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Pregnancy (One Shot Request)

Age Rating: 12+

Chapters: Two of Two

Fandom: Grey’s Anatomy

AN: Hey guys I see you liked my last post. I finished the last chapter so here it is and the next story will be posted soon.

Summary: Andrew brings a heavily pregnant Amber to work after she complained about maternity leave and she goes into labor.

Words: 3035

Andrew opens the door to the attendings lounge for me and I happily enter. After our little staring contest, he submitted and drove back to work with me in the passenger seat. Along the way we came to an agreement that I would watch his surgery from the gallery and watch him teach the interns after as long as I let him know the second, I get tired or go into labor. As long as it got me out of the house, I would agree to give Kwan a big fat kiss and among the new interns he’s my least favorite. Alex and Jo are also in the room eating lunch at the table when they look up at me surprised. Jo immediately stands up and rushes to me.

“Amber are you okay? Are you in labor?” Jo asks me worried, “I can get Dr. Montgomery if she’s not busy with the sex video.”

“No, I’m fine I am not in labor and did you just say Dr. Addison Montgomery is doing a sex video?” I ask surprised after processing that startling piece of information. Normally having a world-renowned surgeon visit the hospital I work at would be my main focus if the words ‘sex video’ didn’t come after.

Alex chuckles at that and explains, “She’s here to do a sex ed video for teens and put it up on social media so we don’t see kids come in with unplanned pregnancies or sepsis from back-alley abortions.”

I turn to Jo who still looks at me worried, “See that right there is how you should have paraphrased take notes.”

“Will do, just to be clear you are not in labor?” Jo asks me and I clarify.

“Not currently no.”

“She’s here because she’s going crazy with boredom and it was either take her with me or get another false alarm from the O.R.” Andrew explains.

“And you couldn’t win an argument against her?” I glare at Alex underestimating me who notices and turns back to Andrew, “Never mind you never had a chance.”

Andrew chuckles, “Exactly. Besides without her here the interns are getting sloppy, maybe she can scare them into doing better or make them pee their pants.”

I gasp at that wonderful suggestion and turn to Jo with a smile, “Where are the interns?”

Jo chuckles, “Their busy with Dr. Montgomery’s video unless you want to work your magic into scaring teenagers to use contraceptives.”

“As appealing as that sounds and I am using very heavy sarcasm, I came here to watch surgeries. I’m gonna save moralizing teenagers for my own in about 13 years. And now I have a craving, are there pickles in the fridge?”

“Yeah.” Alex gets up, takes the jar of pickles out of the fridge and hands them to me.

“Thanks.” I sip the sour pickle juice straight out of the jar completely ignoring the pickles. I exhale in content and see Alex and Jo looking at me strangely no doubt thinking it’s weird I drank from the pickle jar, “What?”

“That was nasty kid.” Alex tells me with a wince, “You kiss your husband with that mouth?”

“Yep.” I turn to Andrew who takes a sliced pickle out of the jar and eats it, “She’s got the fridge full of pickles, olives and anchovies. She drinks all of them straight from the jar.” Alex groans in disgust, “I save the kissing until she’s brushed her teeth for at least three minutes.”

Jo nods in agreement still appalled by my weird cravings, “Good call.”

I sip my juice before I lay it on her, “I got a Chestburster in me and while I love your daughter like she’s my flesh and blood you did not physically carry her therefore you don’t know the hormones and strange cravings I get. So, you both can save the judgements until one of you gets a baby in your uterus, got it!” I don’t mean to be rude but pregnancy brain is getting to me in more ways than one.

Jo takes a step back and stands by Alex who also looks intimidated, “I think we hit a nerve in your sister.”

Alex nods, “Yeah let’s not look her directly in the eye.”

I roll my eyes at them and eat a pickle slice when Dr. Benson Kwan comes in, who’s eyes widen at my appearance.

“Dr. DeLuca or DeLuca’s sorry I didn’t know you were gonna be here.” Kwan is suddenly alert, “Wait is the baby coming? Do I need to get a wheelchair?”

“Relax Kwan your safe from the giant green-eyed resident.” I inform him annoyed.

“Oh no I wasn’t thinking that at all.” He’s trying to butter me up and gives me his most charming grin, “I mean there are plenty of interns that think that but I don’t. I practically defended you to Adams and Griffith when they complained about you rightfully scolding them on their mistakes. It’s intern year it comes with the job they shouldn’t take it out on a chief resident who also happens to be carrying a new life quite beautifully I might add.”

“Kwan as her husband and your superior I’m gonna suggest you don’t flirt with the mother of my unborn child unless you want me to end your surgical career.” My husband says threatening clearly peeved by Kwan trying to flirt with me to get surgeries. Kwan stops grinning and faces Andrew who keeps a cool face, “Whether it’ll be by going to the medical board or breaking all of your fingers depends on what you say next.” I grin at that seeing that four years with me has made him more assertive and tough. I never would have expected this level of intimidation from the clumsy and gentle resident I first met.

