Quinn stared blankly out the window as she cringed in pain. She knew something wasn't right, but she didn't even have the strength to drive to the hospital. She decided the only thing she could do was call Clay. She didn't want to worry him, but she didn't know what else to do. She reached for her phone from her bedside table and dialed his number.
"Clay?" Quinn cried though the pain.
"Quinn, baby, what's wrong?" Clay asked worried.
"I need you to come pick me up. To take me to the hospital..."
"Quinn, now you're worrying me. Did you hurt yourself? Are you in pain?"
"I… I can hardly stand up. The pain is unbearable. Please hurry, Clay. I don't know how much longer I can take this pain!"
"Okay Quinn, hold on, I'm coming right now. I love you."
"Okay, I love you too." Quinn cried as she hung up her phone and slowly walked outside onto the driveway to wait for Clay. The pain worsened as she walked. Quinn sat patiently on the step as she waited for Clay, and within a couple minutes, he had arrived.
Quinn sat quietly in the consulting room, her hand intertwined with Clays. The doctor had given Quinn some pain medication, so the pain was now only a slight sting in her stomach.
"Quinn, I was so worried about you. I'm glad you called me." Clay sighed as he held onto Quinn's hand.
"I'm sorry Clay, I didn't mean to scare you. I… I just got really worried when the pain got worse and…"
"It's okay, you don't have to apologize. You're okay now, and that's all that matters." Clay replied. "And where is the doctor? We've been waiting for the results for 20 minutes."
"He's probably busy, he'll be here soon. Just relax. Everything will be fine." Quinn said as she leant on his shoulder. But in reality, she was just as worried as he was. As if on cue, the doctor walked into the room and sat down.
"I have your results Miss James." The doctor said.
"So do I have some stomach infection or something along the lines of that?" Quinn asked, trying to keep herself convinced it wasn't anything serious.
"No Miss James, you appear to be pregnant. 10 weeks to be exact. Congratulations."
"What? I.. I can't be! How is that possible?" Quinn asked, dumbfounded, while Clay didn't say a word, but instead just stared out the window on the opposite side of the room.
"I will just let you too talk." The doctor responded, standing up to walk out of the room.
"No, wait! Is the baby okay? Why was I having these pains?"
"Miss James your baby is fine, and the pains are normal, some women just get it worse than others. You'll be fine, just keep taking painkillers if the pain starts to worsen. Now go home and get some rest."
"Okay." Quinn replied as she stood up and walked out of the room, Clay trailing behind her. Once she got into the car she burst into tears.
"Pregnant? I can't be pregnant! Oh my gosh, Clay, what are we going to do?" Quinn cried. She waited for a reply from Clay, but she got nothing. "Will you say something?" There was still no reply. "Okay, I can't take this." She said as she got out of the car, slammed the door and started walking down the street.
"Quinn!"
"What Clay? Now I'm not so perfect, am I?" She yelled at him.
"Quinn, please come back!"
"No Clay, I can't do that. You don't want this baby, I can see it. And that makes me upset. Because it's OUR baby. It's ours! And you can't say anything about it." Quinn cried as she kept walking.
"Quinn!" Clay yelled as he ran after her. "Quinn, please!" He caught up to her and pulled her towards him, and kissed her. "Quinn, do not ever say that I don't want our baby! Because I do. We deserve something good in our life, and this is more than good, its amazing! We deserve the best after what we have been through!"
"But you didn't say anything…"
"That's because there are no words for what I'm feeling. It's so amazing. It's just… wow."
"Are you sure we can handle this? I mean, Jason is going to come back for me, and if I'm pregnant, well I can't do anything about him."
"He is not going to get anywhere near you while I'm around. Everything is going to be perfect. I promise."
Little did Clay know keeping a promise as big as this was going to be hard. Jason knew his way around people like Clay, and all Jason could care about now, was getting his hand's on Quinn's baby.
Quinn and Clay walked into their house, hand in hand, and sat down on their couch. Quinn placed her hands on her tummy, and Clay placed his hands on Quinn's.
"Hey baby, it's your mommy and daddy. We are going to love you so much, so hurry out, okay?" Quinn whispered to her belly, as she looked up at Clay, and smiled. As Quinn was drifting to sleep on Clays shoulder, something flew through their window, glass shattering everywhere.
