I have been 26 for a whole month, and boy can I tell you, It's been fun.
"Hey there, Sarah! I got some DNA I need you to analyze." Calleigh bounced into the room.
"Sure thing." I smiled as I took the packet of DNA from her hands.
"You know," she started. "You never told me what happen after you and Ryan left the club. Did you guys do it?" She lightened up.
"Um, we have a Derek Stone. There you go, all the information you need!" I started to push her out the door, but she stopped.
"You DID do it!" She exclaimed. She grabbed me into a hug.
"Okay fine. Yes I did. I didn't want to tell anyone, because it's personal." I began to take off my lab coat.
"Well too late! Are you on the pill?" I dropped my coat, and my expression dropped.
"Shit!" I exclaimed. "I forgot to take the pill." I smacked my head.
"Oh no," She paced. "Have you been feeling sick? Like, throwing up in the morning?"
"Yeah, but I just thought that it was the bad milk! Oh no, Calleigh, what if I'm pregnant?"
"You need to go make an appointment at the doctors. That's the only way to find out." She replied.
"I really hope it's the bad milk." I groaned. I took my cell phone out of my pocket and walked outside. I needed some privacy.
"Dr. Woods." Alexx smoothly spoke.
"Hey Alexx, it's me, Sarah."
"Hey baby, how's it going?" She asked.
"It's going…well." I hesitated.
"Uh oh, what's wrong?"
"Well, I think I'm pregnant."
"Congratulations!" I heard her smile.
"Woah, wait a minute. I'm not sure. I need to set up an appointment."
"Well you have come to the right doctor. How's Friday afternoon, 4:30 sound?"
"I'll ask Horatio for the afternoon off." I confirmed.
"Okay. Have you had your menstrual cycle yet?"
"No."
"Oh boy. Does Ryan know about this?"
"No." I winced.
"Hmmm. Well we'll get this all figured out on Friday. I'll see you then." Alexx said.
"Alright." I hung up the phone and made my way back to the lab.
Ugh; 4:30 can't come fast enough.
On Friday, I paced around Ryan's room. I had spent the night there once again. I was already dressed and he was brushing his teeth. I lifted up my shirt too look at my stomach in the mirror. Before I could put my shirt back down, Ryan had wrapped his arms around me. I hesitantly smiled.
"What's the matter?"
"Nothing, I was just looking at my scar. It's healed up pretty nicely. Don't you think?" I lied to him, but he didn't know any better. He put his hand over the scar and rubbed it gently.
"Yeah, it's healed pretty well." There was a moment of awkward silence.
"I'm cold, can I borrow a sweater?" I asked, now shivering.
"Yeah." He said. As I headed over towards the dresser, He pulled my hand.
"On second thought, I'll get it for you." He swiftly walked over to the dresser and pulled out a Miami-Dade University sweatshirt. I questioned his weird act, but I didn't think too high of it.
"Thanks." I smiled. He put a piece of hair behind my ear and grinned at me.
"What?" I asked.
"Nothing, you're just beautiful. That's all." I tried to smile, but it quickly faded.
"Ryan, I need to tell you something." I figured now would be the best time.
"Yes?"
"Ummm, I-uh- I love you. Yeah, I love you, and don't you forget that, okay?" I chickened out.
"I love you too." He kissed my forehead and walked downstairs. I made my way back towards the drawer. I knew that he was hiding something. As I began to open the drawer, I heard his voice.
"What are you doing?" He asked. I shot my head towards the door.
"Um, nothing?" I tried my best to hide it, but it didn't work out. He gave me a look. One that clearly defined that he knew what I was trying to do.
"Um, I will, uh, see you at work!" I dashed out the house and drove to the lab. I sat in the car for a minute and took a deep breath. How will I break the news to Ryan? If there is any news at that. How about when this whole blows over, and everything was a lie?
Today is going to be a long day.
Ryan's POV"Eric, dude, she almost saw it." I ran my fingers through my hair.
"Saw what?" He asked.
"The ring!" I exclaimed.
"Oh! That! Where did you hide it?"
"In my sweater drawer. But all of a sudden, She got cold. She was about to get the sweater, but I just so remembered that I was hiding the ring in the drawer. She almost looked after I was gone too. But I caught her just in time."
"Dude, she's obviously going to expect that something is going on. You're hiding something from her. She's Sarah. She's smart. She's a freakin' CSI for crying out loud. If anyone knows how to crack down an investigation, it's her." He finished. I just stared at him. I knew he was right.
"But it seemed like she was hiding something from me too."
"Oh?" Eric raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah. She was all 'Ryan I have to tell you something.' And I thought it was serious. I answered with a simple 'Yes?' Then she started stuttering. When I was able to finally get a good sentence out of her, she says, 'I love you, don't you ever forget that.'"
"Well maybe she does love you. And maybe that's all she wanted to tell you."
"I don't know. But I know that she's going to tell me. She has too."
"So when are you going to tell her about the ring?"
"When I get the chance to get our dinner reservations planned without her knowing." I took a deep breath.
"Well come on, we have to go investigate that meth lab to see if we can find that Derek Stone guy. That'll get your mind off things."
"Yeah." I started. "Yeah, it should."
Sarah's POV4:30 rolled around quickly, and I was able to finally leave. I traveled to the hospital faster than lightning. I needed to get these results ASAP.
I walked in to the hospital and feverishly walked to the receptionist's desk.
"Alexx Woods please." I faintly smiled as Alexx came walking through the double doors.
"Come on, let's go." I walked with Alexx to the storage room, where they held everything that the hospital would need. Alex grabbed a pregnancy test off the top shelf and handed it to me.
"Go on, handle your business." She smiled. "Come back to my office when you're done." I did as I was told.
Minutes later I came back to her office and she jumped up from her seat.
"Well?" She asked, eager for answers.
"I can't look!" I handed her the test, also eager to find out the answer.
"Sarah! You're pregnant!" At that moment, I didn't know what to do. Should I be excited? Of course I should. I loved Ryan with all of my heart, and now I'm having a little Ryan.
But at the same time, I don't know a thing about motherhood.
"Sarah, baby, what's wrong?" Alexx wondered.
"Well, I don't really know anything about motherhood. I wasn't actually planning on getting pregnant!" I paced back and forth.
"Oh don't worry, I'll help you with that. I have a couple parenting books from when I was pregnant a couple years back. And, I'm sure your mom can help you." She grinned.
"Yeah, that's after the fact that I tell her." I groaned.
"Well, be happy! You're carrying a little Ryan! You should be ecstatic!"
"You know what? You're right!" I smiled. We walked to the entrance of the hospital. I turned and gave Alexx a hug.
"Thanks Alexx. I really appreciate it."
"You're welcome." She grinned. "I hope it has his hair!" She laughed.
"Me too!" I laughed as I got in the car. I looked down at my stomach once more. "Me too." I whispered.
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