The next morning when I woke up the smell of sweat lingered on me from the night before. I rolled over,forgetting dan was there.i heard an 'uhhh' noise and quickly rolled back over on my other side. Before I could ask if he was OK he pulled me on top of him,my back facing him.i giggled as he rubbed his nose on the back of my neck. "St-STOP!!! I can't breeth!" I screamed while laughing. I finally managed to flip over and meant to give him a kiss on the cheek but he moved and ended up giving him one on the lips. "I have to go!i have a doctors appointment."
I got in the shower and let the steam engulf me. that's when I heard the door creak open and a shadow getting closer on the other side of the shower curtain. I knew it was Dan cause who else has a 4 inch tall quiff? But what I didn't know was that he was going to rip the curtain off,WHEN I WAS COMPLETELY NAKED AND WET, and throw fresh snow all over me! I ended up falling into dan and knocking him over.Unfortunately the door was closed and so when he fell over I ended up getting squished against it. Dan got up and laughed at me and to make it even more embarrassing, he pulled out his phone and took a picture of me. I tried to cover myself up but I was to late. as soon as he put his his phone away he threw me a towel. I dried off and walked into my bedroom in the towel,still half naked. as I walked in, I looked for Dan and didn't see him so I continued on into the room. Again, I should have known, he jumped out and ripped the towel off of me. Again. luckily he didn't take a picture of me this time.
As I headed out the door I felt a cold breeze on my face. December had gone by fast, since Dan and I had spent almost every day and night together.
I got in my car and headed toward the doctors office. My doctor, Doctor Harrison, is a very nice man, about 70 or so years old. I've been with him since I was 17.
As I got out of my car I smelled that odd doctors office smell. Latex and soap. Ugh,I've always hated that smell for some reason.
I checked in and went to the waiting room. There were only 3 other people there and I sat as far as possible away from them. Shortly after I sat down they called my name and Doctor Harrison appeared.
"Hi Alexandria,how is your day?" Doc said. he has always called me Alexandria for some reason. other than my parents and on occasion, Dan, he is the only person to call me that.
"Good, and you?" I replied.
"I must say the same. So,first we are going to weigh and measure you. you know how it goes." So we did all the weighing and measuring and stuff that doctors do before actually consulting the patient. "You have a heathy height and weight. Now we are just going to do the checkup and you should be ready to go." He pushed on my stomach and asked if it hurt. Strangly, it did. then he did some more tests and then gave me the weird cup that you have to pee in. "I want you to go to the bathroom and urinate in this cup. Can you do that for me?" I nodded and walked toward the bathroom. all sorts of things were going through my head and I finally reached the bathroom and did as I was told. I put the cap back on the cup and gave it to the doctor. he ran through some more tests and the results nearly made me faint. "now Alexandria, I don't want to alarm you, but you are..." he hesitated and little which made me worry even more. I nodded acknowledging that he could continue. "Um, you are pregnant." All sorts of thoughts were going through my mind.'what am I going to tell Dan?' 'what about my parents?' and 'but we aren't even married yet?'. "that's not it." he said. Oh no, more bitter sweet news. "this one,not so good. you also have cancer." My face started turning red and the doctor came over asking if I was alright.
"Yah, I just need to step out of the room for a moment." I said in an about to hyperventilated voice. the rest of the afternoon went by and I got home around 1:00. "Dan? I need to talk to you!" I practically yelled. he rushed into the room frantically.
"Is everything alright?!" he said.
"Dan,were pregnant." I started to cry and he put his warm hands on my shoulders. I could feel them trembling and thought he was about to cry too. He pulled me in and hugged me and kissed me on top of the head.
"That's good!" I could tell he was choking on his words, trying to get past the fact that we had only been dating for a little over a year. "I promise I will stay with you! I will not be like those guys who go and screw a girl and then leave her." He said in his most promising yet soft,calm voices. he pulled me in even tighter and started crying along with me.
"That's not all." I had a really hard time getting this one out but I finally managed with the help of Dan."I also..I-I also have c-cancer!!!" I fell over on to him, my face landing on his chest and sobbing. I could hear his heart beating fast,then slow, and fast again.
"We will get through this together! I love you and nothing could make me think otherwise." this time fear flooded my body, and at the same time, passion. What Dan said made me cry even more, and when I lifted my head up to look at him, I saw my mascara had smeared all over his shirt.
"Sorry about your shirt!" I said through a laugh/cry.
