Nick crawled onto the bed where Sara lay and leaned over and kissed her
softly.
She opened her eyes and smiled. "Hey, how was work?"
"A couple of B&Es, nothing too involved." His fingers caressed her cheek. "How are you feeling?"
"A little better, but not good." She whispered in response.
Nick furrowed his brow. "I guess you don't want to go out and celebrate our four month anniversary then."
Sara winced. "I don't think the idea of food in general sounds good right now."
Nick studied her for a moment. "Honey, I think maybe you should go to the doctor. Since I've known you, you've never been sick."
She nodded. "I made an appointment already. Will you drive?"
"You really don't feel good, do you?" Nick was worried.
Sara shook her head.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sara leaned her head against Nick's shoulder as they waited at the doctor's office. Her thoughts drifted as they waited to be called back to an exam room. How she had not admitted to herself just how amazing Nick was sooner, was beyond her. It took a trip to Texas and his nosey family to get them both to admit their feelings. A smile played at the corners of her mouth.
Nick noticed the change in her expression and chuckled. "What are you thinking about?"
She looked up at him, her smiled beginning to broaden. "Texas."
He grinned and leaned down to kiss her. "I have some good memories of Texas too."
She giggled. "Have I mentioned lately that I'm glad we went to visit your family?"
"I'm pretty glad we went to visit them too." He kissed the top of her head.
"Sara?" A nurse stood in the doorway glancing out at the patients assembled in the waiting room. They followed her back to the exam room. The nurse began by taking Sara's temperature and blood pressure. "So, you're not feeling well I take it?"
Sara shook her head. "I think I've picked up some sort of bug."
"Hon, you were mentioning something else yesterday about your birth control." Nick interjected.
The nurse looked at Sara curiously for a moment before writing on her chart.
"Yeah, I think the dosage might need to be adjusted, I'm gaining weight and one of my coworkers told me that she thinks I'm pretty moody." Sara recounted.
"Well, that's not that unusual, but the doctor should be able to do something to alleviate some of your symptoms." The nurse continued to write on her chart before looking up and smiling. "Dr. Cole should be with you in just a few minutes." She turned and headed out of the exam room, leaving Nick and Sara alone.
Nick looked a little sheepish. "I didn't know that birth control pills could have those kind of side effects."
Sara smirked. "Just to name a few."
Nick furrowed his brow. "Maybe we should think about some other form of birth control. I feel badly that it's making you feel like that."
Sara smiled. "That's sweet, Nick, but this is the most convenient and quite frankly, most of the time I don't think that's the first thing on either of our minds."
He leaned over and kissed her just as the doctor walked in. Nick had a grin on his face as he noticed the amusement on Dr. Cole's face.
"Sara." The doctor greeted her and then turned toward Nick. "I'm Amanda Cole, you must be Nick."
He shook the doctor's hand. "Good guess."
"What seems to be the problem today?" Dr. Cole studied Sara.
"I feel like crap." Sara smirked. "I think I might have picked up some kind of bug; I started throwing up last night."
"You didn't tell me that, honey." Nick looked concerned.
"That's why I made the appointment, baby." Sara smiled.
Dr. Cole let out a chuckle. "Ok, well, your temperature is normal and so is your blood pressure. The nurse mentioned that you want to change the dosage of your birth control. Can you tell me what kind of symptoms you're experiencing?"
Sara glanced over at Nick for a moment before she spoke. "Well, I've gain enough weight that I can't seem to fit into any of my jeans, these are actually Nick's."
Nick looked a little surprised. "Oh, hey, no wonder I couldn't find those earlier."
"Sorry, honey, I haven't had time to go shopping." Sara looked slightly amused. She turned back towards the doctor. "I seem to be really moody lately too."
The doctor nodded. "Ok, I'm going to take a little blood and I'll need a urine sample too."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Well, the blood work will take a couple of days, but I think I know why you're not feeling well, Sara." The doctor looked as if she was trying to restrain a smile.
"Is it the flu?" Sara furrowed her brow, hoping that the nausea would go away soon.
She shook her head. "Uh, not exactly."
"What do you mean?" Sara asked a little confused.
"For the time being, I'm taking you off of your birth control. I think that some of your symptoms have been magnified from the hormones in the pills. And quite frankly, you're not going to need them for a little while." Doctor Cole watched as confusion clouded Nick and Sara's faces.
"I'm not sure I understand." Sara muttered, still clearly confused.
Nick didn't say a word, he just stood there in a daze.
The doctor smiled at Sara. "I suspect that you'll start feeling a little better in a few days."
Sara raised an eyebrow. "A little better, why not a lot better?" Sara had a panicked quality in her voice as all the possibilities of what disease she must have entered her mind.
The doctor pursed her lips together to restrain a chuckle in consideration of Sara's expression. "Morning sickness usually lasts a few weeks to a few months. It really differs with each woman."
Shock registered on Sara's face. "Morning sickness."
The doctor nodded. "I'll want you to come back in a week or so for an ultrasound so we can tell just how far along you are."
"I'm pregnant." Sara muttered in disbelief.
The doctor smiled. "Yes, Sara, you're pregnant."
Nick finally broke out of his reverie. "We're having a baby."
"Congratulations." The doctor smiled at the couple.
Sara just sat there in utter shock, completely dumbfounded that she was in fact pregnant.
