picking myself up from the ground, I felt a hand brush against my shoulder. I looked up to see my mother leaning over me, pressing her lips to my forehead. "Its okay, darling." she whispered brushing a strand of hair from my eyes. "Ill always be here to pick you up." and with that she swooped me into her arm. I hooked my hands onto her shirt, allowing her to carry me inside, setting me down on my bed. "Get some rest." she would say

As I peeled my eyes open I half expected my mother to still be standing over me, despite the fact it was a dream. I looked to my side as I heard a faint snoring. Tobias was sat in the arm chair across from the bed. Carefully, I pushed myself up into a sitting position and whispered.

"Tobias."

He stirred a little before shooting his eyes open. Lifting himself and rushing to my side, he spoke.

"Tris." he sounded wistful. "How are you feeling?"

"What happened?"

"We were on the Ferris wheel and you blacked out."

I pushed a hand to my head as I started to vaguely remember.

"You should have told me if you were feeling sick."

"But I wasn't." I whispered.

Tobias cocked his head to the side. I sighed.

"I mean, I felt tired but that was all."

He bit his lip, as if in thought. "Well, I've got you an appointment in the doctors tomorrow. I would come with you but I've got work."

I shook my head. "Its fine. I would say there's no need, but I honestly don't know what's up with me."

Tobias gave a shaky laugh. "You scared the hell out of me."

I reached over and grabbed his hand, lacing his fingers into mine. "Ill be fine."

"Beatrice Prior. I have an appointment."

The woman at the desk scanned through a number of papers until finding what she was looking for.

"Ah, yes. Please take a seat."

I nodded and found my way into an empty seat. Placing my hands over my knees, I breathed out heavily. There was no denying that I was nervous, since I don't know what's going on with me. Luckily I didn't have much time to think about it as I heard my name being called. I wiped my palms against my thighs as I stood up and smiled warily at the receptionist. Following the corridor I found my usual doctors room and knocked.

"Come in."

Pushing the door open, I walked in and took a seat.

"Hello, Beatrice. What seems to be the problem?"

I jumped into the story of how I had been falling asleep without knowing and the unexpected feel of nausea.

"Okay." she spoke slowly as she wrote down notes from what I was saying. "Is there anything else? Anything strange?"

I thought back to the ice-cream. that was strange, right?

"I've been kind of craving for Ice-cream." I bit my lip, hoping I didn't sound stupid.

After a while, the doctor looked up from her notes, as if calculating the possibilities and smiled.

"Okay, I'd like to take some tests, such as your temperature, blood pressure and others."

She must have sensed my tenseness and she quickly smiled reassuringly.

"Don't worry, its just to be on the safe side."

I nodded and followed her instructions so she could take whatever tests she needed.

"Okay, Beatrice. Luckily, with modern technology, I am able to get the results back in an hour or two. We still have your details on file, so we are done for now and I'll give you a call in a few hours."

I slowly nodded and stood up. Before leaving I heard her call. "Whatever this is, I promise I can help you."

"Thanks doctor."

I decided on not going back to Tobias's, in case he's already home from work. I'm already panicking and wont want to answer any of his questions. Jumping into my car, I drove to a starbucks around the corner from the doctors.

"Caramel Frappuccino, please."

"Name?"

"Beatrice."

I waited as she penned my name into the cup and prepared my drink. I looked down to check my phone and was relieved to see no messages.

"Beatrice."

I smiled as I took my drink from the shop assistance and found an empty seat. Without realising it, I had spent an hour flipping through magazines and messing with my phone, when it screamed out a loud ringing.

"Hello?"

"Hi, Beatrice. Its Doctor Winchest. I've got your results if you would like to come back so we can go through it."

I nodded then quickly realised she couldn't see me. "Sure. I'm on my way."

I hung up and rushed to my car.

"Sorry to keep you waiting. How are you feeling?" the doctor asked as I took the same seat from before.

I breathed out heavily. "Just nervous."

She smiled softly. "Okay, well I can rule out what it is not. And that is pregnancy."

I let out a breath that I didn't know I was holding. I hadn't even thought about that, but hearing that I definitely wasn't, was a relief.

"From what you told me earlier." she continued. "I thought it could have been a simple case of motion sickness, not worrying about any seriousness. But of course we have to think about that too."

I nodded, my chest getting tighter with each word she spoke.

"I can tell you the reason for your craving, and that is because your sugar levels are unreasonably low, thus your reason for craving. Its not much now, if you had not come here today it would have gotten worse."

I nodded again. "And the tiredness? And nausea?"

"That's where it gets more complicated. From the results, I found that you have some kidney problems."

I swallowed hard. "What does that mean?"

"I know its hard to believe, but its not all that bad, treatment wise. I have already put your records into the hospital and you have an appointment there tomorrow. I understand its hard to hear all of this right now, but you need to understand. They will need to operate. Fortunately, you came to me straight away, and that is all they will need to do."

I sat frozen. I don't remember ever feeling such sock before in my life. "How." my voice croaked and I coughed to soften it. "How did this happen?"

"Unfortunately, these things happen sometimes, with not much explanation. But don't worry, Beatrice. We can help you, and fix this."

"How did it go at the doctors?"

I let the door bang shut behind me and breathed out heavily. How was I supposed to get used to this whole idea? ~an operation?~

"Tris?"

I looked up at Tobias, mouth half open, unable to speak. He took a few steps closer to me.

"What is it?"

His face was growing with worry within each second that I was not speaking.

"I… Its my kidneys." I whispered.

"What?"

I bit down hard on my lip as I felt the tears sting the back of my eyes. I wanted to be strong about this.

"They need to operate."

Without saying another word, Tobias took me into his arms and wiped my cheeks from the already escaped tears. I held on tight and allowed myself to cry into his arms.

OKAY
So I know you weren't expecting this, but it is a story in today's life and this sort of thing can happen. Don't worry, I've got this all planned out.

What do you think this will do to their relationship?