Chapter 13
(Phoebe's POV)
"I'm pregnant," Olivia says then starts to cry. I look at Nathan. Shit. Olivia pregnant? They haven't even been dating a year. They aren't married. My parents are going to kill them.
"Does Ted know?" I ask.
"I just told him and he walked out. I didn't know who else to call," she says. As emotional as I am I know Olivia needs someone to calm her down.
"Are you sure you're pregnant?" I ask her.
"Yes, I took 3 tests," she says and Nathan is rubbing my back.
"Liv you need to get some sleep, don't worry about Ted he just needs time to think things through. You can come over tomorrow after work okay?" I say and she says yes and thanks me.
"Olivia's pregnant," I say to Nathan.
"What?" He says and sits up.
"Yep," I say and he rubs his face. We lay back together.
"How is Teddy," he asks.
"He walked out," I tell him and Nathan nods.
"Is she not on birth control?" He asks.
"I thought she was," I say and shake my head.
"Well it's not always effective," he says and I nod.
"My parents are going to flip," I say.
"Maybe at first, but they are your parents. You know they will be there for him," he says and I nod.
"Get back to bed," he says and I smile kissing him. I turn on my side and we fall asleep together. When I wake up Nathan is getting ready for work. I get ready too.
I shower and blow dry my hair. I put on a nude blouse and black work pants. I do my makeup and head into the kitchen. Nathan has a cup of coffee waiting for me.
"Good morning," I say and kiss him. I take a large sip of my coffee.
"Good morning, bee. What's your day look like?" He asks me. He passes me a bowl of yogurt and fruit. I gladly eat some.
"Meetings, patient visits, you know the usual. What about you?" I ask him.
"Two surgerys, rounds, then a meeting. What time is Olivia coming over?" He asks.
"I texted her 6," I say and he nods.
"Will Ted be coming?" He asks me.
"Beats me he has ignored all of my phone calls," I say and he nods.
"That news would be a lot," he says.
"I hope you would never walk out on me though," I say and Nathan smiles.
"Well we are married and have been together for 10 years," he says. I'm a little offended.
"So you're saying if we weren't you would walk out," I say.
"No that's not what I said," he says.
"That's what it sounded like," I snap.
"All I said was if you got pregnant right now I wouldn't walk out," he says and I shrug putting my dish in the sink.
I walk back and put my shoes on. Nathan finishes his coffee and puts on his jacket. "Are we riding together?" Nathan asks and I shrug.
"Okay Phoebe, I know you are stressed and worried about Ted, but please don't act this way," he says.
"I'm not acting anyway I'm just annoyed that you wouldn't answer that question with no I wouldn't walk out on you," I say. Nathan pinches the bridge of his nose.
"No I wouldn't walk out on you," he says.
"Oh means a lot now that I prompted you to say it. I'll see you at work," I say grabbing my keys and leaving the house. Nathan tries to come out but I close the elevator door.
I love him to death, but man sometimes He just gets me in a mood. I just need some time alone at work to think.
When I get in my office I shut the door. I have a meeting in an hour so until then I am charting and getting patient work ready. Nathan and Teddy are on my mind. I can't believe Olivia is pregnant.
It's hard to focus when I know they are in that situation but I have a big caseload today. I have a meeting with a social worker about a patient that has been in before. He is two years old and named Henry. He came in for suspected abuse and was removed from the foster home. Now he needs surgery and the foster parents want to not be his caretaker anymore.
Poppy our social worker comes in right on time. I stand up and give her a hug because I haven't seen her since before the wedding. "How does it feel to be Mrs. Moore?" She asks and I smile.
"It's great. It's weird though not being Phoebe Grey," I say and she smiles nodding.
"I had the same thing when I became Mrs. Trevor," I nod.
"So Henry," she says and I nod. I have all my files pulled up.
"What surgery is he having?" I ask.
"I am not sure the severity or length of it, but it is a gastrointestinal surgery. Actually your husband is on the case with Steve James," she says and I nod. Great can't wait to be with him. I remember it's for Henry. What is going on with me I'm so moody recently.
"So the foster parents don't want him because," I ask.
"Because he is having surgery and they have another biological kid at home and don't want to have to split their time between here and their kid. It's too much for them," she says and I nod. This kid isn't even 3 and has been in 3 foster home situations. That's why I am on the case.
"I have scheduled time with him in an hour," I say.
"I see that he isn't behind verbally or physically," I say.
"Yes the current foster parents made sure he got all occupational and speech therapy he needed," she says and I nod. This will be more play based therapy and evaluating his behavior.
