Chapter 9

Mercedes was happy that Colby wanted to be by her side the whole time throughout her pregnancy. But also wanting to take care of her. She was happy to have him there for everything. She had never really needed to depend on anything or anybody in her life. She always worked her ass off to get to where she was.

But now Mercedes wanted to be taken care of. She wanted someone to take care of you and care for her wellbeing. She also wanted someone to be concerned for the baby as well. As each day passed and Mercedes thought more about it she did want to keep the baby. Mercedes was happy Colby wanted to do that.

When Mercedes and Colby returned to work and weren't off in separate groups with friends, they were together. They both enjoyed the time together. Their friends all left them alone when they knew they wanted to be.

However, there were a few things that Mercedes needed to take care of. One was seeing a doctor for herself and the baby. Another was addressing the world about "her leave of absence for personal matters." The WWE Universe and others were wondering what was going on and when she'd be back. Mercedes decided she was going to tell the world about what happened and that she was pregnant. There were a lot of people who were and are in her situation, having been raped and ended up pregnant. She wanted to tell women that there was no shame or should be no shame.

Before telling the world about what happened and was going on, Mercedes needed to attend to her health as well as the baby's. So Mercedes planned to go home to Boston and go to a doctor. And Colby was going with her. That was his part of taking care of her. Mercedes wouldn't have had it any other way either. She had her girlfriends offer to go with her. But Mercedes only wanted Colby.

When the two made it to Mercedes's apartment, she was happy to be home, but that was only because she wasn't alone. Colby was with her and that made it so much better.

"I'm going to tell you," Mercedes said after they were settled in and sitting on the sofa in the living room. "Coming home this time was so such better than the other times I had been coming home."

"And why's that?" Colby asked with a grin.

"Because you are here," Mercedes replied with her own grin.

"Well, there's nowhere else I would rather be right now."

"Thank you, Colby," She said. She kissed his cheek. She wrapped her arms around his left and rested her head on his shoulder.

Colby leaned over and kissed the top of her head.

Mercedes smiled.

The next morning, Mercedes and Colby arrived at her gynecologist's office, who was also an obstetrician. The good thing was the doctor knew all of her medical history and everything.

"This is a little nerve ranking," Mercedes said as she sat in the waiting room with Colby.

"It'll be all right," Colby said. "And if not. I'll make it all right later."

Mercedes laughed. "Thank you." She gave him yet another kiss on the cheek.

"Mercedes," The nurse called.

Mercedes and Colby both stood up.

A few minutes later, Mercedes sat on a medical table, waiting for the mid-wife.

"I wasn't sure if I would ever be at an obstetrician's office in a room with a pregnant woman," Colby admitted.

"Did you ever think of it when you were engaged before?" Mercedes asked.

"Yes. But after all that, I wasn't sure it would happen," Colby laughed.

Mercedes chuckled.

There was a knock on the door. "Hello," the mid-wife said as she came in.

"Hi," Mercedes said.

"I'm Kendra," The mid-wife said, holding her hand out.

"Mercedes," She said, shaking it.

"And you must be the father," Kendra said, holding out her hand to Colby.

"No just a friend," Colby said. "But I'm Colby."

"Nice to meet you," Kendra said. "Now we have your medical history in your file. So we don't need to do a full history. But I will ask a few questions. And I will give you the outline of what this visit will be about."

"Sounds good," Mercedes said.

Kendra looked at the medical history for a moment. She then asked Mercedes some questions.

"That is all good," Kendra said, writing everything down. "Now we are going to draw blood for laboratory tests…"

"…I need to say something," Mercedes interrupted.

"Sure."

"I was raped," Mercedes breathed. "And that's how I got pregnant…And I haven't been tested for STDs or anything like that."

Kendra nodded. "The laboratory tests include testing for STDs so we'll know."

"Thank you."

Kendra nodded her head. "Dr. Carver will perform a full physical exam which include a pap smear and cervical cultures. We are also going to do an ultrasound."

"Okay," Mercedes said.

"All right, how about we get you in a gown to perform everything," Kendra said, going over to a cabinet.

"Okay," Mercedes replied. She got up from the table. Kendra handed her what was a hospital gown. "Thank you."

"I'll be back with Dr. Carver in a little bit," Kendra said. She grabbed onto a curtain and pulled it to cover the door to the room. She then stepped outside.

"Do you need me to step out?" Colby asked.

"No," Mercedes replied. "Just turn around."

"That I can do."

Mercedes laughed as he did. She got out of all her clothes and put the gown on. "Okay, you're good," She said sitting back on the table.

Colby turned back to her. "That gown suits you. Looking as great as you normally do," He commented.

"Shut up," Mercedes laughed.

Colby laughed as well.

There was another knock on the door.

"Come in," Mercedes said.

"All right," Dr. Carver said, drawing back the curtain. "Good morning, Mercedes."

"Good morning, Dr. Carver," Mercedes replied.

"I guess congratulations are in order for you with being pregnant."

"Yes and no," Mercedes said. She looked at Colby as tears came to her eyes. Colby stepped over to her and took her hand, letting her know it was okay. Mercedes turned back to Dr. Carver. "I was raped."

Dr. Carver nodded her head. "I understand. Well, we're going to take care of you."

"Thank you," Mercedes said.

The first thing that was done was blood drawn from Mercedes for the laboratory work. After that, Dr. Carver performed the physical exam. Mercedes was quite used to the physical exams. Mercedes wanted Colby right there, though. He had his back turned while Dr. Carver performed the pap smear and did cervical cultures.

"All right, we're all done with that," Dr. Carver said. "Go head and relax."

Mercedes relaxed.

Dr. Carver then discussed a few things with Mercedes. It was talking about fevers and medications, environmental hazards, travel limitations, and miscarriage precautions. Then there was discussion of prenatal vitamins, supplements and herbs. As well as diet, exercise, nutrition, and weight gain. And a physician and mid-wife rotation for future appointments.

"Are we ready for an ultrasound?" Dr. Carver asked.

"Yes," Mercedes said.

"All right, let's see what we can see."

Dr. Carver did what she needed to do to perform the ultrasound. Once the machine was on and Dr. Carver was moving the wand around, Mercedes heard a loud thumping sound.

"What's that?" Mercedes asked.

"That's the baby's heartbeat."

"It's so strong."

"It is. Which is very good. You can also see the baby right here," Dr. Carver said. She then pointed to the screen at an oval.

"Oh, my God," Mercedes said. She couldn't believe the sound of the heartbeat of the baby, but also seeing it so small on the screen.

"Oh, my God," She repeated as tears came to her eyes. All this was so amazing.

"All right, let's get a picture," Dr. Carver said.

Mercedes looked over at Colby with watery eyes.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

"I'm overwhelmed," She said as tears streamed down her cheeks. "It's all amazing!"

Colby smiled.

"I'm keeping the baby!" Mercedes exclaimed as she and Colby were in the lobby of the building the doctor's office had been.

"Yeah?" He asked.

"Yes," Mercedes grinned. "Hearing the heartbeat and then seeing the baby, even if he or she was so small, it was all amazing!"

Colby nodded his head. "Yeah, I found that all pretty cool too!"

Mercedes continued to grin. "Thank you so much for being here with me, Colby," She said. She kissed him full on the lips and she didn't pull away. Colby returned the kiss when he realized she wasn't going to pull away.

After a couple minutes, Mercedes pulled away with a smile. Colby smiled back. "Thank you," She said.

"You're welcome," He said with a smile still on his lips.

Mercedes smiled. She kissed him again.