Look, can it be? Chapter 3 already? Ideas are flowing so much quicker for this one then they were for the original. I think it's because of the amount of dreams/flashbacks I'm doing. They're only a small part of a whole ya know, so I don't have to elaborate much past a few paragraphs instead of writing a whole chapter based on it. I'm glad everybody likes this so far. Please keep up the reviews and I'll keep up with the chapters.

READ TEACHER'S PET FIRST!!

Without You
Chapter 3

I looked down at my watch then glanced at the sleeping form on the chair in the corner. I carefully stood up and left the room. After a little searching I made my way to the nurse's station located on the center of the floor. I stood there and patiently waited until the nurse was off the phone.

"Can I help you Mrs. Tenou?" She leaned up to talk to me.

"Would I be able to get a ride to my doctor's appointment?" I sighed.

She smiled and pulled out a schedule. "I think we can work something out. What time is it for? And who's the doctor?"

"It's for 9am and with Dr. Kobayashi. " I checked my watch again and saw it was 7:30. Surely I'd be back before Rune woke up. If not I'd have to come up with some excuse to tell him. I wasn't ready to tell him yet. The first time we tried for the pregnancy it failed, the second time it worked.

--

"Honey I'm so nervous. What if it doesn't work out?" I gripped Haruka's hand tightly, trying to keep my own from shaking. "What if I can't get pregnant?"

"Hush Michi. If you think like that then that's how it's going to work out." She leaned forward and kissed my ear, and then my neck. I couldn't help but giggle and relax. She always knew how to calm me down. She always knew just the right spot to hit. "If you calm down I'll make it worth your while later." She laughed as I smacked her.

"Am I interrupting anything ladies?" We both looked up at the doctor as she walked into the room. "How are you feeling today Michiru?" She sat on her chair and looked at me.

"Nervous as hell."I smiled when she chuckled. My hand gripped my wife's harder.

"Well that's to be expected. I have the results of your test here." My eyes locked on the folder in her hand.

--

I wiped a tear away from my eye as I looked out the window of the hospital's shuttle. That was the day that the doctor told me the insemination failed.

"Are you alright ma'am?"

I looked over at the driver and nodded. "Yea. It's just…I'm afraid that my wife won't wake up."

He smiled softly. "You're racer Tenou's wife aren't you?" I nodded. "I'm sorry that that happened to her. Everybody's pulling for her to come through this."

"Nobody as much as me and our son though. Nobody…" I looked out the window again.

--

"Where's Haruka today?"

I sighed. "She had to be at the track early for the race tonight."

Dr. Kobayashi pulled the piece of paper out of the folder and handed it to me. I gladly accepted it and looked at the mixture of numbers and medical terms. I tilted my head when I looked at the chart with a high level line across the top. She reached her hand over to point to the line. "That means you're pregnant Michiru. Congratulations."

--

The shuttle driver stayed in the vehicle as I went inside the building for my appointment. I ignored the people around me as they started to chatter and watch me when I walked to the receptionist.

"Na-" The receptionist's face went soft when she looked up at me. "How's Haruka Michiru? Has there been any change?" I shook my head.

"Is there any way we can try to hurry up? The hospital shuttle driver is waiting on me." She nodded and turned to a nurse. "Go ahead through Michiru; the doctor has a few minutes now."

"Thank you so much." I followed the nurse down the hallway and right into Dr. Kobayashi's office. I forced a smile when she looked up at me.

"How's everything been going?"

I just shook my head. "Not good. You know about Haruka. It's been so hard without her."

"You know all that stress is not good for you, and definitely not for your baby. Have you told Rune yet?" I shook my head. "When are you going to tell him?" I looked away. I had no idea when I'd tell him or even how I'd bring it up. "You need to find a way to relax."

"Not while Haruka is laying in a hospital bed."

She let out a sigh. "Do you know what happens to your health when you're stressed?" I shook my head in response. "The main thing is that your blood pressure rises, which can kill the baby. You don't want that do you?...That's what I thought. You need to take a day off just for yourself, I know you love Haruka dearly, but if you take one day to yourself and relax you'll feel so much healthier."

--

"Mommy, I think I got in trouble today…" I lifted my head off of Haruka's chest as she leaned forward to take a piece of paper from Rune. "The principle gave this to me…to give to you." He hung his head as she opened up the letter to look at it.

"Rune, you little shit!" She started laughing and showed the paper to me. "Look at this."

"Dear Mrs. Tenou, we would like to inform you of your son's excellence in art. His painting was chosen to appear in the regional 4th grade competition." I moved the paper aside and hugged the surprised boy tightly. "This is amazing honey. Why did you think you got into trouble?"

"Because I punched Daiki in the arm for taking my juice."

"You what?" I glanced at Haruka. "Well even though they didn't punish you, I am, go upstairs to your room."

That's it for chapter 3. I'm glad you guys are enjoying this so far. I'm enjoying writing it. As another reminder, all the italic are flashbacks/dreams.

Don't forget to review..since you made it this far :D