Scorpion: A New Member

Chapter 45: The miscarriage

PAIGES POV
I walk into the garage and see Meghan standing by the fridge getting a water, she's the first one here. She's wearing a black workout shirt, shorts and orange Nike sneakers (Picture in media). I'm early to work today so I sit down and get to work on some paper work. Meghan turns around a little surprised to see me.
"Oh hi Paige. I was just heading to the gym." Meghan says walking towards the door.
"Oh ok be careful!" I tell her while she walks out the door. When she leaves Walter walks down from upstairs.
"You're early." He says looking at what I'm writing.
"Yeah Ralph had to be at school early today so I decided to come see you before everyone got here." I say getting up out of my chair. I walk over to him and put my hand through his curly hair. I lean in and kiss him, I put my arms around his neck and he puts his arms around my waist. We kiss for about 5-6 minutes until Toby and Happy walk in. We quickly separate and sit down. Happy is pushing a baby carriage. I look down at the beautiful baby girl.
"Hi guys, say hi to Jesse." Toby says picking up the baby out of the carriage. She's so small and precious. I'm the first one to hold her. Holding Jesse makes me miss when Ralph was a baby, he's 10 right now. I hold her for a long time then gently hand her to Happy. Happy rocks her back and fourth in her arms until she falls asleep. When she does she places her back into the carriage and gets to work on one of her engines. Toby reads a Phycology book.
About an hour or two later Meghan walks in, her eyes are red and puffy.
"Are you ok?" Toby asks. Meghan nods then quickly transitions to shaking her head and she burst into tears and falls to her knees.
"Oh my god what happened?" I ask crouching down next to her.
"I lost the baby." She responds between sobs.
"What?" Happy asks from her working spot.
"It was a miscarriage." She says still crying.
"I'm so sorry Meghan." I say petting her head gently. She nods still sobbing. I assume she was at the doctors not the gym this whole time.
"Ok let's take you upstairs." Sylvester says picking up Meghan and carrying her up the stairs. I follow behind him while the rest of the team waits down stairs. He sets her gently on the bed and walks back down stairs without saying a word. I go to leave but I am stopped in my tracks by a familiar voice.
"It was going to be a boy." Meghan says softly, her sobs becoming more quiet.
"The doctor told me after she informed me about the miscarriage." She says even quieter.
"Meghan I'm so sorry." I reply with tears in my eyes.
"I was going to name him Maxwell." She says holding back tears but she is unable to and burst into tears again. I go over and give her a hug. I hold her for a while and she starts to calm down.
"You can make it through this I know you can." I whisper to her in her ear.
"I know I can." She says weakly. I tuck her in, shut of the light and walk out the door. The whole team is waiting for me to hear what I say.
"How is she?" Happy asks nervously.
"Not well. She's falling apart." I inform her. We hear a knock at the door and I go to answer it, its Shawn.
"Hi guys, is Meghan here?" He asks excited to see her.
"Yes she upstairs but I advise you don't go up there." Walter says to Shawn who looks confused.
"What?" He asks almost scared.
"Shawn, she had a miscarriage." I tell him softly.
"Your kidding." He responds.
"I wish I was." I say looking down at my shoes. He runs upstairs and into her room, I hear more light sobs. He comes walking down stairs looking upset.
"Poor thing." He says his voice breaking at the end. At that moment Jesse starts crying, Happy goes to pick her up but gets stopped mid walk.
"Um... can I hold her?" Shawn asks. Happy nods gesturing to Jess. Shawn picks her up as gentle as possible and rocks her slightly in his arms. Jesse falls asleep almost instantly.
"She looks just like you." He says looking at Happy.
"Thank you." Happy says almost smiling.
"You have a way with kids." I tell him smiling.
"I try." He says smiling down at Jess in his arms. He puts her back in her carriage and turns to Walter.
"Is it ok if I sit with Meghan for a while?" He asks almost as if Walter was her father.
"She's sleeping but yes that would be fine. I think she would like that." Walter responds, Shawn goes running up the stairs to Meghan's room. I quietly follow behind them. I watch as Shawn walks in and sits next to Meghan's bed side. He talks her hand and holds it tight. They sit there for a long time. I quietly walk back down the stairs and to the garage.
"She's going to be just fine." I tell the team quietly, smiling the slightest bit.