THE SURROGATE: A LUKE BROOKS FAN FICTION

CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT

CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT

"Going up?" Luke asked as we walked into an elevator and he pressed random numbers. I nodded my head; buht stared blankly at the elevator doors as they closed in front of me. I noticed that Luke was trying to make small talk, buht I wasn't hearing a word that he said; I just stood there, holding onto my chain that I was wearing. I couldn't hear anything at that moment, because my mind was clouded with thoughts and judgments.

*LUKE'S P.O.V*

At this point, I had stopped speaking, because it was obvious that she wasn't listening to me at all. I hate it when she's in this state, because I know that that's the time her mind is just a complete battlefield, and what makes it worse is, she isn't going to tell me what she's thinking about because she doesn't want to burden me with her problems. Fuck! It frustrates me when she doesn't fully open up to me, buht at the same time, I can't say that I blame her. I stood there next to her, and just looked at her, trying to find the words to say that would hopefully cheer her up. I felt myself feeling a bit relieved as the elevator door went 'DING' and opened up at the doctor's office. Bella was still in a trance by the time we got out of the elevator, so it was up to me to walk her to the reception area. "Hi, uhm, we have an appointment with Dr. Dickson?" I asked the receptionist almost in a whisper. She looked up and gave us a nasty look, before sighing and saying "You're late again! She's waiting for you! You know where her office is... Or do you need directions?" she asked and went back to writing whatever she was writing. I rolled my eyes at her and lead Bella to Dr. Dickson's office. Bella snapped out of her trance when we stopped in front of her door. "Are you ready?" I asked, and she inhaled deeply before nodding her head.

*BELLA'S P.O.V*

I walked into Dr. Dickson's office, and looked ahead of me to find Dr. Dickson sitting in her seat, sitting and smiling as she was speaking to a couple. I knew who she was speaking to, simply by their appearance -the wife had naturally tanned skin, she wasn't very keen on wearing make-up, so all she had on was lip balm, her hair was short and she was wearing a nurse's uniform, so I take it she just came from work. Now her husband was a bit darker than she was, he was about 35, and he was very tall with a navy style hair cut, wearing blue Levi jeans, Adidas and a swamp green shirt; he was also very muscular- the people Dr. Dickson was talking to, were Mr. and Mrs. Freeman. As soon as she saw me, Mrs. Freeman stood up and gave me a massive hug, "Hi Bella!" she said excitedly. I awkwardly hugged her back and smiled as she broke the hug. "Hi Dr. Dickson" I said, walking awkwardly toward her and pulling out a chair that was next to Mrs. Freeman. Before I sat down, I looked at Luke who was still standing by the door; I indicated for him to come sit down, buht he shook his head slightly. Dr. Dickson must have noticed this, because she looked at Luke and, with a smile, said, "Sit down, come on, and don't be shy! We know each other already" Luke nervously obeyed and walked slowly forward and pulled out the chair that was next to me. I looked at Luke and mouthed, "Are you okay?" he looked back at me and nodded his head nervously -I honestly have no idea why he was suddenly so nervous- "So Bella, who's this handsome young man?" Mrs. Freeman asked, her Hazel eyes sparkling. I looked at her, and then introduced them, "Mr. and Mrs. Freeman, this is Luke... Luke, these are the Freeman's" Luke stood up immediately and shook their hands -I suppose he was nervous about meeting them- "So..." Dr. Dickson interrupted and cleared her throat, and all eyes were on her, "Well, I don't want us to be here longer than we should be, so I just want to ask you a few questions, make sure you're still okay and then we can get started on the ultrasound" she said, reading from a clipboard, and then looking up at us, still smiling. She did as she said she would, she asked a few questions -'How far along are you now?' 'Are you experiencing any pain?' you know, the usual questions associated with the health of mother and baby- "Well, let's get started then" she said getting up, and moving to a separate room that was in her office. The Freeman's and I followed buht I stopped in my tracks when I saw that Luke was still sitting. "Come on!" I urged him, buht he sat still. "I don't think I can go in there" he said shaking his head and making himself comfortable in the chair. I sighed deeply because I really wanted him there, so I decided to try the puppy dog face, "Please Luke?" I asked in my softest, most baby-like voice and I gave my best pout and sad face. He looked at me, and then looked away and sighed before getting up and saying, "You know I hate it when you do that face! I can't resist that face!" I smiled broadly as he said this and we walked into the room.