Chapter 5
Friday May 17, 2015
Loren couldn't sleep. She's been awake for two hours just laying there. Glancing at the clock 7:47 A.M. Two and a half hours straight now. Waiting. That's all she has done is wait. All she wished for at that moment was for her mind to turn off. She attempted to write music but nothing inspired her. Loren even played the piano and guitar but still no music flowed through. So now she was just laying there on the couch just waiting. Waiting to fall asleep, waiting for lyrics to come to mind, waiting for Eddie to wake up, waiting for her appointment, waiting for her mind to just shut down. Just waiting. 7:59 A.M.
Eddie: Loren? What are you doing up?
Loren:(sighing) Couldn't sleep.
Eddie took a seat on the coffee table in front of the couch
Eddie: Is everything alright? Are you nervous about today?
Loren: I- I'm just thinking and waiting. I wish I could just shut my brain off an-
Loren stopped mid-sentence as Eddie pulled her off the couch so that she standing right in front of him.
Loren: What are you doing?
Eddie:(smiling) You said you wanted to shut your brain off. So I'm going to help you with that.
Loren: How exactly are you going to do that?
He pulled Loren in closely and gave her a soft but passionate kiss. She wrapped her arms around his neck. Eddie lifted Loren off the ground as she wrapped her legs around his waist. He carried her to the bedroom and gently laid her on the bed. As Loren went to remove Eddie's shirt she suddenly stopped and pulled away.
Eddie:(panting) What's wrong?
She quickly pushed him off of her and ran into the bathroom. Eddie got up and followed her. Grabbing a hair tie Eddie pulled Loren's hair back into a pony tail, as she threw up. Rubbing her back in soothing circles he whispered comforting words to her. Once she finished Eddie got up and got her a glass of water. He gave her the water and sat back down on the floor leaning against the bathtub. Pulling Loren so that she was sitting in between his legs with her head resting on his chest.
Eddie:(whispering) Hey Lo?
Loren: Hmm?
Eddie: I think we really are having a baby
Loren:(smiling softly) Me too. I mean with all this throwing up and my boobs are a bit soar.
Eddie:(chuckling) We're having a baby
Loren:(smiling) We're having a baby
Eddie moved his hands from her waist and placed them on top of her stomach. Loren then placed her hands on top of his hands. They stayed like that in complete silence. Eddie looked down at Loren and smiled, he didn't know what he did to deserve someone like her.
Loren: Eddie?
Eddie: Yeah?
Loren: I know I just threw up but I'm hungry
Eddie started laughing and gave her a kiss on the cheek. He stood up and helped Loren up as well.
Eddie: How about I go get us breakfast from that little café you like so much.
Loren: I would love that
Loren smiled and leaned in to give him a kiss
Eddie: Ok be right back
With that Eddie left to go get breakfast. Loren went into the kitchen to make herself some tea. Once Eddie came back with their breakfast. They ate together and talked about everything and anything. Once they finished eating Loren and Eddie got ready for their day.
~Doctor's Office~
Receptionist: Hello how may I help you?
Loren: Hi. Um I have an appointment at 12
Receptionist: Name?
Loren: Loren Duran
Receptionist: Ah right here. 12 O'clock appointment with Dr. Greene. I need you to fill out these forms. Once you are finished a nurse will take you to a room.
The receptionist handed her the forms. Loren and Eddie went to take a seat in the waiting room to fill out the forms. Once she was finished, Loren went to hand the receptionist the forms. After a couple more minutes of waiting a nurse came by to take them in to an exam room.
Nurse: Ok Loren I need you to take seat on the exam table.
Loren took a seat on the exam table
Nurse: Now I will take a blood sample from your arm. Once I have that I will send them to lab and we should have the results in about 10 to 15 minutes.
The nurse got the blood sample and excused herself from the room. Dr. Greene entered the room about 5 minutes later.
Dr. Greene: Hi Eddie Loren, how are you today?
Loren: Hello Dr. Greene I'm good. We're good.
Dr. Greene: There's not many patients today so your results will be in soon
Loren nodded
Loren: Ok. Um if I am pregnant what are the chances of a miscarriage?
Dr. Greene: It all depends on stage of the pregnancy. Also depends if your pregnancy is high risk or not. But Loren we know what caused your miscarriage, so we know how to prevent it from happening again.
Loren took a deep breath and nodded. Eddie grabbed her hand and gave it a gentle squeeze.
Dr. Greene: Anything different from your last visits that causes you to believe you are pregnant.
Loren: Um I have thrown up lately. I also have to use the bathroom a lot
Dr. Greene: Ok I'm going to have you change into that gown that is on the chair. When I get back we can get started
Dr. Greene left. Loren got off the table and changed. She handed her clothes to Eddie. He helped her back up on the table and then grabbed a chair and took a seat beside her. Eddie grabbed her hand and kissed the back of it. She smiled down at him.
Dr. Greene:(knocking the door) Loren you ready?
Loren: Yeah you can come in
Dr. Greene came in smiling followed by a nurse with an ultrasound machine.
Dr. Greene: Congratulations! You two are having a baby!
Eddie got up to pull Loren in for hug. Once they pulled apart they looked at each other with big smiles on their faces.
Dr. Greene: Now let's see how the baby is doing. Loren I need you to lay down. Since we don't know how far along you are we will do an internal ultrasound to get a better view.
Loren grew very uncomfortable once the ultrasound began. Eddie could tell just by the look on her face. He held her hand hoping that would give her some comfort.
Dr. Greene: Ok everything looks good. Now let me zoom in on the main attraction
Both Eddie and Loren chuckled turning their heads to look at the screen
Dr. Greene: Ok here we are. (smiling) Congratulations, there's definitely a healthy, baby in here.
Tears started to fall from Loren's eyes. She looked over at Eddie, he also had a couple of tears falling.
Dr. Greene:(pointing to the screen) Here's the head. Good size and the back and the bottom, which lead into these tiny little legs and feet. Little arm buds, waving at you. Looks happy and healthy to me.
Loren:(smiling) That's our baby.
Dr. Greene: Yes it is. You see the white flicker? That's the heart beat.
Eddie just stood there in awe. He couldn't forms words to describe the happiness and excitement running through him.
Dr. Greene: OK We are done here. I'll leave to get pictures. Once I'm gone Loren you can change into your clothes. When I return we can discuss your due date. Oh before I leave would you like to also have the DVD
Loren and Eddie: Yes, please!
Dr. Greene smiled at them and left the room. Eddie helped Loren off the exam table and handed her clothes back to her.
Eddie: Is it me or was that the best thing you have ever seen.
Loren: It was. I'm so excited.
Eddie: Me too
Dr. Greene came back with an envelope full of ultrasound pictures and a square case with their DVD inside.
Dr. Greene: From the looks of your ultrasound you are 8 weeks along. Which means your due date is December 25
Loren: A Christmas baby!
This is the longest chapter I have written. Don't expect all my chapters to be this long. Anyways hope you enjoyed this chapter! Please leave a review! Just letting you know in this story Eddie and Loren will only have one baby. There will be NO TWINS. So its either a boy or a girl. Haven't chosen which they are having yet. Have fun reading!