Misguided

Its A ____!

A week had passed and it was time for the ultrasound. Andrew woke up and took a shower. He threw on a red v-neck and jeans. Heather texted him.

From: Heather ❤️

We'll pick you up at 9:30

To: Heather ❤️

Ok

He looked at the time, it was 9:00. He finished getting ready and laid down with his phone in his hands. He went on twitter first. He tweets "Kinda nervous but excited! 😨😄." He clicked his home button and scrolled through his pages filled with apps. He was looking for a game to play but all his games weren't entertaining. Instead he went on YouTube. He scrolled up and down the "Featured" page but found nothing. He typed in the search bar "Dad and baby." He watched tons of videos of dad's playing with their kids. He smiled and a warm feeling filled his body.

He was interrupted by a car horn. He slipped his phone into his pocket and looked out his window to see Heather's mom's grey Nissan Altima. He grabbed a jacket and ran down the stairs.

"Andrew where are you going?" His mom yelled from the living room.

"Heather's ultrasound!"

"Let me know how it goes sweetie."

He slipped out the door and ran to the car. He opened the door and hopped in the back seat.

"Someone's excited!" Heather joked.

"Just a little." He smiled and leaned forward to give her a kiss on the check.

"I'm nervous!"

"Why?" He looked confused.

"I'm about to see what's living inside of me!" She laughed.

"Oh yeah huh!"

After a ten minute drive they arrived at the hospital. They walked through the doors and went towards the family center. They approached a desk and a short blonde haired woman with glasses.

"May I help you?" She smiled.

"We're here for an ultrasound."

"Name of patient?"

"Heather Silva"

"Oh yes, the doctor will be right out to take care of you. Please take a seat." She gestured towards the chairs in the waiting room. They all walked to them to take a seat. Heather was only a month and a week pregnant but her baby bump showed. Then again she's always been so fit that of course it would be noticeable. She got up and went to the restroom to look at her stomach. Tears filled her eyes, she was unsure if they were out of happiness or sadness.

*knock, knock*

She quickly turned the sink on and rinsed her face "yes?" She mumbled while drying off her face.

"The doctor's are ready baby." Andrew's voice sounded so soft, the way it did whenever he'd tell her he loved her.

"Ok I'll be right out." She looked in the mirror to see if you could see that she's been crying. You couldn't. She open the door and smiled while walking towards Andrew and her mom.

"Hi I'm Doctor Carter." He smiled and held his hand out.

"I'm Heather." She shook his hand.

"So are you both coming back?" He asked her mom and Andrew. They both looked at each other.

"It'll just be him." Her mom smiled.

"Ok come around back." The doctor gestured.

Andrew turned towards Heather's mom "are you sure you don't wanna come back?"

"No, I'm ok. Go see your baby." She smiled.

"Thank you." He followed behind the doctor and Heather. The doctor led them into a room.

"Heather go ahead and lay down on the chair. Nurse Jones will be here soon to do the ultrasound while I do blood work ok?"

"Blood work?" Her voice shook.

"Nothing crazy, I just need a small tube of blood to test for anything harmful towards the baby." He chuckled.

"Oh of course." She relaxed as the doctor drew blood from her arm. Andrew was holding her hand the whole time. The doctor put a bandaid where he had stuck the needle in.

"The nurse will be here shortly!" He walked out of the room.

A short five minutes passed, they heard a knock on the door. It opened and a tall long brown haired girl with glasses and in scrubs walked in.

"Hi I'm Nurse Jones!" She said.

"Hey." Heather lightly smiled.

"How are you two doing today?"

"Great!" Andrew smiled.

"That's good."

"Are you the father?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Nice to see a young man take responsibility for his child."

"Thank you." His cheeks got hot.

"Ok let's get started! Can you pull your shirt up for me sweetie?"

"Of course." Heather pulled her shirt up over her stomach.

The nurse put on gloves and grabbed the ultrasound gel. She squirted a good amount on Heather's stomach.

"Wow that's cold!" She said as her body lightly jolted.

Both Andrew and the nurse laughed. The nurse rubbed the gel around her stomach. She glided the transducer on her stomach and pointed at the screen.

"There's the head!" She smiled.

"Damn." Andrew said in amazement.

"And it's a.."