Disclaimer: I still don't own 'Pirates of the Caribbean'. Or any of the awesome characters. Sad, I know. I just own the plot and anything having to do with the modern events that go along with it.
Author's Note: Sorry I didn't update when I said I would. We had family over for a few days last week that we hadn't seen in quite awhile. So, I didn't really have a lot of time to write while they were here. I've also hit several bouts of writer's block on this chapter. I couldn't decide who I wanted Elizabeth's doctor to be, and I also couldn't decide when I wanted to bring Jack into the story. And I'm sorry that this chapter is so medical-oriented. I felt that I had to get some of that out of the way, so if you don't like it, then I'm sorry. I, personally, don't really care for it either, but…yeah…
Well, here's chapter two! I hope you enjoy it. Oh, and my mind is blanking on ideas for this story; because I had originally only planned for this story to be a oneshot, I didn't really think about what I would write about after the first chapter. So, if any of you have any ideas about what you'd like to see in this story (no serious drama though, like people kidnapping Elizabeth; I'd like it to stay centered around her pregnancy, so any mild pregnancy drama would be fine), please let me know in a review! If I like it, I'll most-likely use it sometime in the story. And, of course, you'll be credited for your idea if I do decide to use it. Thanks!
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Chapter: A Visit
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"She'll see you now, Mrs. Turner. Just follow me right this way."
Elizabeth smiled at the receptionist, standing up from her chair in the waiting area to follow the older woman.
"No Mr. Turner today?" The receptionist asked conversationally as she walked alongside Elizabeth.
Elizabeth shook her head disappointedly. "No. He has to work. He really would've liked to come though." I really wish he had. Elizabeth sighed.
The receptionist nodded. "Here we are!" She stopped in front of a plain, solid white door. "After you, dear." She opened the door and stepped aside, allowing Elizabeth entry.
"Thank you." Elizabeth smiled at the older woman.
The receptionist quietly closed the door behind Elizabeth. "Alright, dear, just take a seat on that chair over there." She pointed to an odd-looking chair, with stirrups hanging off of the end.
Elizabeth stared at the chair for moment before turning back to look at the receptionist. "Um… I sort of thought we were going to be in an office?"
The older woman looked confused. "Aren't you here for your annual check-up?"
Elizabeth shook her head. "No, I came to discuss-"
"When was the last time you had a check-up, dear?" The receptionist interrupted.
"Uh," Elizabeth thought for a moment, "never. I've never been to a gynecologist before."
The older woman narrowed her eyes at Elizabeth. "How old are you?"
"Twenty-five," Elizabeth stated casually. "Why?"
The receptionist stared, open-mouthed, at Elizabeth for a moment. "Why..? Well, because you're a woman."
Elizabeth shrugged. "So?"
"So," the older woman continued, "women need to have certain things checked out at least by the time they turn twenty-one…. Surely, you would've known that."
Elizabeth shrugged again. "I have no recollection of ever being informed of that."
"Wouldn't your mother have at least told you that?" The receptionist asked.
Elizabeth's eyes clouded over. "No, my mother died when I was young girl."
"Oh," the older woman's face softened, "I'm terribly sorry to hear that."
Elizabeth gave the woman a small smile. "It's alright."
"Well," the receptionist sighed, "I guess now would be the opportune time to have your first gynecological check-up then, yes?"
"I suppose," Elizabeth agreed. "But, what exactly happens at a gynecological check-up?" Elizabeth asked cautiously.
"You usually have a Breast Exam, a Pelvic Exam, and a Pap test," The receptionist replied simply. "But, considering this is your first time, we'll just have the gynecologist perform a Pelvic Exam today."
"And what is that exactly?" Elizabeth prodded somewhat apprehensively.
"It's just a simple test really," the older woman explained. "The doctor comes in, asks you to slip off your knickers, and checks your ovaries, your cervix, your uterus, etcetc."
"I have to slip off my knickers?" Elizabeth asked, surprised.
"Well, yes," the older woman chuckled. "How else is the doctor going to be able to check to make sure everything is working properly?"
"Um, can't she just use an ultrasound machine or something?" Elizabeth asked, the hairs beginning to rise on the back of her neck.
The older woman continued to chuckle. "Don't worry, dear. It's not a huge deal. Everything will be perfectly fine. Now, please, just take a seat in that chair over there. The doctor will be in momentarily." With that, the receptionist turned to leave.
"Oh," The receptionist added, turning back around to hand Elizabeth a hospital gown, "and change into this as well."
