So someone pointed this out as an idea but I actually wrote this chapter before I wrote any others in this story. It's not sad, but it deals with emotional stuff.

I'm keeping the T rating because it does not go into detail beyond what you might find on the cover of a newspaper. Or if you look back a few Greys seasons.

This chapter does deal with abortion. I warn you now. But it isn't graphic or anything more than a brief discussion for S&A about kids.

I am very nervous about this. I hope you like it.

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Her return to the station was quiet. Very quiet. Her team had made a few jokes about how people shouldn't come back from suspension with a darker tan that when they'd left but it was all in good fun and settled after the first shift.

Her husband still suspended indefinitely pending investigation meant the station was quiet. No one bellowing across the station for her. No one to share illicit touches in all the dark places.

It was quiet, not just at the station but on calls. Every shift she's had the last month involved a few minor calls but otherwise they'd gotten nothing. No fires in their jurisdiction. A few cats up a tree and minor aid car runs. But even Warren was starting to itch for something big.

The PRT had a new leader/partner for Warren. Dr. Jo was everything Andy had heard about and more. She laughed loudly, spoke bluntly and meshed with the team perfectly. Andy had caught Gibson making eyes at her on more than one occasion. And Jo herself had been caught watching Jack. Vic had a pool going on how long it would take for the two to sleep together. And while she fit in at the station, she had yet to receive much training beyond the art of cooking risotto (thanks to Travis). Ben religiously complained of their lack of calls. How training Jo was impossible when the PRT never had anywhere to go.

Ben got his wish in the form of a house fire. The team responded quickly and Andy and Vic proudly rescued a little boy of only six while Travis begrudgingly went after the cat. Jo got to do her first surgery in the PRT on the home owner's elderly mother and Maya felt like perhaps the team had turned a corner. That perhaps she hadn't totally destroyed the team.

They took their time with clean up. Letting the late hour and cool air beat their faces as they rolled hoses and gave report to PD.

Andy felt like a super hero. THIS, this was why she loved her job! She stepped up onto the side of the truck to secure tools away on the top when a wave of dizziness overcame her and she felt herself falling.

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The phone ring startled Robert. He thought very little about the caller ID when it read Bishop. "This is Sullivan," he answered automaticity in work mode.

"Chief. Andy was injured at a fire seine. We are in route to Grey-Slone now. She hit her head pretty hard." She heart his voice jump a octive as he asked her for more details. She fought back tears as she ended the call.

Robert didn't really remember the rest of the conversation or the drive to the hospital.

The team waited with him for news until a call came in. Then with a sad look Maya ordered her team to out, and with a glance back at Robert for permission to leave, she disappeared. He sat quetly, thinking of the time he'd shared with Andy. He'd known her for a year and four months. But he'd only had the ability to hold her, to love her – properly – for just under four of those. It wasn't enough. He'd nearly said they should screw the rules, why hadn't he said that?

When she'd come to him with her speech about safe places he'd thought he was dreaming. He'd wondered briefly if he had overdosed. But then she'd asked him to kiss her, and when he had, everything had become real.

Where those four months all he was destined to have?

No, he thought to himself. He'd follow her. Even if it was in death. He might not have the strength to pull a trigger or intentionally take a pill, but he'd die of a broken heart. If it wasn't a thing he'd be the first documented case of it. Perhaps he should donate his body to science…

How long had he been here? He wondered briefly.

He stood abruptly to calm his leg. Pacing till he'd counted the floor tiles in the room. Then he harassed the nurses twice before running into Amelia.

"Robert." She greeted, "Everything alright?"

Robert looked at her and his brain seemed to struggle for the proper words for a moment. "I'm. They called. My wife was hurt at work. I can't find anything out."
Dr. Sheppard frowned, She hadn't even realized he was married, she'd been considering setting him up with Meredith…. "I can look her up in our system. What's her name?" She unlocked her tablet.

"Andy. Um Andrea Herrera."

Dr. Shepherd looked up in surprise. "I just did a consult for her. Initial nuro exam looked good. We are waiting for blood tests but the lab is running slow so I'm having Dr. Grey check her up too and if they can't figure out what happened then I'll have some scans done. She's in room five around the corner."

Sullivan thanked her and rushed to the room bursting in without so much as a knock.

Andy looked up in surprise. Her expression changed when she saw him. "I'm fine. It was nothing." She said quietly as he moved to check her out himself.

