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Chapter 11: Cloud Nine
"Claire, talk to me, are you ok?" Owen asked as he drove towards the hospital.
"I'm fine. I just don't understand, why didn't Blue or the others attack me; I…I mean to them to them I'm an outsider they should of…I should be dead right now," Claire stammered as she stared out the window.
"I think it's because your pregnant," Owen responded as he glanced over at her.
"I don't think it would happen that soon, I mean-"
"Claire your shot ran out over a month ago, and we haven't exactly been careful; plus it would explain the reason Blue acted like she did," he smiled at her.
"You mean why she…" Claire trailed off as she thought about what he just said.
"Dogs have been know to be able to sense hormone changes in pregnant women, it happened to my cousin and his wife. One day when she sat down at breakfast table their dog went over and put its head in her lap; a week later she found out she was pregnant. Just think about it, Blue's sense of smell is more acute than a dog's. So yes, I do think you're pregnant," he smiled as he glanced back to her.
"If I were pregnant, don't you think I'd be showing symptoms?" Claire asked doubting his speculations.
"You have been sleeping a lot more than usual, but I guess we'll find out soon enough," Owen grinned as he reached across the center console to rest his hand on her knee.
Twenty minutes later Claire was sitting on one of the beds in the hospital's ER waiting for the doctor to finish her stitches.
"All finished Miss Dearing, and you won't even have a scar," Dr. McClain smiled at her as brushed her hair back into place.
"We'll be sure to give you some pain medication for your shoulder, it will be tender for the next few days due to the hard fall; but besides that you're perfectly healthy," explained.
"Thank you Tom," Claire smiled up at him.
"Is there anything I can do for you?" he asked.
"Actually there is, I need a pregnancy test," she told him.
"I wasn't aware you and Owen decided to take the next step," Tom smiled at her.
"We just recently decided and the raptor's behavior just makes me wonder," Claire explained.
"Well then I'll run a blood test, it will be more discrete that way. In fact I can even run it through the lab myself," Tom winked at her.
"Thank you," Claire breathed.
"You've been my patient for years, if there's one thing I always remember when it comes to you is you like to keep things quiet," Tom smiled as he wrapped a truncate band around her upper arm.
"Ok you're going to feel a tiny pinch," he warned as he positioned the needle above one her visible veins.
Claire looked away and grimaced as he stuck her with the needle and began to draw blood.
An hour had passed and Dr. McClain still hadn't come back with the test results.
"Claire stop pacing, you're making me dizzy," Owen laughed as he followed her form with his eyes.
"I can't, I'm what's taking them so long," Claire responded as she walked to the other side of the room.
Owen rolled his eyes and grabbed her by the waist as she walked by and pulled her into his lap.
"There that's better," he grinned as he kissed her temple.
They sat like for a few minutes before the door opened and Dr. McClain walked in with a smile on his face.
"I apologize for the wait, the lab was extremely backed up," Tom explained.
"Well congratulations you two, Claire you are about five weeks pregnant," Tom smiled at her before pulling a prescription for prenatal vitamins out of his lab coat pocket and handing it to Owen.
"You have to make sure she takes one everyday and if she runs out just call me and I'll phone in a refill," Tom explained.
was paged 911 to another room in the ER and he rushed out of the room.
"You know I'm more than capable of having my own prescription filled, Claire smirked as she tried to snatch the slip from Owen's hand.
"Oh no you don't, you're going to have to let me do this because once all the pregnancy hormones start screwing with your brain, you won't remember," Owen grinned and kissed her on the cheek.
"We're really having a baby," Claire beamed at him.
"Yeah we really are, he beamed back at her as he covered her stomach with his hand, pulled her close and kissed her.
Didn't I tell you guys there was a major hint in the last chapter ;D
I hope you guys liked the update and for anyone who might be curious, My psychology professor is actually the one that told us dogs are able to sense hormonal changes in pregnant women. He also told us his own personal experience with his dog being able to tell his was pregnant (hence Owen's cousin's story in the chapter).
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