Infinate Stand

Chapter 5

We arrived at the hospital at 10:50am, and i walked upto the reception desk to sign in, while my mum and Mike sat down in the waiting area. Once i signed in i walked over and sat down.

"Im gonna go get a cup of coffee, do you two want anything?" My mum asks and we both shake our heads. She disappears down the corridor of the hospital.

"You excited?" Mike asks me, and i hesitate before answering.

"Yeah, i am actually!" I say, with a smile on my face as i look up at him.

"Same, i just think its really cool, you know? Just think, theres a human growing in there right now, and we made it." He says and points to my stomach and i smile at him.

"This coffee tastes awful" my mum walks back into the waiting area, and i roll my eyes.

"Lexi Thomas" A nurse calls out my name and i stand up, along with my mum and Mike. We walk into the doctors office and the nurse tells us the doctor will be in in a moment.

My mum begins looking at the pictures of the the babies on the wall and we just laugh at her.

"I wonder what our baby will look like" Mike suprises me by saying. I smile and just as i was about to reply, the doctor walks in.

"Hi, Lexi, is it?" She asks and i nod, my mum and Mike sit down on the chairs beside the examination table.

"Im Doctor Burke" she says and shakes my hand. "I'll be your Doctor for the next 9 months, now, lets see baby shall we?" She asks and directs me to lie back on the bed.

It says here that your 19 and a month gone, yes? She asks me.

"Yeah, a month and a bit" i say and smile.

She tells me to lift my t-shirt up and she pours jelly onto my stomach, she places the scanner probe on my stomach and began moving it.

She looks at the screen with a concentrated face to see if she can see anything, "Ah yes, now if you look here, that little shape, right here, thats your baby" She says, pointing to the screen. I look up to Mike, and he takes my hand in his and smiles down at me and looks back at the screen.

"Thats our baby" i whisper to him and stare at the screen in awe.

I look over to my mum and she is crying, "Are you okay mum?" I ask her and she nods. "I just need a second" she says and walks out of the office.

"Would you like a scan photo?" The doctor asks, and i nod.

"Okay, i'll just go get that printed for you, i'll be back in a moment" she says and walks out.

I wipe the jelly off my stomach, pull my top down and hop off the bed. My mum walks back in the room, wiping her eyes.

"Are you sure your okay mum?" I ask once again.

"Yeah, its just, emotional" she says wiping her eye with a tissue and sniffling. "Wheres the doctor?" She asks looking around the room.

"She went to print out a picture of the scan for us" i tell her and she nods.

The doctor arrives back in the room and hands me the picture, and tells me i've got to come back in 4 weeks.

We walk out of the hospital and my mums phone rings.

"Its work" she says and answers. My mum works as a cleaner in a shopping centre across town.

"Honey, i've got to go into work, do you want me to drop you back to the house" She asks me, and i look to Mike. "No, mum, its okay, we'll walk" I tell her and she kisses my cheek and says goodbye to Mike "See you tonight sweetie" She says and leaves.