"He has been admitted right?" I ask.
"Yes he's room 5.21," she says and I nod.
"Is anyone here with him?" I ask. She shakes her head no and tells me he's in front of a nurses station so they can watch him.
"Okay, have any of the doctors seen him?" I ask. She checks her watch and chart.
"Well your husband is there now," she says and I nod.
"Anything else I should know?" I ask.
"No I just am sending your notes with his file to CPS," she says and I nod.
We bid ways after she leaves and I collect my bag. I am bringing a variety of toys. I'm bringing one of my new favorites a disappearing coloring mat. You color on it and the pictures slowly fade away.
I pack up all my stuff and head down to Henry's room. I gel in and see Nathan talking to him. He is making him laugh because he is making one of his toys pop open and pretending to be scared. It's so hard to be upset with this guy.
"Hi guys," I say.
"Hi Phoebe," Nathan says.
"Henry this is Phoebe," Nathan says to him.
"Bee bee," he tries to repeat the name.
"Good job buddy, I am Phoebe I am here to play with you today," I say to him.
"Pway wif me," he says and I smile.
"Yes I'm going to play with you," I say. He is still in a crib here at the hospital.
"Do you need anything, Phoebe?" Nathan asks as he takes off his gloves washing his hands.
"I am good, thank you though," I smile and he winks walking out.
I set up the mat that every hospital room has on the floor so we can play. I put out my drawing mat and some of the toys. They are all light up and music toys.
"Okay Henry, you ready to come play?" I ask him.
"Yes pway," he says and reaches his arms out to me. I smile and carefully pick him up and grab onto his iv pole. He is a little smaller than a normal two year old, but speech wise is amazing.
"Look Henry," I say and she him the color mat. He sees me grab one of the markers and draw on it. He grabs the blue marker and does it.
"Boo," he says.
"You're right blue," I smile.
"What about this?" I ask him. I use the green marker.
"Geen," he says and I nod smiling.
"Good job," I say. He is such a happy little guy. He draws lines and circles and shapes.
"Done," he says and puts the marker down.
"Do you want to play with this one?" I ask him and show him the play piano. It lights up and plays music. He starts banging on the keys.
I dance to the music he makes and he laughs. He keeps playing until he moves onto the blocks I brought in. He has trouble getting them to stick together.
"Push," I show him.
"Poosh," he repeats in his little voice. He is so cute. He gets them to click and looks at me. I smile and tell him good job and he smiles.
"Big," he holds up the four block tower he made.
"You are right that is big," I say.
We play a while more and I love spending time with this guy. He is so cute. After an hour of play time my time is up with him. I put him back in the crib and clean up my stuff.
"Henry, what do you want to watch?" I ask him.
"Ona," he says and I've heard that enough times to know it's Moana.
"Henry I have to go bye bye now," I say.
"Bye bye bye," he says waving. I smile and gel out. I headed back up to my office to finish my notes about Henry and to fax them to social work.
As I am charting I get a phone call. I see it is Teddy. I quickly shut my office door and pick up the phone. "Hello," I say.
"Hi Bubs," Teddy says. He sounds exhausted.
"Hi Ted, where are you?" I ask him.
"Balcony of my apartment," he says and I am relieved he is home.
"Where is Olivia?" I ask him.
"Resting her morning sickness has been pretty bad. We thought it was the flu up until last night," he says and I sigh.
"Teddy, how did this happen?" I ask him.
"She was on the pill and switched to the arm implant thing, but apparently we had sex too soon because she is pregnant," Ted says and I sigh.
"Has she seen a doctor?" I ask.
"Yes we went first thing this morning," he says.
"Teddy, have you told mom and dad?" I ask him.
"God no, not yet. I don't know what to do, Pheebs," I feel so bad.
"You're coming over tonight with Liv right?" I say and he says yes.
"We'll talk about options then," I say.
"We both decided we could never do an abortion. So please don't bring that up," he says.
"Okay I won't, I will see you then," I say.
"Love you, Phoebe," he says.
"You too, Theodore," I say and hang up.
I feel so bad. This is a really sticky situation. I am glad he is back at the apartment with Liv. I am proud of him for reigning it in. I still have more work to do so I get back to it.
I eat lunch in my office with my coworker. After that I have a meeting with my boss. Then I have a meeting with HR about a presentation on mental health at work they want me to give. After that I visit Henry one more time. Poppy is in there.
"Hi," I say walking in. She has him on the mat playing an iPad game.
