A/N: This chapter is set four years ago from the "present" time in the recent chapters… I hope that makes sense! Thank you guys for the reviews, I love hearing what you think.
May 2023
Sonny walks into the master bathroom to find Lisa in standing in her bra and panties in front of the mirror staring at her stomach. "Somethin wrong babe."
Lisa looks up from her reflection. "Does my lower stomach look weird?"
Sonny scrunches his eyebrows. "Is this a trick question?"
"No, seriously I feel like I look bloated, but I don't feel bloated." Lisa says running a hand across her lower abdomen.
Sonny rubs the back of his neck. "I um, I feel like weird things have been goin on for ya in that region for a few months now. Ya don't think you're pregnant right?"
"Do you want me to be pregnant?" Lisa asks, still looking at herself in the mirror.
"Lisa, darlin I ain't changin my mind on not wantin kids, I promise." Sonny moves to stand behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist. "I just want to make sure we ain't missin somethin here."
Lisa leans her head back against Sonny's chest. "Good because I have taken three test and they were all negative. I'm starting to get a little worried though."
"Do ya think ya should go to the doctor?" Sonny asks.
Davis turns in his arms. "I probably should. God Sonny what is something is really wrong?"
Sonny cups the sides of her face with his hands. "Then we will over come it, but let's not jump to all of that until we know what is wrong." Lisa nods. "Lisa I love ya and I am here for ya no matter what."
"Thank you Sonny. I love you." Sonny smiles in response and leans in and kisses her.
Four days later Lisa was sitting in the exam room at her GYN's office waiting on her doctor. The door opens and the doctor enters the room. "Hi Lisa. What brings you in today?" Dr. Owens asks as she sits on the stool in the room.
Lisa shifts. "Well, for the last about five months I have been having weird spotting and bleeding. And now I feel like I look bloated all the time."
"Does there seem to be any pattern to the bleeding?" Dr. Owens inquires.
"No, not that I have noticed." Lisa responds.
"Okay. Any abdominal or pelvic pain or pain with intercourse?" Dr. Owens asks.
"More like discomfort during intercourse. Which is completely out of the ordinary for me."
"Is all of this with the same partner?" Dr. Owens asks. Lisa nods her head yes. "Okay good, and you guys haven't tried anything different lately?"
Lisa looks at Dr. Owens a little sideways for the last two questions. "No. Uh, same as normal."
Dr. Owens sees Lisa's dislike for the question. "I promise I'm only asking you that as a rule out. I'm just trying to figure out what's going on."
"Okay. Do you have an idea of what it could be?" Lisa asks.
Dr. Owens takes a deep breath. "Let me do an exam and I will have a better idea of how to answer that."
"Okay." Lisa responds as she feels the panic set in.
Once Dr. Owens is finished with the exam Lisa repositions herself and looks at the doctor. "Better idea now, because I'm feeling really nervous about this."
Dr. Owens nods. "I really want to wait until the lab work comes back."
Lisa doesn't think before she speaks. "That's bullshit."
Dr. Owens is taken back by Lisa's bluntness. "I, I'm sorry. I just don't want to put it out there if it's not."
Lisa leans her head back and looks up at the ceiling, trying to keep it together. "I understand that, but there is no way I am waiting a week to even have an idea of what is going on."
"Okay." Dr. Owens says, seeing how upset Lisa is. "I'm leaning towards uterine cancer. Again, I don't know for sure until the biopsy comes back. I could be totally wrong."
"Holy fuck." Lisa lets out a deep breath. "Thank you for telling me. I can digest maybe having cancer better than not knowing anything."
Dr. Owens nods. "I know your mind is racing, but do you have any questions."
"No. I guess it is just a wait and see." Lisa replies, looking at her lap.
"It is. As soon as I get the results back I will give you a call." Dr. Owens says as she stands.
"Thank you." Lisa says.
Lisa walks into her and Sonny's house defeated. Cancer, she was too young to have cancer. She walks through the down stairs of the house looking for Sonny, she finds him in the backyard in the pool. "Sonny."
Sonny nearly falls of the float he had been sleeping on. "Damn Davis." He laughs, his expression falling the second he saw the worried look on her face. "What's wrong babe?" He asks jumping off the float and swimming to the edge of the pool.
Lisa sits on the end of a lounge chair. "She thinks I may have uterine cancer."
Sonny jumps out of the pool and squats down in front of her. "Cancer. Ar-are you serious?"
"Yeah. She doesn't know for sure. She has to wait on the biopsy results." Lisa says patting Millie as she jumps up behind Lisa on the lounge chair.
Sonny rubs his hands on her thighs. "Whatever they are, baby we are in this together and are gonna fight like hell."
"Thank you Sonny."
"Hey, look on the bright side, at least we ain't gonna be parents." Sonny jokes, hoping for at least a small smile.
