1 DAVE 4 KNIGHT PART 3

Lucy Knight sighed as she looked in the mirror, sucking in her stomach, and pulling a wool sweater over her head. *Nope. I still look fat* she thought. She swapped the top for a silk blouse, and threw on her lab coat over it. She grabbed her keys from the dresser, and headed out to work.



When Lucy arrived at the hospital, she went straight to the Doctor's Lounge, deliberately avoiding her sort-of-boyfriend, Dr. Dave Malucci. Unfortunately, he saw her pretty blonde head duck through the door, and he followed her. He found her by her locker, putting her bag away. Before she realised he was there, Dave spotted the unopened pack of Kotex that had lain there for more than 6 weeks. Dave did some mental arithmetic, and came to a scary conclusion.:

The Kotex had lain unopened for 6 weeks

Lucy had taken a pregnancy test 3 weeks before, but she said it was negative

She had been acting weird since the test

Dave had never actually seen the test, he just took Lucy's word for it. She wouldn't lie, would she?

He decided to ask her about it, but the Lounge wasn't the place to do it. "Lucy? I think we need to talk," Dave said, planning on taking her to an empty exam room.

Startled, Lucy slammed the locker door shut, hiding the offending Kotex from view. "No we don't" she said shortly, turning away from him.

"Yes, we do!" he insisted, taking hold of her arm.

"Don't pressure me!" she exploded, breaking his grip and heading for the coffee machine. The other doctors in the room, began to talk loudly between themselves, not wanting to get involved in the young couples feud. They would have left them to argue, but that would involve leaving the room, where drill Sgt. Weaver might actually make them do their jobs.

"What's wrong with you? You've been ignoring me for 3 weeks?" Dave questioned.

"Nothing's wrong. I just don't think that this us thing is going to work, that's all" she said, turning away to hide the tears that were forming in her eyes.

"So you're not lying to me about anything?" he said pointedly, turning Lucy round to look at him.

Lucy didn't have to say anything, the solitary tear that fell down cheek told Dave what he needed to know. He pulled her close in a tight embrace, and she whispered into his ear,

"I'm so scared"