"I'm just so scared…" Rachel said still buried in Elizabeth's sweater.
"Its okay sweetie. Mark we should order a rape kit just to make sure."
Mark said nothing but nodded his head in agreement.
Just in the nick of time, Abby came up to check on the three of them. "How are you, sweetie?" she asked when she noticed Rachel's brown eyes filled with tears.
Elizabeth pulled Abby out of the room and explained to her what happened. She then orders a rape kit and Abby disappears to the supply room.
Abby came back with the rape kit and performed the standard procedure. A few hours later Abby came up to the room to share the results with the worried father and step-mother.
Finally, Abby came into the room with a serious expression on her face. "Mark, Elizabeth, we need to talk." Abby said, her voice filled with fear. "The tests were revealed that Rachel was in fact raped. Now the fact that she passed out is because Rachel…is pregnant." Abby said and left the room so that the two doctors could talk.
"Oh God Mark, what are we going to do? She's only 15-years old! Can she handle this?" Soon Elizabeth's eyes were filled with tears and she had her head buried in Mark's chest.
"Shh, its going to be okay, Elizabeth." Mark said, his eyes filled with tears as well."
"Mark, We should tell her." Elizabeth said, solemnly
Mark agreed and they both went back into Rachel's room and sat on her bed. Elizabeth did all of the talking.
"Rachel, Mr. Mac did rape you and you are pregnant, that is why you passed out." Elizabeth said quickly, she didn't want to upset Rachel too much.
Rachel sat in her bed, bewildered at the thought that she was carrying a baby.
"Dad, can I…umm talk to Elizabeth for a minute?" asked Rachel cautiously.
"Sure sweetie, Ella and I will go down to the cafeteria. Can I bring you girls a soda or something?" asked Mark trying to hide the fear he had for his daughter.
" Sure, I'll have a Coke." Rachel replied.
"Make that two!" Elizabeth said and smiled.
Mark, with Ella in his arms gathered his and Ella's things and was out the door.
"Are you alright?" Elizabeth asked, brushing Rachel's straight blonde hair from her face.
"I don't know what to do, what to expect. I don't even know if I can handle being pregnant, with school and my play and all."
"Oh sweetie, I understand. I went through it all."
Rachel's eyes widened. "You mean you were…raped too?" Rachel asked inquisitively.
Elizabeth nodded, trying to hold back the tears.
"What did you do? Did you have the baby?" Rachel asked again.
Elizabeth nodded. " I did. I didn't want to have an abortion. I was a bit older than you though. I was 17."
"Then do you think I should have it?" Rachel asked, her wide eyes staring up at her step-mother.
Elizabeth knew that Rachel looked up to her and what she was to say would make a big impact on her life. "I think you should do whatever you feel is right."
"But what if-"
"Hey girls, I'm back!" Mark's words interrupted their conversation. " Oh, sorry. Should I come back?" mark asked apologetically.
"No its okay, dad." Rachel said and then whispered to Elizabeth. " let's finish our conversation at home, okay?"
Elizabeth nodded and gave her step-daughter a kiss on the cheek.
"Its okay sweetie. Mark we should order a rape kit just to make sure."
Mark said nothing but nodded his head in agreement.
Just in the nick of time, Abby came up to check on the three of them. "How are you, sweetie?" she asked when she noticed Rachel's brown eyes filled with tears.
Elizabeth pulled Abby out of the room and explained to her what happened. She then orders a rape kit and Abby disappears to the supply room.
Abby came back with the rape kit and performed the standard procedure. A few hours later Abby came up to the room to share the results with the worried father and step-mother.
Finally, Abby came into the room with a serious expression on her face. "Mark, Elizabeth, we need to talk." Abby said, her voice filled with fear. "The tests were revealed that Rachel was in fact raped. Now the fact that she passed out is because Rachel…is pregnant." Abby said and left the room so that the two doctors could talk.
"Oh God Mark, what are we going to do? She's only 15-years old! Can she handle this?" Soon Elizabeth's eyes were filled with tears and she had her head buried in Mark's chest.
"Shh, its going to be okay, Elizabeth." Mark said, his eyes filled with tears as well."
"Mark, We should tell her." Elizabeth said, solemnly
Mark agreed and they both went back into Rachel's room and sat on her bed. Elizabeth did all of the talking.
"Rachel, Mr. Mac did rape you and you are pregnant, that is why you passed out." Elizabeth said quickly, she didn't want to upset Rachel too much.
Rachel sat in her bed, bewildered at the thought that she was carrying a baby.
"Dad, can I…umm talk to Elizabeth for a minute?" asked Rachel cautiously.
"Sure sweetie, Ella and I will go down to the cafeteria. Can I bring you girls a soda or something?" asked Mark trying to hide the fear he had for his daughter.
" Sure, I'll have a Coke." Rachel replied.
"Make that two!" Elizabeth said and smiled.
Mark, with Ella in his arms gathered his and Ella's things and was out the door.
"Are you alright?" Elizabeth asked, brushing Rachel's straight blonde hair from her face.
"I don't know what to do, what to expect. I don't even know if I can handle being pregnant, with school and my play and all."
"Oh sweetie, I understand. I went through it all."
Rachel's eyes widened. "You mean you were…raped too?" Rachel asked inquisitively.
Elizabeth nodded, trying to hold back the tears.
"What did you do? Did you have the baby?" Rachel asked again.
Elizabeth nodded. " I did. I didn't want to have an abortion. I was a bit older than you though. I was 17."
"Then do you think I should have it?" Rachel asked, her wide eyes staring up at her step-mother.
Elizabeth knew that Rachel looked up to her and what she was to say would make a big impact on her life. "I think you should do whatever you feel is right."
"But what if-"
"Hey girls, I'm back!" Mark's words interrupted their conversation. " Oh, sorry. Should I come back?" mark asked apologetically.
"No its okay, dad." Rachel said and then whispered to Elizabeth. " let's finish our conversation at home, okay?"
Elizabeth nodded and gave her step-daughter a kiss on the cheek.