"Okay," Elizabeth said nervously as she took the garment from the older woman.
Elizabeth thanked the woman as she quietly left the room, leaving Elizabeth alone with her thoughts. Elizabeth sighed nervously as changed out of her clothes. I wish Will was here to sit with me. She took several long, deep breaths, attempting to calm herself down, so she would not seem nervous when the doctor arrived. Just as she finished tying the back of the gown together, the door opened and the doctor walked into the room.
"Hello! I'm Dr. Saldana. You must be Mrs. Turner?" The doctor greeted Elizabeth cheerily.
Elizabeth nodded as she shook the female doctor's hand politely.
"When was the last time you had a Pelvic Exam, Mrs. Turner?" The doctor asked as she began to flip through Elizabeth's information on her clipboard.
"I've never had one," Elizabeth stated for the second time that day.
"How old are you?" The doctor asked suspiciously, just the receptionist had, looking up from her clipboard.
"Twenty-five," Elizabeth stated, again, meekly.
The doctor looked surprised to say the least. "Honestly?"
Elizabeth nodded. "My mother died when I was very young, and I don't have very many female friends, so it just never really occurred to me to go and get one."
"But, you're married," The doctor stated matter-of-factly.
"Yes," Elizabeth said simply.
"You're supposed to see a gynecologist before you get married, just to discuss the issues of unsafe sex and whatnot." Dr. Saldana was shocked. She had never a patient who had gone this long without seeing a gynecologist before. She simply thought that Elizabeth had been switching doctors.
"Again," Elizabeth repeated, "It just never occurred to me. And no one said anything about going to see a doctor. I suppose I just assumed my husband and I would use a condom and we would be fine."
"Well," the doctor sighed, "I suppose you should have your first Pelvic Exam now then."
"Yes, that's what the receptionist said as well," Elizabeth agreed nervously.
The doctor gave her patient what she hoped to be a reassuring smile. "It'll be perfectly fine. You have no need to worry. Now, would you please slide off your knickers and place your feet in these stirrups for me?"
Elizabeth complied, though somewhat hesitantly. Now I really wish Will was here to sit with me. I would quite like to hold onto his reassuring hand right about now. Elizabeth tried to remain calm as the doctor begun the exam. Elizabeth gasped as she felt a cold metal object unexpectedly slide into her and stretch out her opening.
"It's alright, Mrs. Turner," Dr. Saldana reassured her upon hearing her gasp, "it's only there so I can see inside and make sure everything is working properly."
"Okay," Elizabeth said shakily.
"Just take some deep breaths to try and calm yourself. I promise this'll only take another couple of minutes."
Elizabeth took several deep breaths as the doctor instructed. She then closed her eyes and began to think of Will. It was then that Elizabeth's prior nervousness began to slowly ebb away.
The doctor finished within minutes, as promised, and instructed Elizabeth to change back into her clothes as she went to check something with one of the other doctors. As Elizabeth was slipping her shoes back on, the doctor came back into the room and quietly closed the door.
"Mrs. Turner," the doctor began happily, "I have some wonderful news."
"What is it?" Elizabeth inquired eagerly.
"You're pregnant!" Dr. Saldana exclaimed.
"Yes, I know," Elizabeth replied simply.
The doctor knitted her eyebrows together. "You do?"
Elizabeth nodded.
"Then, why didn't you inform me or my receptionist when you first came in?" The doctor asked.
Elizabeth shrugged. "I tried to tell your receptionist, but she was so insistent about me getting a Pelvic Exam and lecturing me on how I shouldn't have waited this long to come in that I just decided to wait until after I had it to let you know."
The doctor sighed. "Well, you did need one, so I suppose it's alright."
"Was that actually the reason you came here for?" Dr. Saldana added.
Elizabeth nodded. "Yes and no. I knew that I needed to see a gynecologist, seeing as I am indeed pregnant. But, I really came here to ask you some questions and to set up some appointments for monitoring the pregnancy."
"Well, I guess you'll get to have the best of both worlds today, huh?" The doctor smiled. "Ask me anything you'd like to know, then we'll have my receptionist come back in to make up a schedule of times for you to come in."
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"Ugh…" Will ran his fingers through his curly, brown hair as he sighed impatiently. "How long did she say her appointment was going to be, again?"
The couple's mutual friend, Jack Sparrow, rolled his eyes for what he thought to be the fiftieth time that day. "Relax, mate. Lizzie's most-likely fine. You know her, she's probably jus' askin' a million questions about the pregnancy."
