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Chapter 9: Kira's Pregnant Pause
Carrie and Rocky's House, Angel Grove
September 1, 2008
1 pm
Conner, Ethan, and Rocky were watching TV while Carrie was feeding her and Rocky's 2 month old daughter Elizabeth, who was born this July.
Then Conner's cell phone rang. He answered it and his face grew grim.
"That…that was Adam. There's something wrong with Kira. He wouldn't tell me much. I gotta go!" Conner said as he ran out the door to his car, Ethan following.
Carrie and Rocky's faces repeated his. They knew Kira wasn't herself lately, especially after finding her mother dead a few weeks before, and agreeing to Adam's offer to help the Operation Overdrive rangers a week later.
Angel Grove Community Hospital, Angel Grove
1:30 pm
Carrie and Rocky called Tommy and Kim and told them to meet them at the hospital. They went straight to the ER where Conner, Ethan, and Adam were. Conner was glaring at Adam, who winced. He knew Conner was mad at him for asking Kira to accompany him on that mission.
"Any news?" Rocky asked.
"Not yet. The doctors with her now," Conner said still glaring at Adam.
Just then the doctor came out as Tommy and Kim arrived.
"How is she, doc?" Conner asked.
"She has a fibroid in her uterus that caused some bleeding, but we have since stopped the bleeding from becoming worse. But there is something you should know," the doctor said.
"What is it?" Conner asked.
"Well, if a fibroid causes bleeding we have to remove it, but we can't remove it due to her condition," the doctor said.
Conner knew what was coming. He sunk low into his seat and buried his head in his hands.
Rocky sat next to him and sighed, putting a hand on Conner's back.
Carrie, Ethan, Tommy, and Kim looked at each other but they didn't speak.
"I take it you know what I'm going to say next," the doctor said.
"Is she…the baby…in any danger?" Conner spoke.
"For now, no. We just must monitor the fibroid to see if it grows any more and causes more bleeding. If we must remove it before the baby is viable, then we would have to terminate the pregnancy," the doctor said.
"Thanks, doctor," Carrie said as he went back to Kira's room.
Conner clenched his fists and stood up, shaking, staring at Adam.
Rocky stood up and got ahold of Conner before his anger got the best of him.
"Don't, Conner. Not here, not now," Rocky said.
Tommy started to lead Adam outside, out of Conner's reach.
Conner settled down as he sat back down.
"Aw, man, what am I going to do? How do I tell my parents?" Conner asked.
"Calm down, dude, relax. You can't focus on that right now, you must focus on Kira and the baby. She just lost her mom, she needs all our support right now," Rocky said.
"You're right, dude. But where do we start?" Conner asked.
A nurse came out then.
"We're going to move Miss Ford up to a room in the high-risk ward now. You all can wait in the waiting room until we call you back to her room," the nurse said as Conner nodded. They all went up to the high-risk ward then.
A half-an-hour passed as they waited for the nurse to come out.
Then she came out.
"You all can come back to see her now," the nurse said.
They walked down the hall to Kira's room. They went inside.
Kira was hooked up to every monitor imaginable. She was hooked up to multiple IV pumps. But the color in her skin was slowly getting back to normal.
Conner sat down next to her.
Kira opened her eyes.
"Conner…I'm sorry…I shouldn't have gone…" Kira began.
"It's okay, baby. You had your reasons," Conner said.
"No, it's not okay. I shouldn't have left, not after what happened to my mother, I should've listened to you, but I didn't, and now…" Kira said until Conner shushed her.
"It's not your fault, Kira, none of this is. You're fine now and so is the baby," Conner said.
"I'm scared, Conner. I'm afraid I'll be like my mom, that something will happen that will make me turn into her," Kira said.
"I won't let that happen, Kira, not now, not ever," Conner said squeezing her hand.
"We're going to leave you two alone to talk," Carrie said as she patted Conner on the shoulder as she, Rocky, Ethan, Tommy, and Kim left the room.
A Few Days Later
Kira was staying at Tommy and Kim's house for a couple of weeks since the doctor wouldn't let her stay at the dorms. Conner came by and visited as often as Kira wanted.
