Chapter 6

Rei wearing black dress pants and a maroon sweater sat next to a nervous Serena who was wearing a pink T-shirt over a white tank-top and she also wore dark blue hip-hugger pants. Rei looked over to her and gently placed a hand on Serena's as she smiled at her and offered words of comfort, "It will be alright, Serena."

Serena gulped as she looked at her friend and closed her worried-filled eyes as she answered, "But what if I am?"

Rei chuckled as she shook her head as she replied, "Then, we'll take each day at a time."

"But I have to see Heero and finish the school project . . ." Serena said as she felt her hands begin to sweat as she continued to think of everything she still needed to do.

"You sho-"

A nurse wearing light green scrub pants, and a white nurse top with pink, yellow, and light green teddy bears on the shirt stepped out into the waiting hall to glance at her clipboard, "Serena Tsukiniee?"

Serena rolled her eyes as she stood up and smiled to the nurse as she gently corrected her, "Tsukino."

The nurse blushed slightly as she looked at the teenage girl and glanced back to another teenage girl with raven hair and violet eyes staring at them. She glanced back to the blonde and saw the worry in her eyes as she spoke up, "Your friend may join you."

Rei quickly stood from the chair and walked over to Serena and bowed as she thanked the nurse. Serena let go a breath she was holding as she looked to the nurse and also thanked her as the two friends followed the nurse into an examination room. Serena sat on the bed and looked around the plain white walls and scrunched up her nose as she mumbled, "I hate doctors . . ."

The nurse chuckled as she took out a scrub for her and turned to look at the girl with a warm smile, "You have nothing to worry about, Miss Tsukino . . . Dr. Baker is one of the world's best Gynecologist."

Rei sat down in the extra chair and smiled up at Serena as she commented, "See, I told you everything will be alright."

Serena looked at Rei and gave her a weak smile as she mumbled, "I hope so."

The nurse smiled at the two girls and looked at Serena, "Change into this and Dr. Baker will be in here shortly."

Serena looked at the nurse as she took the dress-wrap and gave her a nod as she waited for the nurse to leave. "I don't know if I can do this, Rei."

Rei stood from the chair, walked over to Serena, and embraced her in a hug. "I'm here, Serena. I'm just going to step out so you can change."

"Thanks."

"Get changed before the doctor walks in." Rei joked, as she winked at a now blushing Serena, and stepped outside the room to give Serena some privacy.

Heero frowned as he looked around the classroom to see all the girls present except for two. He noticed Rei was missing along with Serena and silently wondered where those two were. He looked over to Lita and saw she was carrying on a conversation with Amy and Mina. Reading her lips, he picked up, 'Serena's at the doctor's office.' Heero slid from his seat, and left the room. What's wrong, Serena? He thought with worry as he knew the girls were keeping something from all the Gundam pilots, especially Serena.

Doctor Baker, a man in his mid-fifties with black hair with silver speckles and brown eyes, came walking back into Serena's room with the test results. He looked at Serena who was now wearing her street clothes with a small smile as he sat back down on his roller chair, "The results are in."

Serena looked away from him as she felt her heart stop as she asked him the question she was finding the answers too, "I'm pregnant, huh?"

Doctor Baker sighed as he looked at Rei and back to Serena, "Yes."

Serena closed her eyes as she silently wished she could have changed things, as she gave Doctor Baker a nod. "Thank-you . . ."

Doctor Baker rolled over to the sink area and picked up a tube and rolled back to the bed Serena was sitting on as he looked at Serena, "There are options, Serena. You can keep the baby," he silently watched Serena's reactions as he began to list the options, as he continued with the next option, "you could give the baby up for adoption," Serena's attention was on him and pain showed in her eyes, at last he gave the last option, "or, you can have an abortion."

"NO!" Serena shouted as she looked at the doctor and yelled out, "I WILL NOT kill my BABY."

