Blood Money - The Sequel

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"Mrs. Keenan?" A woman asks, walking in my room.
"Yes?" I respond.
"Hi I'm Dr. Patson. Could we talk alone?" She asks.
"Guys" I nod for them to go out but Tom sits firmly in his spot.
"Why? Is she okay?" He asks.
"Tom." I get his attention, his eyes flicking over to mine. "It's okay."
"You sure?" He asks.
"Positive." I nod, giving his hand a squeeze.
"Alright..." he sighs, walking out of the room with Petra.
Dr. Patson rounds my bed, grabbing the rolling chair and sitting down.
"Feeling better?" She asks with a smile.
"Yes. Much." I nod.
"Good. We've got your test results back. It turns out you passed out from low blood pressure and anemia." She says. Could have guessed that myself.
"That's it? Okay. Easy fix" I nod.
"There is one more thing" she says.
"Oh.. what is it?" I ask.
"Aria you are pregnant." She says and my eyes widen. My mouth instantly dries out. What! How could I be pregnant?!
"I'm- I'm pregnant? What?" I question.
"It seems your six weeks." She informs me.
"But I haven't even felt nauseous or anything!" I say. "In fact I haven't felt any different.."
"Some women are lucky enough to have no major symptoms. Have you missed your period?" She asks.
Oh my god..
I have missed my period. I just didn't notice because of all the shit going on lately..
"Oh no.. I drank the other night! I didn't know!" I say worriedly.
"We will send you to your obgyn to get checked, but your baby seems healthy so far. Just don't drink anymore. One time is not likely to harm, don't worry." She calms my anxiety.
How did this happen?! I'm on the pill..this wasn't suppose to happen..
"We'd really like to send you over to our obgyn to check the babies health, is that okay?" She asks.
"Yes of course" I nod. "Could you let my friends know I'm getting a couple more tests and that I'm fine?"
"Yes, I will let them know." She nods.
I'm taken to the obgyn. The woman greets me warmly and says she's going to do an ultrasound and listen to the babies heart beat to make sure everything's alright. This is all moving so fast.. had I not been selfish this past week maybe I would have noticed..
She lifts my gown up, squirting the cool gel and using the white wand to smooth it over my stomach. I notice a tiny bump, realizing it's been there this past week, I just thought I was getting fat from eating snacks with the twins.
She watches the screen, moving the wand around for a while. My anxiety builds as she sits silent, why isn't she telling me what's going on?
"So see this dark shadowy spot?" She finally asks, pointing to a part of the screen.
"Yeah" I nod.
"Right here" she points to a white spot in the black spot. "Right here is your baby."
I smile when I see the little blob. Okay maybe I shouldn't call it a blob but that's what it looks like! It's so cute! And small!
I start to hear a weird sound, almost like the ocean?
"That's the heart beat. Your baby sounds very healthy." She informs me.
Oh my god.. there's a baby, with a heart beat, inside of me.. that's my baby.
Mine and Harrison's baby..
"Is there a father you'd like to invite in to see this?" She asks.
"I don't thinks it's a good idea to just put this on him.." I say hesitantly.
"No worries, I can give you copies of the ultrasound if you'd like?" She questions.
"Yes. I'd love that. Thank you so much." I say.
She hands me a warm wet towel to clean off my stomach. I wipe it clean and she walks back over to me, handing me an envelope with the photos in it.
"You will need to make an appointment with your doctor to get a thorough first check up on the baby, but don't worry, your baby is healthy." She says.
"Thank you.."
I get my clothes, changing back into them and they release me.
I walk out to the waiting room, feeling a wide range of emotions. From fear, to happiness.. and everything in between.
"Hey? You're okay?" Tom stands up quickly, walking over to me.
"Just anemia. No biggie." I say. "She gave me some pills for it."
"Thank god. I was scared" he sighs, hugging me.
I look behind him to see Petra and Haz.
He walks over to me, and Tom steps aside, walking back towards Petra.
"I'm sorry.. I know I shouldn't have come.." he sighs.
"No it's okay" I shake my head.
"It is?" He asks, surprised by my reaction.
"Yeah" I nod with a smile.
His bright blue eyes light up, his fingertips grazing mine from the close contact.
"Thank god you're okay!" Petra interrupts our moment, hugging me tightly.
"You're coming home with me. Need to keep an eye on you." Tom says.
"Alright" I nod. "Petra could you let the twins know?"
"Yes. Now never scare me like that again." She warns and I laugh.
"I promise."
We leave the hospital, and I get in the car with Tom and Haz. Tom nags me the whole drive about how the pills won't be enough and how he's going to force feed me all the spinach in the world. I roll my eyes at my brothers concern, he doesn't even know the half of what's going on with me and he's already going crazy. I can only imagine his reaction when I tell him I'm pregnant with his best friends baby.. it's going to be hell on earth.
"Tom calm down it's not that big of a deal" I laugh.
We get home and Haz opens my door for me, being the gentleman he is. He holds out his hand to me, and I hesitantly take it, letting him help me out of the low sports car.
His eyes wander my face. They say 'I miss you'
Not only is this the love of my life, but now the father of my child. We may have our issues, but now I know we need to work them out. I will not have a broken family. I won't do that to my baby.

A/N: okay hi! This was a big chapter, and exactly the direction I wanted to take this book. I know some of you won't be happy about it but I'm so excited to write this!