The Hidden Message. Chapter 4.
I felt myself returning to normal as I realised how high a dosage of morphine I must have been on. I noticed a dull pain in my abdomen but shrugged it off as nothing. The pain was getting worse and worse as I began thinking that this level of pain could not be happening. I doubled over in pain causing Monica to scream, as she must have thought that my heart was going from earlier.
I still had the thermometer in my mouth so I spat it out onto the bed. "Where's the nurse? I need more painkillers.. the pain.. please"! I screamed as the pain intensified. I startled William so much that he jumped and started crying. Monica took him out and John buzzed the nurse who came running in. "Lets just see where the pain is as we can't just give you more painkillers without knowing what's wrong." The nurse gingerly prodded my abdomen causing a spasm of pain. I punched her and curled up tightly into a ball screaming. "Found the pain." She said as she rubbed her arm. "Nurse, what's wrong with her." John pulled the nurse away and sat her down. "Well she could be suffering from a heavy blow to the abdomen but I think its very unlikely she would be in that much pain in her abdomen, appendicitis is a possibility or even a complicated pregnancy." The nurse smartened her coat and got up to give me some painkillers.
"What! Firstly she's not been hit in the abdomen, secondly she had her appendix out when she was a child and thirdly she was told that she couldn't have kids but somehow managed to have the child that my partner is holding outside this room." John stepped back as he realised that he was now nearly giving the nurse a heart attack.
The nurse came over to me and gave me a small dose of painkillers, which I was thankful for. "I need to talk to Dana alone a second please." She shooed John out of the door and pulled the curtain round. "Dana, do you know if you could be pregnant?" She looked at my monitors and then back to me. "Well, a year ago I went to have IVF treatment because the doctors said that I was infertile. I had been dating my partner for 3 months at that time. However, before the IVF could begin I felt emotional so I got a pregnancy test and it confirmed my suspicions. I don't know if I could be pregnant." I imagined Mulder sitting on my couch holding our son. "Ok then, I'll just prepare a scan for you." She left to get things prepared. Five minutes later she returned with the scanner and gel. "This is going to be slightly colder than usual as some idiot helper put it in the fridge. Sorry if it's a little cold." I gasped in shock as she smeared it on my abdomen. After the she had left the room I realised what had just happened. John and Monica came back in with William asleep in his travel cot. "So what did the nurse have to say then?" John sat down and placed William carefully down on his lap. "Umm.I don't know how to say this. It's slightly embarrassing." I pulled the blanket tighter around me. "What do you mean?" John said as he smartened his tie. "Well I'm waiting for my test results to come back." I felt the redness rising in my cheeks. "Oh Dana, you can't be. I thought your cancer wouldn't come back." Monica took a tissue and dabbed at her eyes. "No, no, no, no. It's not that. It's just that I could be pregnant. Mulder may be a father again but he might never know because he might not even be alive." I pulled a handful of tissues and covered my eyes. I felt the pain in my heart worsen. John's phone rang as he started getting up. "Sorry about this Dana. Hello, yes. Who is this? Ok one second please." John put his hand over the phone and turned to me. "It's for you. It's Skinner, says your phones off." John laughed and handed me the phone. I politely shooed Monica and John out because I felt that something wasn't right. "Hello...Skinner? It's Dana, can you here me sir? Walter?" I listened carefully as I could hear muffled talking. The next bit startled me. "Marry me, do you love me?" Skinner didn't sound like himself. "Skinner, I'm sorry but I can't marry you. I'm in love with someone else. His name's Mulder." The secrets out the bag now, no one else knew that I loved Mulder, not even he knew. "That's ok, but can you do me one favour please...?" Skinner coughed. ""Sure, what do you need"? I thought the line went dead but Skinner answered. "Marry me, I love you too Dana!" I almost fainted when it was Mulder's voice that answered. "Mulder is that really you!? Oh my god, yes"! I felt my eyes start getting tearful. "I'm here with Skinner at your apartment, where are you?" I then realised at how dumb I had been. Skinner and Mulder didn't know we were in hospital. "Ummm..I'll be there in 20 minutes tops. I love you." I hung up the phone and hobbled out of the hospital bed. "Oh, crap! Goddammit this hurts!" I yelled as I tried bending over. I realised it was less painful to pick things off the floor with the crutches by my bed.
Monica and John came rushing in to find me in my pj's trying to lift my shirt off the floor. "What are you doing! Get back into bed scully!" John ran over to me but I held out the crutch, pushed him away and drew the curtains. I put my shirt and trousers on and pulled the electronic apparatus off me. I opened the curtains to be met with Dogget.
