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Chapter 5 – The Doctor's Diagnosis
Right now, Naru and I are in the waiting room of the maternity ward in London Hospital. It's been a week since we made love without protection; because we're idiots. We're waiting for a nurse to come out and call my name so that we can go in to see the doctor. To say I'm nervous is an understatement. "Mai Davis?" I hear a nurse call.
"When I called, I said you were my wife, so while here you're Mai Davis," Naru whispers in my ear when I give him a questioning look.
This makes me blush, but still follow him towards the nurse. "Follow me please," she says as she turns to walk down the hall.
This is going to be really hard considering my English needs help, but Naru has been teaching me a little English so that it's easier for me. We followed the nurse until she stopped outside a door and knocked. "Doctor, Mai Davis is here to see you now," she says through the door before walking off.
The door opens, a man who looks to be in his forties comes out and gestures for us to come in. He gestures for us to sit down on the chairs in front of his desk as he goes and sits at it. "So, how can I help you?" he asks us.
"My wife wants to see if she's pregnant and her English isn't the best, so please be patient with her," Naru answers for me.
"Of course, now there is a way for you to find out," he says as he opens a draw on his desk and rummages around in it. "Now where is it? Aha."
He pulls out a little box and hands it to me. I look over at Naru with a questioning look, not knowing what it was for. "It's a pregnancy test, you take it out of the box and pee on the plastic covered end," Naru says as elaboration and then turns to face the doctor. "Is there a toilet nearby?"
"Yes, it's the room right next door," the doctor answers while pointing in the direction of the next room.
That I could understand, so I head towards the door and the toilet.
When I come back with the toilet paper wrapped pregnancy test, I hand it over to the doctor. He takes a look at it and turns it to face us. "You see this little tab here?" he says as he points to it. "It will change either blue or pink, depending on whether or not you are pregnant; pink for positive and blue for negative."
We wait for a few moments and when it does change colour; it turns pink. I'm pregnant, from one night. "Naru, that means I'm pregnant, doesn't it?" I ask him even though I knew the answer.
"Yes Mai, it does," he answers as he squeezes my hand in reassurance.
"Positive, Mrs Davis, you are indeed pregnant," says the doctor cheerily.
"Thank-you doctor, we will leave now," Naru says to the doctor as he leads me out of the room.
"Are you okay Mai?" he asks me when we reach the car.
"Yeah, but do you realise what this means?" I ask him as my face twists in fear.
"That we're going to parents before we're twenty years old?" he asks me.
"That, but it also means your mother is going to take me shopping either this afternoon or tomorrow," I tell him with a horror-stricken face.
"Is that really all you're worried about, you're pregnant and you're worried about the fact that my mother will take you shopping when she finds out?" he asks me as if I have two heads.
"Yes that's what I'm worried about, your mother is worse than Madoka when it comes to shopping and even though she only took me shopping a few days ago, she's going to take me shopping again," I reply with worry.
"I'll deal with my mother, but you need to take it easy," he says at an attempt to cheer me up.
"How are you going to get your mother off my back?" I ask with scepticism.
"Just tell her she can do all the baby shopping and help with the nursery; that will get her off your back," he answers matter-of-factly.
I start to calm down, but then something else comes to mind, "Naru, where are we going to live; here or Japan?" I ask him.
"That is a very good question, my home is technically here, but your home is still Japan," he says while getting a contemplative look.
"Our friends are also still in Japan," I throw in.
"If we end up living permanently here, our friends could always visit us," he says rolling his eyes.
"What about SPR?" I ask him.
"Mai, that was only a branch of the real SPR that my parents run here in England," he says to me as if I were a small child.
"I know that, but still, didn't you always tell me that there was more paranormal activity in Japan than in England?" I ask when I remember him telling me that.
"I did, but remember, the only reason I went to Japan in the first place was to find Gene," he reminds me.
"It's not hard to remember, but still, you said that. Look, I don't really mind where we end up living, as long as you, me and the baby are living together," I tell him with conviction.
"So if I wanted us to live here in England, get our own house of course, you would live here with me?" he asks me sceptically.
"Yes, because like I said, if we're together, I don't care," I answer him truthfully.
"Maybe we can talk about this some other time, like when my mother isn't going to be hounding us about the results," he says as we pull up into the driveway and see Luella standing there, waiting for us.
"That's a good idea, how are we going to tell her?" I just have to ask.
"Just tell her the truth, there is no way around it," he answers with a sigh as he parks the car.
"Okay then," I say as we get out of the car.
Damn I'm on a roll, five chapter within a week. I feel special. R&R. Wow, I can't think of anything else to write.
Seza, over and out.