The third appointment came. Grace had to pull herself from under Mark, who
was a semi-heavy sleeper, so that she could get ready to go meet everyone
at the doctors. Today was the day they got to see the baby for the first
time. Karen had been talking about it all yesterday, and Grace had sworn
that she wouldn't miss it. However a hand on her back told her otherwise.
"Where are you going?" Mark demanded in a gruff voice. He pulled Grace back to the bed and pushed her down.
"I have to go to Karen's doctors. I told you last night. She's getting a sonogram." She cried trying to get up. He held her down. "Let go." He didn't.
"I don't like her." Mark said, straddling Grace.
"Mark, don't." Grace felt him inside her and she cried out. She rolled over, trying to get away, but he held her down. "Stop!" She cried, reaching for something to hit him with. She found his alarm clock and threw it as hard as she could at him. He stopped and got up, stumbling backwards. Grace quickly got up and pulled on as much clothes as she could find and raced out of the room before Mark could catch her again.
Grace ran all the way to the lobby, where she quickly stepped into the rest of her clothes. She ran outside and hailed a cab. When she got in she looked down at her watch. She was going to be late.
"Wait! Where's Grace?" Karen sat up before Jennifer could start the sonogram. She completed all the other necessary tests and now they were getting ready to look at the baby.
"I don't know." Jack shrugged, coming over to Karen and taking her hand in his. "She'll be here." Jack reassured her.
"No, she won't." Karen pouted. Suddenly it clicked. Karen wanted Grace. Jack realized it all made since; the lust in her eyes and the way she had been so depressed over Grace not talking to her. Just then the door came open and a very disheveled Grace walked in. She went straight to Karen.
"Oh, honey. What happened?" Karen reached out to hug Grace, which was definitely a first.
"I'll tell you later." Grace whispered into her ear.
"Well, are we all here?" Jennifer looked around to make sure everyone that was going to come was there.
"Yeah," Karen smiled up at her. Will and Wes were seated in chairs, and Wes, too weak now to stand for a long period of time, stayed seated while Will came over to hold Karen's hand. Jennifer rolled up Karen's shirt and began putting the gel on her stomach while explaining what she was going to do. She took the transducer and began rubbing it across the gel. Karen giggled at the odd feeling.
Jennifer turned off the lights and everyone's eyes went to the screen where a barely seeable fetus supposedly was. "What...exactly...am I looking at?" Jack turned his head, so he could see it from the side.
"The fetus. Here's the head." She pointed to a light region where the head supposedly was. She then began explaining where everything was and after moving around quite a bit they could kind of see where the fetus was.
"Don't worry, it's still developing. It will be a lot clearer in a few more months." Jennifer reassured them.
"Oh," Karen looked at Will and they exchanged a glance, both rather confused, but happy all the same.
After a little while longer Jennifer turned back on the lights and began wiping the gel off of Karen's belly. She smiled and pulled back down her shirt. Will leaned down and kissed her cheek. "I'd better go. Wes needs to go home and rest." Will whispered.
"Alright, go on honey." Karen smiled and then sat up. Will went and said goodbye to Grace and Jack and then took the weak Wes and helped him out the door after Wes said good-bye.
Jack helped Karen up off the table. Grace was waiting by the door.
"Kare, I'd better go back down to my ward, boss is calling. I had fun." Jack and Karen pecked cheeks.
"Bye, Poodle." Karen grinned and walked to the door with Jack. However when Jack went out Karen stopped by Grace and looked at her.
"He tried to rape me." Grace whispered, noting that Jennifer was still in the room.
"Oh, Grace." Karen shook her head. She pulled Grace to her and they kissed. Jennifer paused from cleaning up to watch. She was thoroughly confused.
"Oh, sorry." Grace turned to see Jennifer staring.
"Oh, no-no-no, I'm sorry." Jennifer apologized looking away.
"It's okay, honey." Karen had turned to see who Grace was apologizing to and smiled when she remembered Jennifer was still in the room. "I'll see you next month." Karen smiled, putting an arm around Grace and directing her out of the room.
"Bye." Jennifer called after them.
"So, how'd it go?" Grace asked. "Did you get tested for all those diseases?"
"Yeah, it was horrible. She kept poking and prodding, damn I need a drink." Karen and Grace had looped arms and were walking down the hall to the elevators giggling. "But, no, seriously, honey. You need to figure out what you're going to do about Mark."
"I know." They stepped on the elevator.
"Well..." Karen demanded.
"I don't know." Grace shrugged.
"Honey, you need out of the relationship. Mark is bad."
"And what, you are good?" Grace said sarcastically.
"That's not what I'm saying, Grace." Karen protested.
Grace paused, wanting to forget everything that was going on. She really didn't want to have this conversation in the elevator either. "Can I come over?" Grace mustered up the courage to ask.
