Chapter 95

"You're not, Krista, there is no sign of bleeding. If you were losing the twins you would be bleeding," he said calmly when his inside were twisted and shaking. "We'll be there soon, just hold on, sweetheart."

They arrived at Bethesda minutes later and Tom helped AJ get out with Krista in his arms. Krystal felt helpless that all she could do for her sister was to hold doors open. AJ rushed up to the desk and said, "I am Admiral Chegwidden and my fiancée is five months pregnant and is having severe pains in her abdomen."

The nurse at the desk quickly motioned for an orderly and they were taken into an examination room. "Has her doctor been called?" the nurse asked.

"We called him, but then I found out he was at County General, it was to far with her in this much pain so we brought her here."

"I'm sorry, Sir, but if she is a patient there she will need to be taken there."

"Did you hear me, nurse? I am Admiral Chegwidden and this is my fiancée!" he handed her his medical information card and his ID.

"Sir, if she is not your wife or direct family, then your insurance will not cover her to be treated here."

Krista moaned and tried to get up so the could leave and go to County General. AJ looked out of the room and saw Tom and Krystal waiting in the hall, "Tom, track down the Chaplain NOW! They won't treat Krista unless we are married!"

"AJ, the babies are yours!" Krystal reminded him going over to him. "As your children they can be treated on your insurance!"

"Thank you Krys!" he said giving her a quick kiss on the forehead. "I was to upset to think of that!" He entered the examination room and was just about to inform the nurse of that when Dr. Peters walked in.

"What seems to be the trouble here, young lady?" he asked Krista, while holding his hand out for the chart that the nurse should have started.

Instead of handing him a chart the nurse began to explain only to be interrupted by AJ, "Doctor, Krista is my fiancée and we will be married on Saturday, but the babies she is carrying are mine. I want her treated here!"

"And who are you, Sir?" the doctor asked looking at AJ in his jeans and T-shirt.

AJ handed over his medical and ID cards while telling the doctor in his best 'Admiral' voice, "I am Admiral AJ Chegwidden, Judge Advocate General," he forgot that tone of voice scared Krista until he heard her whimper and saw her try and back away from him even though she was laying on the exam table.

The doctor saw the fear in his patient's eyes and immediately assumed that the Admiral had a tendency to abuse his young fiancée. "Sir, if you will leave us now I will take a look at…Krista did you say?"

"No, I am staying with her!" AJ told him.

"Please don't make me call security, Sir!"

AJ was appalled! He had just realized what the doctor suspected! Not wanting to keep him from helping Krista any longer by arguing, AJ left the room.

Tom and Krystal jumped to their feet as soon as they saw him and came over to see what he knew. "The doctor sent me out. I had to demand that she be treated and the voice that I used scared her. Now, the doctor thinks I have been abusing her!" AJ wearily ran his hands over his eyes, could this day get any worse?

Krystal moaned for the pain she heard in his voice and saw in his eyes, she stepped close to him and hugged him tightly. "We will get that all straightened out as soon as they find out what is wrong. The important thing now is that she gets treated and they find out what the problem is."

A few minutes later the doctor did come out of the examination room, and two security guards met him as he came to talk to AJ. Before the doctor could speak, AJ asked, "How is she please!"

To be continued…