"I can't believe were finally going to be parents!" Rachel squealed.
"I know I can't believe it either." Jake replied hugging Rachel.
Julie butted in, "What is all this yelling about? And in the bathroom?"
"Mum, I'm pregnant!" Rachel squeaked in a high pitched voice.
"Wow! Congratulations!" Julie replied, and hugged her daughter.
"What is all this commotion about?" Dave asked while walking into the bathroom.
"Dave, Rachel's pregnant!" Julie answered.
"Oh wow. That's great news."
Nathan then walked into the bathroom "Why is everyone in here?"
"Rachel's pregnant." Dave quickly explained.
"Oh cool congrats little sis!" Nathan yelled over all the chatter and walked over to give Rachel a hug.
A distant voice yelled out from the front door, "Hello?"
"Were in here." Dave yelled from the bathroom.
"What's everyone doing in here?" Ben asked.
"Rachel's pregnant!" Julie explained to her son.
"Awesome!" Ben yelled out to Rachel.
Suddenly Rachel's tone changed, "uh, guys?"
Everyone turned in Rachel's direction.
"I think I'm going to vomit." This was enough to make everyone hurry out the door.
-one month later-
"Rach. You've been in there for a solid 10 minutes now. You okay?" The sound of the toilet flush was slowly followed by the door being unlocked and Rachel walked out.
"Gosh I hate morning sickness." Rachel said as she walked past Jake, "I need to get ready for work."
"I am so glad I'm not a girl." Jake murmured as he walked into the bathroom.
Rachel sighed as she walked into her room. She felt like crap and especially didn't want to go to work today. She picked out her outfit and started getting changed. She caught a quick glimpse of her reflection in the mirror and gasped. She quickly turned back in the direction of the mirror and saw that her belly had grown a bit. A smile grew slowly on Rachel's face. Just as she was doing this, Jake walked into their room.
"Wow. That is amazing." Jake said in awe.
"I know? There's a little thing growing in my body." Rachel replied.
"It's amazing."
"You're still right to come to the ultra-sound with me this arvo aren't you?" Rachel asked Jake while she got her shoes on.
"Oh crap sorry I forgot. I'm not sure if I can get off.."
"Are you serious? We've known about this for a week and you forgot? I can't bel.."
"Rach I'm kidding! Of course I remembered. I even got the afternoon off so we could go out for afternoon tea." Jake quickly replied.
Rachel hit jakes stomach "I can't believe you! You make a joke out of everything." She said hugging him.
"I have to go. I'm going to be late. 2.30 yeah?"
"I promise. And then afternoon tea okay? " Jake added.
"Yes okay. Bye babe." Rachel replied kissing jake on the lips.
"Bye." Jake replied.
"Bye mum, bye Dad." Rachel yelled out.
"Bye sweetheart." Julie yelled back.
Rachel left for work. While she was driving, she kept thinking about all the wonderful things her and Jake would do for the baby. All through the day she kept thinking about the ultra-sound.
Hayley finally whispered, "Rachel, hellooo.."
"Gosh, was I daydreaming again?"
"Yes you were. Why do you keep doing this? I sit across from you every day and you expect me to just sit here and not wonder what you're thinking about? Spill!"
"Okay, just..don't overreact and don't tell anyone until after this afternoon. I'm pregnant."
"Wow! When did this happen? Why can't I tell anyone until after this afternoon? Why wasn't i alerted of this until now?" Hayley blabbered.
"Sssshh! I told you to keep it down. It's been a month. This afternoon is our first ultra-sound. I can't stop thinking about it!"
"wow that is amazing! I better have first look tomorrow at the pictures!" Hayley assured Rachel.
"You will be. I promise."
After Lunch, Rachel and Hayley were talking about how the ultra-sound works.
" Speaking of Ultra-sounds I actually have to go. Time to see this little tadpole living inside of me." Rachel whispered excitedly.
"Ooh good luck." Hayley replied.
"Thanks." Rachel quickly replied before grabbing her coat to go. She basically skipped out of the office she was that excited. As soon as she got to the doctors, she began looking around for Jake. Just as he said, he was waiting outside the hospital.
"Ready?" Rachel asked excitedly .
"Yep. Let's do this." Jake replied. They both walked into the hospital, and after asking the nurse for directions, made their way to the obstetrician. When they finally got into the room to get the ultra-sound, Rachel was beyond excitement. She looked up and smiled at Jake. He smiled back.
"Now this is going to be a little cold." The nurse said while squirting a gel-like substance onto Rachel's stomach.
"And this is your baby." The nurse said while pointing at the monitor.
"I can't believe it. That's our baby." Rachel said in awe. Suddenly the nurse's look changed.
The nurse then said, "I'll be right back." Rachel looked up at Jake with a worried look on her face.
"What did she mean by 'I'll be right back'. Is there something wrong?"
Just as she finished the doctor came in.
"Let's take a look at your baby." The doctor stated with a smile. As he said this he re-applied the gel onto Rachel's stomach. He ran the monitor over her stomach.
"Mr's Barton, there seems to be an interesting looking lump on your baby's chest. It's too early to tell at this stage but it could just be a part of development. I've never seen this before. We will know for sure at around 4 weeks."
Rachel looked at the Doctor with a horrid look on her face. Tears started welling up in her eyes.
Jake put his hand on her shoulder and kissed her cheek. "It's going to be okay Rach."
Rachel just stared at the ceiling. Somehow, she knew her baby wasn't okay.
End of chapter. Hope you enjoyed it. Please review!