As the hour hand reached ten o'clock, Martin's knee was bouncing up and down apprehensively. Samantha was calmly sitting next to him reading a magazine. They were obviously in a hospital's waiting room. Sam could tell that Martin was extremely nervous and anxious. To be completely honest, they both were vaguely hesitant.
"The doctor will see you in about fifteen minutes." The receptionist directly said to Martin and Sam. The desolated room carried only three couples. The other two couples intimated both Martin and Sam.
There was a couple in their late thirties or early forties. The woman must of have been six months in. They looked undoubtedly happy. The parents were talking about how happy they were since this was their sixth child.
The other couples were so young. Since the three-carrot diamond was sticking out, you could tell that they were newly weds. The man talked about how happy he was since he was going to be a father. The mother talked about how she should take permanent time off from her job.
"Are you okay?" Sam asked Martin. Martin's tension bothered Samantha too much. If he was nervous, there would be no way that she could stay calm herself.
"Uh, No not really… I just really hate hospitals." Martin explained.
"Martin we go to hospitals all the time for work." Samantha was confused. She did not know why he was so jumpy around her right now.
"We don't go to hospital for this circumstances everyday." Martin said
"If you don't want to stay, you should just go!" Sam growled.
"No Sam. I want to stay!" Martin defended his honor.
"Well you're not really showing it. And to give it some more thought you haven't been showing that you really want to have this baby… Do you want to have this baby Martin?"
"Samantha Spade and Martin Fitzgerald the doctor will see you." The receptionist called their name interrupting their conversation.
"We should go." Martin said. As they both got up, Martin tried to hold her hand but she was too angry with him. She just gave him the cold shoulder.
Samantha never heard Martin say that he wanted to keep the baby. Sam just assumed that everything was going fine. She assumed that he was ready to have a baby in his life. But what if he does not want to keep the baby? What would Samantha do?
Martin was afraid that Samantha would ask the question. Do you want to keep the baby? Yes, she did ask him the question before, but he was never force to answer it. For the past week and half, he has been confused as it was. He had too much on his plate. He was trying to make sure everything was going in the right direction. Nonetheless, he realized that he did not know where the right direction was heading.
Vivian, Danny, and Jack were all sitting around the conference table. As Jack was signing a few papers, Danny and Vivian were staring at him confused. It was about a quarter past ten, and they both noticed that neither Sam nor Martin had shown up for work. They were just wondering why Jack did not say anything about. He did not even mentioned there name once.
"Um Jack." Vivian said.
"Yup." Jack was listening but still signing the papers.
"Um we were just wondering…. Does it seem a bit unusual today?" Vivian did not want to pry the words out.
"What do you mean?" Jack looked up.
"Why isn't Martin or Sam here?" Danny blabbed. At this point, Danny was impertinent towards Sam and Martin.
Jack smirked, "I told them that we had a five day weekend."
"There is?" Danny and Vivian simultaneously said.
"For them there is a five day weekend." Jack stated.
"Why?" Vivian asked.
"Because I think they both need some time to cool down their relationship." Jack said.
"They shouldn't be having one if you asked me." Danny murmured.
"No one asked you Danny." Vivian said.
"You think they should be having one?" Danny asked and Jack waited for a response.
"Why not? They're both good for each other." Vivian said.
"You think their deliberate fighting and emotional breakdowns are good for each other?" Danny disputed.
"Every couple goes through this phase." Vivian said, "It'll pass. Besides I see the way Sam looks at him."
"How does she look at him?" Jack wondered.
"Its kind of vague but it looks like she really cares about him." Vivian answered.
"I don't know Viv." Danny said.
"Yeah, their phase has been going around for quite some time." Jack said.
"Do you think they know that we know?" Vivian asked.
"I think Martin tried to tell me yesterday." Danny said.
"Yeah Sam tried too." Jack said.
"What do you mean tried?" Vivian asked.
"Dumb ass was too embarrassed to tell me." Danny said.
"I think Sam was just too nervous to tell me." Jack said.
"Well maybe if you two stop putting so much pressure on them, they might start to feel more comfortable."
"Samantha Spade." A doctor's head peeked through the door. Sam, wearing a patient's gown, was sitting on the cold counter. Martin was standing next to her silent. They both had not said a word since they were in the waiting room.
"I'm Doctor Javenson." He walked in quickly sitting in a chair. He skimmed through Samantha's filed reading the important details. "I see that you are here for a pregnancy test."
"Yes." Samantha responded.
Doctor Javenson looked up at Martin, "And I assume that you're Samantha's partner."
"Uh yeah." Martin muttered.
"For this portion of this appointment most of the fathers aren't usually in the room." Doctor Javenson explained.
Martin was confused. At this point, Martin did not know if Sam wanted him in the room. "Oh well, I was."
"Martin maybe you should." Samantha nodded her head towards the door. Momentarily, Samantha felt that she needed some space.
"Samantha." Martin screeched. Martin knew that he was smothering her a lot. Was he being too clingy? Could men be clingy? I think it came natural to men who were having a baby.
"Please." Samantha begged.
"Alright. If you need me I'll be in the waiting room." Martin stated. Maybe he was too smothering. How was he supposed to stop? He was not trying to conceal her. What did he need? He needed to be alone too. He needed to do some thinking for himself.
"Jack you wanted to talk to me?" Vivian sneaked her head in Jack's office.
"Yeah have a seat." Jack said clearly.
Vivian sat down, "What is this about?"
"I think you know what this is about." Jack needed to talk to someone about his issues with Sam and Martin. Vivian seemed very opinionated about the issued. Jack thought she would be a great person to debate the problem.
"Jack. Please don't tell me it's about Sam and Martin." Vivian implored.
"I just can't get it out my head." Jack stated.
"Well you need to." Vivian said.
"Why didn't she tell me? Why? I am her friend. Aren't I?" Jack speculated.
"She doesn't have to tell you. It is none of your business. Besides a lot happen between you two besides friendship." Vivian reasoned.
"I've passed that and I just assumed that she did too. Besides down the line, she would have to tell me." Jack responded.
"No she did not Jack. She did not have to tell you. If she wanted to, she would have. But like I said before, you put too much pressure on her." Vivian said.
"You know she's been acting weird lately and I think it's because of the relationship." Jack detected.
"She's been a bit callous." Vivian said.
"She's been bitchy." Jack said.
"If I didn't know any better I would say that…" Vivian just figured it out. Sam's has been emotional, has been gaining a little wait, and she has been sick. She was pregnant. Vivian knew because she as a woman who has been pregnant before and she could spot it like a second.
"You would say what?" Jack said clueless.
Vivian knew it was not safe for Samantha to work if she was pregnant. However, she did not want to spread Samantha's business around. "I've would say that she's been bitchy because she's been trying to push you away."
Martin was walking back and forth in the waiting room. It has been at least a half hour and Sam was still with the doctor. His versatile mind had so many questions, but he did not have any answers. Was he ready to have a baby? His father has been talking to him about settling down his life. However, how was suppose to settle down his life. Was he suppose do it in an instant. If he was suppose to settle down his life, this was the chance.
"Hey." Sam came out of the door.
"Hey. How'd it go?" Martin said.
"Fine." Samantha said.
"You okay?" Martin said.
"You know what. I'm just tired. I just want to go home." Samantha said.
