Chapter 3
"Well, you and your baby are doing fine, Miss Kamiya."
"Soon to be Mrs. Takishi." I reminded her. Kira, my doctor, turned and smiled.
"Yes. You must be a very happy woman." I half-smiled, keeping secrets from my friends was one thing, but Kira had almost managed to be my mother in the past few weeks. "Oh! I almost forgot! Here," she said, handing me an envelope. "Dr. Kido sent this to you." I opened it and pulled out a card. It had a pink bear on the front with a speech bubble that read, "Upon hearing your wonderful news, I though I should get you somthing..." and on the inside was written, "But I only had enough to buy you this corny card." It was then that I noticed a piece of paper had fallen out of it. I picked it up and read the note aloud.
"Dear Ms. Kamiya(A.K.A. Kari),
Mazel Tov!(Hebrew for: Congratgulations!) I can't wait to see your baby. Mellisa wants to know when the baby shower will be, and where you have a gift regestry. I hope the baby doesn't come TOO prematurely. *wink*
Your friendly physician,
Joe
P.S. I made Kira promise not to tell you this, so I could. Though I do wish I could see your face when you find out that your baby is a girl..." I stared at the paper for a few moments before breaking out in a grin. "Oh my god!" I practicly jumped off the table and hugged Kira. "Oh, my god! It's a girl, she's a girl....oh my god!" I sighed contentedly. "A girl..."
~*~
Green light.
"Would you like to get somthing to eat?"
"I guess...."
"Where do you want to stop?"
Red light.
"Can you belive it!?!" TK smiled, I guess he didn't trust himself to answer at the moment. I leaned back into the seat of the car, with the goofiest smile on my face. A girl. And then, a thought, which I voiced the second it came into my head. "What are we going to name her?"
"How about Jasmine?"
"Jasmine?"
Green light.
"You know, from Alladin."
"Oh no. I'm not naming my child after a charecter from a Disney movie. May I remind you of Ariel Farate? The most picked on girl of the class of 2006?"
Red light.
"Ok. Ummm..."
"How about Brittney?"
"Too many of them already....Kasey?"
Green light.
"That sounds like a boy's name, lets save it for our son."
"Hmmm....Angela."
Red light.
"Angel for short."
"Ok. I like that." He said, leaning over to kiss me.
Green light. We began to drive through the intersection, not noticing the speeding VW that was on a crash cource with our car. I saw it too late, yelling for TK to move the car, as it became evident that we would be hit, no matter how fast he did.
My side took the brunt of the impact, I was lucky that I had on my seatbelt, otherwise I would have been thrown out TK's window. All the same I was pushed mercilissly as far as I could go, and I felt the car begin to tip over. I screamed as it turned upside down, and scooted several feet.When it was over the scilence was deafening, I kept calling to TK, trying to get him to answer me, he had a huge gash in his skull, a really deep one, that was bleeding way too much. I slowly tried to reach the seatbelt clasp, but found that my right arm, no matter how hard I tried, wouldn't budge. So I reached over with my left hand to undo it, and promptly fell to the celing of the car. The pain was awful, I found that I had broken my arm and my stomach felt like it was eating itself. But I forgot all about my pains, they were not important right then, what was important was getting TK out of that seatbelt, and right side up again. I reched up with my left hand to undo it, and put myself in a position to cach him. When he came down the force was so great it knocked me over, and he fell on top of me. Struggleing to sit up, I moved him so that he was leaning against the side of the car, and sat there, panting, untill the police arrived.
Everything after that is foggy, I remember the rescue worker, his tag named him Dennis, and that he asked me several questions, when he found out about the baby he refused to let me sit up, and took me away from TK, to a "safe area". I had some comment about that name that I don't remember, but I don't remember much after that anyway, because I lost conciusness. I remember coming to, and going away several times in the ambulance, and once in the hospital.
Tai was sitting beside my bed, and I opened my eyes to see him praying, somthing he hadn't done ever since I've known him. I let him finish, and when he noticed I was awake he tried to smile for me, but I knew this must have been hard on him, so I tried to cheer him up.
"Tai," I said, "The baby, it's a girl." He smiled weakly at me, but I didn't notice at the time. "Please, Tai, tell Mom she's gonna have a granddaughter." He blinked several times, and then said he would, told me to get some rest, and took my hand. I closed my eyes, and he stood, turning to leave, and shooting a sad look at me, I heard him sniffle, and then I knew, Tai had been crying! I'd never seen him cry before. With that realisation, I drifted off, dreaming of when TK and I would be married, and we would have Angel, our baby girl, to welcome into the house.
