Based on a drabble I wrote on Tumblr..
I hope this will be canon - I can't wait for this Thursday night!
It was an extremely busy and tiring day for Jo Wilson. She has spent the entire day at the ER, attending to patients which needed Ortho consult before Callie Torres came down to review them. Although the most she was required to do is to get some history and basic physical examination for the patients and do simple procedures such as wrapping limbs in casts and inserting tibial pins, she was feeling more tired than when she had spent the whole day in the OT scrubbing in for knee replacement surgeries, interlocking nail insertions and hip arthroplasties. She blamed her tiredness on this tiny little person growing inside of her. She wondered how something so small, initially the size of a grape and now the size of a plum , could suck so much energy out of her. It was like she was growing an energy sucking vampire inside of her.
When she first found out that she was pregnant, she was horrified to say the least. It was so unexpected and unplanned, she was on the pill. Of course, she had to miss out on a day of the pill when she was on call- and that was all it took to get her into this situation. She was only a fourth year resident, she knew that this baby would cause her to fall further and further behind in her residency, and further behind Stephanie. Now though she had 4 months to get used to the idea- and it didn't seem so bad after all.
Alex on the hand, after recovering from the initial shock of the news that he was going to be a dad, was pleasantly surprised. Working with all these babies on a daily basis made him yearn to have his own.
Jo sighed in contentment as she sat down on the couch of the living room of the loft, placing her working bag beside her. Now all she wanted to do was to indulge herself in some chocolate cake and icecream.
She made her way to the fridge and began cutting the piece of chocolate cake and scooping up some of leftover chocolate icecream. With a huge piece of chocolate cake and 3 big scoops of icecream, she made her way back to the living room, placing the food that was supposed to satisfy her cravings on the coffee table. She sighed in contentment as she took the first bite of the cake and the first scoop of icecream. It tasted heavenly.
She was so indulged in her treat that she didn't notice the sound of keys jingling at the doorknob and the front door opening.
' Jo what are you doing?' Alex asked as soon as he stepped into the loft.
Startled, Jo turned to look at her boyfriend, dropping a few crumbs of cake in the process.
Her lips were now filled with chocolate - Alex silently thought she looked like a five year old .
'Satisfying my cravings' Jo answered matter of factly, turning her attention back to the cake.
Alex plomped himself on the couch next to her, passing her a tissue to wipe her mouth.
' You know what I mean Jo' he warned.
Jo continued eating, pretending not to be listening to him.
Anger and frustration is now boiling within Alex. Why does his girlfriend have to be so damn stubborn sometimes?
' Jo, Arizona and I have told you a million times, since you're having gestational diabetes, you can't eat too much of all these sweet stuff... I told you yesterday when you were eating the icecream, uncontrolled blood sugar can lead to the baby either having a growth retardation, or being too big causing complications during the birth. And Arizona told you about the risks of babies dying inside in utero as a result of uncontrolled gestational diabetes. Do you remember?'
Alex finally snatched the spoon and the icecream cup away from Jo when he received no response from her.
'Goodness Jo, why do you have to be so selfish? This is not all about you anymore, it's about the baby! Our baby! I am just asking you to consider all the complications this could cause the baby.''
Jo suddenly turned to look at her boyfriend, tears starting to well up in her eyes.
' So it's all about your baby now uh? Ever since it took over my body 4 months ago, every single thing is centred on the baby. Never about me. Don't eat this because it's not good for the baby...don't do this, it's not good for the baby.'
Alex glared at his girlfriend shocked. He had never heard her say such a thing before.
' I thought it's natural for parents to think about their baby' he muttered quietly but loud enough so she could hear. I guess not.
' Look Alex, I know you really want this baby, and I'm trying, I'm trying so hard to love this baby too, but it's hard. It's hard when this baby is going to disrupt my residency and cause me to lag further behind in my career... It's hard when it's instructing me what to crave for, it's hard when it causes me to throw up every single frickin' morning. And it's hard when you have no mother to guide you on how to be a mother.' tears were now rolling down Jo's cheeks. She just wanted him to understand.
' So you're saying you don't want this baby?' Alex's voice is now raising. ' Gee thanks for telling me now after 4 months.
' I'm not saying I don't want the baby!' Jo retorted back, her voice also raising. All I'm saying is that I wish you'd understand how I'm feeling. I'm...' her lips suddenly quivered. Jo seldom cries ( well she has faked cried on several occasions) but now it developed into full blown crying. ' I'm scared' she whimpered. ' I'm scared I would be like my mom and become this crappy mother who abandones her child. Look I'm being a crappy mother now, not being able to control my cravings'. She sobbed into Alex's chest, wetting his now working shirt.
Alex placed his arms around his girlfriend, rubbing circles behind her back, a motion which he knew always soothed her. It worked as the sobs gradually subsided.
' I'm sorry Jo'... He said quietly. ' I know you're scared. I'm scared too ok? I also don't have the greatest parents in the world. But it's ok, because we have each other. We'll get through this together ok? Our baby will survive. In fact our baby will be the luckiest child ever.' He threw a goofy grin at her, causing her to grin back.
Suddenly Jo doubled over, clutching her stomach.
' Jo, whats wrong?' Alex asked concerned, seeing the abrupt change in facial expression in his girlfriend. His mind and heart was racing with possibilites- none of them good.
Jo's wrinkled facial expression gradually eased into a big smile.
She grabbed hold of Alex's hand and placed it over her tiny but round baby bump.
' Did you feel that?'
' The baby moved?' Alex grinned.
' Yep, for the first time' Jo grinned back.
Alex kept his hand on the bump, knowing that it would be a while before he could feel his own child move. He couldn't wait.
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