Aquila's world changes before her eyes as the man she meets in a bar, becomes the only thing she learns to fear. She wants nothing more to stay and continue loving him but his cruel abuse becomes too much to handle, leaving her with only one alterna...
I sit on the cold plastic exam table and I adjust a little, the paper beneath me wrinkles and rustles as I move and I sigh, my hands on either side of my thighs.
"When will we know what we're having?" Austin asks, after a very long time of silence. He hasn't said anything since we left his condo until now and I was okay with that. I didn't know what to say either.
"I'm sure in at least a couple weeks." I say, keeping my response short and straight to the point. The room falls silent again and I want to thank him for being here and being so caring and supportive but the words clog in my my throat.
There's a light knock on the door and it's opened by a physician, who rolls in equipment behind him and he gives a smile as he settles on the stool beside the exam table.
"You must be Aquila." He says, looking at me and I give a nod with a smile. "Nice to meet you, I'm Dr. Roe." He says, extending his arm out to me, his biceps inching to escape his tight short sleeved uniform and I shake his hand.
"This is my boyfriend, Austin." I say, introducing them and Austin leans over to shake his hand as well as Dr. Roe greets him.
"Alrighty then, let's get started." He says, checking my chart one last time before he sets it on the counter beside him. I lay back and he starts asking all sorts of questions and I seem to have so little answers.
He finishes off by asking me roll my shirt bellow the wiring of my bra and I do so, trying to relax as he pours cold gel just below my belly button.
Austin quietly stands on the other side of me, searching for my hand as his eyes are glued to the monitor beside me. Dr. Roe swirls a wand on my belly, spreading all the gel below my abdomen and he continues for a while until he stops and he clicks a few buttons, the sound of thumping invades my ears as I stare at the ceiling.
"There's your baby, Ms. Montgomery." He says and I look over at him and then the monitor, not exactly knowing what to look at. "Do you see that circle in the middle?" He asks as he demonstrates on the screen and I nod. "Well, your baby is in that circle." He smiles.
A grin blooms on my lips and I look at Austin, who's eyes are still glued to the monitor and then he glances at me, giving a quick smile.
"Any questions?" Dr. Roe asks and I look at him.
"Just one." I say and he gives a light head bob. "When can we know the sex?" I ask, for the sake of Austin and of course mine but mostly his.
"In about 2 and a half months. Your baby is very tiny, I would say maybe as small as a raisin so it's hard to tell but you'll know soon." He smiles before he excuses himself from the room and I sit up, wiping the gel of my belly and I pull my shirt down.
I jump off the exam table, picking up the strip of ultrasounds that sat on the counter and I smile as I look at the small little blob that shortly would be in my arms soon.
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