The Scan

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Ollie and Zosia sat in the waiting room in obs and Gynecology reading some pregnancy magazines to disguise themselves.

"Ollie, what did you tell Elliot about us being late to work?"Zosia asked.

"Oh I said that you had a doctors appointment and I was coming with you which is not lying." He replied.

Zosia's mouth opened,"You said what!"Zosia screeched and a few heads turned around to look at her.

"Miss Zosia March please?" the midwife called from a room. Zosia stood up and trotted into the room with Ollie following.

"Hello, I'm Midwife Rickson. So, is this your partner?" asked the midwife. They both nodded.

"And is this your first child then?" she continued.

"Yeah, we're so excited!" they replied in unison.

As, the midwife put the gel on the probe she warned,"Okay so this might be a bit cold..."

"God that's freezing!" Zosia yelped and Ollie laughed.

"You really make a scene don't you Zosh." He teased and Zosia smacked his arm.

Midwife Rickson cleared her throat and they both looked at her. "Okay, I'm going to begin the scan. So you're about 8 weeks?" Rickson asked Zosia.

"Yeah..." Zosia answered.

The midwife examined the screen again and looked puzzled.

"Is there something wrong?" Ollie asked with a worried expression printed on his face.

"No..no.. it's just..you're not 8 weeks pregnant Miss March. You're probably about 10!"

Zosia's mouth dropped open,"I can't be 10 weeks pregnant! That's nearly 3 months!"

Ollie had a smile across his face,"Well Zosh it's not like we only did it once." He teased.

"Well I suppose..." she said looking down. "....but why don't I have a bump yet?" she questioned.

"Well it's different for everyone. You'll probably start having a small bump in about a week."

...

After thanking the midwife, they both headed onto Darwin late.

"Ah Doctor Valentine, Doctor March nice of you to make it." Elliot said.

"Sorry Elliot, Zosia's appointment took longer than we expected." Ollie smiled.

"Well I hope there wasn't any bad news." Professor Hope supportively said.

"No.." Zosia awkwardly said. Professor Hope nodded and lead them to an interesting case.

"So this is Amanda Mealing, 28, who has Eisenmenger syndrome collapsed at work and was brought straight here." Elliot informed them.

"Okay, hello Miss Mealing, I'm Dr Valentine and this is Dr March and we'll be looking after you today. Now how did you collapse?"

"I don't know, one minute I was standing up and then the next I was lying on the ground with an obnoxious crowd surrounding me." She huffed.

"Okay. Put her on IV fluids and do normal ECG's LFT's and an ultra-sound." Ollie said to Zosia and she nodded.

Zosia headed to get the fluids but felt dizzy. She leant against the wall and Elliot headed towards her.

"Doctor March, the fluids?" He asked in a hurry but realised that she didn't look well.

"Yeah.. sorry." She apoligised but felt the whole room becoming black. The last thing she could see was Elliot calling Ollie over. she couldn't hold the urge to fall and her legs gave way.  As she fell Ollie dashed over and pushed Elliot out of the way and grabbed her.

...

Zosia woke up in the on-call room confused. "Ollie where am I?" She asked. Ollie dashed over and kissed her.

"You're fine. We're in the on-call room. I carried you here after you had another fainting episode."he said.

"Oh no. Did everyone see?" she asked biting her nails.

"Yeah. It was in the middle of the room." Ollie answered. "I blamed it on a virus."  Zosia nodded and placed her hand on her stomach.

"In just over 6 months we'll have a baby!" she exclaimed. Just as she was saying this she noticed her dad standing outside the door.

"Shoot" she thought to herself. "Did he hear?" She jestered for her dad to enter the room.

"I heard about your episode Zoshie. Are you alright?" He asked concerned but noticed her hand on her stomach.  She nodded and sat up squeezing Ollie's hand.

"Should I tell him?"she wondered. Eventually she picked up enough courage to tell him.

"Dad?"

"Yeah Zoshie..."

Zosia looked at Ollie and he nodded.

"Please don't tell anything yet please but...but..." She gulped.

"What is it Zosh?"Guy asked.

"Dad I'm pregnant."She muttered quietly.

"You're what?"he said.

"Dad I said I'm pregnant." Zosia said and laughed smiling at Ollie.

"Well I presume you're the father then."He questioned Ollie and he nodded.

"Aren't you please dad."Zosia said and put her hands on her stomach.

"Of course I'm pleased Zoshie, it's just a lot to think about! You're my little girl!"He replied. 

...

After a lot of banter, they all headed in their own directions.  Zosia and Ollie's shift had already ended so they headed to Albies.

"What would you like to drink Zosh?"Ollie romantically asked.
She looked down at her stomach,"Some orange juice please."
While Ollie went to get her drink, Serena asked,"No alcohol?"
"No,I went to the doctor and I have to take these tablets so I'm not allowed to have any alcohol for a WHOLE week. I'm going to die." She lied.
Serena laughed and Zosia didn't know whether she had bought the excuse.
"There you go Zosh. Sorry they had no orange juice but here's some coffee." She gave him a glare and had the urge to be sick again.
"I'll just go to the toilet a second Oll." She answered calmly not wanting to make a scene.
She ran to a cubicle forgetting about locking the door and threw herself over the toilet. The door opened and Serena walked in wittnesing Zosia emptying her guts. Zosia felt a warm hand touch her back and she turned around to see Serena Campbell(Deputy CEO) watching her be sick.
"Oh I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you Zosia." Serena said nicely.
"It's fine..dodgy Indian last night." Zosia lied again as she subconsciously out her hand to her stomach. She was about to talk but had to lean over the toilet again.
Once she was finished she wiped her mouth and flushed the toilet.
"So how many weeks are you?"Serena asked.
"What! I'm not!!" Zosia replied in shock.
"Look Zosia. I don't mean to be rude but I've been qualified at least 20years longer than you and I think I can tell when someone is 1.pregnant and 2.lying."she laughed.
Zosia frowned,"Please don't tell anyone. Especially Dom and Arthur. I need to tell them myself you know when I used to share a flat with them and everything with my bipolar."
"I understand Zosia. Does the father know-I presume it's Dr Valentine. "
"Yeah Ollie and my dad both know that I'm pregnant!"
"Well if you need anything just shout."Serena kindly said before leaving the toilets.
Zosia splashed some water in her face and touched up her make-up. Looking in the mirror she fiddled with her top. If you could look really closely you could just about make out a little bump. To anybody else though, it would just look like she'd put on a bit of weight. Zosia fiddled with her hair and then went back to Ollie.
"He sweety are you alright?"Ollie asked
"Yeah I'm fine."Zosia said embarrassed. "How about we go home?"she asked.
"Okay.Are you sure you're alright?" Ollie questioned. Zosia muttered quietly that she was pregnant and that she hated coffee and they left to the car.

...

Once in the car Zosia told Ollie about Serena knowing about her being pregnant.
"When should we tell very one else Ollie?"
"Maybe tomorrow?" Ollie suggested and Zosia nodded.

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