CH 28
"Nurse Santiago? Did you hear me?"
"Oh, I'm sorry Dr. Clay. I'll start the IV." Sabrina replied before doing as the doctor asked. She had been in a bit of a fog for a week after Patrick told her he was staying with Robin. He kept calling to try to explain but she didn't want to hear anything he had to say. He made his choice and Sabrina had made hers. She was choosing to finally move on with her life. "All done." She said.
"Thanks. You may want to take a break until you can get your head back in the game." Dr. Clay suggested.
"I think you're right." Sabrina said walking out of the exam room. She headed to the locker room to splash some water on her face. This thing with Patrick was beginning to take a physical toll on her. She couldn't sleep or eat. She felt sick to her stomach every time the subject was even brought up. She had even taken her own blood pressure and saw that it was through the roof. Patrick Drake was definitely becoming bad for Sabrina's health
Once in the locker room, Sabrina turned on the faucet on the sink and stared at herself in the mirror. After a few seconds her single reflection became two. And then three. Sabrina held on to the sink counter as the room began spinning and her head became heavy.
"Sabrina…?"
Sabrina tried to turn her head in the direction of the voice calling her but collapsed to the floor before she could make out the figure.
"Felix! Help me out" Patrick screamed running in his direction carrying an unconscious Sabrina in his arms.
"Sabrina?!" Felix said in a panic. "Quick, in here" He opened the door to an empty exam room. Patrick rushed in and placed Sabrina flat on the table. "What the hell happened?"
"I walked into the locker room and she was standing there against the sink. I called her name but she just fainted."
"Again?" Felix asked checking her heart rate through his stethoscope.
"What do you mean again?" Patrick asked
"She's hasn't been feeling well lately. She told me she had a dizzy spell at Sonny's a few days ago. I told her to get checked out, but you know how she is."
"She may be dehydrated. Start a drip. Also take a blood sample so we can run some tests. Sabrina?" Patrick asked as he peeled her eyes open to check her pupils.
"Got it" Felix said.
"Good take it down to the lab. Have them run a full battery of test." Patrick asked as Felix was already in stride.
"Sabrina can you hear me? Wake up, sweetie." Patrick said placing a kiss on her forehead.
Sabrina groaned as she began to regain consciousness. She blinked rapidly to adjust her eyes to the florescent hospital lights and saw Patrick standing over her with relief on his face. "Wha… what happened?" She whispered.
"You fainted" Patrick replied brushing the hair away from her face. "We're running some test now. How do you feel?"
Sabrina slowly sat up on the table and looked around the exam room "I'm better."
"Good, but lay still. I want to take your blood pressure. Maybe schedule a CAT scan."
"That's not necessary, Patrick."
"Sabrina you fainted, and from what Felix said, it wasn't the first time. There could be something seriously wrong. I just want…"
"I want another doctor." She said coldly.
"Sabrina…"
"Now!" Sabrina screamed.
"Hey, calm down…" Patrick said grabbing Sabrina's hand.
Sabrina pulled back her hand and pushed him away with all the strength she had in her "NOW! Get out! I don't want you here!"
"What the hell is going on in here?" Felix said running back into the exam room.
"Get him out of here!" Sabrina yelled with tears coming down her face.
"Sabrina, please" Patrick begged.
"Dr. Drake you really need to leave. You're just making it worse. Please" Felix said walking over to Sabrina and taking her into his arms. "It's ok. Calm down. It's going to be ok."
Patrick watched as Sabrina had a meltdown in Felix's arms and realized that he was the reason. He reluctantly left the room and practically ran into Robin in the hallway.
"What's going on?" Robin asked looking in the window of Sabrina's room.
"She um… she passed out." Patrick replied visibly shaken by her outburst.
"Oh no. I hope she's ok…"
"I have to get out of here" Patrick turned to walk back towards the locker room with the realization that the woman he loved most in this world hated the sight of him.
"Well it's lower now but it's still sky high." Felix said removing the blood pressure cuff. "I'm going to need you to take up meditation or something."
"I'm fine, Felix" Sabrina said rubbing her arm.
"You keep telling yourself that, girl. But allow me to give a bit of truth, you were teetering on the edge of a nervous breakdown an hour ago. Not that I don't understand it. You have been through a lot, but you have to take care of yourself Sabrina. Maybe now would be a good time for us to go on that vacation we've been talking about."
