Love's Bind

Ch. 16

Alexis's POV
Today is my first doctors appointment with the OB/GYN. After the appointment, me and Caleb are going to have a day out. I took a shower and got my clothes out. I got out a pink, white, and blue chevron print maxi dress, a jean jacket, and sandals. I put my lotion on and got dressed. I put my hair up in a bun and went downstairs.
"You ready?" Caleb asked.
"Yeah," I said.
"Let's go," he said getting up. We walked out of the house and to his truck. We got in and drove to the doctors office. When we got there, I just sat in the seat for a little while before unbuckling my seatbelt.
"You good?" Caleb asked walking me inside.
"Yeah. You know I'm straight. Real nigga for life," I said walking up to the receptionist.
"Hello. How may I help you?" she asked smiling.
"Hi. I have an appointment to see Dr. Goods," I said.
"Okay. And your name is?"
"Alexis Patrick."
"Okay," she said grabbing a clipboard with papers on them. "Fill these out and the nurse will be with you shortly," she said smiling. I grabbed the clipboard and sat down in the waiting room. I finished filling out the papers and handed them back to the receptionist. I sat back down and laid my head on Caleb's shoulder. I started falling asleep until I heard my name being called. Me and Caleb got up and followed the nurse to a room. We got into the room and waited for the doctor to come in.
"Are you nervous?" Caleb asked.
"Not really. Are you?" I said swinging my feet.
"Yeah."
"Why?"
"Because I'm about to be a dad," he said sitting back in his chair. As I was about to say something the doctor walked in.
"Hello, I'm Dr. Goods," the lady said smiling.
"Hello," me and Caleb said together.
"Is this the father of your child?" she asked putting on gloves.
"Yes," I said. She asked me some more questions before she got started.
"I'm going to need you to lay back and lift your shirt up," she said turning on the monitor. I did what she said and she put the gel on my stomach. I grabbed Caleb's hand as she started looking for the baby's heartbeat.
"And there's the heartbeat," she said smiling. I got happy and looked at Caleb and started smiling.
"Do you want pictures?" Dr. Goods asked.
"Yes," I said. She took a few pictures and got something to wipe the gel off of my stomach. She pulled my shirt down and I sat up.
"You're all good," she said. "I'll send someone in shortly to bring the pictures," she said walking out. I looked at Caleb and started crying.
"What's wrong?" he said getting up.
"That was our baby's heartbeat," I said smiling.
"Yes it was," he said hugging me. The nurse came in and gave us the pictures. Me and Caleb looked at them and he kissed me and bent down and kissed my stomach.
We walked out and I made my next appointment. When I turned around I saw Bryce and Danielle. Me and Bryce made eye contact and I grabbed Caleb's hand and walked out. We got in the truck and I was quiet until we got to the restaurant. I didn't say anything until I ordered my drink. When I looked up, Caleb was staring at me.
"What?" I asked.
"Why aren't you talking?"
"I don't know."
"You saw Bryce with Danielle at the doctors office," he said.
"Yea. And?"
"And it bothered you."
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Because now they are going to know that I'm pregnant and I don't want no shit," I said.
"Why would there be any?"
"Because Danielle is messy."
"Oh," he said. It was quiet until we ordered our food and then it got back quiet.
"So what do you wanna do when we leave here?" he asked out of the blue.
"We can go get some diapers and wipes, look a cribs and stuff for the baby room," I said getting excited.
"Okay. Have you thought about what you want to do with the baby room?"
"Yeah. For a boy I want the room to be a baby blue and green with stickers of balls and stuff on the wall. I want the furniture to be maple colored if it's a boy. For a girl, I want the room to be pink and purple with flowers on the wall and her furniture will be white."
"Okay."
"It's a girl," I said.
"How do you know?"
"I just feel like it's a girl."
"Well I feel like it's a boy," he said smiling.
I smiled. "It's a girl," I said drinking some of my sweet tea. The waitress came with our food and I didn't say anything until I finished eating.
"Damn. You ate all that food that fast?" Caleb asked looking at me funny.
"Yes. I was hungry," I said taking some of his drink.
"You need to get in the habit of eating healthy," he said taking his cup from me.
"For what?"
"So the baby will be healthier. What you eat the baby eats also. And you eat fast food all the time."
"Okay. I'll think about it."
The waitress came with our bill and we paid and left. When we started riding, I fell asleep instantly. When I woke up, I was back at the house. I looked around for Caleb, but I saw he wasn't home. I turned the tv on and started watching a movie. Just as I did that, I heard someone knocking on the door. I went to answer it and saw that it was Bryce. I tried to slam the door, but he stopped it.
"How in the hell do you know where I live?" I asked getting mad.
