Hi^^ Sorry, a new story… but I'm writing it very quickly so I'm sure it won't be long until the end… I hope you like it^^
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Pregnant - 1
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"Pregnant?" Martha said almost laughing "I'm sorry, doctor Saroyan, but… It's impossible"
"I know about your infertility problem, Mrs. Kent, this is why I repeated the test twice… And it says you are pregnant" the doctor said looking at Martha "I've talked with your doctors in Kansas and they've told me you got pregnant a few years ago, so it wouldn't be so weird… Anyway, I'd like to do an echography right now"
"Yes, please" Martha said, still keeping that funny smile on her face.
She got undressed and laid down while the doctor prepared everything, a while later, she pointed at the black and white screen.
"You see, that's the baby… It's just five weeks old right now, so it's hard to see anything but a spot in the screen, I know… but… there's a baby growing up in there, Mrs. Kent" the doctor said while Martha kept looking at it not believing it "I recommend you to have a lot of rest, no stress… and if anything gets wrong, please, come here… we don't want to lose this baby too…"
"It's not possible" Martha insisted in a whisper.
"Why do you keep saying that?" the doctor giggled "Maybe it's not the right moment…?"
"No… it's just that I didn't… it doesn't matter… Thank you doctor Saroyan" Martha left the clinic in a hurry and called her secretary to cancel all her meeting of the day… Definitely she needed some rest.
The next morning the doorbell woke her up very early. She covered herself with her groan and crossed the corridor with short steps. Without asking, she opened the door and looked at the man standing outside.
"Lionel?"
"Good morning!" he said stepping in.
"What are you doing in Washington so early?" she said, still sleepy, closing the door.
"I read your e-mail, you said you needed to talk with me… So I came as soon as I could"
"Well… thanks but… you didn't need to come so… fast"
"Oh, did I wake you up? I'm sorry, I wanted to have a coffee before coming to give you some time but, I couldn't wait…"
"It's ok… but let's have that coffee first, please" she said, going to the kitchen, followed by Lionel. She served a coffee for him and a tea for her and some toasts, and they went to the living room.
"So, what is this that you have to tell me?"
Martha took her handbag from one side of the couch they were sitting on, and took out a file that handed to Lionel. He opened it and took the documents out.
"It seems an… echography?" he said
"That's exactly what it is" Martha replied "I'm pregnant"
"Are you?"
"At least that's what the doctor says"
"Well… Congratulations, then"
"Thanks…" Martha said.
"I didn't know you… I mean, I thought… Can I ask you who is… the father?"
"I don't know"
"Oh"
"No! Do not… it's not 'oh', ok?. I… For god's sake, I haven't have sex with no one else than my husband, so it's not 'oh'. I don't know who the father is because… there is no physical possibility for me to be pregnant… at least not that I know"
"But that's…"
"I know…" Martha answered desperately "Look… I'm asking you because I don't know who else can help me… I'm carrying a baby of who-knows-who and I need to know what happened…" she broke down now, and Lionel could notice a few tears on her eyes "I can't go to the police with my story, and Clark can't know anything about this…"
"Aright… but, how can I help?"
"It happened at the Christmas party we all had… it was something informal, you know, the people of the office, other senators, secretaries… everybody… I started to feel dizzy so I decided to call a cab and go home… after that the next thing I remember is waking up on my bed, naked" they looked at each other and then Martha continued "I didn't care about it until I realized I do am pregnant… Lionel, I need to know what happened. Will you help me?"
"I will" he said, holding both of her hands and leaving a soft kiss on them.
After having a shower and get dress, Martha came back to the living room wearing a nice blue dress.
"Do you have to go to work today?" Lionel wondered.
"No, I asked for a couple days off after getting the news"
"Great… because I've cancelled all my meetings until new order so, we're going out to do some shopping"
"What? Why have you done that?"
"I'm going to stay in Washington until we clear up everything… and not just that, you're pregnant, so you can't be on your own… you're going to need someone around and… if you don't want to tell Clark yet…"
"No… not until I think on something to tell him"
"Then you won't be able to convince me not to stay"
"Ok…" she finally sighted "But the guest's rooms of the apartment is absolutely empty"
"I've noticed that, and this is why we're going shopping… I want to be the closer I can from you, and I'm going to become your servant"
"Oh, Lionel… you're so sweet"
"I know" he joked "I'm going to treat you like a queen. Now, let's go" he said holding her jacket.
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TO BE CONTINUED…