AN: Well this story got one favorite so I guess that means someone is reading. So here's to you kensare :]
I woke up the next morning to the sun shining through the blinds. I stretch and yawn and all seems peaceful for a moment. I attempt to make myself breakfast but halfway through frying my omelet I have to run to the bathroom. I end up kneeling by the toilet dry heaving for 5 minutes before the smoke alarm in my apartment goes off. I remember my eggs and get to my feet as fast as I can.
By the time I'm able to get back to the kitchen my stove area is smoke filled and my omelet is burned to a crisp. I turn off the stove quickly and run to reset the fire alarm. And when that's done the smoke cloud has dissipated a bit.
I start crying as the past 24 hours comes flooding back to me. 5 minutes later I'm still sobbing but the tears have run out. I have cried myself dry I guess. I stand there and for a moment I feel incredibly lost until there's a knock at my door. I compose myself quickly before answering it.
"Hey girl hey!" Elly says brightly as she and Anna enter my apartment. "How are you feeling?" She asks taking in my disheveled appearance.
"The usual," I answer not sure whether or not to tell them the truth just yet. I hastily clean up the mess my burned omelet left behind. "Give me a minute and I'll be ready." I tell them retreating to my bedroom to change out of my wrinkled clothes. I throw on a pair of sweats and a tank top with my flip flops. I grab my wallet and meet Elly and Anna by my door.
We walk outside in relative silence. They ask me a couple of questions as we take the drive to my appointment. Anna sits in the front passenger while Elly settles on the back seat. Anna fiddles with the radio before giving up and grabbing a CD from the pouch I keep in my car. Soon one of Big Time Rush's songs filters out of the speakers.
"I miss them so much." Elly sighs from the back seat. Anna and I nod our heads in agreement.
"I got to talk to Carlos for like a minute last night. I guess they're having the time of their lives on the road." Anna adds.
"That's good to hear." I say half truthfully and half bitterly.
"They're coming back to LA in a couple of weeks. I can't wait." Elly mentions excitedly.
"I know me neither! I feel like it's not going to come quick enough though." Anna says.
"Sam where are we going? You missed the turn back there." Elly states swiveling around to look at the turn fading into the distance behind us.
"They gave me an appointment with another doctor. A specialist." I say giving them the bare minimum of the truth.
"Oh." They both reply before we lapse into another silence.
It takes us another 5 minutes to get there. I park in the first empty spot I find in front of the office my appointment was in. We walk in and all of a sudden I feel nauseous again. I excuse myself to the bathroom in the hallway before they can follow me. I don't actually throw up this time. My nerves just got the better of me. I exit the bathroom to find them both waiting with worried expressions.
"I'm fine." I assure them even though I know it's not true at all.
"Okay so what's this doctors name?" Anna asks.
"Dr. Brandt." I answer after thinking for a second. The three of us begin scanning the names on the various doors until Elly finds it first.
"Found it! Dr. Lisa Brandt... Obstetrician..." She says reading the white lettering of the glass window pane on the door the last word dying on her tongue. They both look at me with wide eyes and i know that they've been rendered speechless.
"Guys please." I plead with them but I don't know what for. They stare at me with the same wide eyed expressions before they soften and turn into tears. They don't say a word but engulf me in comforting hugs before linking arms with me and helping me over the threshold into the waiting room area. They walk to the admittance counter with me not letting go.
"Name please?" The blonde woman behind the desk asks barely looking up over her glasses.
"Um Samantha Kent?" I tell her as more of a question of its own.
"New patient?" I nod as she swivels around to a filing cabinet behind her. She searches through one of the drawers before pulling out a packet. She turns back around and grabs a clipboard from under the desk area before handing it to me with a pen and asking to fill out my information. Anna grabs the clipboard for me as Elly leads us over to a section of three available seats.
Eventually they have to free my arms so I can fill out the forms. It takes me a good ten minutes before I reach the end of the packet and bring it back to the nurse.
"Dr. Brandt will be right with you. Please take a seat." I go to sit down and that's when I notice that my hands are shaking. Anna and Elly look at me and I can see they're still trying to figure out what to say. Elly opens her mouth only to be interrupted by the nurse.
"Samantha Kent." She announces beckoning for me to follow her. I get up and follow her. I turn back to my friends to see encouraging smiles on their faces. For the first time I think that all might actually be okay.
