Suddenly he understood that the accident just was a nightmare which felt real.
"Which accident were you talking about?" Melinda asked while she was making coffee.
"Nothing… Just a weird dream."
"A bad dream? Tell me everything."
They sat down and had breakfast while Jim told her everything.
"Ouh… That's awful. No wonder I looked like a phantom to you" she got up and sat down on Jim's lap. "Kiss me. Please kiss me. I just want to feel your lips on mine!"
And so he did. He kissed her wild, passionate and romantic at the same time.
"God, Mel, I love you so much. I never want to loose you. That nightmare was bad enough. I can't live without you anymore. I need you. I still can't believe that all 'just' was a dream."
"Forget about it… I'm here, aren't I?? Please concentrate on that and forget everything else. Come here…" she consulted and kissed him. Then he lifted her up and wanted to bring her to the bedroom.
"Please let me down… I'm sick again."
He let her down and she ran towards the bathroom. Jim followed her and hold her hair while Melinda was kneeing in front of the toilet.

"Honey, what's wrong with you?" Jim asked after she stopped vomiting.
"Dunno… I think I should go to the doctor…"
"Yeah, I think so, too. Shall I make an appointment?"
"No… I can call the doctor on my own. But thank you!"
"Let's do it together… I want to come with you…"
"But…"
"There's no but. I'll come with you. I wanna hear what the doctor says. Please let me come with you."
"Okay, we'll call the doctor…"
"So let's call him now" Jim said.
"Him?"
"Okay… Her…"
"But why now? I want to wait a bit. Maybe it'll get better?!"
"C'mon Mel… You know that it won't get better. You've been sick for weeks now. It's just for your own health. So please go to that doctor as soon as possible."
"Okay… Let's go and make an appointment."
They went to the living-room. Melinda called the doctor but no one picked up. Then she heard a computer voice telling her that the doctor was on vacation for two months. So she hung up.

"Why did you hung up without making an appointment?" Jim wanted to know.
"Because my doctor is on vacation for two months and no one is working there at the moment."
"Well, we have to go to the hospital…"
"Jim… You're over reacting…"
"And you're under reacting. Mel, why are you so afraid to go there?"
"I don't know. I just hate doctors. You know, I feel so much pain with the ghosts that I'm used to it."
"But your sickness has nothing to do with ghosts. You're really sick. I'm just a paramedic. Otherwise I would examine you."
"You know, I always live together with a medical person… You're a paramedic and my mom is a nurse" she smiled still being pale.
"Speaking of your mother…"
"What about mom?"
"I want to meet her. You now, that… That dream taught me a lot. I really think that we and our families are the most important things in our world."
"You're right. But if you'll meet my mother I want to meet yours."
"Deal. I'll call my mom and you'll call yours now, okay?"
"Let's do it at the same time" she laughed.
"Okay."

Melinda went to the bedroom while Jim stayed in the living-room. Both were taking their cells.
"Hello?" Beth asked into the phone.
"Hey mom, it's me."
"Oh, Melinda, how are you?"
"Actually I'm not so good but that's a long story and you?"
"I'm fine. What happened?"
"I have to vomit all the time and Jim says that I'm looking pale."
"Jim? Who's that?"
"Oh… Sorry, that's why I'm calling. Jim is my boyfriend. We're living together."
"Okay, that's great."
"Yeah… I want you to meet him. Are you free on Saturday?"
"Sure I am. I'll be in Grandview at 3pm, okay?"
"Yeah. Then you can see my store. My own Antique store."
"Wow, I'm so excited."
"Okay, mom. See you. Bye."
"Thanks for calling. Bye."

Meanwhile Jim called his mother.
"Clancy?" Faith picked up the phone.
"Hey, it's me, Jim."
"Honey, how are you?"
"I'm really good and you?"
"I'm fine. You seem chipper. What happened?"
"I met a girl, Melinda, and I love her so much. We're living together."
"That's interesting."
"Yeah, you should meet her. What about Sunday?"
"Sounds perfect. At 2 pm?"
"Yeah, I'll pick you up at the station."
"Thanks."
"Okay. See you on Sunday. Bye mom."
"Bye."

