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Chapter 21 Appointments and surprises

It was 1:00 in the afternoon and Melinda was just leaving the shop to get ready for the gynaecologist. She didn't really want to go as she had other things on her mind, like finding the ghost's husband but it was now going to have to wait a while longer.

This time she had to go to her appointment alone as Jim was working and he couldn't get any more time off. Over the last few weeks he had been taking days off frequently to look after Mel and his colleagues had been covering his shift so he owed them one and tonight was going to be busy as it was bonfire night.

"Right Delia I will see you tomorrow." Melinda said as she pulled on her coat ready to leave, she was feeling a little apprehensive and knew that Delia had figured her out by the amount of times she had mentioned the doctor in the last 4 hours.

"You will, good luck with the doctor." She replied from the backroom. She knew that Mel would be going alone to see the doctor today and was instructed by Jim to make sure she actually went.

"Thanks." She called down before leaving the store and climbing into her red Jeep.

She fastened her seatbelt and placed the keys in the ignition, the radio automatically turned on as the engine began to purr. She adjusted the volume on the station and started on her journey to the hospital. Her appointment was at 1:45 so she had around 40 minutes to get there.

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Jim checked his watch, he was on duty but Melinda was still the focal point of his mind. She had never been to one of the doctor's appointments by herself, in fact he wasn't 100 percent convinced that she would actually go without him there to escort her. She hated hospitals and even though she knew she needed a check up, Jim knew that it would be an inner battle to make herself go.

"You Clancy we got a call out on Maden Street you get to drive." Tim said as he tossed Jim the keys to the ambulance.

"Right, we got any more information than that?" Jim said as he ran to the front of the vehicle and hoped into the drivers' seat.

"Some kind of accident with some wood I think, we will have to see when we get there." Tim said as he too hopped into the front of the ambulance and belted up.

"Alright we better get going then." Jim replied then fastened his seat belt and turned on the sirens as the ambulance sprung into action.

Although he knew that his mind needed to be focused on the job in hand he felt himself wondering off every so often, if Tim hadn't of noticed he probably would have forgotten to pull up at the right address.

"Jim can you get me a gurney please." Tim called as he noticed the man on the floor bleeding from his head.

"JIM" Tim shouted this time.

"Oh yeah sorry." Jim replied and ran to get the gurney from the back of the ambulance, along with his bag.

They reached the hospital with the patient with no other problems, Tim drove the ambulance to the hospital whilst Jim rode with the patient. It was difficult for him to get distracted when he was working on saving someone's life.

"Yo Jim what's up man?" Tim asked as he noticed that his friend was still a little distant.

"Mel is going for another scan today and it's the first one I've missed." He replied looking at his watch.

"Look I am supposed to be finished now but I'll take your shift and you can go meet Mel." Tim said patting his friend on the back.

"You're sure?" He asked sounding greatful.

"Yeah course I am, you covered for me loads of times." He replied.

"Thanks Tim I will have to owe you one." He responded before running down the corridor toward the maternity wing.

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Melinda was now waiting in a long hospital corridor to be called into Dr. Jenson's room. Normally she would have Jim with her to distract her attention from her surroundings but today she had no one and there seemed to be an overwhelming amount of spirits in the surrounding area.

"Hey, hey this one can see us." A young, male ghost called to a group of spirits in the room.

Melinda put her head down and tried to distance herself from the situation but she knew that it wouldn't work and the woman at the end of the room was giving her some very strange looks. It was probably because she kept darting her eyes around like she was following something to avoid eye contact with the dead.

"Something in my eye." She smiled at the woman who had been shooting her daggers but the response she got was a look that you give to people who aren't quite there.

A few moments later the woman was called in to see Dr Jenson and Mel was now alone in the corridor with a bunch of dead people.

"Go away." She whispered to a small group of spirits who had all come up to her and started talking at her at once.

"But we need your help, no one else can see us-" Once ghost said.

"Yeah My daughter, you have to find her she-"

"If you help him you can help me to-"A young female interrupted, she had bruises all over her face. "And me" Another ghost said, Mel wasn't sure which one.

"Look now is not a good time, I am in a hospital waiting to see a doctor and people keep looking at me because they think I'm talking to myself. No one else can see you because I'm talking to a bunch of dead people." She replied not realising that another woman had walked into the room and was staring straight at her like she was completely nutty.