I step in with a sweet grin at Kwan, “Kwan I’m gonna save you the trouble and tell you what I really think of you and your attempts to placate me for surgeries. In short from the moment, I first met you I thought ‘wow he’s just like my oldest brother when he was that age’” Kwan grins slightly taking it as a compliment until I crush him with my disappointed frown that follows with harsh words, “I hated my brother when he was your age.” I can hear Andrew snickering behind me, “If you think I’m being amusing I am not, ask anyone who was here circa 2005 and they can tell you my brother was hate worthy even by his lovely and sweet sister. Alex?” I turn to said brother who looks up from eating clearly trying to keep out of my rant to a random intern, “How much would you say I disdained you when you were an intern?”

He speaks to Kwan while chewing on a sandwich, “She hated my guts.”

“Exactly.” I turn back to Kwan who is taken back by this scene, “If you want to flirt your way into the O.R. and risk pissing off your superior you picked the wrong girl because the way I see it I am a ticking time bomb filled with hormones and I feel like punching someone more than I normally did. So, pissing me off is like poking a tiger when the zookeepers let it out of its cage.” Kwan’s eyes widen at that allegory, “I think you can see where this is going and if you’re as smart as you think you are you should know what to do when I count to three. One, two-” Kwan finally processes that last statement as he quickly runs out of the room like I’m Freddy Krueger. I hear chuckling from Alex, Jo and Andrew who are all pleased by my actions and I smile victoriously.

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I sit in the gallery by myself watching as Andrew does an open splenectomy with Griffith assisting. It’s not an ALPSS procedure or a gastric bypass but it’s better than slowly going insane in that house. He keeps looking up at the gallery every ten minutes to check that I’m still there and not going into labor. He does it again and I stick my tongue out to mess with him, I see him smirk behind the mask and look back at the open abdomen. A brown coffee cup appears in front of me, I look to my right and see that Jo is here to check on me.

“Ginger tea?” I groan in disgust at what I’m forced to drink but take it anyway. Jo sits next to me, “I would have been a cool sister and gotten you coffee but I’m also in OB and know that caffeine being bad for the baby isn’t just a myth. Plus, I’m guessing you already had a cup this morning.”

“In the biggest mug we have so it’ll technically be three cups of coffee.” I confess as I sip my bland hot brew, “This is vile.”

“Well it’s good for you and it’s good for the baby.” I turn to Jo fully with an inquisitive look that she catches, “What?”

“Come on give me the gossip, what’s in the tabloids since I’ve been gone?” Jo chuckles, “Don’t laugh I live for this, I’m angsty for surgery and the drama that comes before, during and after the O.R. and in this place there is a lot. Fill me in.”

Jo sits up straight and clears her throat, “Okay uh what’s been happening? Oh! Link slept with one of the interns before she started working here, it’s the pretty one the one you said looks like a CW star.”

“Millin? Damn she doesn’t strike me as one to sleep up the totem pole.”

“Your one to talk.” Jo criticizes, “You’re a resident and your married to an attending.”

“We started dating when we were both residents.” I say defensively and add, “And weren’t you a resident when you shacked up with my attending brother? And you technically still are with the OB scrubs so not much has changed. What do you have to say to that?”

“…Hi Pot, I’m Kettle.” Jo holds her hand out grinning and I chuckle at that shaking her hand, “So we agree we’re in no positions to judge. Besides there aren’t gonna be wedding bells this time since she told Link they should just be friends.”

I chuckle at that irony, “Which is translated to ‘you’re not my type so stay away from me’ and coming from an intern that is next level low. What else?”

“Hunt and Altman are still at each other’s throats, I’m pretty sure you saw a little of what went on before you left.”

I bitterly nod, “Even my baby was cringing at them arguing.” Jo laughs, “I’m serious you try doing rounds in trauma with a married couple who work together like they’re in a cock fight.” Jo coughs the coffee she sipped and I roll my eyes at her not getting my metaphor, “Fight’s between chickens their all the range in Mexico it has nothing to do with what you obviously think it is. It’s when you have chickens trained to kill each other in the ring for money but instead of chicken it’s Hunt and Altman and instead of getting money out of it you get uncomfortable situations.”

Jo nods understanding, “Well we can’t all be Andrew and Amber.”

“Or Alex and Jo. Speaking of which, how is my niece doing? Is she excited to meet her cousin?”

“Well, she’s a baby so she’s excited about everything I think she’s gonna be ecstatic when you bring your baby into our house.” Jo looks at me worried, “Are you sure it’s okay to be here? I mean you look ready to pop right here.”

“You mean right here in a hospital one floor down from OB where my sister in law works while I’m talking to my favorite sister-in-law who switched to OB during covid?”

“You know I hope your kid gets your smartass mouth then you’ll know what it’s like to deal with that for once.” Jo retorts with an evil grin that I look to respond to only for a sudden feeling in my stomach to stop me.

