Four

I pull into a parking spot at the clinic where Gina works and put the car in park.

I turn to look at Jennifer. "You ready?" I ask.

"Em what if something is wrong? Or I'm pregnant?" She asks, taking a shaky breath.

"I don't know. I don't think we should worry until we have to though." I say.

She nods. "You're right. Let's go." She says quickly as she gets out of the car.

We walk into the clinic and Gina is waiting for us.

"Thank you for doing this." I say. She smiles.

"It's no problem." She says. She turns to Jennifer. "I'm Gina Cooper." She says, extending her hand.

"I'm JJ. It's nice to meet you Doctor Cooper." Jennifer says, shaking Gina's hand.

"Call me Gina, all of Emmy's friends do." Gina says.

"Emmy?" Jennifer asks, turning to me.

I roll my eyes. "She absolutely refuses to call me anything else." I say.

"And you love me for it." Gina says, laughing.

I smile and Jennifer giggles.

"Come back to my office, so we can talk more." Gina says.

I take Jennifer's hand and walk into the back of the clinic.

"Emily told you why we're here?" Jennifer asks.

Gina nods. "Yes she did." Gina says.

Jennifer just nods. "Can you put this on?" She asks handing Jennifer a gown, which she takes. "Just knock when you're done. We're right across the hall."

Jennifer nods, and Gina and I leave the room.

"Pregnancy test and STD screen? What happened to her Emmy?" Gina asks quietly.

"She was raped on vacation and she didn't tell anybody." I say.

Gina nods. "Is she okay?" Gina asks.

"I honestly don't know. We literally met yesterday. Her mother died and her father kicked her out because she's gay." I say.

Jennifer knocks on the door and we walk back into Gina's office.

I close the door behind me and stand next to Jennifer, who is sitting on the exam table.

"Okay, so what I'm gonna do is pretty simple. I'll take some blood, then I'll need a urine sample, a swab from the inside of your mouth, and a cervical swab." Gina says.

Jennifer sighs and nods. "Okay."

Gina draws three vials of blood and puts them in a specimen bag and labels them. She walks across the room and picks up a container with a long cotton swab in it. "Open your mouth please." She says.

Jennifer does what she's told and Gina swabs her cheek. She puts the swab in another bag and hands Jennifer a cup. "Do you think you can fill that about half way?" Gina asks.

Jennifer nods and slides off the table.

"The bathroom is two doors down on the right." Gina says.

Jennifer nods and walks out of the room.

"Does your mother know?" Gina asks suddenly.

"She knows what happened to Jennifer, but she doesn't know we're here." I say.

"Are you going to tell her?" She asks.

"If there's something to tell, we'll tell her." I say.

"You really care about her." Gina says.

I nod. "Yeah. I do." I say fiercely.

Gina holds up her hands in defense. "Woah, woah, okay. I just meant, it's nice to see you happy like this again." She says quickly.

I sigh. "I'm sorry. I'm just worried about her." I say.

Gina nods. "I can tell." She says.

Jennifer walks back into the room and hands Gina the cup. Gina pulls a pregnancy test out of the drawer in her desk and dips it in the urine cup.

"While we wait for the pregnancy test, I'm gonna swab your cervix. Okay?" Gina asks.

Jennifer nods and gets back up on the table.

"Do you want me to wait outside?" I ask.

"No!" Jennifer exclaims.

"Okay, okay, I'll stay." I say gently.

Jennifer smiles a little bit.

"Okay, JJ, can you lay on your back and put your feet in the stirrups for me?" Gina asks.

Jennifer nods and lies down.

"Okay, I'm going to insert a tube and then swab your cervix. It might be a little uncomfortable, but it shouldn't hurt. Okay?" Gina asks.

Jennifer nods and looks away.

I move so I'm standing in between Jennifer and Gina. "Jennifer, look at me." I say gently.

Slowly she turns to look at me. There are tears in her eyes. I have no idea what to say to her. So I try to distract her. "What's your favorite color?" I ask.

She smiles a little bit. "Blue." She says.

"What's your favorite food?" I ask.

"Strawberries." She says.

I smile. "Favorite animal?" I ask.

"Butterflies." She says.

"And I'm done." Gina says triumphantly.