Melinda didn't bother trying to dig herself out of this one so she just smiled at the woman and was completely relieved when her name was called to go and see the doctor.

She popped herself onto the bed as she had done every other time she had visited and waited for Dr. Jenson to come through with her chart.

"Afternoon Melinda, how are you today?" The doctor asked with her usual smile.

"I'm fine thank you, I've been feeling much better since the last visit." Melinda added with a smile, besides the odd dizzy spell she had been much better.

"Good, no Jim today?" The doctor asked as she pulled her blonde locks back into a pony tail.

"He has to work a double today, bonfire night is always a busy one." She answered sounding a little disappointed that he couldn't be with her.

"Right well it shouldn't take long. I need you to change into a gown and then I can take your weight and measure your stomach, then I will do an ultrasound." She said professionally.

Melinda nodded and went behind the screen to change into the blue gown that she had been given by one of the nurses. Normally it wouldn't have taken her long but she wasn't expecting to be greeted by one of the spirits that had been talking to her earlier.

"I'm a little busy right now go away." She whispered harshly to the ghost.

"I know but you have to help me find my daughter." The ghost answered still insistent.

"Not now, I will help you later but you need to go away." She replied this time a little calmer. This approach seemed to work as the ghost disappeared but she knew that the doctor had probably heard her talking to 'herself'.

"Melinda is everything alright?" Dr. Jenson asked after hearing a faint whisper, it was taking longer than usual.

"Yeah, yeah I'm fine just had trouble undoing my jeans." She lied as she appeared from behind the screen smiling.

"Still not used to the extra few inches yet." She laughed as she stepped onto the scales the doctor had readied for her.

Dr. Jenson laughed a little as she scribbled down the measurements on the scales.

"Ok that's fine now you can get changed again then we can take a look at the baby." She smiled then referred back to Melinda's chart.

It didn't take long for Mel to redress as there was no ghost there to greet her this time. She hopped onto the bed and lifted her top ready for the next part.

Dr. Jenson had left the room a few minutes ago and still hadn't returned and quite frankly Melinda's stomach was getting cold. You would think that hospital rooms would be warmer, especially with patients wondering around in flimsy gowns.

A few minutes later the door opened and Melinda was just about to ask where the hell she had been when she noticed her husband standing at the door beside Dr. Jenson.

"Jim you're here, how come you're here?" She asked emotional.

"Tim took my shift." He replied smiling as he walked over to the bed and took her hand.

"Ok you too, let's get this started." She said as she placed the cold Jelly on Melinda's stomach. This still made her jump slightly and she was expecting it, she probably wouldn't ever get used to the cold sensation.

The camera was placed onto her stomach and moved around until the baby was an image on the screen.

Mel and Jim were smiling at each other as they looked at the screen harmoniously with pride and joy. There baby was growing nicely, they could see it moving and they could hear it's heart beating. It was amazing.

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The couple walked arm in arm to the car park where they had the uneasy task of finding Melinda's car in the mesh of metal that was in front of them.

"I can't believe you don't remember where you parked the car." Jim said as he scoured the car park for any sign of the Jeep.

"I got distracted, then-" She stopped as the same ghost appeared in front of her for the third time in the same day.

"Mel what is it?" Jim asked noticing his wife's glance fixed on seemingly nothing.

"Shhhh." She replied as she spoke to the ghost.

"I can tell you where your car is but you have to promise to help me." The ghost said seriously, she was trying to bargain Melinda for help.

"Ok, ok what's her name?" Melinda asked, she already had to find one ghosts husband so she might as well do this at the same time. The percussions of her actions didn't bare thinking about, just because the dark eyed ghost didn't want her to help spirits doesn't mean that she could just stop, it was what she did and she would have to face the consequences.

"Her name is Ava Brooke Prichard." The female spirit replied.

"Ok now where is my car?" She asked.

The spirit kept her word and led Mel and Jim to where the vehicle was parked. Now she had to tell Jim that she was helping two ghosts and knowing Jim he was not going to be impressed. He hated how much stress spirits put her under especially when she was carrying a baby and usually he got over this but with the threats from Tom he was not going to be happy.

She wasn't going to tell him now she would wait until they were home in a hot bubble bath together.

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Hope you enjoyed this chapter, sorry it took me so long to upload and sorry not much happened but Mel now had two ghosts to help out and an evil spirit to deal with. Future chapters promise to be much more eventful. Thanks for reading and please REVIEW.