The next week was filled with more thoughts of the handsome stranger. Some of them of the taller man too. I would be watching TV and something would come on and it would trigger the thoughts. Sometimes we were cuddling on the couch watching TV and sometimes we were in full on hardcore sex mode. Those made my emotions stir. At night I had freaky dreams where the face looked almost like his but not. There was a little something scary under the beautiful face I had grown accustomed to dreaming about. I would wake up with a feeling of having been touched. I would be aroused and breathing heavily.
I continued to try to call Liz's number. I would either get a busy signal or some strange warbling sound on the other end when I sounded like the phone was picked up. This was beyond crazy but it was time for my appointment with Dr. Cole. I showered and dressed quickly, choosing a pair of leggings and the purple plaid shirt that I had no clue who it belonged to. It fit me loosely and was long enough to cover my rear. My jeans had become too tight to wear at this point. I was ready to find out just how far along I was.
I drove to Dr. Cole's and signed in at the desk. Sitting in the waiting room, I felt too vulnerable and hoped they would call me back soon. I was the only woman in the waiting room so I hoped I would get back quickly. Soon the nurse was calling me back and I stood to make my way to the back with her. As I did a wave of nausea hit me and I almost fell as my knees buckled. The nurse rushed forward and grabbed me before I hit the ground. "Miss are you alright?", she said with a concerned look on her face. Her eyes were hazel and I was suddenly thrown back into another world where I was looking up into kind hazel eyes. His long hair hung in his face as he smiled down at me. I saw the adorable dimples and knew for some reason that he didn't smile much. "You make me happy little sister.", I heard his smooth voice say. At that moment I felt someone shaking me and blinked before seeing the nurse in the place of the man that was there before. "S…Sorry. It must be the pregnancy that is causing me to feel faint.", I said and gave the nurse my best apologetic smile.
The nurse nodded but looked skeptical and helped me to my feet. She took me back and we went through all of the mundane tasks of weight, height, pee in a cup, draw blood before she took me to the room to wait on the doctor. "Remove your bottoms and place this over your lap.", she said handing me a paper blanket. I did as she asked and sat on the table in the cold room waiting on the doctor. Soon a soft knock at the door and Dr. Cole was walking in with his nurse close on his heels. He looked over my charts and frowned. "Nurse Betty tells me that you had a fainting spell out there. I checked your blood to see if you were anemic but your blood count is good. Is there anything you need to tell me?", he looked at me sternly. I couldn't tell him about the visions or he'd think I was crazy. "It's probably just that I didn't eat well this morning." He nodded but looked as if he didn't believe me.
"Ok let's take a look. If you'll just lay back and put your feet in the stirrups we'll get started. " I swallowed and lay back as he asked. The room was cold or maybe it was the nerves that caused me to tremble a little. "I'm going to check your cervix now with my fingers. Let me know if anything feels uncomfortable." I nodded and lay my head back on the pillow. Dr. Cole began his examination and I closed my eyes willing myself to not have any visions or recurring "dreams" to be drug up because of this. Dr. Cole removed his fingers from my body and said, "Now I'm going to use the wand and see what's going on from the inside. The gel will be a little cold but I promise to hurry. You watch that screen beside you and we'll get a look at this little peanut." I tried to smile and then looked to my right at the screen. Dr. Cole inserted the wand and the screen became a jumble of black and white images. We could see a beating and Dr. Cole told me that was my baby's heartbeat. He took some measurements and moved the wand around looking at the baby from all angles. "Ok Nicole it looks as if you're about 4 months pregnant. We need to make sure you're on a prenatal vitamin since you're just now finding out. I'll write you a prescription and I want you to get it filled today."
When he was finished he told me I could sit up and he would be back with my prescription. In the meantime I could get dressed. When he left I dressed quickly after cleaning myself up a bit and stood against the counter waiting for him to come back in with my prescription. After a few minutes he was back and he handed me a piece of paper. "I want to see you once a month so we can keep an eye on how things are progressing. You get this filled and take one a day." I nodded at him and thanked him, walked to the front desk and got an appointment for the following month and drove home.
Once I was at home I was tired so I went to my bedroom and crawled under the sheets and pulled them up to my chin. The blinds were closed to the outside sunlight and I snuggled down for a nap. As I drifted off to sleep I began to dream. I was lying in a different bed in a different house and his arms were around me. I could feel his strong body pressed against my back and I inhaled deeply and smelled his masculine scent. I could feel his breath steady against my neck and knew that he was asleep. I smiled and lifted one of his calloused hands to my lips. He woke slowly and I rolled in his arms to face him. I could see him clearly, the smattering of freckles across his nose, that nose that was slightly crooked, those long dark eyelashes as they fluttered open to reveal the greenest eyes I'd ever seen. His soft lips turned up in a smile and I leaned forward to kiss him gently. He groaned and pulled me closer. "Goodmorning daddy.", I said as my lips nearly touched his because we were so close. This brought an even bigger smile to his lips. "I never thought I would love hearing those words more. You have made me so happy."
A shrill sound woke me from my sleep and threw me from the dream. I sat up quickly trying to figure out what that noise was and soon realized it was the front door alarm. I threw back the covers and sprang from the bed. I grabbed the Sig Sauer from my bedside table drawer and made my way quickly but quietly to the front of the house. My front door was standing wide open. I looked around to see if anything was out of place or if I was alone and could see that everything was where it should be. I stood there a few seconds and tried to catch my breath before I went to the alarm system and punched in the numbers to shut it off. About that time my phone rang and I reached in my shirt pocket and pulled it out. Putting it to my ear I said, "Hello" "Miss Winchester is everything alright? This is the local police station." "Yes everything is fine. I may not have shut my front door well enough when I came in a while ago. Nothing is out of place and I'm here alone. Thank you.", I said and clicked the phone shut.
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Liz sat in her home with her husband, Dean and wondered what was going on with her life. Why did her mind keep going back to the woman in the grocery? For some reason she seemed familiar to Liz and she had known her name. She kept having what seemed to be flashbacks as well about another life with Dean but also with another guy that looked identical to Dean and a few other people were in that dream. A tall guy with long hair and a short woman that reminded her some of the woman that she ran into at the grocery. Dean came in and sat down beside Liz on the couch and pulled her close to him, "Baby are you alright? You seem distracted.", he said with a concerned look on his face. "Yeah I'm just tired.", she smiled and cuddled closer to Dean. He stroked her hair and kissed her forehead. "How about I cook us some supper?", Dean said looking down at Liz. Liz nodded and flipped on the TV as Dean rose from the couch and headed to the kitchen.