Jennifer smiles and sits up. "Thank you." She says as she pulls me in for a hug.

I smile and wrap my arms around her tightly.

"I'll have Addison test these right away." Gina says.

"What about the pregnancy test?" Jennifer asks quietly.

Gina pulls on another glove and takes the pregnancy test out of the urine cup. She looks at it, but stays silent.

"Gina?" I ask.

She looks up at me. "It's positive." She says.

I hear Jennifer's sharp intake of breath and her hand tightens around my arm.

"How accurate is that thing?" I ask.

"Nine times out of ten, its right." She says.

"Can't you test her blood or something?" I ask.

"I could, but the results could take as long as three days to come back." Gina says.

"What else can you do?" Jennifer asks.

"I could do an ultrasound." Gina says.

I look at Jennifer, whose face is a mixture of shock and sheer terror. "Do it." I say.

"JJ? What do you want to do?" Gina asks.

"Can you do the ultrasound please?" Jennifer asks.

Gina nods. "Sure sweetie. Do you want to put your pants back on?" Gina asks.

Jennifer nods and slips them on under the gown and takes the gown off so she's only wearing a bra.

"You're gonna have to lay back down." Gina says.

Jennifer nods and lays down again.

Gina pulls a large cart into the room from across the hall and sits down on a stool.

"This might be cold." Gina says.

Jennifer nods and shivers when the gel hits her abdomen.

"Are you ready?" Gina asks.

Jennifer nods.

Gina moves the wand around for a few seconds before she turns to look at us. "You are pregnant. Do you want to see the baby?" She asks.

Jennifer nods and Gina turns the screen.

"Is there a heartbeat?" I ask.

Gina nods and turns on the sound. A steady thwump fills the room and Jennifer smiles.

"It looks like you're about ten weeks." Gina says.

Jennifer nods. "That sounds about right." She says.

"Do you want to talk about what you want to do?" Gina asks.

Jennifer looks up at me. "What do you think?" She asks.

"I think it's your decision, but whatever you want to do, I'll help you, okay?" I say.

"I want to keep it." She says, then looks up at me nervously.

I smile. "I mean it. I'll help you." I say.

Gina turns off the monitor and wipes the gel off Jennifer's stomach. She turns to face Jennifer. "You need to start taking prenatal vitamins, which you can buy at the pharmacy in this building." Gina turns to me.

"And you, need to talk to your mother." She says.

"I know aunt G." I say.

"Good." She says.

We walk out into the lobby and grab our jackets from the coat rack.

"Oh crap, I haven't paid you yet." I say.

"It's fine Emmy." She says.

"No, it's not, last time I had an ultrasound it was like three hundred bucks." I say. I pull out my wallet and give her three hundred dollars. "Just take it. Don't argue." I say.

She nods and takes the money. "Thank you." She says.

I nod. "I have these for you two, and a third copy for Elizabeth." She says handing us each a photo. I look down at the tiny thing and smile. "And I should have the STD screen back by tomorrow." She says.

Jennifer nods. "Thank you." She says.

Gina smiles. "It's no problem. I think Emmy's gonna keep you around for a while. You're family." Gina says.

Jennifer smiles.

"Thank you." I say, hugging Gina.

"I will see you back here in six weeks." Gina says.

I nod. "You will." I say.

Jennifer and I walk out to the parking lot and get in the car.

"Are you okay?" I ask.

She nods.

"Jennifer?" I ask.

She looks at me.

"Are you okay?" I ask again.

Tears fill her eyes and she begins to sob. Not small, I'm just a little upset sobs, but large gut wrenching sobs that make me want to cry along with her. I flip the center console up and climb into the passenger seat and slide in behind her, and wrap my arms around her and just sit there and hold her.

After about twenty five minutes her sobs start to get quieter and quieter until they're just little sniffles. She buries her head in my chest and I rub her back.

"You wanna talk about it?" I ask.

"I'm scared Em." She says quietly.

"I know. How about this. We go home and talk to my mom, and then we spend the day watching Disney movies and snuggling. How does that sound." I ask.

"What if your mom kicks me out? What if she kicks you out for helping me?" Jennifer asks.

"I don't know." I say honestly.

"Let's go." She says.