He did it again (chapter 7)
As it gets closer to nine months, I get bigger and my life sucks even more. I hate it. I really thought it would be easier a second time, but this time it is actually harder, and it sucks, it really does.
We were rehearsing 'Somebody to Love' as we were doing that for sectionals that year, we hadn't done it since invitationals 2 years ago so it needed some practice, Santana went beside me and put her foot by mine, tripping me up, I felt onto the floor really quickly, obviously because my belly was so big it kinda dragged me down, I just sat there because I couldn't get up, Santana laughed and said
"Tubbers is down, and she can't get up"
She was laughing and pointing at me, she clearly did it just to make my life even more of a misery then it already was. Rachel came over and helped me up, then she turned to Santana and said
"I think your behaviour is inappropriate, and immature, how would you feel if that was you?"
Santana just glared at her and walked off. I turned to Rachel and gave her a hug, as much as I could manage with my massive belly, hers was tiny and she was 5 months now, I was bigger than her when I had Beth and compared to this time I was tiny then, but I thought that was just because her baby was small, and mine was massive. Rachel said to me
"Do you think there's something wrong with my baby, my belly is so small, and yours is massive?"
When we went for her sonogram 2 months ago, the baby was fine, but something could have developed since then, she wasn't due for a check up until next month, she told me everything. I had only 2 months left, but it seemed like I had been pregnant for ever, I couldn't wait for it to be over, but I really wasn't looking forward to the labour, I knew it was going to be long and super hard this time, I could never get this off of my mind, no matter how much I tried.
"Im sure its just because she's small, but if you want to I will come with you to your doctor, just to be sure, or do you wanna go with Finn? I don't mind"
Finn wasn't in school today, no one knew why, he texted Rachel in the morning saying he wasn't coming in, but he didn't say why, she texted him back and I texted him asking him why, neither of us got a reply. Rachel shook her head
"No, he's got work, he still hasn't made enough money to pay back vocal adrenaline for what him and Puck did 2 years ago, he works everyday, he managed to get time off for the sonogram, but I don't want it to take even longer for him to get the money, Puck ditched him, so he has to do it by himself"
That made me slightly angry at Puck, he had done the deflating of the tyres, Finn was just there, and now Finn had to work everyday to get the money because Puck had bailed, that was really unfair on Finn.
"So do you want me to come? Or are you not gonna go at all? Im gonna have a word with Puck about that, that's just unfair on Finn"
We heard the bell for the end of school, Rachel and me headed out of the choir room to go to Rachel's car, she was driving me home because I couldn't drive anymore, I was too massive
"Yes, can we go now? I really do want to know"
I nodded, and climbed into the passenger seat of Rachel's car, I rested my hands on my belly, and we drove to Rachel's doctors.
When we got there, we walked in quite slowly so I didn't get lost because I had to walk super slow because I could barely walk, I asked Rachel to remind me to tell my mom to tell the school that I would have to have next month off because I wouldn't be able to do anything I was so massive, hopefully they will let me stay off, adults are allowed maternity leave, but not teenagers, we have to stay in school until we pop.
We went to the reception, and asked too see Rachel's doctor, they said we'd have to wait 20 minutes, then she could see us, so we sat in the waiting room and waited.
The 20 minutes was more like 40, but Rachel was determined to find out if anything was wrong, and I wasn't going to leave her on her own, so we sat and waited, eventually the doctor came out and called
"Rachel Berry?"
We headed towards the door, and walked in, Rachel told the doctor her concern
"Is my belly so small, just because the baby is small?"
This sounded like a stupid question, but the doctor didn't seem to mind
"I expect so sweetie, let me do some tests just to be sure"
Rachel lay down on the bed, and the doctor did a few tests, I sat next to her, she looked worried, I tried to comfort her but it didn't really change anything.
"Everything is fine sweetie, your daughter is just smaller than average"
The doctor said, so Rachel got up off the bed and helped me up from where I was sitting, and then we went off so Rachel could drop me off home.
For the rest of that month, I was exhausted most of the time, we rehearsed extra hard for glee, and I had to work extra hard just to keep up and getting out of bed in the mornings was a struggle and super frustrating as well, I couldn't wait to be done with this.