"I didn't. I heard that we had a new young couple moving in the complex and I wanted to come show a little southern hospitality," he said smiling.
"Bryson if you don't get out my face with that bullshit," I said rolling my eyes.
"Alright look, I saw you at the doctors office with ya friend. You're pregnant?"
"It's not your business. And he's my boyfriend now and he should be coming back soon."
"The only reason you would be at that doctors office is if you're pregnant," he said.
"Once again, it's not your damn business now getcho ass from in front of my door," I said slamming the door. I went up to my room and got my laptop out and started looking at baby stuff online.
"What are you doing?" Caleb asked walking in.
"Looking at baby stuff," I said aggravated.
"What's wrong with you?" he asked.
"Nothing," I said getting up. I grabbed some pajamas out of my drawers and went into the bathroom to take a shower. When I got out, I got dressed and took my hair out the towel. I took my contacts out and put on my glasses. I walked out the bathroom and went downstairs to get a snack. I sat down at the island and laid my head down. Caleb walked in and wrapped his arms around me from behind and pulled me up. I turned around to look at him and he had this scary look in his eyes.
"What's wrong?" I asked him.
Without saying anything, he slapped me and I fell to the floor. He grabbed me by my hair and pulled me up. I screamed and he put his hand around my neck. I tried kicking him and trying to scream, but I got too light headed.
"Why was that nigga at the door?" he asked with his voice sounding deeper than normal.
"Who?" I asked crying and gasping for air.
He dropped me to the floor and hit me again.
"Don't play stupid with me bitch!" he yelled. "You cheating on me?"
"No," I said crying.
He walked closer to me and I got more scared. He grabbed his keys and walked out. I laid on the floor and started sobbing. I can't believe this is happening. He really just hit me. I got up and tried to walk up the stairs, but I fell. I just sat there and cried. I thought about my baby and started crying harder. What if I have a miscarriage? I got up and walked up the stairs very slowly and went to get my phone. When I got it, I dialed Mrs. Raymond's number.
"Hello?" she answered.
"Mrs. Raymond I need your help," I said shaking and crying.
"Alexis? What's wrong?"
"I need you to take me to the hospital."
"I'll be there soon," she said sounding worried. "What happened?"
"C-Caleb," I said starting to cry harder.
"Alexis, honey calm down. I'll be there shortly," she said hanging up.
I stayed on the floor crying until I heard someone open the front door. I got scared thinking that it was Caleb and went into the bathroom and locked the door.
"Alexis?" I heard Mrs. Raymond calling out.
I unlocked the door and left out the bathroom. I heard her walk up the stairs and walk down the hallway and into my room. She looked at me and walked up to me.
"What happened?" she asked looking at my face and neck.
"Caleb," I said softly.
"What did he do?"
"He saw Bryson at the door and it was like he just turned into a totally different person. His voice changed, his face, everything," I said starting to cry again.
"Okay sweetie," she said calmly. "Let me take you to the hospital." She started walking and I followed her. We got to her car and helped me get in. She drove fast so we got to the hospital quick. We got out and went into the emergency room. Mrs. Raymond walked up to the receptionist.
"Excuse me, my student has been into an accident and she's pregnant. She needs to see a doctor now," she said frantically. The receptionist got up and got a nurse. The nurse came out with a wheelchair and rolled me to the back. She brought me to a room and lifted me onto the hospital bed.
"Okay sweetie, do you have a parent or guardian with you?" she asked setting the blood pressure machine up.
"No ma'am," I said.
"Is there an adult here with you?"
"Yes. My old teacher, Tiffany Raymond."
"Okay. I'm going to go get her. I'll be right back," she said walking out of the room. The nurse came back with Mrs. Raymond and started talking.
"I'm going to take your blood pressure and check your heart rate," she said putting the blood pressure thing around my arm. "Relax your arm." I did what she said and looked at Mrs. Raymond and back at the nurse. She had a worried look on her face. "What's wrong?" I asked.
"You're blood pressure is really high," she said. "I'll be back," she said rushing out of the room. I looked at Mrs. Raymond and started crying. She rushed over to me and stroked my hair.
"I'm scared," I said.
"I know sweetie," she said wiping my tears. The nurse came back with a doctor and an ultrasound machine.
"Okay Alexis. Your blood pressure is extremely high which puts your baby in great danger," he said putting on gloves. "I need to do an ultrasound to see how the baby is doing so I need you to be as calm as possible." I nodded my and raised my shirt up. He put the gel on my stomach and started the ultrasound. I looked at the screen while he searched for the baby and then looked at everyone's faces. Then I looked back at the screen and broke down crying.
"I'm sorry Alexis, but unfortunately you've had a miscarriage," the doctor said.