She opened her eyes and smiled. "Hey, how was work?"
"A couple of B&Es, nothing too involved." His fingers caressed her cheek. "How are you feeling?"
"A little better, but not good." She whispered in response.
Nick furrowed his brow. "I guess you don't want to go out and celebrate our four month anniversary then."
Sara winced. "I don't think the idea of food in general sounds good right now."
Nick studied her for a moment. "Honey, I think maybe you should go to the doctor. Since I've known you, you've never been sick."
She nodded. "I made an appointment already. Will you drive?"
"You really don't feel good, do you?" Nick was worried.
Sara shook her head.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sara leaned her head against Nick's shoulder as they waited at the doctor's office. Her thoughts drifted as they waited to be called back to an exam room. How she had not admitted to herself just how amazing Nick was sooner, was beyond her. It took a trip to Texas and his nosey family to get them both to admit their feelings. A smile played at the corners of her mouth.
Nick noticed the change in her expression and chuckled. "What are you thinking about?"
She looked up at him, her smiled beginning to broaden. "Texas."
He grinned and leaned down to kiss her. "I have some good memories of Texas too."
She giggled. "Have I mentioned lately that I'm glad we went to visit your family?"
"I'm pretty glad we went to visit them too." He kissed the top of her head.
"Sara?" A nurse stood in the doorway glancing out at the patients assembled in the waiting room. They followed her back to the exam room. The nurse began by taking Sara's temperature and blood pressure. "So, you're not feeling well I take it?"
Sara shook her head. "I think I've picked up some sort of bug."
"Hon, you were mentioning something else yesterday about your birth control." Nick interjected.
The nurse looked at Sara curiously for a moment before writing on her chart.
"Yeah, I think the dosage might need to be adjusted, I'm gaining weight and one of my coworkers told me that she thinks I'm pretty moody." Sara recounted.
"Well, that's not that unusual, but the doctor should be able to do something to alleviate some of your symptoms." The nurse continued to write on her chart before looking up and smiling. "Dr. Cole should be with you in just a few minutes." She turned and headed out of the exam room, leaving Nick and Sara alone.
Nick looked a little sheepish. "I didn't know that birth control pills could have those kind of side effects."
Sara smirked. "Just to name a few."
Nick furrowed his brow. "Maybe we should think about some other form of birth control. I feel badly that it's making you feel like that."
Sara smiled. "That's sweet, Nick, but this is the most convenient and quite frankly, most of the time I don't think that's the first thing on either of our minds."
He leaned over and kissed her just as the doctor walked in. Nick had a grin on his face as he noticed the amusement on Dr. Cole's face.
"Sara." The doctor greeted her and then turned toward Nick. "I'm Amanda Cole, you must be Nick."
He shook the doctor's hand. "Good guess."
"What seems to be the problem today?" Dr. Cole studied Sara.
"I feel like crap." Sara smirked. "I think I might have picked up some kind of bug; I started throwing up last night."
"You didn't tell me that, honey." Nick looked concerned.
"That's why I made the appointment, baby." Sara smiled.
Dr. Cole let out a chuckle. "Ok, well, your temperature is normal and so is your blood pressure. The nurse mentioned that you want to change the dosage of your birth control. Can you tell me what kind of symptoms you're experiencing?"
Sara glanced over at Nick for a moment before she spoke. "Well, I've gain enough weight that I can't seem to fit into any of my jeans, these are actually Nick's."
Nick looked a little surprised. "Oh, hey, no wonder I couldn't find those earlier."
"Sorry, honey, I haven't had time to go shopping." Sara looked slightly amused. She turned back towards the doctor. "I seem to be really moody lately too."
The doctor nodded. "Ok, I'm going to take a little blood and I'll need a urine sample too."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Well, the blood work will take a couple of days, but I think I know why you're not feeling well, Sara." The doctor looked as if she was trying to restrain a smile.
"Is it the flu?" Sara furrowed her brow, hoping that the nausea would go away soon.
She shook her head. "Uh, not exactly."
"What do you mean?" Sara asked a little confused.
"For the time being, I'm taking you off of your birth control. I think that some of your symptoms have been magnified from the hormones in the pills. And quite frankly, you're not going to need them for a little while." Doctor Cole watched as confusion clouded Nick and Sara's faces.
"I'm not sure I understand." Sara muttered, still clearly confused.
Nick didn't say a word, he just stood there in a daze.
The doctor smiled at Sara. "I suspect that you'll start feeling a little better in a few days."
Sara raised an eyebrow. "A little better, why not a lot better?" Sara had a panicked quality in her voice as all the possibilities of what disease she must have entered her mind.
The doctor pursed her lips together to restrain a chuckle in consideration of Sara's expression. "Morning sickness usually lasts a few weeks to a few months. It really differs with each woman."
Shock registered on Sara's face. "Morning sickness."
The doctor nodded. "I'll want you to come back in a week or so for an ultrasound so we can tell just how far along you are."
"I'm pregnant." Sara muttered in disbelief.
The doctor smiled. "Yes, Sara, you're pregnant."
Nick finally broke out of his reverie. "We're having a baby."
"Congratulations." The doctor smiled at the couple.
Sara just sat there in utter shock, completely dumbfounded that she was in fact pregnant.
