There Ain't No Me If There Ain't No You {A Michael Jackson Fan Fiction}

Part 18 - Big News

*3 months later*

*Aubrey's POV*

I returned to work two months ago and was moving my way through working in the hospital. I change wards every few weeks on a rotation roster. Recently I was in the burns unit, now I'm in the ICU. I've been feeling a little off but I keep shrugging it off thinking it's something I ate last night and the fact I haven't eaten today yet.

I went to go check on one of my patients who has been in a coma but recently woke up, I was looking through her charts when she spoke.

"Are you okay, Nurse Chambers?" She asks me.

"Yes I'm fine." I smile.

"You look a little pale, maybe you should sit, come sit with me and if a doctor walks in I'll tell them I wanted to discuss something with you." She says while pointing at the chair beside her.

"That's not necessary, but thank you for your concern. I appreciate it a lot." I smile at her.

"Sweetheart, at least go have some water or some food." She looks at me looking a little more concerned.

"It's oka..."I went to say but felt dizzy, I dropped the chart and gripped the side of my head. My patient was growing scared so she pressed the emergency button. But before I could look over to see the team of nurses rushing through the door I collapse to the floor and black out.

*Michael's POV*

I look at all the paper work before me and sigh, this is going to be a long afternoon. It's going to be a miracle to be done in time. Maybe I should call Aubrey and tell her I might be late just in case. I go grab my phone and dial her number.

Hi this is Aubrey. Sorry I missed your call, please leave your name and number at the beep and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

Hmm...voicemail. That's weird, I mean I know she's got patients and everything but she's allowed to have her personal cell phone on her in case of emergencies and she always answers. She must be busy, after all she is in the ICU ward this week.

"Mr Jackson?" My new secretary, Sophie, appears before me.

"Yes, Sophie?" I look up at her.

"You've got a call on line one from the hospital. It's the chief. He wants to talk to you about your partner, Aubrey." She states.

"Okay. Thank you, Sophie." I furrow my eyebrows in confusion. What could the chief want to talk to me about involving Aubrey, more to the point how does he know we're together?

"Hello?" I ask once I pick up.

"Mr Jackson. Hello this is Chief of Medicine, also Aubrey's boss. I'm calling to inform you some turn of events concerning Miss Chambers." He says. Oh no.

"What's going on?" I ask, I loosen up my tie a little, feeling a little worried about what's to come next.

"Mr Jackson." He sighs, "Aubrey collapsed earlier. Other staff has noticed she wasn't looking well and even her regular patient has asked her to take a break and sit down but Aubrey insisted on working. And that's when she blacked out. Doctors are still finding out what's the cause of all this, dehydration is definitely one of them but I just wanted to inform you what's going on."

"Oh my gosh. Thank you for telling me. I'll be right there!" I say then hang up.

I quickly pack up and inform Sophie I will be gone for the rest of the day and let my family know what's going on. I go to the hospital, once I'm in I practically run to the ER. I go to the reception desk.

"Hello, I'm Mr Jackson. My girlfriend, Aubrey Chambers. Is here. Can I see here?" I ask frantically.

"Sure. She's in room 105." The nurse says.

I rush to the room and walk in quietly just in case Aubrey was asleep. I slowly walk in and see her in the bed sound asleep, I can feel my heart breaking seeing her like this. What happened? Is the question constantly going through my mind.

"Mr Jackson?" A voice calls out softly.

I turn around to see the Chief standing there. I walk out of the room to go see him.

"Chief." I shake his hand, "Do you what caused this?"

"Yes, and I'm glad we finally got to the bottom of it before it was too late." He sighs in relief.

"Too late? Too late meaning what?" I ask nervously.

"Mr Jackson...Aubrey is a month and a half pregnant." He says looking at me.

I gasp, I smile wide without hesitation. I'm going to be a father! That explains why she was feeling ill and passed out now.

"She's...oh my." I feel for the wall behind me, I think I'm going to pass out now.

"I know this is a lot to take in. I'm guessing Aubrey didn't know either and that's why she shrugged her condition off thinking she just hadn't eaten food yet or are bad food the day before. Please consider her reacting very carefully when you tell her, she's still weak. We have her on IV's to keep her fluids up and will see about the baby's condition shortly when she wakes up." He informs me.

"Oh okay. Thank you, can I see her now?" I ask.

"Sure." He nods. I walk back into her room. I go sit beside her bed, I couldn't help but smile. I'm going to be a dad.

"Michael?" Aubrey calls out to me. I must have been wrapped up in my own thoughts I didn't realise she was awake.

"Hey you. How are you feeling?" I ask, standing up and taking her hand in mine.

"A little head achy but alright. What happened?" She asks.

"Well you passed out while doing your rounds. Everyone thought it was dehydration and lack of nutrients like you must of thought but..." I start to trail off, what if this freaks her out? What if this isn't what she wants?

"But what?" She asks, looking worried.

"But it wasn't that. You're pregnant...Aubrey. A month and a half along." I admit, smiling.

"Pre...pregnant?" She asks, blinking slowly. Oh no, is she going to pass out again?

"Yes. Are you okay? Baby?" I ask, I'm starting to grow concerned. She's got a blank expression on her face.

"I'm going to have a baby. We're going to have a baby!" She looks at me, tears falling down her cheeks. I wipe her tears away.

"Are those happy tears?" I ask.

"Yes!" She reaches up and pulls me into a hug. I hug her back.

An obstetrician came in and put a monitor on Aubrey's stomach, scanning for the baby's heart beat. It was taking a long time and we were starting to get worried, then we hear the strongest little heart beat. I look over at Aubrey and she's got tears streaming down her face and smiling wide.

"That's our baby." She smiles, I look at her. My whole world is right in front of me. We just moved in together and now we're going to have a baby. I've just fallen harder in love.