"Hi Phoebe, we weren't expecting you," she says. Henry looks up and remembers me.
"Hi bee bee," he repeats I smile and bend down to their level.
"Hi Henry, what are you doing?" I ask him.
"Dis boo and wed and geen," he says pointing to the colors.
"Good job," I smile encouraging him. He smiles proud of himself.
"I was just stopping by to see if you need anything?" I say. Truth is I don't know why I stopped by. I just have a pull towards this little guy. He is so stinking cute.
"Actually if there is anyway you could get this guy back in his crib I didn't realize how late it is. I have a meeting and he has a nap," she says.
"Oh sure no problem," I smile. She thanked me and heads out. I look at Henry and he looks exhausted. I pick him up and put him in his crib.
"Okay Henry, I am going bye bye now. You are going to take a nap," I say.
"Okay nappy now," he says and I smile. He lays back and I clean up his room. I put the mat away and as I go to walk out I hear him sit up.
"Bee bee," he says and I hear him start to cry. Oh no.
"What's wrong Henry?" I ask him. "Why are you crying?" I ask him.
"No nappy," he says. Oh poor guy. He needs some sleep. I know the nurses will just leave him til he cries it out because the fifth floor is full today. I guess I don't have to leave yet.
I go to his crib and I pick him up. I sit in the rocking chair that is in the room. I sit him in my lap and begin to rock him and pat his back. He holds onto a lock of my hair.
It doesn't take long before he is fast asleep. When he is asleep, I put him back in his crib raising the bar. I turn on the sound machine and dim the lights. After I crack the door. I head back up to my office and head out for the day.
When I get home Nathan is already there. I walk in and hang my purse up. I slip off my shoes and walk into the main room. Nathan is on the couch watching tv. He has changed out of his work clothes and looks so casual. Young and careless. Not to mention hot. I go and change my clothes into leggings and a T-shirt.
When I come and sit down Nathan looks at me and smiles. "How was your day?" He asks me.
"It was okay, I also just wanted to apologize for this morning. I was just stressed out and didn't mean to take it out on you," I say.
"It's okay baby, that's what I'm here for. The good and the bad," he says and I smile leaning over and hugging him. He kisses my head and I stay snuggled into him.
"You were home late," he says checking his watch.
"I was in with Henry," I say and he nods.
"Again? You already saw him earlier," he says.
"Yeah, um I just stopped by," I say and Nathan smiles kissing my head.
"That heart of yours, Phoebe Moore," he says and I smile. Nathan rubs my head as we watch tv.
"Olivia and Ted will be here soon," he says sitting up. I wish we could just have a night to ourselves, but they need us.
"Just a warning Ted told me they have decided to keep the baby," I say and he nods.
"Okay," he says.
When Ted and Olivia come in we sit in the living room. No one talks for a couple of seconds. "Olivia, have you scheduled a doctor's appointment?" Nathan asks her.
"Yes I had one this morning," she says.
"You guys went to the doctor this morning?" I ask.
"Yeah, I am 6 weeks. My due date is January 21st," she says and I pause. That's my birthday. I smile and look at her.
"Really?" I say smiling. She nods and I can't contain my smile. I'm going to be an aunt.
"How are we going to tell mom and dad?" I ask them.
"Since you guys already know and would easily soften the blow maybe we could get dinner all together," Ted suggests. "We can tomorrow at my place," Ted says.
"That's fine with us," I say. Nathan and I don't have work tomorrow.
"You guys need to be ready for dad to freak out," I say and they both nod.
"We have already talked about it. We know they are going to freak," he says and I nod. They are.
"Well I guess we are going to be an aunt and uncle," I say to Nathan and he laughs.
"Looks like it," he says patting my thigh.
"So are you guys going to move into together or," I say.
"Pheebs, we found out last night. We haven't gotten that far," she says and I nod. That's understandable.
"Okay well we will see you guys tomorrow. What time?" I ask them.
"4?" Ted says and I nod. That's fine with us.
"Sure," I say and we all get up. We hug and they head out. Nathan and I get ready for bed. Both of us are exhausted.
When we crawl in bed Nathan wraps an arm around me. "Everyone around us is pregnant," I say and he smiles rubbing my head.
"That will be us soon," he says and I nod.
"I know," I say.
"Speaking of," Nathan says and rolls over on top of me. He begins to kiss me. I moan and wrap my arms around his neck.
Nathan lowers my shorts and panties. I quickly lower his boxers too. With my legs open he thrusts inside of me. I moan and grip onto him.
"You are so sexy," he says in my ear thrusting in me.
