Aphmau's POV

*Play Song*

I organize the files that Aaron wanted, straightening them against the desk in the x-ray reading room.

A ever lingering smile on my face.

I glance at my ring finger, admiring the shine coming off the dazzled ring.

Something then causes me to slightly jump, it being the door to the room..

I angle my vision quickly around to see it was Katelyn entering the room.

I exhale in relief, setting the files down on the desk.

"Aphmau! Hey I heard about the engagement! Congrats!" Katelyn comes over to me, opening her arms to me.

We join in a hug, both of us smiling and giggling.

She then immediatly releases and pulls out my ring finger, admiring the 3 carat ring in awe.

"Th....three carat?! OH MY F-ING IRENE!" She exclaims, smiling.

Never seen this side of Katelyn before.

"I know right"

"...oh and by the way, I was in the O.R. when he proposed THAT WAS SO CUTE OH MY IRENE" Katelyn hops, still smiling.

This side of her was a bit....unusual.....

I still smile though, glad she is happy.

"Thanks..I.." I start, but then she cuts me off, a bit less jumpy.

"Wait......Aaron's been planing this for months....I actually thought he proposed to you because of the baby..."

"Uh huh....well..." I manage out slyly, cringing.

"Don't tell me" Katelyn's face blank.

Katelyn and Lily are the only two who know about the baby.

I shyly rub my arm, smiling a toothy smile.

"Don't tell me Aphmau Phoenix, that you didn't tell him yet?!" She rages, her fists clenched.

Okay, this is the Katelyn I know.

"Define 'tell'" I remark, turning from her, back towards the files.

"YOU HAVEN'T TOLD HIM YET?!"

"I'm gonna tell him soon okay?! When I'm ready....."

"How many weeks are you?"

"10.....maybe 13......17....."

"How have you been hiding this from him?!" Her eyebrows furrowed.

"With very...VERY loose shirts"

"LOOSE SHIRTS aren't going to be so useful soon. Why don't you just tell him? You guys are getting married anyway and he would be overjoyed to know......" She tries, but I stop her.

"Katelyn....." My voice almost nonexistent.

"Huh?" Her tone dropping.

"Aaron.......yes he probably would want to know, and yes maybe he would be happy about it....but we are happy right now Katelyn....we are overjoyed right now....and if I tell him....it will bring back bad memories, and that will ruin this time of happiness for us.."

"Aphmau.....I have a feeling you are looking at this the wrong way...."

"What?"

"I have a feeling.....telling him now....will make him even happier.....you guys have suffered through so much....and Aaron.....he always thinks he is causing you pain....he always thinks its his fault why all these things keep happening to you..."

"But its not his fault! I never said it was!" I say to Katelyn, guilt in my heart.

He thinks everything that has happened, is his fault?

"...even if you didn't....its still in his mind for him that him moving away from Phoenix Drop.....you seeing him married everyday......Alex........the drowning incident...."

I whimper, looking back at all these horrific events.

"I'm thinking that if you tell him, you tell him that you guys are having a baby, and he sees you happy, he will be even happier......just a thought......"

Wow......Katelyn...

"Katelyn....."

"Like I said, just a thought.....wait...how are you going to tell him?"

"Well......okay I'm gonna......."

Hah! Not gonna spoil it for you crystals pft you should see the look on your face

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When I reach the attendings lounge, I find Aaron sitting down on one of the chairs, sipping a cup of coffee, swiping away at his phone.

With the files in one hand, I come from behind him and sneak my arms aroud his neck, down his chest, pushing his lab coat a bit to the side, resting my head ontop of his.

He sets down his coffee, turning his head just enough to kiss me on the cheek, using one of his hands to graze my forearm.

"Whatcha doing?" I ask, setting the files down on the table in front of him.

"Apparently someone videotapped the proposal and posted it online, without our permission, and its going viral." Aaron shows the screen to me, showing me the comments.

"Well maybe cause it was just that sweet" I place my lips on his cheek, then I go back to resting my head on his.

"Heh....wait are these the patient files I was asking for? His hand transfers to the files, plucking them up to flip through the names.

Oh fudge he's looking at the names.

I stop resting my arms on him, walking a bit away, fearfully looking at his expression.

He then stops flipping, focusing on one specific name tag.

He slides it out of the pile, opening it up, reading the details.

God this was stupid.

He stops in his tracks, his mouth ajar, placing the file down, taking into his hands a small piece of paper, its contents black and white.

Its contents, recognizable.

"Okay you know what, this was a dumb idea, I shouldn't have listened to Katelyn, I..........." While making up my excuses, I feel two arms wrap around me and pick me off the ground swing me around in circles.

I laugh, the air whooshing past my ear, soothing like the weights being taken off my shouldars.

He then proceeds to set me down enough to kiss me, his lips warm and the happiness real.

Still holding the kiss, he sets me down on my feet, pulling away just enough so our foreheads could lean against each others.

"We are having another baby?" He whispers, his breath warm against my skin.

"Yes, we are having a baby girl" I smile, my whole body filled with happiness.

"A girl?" His face shocked but joyed either way.

I nod, my arms around his shoulders.

He presses his lips to mine once again, sparks flying.

Why I ever thought he would react differently....

Is beyond me.....

Katelyn's POV

I look through the small little window of the attendings lounge smiling.

"Awww so cute!......Okay give it up" I turn to Travis, who had a not so satisfied look on his face.

"Pft its not fair! You went and told her all stuff about Aaron wanting to know earliar and stuff" Travis whines, handing over his twenty.

"Well, what I said was true, and it really helped Aphmau, I mean just look at them Travis....they are happy...." I say, looking back through the window.

I then feel an arm wrap around me, pulling me into a kiss.

I kiss back, caressing his cheek in my hand.

Love is quite difficult thing to understand.

It is a curse, but also a blessing.

A pain, yet a joy.

It is a sickness, yet a medicine.

Have a nice day my crystals!