"Well, you and your baby are doing fine, Miss Kamiya."
"Soon to be Mrs. Takishi." I reminded her. Kira, my doctor, turned and smiled.
"Yes. You must be a very happy woman." I half-smiled, keeping secrets from my friends was one thing, but Kira had almost managed to be my mother in the past few weeks. "Oh! I almost forgot! Here," she said, handing me an envelope. "Dr. Kido sent this to you." I opened it and pulled out a card. It had a pink bear on the front with a speech bubble that read, "Upon hearing your wonderful news, I though I should get you somthing..." and on the inside was written, "But I only had enough to buy you this corny card." It was then that I noticed a piece of paper had fallen out of it. I picked it up and read the note aloud.
"Dear Ms. Kamiya(A.K.A. Kari),
Mazel Tov!(Hebrew for: Congratgulations!) I can't wait to see your baby. Mellisa wants to know when the baby shower will be, and where you have a gift regestry. I hope the baby doesn't come TOO prematurely. *wink*
Your friendly physician,
Joe
P.S. I made Kira promise not to tell you this, so I could. Though I do wish I could see your face when you find out that your baby is a girl..." I stared at the paper for a few moments before breaking out in a grin. "Oh my god!" I practicly jumped off the table and hugged Kira. "Oh, my god! It's a girl, she's a girl....oh my god!" I sighed contentedly. "A girl..."
~*~
Green light.
"Would you like to get somthing to eat?"
"I guess...."
"Where do you want to stop?"
Red light.
"Can you belive it!?!" TK smiled, I guess he didn't trust himself to answer at the moment. I leaned back into the seat of the car, with the goofiest smile on my face. A girl. And then, a thought, which I voiced the second it came into my head. "What are we going to name her?"
"How about Jasmine?"
"Jasmine?"
Green light.
"You know, from Alladin."
"Oh no. I'm not naming my child after a charecter from a Disney movie. May I remind you of Ariel Farate? The most picked on girl of the class of 2006?"
Red light.
"Ok. Ummm..."
"How about Brittney?"
"Too many of them already....Kasey?"
Green light.
"That sounds like a boy's name, lets save it for our son."
"Hmmm....Angela."
Red light.
"Angel for short."
"Ok. I like that." He said, leaning over to kiss me.
Green light. We began to drive through the intersection, not noticing the speeding VW that was on a crash cource with our car. I saw it too late, yelling for TK to move the car, as it became evident that we would be hit, no matter how fast he did.
My side took the brunt of the impact, I was lucky that I had on my seatbelt, otherwise I would have been thrown out TK's window. All the same I was pushed mercilissly as far as I could go, and I felt the car begin to tip over. I screamed as it turned upside down, and scooted several feet.When it was over the scilence was deafening, I kept calling to TK, trying to get him to answer me, he had a huge gash in his skull, a really deep one, that was bleeding way too much. I slowly tried to reach the seatbelt clasp, but found that my right arm, no matter how hard I tried, wouldn't budge. So I reached over with my left hand to undo it, and promptly fell to the celing of the car. The pain was awful, I found that I had broken my arm and my stomach felt like it was eating itself. But I forgot all about my pains, they were not important right then, what was important was getting TK out of that seatbelt, and right side up again. I reched up with my left hand to undo it, and put myself in a position to cach him. When he came down the force was so great it knocked me over, and he fell on top of me. Struggleing to sit up, I moved him so that he was leaning against the side of the car, and sat there, panting, untill the police arrived.
Everything after that is foggy, I remember the rescue worker, his tag named him Dennis, and that he asked me several questions, when he found out about the baby he refused to let me sit up, and took me away from TK, to a "safe area". I had some comment about that name that I don't remember, but I don't remember much after that anyway, because I lost conciusness. I remember coming to, and going away several times in the ambulance, and once in the hospital.
Tai was sitting beside my bed, and I opened my eyes to see him praying, somthing he hadn't done ever since I've known him. I let him finish, and when he noticed I was awake he tried to smile for me, but I knew this must have been hard on him, so I tried to cheer him up.
"Tai," I said, "The baby, it's a girl." He smiled weakly at me, but I didn't notice at the time. "Please, Tai, tell Mom she's gonna have a granddaughter." He blinked several times, and then said he would, told me to get some rest, and took my hand. I closed my eyes, and he stood, turning to leave, and shooting a sad look at me, I heard him sniffle, and then I knew, Tai had been crying! I'd never seen him cry before. With that realisation, I drifted off, dreaming of when TK and I would be married, and we would have Angel, our baby girl, to welcome into the house.