I would like to say that I have never been pregnant, so I do not know what exactly happens when one is pregnant. However, after seeing enough movies and doing some research I think I got enough to write what I need to. I also got enough to know that I do not ever want to get pregnant, I will stick to adoption, lol. Also, I have not yet seen the Private Practice episodes where Maya is pregnant, so I am making up my own version, hope you don't mind.
The next morning Zoey fidgeted around the house nervously. There was something about the fact that she was going to see the baby on the screen that made everything more real than it had been, making her much more nervous. Finally the time came for her to leave and she made her way to Ocean Side Wellness. Looking around the parking lot and not seeing Addison's car made her feel a little better and she walked inside. She managed to make it through the lobby and into Amelia's office before anyone could see her. Amelia took one look at her niece and cracked up laughing.
"What are you wearing?" Amelia asked. Zoey had on a long trench coat and sunglasses with a hat pulled over her eyes.
"I didn't want mom to see me if she was still here. Don't laugh at me."
"I'm sorry sweetie. It's just, you look like you're trying to hide from the FBI or something." Amelia said, laughing even harder.
"It's not funny Amy! Can we just get this over with?"
"Sure, sure. Come on kid." They made their way to the room with the ultrasound machine without anyone seeing them. "You're gonna have to take off the coat." Zoey sighed and slid the coat off her shoulders and hopped up on the table while Amelia prepared everything. "Now this is,"
"I know, it's gonna be cold. I know enough that it is going to be cold and it's not gonna hurt. Just do it already." Amelia didn't say anything more, just put the wand against Zoeys still flat stomach. After moving it around for a minute she found the baby,
"Alright, there is your baby," she said, pointing to what looked like a small shadow on the screen. "It looks like you're about seven or eight weeks along. Obviously an actual OB could tell you more, but that's a baby zo, you're pregnant." Amelia looked from the screen to Zoey, who was staring intently at the screen.
"But it's tiny, it doesn't even look like a baby."
"It's gonna take a little while Zoey, a baby doesn't just develop fully overnight." Zoey was about to say something when the door opened and Naomi walked in. All three didn't know what to do and just stared at each other, Naomi looking back and forth from the monitor to Zoey.
"I thought you locked the door!" Zoey said to Amelia, panicking.
"You came in last; I thought you were going to lock it!" Amelia said, placing the blame on Zoey.
"Well, you're the adult! And the doctor! You should have had the common sense to lock the damn door!" Zoey said loudly, close to tears. Before Amelia could respond, Naomi interrupted,
"HEY! It doesn't matter who forgot to lock the door. What matters is that my goddaughter is apparently pregnant! Does your mom know?" Zoey and Amelia both looked away, not answering. "Zoey Loraine, answer me now." Naomi said in that threatening way that only a mother can master.
"No, she doesn't." Naomi took a deep breath,
"Ok. Have you done anything other than the ultrasound?" she asked Amelia.
"What would I do? I'm a brain doctor, not a baby doctor." Amelia answered.
"Right. Well I will run all the tests, you can get back to work Amelia."
"Can't she stay?" Zoey asked, sounding nervous.
"No. She has work to do. And you and I need to talk. Thank you Amelia, you can leave now." Naomi said firmly. Amelia gave Zoey a small smile and walked out of the room. Without saying anything else Naomi begins to get everything ready to draw blood. Watching her closely, Zoey asks,
"What are you doing?"
"I'm just going to take a blood sample. It's just to make sure that the," she hesitated for a moment, "that the baby is healthy." Zoey didn't respond, just nodded. After Naomi was done drawing blood she looked at Zoey. "What were you thinking Zoey? You're way too young to have a baby."
"Maya has a baby!" Zoey said, defending herself.
"And I asked her the exact same thing Zoey! You are only 16! Do you get that?"
"Yes! I get it! I know that it was a stupid mistake! You don't have to remind me!"
"What are you going to do?"
"What do you mean what am I going to do?"
"About the baby. What is your plan?"
"I guess I haven't really thought about it."
"This is something you need to think about Zoey. You have to decide if you're going to keep the baby, or give it up for adoption, or even get an abortion."
"NO! I am not getting an abortion!"
"Well then you need to come up with a plan. And you need to tell your mom."
"I think I'm gonna wait on that one," Zoey said, getting down from the exam table and walking towards the door.
"No, I think you should do it now. The longer you wait, the worse it's gonna be. You go wait in my office and I will go get her." Naomi walked out of the room, leaving Zoey on her own not knowing what to do. Without thinking about it very long Zoey started to walk quickly out of the room, hoping she could leave without anyone seeing her. Not paying much attention to where she was going, she was jolted out of her thoughts when she ran into someone. Looking up she saw the woman she remembered as Violet standing there.
"Oh, I'm sorry," Zoey said.
"It's alright. Where are you going in such a hurry?"
"Uh, nowhere, I just gotta go. Excuse me," she said, trying to get out quickly. Before she could reach the elevators Addison saw her,
"Zoey Loraine Montgomery Shepard!" she said loudly, so that everyone in the practice stopped and stared. Zoey slowly turned and looked at Addison,
"Yes mom?"
"Don't you yes mom, me. Get in my office, now!"
"I would rather not. You're mad, really, really mad, by the looks of it. And when you're mad you get mean and irrational. So I think I'm gonna wait until you calm down and then we can do this later." Everyone was watching them now,
"ZOEY! You have three seconds to get in my office before you are in even more trouble," Addison said, walking towards Zoey. Violet had been watching the mother and daughter and went into shrink mode,
"Ok, can I help here? Let's go to Addison's office and we can all just talk about this. At the very least, you two can yell at each other in private rather than here in the lobby in front of all our patients." Zoey and Addison stared at each other for a moment before they both agreed, and walked into Addison's office, followed by Naomi and Violet.
"Now, what is going on?" Violet asked as everyone settled into Addison's office. Addison spoke first,
"Naomi apparently walked in on Amelia giving my daughter an ultrasound! That she was trying to keep a secret."
"Alright," Violet turned to Zoey, "So you're pregnant?" Zoey nodded. "And you're obviously not happy about it."
"Damn right I'm not happy about my 16 year old being pregnant. What were you thinking Zoey? How could you be so stupid?"
"It's not my fault mom! It's not like I went up to some random guy and said, 'Hey, get me pregnant!'" Before Addison could answer Violet stepped in,
"Maybe we can stop yelling at each other," she suggested, "this is going to go so much better if we all just talk about this calmly."
"Actually, we aren't talking about this. Zoey, go home. I will be home late tonight, so don't wait up. Good bye."
"Mom? What are you talking about?"
"I said, Go Home Zoey! I don't want to talk to you right now." Addison sat at her desk and started doing paperwork, ignoring the other three people in the room. Hurt, Zoey made her way out of the room, followed by Violet. Naomi stayed in Addison's office.
"Are you ok?" Violet asked Zoey, who shook her head no, "Do you want to talk about it?"
"I'm just gonna go home. I'm kinda tired." Zoey said softly, walking into the elevator.
Alright, I'm not too happy with this chapter, but it is what it is. Should Addison ignore Zoey? OR accept her being pregnant and help her through it? And how should Derek find out? I have an idea of how I want him to find out, but if anyone has any ideas I would like to know what you think.
Let me know what you think, and I will try to post another chapter or two soon. Thanks for reading!