Quick but short update. But I believe I owe you all an explanation of my cliffhanger.
It's All About Finding Yourself - Chapter 22
The time Beca arrived at the hospital the pain began to ease off but she still wanted to know what the hell happened. Chloe, Evan, Emily, Sheila and Rachael were all sitting in the waiting room whilst Dr Mitchell and Jesse sat at Beca's bedside. "This seems to be made out way more serious than what it actually is." Beca muttered, slowly sitting up on the hospital bed.
"Of course it's serious Beca, you couldn't get off the ground you were in so much pain." Dr Mitchell eyed his daughter warily as he tapped his foot impatiently as the waited on the doctor.
"But I'm fine now, it doesn't hurt as bad." Beca protested.
"Well obviously something happened inside of you." Jesse spoke up and then the doctor walked in.
"I'm sorry for the wait, Beca. I'm Dr Holden." Beca looked up at the woman and shook her outstretched arm. She looked rather young to be a doctor but it wasn't really Beca's place to say anything. "Now I need to ask you a few questions, some are a little personal so if you-" Dr Holden cast her eyes over to the two males in the room but Beca cut her off.
"No it's fine they can stay." The questions seriously couldn't be that personal that she had to make her dad and Jesse leave the room.
"Okay. This might seem a little awkward and you've probably heard a doctor ask it before, I know you're only seventeen but are you pregnant ?" Beca rolled her eyes at this question and could practically sense Jesse sniggering.
"No." Beca replied simply.
"Are you sure? Are you sexually active?" Beca rolled her eyes once again, Jesus Christ. She hated the term sexually active like what the hell did that even mean?
"Okay maybe we should get away from the pregnancy questions because it is physically impossible for me to get pregnant in my relationship because I'm gay. And if you must know, no I'm not sexually active...whatever the hell that is." The woman was a little taken aback before giving Beca a small smile.
"Okay. When was the date of your last menstrual cycle?" She asked.
"Just started this morning." Beca replied, scratching the tip of her nose. The doctor scribbled something down on her clipboard. Beca was beginning to get a little lost with these questions, why are they talking about her period and pregnancy. Then again, the pain was were all that shit goes on.
"Do you suffer from bad dysmenorrhoea?" Dr Holden asked and Beca furrowed her eyebrows.
"Do I suffer from what now?"
"Bad period pain." Jesse filled in and Beca turned to him in amusement. "What? Don't you listen in Biology?"
Dr Holden chuckled. "Well then yeah, I usually have to take something for it every month, that's what I thought this was but then it just got worse." Beca explained. Dr Holden nodded as she wrote more notes down.
"Dr Holden?" Dr Mitchell grabbed the woman's attention. "If it helps I know it can't be her appendix. She got appendicitis when she was younger and got it removed."
"Yes, I saw that on her medical records, that's why I'm asking you about your menstrual cycle because it could have something to do with your reproductive system." Dr Holden explained, switching her eyes between Beca and her father.
"Please don't say that." Beca's head whipped around to look at her father after hearing the worry in his voice.
"Why?" Beca asked quietly.
"I have looked at the family media records too Mr Mitchell and I know what you're referring to." Dr Holden said before looking at Beca who was almost freaking out at the lack of information she was getting. "I'll step outside for a minute so you can talk to Beca." The woman stepped outside and Beca looked at her father as if you say 'What the hell is going on.'
"What's happening?" Jesse asked.
"Beca I'm gonna get straight to the point here. Before you were born, your Grandma on your mom's side of the family died of ovarian cancer." Dr Mitchell looked down at his hands, not even having to look at his daughter to detect her heartbreak.
"What?" Was the only thing Beca could comprehend.
"Then after you were born your mom got tested and found an abnormality. She chose to get her ovaries removed to cut the risk although she was heartbroken because she couldn't have anymore kids."
"Why have I never known this?" Beca asked softly. She didn't actually know how to respond.
"I was going to tell you when you started getting your period but you were only eleven, you were still a little girl Bec." Dr Mitchell replied sympathetically. Beca looked around the room, she didn't know what she was feeling. Yeah she was gay and wasn't really using her ovaries but still, they're a part of her body and didn't want to say goodbye to them anytime soon. Dr Mitchell got up and let Dr Holden back in the room.
"Alright Beca we're going to take you for a pelvic ultrasound just to have a little check of what's going on inside." Dr Holden announced and Jesse assisted Beca off of the hospital bed.
"Can I see my girlfriend before we go?" Beca asked as she leaned on Jesse, slowly following Dr Holden out of the room as she still felt a slight dull pain in her abdomen.
"Sure you can. Is she in the waiting room?" Dr Holden smiled and Beca nodded before leading the three down the corridor to the waiting room.
"Hey." Beca announced her presence and Chloe shot up, throwing her arms around Beca.
"What was it?" Chloe asked, her words spilling out at a rapid pace as she shifted her eyes between Beca and the doctor.
"Uh we don't know yet, I'm going for a pelvic ultrasound. It can't be my appendix because I don't have one so they think it's got something to do with my ovaries or whatever." To Dr Mitchell, his daughter seemed extremely calm for what he had just told her but after all Beca's talent was shutting off her emotions.
"That doesn't sound good." Chloe said slowly, taking Beca's face in her hands.
"I'll be fine Red." Beca kissed Chloe before she heard Dr Holden telling them they had to go.
After the scan, Beca nervously awaited what the results concluded. The short brunette held her breath as Dr Holden walked back into the room with paperwork. "Well Beca it seems as the issue isn't as complex as what it seemed to be. There was a cyst on your ovary which burst and that is what caused you the pain. Although during the scan we did find another small cyst on your other ovary but there's no need to worry, it's not cancerous or anything and it should go away on it's own. If not, it will need to be surgically removed." Beca let out the breath she was holding and threw her head back in release.
"Is there any specific reason why she's getting cysts?" Dr Mitchell asked with concern and Beca quietly groaned. Can't he just be happy that she wasn't having to get her womanhood ripped out of her.
"It's common. A lot of women develop them during the course of having their monthly cycle but they normally go away themselves." Dr Holden informed. "If that's everything, I'll need you to come to the front desk and fill in some paperwork. I want you to come back in eight weeks to see if that other cyst isn't getting any bigger, as I said if it is, it will need to be removed." She reminded and Beca nodded. What an eventful day she had, she had almost forgot about everything Chloe had told her and all she wanted to do was to hold her and never let go.
Please ignore me if I made any biological errors (I'm failing that fucking class)
No specific question for this update since its so short, I just wanna know your overall thoughts :)