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There’s a doctor and a nurse, both lost in conversation before examining me. They suspect it’s kidney stones but insist on taking some scans. Before I know it, they send me to the x-ray room, then quickly back to bed where I’m forced to wait and drink a lot of water.
My eyes close, willing the pain to stop. I’m praying the scans will tell them it’s in fact stones and they can get these fuckers out of me. At this point, I’ll do or take anything to make it go away.
I find myself drifting in and out of sleep, despite all the noise around me. Time is lost on me, but then a hand touches my arm, forcing me to open my eyes. Beau is standing beside the bed with a panicked expression. How did he even know where I was? Or even allowed in here.
“Alexa, what’s happening? Joel told me you took yourself to the hospital,” he questions in a high-pitched tone.
“Pain… here…” I mumble, with a dry mouth. “It hurts. Doctor says it’s probably kidney stones.”
“Ah, fuck.” Beau winces, running his hand through his hair like always. “Can they give you something?”
“I’m begging. If they don’t listen to me, please beg them for me. It hurts.”
The doctor comes back with his chart, offering a warm smile. Why the fuck is he smiling when I’m dying? I’m about to tell him to shove his smile up his ass but also realize I have no energy to do so.
“The good news is the kidney stones are small enough that you’ll be able to pass them.”
How is that good news? The urinary tract isn’t exactly wide, long, or whatever you want to call it. IT’S SMALL!
“Can I have something for the pain?” I plead.
“We can administer pregnancy-safe painkillers.”
I glance at Beau for guidance, unsure what it means since I’m not following the doctor’s medical jargon. Beau’s face looks incredibly still, not at all confused like mine.
“Is that because I’m under twenty-one or something?”
Dr. Clarkson, which is his name on the badge, gazes at me oddly. He reads the chart again before looking at me again.
“No, Miss Edwards. It’s because you’re pregnant and can’t take certain medications like Ibuprofen.”
A sudden feeling of cold expands in my core, numbing my entire body as I stare at him in silence. His voice repeats in my head like a broken record.“No, Miss Edwards. It’s because you’re pregnant and can’t take certain medications like Ibuprofen.”
I shake my head, desperately needing to scream but nothing comes out of my mouth. This is just a bad dream. You will wake up from this.
Then, the heavy feeling inside my stomach takes a drastic turn for the worse. My body jerks forward, followed by a loud sound escaping my mouth. The room suddenly turns hot, and out of my control, I jerk forward again and vomit all over the bed.
Not once or twice, but three times.
And when I’m finally done, the tears fall upon my cheeks as I scream,“No!”
SIX
BEAU
“No, Miss Edwards. It’s because you’re pregnant and can’t take certain medications like Ibuprofen.”
A heaviness swells inside me, leaving me numb as the doctor drops the bombshell like it’s no fucking big deal.
The fluorescent lights are blinding, causing my vision to cloud as I stand beside Alexa’s hospital bed.This can’t be true.
I’m unable to open my mouth to ask questions, frozen entirely with the shock refusing to wear off. Then, Alexa sobs, followed by a blood-curdling scream.
It is enough to bring all my senses back, with the burning question that suddenly comes to mind.
We had sex only three weeks ago. I used protection.How can she be fucking pregnant?
It makes no fucking sense whatsoever. I’m not a major in science and shit like that, but surely, it’s too soon.
