The Mediator's Child
1# The Birth
Chapter 1
I looked down at the stick I was holding in my hand. I gasped in amazement and dropped it. I quickly scrambled to pick it up. And looked at it again. I looked at the little blue "positive" on it. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry or to jump with joy. I was 27, happily married, living in a sweet little apartment and I was having a baby. Jesse's baby. I didn't want to tell him yet though, I wanted to get checked out by a doctor first. I picked up the phone and dialled the number.
"Hello. This is the maternal ward at Carmel Hospital." Said the voice of a woman receptionist.
"Yes hello, I would like to book an appointment for a maternity test please." I replied
"Ok. When would you like to have the appointment?"
"Um, as soon as possible please."
"Well, we have an opening for today at 2:00 pm. But it is with the on-call doctor."
"Um, yes that's fine." I glanced at my watch. 1:30. I can get there just on time.
"Yes, I'll need your name please."
"Oh, yes. Um Mrs Susannah de Silva."
"Thank you Mrs de Silva. We will see you soon."
"Thank you, goodbye." I hung up the phone. "I could be having a baby." I thought. A smile crept across my face. I grabbed my car keys and put my shoes on. Jesse was working at the hospital. "Hopefully he won't see me." I thought. I drove to the hospital and got there at 1:55. I walked into the maternity ward and looked for the waiting room. I went up to the desk.
"Hi, I'm Susannah de Silva. I reserved an appointment for 2:00pm." I said to the receptionist.
"Um, yes with the on-call doctor. Please take a seat." Said the receptionist. I sat down next to all the other women waiting for tests. I sat there for about five minutes when a woman came out of the doctor's office with a smile on her face. A nurse came out after her.
"Susannah?" She said.
"Um, yes that's me." I said standing up and walking to the door. I walked in and sat in a chair behind a screen.
"Yes, hello. Mrs..." Said an all to familiar voice.
"Jesse?" I asked.
"Susannah?" He said.
"Drat." I said. He was the on-call doctor. Now he's gonna ask why I'm here. Drat again.
"What are you doing here?" He asked.
"Isn't it obvious?" I told him. The nurse kind of realised who I was and left the room.
"Oh. Susannah-" He started.
"I don't know yet Jesse, that's why I'm here."
"Of course, lets continue with the tests then." And I did. It took a while and I had to sit in the waiting room for half an hour while the results came back from the lab. But half an hour later Jesse walked out.
"Suze." He said with a smile on his face.
"Jesse." I started. "That kind of gives it away don't you think?"
"Um, yes?" He said. "Oh well."
"Do I still have to come in?" All the other women gave me looks. Some were happy. Some were confused. Others were jealous.
"Yes." Jesse came over to me, took my hand and walked me to the room. I sat in the chair again.
"Congratulations." He said.
"Congratulations to you too Jesse." I said. He smiled.
"Well, you are 3 weeks along. And you are healthy, so everything is fine." He smiled again. Then kissed me.
"So are you happy?" I asked him.
"Of course I'm happy, why wouldn't I be happy? We're having a baby Suze. A baby querida." I kind of melted when he said "querida".
"Yes, we are." I smiled. "Do you have to work much longer?"
"You were my last patient." He smiled.
"Lets go then." I said.
"Um ok. I just have to change out of my scrubs and punch out first."
"Will you be long?"
"Um, fifteen minutes?"
"Ok, I'll wait then."
"Ok." He guided me to the hospital staff room and made me sit there since I was "with child" I should stay off my feet. So I sat there. He had just walked out, so I grabbed a magazine. A few minutes passed when a few women doctors walked in from the changing rooms. I knew men and women shared changing rooms, but I was very confident because I knew Jesse would never look at another woman that way. They were all smiling and gossiping.
"Did you see Jesse's abs?" One of them asked.
"Duh, who couldn't it was a sight to be appreciated." Said another.
"No kidding." Said another. They stopped when they saw me. They didn't recognise me as his wife. I was hidden behind the magazine. They didn't know who I was anyway. After a little while they continued again. I shifted uncomfortably as they described him. I hated hospitals. Ghosts everywhere. They were coming to me. Looking at me. I hated it.
After about fifteen minutes he walked out. Like he said. All of the women doctors sighed as he walked past. And kind of, made themselves more noticeable. They puckered their lips, and batted their eyelids. I mean, how old were these women, five? And did they not see the wedding ring on his finger? I looked at mine. My engagement ring was beautiful. I was a simple diamond, with small diamonds in the band and engraved on the inside was "My...". Then I looked at my wedding band, it was just plain silver and engraved on the inside was "...querida". Jesse walked straight past all of them. His eyes transfixed on me. He smiled at me and they all looked in my direction. They gave me funny looks. He got to where I was sitting.
"Jesse," I said. "Can I get up now?"
"Yes you may querida." He said and kissed me. All of their mouths dropped open. "Ha!" I thought. He took my hand and slowly helped me out of my seat.
"Jeez Jesse. I can still walk you know."
"I know, but you are so important to me I couldn't bear the thought of anything happen to you querida." As he said this my heart swelled with adoration for him. Even the other women doctors went "awww..." under their breath. I smiled. We had just got to the door when Jesse said;
"Oh, Suze. I forgot my car keys. Hold on." He took me back into the room and sat me on the chair again."Stay here."
"But Jesse-" I started. But he had already gone back into the locker room.
"So..." Started one of the doctors. "You're Jesse's wife."
"Um, yes. Suze de Silva."
"Does he always act like that around you?" Asked another doctor
"Mostly, now he's a bit more protective."
"Why?" Said another.
"Because-"
"Suze!" He said as he walked out of the room. "I've got the keys. I smiled. I already had the keys. I drove there. He came up to me again and took my hand and we walked to the car. He wouldn't let me drive. And when he did he drove at like 5mph.
When we finally got back to the apartment it was 3:30. He made me take the elevator up to the second floor. When I walked through the door, Jesse made me sit down immediately.
"Jesse." I said. " CALM DOWN. Ok? I can walk. I'm not disabled, I'm fine."
"Ok, ok. I am just a little over excited." Said Jesse.
"So..." I said.
"So... I guess, things are going to change."
"Yep. We'll have to move."
"Yes, into a house, with at least 2 bedrooms."
"Yeah, and buy a bigger car."
"Yeah, and a cot."
"And a playpen."
"And a changing table."
"And, I think we are getting carried away."
"Yes." I said.