Something that I'm hoping and (predicting?) in season ten.

Don't let me down Shonda!

xxx

Jo had felt bad all day. Three surgeries fighting through the flu was not something she had been expecting. Worst of all she was on Yang's service today, and not Alex's. Now that they were dating she seemed to be with him less and less, but she couldn't complain that much. She still had him to come home to. Ten months had passed since the hurricane, and the night that they had gotten together. Everything had almost seemed perfect, nothing these two were used to. They would go days without seeing each other, and then have a few days off and do nothing but lay around in the house (and listen to Cristina complain).

Her thoughts were interrupted when suddenly Stephanie appeared all giddy. "Wanna go grab some lunch? I think I might actually have more than ten minutes today." Jo smiled, and nodded back. They turned to leave when suddenly the nausea wave hit her again. "I'll catch up." Stephanie nodded, and said to hurry. Jo bit her lip, and mumbled. She did want lunch…

She just had to throw up first.

Alex was swamped that afternoon and realized that he wasn't going to make it home on time for their dinner that night. He grumbled under his breath wondering why Brooks had been stuck with him, and not Jo. With Jo the charts would already be done, with Jo she would tell him stuff before he even asked. "What's with the face Karev?" Arizona popped up next to him. "Nothing I'm just going to be here really late tonight, not something I was expecting." He added.

"Well when you do get out of here tonight why don't you and Wilson come over. Sophia's at Meredith's tonight, and Callie and I were gonna do Chinese." Alex raised his eyebrows at his blonde, perky mentor. "Really?" She gave him a reassuring smile and turned to leave. "Nine o'clock Karev don't be late!"

Jo was just coming out of the bathroom again when she saw Alex coming up to her. She put on a brave smiled and kissed his cheek. "What's up?" "I'm gonna be late tonight so dinner might not be…" She cut him off. "It's fine I'm not starving anyways." Jo gave him another smile. "Well what I was going to say is that Robbins invited us over for a late dinner, seems like everyone is busy today." Alex said. "Yeah that's great." He looked at her before grabbing some charts. "You sure?" Jo nodded. Alex gave her another kiss and turned around. "You should take a nap before your next surgery you look kinda pale."

Jo smiled weakly then sat on the nearest bench. What was with her today? Her pager beeped as she groaned. She had better figured it out, and soon.

Yang and her were knee deep in surgery when she felt sick again. Looking at an open heart wasn't helping either. "Wilson hold that and tell me how many beats apart it is." Cristina ordered while changing her gloves. Jo bit the inside of her cheek to keep from gagging. "You okay over there?" The intern looked over at her and nodded quickly. "You know if your sick I need you out of my O.R I don't need to play babysitter." Jo swallowed and shook. "I'm fine Dr. Yang."

"You know more and more your starting to act like Meredith when she was preggo." Cristina murmured while suctioning. Jo turned to her ghastly white. "How funny would that be? An evil spawn baby!" Cristina laughed to herself and continued to make jokes. Jo swallowed once more and grinned.

It was only a few minutes later did she realize it might be true.

Alex was looking for Jo everywhere later that night. His shift had managed to end at a decent time, and he was ready to get out of there. The hospital air was starting to get to him after this last 48-hour shift.

He popped into the intern locker room and saw her sitting on the bench. "Wilson you ready to go?" He cried out. "Yeah just a sec." Jo yelled out. Once she heard the door slam she wiped her tears. This was not going to go well. She grabbed her bag, and checked her makeup. The empty pregnancy test box tucked away in her locker.

Dinner at Arizona's was going better than she had expected. She still felt like the measly intern, and even though she had been with a top resident for almost a year now it was still weird. Alex and Robbins were talking in the kitchen when Callie came up to Jo on the couch. "You didn't eat much." She said sipping her beer. Jo smiled small. "I've had this flu thing for days, Alex thinks I caught it from one of the kids." Callie nodded, and leaned back. "So you don't like seafood?" She asked quietly. Jo shook her head. "I'm trying to stay away from shellfish." "How long have you been sick?" "Almost a week now it's…" "You want a beer?" Callie asked turning towards her on the couch. "No it's probably not best mixing alcohol with my flu." Jo laughed. She then saw Callie looking at her, and realized what all she had been saying.

Jo began to wring her hands and look away. "Look I…" Callie patted her knee.

"I've been there kid, you gotta tell him."

They went home late that night, and Jo was so tired she almost didn't feel like going upstairs. "You okay babe?" Alex said when they slipped into bed. "Fine just tired." She said, and kissed him. God she loved him. She only hoped tomorrow he'd feel the same.

That morning Jo tossed and turned until her stomach woke her up once again. She had the day off, and Alex told her to stay in bed. He was worried about this "flu" she had gotten. "Oh it's some flu all right." Jo grumbled while heading downstairs to get some water. The clock flashed noon, and she sighed while heading back to bed. Only eight hours until he was home. Only eight hours.

Alex grabbed his jacket and said goodnight to Mer. He had had a great day. Saved two kids lives, and was able to get more from Africa for the program. He was over the moon. "You gonna tell Wilson how much of a rock star you were today?" Robbins came up to him as they were walking out. Alex blushed, and smiled. "Yeah she's been sick so I figured I'd pick up dinner. Cristina's working the night shift tonight." "Ah big day, big empty house, I see where you're going with this." Arizona laughed and headed to her car. Alex shook his head, and said goodnight. It had been a good day indeed.

Jo was on the couch watching TV when he got home. She gave him a smile when he went over to kiss her. "Feel any better? I brought dinner." Alex whispered. "That's perfect." She said kissing him one more time.

They were in the kitchen waiting for the pasta, and she noticed how happy he was today. She was sitting at the island wringing her hands again while he sipped a beer, and told her all about his rock star day. She couldn't help but laugh at parts, and desperately wished she could just make this all go away. They weren't ready. He wasn't ready. He was at the height of his career.

She couldn't just take that away from him.

"So I'm standing there realizing he'll bleed out if I don't…" Jo tried to pay attention to the rest of the story but the nausea was coming back, and her head was starting to spin. The ache in her chest told her that it was now or never. She wasn't going to be able to hide this soon enough. "Alex." She said quietly looking down at her hands. He was still sipping his beer chatting away, and she realized she was gonna have to be louder. "Alex." She said once again.

"Hold on you just have to hear this part you'll laugh." He said smiling, and turned towards the pasta. Jo's hands shook against her jeans, and she closed her eyes. "ALEX!" She yelled. "What?!" He said sipping his beer. She opened her eyes, and realized he was looking at her like she was crazy. Yup this was it. She was going to do this. She had to.

"I'm pregnant." She whispered shrugging her shoulders.

Her head was still spinning, and her chest was still aching, but she was pretty sure she heard glass shatter.

It had been a big day indeed.