Ella and Roman walked into the examination room and waited for Rachel to come in. Ella sat on the bed with Roman in the chair beside it. They had not talked this morning, or at least had not talked about anything specific. She could tell Roman was nervous and tense and although he had held her all night he had treated her like delicate glass. On the one hand she thought it was very sweet how protective he was but on the other she was ready to slap him if he asked if she were ok one more time.
He smiled at her and looked as if he were going to say something when the door opened and Rachel plus another woman walked in.
"Good Morning." Rachel said.
"Guess this is my queue, I'll be outside." Roman told her pressing a quick kiss to her lips before leaving the room.
"How did you work that magic?" Rachel asked referring to the docile way Roman left the room.
"Well you know how soldiers sense danger?" Ella said with a smile. "I reached the point about an hour ago that if he asked me if I were ok one more time I was going to hit him and I think he knows it!" she confessed.
"Right then we'll get started. I want to introduce Cally. She works in our lab downstairs. I want to take some more bloods for testing." Rachel said.
Ella nodded at the other woman and said to Rachel. "Didn't you already do blood work the other day?"
"This is why Cally is here. Apparently there were some mix ups in the lab. We just want to confirm what we think has happened." Rachel said and smiled.
She walked over to Ella with a covered tray and proceeded to take the samples. Handing them over to Cally.
"I'll have the results for you in 15 minutes Dr Holden." Cally said and walked out.
"Now how have you been feeling? Any more dizzy spells?" Rachel asked as she took her blood pressure.
"Nope." Ella said.
"Nausea?" she was asked.
"Some this morning but I had some ginger tea and it seems to have settled." Ella confirmed.
"Good good." Rachel said. "Have you noticed any other symptoms we should be aware of?"
Ella thought about it then said. "Does a highly changeable emotional state count?"
"In what way?" Rachel asked.
"Well one minute I'm fine then I'm either really angry or crying." Ella confessed starting to frown.
"Almost hormonal?" Rachel asked with a smile.
Ella looked up at the last question.
"Ok spill it what do you know Dr Holden!" she said.
"Only that one of my 80 year old Alzheimer's patient got told he was pregnant yesterday. His name was similar to yours and the lab must have switched samples. That's why Cally who manages the lab is redoing the tests now!" Rachel said. "And here she is." Rachel added as she heard a knock at the door "Come in." she called.
"Here are the results Dr Holden." She said handing over a sheet of paper.
"Thank you Cally." Rachel called as the other woman turned and left. She looked down at the paper and saw the result she expected. The HCG levels were high.
"Congratulations." She told her.
"I'm pregnant?" Ella asked.
"Yes." Rachel confirmed. "I would like to do a quick scan and just check everything is ok."
Ella looked up with tears in her eyes.
"I'm really pregnant?" she asked.
"Yes." Rachel said and took hold of her hand to give it a squeeze.
"Roman." She said.
"You want him to come in?" Rachel guessed.
Ella could only nod.
Rachel walked out to the waiting area and saw Roman standing looking out of a window.
"She would like you to come in." Rachel told him and watched as the other man paled.
"Is everything alright?" he asked but knew Rachel wouldn't tell him.
He walked into the room ahead of Rachel and saw Ella sitting on the bed in the same position where he had left her, tears were falling from her beautiful blue eyes. And he could feel his stomach sink with dread.
"Hey!" he said softly.
She looked at him and placed his hand on her stomach.
"We're going to have a baby." She said to him.
She looked up and saw the expression of joy on his face.
"Really?" he asked.
She nodded.
He picked her up of the bed and kissed her.