“Oh!” I hold my bulging stomach as a dull ache forms in my lower back and pelvis. It feels like menstrual cramps only ten times stronger which can only mean one thing. I try to stay calm but Jo can tell something is wrong and looks at me anxiously.

“What is it? What are you feeling? Do not lie to me I know that face I might be a resident but I know all the faces of a woman in labor.”

“Then I guess I don’t need to tell you my contractions just started.” Jo’s eyes widen at that and I look back at Andrew who is still doing his surgery oblivious of what’s happening to his wife above him. The pain gets worse it feels like a bunch of needles from the pits of hell are being inserted in my stomach, “Ahh! Holy John Hurt!”

Jo runs to the intercom as I breathe in and out trying to ride out this contraction, “DeLuca please tell me your about to close.”

“I am.” DeLuca sounds calm even as my guts feel like their being torn apart.

“Okay great because your wife is in labor like right now.” I can see that he’s now alert and looks up as I’m leaning forward holding my stomach.

“What?!” Andrew asks panicking, “Are you sure?”

Another contraction comes and I yell out in pain once again with Jo pressing the button making my pain clear to the O.R. “Yep pretty sure that is the sound of your wife having a contraction. Griffith take over closing.” I can see Griffith looking back and forth at DeLuca and Jo startled, “Now!” DeLuca hands her the tools and immediately runs out of the O.R. Jo runs back to me and holds my hand carefully lifting me to stand up and helping me out of the gallery.

“Please tell me Lachman is on call today.” I ask in pain.

“No, she’s not I’m sorry.” I groan at that, “But good news Dr. Montgomery is here and lucky for us she is an OB and not related to you so she can take over.”

“As long as I get the drugs, I will let Adams deliver this baby.”

Andrew immediately runs toward us looking anxious not that I blame him, “Are you okay? How are you feeling?”

I groan as he takes over holding my hand, “First contraction and I know exactly what John Hurt felt in that scene of Alien.”

“I’ll go up and get a room ready for you.” Jo runs to do that and I spot Lucas Adams and Mika Yasuda chatting and walking down the hall.

“You two!” They jump startled by my presence and I command them with a tone that would scare a military soldier to their mom, “Front and center now!” They both run to me clearly afraid.

Andrew rubs my back to soothe me and turns to the interns, “Yasuda get a wheelchair and Adams page Dr. Montgomery for us.”

Yasuda looks at us confused, “A wheelchair?”

Clearly my husband is less willing to use force so I do with a clear and loud voice, “A wheelchair Yasuda now!” She runs and almost trips to get a wheelchair and Adams looks at me scared but confused.

“What should I tell Dr. Montgomery?”

I ignore Adams and Andrew is talking to me trying to see if I’m okay as my stomach rumbles like the baby is trying to kick her way out. It feels more uncomfortable than painful, “What do you need? Ice chips? Maybe a bear to strangle?”

I exhale as I take in his options, “I don’t want an innocent bear to suffer because of me.”

“Dr. DeLuca?”

“What?!” Andrew snaps clearly annoyed.

“What should I tell Dr. Montgomery when she answers her page?” As if the gods wanted to give him a clear answer my water breaks over my sweatpants and on Adams shoes that he notices and looks up in shock with Andrew looking down surprised but composed. I looked back up at the intern with an annoyed face due to the leakage that just happened ruining my clothes.

“Tell her my contractions just started and my water broke all over your shoes.” Adams nods and pulls out his phone. I know he struggles with directions so I decide to make myself clear, “And so help me Adams if you send her to the wrong room or forget to page her, I will forget the bear and strangle you instead.” He gulps but nods.

Andrew gently guides me to the wheelchair behind me that Yasuda thankfully brought in, “Okay let’s sit so I can take you to OB.”

“Okay, hey, hey.” Andrew focuses on me and I grin as the joyous occasion hits me, “We’re having a baby.”

Andrew laughs and smiles at that too, “We’re having a baby.” He then kisses me and pulls back still smiling, “I’m overjoyed and terrified you?”

I chuckle, “I’m those things too and it’s worse because I have to push a bowling ball through a keyhole that is my vagina so there is that. If you want to walk away now and be like those 50’s husbands that stand outside the room to smoke here’s your five second chance.”

“I’m not going anywhere not this time.” He references when we went through a rough patch during his mental breakdown and when he left, “I promise.”

My emotions are sky high with that because of the love I feel for him and the surge of hormones coursing through me. I even feel a tear down my cheek but I sniffle and compose myself, “Good that was a test and you passed. Now take me to a bed and get me a damn epidural so this baby doesn’t kill me.” He gets behind the chair and pushes me to the elevator leaving Adams and Yasuda behind.

“Congratulations Dr. DeLuca!” Yasuda yells out and I respond with a thumbs up as the elevator doors close.

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