Karev Baby? Again?

Chapter 10

A couple of weeks had passed since Katie's first day back from school. None of her friends had found out about her pregnancy yet, but she was now 16 weeks and it was becoming pretty obvious.

Katie sat on the couch, staring down at her phone. A text from her Sierra that said:

There's a party down at Logan's house tonight. You should come, if you're feeling up to it.

She sighed, laying her head back on the couch. She wanted to go, but it was just about impossible without someone figuring out. She couldn't drink, none of her clothes fit, she'd probably end up throwing up sometime during the party. She probably could've been doing much more productive things than going to a party, but there was that one voice in her head telling her to go. She was only 16 once anyways.

She walked up to her room and went through her closet, trying to find something that'd fit and not be too obvious. Chris peeked his head in. "Hey, what are you doing?" He questioned.

"I'm going to Logan's party, but I don't fit into anything." She sighed, plopping on her bed.

"Is that a good idea?" He asked, walking in and shutting the door.

"I'm fine, Chris. I don't want to miss my whole sophomore year because I'm pregnant." She said, looking at the flowy dress in her hands.

"I'm coming too, then." He said, going through the drawers of his dresser.

"Well, I'd hope so." She chuckled, walking into her bathroom. She slid on the dress and frowned in the mirror. "I look so fat."

"No you don't. You look beautiful." He said, sliding on his socks.

"Chris, it's so obvious."

"I promise you, it's not." He said, walking up behind her and wrapping his arms around her waist.

Katie leaned her head back on his shoulder. "I'm leaving at 10. I'm already tired enough."

Chris nodded, kissing her cheek. They finished getting ready and walked out to the car. Neither Jo or Alex were home tonight so they weren't too worried.

They arrived to the party and walked into the loud music and talking. Katie darted to Sierra, who was talking to another girl with a drink in her hand. "Katie! You made it!"

"I know. I'm not staying long, but we wanted to come." She said.

"You look really good." Sierra complimented.

"No, I look fat and it's really obvious, but Chris assured me I looked fine." She said.

"No, seriously, if I didn't know I wouldn't have even guessed."

Katie grinned, crossing her arms in front of her stomach.

"So.. you and Chris??" She asked.

"He lives with me, and we're 100% dating. He's amazing, Sierra." She smiled. Katie had never had a 'real' boyfriend. Well, not one that lasted more than 2 months.

Sierra smiled. "I'm so happy for you!"

"Hey! Katie!" A voice yelled from across the room.

Katie looked up. It was Logan Moore, it was his party. She walked over to them, they had a row of shots set up. Katie's stomach dropped.

"You did this a couple parties ago, we wanna test you again." He said.

"I- Uh.." Katie stammered, looking around for some type of help.

Chris happened to look up from his conversation with his friend. "Damn it." He mumbled, rushing over to Katie. He wrapped his arm around her waist. "Hey babe, I need to show you this." He said, walking out of the house.

"Thank you." She breathed out, grabbing his hand.

"That was too close, Katie. We should go." He said, glancing back at the house.

Katie sighed, nodding. "Fine.." She said, walking to the car.

They both made it home, changed into comfier clothes, and curled up on the couch together. Chris turned on a movie and wrapped both arms around her. "Hey, on the bright side, we get to find out the gender in two days." He grinned.

"We do." She smiled, placing her hand right next to his. She propped her feet up on the coffee table and closed her eyes, leaning back on Chris' chest.

Alex and Jo quietly walked in around 12AM. The credits were rolling on the movie and both Katie and Chris were fast asleep on the couch, cuddling.

"Hey, you go upstairs. I'll clean up down here." Alex said, turning off the TV.

Jo nodded and sleepily wandered upstairs.

Alex took a blanket and covered both of them up. He put the cups that held their drinks and the bowl that held their popcorn in the sink. He leaned over and kissed Katie's forehead, then Chris'. He couldn't help but thank him for keeping Katie safe and happy. He'd turned into a son figure for him.