Rei chuckled as she watched Serena's reactions to each suggestion Doctor Baker made and asked Serena, "Does this mean, you'll keep it?"

Serena sighed as she looked at her friend and gave her a nod, "Yes . . ."

Doctor Baker smiled at Rei as he looked back to Serena, "Will you lay back, and we can do an ultrasound today to see how far along you are."

Heero drove to each hospital and doctor's office he knew in the Sanq Kingdom, and pulled into the last office. He quickly spotted a black Navigator with a white crescent moon on the back window, and smirked in triumph as he pulled into a parking spot. "You're driving me mad, Serena."

Heero walked into the office and looked at the secretary as he asked, "Is a Serena Tsukino here?"

The woman looked at the young man and smiled softly at him, "Yes are you her boyfriend?"

Heero looked at her blankly as he asked himself silently, Am I? He ran a hand through his hair as he looked at her and gave her a nod, "Yes."

The woman smiled kindly at him as she stood from her chair and motioned for him to follow her, "I'll show you her room. Poor girl is scared to death."

"Is she sick?"

The woman laughed as she shook her head and knocked on the door.

Doctor Baker stopped with the ultrasound as he heard a knock on the door, looked at Serena and stood up, "Excuse me." He walked over to the door and opened it to see a young man with messy chocolate brown hair, deep Prussian eyes, and wore a black T-shirt with a skeleton on the front, loose jeans, and white Etnies standing next to the secretary, "Emma, you know-"

Emma quickly interrupted him as she spoke in a hush voice, "This is the girl's boyfriend."

Doctor Baker's eyes widened as he looked to Heero who looked at them. Doctor Baker gave Emma a nod as he turned to face Heero, "Come in."

Serena felt her eyes widen as Heero walked in the door staring at her. She could see the questions in his eyes as she had her shirt pulled above her bellybutton with some gel smeared. "Heero . . ." she closed her eyes as she looked away.

Rei stood from the chair as she walked over to him and placed a hand on his left shoulder as she noticed Heero looked at her for a brief moment and then turned his attention towards Serena, "I'll leave you two alone."

Doctor Baker watched Rei leave the room and turned to look at Heero, "Have a seat."

Heero ignored Doctor Baker and walked towards the bed as he gently touched Serena's hand as he spoke, "Serena, what's wrong?"

Serena closed her eyes as she continued to look at the monitor instead of Heero and said nothing. Heero's eyebrows scrunched together as he took the doctor's chair, and slid around the bed, "Serena?" He looked to the screen and noticed two screen shots. The first screen shot showed a still frame and the other was black. "Talk to me, please."

Serena mumbled, "You'll hate me."

Heero felt intrigued by the still picture and looked down to Serena's stomach as he asked, "Are you hurt?"

Serena chuckled as she looked at him and felt her breath taken away as she saw how intently Heero looked at her. "No . . . I'm . . . I'm . . ." she sighed as she looked to the screen and whispered faintly, "pregnant."

Heero strained to hear her last word, and thanked his training for the ability to read lips. His eyes widened as he looked back to the still screen and asked more loudly, "You're pregnant?"

Doctor Baker smiled as he observed the two and soon grinned as he saw Heero move until he was facing Serena. He watched as Heero took a hold of Serena's hand and brushed back Serena's bangs. "If you want Heero, I can show you some more pictures."

Heero looked at Serena and then back to Doctor Baker. He looked back down to Serena and gave her a smile. He bent down and whispered in her ear, "It will be okay."

Heero and Serena stood to leave the room and walked to the office to see Rei sitting in the waiting room. Rei stood and joined them by the office. She looked at them and smiled softly as she spoke, "Can I have your keys, Serena? You two need some time. I'll see you later."

Serena left Heero's side and walked over to Rei, embracing her in a hug as she spoke with gratitude, "Thank-you for everything, Rei."

Rei smiled as she hugged Serena back and whispered, "Anything for you, Princess."