Kim went to Lorelei's room, which was Kira's room for the time being, carrying a tray with a bowl of soup on it. Lorelei was staying in Amelia and Brielle's room for the weeks that Kira was staying at the house.
"Hey Kira, can I come in? I brought you something to eat," Kim said.
"I'm not hungry, thanks," Kira said.
"You said that at Breakfast. I'm coming in," Kim said as she came in. Kira was sitting up in bed reading a book.
"I'm ready for it," Kira said.
"Ready for what?" Kim asked, putting down the tray.
"Whatever speech you have about "facing the consequences of your actions". I'm ready for it," Kira said grimacing.
"I'm not here to give you that speech, Kira. I'm just here to make sure you eat something at least once per day, that's all," Kim said.
"Oh. That soup does look good, though," Kira said taking the bowl from the tray.
"I'm glad you like it. It's an old Hart family recipe for Tomato Soup. It has a secret ingredient in it," Kim said.
"What's the secret ingredient?" Kira asked.
"If I told you it wouldn't be a secret, now would it?" Kim said.
"Thanks for letting me stay with you and Dr. O, and for not acting like parents," Kira said.
"You're welcome, sweetie. Now keep eating, you and the baby need nourishment," Kim said as Kira ate.
"So, how did your parents react when you told them you were pregnant with JT and Amelia?" Kira asked Kim.
"My mom found out when the coach told me the results of my physical and I told my dad when I was five months along. My dad sighed and gave me a speech about why you should practice safe sex, then told me he was looking forward to being a grandfather and that me and Tommy had what it took to be parents. My mom, however, was so pissed off at me she forced me to write that "Dear John" letter to Tommy, ending our relationship," Kim said.
"Wow, I've heard about the letter from the others, that what you wrote wasn't true, you were still in love with Dr. O all that time," Kira said.
"Yes, I was. I also didn't tell Jason and Trini about the babies until my water broke. Jason wasn't too happy with me."
"Yeah, he told me that too."
"I don't know if I should say this, but I think you and Conner should take some parenting classes. Tommy's mother, Jan, works at the hospital in Angel Grove as a nurse educator and she made me, and Tommy take the hospital's baby and toddler boot camp. The hospital in Miami had similar classes which I took while I was living there before moving back to Angel Grove for college. It goes over what to expect in the first two years of a baby's life. You should talk to her about it."
"You know, that's not a bad idea. I'll talk to Conner about it," Kira said as she heard a panicked voice in the living room. Kim went to investigate it.
Kim found Ethan talking erratically to Tommy.
"Ethan, calm down! Start from the beginning," Tommy said.
"Okay. After Paulette's doctor's appointment, when we found out that she's pregnant, she started arguing with me, and then she got in the car and drove away. I got Adam to take me here," Ethan said out of breath.
"Do you know where she went?" Kim asked.
"I know where she went," Kira said gently.
"You know where she went? Because I don't," Ethan said.
"She went to this mom and pop diner outside of town, Dino's it's called. Me, her, and Lisette go there after class on Thursdays," Kira said.
"Yeah, she won't tell me where the "secret spot" is," Ethan said.
"Now you know. I'll go with you and Adam in his car," Kira said.
"Do you want me to come with?" Kim asked.
"It would help, yeah," Kira said as they left the house.
It took half an hour to drive to Dino's. Kim was surprised to see a small white building standing alone on a back road.
"That's Dino's right there. Only has three tables and a counter," Kira said as she got out of the car.
Kira went over to where Paulette was sitting.
"Is this seat taken?" Kira asked.
"Oh, hey, no, it's not. I see Ethan told you everything," Paulette said.
"Yeah, you need to talk to him, Paulette. It's his baby too. He's worried about you," Kira said.
"I know, but don't you think us four are a little too young to be parents? What if we screw up?"
"20 is not too young, Paulette. We're seniors in college. It's not like we're 16 and in high school. If we screw up, we'll just learn from it and move on."
"You're right. What should I be worried about? Send Ethan in here," Paulette said as Kira went to get Ethan.
Kira sat down in the car and watched as Paulette and Ethan talked in the diner. They got up and hugged. Kira smiled.
She knew then that everything was going to be alright.
