20 minutes later Jim came back. When Melinda heard the key opening the lock she jumped up and went to the door.
"Hey Mel" Jim said when he came in. "You look much better."
"Actually I feel better but I'm nervous because of the results… Do you have them?"
"Sure, here they are" he gave her a letter. Melinda opened it and started to read.
"I don't understand a word. Could you please read it for me if you understand it?" she asked.
"Of course" she gave him the letter back. "OMG."
"What is it? What?" she asked nervously.
"At first you have low blood sugar."
"But, as far as I know, this isn't as bad as it makes me, is it?"
"Nope, it isn't."
"So what is it?"
"Could it be possible that you're pregnant?"
"Dunno… Where is my calendar?" she looked for it. "Oh, here it is… Let's look… I was ovulating a few days ago… Could be possible" she said in the end.
"That's what's written here… 50% chance of a pregnancy" he smiled but she didn't. "Honey, what's wrong? Are you alright?"
"No, I'm not."
"What's wrong?"
"I don't feel ready to have a child. I don't say that I never want to have kids but not now… And if I'm pregnant I have to tell you something… And I'm scared to tell you… Many people turned away because of it and you are too important for me. I don't want to loose you."
"It's okay if you're not ready yet. What is it? I promise I won't turn away. It doesn't matter what you'll tell me. REALLY!"
"Do you have an open mind?"
"About what?"
"The afterlife…"
"Do you mean heaven?"
"Sort of… Do you believe in it?"
"Yes, I believe in it."
"Well, I have a gift…"
"What gift?"
"I can see dead people. If they have an unfinished business they come to me because I'm the only one who can help them."
"Do you mean ghosts?" he asked interested.
"Yes…"
"Cool… And you help them joining heaven?"
"Actually there's no heaven. There's just the light!"
"The light?"
"Yeah, it's a place of peace for the souls."
"Wow…" he began to think. "Do you see my dad or my brother, Dan, anywhere?"
"Nope, I don't, sorry. Well, actually it's a good thing… If they've crossed over they found peace. Souls just do it if they know that the people they are leaving behind are okay!"
"Okay. What about accidents? Are there souls?"
"Sure. Most of the time they don't understand what happens to them and they don't notice they're dead. Do you remember that big crash before we met?"
"Of course, I couldn't write an answer to you because I was too busy… And you were…" suddenly he noticed something. "No! Were there any souls?"
"Yes, that's why I was there. There were 20 souls and I crossed them all together in the forest…"
"That's why you were away?!"
"Yep" she smiled.
"Okay… But what has it to do with your maybe-pregnancy?"
"Well, my grandma had this gift, too. My mom doesn't seem like she'd have it but I have it. Maybe this gift skips a generation but I'm not sure about that. But could you live with that?"
"Of course I could. I think it's cool…" he smiled and kissed her.
"You're amazing!"
"Thanks. And you're amazing and sexy and exciting… You know what? We should make an appointment with your gynecologist. Maybe we'll know more after visiting her…"
"Okay, I'll call him tomorrow."
"Why tomorrow and why him?"
"Because it's already 8 pm and he's closed and second because my gynecologist is a man. Do you want me to change my gynecologist?"
"Well, I think women are better. So, yes…"
"Really? Why should women be better?"
"Because they know what they are doing."
"Don't you think it doesn't matter if it is a man or a woman? I mean as long as he or she studied the subject. But if you want… I can go to a woman. I'll call her tomorrow."
"Thank you honey."
"No problem although I don't really understand your problem. Could we please eat something? I'm starving."
"Of course, what do you want to eat?"
"Dunno… Surprise me" she smiled.
"Okay… But then you have to leave the kitchen" he kissed her cheek. Melinda went to the living-room while Jim started cooking.
Half an hour later dinner was ready. Jim set the table.
"Mel, dinner's ready." Melinda got up and went to the dining room.
"Wow, smells good, sweetheart. What is it?"
"Chicken with curry sauce." They sat down and had dinner.
"Hey Jim, we still have to celebrate that we moved together!!!"
"Right… I have a good idea what we could do."
"No, no, no, no, you've done so much for me… I want to do something for you… Ouh, gosh, I'm sick again. Excuse me…" she ran to the bathroom. A few minutes later she came back again. "Sorry."
"No problem. So what do you want to do?"
"That's a surprise for you… I'll go and make it while you'll wash the dishes, okay?"
"Deal…"
They both got up. Jim went to the kitchen while Melinda ran towards the bedroom. She decorated everything with roses. Then she made a bowl full of popcorn and placed it next to the bed. After that she put the DVD of 'I still know what you did last summer' in the player.

Meanwhile Jim was ready, too. he waited in front of the bedroom.
"Jim?" Melinda yelled.
"You don't have to yell. I'm standing right in front of the door."
"Well, then come in…"
He came in.
"Wow… So what's your plan?"
"We'll make the same evening as we did in my old apartment. We start watching DVD."
"But not a horror film, right?"
"Nope, wrong… The second part of 'I know what you did last summer'. I said the same evening!!!"
"Okay… Then this will be a funny evening for me because you can't watch films like this…" he grinned.
"That's not funny" Melinda answered. "I just want to remind us on our first night together although it started badly…"
"Don't think about it… He didn't… He didn't do what he planned to do" Jim couldn't talk about it.
"Say it… He didn't rape me…" suddenly her body was shaking.
"Honey…"
"I hate that bastard… I feel so alone… So helpless…"
"Hey, you're not alone… Come here" he hugged her and kissed her forehead.
As the movie was running Melinda calmed down. Because she still was in that hotel room with her thoughts she couldn't really concentrate on the movie.
"Mel, I see that something's wrong with you… Tell me…"
"Nothing's wrong" she lied.
"Come on… I can feel the pain…"
"I can't believe that I was so stupid… How could I trust this lair? Why didn't my brain tell me what he planned? Or the ghosts…"
"You couldn't know… Look, everything went okay… He didn't touch you… He told you that he was me. And maybe the ghosts didn't know that he was a liar either?! You got a trauma… Forget him, please."
"I want to forget him but when I think of our first day I have to think about all that happened… What if someday someone comes and asks us how we met? I couldn't tell that… What if I'm pregnant and our child wants to know?"
"You'll learn to deal with it or maybe you'll forget it completely?! And if it won't get better you always can go to a therapy. Many people do that…"
"Maybe you're right."
"It's rare but it happens…"
"But I don't want to go there alone… I don't feel brave enough. Could you please go there with me?"
"Of course I will."
After the movie ended they went to bed.

The next morning Jim woke up. He was alone in his bed. The side Melinda slept on was cold what told him that she'd got up a few time ago. He got up and went to the living-room hoping to see her there but she wasn't. Then he noticed a note on the coffee table.

Hey sweetheart,
I'm going to the rent the store and after that I'll come back home with some rolls. Don't worry about me. I feel so much better today!
I love you so much,
Melinda

Now Jim wasn't worried anymore. He knew that she was fine although he didn't see her. He put some plates and cups on the table and cooked coffee. Time passed by but Melinda didn't come home. Jim thought that she might still be at the real estate office because of the store.