"You're probably right, but her appointment begun almost four hours ago! Wouldn't that worry you just a bit?" Will sighed again as his friend sat down next him and reassuringly patted him on the back.
"William, ye worry far too much for yer good sometimes. Jus' relax." Suddenly a thought came to Jack that he thought might cheer Will up a bit. "Hey, at least we now know one thing is fer sure, mate."
Will looked over at Jack. "What's that?"
"We now know that yer most definitely not a eunuch!" Jack exclaimed happily.
Will laughed, just as Jack had hoped. "Jack, I always knew that I wasn't a eunuch."
"Yes, but now everyone else will know as well. And that's a good thing! 'Cuz I don't think being a eunuch would be particularly all that fun…"
Will rolled his eyes. "Yes, Jack, that would be heartbreaking."
"Oi!" Jack shot back. "You know I'm right, William."
Will rolled his eyes again. As Jack and Will continued to talk, the sound of the front door opening was heard. Elizabeth was home.
"Will?" Elizabeth called out as she hung up her coat in the closet next to the front door.
"We're in here!" Will and Jack replied in unison.
"Ah, Jack." Elizabeth smiled as she entered the parlor where the two men had been chatting. "How lovely to see you again. I didn't expect you to be here."
Jack smiled as his favorite, yet nauseating, couple kissed in greeting. "Will called me up, and he sounded quite insane if ye ask me, so I decided to come over to make sure he didn't worry himself to death."
Elizabeth turned to look worriedly at her husband. "It went perfectly fine, Will. There was no need to worry so much."
Will shrugged. "I know it sounds ridiculous-" Jack snorted. "-but, it just worried me because I wasn't there; I didn't know what was going on or what you two had been discussing. I just felt really out of the loop, and I want to make sure you and the baby are fine."
"And," Will added, "you were there for a rather long time."
Elizabeth smiled lovingly down at her husband. "We are fine. The both of us. And I was only there for a while because a had several questions regarding the pregnancy.-"
"Ha!" Jack pumped his fist in the air happily. "I told ya tha' was the only reason Lizzie was taking so long, William!" Will rolled his eyes.
"I will admit that I was very nervous when I first went in though," Elizabeth continued as she giggled at the exchange between her husband and friend. "I thought that I was just going to go into the gynecologist's office to discuss the matters of the pregnancy, but then both the doctor and her receptionist insisted I have my first Pelvic Exam and-"
"And that's me cue to leave," Jack interrupted as he hastily made for the front door.
"Jack!" Elizabeth called out. "You don't have to-"
"No, no, no, I really do. This sounds like a husband-wife kind o' talk to me, and, luv, I know wha' a Pelvic Exam is. And it's most definitely not something' that I want to hear you of all people talk about. Have a nice rest of the day, ye two." With that, Jack left.
Both Will and Elizabeth chuckled.
"You know," Will began, "I am kind of glad that he left. I did sort of want to talk about this with you privately."
Elizabeth nodded in agreement. "I guess it is better if it is just the two of us."
"So, gone on with what you were saying."
"Oh, right, about the Pelvic Exam. It was nerve-racking to say the least. I thought my heart was going to explode out of my chest with how nervous I was."
Will looked confused. "What exactly do they do in a Pelvic Exam?" Elizabeth briefly explained it to him. "Ah, I see. I'm sorry I wasn't there to help reassure and comfort you. It sounds bloody terrifying." Will softly took a hold of Elizabeth's hand.
Elizabeth smiled. "It's alright. I know you would've come had you not had to work. But, I will admit, I did really want you there with me. It would have made everything seem a bit less frightening."
Will nodded, reaching out to pull his wife into his strong arms. "I hope you made your schedule of appointments around the times that I work because I really do want to be there; for you and for my own knowledge."
"Of course I did!" Elizabeth exclaimed as she snuggled contently into Will's warm embrace. "I went in there once by myself and don't intend on doing it again…"
Will chuckled. Elizabeth and Will soon fell into a comfortable silence, each feeling content to be in each other's arms.
Author's Note: There's second chapter. I hope you all enjoyed it, regardless of the medical stuff. Please review! I love getting them. And don't forget to send in what you'd like to see happen in your review. Thanks for reading! (Oh, and before I forget, Dr. Saldana is actually AnaMaria. I don't know her real last name -- or if she even has one -- so, I'm using the actress who played her in CotBP's last name. I'm trying to think of a way to tie her, Elizabeth, Will, and Jack together for later on in the story.)