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“I’m guessing with all the drinking last night and coffee, you’re not pregnant like Millie and Ava assume you are?”
Addy laughs. “Those two are impossible. No, I’m not. Masen and I have decided to wait. We have a lot of things we want to do first before welcoming a family. Not everyone has to have babies straight away you know.”
“I bet Dad said that.” I chuckle.
“He sure did.” Addy grins then breaks out into laughter with me. “I think for once you and I are his favorites.”
I raise my glass of juice to toast with my sister, but the second my arm is mid-air, a sharp pain hits my lower back.
“Ow,” I scowl.
“What’s wrong?”
“Just got this sharp pain in my lower back. Like a cramp but worse.”
Addy scrunches her face almost instantly. “Uh-oh.”
“Uh-oh, what?”
“Could be kidney stones.”
“Kidney stones?” I question in a raised voice. “How?”
“I don’t know, but Masen had them about six months ago, and it wasn’t pleasant. It started with the same pain in his lower back. He had to pass them and let me tell you, I’ve never seen a grown man cry like a girl before. Well, except for Eric.”
I shudder at the thought and pray it’s not because the last thing I need is to pass something through which I can only assume would hurt like hell.
“What should I do?”
“Just monitor over the next few days. If the pain stops maybe it was a one-off thing. If it persists, make sure you see a doctor straight away.”
“Okay, I will do just that.”
The pain went away, or so I thought. It came and went over the last week, but nothing I couldn’t handle.
I’m sitting in my economics class, trying to write down notes so I don’t miss a thing. The professor is a fast talker, making it even more challenging to keep up. Just as my pen runs out, a sharp pain stabs my side.
My eyes close immediately. Usually, it disappears so I just ride the uncomfortable wave.
The pain refuses to subside, forcing me to grab my side to stop it. I wait a few minutes, breathing in and out, but it stabs my side again.
“Hey, Alexa, are you okay?” Beau’s roommate Joel is sitting behind me. He leans over, placing his hand on my shoulder. “You look really pale.”
“I don’t know.” I almost cry. “I just have this pain that won’t go away.”
“Maybe go to the student health center or something.”
The professor stops his lecture, fixating his attention on me. I quickly tell him I’m going to see the nurse, ignoring everyone inside the room looking at me.Just fucking great.
My hands reach out for my things to pack them into my bag, but I suddenly lose strength.
“I’ll help you,” Joel insists.
I don’t even argue, thanking him for helping me, but also holding my arm as I barely manage to walk out. Instead ofheading to the student health center, I ask Joel to help me into a cab and head straight to the hospital. If what Addy said is true, a hospital is just what I need to pass these damn stones, which I’m assuming it is.
The cab ride is only supposed to be ten minutes, yet it feels like three hours. By the time we get to the hospital, my body has grown hot and feverish, with waves of nausea threatening me.
Inside the ER, I rush toward the person behind the desk and tell her my symptoms. Thank God she is nice, taking me straight to the back and a spare bed. I don’t care where I go, I’m just grateful to be surrounded by doctors who will hopefully take this pain away.
