It takes two - S.E.

Here for you

It had been a month since AJ's last ultrasound, a month since she had decided to keep their baby. And during this time, Sam and AJ had started to grow closer and closer. They weren't anything official yet, but everyone could see that there was something there. The two of them had gone on a few more dates and during the two potlucks they had been in since AJ had gotten pregnant, they were always spotted together. No one knew for sure about the pregnancy since neither AJ or Sam had confirmed or denied anything, but Mercedes had been suspicious since had gone to buy the pregnancy test and of course she had told Quinn, who had told Santana and Brittany, who had told Kurt and Blaine. Besides, AJ had asked Kitty to search with her for options about to do with a baby when she still wasn't sure she was going to keep it so she had her hypothesis too — which probably meant she had told Artie too. So, really, everyone kind of knew but no one knew for sure, but, now, as they all sat in the pizza place as per AJ's request, the confirmation was about to come since she just finished her first trimester.

"So... You've been probably suspecting something has been going on." Sam said, as soon as everyone was done with their food. "With, hum... AJ and I."

"Are you dating, finally?" Blaine asked, as Kurt nudged him in the ribs quietly.

"We, hum... No." AJ mumbled quietly, as she looked down when Sam sent her a look. "Not... Not really."

"Not really?" Quinn repeated, with a frown. "What does that mean?"

"It's just that... Sam and I... We're not really dating, but we're... I mean, I... It's just, we, hum..."

"AJ's pregnant." Sam spoke up noticing the woman's struggle and placing a comforting hand in her thigh. "And the baby's mine, to clarify."

"Oh, my God..." Mercedes mumbled, as everyone stared at the two of them in shock. "I... I thought you weren't, I mean... You didn't say anything after the test, I just... I assumed, I..."

Noticing everyone frowns of confusion, AJ started to panic a bit, reaching over to grab Sam's hand in hers as her eyes filled with tears. Noticing her distress, Sam was quick to pull her chair closer to his and wrap the woman in a side hug.

"Guys, please..." He pleaded quietly, knowing full well AJ was mistaking their shocked silence for judgment.

The first to snap out of it was Quinn, who jumped out of her chair to walk toward AJ and wrap her in a hug.

"Oh, honey... It's okay..." She said, as she caressed AJ's hair and hushed her quietly as she cried into her shoulder. "We're happy for you. We were just a bit surprised, is all. But if you're happy, we're all happy for you."

"Yeah, that's true." Santana nodded, reaching over to grab one of AJ's hands in hers with a sweet smile. "We're here for you guys. We were just shocked because none of us ever thought that Trouts could even get anyone pregnant. Let alone a goddess like you."

"Thanks a lot, Santana." Sam rolled his eyes with a smile as AJ giggled quietly, pulling her head out of Quinn's shoulders. "But thank you, guys... Having you support us means everything to us. Right, AJ?"

"Right." AJ nodded then, smiling at Quinn and grabbing the napkin she was offering her to dry her tears. "And I know I'm kind of new to this whole group and you don't even know me all that well and you weren't expecting a baby addition to this group anytime soon, but I just... We're just... I mean, I'm sorry."

"Don't apologize, AJ, you've done nothing wrong." Kurt assured, as Sam nodded, placing a kiss to AJ's head, "And yes, we might not have known you for long, but you're already part of this group. Part of this family. And this baby will be too."

"Thank you." AJ whispered, smiling a bit as everyone smiled back at her. "It means so much..."

"Oh, come on..." Mercedes cooed, standing up as well as she walked toward her girlfriend and wrapped her and AJ in a big hug. "Group hug, since some congratulations are in order!"