"You may be right, but I can't go anywhere right now. Not with this search for Lily heating up."
"Excuse me, Nurse Santiago." Lucas said entering the exam room. "I have your test results."
"How's my girl, handsome?" Felix said winking at Lucas.
"Felix…." Lucas blushed.
"Oh right, sorry. Business like during business hours. How is the patient, Dr. Jones?"
"Well everything came back good" He said flipping through the chart. "But your iron levels are really low. Looks like an early onset of anemia. We should probably get you on a supplement along with prenatal's as soon as possible. Also your blood pressure is…."
"Wait" Sabrina interrupted "Prenatal's? What are you talking about?"
"Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you knew. Sabrina, you're pregnant."
Sabrina and Felix both let out a gasp and exchanged a look of disbelief "No" Sabrina said. "That's impossible. Let me see the chart." Lucas handed Sabrina her file and she began flipping through the pages. There is was in black and white. Sabrina was pregnant. "How far?" She whispered.
"I would say 6-8 weeks, but you really should schedule an appointment with an OB." Lucas replied.
"Wow" Felix said "Ain't that about a…"
"I can't believe this" Sabrina whispered as she handed her chart back to Lucas.
"Well, I'll go fill out the script and check on you later." Lucas said turning to leave the room.
"Dr. Jones, please make sure that no one, and I mean NO ONE, sees my medical records. Please." Sabrina begged.
Lucas nodded realizing who the no one she was speaking of was "Got it." He said closing the door behind him.
"This is…" Felix began.
"Crazy?" Sabrina finished.
"I was actually going to say great."
"What is great about this, Felix?"
"Sabrina, you and Patrick are having a baby. This is amazing!" Felix said excitedly.
"There is nothing amazing about this. I am carrying a married man's child. A man who has already said that he wants to be with his wife. This is the complete opposite of amazing."
"You won't even listen to Patrick's reasons for staying with Robin. Maybe if…"
"She moved back in with them, you know? I heard her talking about it with Elizabeth yesterday. About how her and Patrick and Emma were finally all together. She won, Felix."
"But if you tell him…"
"If I tell him, then what? He's going to leave his wife and run back to me? I don't want him like that. I don't want him to change his mind and chose me just because I'm pregnant. And I am not going to use this pregnancy to trap him. That would make me no better than Britt."
"Ok, don't you dare compare yourself to that monstrosity. This is completely different, Sabrina. Patrick loves you…"
"Patrick left me!" She yelled as the tears began to fall again. "He left me, Felix. I can't even blame him. I mean I left him first, right?"
"Sabrina listen to me" He said sitting on the edge of the exam table and taking her hands into his "Who left who first or last doesn't matter right now. The only thing that matters is the life you are carrying inside of you. Whether it brings you two back together or not, the both of you now have a responsibility to put all of it to the side and be parents to this child."
"I know, I just…"
"Hey" Patrick said entering the exam room with Robin in tow "Sabrina, I know I'm the last person you want to see right now, but I had to make sure you were ok."
"Yeah, we can't have one of our best nurses ailing" Robin replied with a fake smile.
"So what did Lucas say?" Patrick asked.
"Well actually he said…" Felix said standing up from the exam table.
"I'm anemic" Sabrina blurted out. "He said it's an iron deficiency. That's all. Nothing to worry about."
Felix turned back and gave Sabrina the evil eye.
"So that was it?" Patrick asked.
Sabrina's eyes pleaded with Felix not to say anything more than that "Yep. That's all" He replied turning back to face Patrick with a smile on his face.
"Oh well that's good. Patrick, we really should be going. Emma's dance class will be over soon." Robin said pulling at Patrick's sleeve.
"Yeah, ok. Well if there is anything you need…"
"I'll be fine, Patrick. Thank you." She said. They looked at each other for a few seconds. Both wanting to run to the other but neither knowing how the other felt.
"Ok" Patrick said as he closed the door behind him.
"That right there was nothing more than a delay. You're going to tell him what you have to tell him." Felix said crossing his arms.
Sabrina lowered her head in her hands and began to rub her temples. She had no idea how to begin to process the events of her life in the past few months. After everything, Sabrina could not believe that the roller coaster ride she had been on with Patrick Drake had only just reached its peak.
