A/N Sorry I haven't updated in a while. My lil sis got married last weekend so it has been hectic around my house and I have not had time to update this story. Anyways, here it is...I hope you enjoy and KEEP REVIEWING!

Chapter 5: Avoiding theResults

Around 7:30 Lu and Lana pulled back into the RWHC parking lot. Lu had taken around three bites of her food before having to run to the bathroom. Lana insisted that she try to eat a little more but Lu said she couldn't. She was to nervous and she knew she couldn't hold food down.

"Lu, why don't you go lay down in your office for a minute and I will go and get you some water," Lana told her as they made their way through the RWHC doors.

"Lana I am fine. I am gonna grab some files before I check for patients," Lu responded. She went into her office and started digging through papers not really even knowing what she was looking for. A few minutes later Lana walked into Lu's office with a glass of water in one hand and a box in the other.

"Lana, I really had rather wait until I am at home," Lu quietly told her.

"Now listen here," Lana spoke strongly, "we gotta find out what is going on with you. This," Lana held up the pregnancy test, "is the most plausible explanation, but if your not pregnant something is wrong and you need to find out what it is!"

"UGH, Lana...give me the damn test!" Lu said reluctantly as she grabbed the test from Lana's hand. Satisfied, Lana waited patiently for Lu to go into the bathroom and take it. Lu came back into her office with the test in her pocket. " I have to wait two minutes for the results," Lu said nervously.

"It's gonna be okay Lu, no matter what," Lana told her as she pulled Lu in and hugged her. Normally Lu would have pulled away but she felt vulnerable right now and needed someone to lean on.

"I'm glad your so confident because I am not," Lu whispered to Lana as she tried to hold back tears. Lu pulled away from Lana, "The waiting room is starting to fill up. Maybe I should get started and look at the results later," Lu said obviously fearing what the results may be.

"Oh no you don't! Lu, it will not hurt those women to wait a few minutes on you..." Lana said as she was interrupted by Lu's pager. Lu looked at her pager, "ER, I gotta go. Tell the girls I'll be back as soon as I can!"

Lu headed for the door but Lana grabbed her arm, "Oh now hold on. No Lu, you wait just a minute. What about this?" Lana pointed to Lu's pocket.

"Lana, wasn't it you that said the results will be the same no matter when I took the test? Now I have got a patient in the ER. I gotta go," Lu said as she broke Lana's hold on her arm and started down the hall.

"But Lu..." Lana called. Lu held up her hand as a gesture that she was finished with the conversation while she continued towards the ER.

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"Who paged Delgado?" Lu called out as she entered the ER.

"Over here," Kayla called out from across the room. "What do we got?" Lu asked as she walked towards Kayla.

"Twenty two year old white female with severe cramps, says she's one of yours," Kayla told her.

Lu looked at the young woman who was laying on her side gripping her stomach in pain. "Becca, what's going on? You crampin' again?" Lu asked as she grabbed her chart and started looking at it.

"Yea Lu. This is the third month in a row. The medicine you gave me isn't working this time. I have tried everything Lu and it still hurts so bad!" Rebecca said as she winced and tried to blink back her tears. The young woman's frustration was obvious for Lu to see.

Lu held up her hands, " Wait, just...hold on Becca. Did you brings the pills with you?"

"Yea, they are in the outside pocket of my bag." Rebecca said as she pointed to the bag on the floor and then quickly grabbed her stomach again as if it helped ease the pain.

Lu reached down and took the pills from the bag. She had to make sure Rebecca had not taken too many, or that she wasn't just in here looking for a fix. She knew Rebecca wasn't an addict and that her pain was real but she always checked when she prescribed highly addictive pills. Rebecca would cramp every month for the first two days of her period. The cramps had gotten so bad that Rebecca couldn't even work or go to class until they stopped. Lu had prescribed birth control but they had not helped a lot with the pain.She suspected endometriosis but the tests had came back inconclusive. Lu opened the bottle and counted the pills.She concluded that instead of taking too many, Rebecca had hardly taken any at all considering the amount of time she had had the prescription.

"Becca, you have had these pills for two months now right?" Lu asked.

"Yes, why aren't they working anymore?" Rebecca said wincing in pain again.

"How many have you taken this time around?" Lu asked. Rebecca looked up at Lu, "Just two, you said they were very addictive and if they weren't working to come in and tell you instead of taking more."

Lu smiled at the girl, "Wow, finally someone who listens to me. Well Becca, you did good by coming in here. I want to run some tests on you and see if anything has changedsince your last visit but first I want to give you something for the pain and let you get a little rest. I want to keep you over night and we will start the tests as soon as you stop hurting. Sound okay?"

"Yea, as long as you make the pain go away and I can be to class by 9 in the morning." Rebecca moaned.

"We will have to wait and see about class. Do you have your teacher's number so I can call him for you in case you don't make it to class?" Lu asked eager to help.

"Lu, your the best!" Rebecca smiled, "The number is in my black folder in the bag. His name is Dr. Stevens. He is the A&P instructor."

"Ahh, Anatomy and Phisiology, great class! I will see what I can do about those pain meds now." Lu said as she glanced around for Kayla. "Thanks Lu," Rebecca said.

"Kayla," Lu said as she walked across the room. "Yea Lu?" Kayla said looking at Lu. "When do you get off?" Lu asked. "Double shift, I am on until 6 tomorrow morning. Why?" Kayla responded.

"Becca," Lu said as she pointed to the young girl, "has severe menstrual cramps. I am going to give her some morphine to knock them out and help her sleep. Will you page me if she wakes up and needs anything or if, God forbids, she gets worse?" Lu asked.

"Sure thing. So far it has been slow so I will keep a close eye on her," Kayla smiled.

"Thanks Kayla," Lu said as she gave Kayla a pat on the arm and turned to go and administer the medicine to Rebecca.

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