I felt myself returning to normal as I realised how high a dosage of morphine I must have been on. I noticed a dull pain in my abdomen but shrugged it off as nothing. The pain was getting worse and worse as I began thinking that this level of pain could not be happening. I doubled over in pain causing Monica to scream, as she must have thought that my heart was going from earlier.
I still had the thermometer in my mouth so I spat it out onto the bed. "Where's the nurse? I need more painkillers.. the pain.. please"! I screamed as the pain intensified. I startled William so much that he jumped and started crying. Monica took him out and John buzzed the nurse who came running in. "Lets just see where the pain is as we can't just give you more painkillers without knowing what's wrong." The nurse gingerly prodded my abdomen causing a spasm of pain. I punched her and curled up tightly into a ball screaming. "Found the pain." She said as she rubbed her arm. "Nurse, what's wrong with her." John pulled the nurse away and sat her down. "Well she could be suffering from a heavy blow to the abdomen but I think its very unlikely she would be in that much pain in her abdomen, appendicitis is a possibility or even a complicated pregnancy." The nurse smartened her coat and got up to give me some painkillers.
"What! Firstly she's not been hit in the abdomen, secondly she had her appendix out when she was a child and thirdly she was told that she couldn't have kids but somehow managed to have the child that my partner is holding outside this room." John stepped back as he realised that he was now nearly giving the nurse a heart attack.
The nurse came over to me and gave me a small dose of painkillers, which I was thankful for. "I need to talk to Dana alone a second please." She shooed John out of the door and pulled the curtain round. "Dana, do you know if you could be pregnant?" She looked at my monitors and then back to me. "Well, a year ago I went to have IVF treatment because the doctors said that I was infertile. I had been dating my partner for 3 months at that time. However, before the IVF could begin I felt emotional so I got a pregnancy test and it confirmed my suspicions. I don't know if I could be pregnant." I imagined Mulder sitting on my couch holding our son. "Ok then, I'll just prepare a scan for you." She left to get things prepared. Five minutes later she returned with the scanner and gel. "This is going to be slightly colder than usual as some idiot helper put it in the fridge. Sorry if it's a little cold." I gasped in shock as she smeared it on my abdomen. After the she had left the room I realised what had just happened. John and Monica came back in with William asleep in his travel cot. "So what did the nurse have to say then?" John sat down and placed William carefully down on his lap. "Umm.I don't know how to say this. It's slightly embarrassing." I pulled the blanket tighter around me. "What do you mean?" John said as he smartened his tie. "Well I'm waiting for my test results to come back." I felt the redness rising in my cheeks. "Oh Dana, you can't be. I thought your cancer wouldn't come back." Monica took a tissue and dabbed at her eyes. "No, no, no, no. It's not that. It's just that I could be pregnant. Mulder may be a father again but he might never know because he might not even be alive." I pulled a handful of tissues and covered my eyes. I felt the pain in my heart worsen. John's phone rang as he started getting up. "Sorry about this Dana. Hello, yes. Who is this? Ok one second please." John put his hand over the phone and turned to me. "It's for you. It's Skinner, says your phones off." John laughed and handed me the phone. I politely shooed Monica and John out because I felt that something wasn't right. "Hello...Skinner? It's Dana, can you here me sir? Walter?" I listened carefully as I could hear muffled talking. The next bit startled me. "Marry me, do you love me?" Skinner didn't sound like himself. "Skinner, I'm sorry but I can't marry you. I'm in love with someone else. His name's Mulder." The secrets out the bag now, no one else knew that I loved Mulder, not even he knew. "That's ok, but can you do me one favour please...?" Skinner coughed. ""Sure, what do you need"? I thought the line went dead but Skinner answered. "Marry me, I love you too Dana!" I almost fainted when it was Mulder's voice that answered. "Mulder is that really you!? Oh my god, yes"! I felt my eyes start getting tearful. "I'm here with Skinner at your apartment, where are you?" I then realised at how dumb I had been. Skinner and Mulder didn't know we were in hospital. "Ummm..I'll be there in 20 minutes tops. I love you." I hung up the phone and hobbled out of the hospital bed. "Oh, crap! Goddammit this hurts!" I yelled as I tried bending over. I realised it was less painful to pick things off the floor with the crutches by my bed.
Monica and John came rushing in to find me in my pj's trying to lift my shirt off the floor. "What are you doing! Get back into bed scully!" John ran over to me but I held out the crutch, pushed him away and drew the curtains. I put my shirt and trousers on and pulled the electronic apparatus off me. I opened the curtains to be met with Dogget.