He went to the bedroom and entered. Melinda was sitting on the bed.
"What did your mom say?" they asked in unison. Then they looked at each other and started to laugh.
"Go ahead" Melinda said.
"No, you."
"Okay… She'll come on Saturday at 3pm. She's really excited to meet you."
"So is my mom. I'll pick her up at the station on Sunday at 2pm."
"This will be our 'Meet-The-Parents-Day'.
Jim laughed and kissed her. They hugged each other and fell back on the bed.

In the morning Melinda woke up because she was sick again. She got up and went to the bathroom. Jim woke up because the side of the bed, Melinda used to sleep on, got cold.
"Mel? Honey?" he asked but he didn't get an answer. Then he heard Melinda in the bathroom.
"Oh no, not again" he said to himself and went to the bathroom. He knocked at the door.
"Mel? Are you alright?"
"No" she answered while she vomited again.
"We have to go to the hospital…"
Melinda didn't hear this sentence. She came out with a light smile.
"You just vomited… You must feel terrible. So why are you smiling?"
"Did you notice that my boobs are bigger?!"
"No, I didn't. But now I see it."
"That's awesome. You know, I like it" she smiled while Jim was thinking about something. "What are you thinking about?"
"The test we made… You are having that typical pregnant-woman behavior" he smiled.
"You mean I really could be pregnant?"
"Yeah, I think so… Your behavior has changed… You are more mature…"
"So, what are we gonna do now?" she asked.
"We should make a test… I'll go to the pharmacy and buy some…"
"Why 'some'???"
"Cause sometimes those tests aren't working… If you really wanna be sure you gotta do some more…"
"I'm so lucky I have you" she came closer and kissed him.
"I love you but I have to go now… Then we can make the test and we know why you always have to vomit."
"I love you, too. Shall I come with you? We could do that together…"
"Sure that would be great…"
"Okay, let's get a shower… Then we can get dressed and then we'll go to the pharmacy."
"That's a plan…"

They followed the plan. They took a shower together for 20 minutes and went to the bedroom in order to get dressed afterwards. Then Melinda took her handbag and Jim the keys and they went downstairs.
"You now, we'd need a bigger apartment when I'm pregnant… Ours is too small… And we have to save a lot of money… And the store…"
"Hey, we can think about this stuff after we have the results of the tests okay?"
"Yes, I'm sorry… I'm just so excited. I never did this before."
"What?"
"Buying a pregnancy test. That's totally new for me… I'm nervous. I feel like there is a big cloud in my tummy…"
"You're so funny… Once I was selected to buy some new pregnancy tests for the hospital because they needed some and the vendor didn't have any… Do you know what a look I got when I went inside and asked for 200 pregnancy tests?"
"Gosh… I'd have a big laugh on you. That must have been so awkward for you."
"Actually it wasn't cause I knew that they weren't for me."
After a walk of 5 minutes they arrived at the pharmacy and went inside.
"Hello, can I help you?" the assistant asked.
"Yes, we want to buy some pregnancy tests" Jim said. Melinda stood next to him trying not to get red.
"How many do you want?"
"Well, we want to be really sure. So I think we'll buy six or seven. I guess, six are enough."
"Okay, wait a minute. I'll get them. Let me guess. You want six different producers?!"
"Yes, that would be good."
"No problem. That could be arranged."
"Thank you."
The assistant went to the backroom and got six different tests.
"Okay… That's $30."
"Here you go. Thank you, bye."
"Have a nice day" the assistant responded.
Melinda and Jim left the pharmacy.
"What was wrong with you in there?"
"Nothing…"
"Come on… You weren't yourself. You really think that's embarrassing, don't you?"
"Maybe a bit."
"But why? I don't get it… That's one of the most normal things honey."
"No, it isn't. At least not for me… Doing the dishes is a normal thing but buying a pregnancy test is just… Ouh, I'm sick again."
"We're right at the Town Square. You could use the toilet in your store. Do you think you won't vomit till we'll get there?"
"If we hurry… Yes!"
Jim lifted her up and ran towards the store with her. Luckily Melinda had her keys with her. So he unlocked the door and let her down. She ran towards the toilet as fast as she could. Jim waited at the backroom.

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