He let out a large breath and met her eyes. "I thought." He paused, "I don't know what I thought but I was so worried.

She watched as he cracked before her his right shell giving way to tears. "I'm ok. She said reaching up to hug him from her spot in the hospital bed.

She held him while he cried and found a few tears falling of her own. She ran her hands up and down his body to comfort him.

"I've never felt so helpless. I didn't know what was going on." He paused, "In all the time we've known each other I've always been with you if you've been in danger or gotten hurt.

Finally, they both settled down, Robert taking her hand and sitting down in a nearby chair close to the bed.

Andy looked up suddenly, "I don't have my phone. It's at the station on the charger. Can you tell the team I'm ok?"

Robert nodded, "They're on a call otherwise they would have stayed too." He told her pulling out his phone to text Maya.

"Ben jinxed us." Andy grumbled. "We hadn't had any big calls at all since I've been back. Ben said he wished we'd get some good calls. We are."

A knock interrupted them. Dr. Grey appeared smiling slightly. "Andy." She glanced at Sullivan in civilian attire, but an old crew shirt. He looked as though he might have some authority with SFD, but the hand holding told another story.

"Robert Sullivan." He said standing up and offering his hand.

She shook it firmly and glanced at his SFD T-shirt before looking to Andy with a silent question
Andy smiled knowing that she thought he was her boss. "My husband and my boss." She paused, "Well if we want to get technical he's my bosses boss." She felt a small blush forming.

Meredith smiled at Robert, "Nice to meet you." She glanced at Andy with a warm smile, "Married my boss too."

Robert, didn't seem to care for the small talk. "What happened to her?" He interrupted.

Meredith smiled as she watched Andy give him a scolding look. "Well, it seems our nuro exam was premature but we thought it would be better safe than sorry especially since you are a first responder with a history of concussion." She paused, "But we got your lab results back and while your numbers are a bit off you have an iron deficiency it's likely caused by elevated hCG levels."

Andy's head shot up and Robert's followed, "What?" She stutterd. "I'm pregnet?"

Meredith nodded and checked her pager, "I have a few other consults. I'll give you a few minutes. And with that she skillfully disappeared leaving two shocked people in her wake.

They where silent.

For what seemed like forever.

"Pregnant." Andy whispered.

"How?" Robert asked.

Andy gave him a confused look and he rolled his eyes. "I know where babies come from. I just mean that we've been safe."

She thought for a moment, "I mean we were in France and there's a time difference and I'm sure I missed a few pills after my dad. So sometime then."

Robert nodded. "We've never talked about it." "Kids."

"I never thought about it. I've never pictured being a mom." She paused, "my mother was never a good one. Not really, so doing it myself was never something I even considered."

Robert sucked in a breath, perhaps he'd destroy her career after all. "You don't have to keep it." He said quietly looking away.

She glanced at "Are we talking abortion here?" She paused, "Do you not want kids?" She felt a pit in her stomach.
He shrugged. "It's your body Andy. I know how much you want to make captain. And everything with your dad. It's a lot."

"Do you believe in abortion?" She asked softly. She wasn't sure which answer she was more afraid of.

He paused thoughtfully, "Not personally. But I believe a woman should make the choice."

"We're partners Robert shouldn't we both get a say in this." She whispered touching his cheek with her hand.

He looked up at her with tears in his eyes. "I'd want you to keep it." He looked almost ashamed of himself

Andy smiled slightly and ran her hand across his. "I've never thought about children." She paused, "I always vowed to never be like my mother, an unplanned pregnancy destroyed her career.
Andy paused, "But I don't believe I could have an abortion. I did once." She said softly, "And I still wonder a little. Now I have you. And you got to admit it's kind of like a science experiment. Mixing genies together with no idea what will come up"

His eyes looked at her with hope in his eyes and he laughed slightly.

She smiled, "I know you'd never push me to do anything I don't want to. But I also know from the look on your face that you've waited a long time for a child."

Robert nodded, "Claire couldn't. We had plans to adopt. But it was so expensive that we only got through the application process. Then she died. And I just thought that meant I'd never be a father.

Andy nodded and smiled slightly. "Well, you're gonna be."

He smiled widely and wrapped her in a hug. "Shit. Parents? Andy are you sure"

Andy let out a laugh. "You heard the doctor. We heard the same words. If you need confirmation you'll ask yourself.

They both looked up into one another's eyes and felt the fear and uncertainty shared between the, but they also felt joy. Such a strange universe it was.