedly as Arizona yelled out in agony, before her head collapsed back against the wall.
"Next push and she's definitely here." Alex said.
"Arizona, Arizona." They both suddenly heard Callie frantically say and they looked up to see Callie was stood peering down at them through the gap at the top of the elevator doors.
"Oh, Callie. You're here. The baby she's coming, she's almost here." Arizona said with relief and excitement at the sight of her wife at last.
"You got here just in time." Alex said grinning up at Callie.
Callie felt a lump form in her throat then as she looked down guiltily at Alex, remembering Addison's harsh words of warning to her, not to say anything to him about Izzie.
"Right, big effort now. Final push, you can do it." Alex said, as Arizona's face winced as she braced herself for the next big contraction. She felt certain if she could get through this she would finally be able to meet her daughter.
"Push, push.." Both Alex and Callie yelled at her together, spurring her on and encouraging her as much as they could.
"Here she comes." Alex said, and with pride, he delicately caught the tiny little infant in his strong skilled arms. A rush of euphoria hitting him as he realized he'd just brought such a perfect little life in to the world and he felt a small tear form in his eye.
Arizona had never felt so exhausted and emotional in her life as she lay panting and recovering, shell shocked as she realized it was over and like music to her ears, she heard the high pitched, shrill sound of her baby crying loudly in Alex's arms as he gently wrapped it up in his coat. Arizona then studied Alex's face to see him staring down at the baby with an overwhelmingly shocked and confused expression.
"What is it? Is she okay? What's wrong, Alex?" Arizona suddenly said.
"Is she okay, Alex?" Callie repeated, even more urgently from where she was still stood watching through the gap in the top of the elevator doors.
"She, isn't okay, no... He, on the other hand is doing just great. Ladies, you have a son." Alex said, a mischievous grin creeping on to his face, he knew they hadn't seen that coming. And as the baby cried even harder. Alex placed him in to his mother's arms. Just as there was a loud whirring sound and the elevator started to shudder and move.
"Dr Montgomery, you can't do this. You're not following protocol. We need to inform Karev first, you know that." Dr Hunt said as Addison glared at him from the other side of Izzie's bed.
"This is exceptional circumstances. We need to deliver this baby now. Izzie is already having severe contractions the baby is coming whether we like it or not. She needs a c section to deliver it safely and you know it. " Addison said firmly.
"No, that is not necessarily in the patients best interests and you know it, Dr Montgomery. Izzie is experiencing heart failure we need to address that and get her husband here now. This is his call to make, not ours." Hunt replied.
"He's still stuck in the elevator," Addison said angrily.
"Then we have an obligation to go and inform him. We could be looking at a huge law suit otherwise and you know it." Hunt said, his tone fierce as Addison exhaled dramatically, holding her head in her hands.
"A boy, we have a boy." Arizona said her smile widening as she held her son. She hadn't minded either way, boy or girl, but it had certainly come as a surprize to have a son, when they had been expecting another daughter. All that mattered though, was that they had a healthy baby and he was perfect.
"We have movement," Alex said raising his eyebrows as the elevator suddenly came to life, moving and within seconds the doors flung open and Callie rushed in to join her wife and newborn son. Flinging her arms around them both as she cried tears of joy.
"A son. I can't believe it, you were right all along and Addie got it wrong." Callie said an ecstatic grin on her face, as she reached down to touch the perfectly smooth skin on her son's tiny cheek.
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Alex was buzzing, he could honestly say this was one of the best moments of his life, as he looked over at Arizona and Callie with their new baby. But as wonderful as it was, this was their moment, their baby. His moment with Izzie would be soon to come again and Alex suddenly couldn't wait for it to be him and Izzie, holding their new born baby again. He reached for his phone in his pocket as still on a massive high, he wanted to do exactly what he always did when something amazing happened to him, share it with Izzie! He couldn't wait to tell her what had happened. He knew she would be so shocked and proud of him, plus, he knew he probably needed to apologize for the slightly abrupt message he'd left her when he'd been stressed out earlier too.
He realized his hands were still shaking slightly as he pulled his phone out, to see there were two more missed calls from Meredith and two answer phone messages. The same one from Meredith that he hadn't listened to yet and the second, a new one from Izzie. Wondering why Meredith was so keen to speak to him, Alex, decided to listen to her message first.
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"I'm so sorry, I didn't get here sooner." Callie said as she planted a kiss lightly on Arizona's lips.
"That's okay, you're here now, that's the main thing and we're all fine. Alex was amazing, I honestly don't think I could have done it without him." Arizona gushed, looking over to where Alex was now stood just outside the elevator on his phone.
Callie's heart suddenly skipped a beat as she remembered, Izzie! She looked at Alex her lower lip quivering as she realized she'd have to tell him what had happened. He still looked so overjoyed and relieved, how could she tell him his world could be about to fall apart. But as she was about to push herself up to stand and walk towards him, his expression dramatically changed, his smile instantly disappearing, being replaced with a look of sheer panic and horror.
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Alex had just listened to Meredith's message telling him that Izzie had been rushed in to hospital, that 'she' had been then emergency patient that Addison had rushed off for. His heart thumped violently, his stomach dropping as the phone quickly rolled in to Izzie's message. As soon as he heard her voice, heard her utter the words 'I love you', he knew, it hit him, he was losing her! The day he'd been so afraid of for years was finally here. Then he looked up to see the chief, Owen Hunt, walking straight towards him, the grave look on his face saying it all.
Everything then seemed to happen in slow motion as Alex felt his fingers slowly lose their grip on his phone, causing it to fall violently to the floor, and he ran as fast as he could. He didn't see or hear anything, the maze of corridors and stairs just one big blur as he raced to get to Izzie.
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"Izzie, Iz," Alex yelled as he finally reached the floor and burst in to her room to see Addison stood directly in front of him. He looked her directly in the eye and it told him all he needed to know. She took a step towards him and her lip trembled as she went to say something, that sounded like "I'm so sorry..."
Alex didn't hear anymore, as he simply yelled over and over again. "No, no, no..." Rushing towards the bed, to see his beautiful wife lying there perfectly still, her blonde hair falling over the pillow, still wired up to an IV drip and heart rate monitor. He gripped her hand tightly in his as he sobbed uncontrollably, shaking and saying repeatedly. "Iz, no..."
Eventually he was interrupted as he looked up and for the second time that day he heard the unique sound of a new born baby crying loudly, and wiping his eyes, he saw Addison walk towards him and hand him a tiny bundle.
"There you go little one, meet your Daddy," Addison cooed in a soft gentle voice, brushing a small tear from her own eye, as she added. "Dr Karev, you have a perfect, healthy baby girl."
Alex looked down to see two big expressive eyes staring back at him and he pressed his finger in to his daughters tiny palm as he felt his heart slowly breaking in two.
A/N - I hope you liked this chapter, sorry for the slight cliff-hanger and please let me know what you think? Also I'm having trouble coming up with names for the babies! So, if anyone has any suggestions I'd love to hear them? (Oh and don't say Mark, as Mark survived in this story!)