"Fuck," I moan out as he keeps grinding in me. I am building so quickly.
Nathan reaches down and begins to rub me. I moan and grip his hair. It feels so good. He is building too.
We both end up finishing together. Nathan cleans me up and pulls my pants and underwear back up to my hips. I smirk and look at him as we lay there.
"Just for good measure," he says and I smirk.
"Go to bed, baby," he says and I nod laying my side. Nathan wraps an arm around me and I fall asleep with him.
When I wake up Nathan is still peacefully asleep. I decide to work out today. I get up and throw on a sports bra and leggings. I head up to our gym.
I get on the treadmill and begin to jog. I turn on some music and let myself get lost in the workout. Usually I am not one to work out, but this feels so good. Just to get all my stress and anxiety out.
I pick up speed on the treadmill. I am now fully running. I am listening to music and letting my body sweat out all the bad. I feel sweat drip down my back.
I have been on here for 30 minutes when I turn and see Nathan. Panting I turn off the treadmill. I wipe my face with a sweat towel that we have fully stocked here. Nathan passes me a water and I take it gratefully.
"You were really going up there," he says. I am still a little out of breath.
"Yeah, I am usually not one to run, but it felt good," I say.
"I am sure it did. Your butt looked great up there," he says and I laugh.
"My sweaty butt," I say and he laughs.
"Are you going to work out?" I ask him. He is in his workout shorts with no shirt. He looks hot.
"Yeah, wanna stay and do abs with me?" He asks. I know that he is going to kill me, but I don't want to back down.
"Sure," I say.
"Okay get a mat out," he says and I grab one for each of us. We get in front of the mirror.
"What's first?" I ask him. I look at us in the mirror he is composed and hot. I am a sweaty mess with my hair in a knotty bun.
"One minute plank, front, right, left, then twist," he says. I turn on the music loud, so he can't hear my panting. I give him a thumbs up and we begin.
This isn't that bad in the beginning. I do the front plank easy. When we get to the sides is when I have an issue.
"Remember to breath," Nathan says. I am trying over here.
"Left," he says telling me to turn to my left side. I am going to die. Nathan is facing my back this time, so I can't drop. I am struggle busing. This shit is hard. I am panting.
We go back to the front and start twisting our hips. I better have a 6 pack like Nathan when I stand up. We finish and I am panting on all fours. "How do you do this?" I look at him. He didn't even break a sweat.
"You can do it, babe," he encourages me.
"Next is lemon squeezers, kick your legs out then bring them in," he says and I do as he says.
"2 reps of 50," he says. Oh boy. We begin. I am about to run out of here. I am cut out for eating chick fil a not doing an insane workout.
After the first rep I chug my water. I am dying. Nathan is starting to sweat and it is hot. We do another rep and my body is on fire.
"Okay I'm out," I say and Nathan laughs. I stand up kissing him and heading out. I go downstairs and get in the shower.
I scrub my body good and then get out. I throw on a robe and a towel and moisturize my body before getting dressed. I throw my hair in a braid. I make myself eggs for breakfast.
After I eat Nathan comes down and says he is showering. We need to go to the store. We have no food here. That's what we will do. And we need to get a bottle of wine for tonight.
When Nathan comes out I inform him of the grocery store plan. He is good with it. He is driving so he takes his keys. I tell sawyer and is on board.
Nathan drives with the windows down. With it being so close to June it is warm out. Nathan keeps his hand on my thigh as we listen to Coldplay.
When we get to the store Nathan gets a cart. I walk next to him. "Where to first?" He asks me.
"Fruit ours is nasty," I say laughing. We go to the fruit section. Nathan just starts throwing in random crap.
"You don't even like watermelon," I say to him taking it out.
"Oh yeah I forgot," he says and I laugh.
We get fruit meat and vegetables. I also have to get more milk and eggs. We get all of our stuff then head to the alcohol section. I get two bottles of wine.
"Okay, let's check out," I say and he nods. The cashier begins to scan all of our stuff.
"Ma'am can I see an ID," he says scanning as he gets to the wine. Man I haven't been ID'd in years.
"Oh yeah," I say taking my license out. Nathan is laughing and I give him a glare.
I get my ID back and he finishes bagging our stuff. We walk out and head back home. We unbag our stuff and then start to get ready for tonight.
I keep it simple with jeans and a cardigan. Nathan comes over and kisses me. "You look pretty," he says and I smile.
"Thank you baby," I say.
"So are we ready?" He asks. I nod yes and we head out. We go to my parents and walk in. My dad is the first to come and hug me.
