Chapter 5

By the time I broke out of my thoughts, it was time for me to head towards the arena for tonight's show and I had just finished my article. I still could not believe that even though I thought about my past, I was still able to write my article and get it finished.

          I just finished getting ready to head down to the lobby when Glen came in asking if I was ready to go.

          "Yes, I am. Where's Collin?" I asked.

          "Barbara, Shane has him downstairs in the lobby, since you forgot we were suppose to meet down there twenty minutes ago." Glen said in a somewhat angry tone.

          "I didn't forget. I got a late start getting ready that's all." I said right back in the same angry tone.

          "I'm sorry for accusing you of forgetting about what time we were to be at the arena. Okay." He said coming over to me.

          "Hey, it's okay. I guess I did get a little sidetrack myself that's all. Let's just go before Shane sends up some sort of search party for the both of us." I said as I walked into his arms to give him a kiss on the lips. We then left the room to head towards the arena.

Once we got to the arena, I took Collin to my office to play while I went over the articles that were submitted me for the next magazine issues. While I was going over most of them and correcting what need to be corrected, I started to think back again to my past.

***(Barbara's thoughts)***    A/N: (May 1999)

          Once I returned back to Stamford, and got everything settled into my apartment and storage. I was more than ready to return to work. The day before I was to return, I got really sick. I thought it might just be my nerves acting up, because it has been almost six weeks since I actually did work. So, I stayed in bed most of that day and relaxed for most of it.

          By the time I went to bed that night, I was feeling better and ready to go into the office the next day. But the first thing I did the next morning was get sick again. I felt really bad and too weak to work. Therefore, I called my sectary and told her I was not feeling so good and I would try and make it in the next day, but I was to sick to do it today. I also mention to her to let Shane know that I was going to make a doctor's appointment later on in the day and see what might be wrong with me. If he could not get an answer on my phone later on.

          A couple hours later I arrived at my doctor's office for my appointment. The first thing I was asked to do was go into an exam room by a nurse so she could run the normal tests on me like checking my blood pressure, heart rate, and taking some blood.

          After the nurse left the exam room, I sat there and waited for the doctor to come in. When he came in, I explained to him how I was feeling and what some of the symptoms I was experiencing. I also thought it might be from the stress I have been under for the past couple of weeks. He then left the exam room and asked me to wait here until my results from my test came back.

          While I waited, I started to think about what all happen in Houston and if I made a big mistake by not telling Mark my true feelings for him. About an hour later the nurse came back into the room and explained to me that I was to get dress and go to the doctor's main office so he can explain to me what was going on.

          I then got dress and went into his main office. He then started to explain everything to me about how my test results came back and that the symptoms that I was suffering from are not caused by stress, but are the early symptoms of pregnancy.

          I could not believe what the doctor just told me that I am pregnant. After talking over with the doctor some more and giving him all the information that he needed to determine when due date would be. He told me that I should be due about the 24th of December which would make me about seven weeks pregnant. The doctor then gave me all my prenatal vitamins and other information. Then he explained to me when I would need to set-up for my check-ups each month.

          Once that was taken care of, I went back to my apartment to think about what I was going to do, but when I got there Shane was standing at my door waiting for me.

He asked me, "Is everything okay? You still do not look so good?"

          "Yes, I'm fine, but I have something I need to tell you though." I said as I was walking into my apartment. I then went over to the couch and sat down waiting for Shane to come over and sit as well so I can tell him what is going on.

          After explaining everything to him, I asked him, "How am I going to keep this a secret from everyone and from Mark if I am to go back on the road."

                Shane told me, "You are not going back on the road until you have that baby and as for Mark is concerned he still doesn't know that you are working for this company, half the guys still do not know your last name and if they do they think it is "Leigh" after your column you write. ******