Lisa chuckles. "How screwed up is that? I would rather have cancer than be pregnant. Sonny what if I die."
"Ya ain't gonna." Sonny responds, locking eyes with her.
"How do you know that?"
"Because I know. Ya are one of the strongest people I know. There is no way in hell ya are going to let a little cancer get ya down."
"I love you so much." Lisa says as she leans forward and wraps her arms around Sonny's neck before kissing him.
"Mmm, ya hungry honey?"
"Not really." Lisa says with a shrug.
"Not even for sushi and your favorite pinot noir? Hmm? Maybe some chocolate cake?"
"Mmm. Maybe I could go for that." Lisa says, running her fingers through his hair.
"Okay then, ya gotta let go of me so I can go make that happen." Sonny chuckles.
Lisa kisses him one more time before letting go of him. "Okay."
A week later Davis and Sonny were waiting in Dr. Owens's office. "Sonny you didn't have to come."
Sonny raises their conjoined hands and kiss the back of her hand. "I want to be here. I told ya we are in this together."
"Thank you Sonny. It means a lot."
"Good morning Lisa." Dr. Owens says as she walks into the office. "How are you feeling this morning."
"Anxious as hell." Lisa responds.
"I'm sure you are. I won't make you wait any longer. Your biopsy came back positive for cancerous cell mutation. Adenocarcinomas of the endometrium to be exact." Dr. Owens says.
Lisa nods. "I can't believe it. Um, I have of course been doing research and I'm really young for this."
"You're right you are extremely young to have this cancer. My best guess is you inherited the gene. But seeing as you don't know much family history I am really just guessing." Dr. Owens answers.
Sonny looks over at Lisa and sees her processing the news. "So, uh where do we go from here?"
"Yes." Dr. Owens nods. "The good news is you caught it early. You are still in stage one. This mean no chemo, just a radical hysterectomy."
"Sorry Doc, I'm just a knuckle draggin door kicker, what does that mean?" Sonny asks, seeing that Lisa still had no intention of talking.
Dr. Owens smiles. "Right. It means the uterus, cervix and surrounding tissues will be removed. I want to leave the ovaries, seeing how young you are."
Lisa nods. "Right, so it doesn't put me into menopause in my early thirties. That doesn't cause a greater risk of the cancer coming back, does it?"
"That correct, you have done your research." Dr. Owens agrees. "No it doesn't. You are stage one which means the cancer cells are only in your uterus. By removing it and the surrounding tissues we are removing all the caner."
Lisa nods her head in understanding. Sonny looks at her. "Davis this don't sound so bad."
"You're right Sonny, this could have been a lot worse." Lisa says giving his hand a squeeze.
"There is one last topic we need to discuss." Dr. Owens pauses. "I know you are relieved you do not have to have chemo, but this does mean you will never be able to carry a child of your own."
Sonny glances at Davis and can tell she is forming her statement and to his surprise she starts laughing. "You're being serious?" Davis asks. Dr. Owens eyes widen as she nods yes. "I have been trying to get me tubes tied for the past several years, but no one would do it because I don't have any children. I never have to worry about getting pregnant again."
"Oh, there was nothing in your file." Dr. Owens says.
"I know. I was new to the group on my last visit and it was right before deployment and not the time for me to be worrying about it. I was going to bring it up at this year's appointment." Lisa explains.
"Wow, okay. Well if both of you are good with that then all we have to do is get you scheduled for pre-op and the surgery. They will explain how the surgery and recovery will go." Dr. Owens informs Lisa and Sonny.
Sonny looks at Lisa. "I'm good if you're good."
"Yeah, I'm as good as I'm going to be." Lisa responds.
Sonny and Davis walk out to the parking lot of the doctor's office. "Sonny I just want to keep this between us for moment."
Sonny wraps his arms around her waist. "I can do that, but ya know we gotta tell the team at some point."
"I know we do. I want to tell Eric first after I process everything." Lisa pauses. "I just need a day or two."
Sonny kisses the top of her head. "Of course honey."
Lisa nuzzles into his chest. "Thank you for coming with me. That was a lot easier with you by my side."
"Whatever ya need baby, ya know that." Sonny responds while tightening his grip on her.
"Okay, we should both probably get to work." Lisa mumbles not wanting to move from her current position.
"That sounded convincin." Sonny chuckles.
"I'm really enjoying this. As much as I hate to admit that I need support, sometimes just being in your arms fixes so much." Lisa says tilting her head up to look at Sonny.
Sonny smiles. "Feelin's mutual my love. But like ya said we need to get goin, Clay has been blown my phone up this mornin, somethin about plannin so drills or some shit with the new guy."
"Ah yes my super sexy tier one 2IC." Lisa smiles as she leans up and kisses him.
"As I have been for the last two years." Sonny smirks.
"Doesn't mean I can't still be proud of you. