Best of Both Worlds

Chapter Five

I wiped the beads of perspiration that formed on my forehead and breathed out as I placed a shaky hand over my chest. I've never wanted to leave a place so bad that I even offered to take his blood samples to the lab for screening. The nurse who had drawn the blood looked at me like I had grown two heads; doctors don't handle blood samples.

Heading towards the lab with the blood samples, I sighted Meghan. She was a fellow second-year resident doctor. We both did our internship program together at this hospital and since then she had been out for my blood.

In her head, we're in some kind of competition. Always trying to outshine me even when I wasn't trying. In the past, I'd never let her get under my skin. But, since I found out about my pregnancy; it was like all my hormones and emotions came to life. Most of the time, I felt like jumping her but that would be unethical.

Hmmm, I bet she'd like that.

Not a single bone in my body had the energy for her so I increased my pace. It seemed like my village people, all the way from Nigeria had remembered me and decided to deal with me today.

"Reduced to transporting blood samples I see" she snickered, spotting a smug look. "Seems like they have come to their senses and put you right where you belong"

I tried to walk around her, not having it in me to deal with her rude petty self. She seemed to be losing brain cells today as she gripped my arm and held me in place. Ever since my pregnancy came to light, she had been coming on twice as hard, knowing I wouldn't fight back. I wouldn't want to put my baby in harm's way, and I also didn't want to lose my job.

"Don't you ever walk away when I'm talking to you." she gritted out

"If you don't want HR involved, I'd advise you to take your disgusting fingers off me." I sneered at her as I yanked my hand from her grip. "You're lucky I'm pregnant because so help me God, I would've slapped you senseless right now"

She chuckled and her smug expression returned. "You should have thought of that, before whoring around," she stated and walked away. Brushing my shoulders not so lightly with hers.

I gritted my teeth hard. I felt an intense urge to yank her back by her cornrow braids and beat the melanin out of her. So much so that she would look so unrecognizable by the time I let go. This baby was making me violent; I wanted to hit something so bad.

I felt a hand wrap around my arm, propelling me forward. It was Ashley

"Let's walk away, I see that look in your eyes," she rubbed my arm and gave it a comforting squeeze. "We don't want to have blood on our hands now, do we?" she added with a chuckle

"She gets on my last nerve" I sighed, feeling the fury bubbling inside me fizzle away.

"Just ignore her. She knows that no matter what she does, you'll always be better. She's just jealous of you" she stated

"Jealous of me? What is there to be jealous of? I'm a pregnant, single twenty-six-year-old. I'm not even jealous of me right now" I retorted

"Don't say that. You're smart, beautiful, and strong, to be able to go through your pregnancy alone. A lot of girls can't do what you're doing right now" she praised with a genuine smile, her dimples made an appearance.

"Naso, I don't feel strong on the inside" I muttered under my breath. (Indeed)

She tapped my arm and laughed, so I'm guessing she heard me.

We walked to the lab together before she left me to begin her evening rounds. After dropping the samples, I checked on my regular patients then headed to the locker room. My shift was almost over, I needed to retrieve my things and vacate the premises. My hand hovered over the locker room's doorknob when a hand clamped down on my shoulder. In the process, almost gave me a heart attack.