Alex woke in her bed, a lamp cast a soft glow from the bedside table. A figure sitting in a chair in her room startled her.
"It's just me," Griff said. "I couldn't leave you after you fainted."
A blush rose on her cheeks. She can't believe she'd fainted in front of her boss. "I fainted?" she said in a little voice. The weight of the positive test began to flood her mind. She wished she'd stayed asleep. "Maybe it was wrong. I can take another. There's two in the box I think..."
"Alex, I don't think..." he began, but she wasn't listening.
Alex had already left the room and was headed to the bathroom with the other test in her hand. She took the test, this time staying in the bathroom to watch it. The window slowly filled and two dark pink lines shown again. She was pregnant. Carrying D
