Terminal 1

Heartache

A week later...
Atlanta Medical Center

"Good Morning Taylor's.." "Good Morning Dr. Fisher." They uttered nervously, as the doctor came in.

She's looking at Fatima's chart. "Well," she starts, "By the look of your chart. From your blood work and urine. You are indeed pregnant." She reported in a chipper monotone.

Zac smiles but Fatima gives a nervous smile, then Dr. Fisher says, "However," "What?!" Zac asked, noticing the change in her voice.

"It appears that Fatima still has her IUD placed," "what's that?" "It's my birth control Babe." Fatima murmurs, then says, "That's what scares me, Dr. Fisher."

"I know the risks of getting pregnant with the IUD being placed and quite frankly I'm scared of having a miscarriage." Fatima says,

Zac's heart sinks, "Can't we just take it out?" "It's not that easy." Her and Dr. Fisher answered him.

"The IUD is inserted to prevent pregnancy but in rare cases such as Fatima's, women can become pregnant. When this happens there is a higher chance of miscarriage..."

"FUCK!!!" Zac blurts from the news, as he gets up from the seat, pacing the floor.

Fatima grabs him by the wrist, pulling him close. Wrapping her arms around his waist as she lays on his back to calm him.

"What should we do?" "That's up to you..." Dr. Fisher says, "Although I don't recommend continuing with the pregnancy because that can cause premature birth, while Fatima develops some infections, there is also the rare case that nothing could happen and the baby comes out on time without any birth defects..."

It's silent for a moment, the Dr. Fisher says, "I'll give you two a moment." as she left Zac and Fatima in the examination room.

"What are we gonna do?!" Zac trembled with tears in his eyes.

"I don't know..." Fatima answered just as brokenly.

Meanwhile...

"BI MAMA!!!" "Hey Yani..." Big Ma uttered with her hand clinched to her chest, as she sat upright in her recliner after feeling a heartache over take her.

Iyonna woddels over to her, standing in between her legs, looking into her eyes with worry. "Big Ma's just fine..." she utters softly with a reassuring smile.

"Owcy uh-oh?" "Yeah, Big Ma has an "ouchy uh-oh" in my heart baby..." she told her, as a single tear fell from her eyes.

Big Ma knew something was wrong but couldn't pinpoint where it was coming from. On her last doctor's visit he gave her a clean bill of health and with Fatima being around, she's been making sure that Big Ma stays healthy by any means necessary, even if that means exercising at least twice a week. So the pain she was feeling in her heart, she knew it wasn't a heart attack because she's had one of those before, so she was completely aware of the symptoms.

"BI Mama..." Iyonna utters again to get her attention while she's deep breathing. "Come on Munchkin..." Big Ma said, getting up from the recliner holding out her hand for Iyonna to take, who happily do so.

"Let's go Pray..." "We pay.." Big Ma chuckles, from her words and excitement. "Yes Baby. We go "pay".." as they walked out of the living room to her prayer closet.

A few days later...

Buzz, Buzz, Buzz....Buzz, Buzz, Buzz....Buzz, Buzz, Buzz....

"Ayeeee Zac..." he answered, "What's good Bro?" "Nick..." Zac murmurs, "Do you think you and Mi can come down?" he asked.