Unexpected

Infiltration

Chapter 11

"What?" A cold feeling started to grow in Sora's chest. She could hear only her heart pounding as the blood rushed to her head. She hoped she'd misheard.

"I said you're pregnant!" She said with a smile. "Congratulations!" She put her arms around Sora in a tight embrace, not as a doctor, but as a friend. The contact should have warmed her, but all Sora felt was the ice spreading through her veins. Dr. Kate pulled away and kept her hands on Sora's shoulders, her smile faded when she saw the look on Sora's face. Now you'd think she would at least look shocked after hearing such news, but her face was completely blank, Sora wouldn't meet her eyes; they were fixated on but not really seeing a spot on the wall.

The cold feeling spread to Sora's limbs. "I can't be…" she whispered in disbelief, her mind was blank. "I never even-" Her voice cracked, her throat suddenly dry. She stopped. She thought back a little and her thoughts suddenly stopped at about a month and a half earlier. The party. She drank and the rest was a blur until the next morning when she woke up… naked in Leon's bed.

Her stomach twisted violently. "Trashcan." Sora whispered.

"Excuse me?"

"Where's the trashcan?" Sora's voice came a little stronger and she suddenly pitched forward, finding the trashcan and spilling the contents of her nearly empty stomach, violating the plastic bin. Dr. Kate was rubbing her back sympathetically and holding back her purple hair. She stood up and walked to the door, calling out for some water. When it came she brought the cup to Sora who quickly used it to rinse her mouth.

"The morning sickness should go away in about two months, I know that sounds bad, but it'll go by in a flash." She tried to sound sympathetic.

Morning sickness? That's what was happening?

Of course she had noticed that her period was late but she had thought that it was just stress, I mean it wasn't all that uncommon for stress to cause something like that. She had also attested her nausea to the stress of staging a new show and being a part of a wedding party, among other things she didn't really want to bring herself to think. She never would have thought that she was pregnant! She thought she might have just caught some kind of bug that was going around. She never would have guessed this when she made the appointment the day before.

Sora's heart nearly stopped. This whole time she thought she had the flu; she had been taking cold medicine and pain medicine. Suddenly she was scared, no, terrified, what if her carelessness and ignorance hurt the baby she was now carrying. It would be all her fault. Tears started to flow down her face; she panicked. She gripped Dr. Kate's hand so hard that she winced.

"I took medicine!" Sora cried. "I didn't know! What if it hurts it?!" She was nearly hysterical. Her eyes became watery as she searched Dr. Kate's face some kind of sign.

Dr. Kate gently stroked her hand. "It will be fine." She said softly. "It's not all that uncommon for a woman to mistake pregnancy for something like the flu. We'll just need to keep an eye on the baby's health over the next few months, okay?" She gently smiled and stroked Sora's back. It wasn't uncommon for women to be shocked when they first find out they are pregnant. She looked at her watch.

"Listen, Sora, I have another appointment, but here's my number" she quickly wrote it down on a sticky note, "you can call me anytime, whether you have a question or just need to talk to someone, mood swings are normal and you need to make sure you rest, you are obviously very tired and you absolutely need to make sure you eat, even though you feel sick you need to keep your help up. I'll make you an appointment with our maternity ward so you can get a checkup and prescription for pre-natal vitamins. Do you have any questions you want me to answer?"