Little Surprise

Chapter Three- Who Is Your Daddy?

     Alex just stared at the wall in disbelief.  With everything going on right now in Division, this was the worst possible thing that could happen.  How could she tell Sean?  What about the others?  She leaned her head back on the wall behind her as she just continued to stare at the wall in front of her in complete disbelief.  It was impossible- completely impossible.

                The knock on the door brought Alex back to reality.  She knew who it was.  “Come in Sean.” She called.

                Alex was surprised when Sean came in carrying Aviana.  “Hey Alex.” He gave her a soft kiss.  “What’s going on?”

                Taking a deep breath and cracking her fingers nervously in front of her, Alex finally replied, “Sean, you had better sit down.”

                Furrowing his eyebrows in confusion, Sean sat down on her bed beside her.  “What’s going on Alex?  Is everything okay?”

                Pulling the small item out from under her legs, she handed it to Sean.  She could not bear to bring herself to say the words- at least not yet.  She watched as Sean’s mind slowly processed the information, he turned to Alex in shock.  “What?” he asked, “Are you kidding me?”

                Alex shook her head.  As much as she wished she was, there was no humor in what she had told him.  “No.” she quietly replied.

                “You’re pregnant?” Sean was still in shock.

                Alex just nodded.  “I’m going to have to see someone in medical, but I took three tests and they were all positive.”

                Sean looked at Aviana in his arms, then at Alex.  Besides her being pregnant, Aviana could still be one of theirs too.  “Oh wow.” Sean wasn’t quite sure how he felt, but he knew Alex must be horribly conflicted.  “How did this happen?”

                Shrugging, Alex replied, “There are a few times we weren’t quite careful enough.  Apparently that was enough.”

                “What do we tell the others?” Sean was trying to work through everything in his head.

                “I say we go to medical and find out if there is anything to tell.  If there is, then we tell them after they find out about Aviana.”

                “Why after?” Sean didn’t quite follow her logic.

                “I dunno, give them all the shock at one time.” Alex replied.

                “Alright.  Head to medical, I’ll meet you there.  I’m going to drop Aviana off with Owen or something.”

                Nodding in understanding, Alex slowly stood up and headed towards medical.  By the time Sean made it after dropping Avi off with Owen, Alex had already got her confirmation.  The tech was cleaning off Alex’s stomach when he arrived in medical.  “Congratulations.” The tech was telling her, “By baby size I would say you were about eight weeks pregnant.  I would say your due date is going to be Christmas.”

                “Nice Christmas gift.” Sean commented to alert Alex to his presence.

                “Yeah.” Alex replied dejectedly.

                “I’ll leave you two to talk.” The tech left to give them some privacy.

                “Are you okay?” Sean asked her, sensing something was wrong.