"Of course, honey." Karen nodded. They got off the elevator and went out to where the limo awaited Karen. They got in and Grace, feeling sleepy, laid her head on Karen's lap as the limo pulled away.
"Where are you going?" Mark demanded in a gruff voice. He pulled Grace back to the bed and pushed her down.
"I have to go to Karen's doctors. I told you last night. She's getting a sonogram." She cried trying to get up. He held her down. "Let go." He didn't.
"I don't like her." Mark said, straddling Grace.
"Mark, don't." Grace felt him inside her and she cried out. She rolled over, trying to get away, but he held her down. "Stop!" She cried, reaching for something to hit him with. She found his alarm clock and threw it as hard as she could at him. He stopped and got up, stumbling backwards. Grace quickly got up and pulled on as much clothes as she could find and raced out of the room before Mark could catch her again.
Grace ran all the way to the lobby, where she quickly stepped into the rest of her clothes. She ran outside and hailed a cab. When she got in she looked down at her watch. She was going to be late.
"Wait! Where's Grace?" Karen sat up before Jennifer could start the sonogram. She completed all the other necessary tests and now they were getting ready to look at the baby.
"I don't know." Jack shrugged, coming over to Karen and taking her hand in his. "She'll be here." Jack reassured her.
"No, she won't." Karen pouted. Suddenly it clicked. Karen wanted Grace. Jack realized it all made since; the lust in her eyes and the way she had been so depressed over Grace not talking to her. Just then the door came open and a very disheveled Grace walked in. She went straight to Karen.
"Oh, honey. What happened?" Karen reached out to hug Grace, which was definitely a first.
"I'll tell you later." Grace whispered into her ear.
"Well, are we all here?" Jennifer looked around to make sure everyone that was going to come was there.
"Yeah," Karen smiled up at her. Will and Wes were seated in chairs, and Wes, too weak now to stand for a long period of time, stayed seated while Will came over to hold Karen's hand. Jennifer rolled up Karen's shirt and began putting the gel on her stomach while explaining what she was going to do. She took the transducer and began rubbing it across the gel. Karen giggled at the odd feeling.
Jennifer turned off the lights and everyone's eyes went to the screen where a barely seeable fetus supposedly was. "What...exactly...am I looking at?" Jack turned his head, so he could see it from the side.
"The fetus. Here's the head." She pointed to a light region where the head supposedly was. She then began explaining where everything was and after moving around quite a bit they could kind of see where the fetus was.
"Don't worry, it's still developing. It will be a lot clearer in a few more months." Jennifer reassured them.
"Oh," Karen looked at Will and they exchanged a glance, both rather confused, but happy all the same.
After a little while longer Jennifer turned back on the lights and began wiping the gel off of Karen's belly. She smiled and pulled back down her shirt. Will leaned down and kissed her cheek. "I'd better go. Wes needs to go home and rest." Will whispered.
"Alright, go on honey." Karen smiled and then sat up. Will went and said goodbye to Grace and Jack and then took the weak Wes and helped him out the door after Wes said good-bye.
Jack helped Karen up off the table. Grace was waiting by the door.
"Kare, I'd better go back down to my ward, boss is calling. I had fun." Jack and Karen pecked cheeks.
"Bye, Poodle." Karen grinned and walked to the door with Jack. However when Jack went out Karen stopped by Grace and looked at her.
"He tried to rape me." Grace whispered, noting that Jennifer was still in the room.
"Oh, Grace." Karen shook her head. She pulled Grace to her and they kissed. Jennifer paused from cleaning up to watch. She was thoroughly confused.
"Oh, sorry." Grace turned to see Jennifer staring.
"Oh, no-no-no, I'm sorry." Jennifer apologized looking away.
"It's okay, honey." Karen had turned to see who Grace was apologizing to and smiled when she remembered Jennifer was still in the room. "I'll see you next month." Karen smiled, putting an arm around Grace and directing her out of the room.
"Bye." Jennifer called after them.
"So, how'd it go?" Grace asked. "Did you get tested for all those diseases?"
"Yeah, it was horrible. She kept poking and prodding, damn I need a drink." Karen and Grace had looped arms and were walking down the hall to the elevators giggling. "But, no, seriously, honey. You need to figure out what you're going to do about Mark."
"I know." They stepped on the elevator.
"Well..." Karen demanded.
"I don't know." Grace shrugged.
"Honey, you need out of the relationship. Mark is bad."
"And what, you are good?" Grace said sarcastically.
"That's not what I'm saying, Grace." Karen protested.
Grace paused, wanting to forget everything that was going on. She really didn't want to have this conversation in the elevator either. "Can I come over?" Grace mustered up the courage to ask.
"Of course, honey." Karen nodded. They got off the elevator and went out to where the limo awaited Karen. They got in and Grace, feeling sleepy, laid her head on Karen's lap as the limo pulled away.