Twenty-first chapter
Elizabeth looked up from her computer when she heard a throat clear in front of her. Standing before her were two teenagers. It was obvious that the boy had cleared his throat to get her attention, if the annoyed look on his face was any indication.
"Can I help you," Elizabeth asked in a friendly voice.
"Hi. I am looking for Dr. Robin Scorpio?" The girl spoke up timidly.
"Um, yes, just give me a moment to page her." Elizabeth turned away the two teens who began to argue between themselves quietly. She picked up the phone and pressed a button that connected her to the loud speakers. "Dr. Robin Scorpio, can you come to the Nurses' Station, please. Dr. Robin Scorpio to the Nurses' Station, please."
It only took a few minutes before the clink of heals drew their attention towards the hallways.
Robin looked up from her paper work, "You paged me, Liz?"
"Yes, um, that girl over," with a nod of her head she indicated who she was talking about, "has asked to talk to you."
Robin looked over and saw a teenage girl standing close to a boy who looked to be the same age as her. The girl was pregnant she realized as she drew closer to the teenagers. Wondering what she could do to help them, Robin stepped forward and smiled, "Hi, I'm Dr. Scorpio and I heard you paged me?"
"Hi, I'm Destiny Banks and my friend told me that you were a doctor and I was wondering if you could take a look at my baby for me. Jack told me that I needed to get looked at but I didn't think that it was such a big deal."
Robin stood up straighter. "What is such a big deal?"
The girl was silent for a moment before she said, "For the last couple of days I've been experiencing a minor discomfort-"
"She's been in pain for the last week and has been too afraid to tell anyone," Jack cut in with a roll of his eyes. Robin took in his angry stance and figured that he was just concerned for his friend. But Robin was starting to think that he thought of her as more than just a friend.
Robin looked at the girl and frowned. "I'm not that kind of doctor, but I can call up Dr. Lee if you'd like."
"No thanks." Destiny said at the same Jack said, "That'd be great."
Robin nodded at the girl. She could understand her fears of new doctors. Not all doctors could be trusted and from the look on Destiny's face she knew this first hand.
"I understand you hesitation, but I had Dr. Lee as my doctor when I was pregnant. She's amazing and she is super nice and understanding." The girl looked down and bit her lip in indecision. Taking pity on her Robin lowered her voice, "How about I give you and ultrasound and see if everything is okay with the baby and if I can't see anything, then we talk to Dr. Lee?"
Destiny looked up at her in relief and smiled at her, "That would be great, please."
Robin smiled back and nodded towards her. "Elizabeth, can you set up an ultra sound in exam room four?"
Elizabeth looked at Robin in confusion but nodded before she walked away to take care of the room. Robin knew that Liz didn't think she should be doing this for the girl, but she was chief of staff and she got to make the decisions. Plus this girl was really scared and knew that she wouldn't feel comfortable with another doctor just yet.
Pulling out a clipboard from behind the desk, Robin led the two teens over to a couple of chairs and sat down across from them. "So, I have to ask you a few questions, do you mind?" When the girl shook her head, Robin continued, "How far along are you?"
"Six months."
"What is the sex of the baby?"
"I'm waiting to find out."
Robin smiled, trying to calm the girls' nerves. "Are you taking any medication?"
"No."
"When did you start to feel the pain?"
Jack crossed his arms and cocked his head at Destiny. He wanted to know the answer as well. Nervously she said, "I felt a sharp pain about two weeks ago but it went away. Then this week, I felt pain again but it wasn't as bad as it had been when I first felt it. It goes away and comes back through-out the day."
Robin nodded. "Have you been under a lot of stress lately?"
"No."
"Yes. We've just moved and before that, her baby's father was in a coma. He had just woken up and remembered that they had had sex, but he didn't want anything to do with the baby. She cried for a long time."
"Jack!"
He turned to her, "You need to tell them the truth. You have been under a lot of stress and the stress of the losers at school making fun of you is not helping." Looking at Robin he continued, "There have been these kids at school who have been giving her a hard time because she is pregnant."
Destiny looked at Jack with a scowl, "I got the same treatment at Llanview."
He shook his head, "Not this bad. Plus you had other friends and Nora would have ripped them to shreds if she caught wind of them making fun of you."
"So you are under a lot of stress?" Robin asked trying to get them back on track.
"She's taking Advanced Calculus," Jack said teasingly at the girl. "What do you think? I'm surprised she can still function."
Robin smiled at them. The way they were looking at each other had just confirmed her suspicions of his feelings for her. But, Robin knew that from the look Destiny was shooting him was that she had feelings for him as well.
"Dr. Scorpio, the room is all set up." Robin turned towards Elizabeth and stood up.
"Thank you, Nurse Webber."
Robin led the teens into the exam room and motioned for Destiny to sit on the examination table. "Lean back and pull your shirt up please." Destiny did as she asked and Robin grabbed the gel. "This is going to be a little cold," she warned before she spread the gel on Destiny's lower stomach.
They all turned to the monitor when Robin placed the probe on her stomach. A strong heartbeat was heard throughout the room and Robin smiled, "The heart sounds good and strong. The baby's blood pressure is normal. Right here, that is the head, and that is the arm. Looks like the baby doesn't want to wave to us today."
Destiny had tears in her eyes. Jack had a shocked facial expression on and Robin smirked at them. "Do you want any pictures?"
Destiny snapped out of it, "Please."
While the pictures were printing, Destiny went and cleaned off the gel in the bathroom. "Do you know the sex of the baby?" Jack asked softly.
Robin looked at him, "Yes."
He nodded as if he were in thought. "So…it's healthy?"
Robin swallowed her smiled, "Very."
He cleared his throat and pulled at his shirt collar. "Would you tell me what the sex is?"
Robin smiled, "Are you going to ruin it for Destiny?"
Jack shook his adamantly, "No, of course not?"
Robin laughed, "She's having a boy."
Jack looked at her in shock for a moment then a huge smile spread across his face, "A boy?"
The pictures finished printing at the same time Destiny came back into the room. "Here are your pictures. There is nothing wrong with the baby, but I think that the pain is from all the stress that you have been through. I suggest that you take a few days to just veg out on the couch and do absolutely nothing. Preferably with your feet up."
"I have school," Destiny began.
"You can take a few days off." Jack interrupted.
"But, I have Homework! I can't fall behind."
Jack shook his head, "You have most of your classes with me and Dani. And the other classes that you have are with Kristina. She wouldn't mind if she brought your homework over or taking extra notes."
Robin knew instantly that they were talking about Dani- Teas daughter, and that Kristina had to be Kristina Davis. "I know Kristina; I don't think she would have a problem with bringing you any notes." Robin smiled. "It's time to just relax; doctors' orders."
With that, the teenagers left and Robin walked back to the Nurses' Station. "Thank you, Elizabeth," She said as the woman took the file from her and began to process it into the computer.
"No problem." She was silent for a moment, but Robin knew she wanted to ask something. "Why did you do it for them, instead of Dr. Lee?"
"They asked me to." Robin shrugged, "And there was something in the girls facial expression and told me that she didn't trust many doctors. I didn't think that she would talk to Lee even if we got her up here before they had a chance to leave."
"Oh, that was very nice of you."
Robin laughed, "You sound surprised."
Liz smiled at her, "I know that you're a nice person but, I didn't think that you'd break the rules for a teenager."
Robin looked down. There were a lot of things she was breaking the rules for. "She needed help; I could never turn away someone who needs help."
Liz stepped forward and placed her hand on Robins arm, "And that is why your Chief of Staff."
They smiled at each other and then went back to work.