Finding Out
She still remembered when she found out. She was only breaking up from her first term at Yale when she realised she had been sick in the mornings lately though she'd tried to get on with her studies. She had a doctor's appointment today to find out what was wrong.
She went there and they made her take a urine sample. They tested it and came back smiling. Oh god no she thought. She was only eighteen, single and just started at Yale. There was no doubt who the father was but she knew nothing about him not even his first name.
"Miss Prentiss, it appears you're twelve weeks pregnant," the doctor said.
"Thank you," she answered feeling like the floor was moving from her feet. Whee she got up she felt unsteady on her feet and the room looked all blurry and fuzzy. Suddenly it all went black and she hit the floor fast.
She woke up with the doctor standing over her and when he saw she was awake he led her back to her seat disorientated. "What happened?" she asked confused.
"You passed out when I told you you were pregnant...Would you like me to schedule you a sonogram or an abortion?"
She looked at him horrified when he asked if she wanted an abortion. She couldn't go through another abortion. It had killed her when she was fifteen to go through it and she hadn't fully got over the guilt since. Now she had a second chance she was going to keep it. She just didn't know how she'd raise them and she wanted the father to be involved but how was she ever to find them. You couldn't exactly look in yellow pages for an FBI agent you didn't know the first name of.
She had one person she could turn to but would she help her? Would she think she was a disgrace and throw her out? There was a strong possibility she could be a young, single mother on her own and she didn't know how she'd cope with motherhood and university. She wanted the best for her kids so she had to carry on at Yale. She would never let her child feel that she gave up her dreams because of them/
She thanked the doctor and attended the sonogram a few days later alone. She just wasn't ready to let anyone else know. She lay on the bed and lifted up her shirt to reveal her stomach and they put the cold gel on it. She still had a pretty flat tummy for someone that was three months pregnant that she hadn't realised she was pregnant.
She looked to the monitor and saw a ball of cells on the screen. She felt tears in her eyes as she saw what would become her baby. She couldn't believe she was going to be a mum. She stroked her stomach smiling in tears when it was all over. She already loved her baby just scared what the future held.
