Mallory laid on the hospital bed with her knees bent as she was being examined. Noelle, Ezekiel and Liam were outside waiting to hear if she was fine. Mallory asked Noelle to not tell anybody where they were going. Mallory didn't say anything to him but he was getting the hint that she was pregnant. However he shook the idea because she said she was on birth control and she hadn't got pregnant before.
"You're blood pressure is fine, no concussion either. However I'll still have to draw blood to see why you're bleeding, it was probably from the blow you had to your stomach. When was your last menstrual cycle?" The doctor who was taking care of Mallory asked as she was writing down on her board.
"I didn't get my period this month" Mallory answered and looked down at her hands that were shaking. The room felt cold to her but it was only because she was nervous. Ezekiel was outside and was probably going to find out soon.
The doctor looked up from her board and looked at Mallory. "Are you on any method of birth control?" The doctor asked.
"I have the implant" Mallory said. "When did you get it inserted?"
"Almost four years ago" Mallory responded. The doctor wrote down on her board more stuff before putting her pen in her pocket. "Can you remove your dress and put this gown"
Mallory nodded and grabbed the gown. She changed and went back to the bed. The doctor walked over to a door by the restroom and pulled out an ultrasound machine. "Did someone come with you?" The doctor asked as she turned the computer on.
Mallory nodded. "Okay, I'll be back"
The doctor walked down the halls and stepped out to the waiting room. Ezekiels quickly stood up and behind him Noelle and Liam. "Mallory Kline?" The doctor said.
"We're with her, is she okay?" Noelle responded. "I need one of you to come with me"
"I'll go" Ezekiel quickly answered. "You are?" The doctor asked. "Her partner" he responded. "Follow me" the doctor said and sticked her Id to the door camera to get access inside.
Mallory looked around the room and turned just as she heard the door open. In stepped Ezekiel who she could tell was worried. "Hey" he said before he pecked her lips.
"Are you okay with him being here?" The doctor asked Mallory. Mallory gulped before nodding.
"Okay so the reason as to why I brought him is because I want someone to be here with you for moral support. Everything is seems fine or so I thought it was just a small bleeding but you mentioned you didn't menstruate this month and I'm worried that you might be pregnant so I have to do an ultrasound"
"You're on birth control aren't you?" Ezekiel asked Mallory. "She is but when we put an implant we suggest removing it after three years some implants work for three years and others work for almost five. I'm afraid yours only works for three and you said it's almost going to be four years since you had inserted" The doctor explained. "Shouldn't a pregnancy test be done?" Ezekiel asked.
"Usually we do have it done, but if she hasn't menstruated it means that if she's pregnant which im ninety percent sure she is it's most likely that it is in the embryo stage. When the baby is an embryo it starts forming its brain and spinal cord. The heart just begins to form, if we have luck we'll get a heartbeat however they don't get it until five and a half weeks or six weeks."
Ezekiel grabbed Mallorys hand after the doctor put her gown up and and bed sheet on her waist. She began with the ultrasound and Ezekiels hand began shaking as well. It made sense to him why Mallory brought up the topic about having a baby.
"It's to tiny to see, I'll have to do an transvaginal ultrasound" the doctor said.
Once she began doing the second ultrasound she got a clearer image however Mallory nor Ezekiel knew what they were looking at. "Theres the placenta" the doctor said. Ezekiel began to smile and felt happy. He wanted to do graduate first but having a family with her was what he always wanted and it was happening now. He was more than excited. He looked at Mallory and smiled as he held her hand.
The doctor looked at her computer screen then got up and and reached for the phone. She pressed a button and said a few word before going back to her seat.
"we have to perform a curettage" The doctor said. "What is that?" Ezekiel asked.
"There's no baby in there anymore, she miscarried. Pieces of the placenta are still in there and a curettage is a procedure that clears the uterine lining. I'll give you two a moment before we have to prep her, I'm sorry for your loss" The doctor said and stepped out of the room.
Ezekiel was in shock and turned to look at Mallory who's face looked just the way it did when she saw the blood.
Mallory felt her tears rolling down her cheeks. She sat up and looked down at her hands that had stopped shaking. She wanted her mother, she wanted her mother to hug her.
Mallory thought about Bellami and how great her pregnancy was. "Mal" Ezekiel sat on the bed to be close to her. "I lost my baby" Mallory whispered.
Ezekiel wiped his tears away and leaned in to hug Mallory. "Hey, I love you okay" Ezekiel raised her chin to look at her but Mallory's eyes were all of a sudden flooded with a million tears. She let herself cry, a crying she had never done and this time she even felt pain in her chest.
Ezekiel held her tightly as she cried and he couldn't help but cry. However he tried to hold himself together for her.
