Hey guys, sorry for another wait. But I need more reviews (!) if I'm going to stay inspired to write this. Out of the 936 people who have read the story since I uploaded the last chapter (9), I have gotten one review on chapter 8 and one on chapter 9 from one person. And thank you to,
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for the reviews. I don't want to sound ungrateful, but I need those to keep writing, and I'm glad I finally got this new chapter out because it was hard for me to write when no one was telling me how I was doing.
I saw that some of you didn't like where I went with this story but I have a story in my head, and I'm hoping I can write it as well as it sounds in my head. :)
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After lunch Lulu picked up a latte for Maxie and returned to the office, but ran straight to the bathroom. When she was finished she walked over and placed Maxie's latte on her desk,
"I took a sip of yours. I needed a pick-me-up." she said and placed her untouched, second decaf of the day on her desk.
"Did you bring this into the bathroom with you?" Maxie asked with a disgusted look on her face. Lulu nodded,
"...I left it on the sink..." she said as she rubbed her temples feeling a puking-provoked headache forming.
"Thanks, but no thanks." Maxie pushed the cup away from her, "I heard you in there, and I'm way too busy to catch whatever you have."
"It's not contagious..." Lulu said, laying her head on her desk, but that comment seemingly went right over Maxie's head, "I haven't had any of mine if you want a little.." Maxie walked over and took a sip, getting another disgusted look.
"Decaf?" she asked.
"Only you could tell, Maxie...Ugh..." she groaned feeling nausceous.
"You okay?" Maxie asked.
"No. I feel sick again and I have a horrible headache." she said, "I'm going to the doctor later today."
"Nausea, decaf, headache, not contagious...- Lulu, are you-?" she asked.
"I might be... I'm getting it confirmed at six." she said, almost frowning.
"This is what you want, right? You don't look very happy..." Maxie said.
"I'm just scared the baby won't be healthy because we didn't exactly wait like we were supposed to. I guess I'm afraid it'll turn out like the first one.." Lulu said, rubbing her stomach.
"I'm sure you'll be fine..." Maxie said hugging her.
Later, after texting Dante, telling him she would be home later than usual, Lulu walked into the hospital and saw Kelly waiting for her, talking to Robin at the nurse's station.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I'm not that late am I?" she said.
"No no no. I finished up early with my last patient. She lost her baby yesterday, she was 5 months pregnant and her husband is a soldier and is away... It's just sad, you know." she said.
"Yeah.." Lulu said, "She and her husband have a rough few months ahead of them." she said as they walked into the exam room.
"Yes. I had to send her for therapy... Anyways so have you been experiencing symptoms of pregnancy again?" Kelly asked.
"Yes. Nausea, headaches, dizzyness.." she said, "Everything I felt the other times."
"Okay let's take a urine sample and find out." she smiled.
"Hi Lulu. Your test results are in." Kelly said as she walked into the exam room holding a big, manilla envelope, Lulu sat on the table wringing her hands, "You were correct. You're pregnant." Lulu sighed but still frowned, "Are you not happy?"
"No I am. We want more kids. But what about the timing? Am I healthy enough to carry another baby?" Lulu said.
"Well, there are risks with it being so soon after you miscarried. But I'll check you out and see how your baby is doing. So please lay back and roll up your shirt."
"I would rather see the baby for the first time with Dante." Lulu said.
"Well we could schedule another appointment, but I think this would aleviate some of your worries." Kelly said.
"Umm... Okay." Lulu said finally, still wanting to wait but afraid for her baby's safety.
"You might as well be able to tell Dante you're having a healthy baby." Kelly said as Lulu laid back on the table and pulled up her shirt, "The gel is still a bit cold." she said, squirting the blue gel onto Lulu's stomach, causing Lulu to jump. She laughed, "Told you."
Kelly searched around for a minute and finally a small picture popped up on the screen, she smiled, "And there is your baby." she said turning the screen toward Lulu, "You seem around 5 weeks along."
"Is there a heartbeat? I don't see a heartbeat." Lulu said frantically.
"Yes there is one. It's just very soon to see it on the screen, but it's that faint fluttering right there."
"I'm sorry for freaking out..." Lulu said and smiled and watched the screen, "...I never got to see this before."
"It's amazing, isn't it?" Kelly smiled. Lulu nodded, tearing up, "Well Lulu. The baby seems healthy right now, and not to scare you, but I'm going to monitor it a little more closely than I would for other pregnancies, because of the risks, because you got pregnant again so soon."
"What are the risks?" Lulu asked wiping her eyes.
"Well, there are risks for birth defects, preterm labor, miscarriage..." Kelly trailed off.
"Oh god, no. No. I can't handle that again." Lulu said, closing her eyes.
"Lulu. It'll be alright. We're going to monitor it, and I will try my hardest so that won't happen to you again." Kelly said placing her hand on Lulu's leg reassuringly, "Normally I would want to see you once a month but now I want to see you every two weeks for the rest of your pregnancy." She handed Lulu a towel to clean her stomach with.
"Okay." Lulu sighed, looking down and rubbing her stomach once it was clean.
"Good." Kelly smiled, "...You can make your next few appointments with Epiphany outside. Now go home to Dante. I'm sure he'll be thrilled when you show him this." Kelly held up and handed a copy of the sonogram to Lulu.
"At first I was happy... But now I'm not sure... I'm scared to get excited because I'm afraid I'm going to lose this one like the last one.." Lulu frowned, staring at the picture.
"Lulu, it's okay to be excited. The both of you are going to be fine." Kelly said.
"Thank you Kelly." Lulu said standing up and heading for the door.
Later at the loft Dante was trying to stay awake, sitting in the dark in his favorite chair, waiting for Lulu to come home. She had called to tell him she would be home late but now he was getting worried, as he looked at his watch and seeing it was nearing nine. A couple minutes later as he was dozing off, he was startled by the loud noise of the elevator coming up. Lulu pulled the door open and turned on the light.
"Oh, hey. I'm sorry I'm so late." she said and kissed him.
"It's okay. How are you? You hungry?" he asked walking toward the kitchen.
"Starving!" she said sitting in the chair at the table, "But if you're too tired you should just go to bed. I'll find something."
"No, no, no. I'll whip us up some dinner. All I had were some leftovers. A true Italian has a real dinner every night." he laughed, a he boiled water for pasta. He carried over some wine glasses to the table and set one down in front of Lulu, where she sat wringing her hands, "You okay baby?" he asked kissing her head.
"Yeah..." she said and he continued to cook.
A few minutes later he sat at the table and they began to eat. He picked up the bottle of wine and poured them each a glass.
"You know, I think I'll skip wine tonight." she said.
"Are you sure you're okay?" he asked, grabbing her hand, "You seem jittery."
"Actually, I have something to show you..." she said walking over to the couch and reaching in, grabbing out the sonogram, "Now close your eyes." he did and she walked over and placed it into his hands and sat down across from him again, "Okay. Open."
He opened his eyes and felt a light weight in his hands and looked down. He was immediately struck by what it was and looked up at Lulu with a small smile, his eyes twinkling. But was met by a blank stare on Lulu's face,
"I'm pregnant." she said dryly.
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