"Hi Bubs," he says holding me tightly.
"Hi dad, how are you?" I ask him.
"Better now that you are here," he smiles and hugs me again. I miss my dad all the time. He really is the best.
"Hi momma," I say and hug my mom.
"Hi baby girl," she says and kisses my head.
"Hi dad," Nathan says and hugs my dad. I love that he calls my parents mom and dad. Nothing makes me happier.
"We brought you guys this," I pass my parents the wine.
"Oh Christian it's your favorite," my mom says and passes my dad the bottle of white wine.
"You guys didn't have to," my dad says.
"Of course we did," I smile. We all get a glass.
"So how has work been you two?" My mom asks.
"Great, but very busy," I say.
"It has been good, but summer means trauma season," Nathan says and I nod. That's when all the kids get hurt.
"That's always when you and Ted got hurt. Running around outside or swimming," my mom says and I nod. "You guys will know about that when you have kids," my mom says and my dads coughs.
"Christian, they are married, relax," she says and that just re enforces how bad this is going to be tonight.
Teddy and Olivia walk in soon after. My parents hug them both too and they come in the kitchen. My dad passes them both a glass of wine.
"Cheers to being all together," my mom says. We all clink glasses. I watch as Olivia doesn't take a sip.
"How have you guys been, why don't we go sit?" My mom says as we go into the living room.
Nathan and I sit on the smaller couch together. My mom and dad sit in the big chairs next to each other and Ted and Olivia take the big couch. Nathan has an arm around me.
"We have been good," Teddy says. Then it gets quiet.
"We have something to talk about," Teddy starts. I grip Nathan's leg.
"Okay son? What is it?" I watch my mom eye olivia's finger for a ring. Oh boy.
"Yesterday we got some big news and it was confirmed. I know you guys are going to freak out so please just bear with us. This doesn't need to blow up," Ted says and I watch my parents' faces fall.
"Olivia is pregnant," Teddy says. My mom sets her wine glass down. Her head goes into her hands. My dad's face is stone cold.
"How could you be so stupid?" My dad asks. "You know how babies are made, Theodore. You guys haven't even been together for a year. You barely even know each other," my dad says raising his voice. Olivia looks as if she is about to cry.
"Dad, please calm down Olivia doesn't need this stress," Teddy says. It is true that stress is bad for the baby.
"Calm down? Theodore you got a girl you have been dating for 9 months pregnant. Do you know how difficult raising a child is? No you don't," he says. My mom puts her hand on my dads.
"Olivia how many weeks along are you?" My mom says.
"Six the baby is due on Phoebe's birthday," my dad stands up pinching the bridge of his nose.
"Did you guys know?" My dad asks us.
"We found out yesterday," I say. My dad shakes his head and starts pacing.
"Well do you have a plan? Are you going to get married? Get a house? Live together?" My dad starts asking a million questions.
"Dad we found out yesterday. We just wanted you to know. We have time to figure it out," Teddy says standing also.
"This is a living breathing child, Theodore. You need to start planning," he says.
"You and mom got pregnant within a year of knowing each other," Teddy says.
"We were fucking married. We had been married. We may have not been ready, but we had a house and a shared bank account. We were already in wedlock," my dad yells.
"Dad it is more and more common now to have a baby out of marriage. Olivia isn't some random girl. You have known her since Phoebe's freshman year of college," Ted says making a fair point. I look at Nathan and he is just watching the fight.
"Teddy, don't be naive you are a lawyer you know how complicated having a child between two unmarried people can be," dad says and sits down.
"Olivia, have you told your parents?" My dad asks her.
"Yes sir. They were happy about it. They love Teddy like their own," Olivia says and my dad sits down sighing.
"Olivia honey, we don't want you to think that we don't love you. We are just very surprised. It is all very sudden," my mom says gently.
"Oh I know, I love you guys too. I know this is bad timing, but Ted and I are ready to work it out. We just want your support," Olivia says.
"Well of course you have our full support," my mom says looking at my dad.
"You do," my dad says.
"Anyone else have anything to admit?" My dad looks to us. I take my wine glass taking a large sip.
"Good," he says.
"Well I guess that makes us grandparents," my mom says. My dad takes a large sip of mine hearing that.
"Well with that should we have dinner?" My dad asks us.
"I guess so," my mom says. I smile and take Nathan's hand as we all go into the dining room to talk about baby Grey. We eat chicken and risotto made by Gail. It is great.
I love spending time with these people. I am excited for Baby Grey. Teddy will be the best dad ever.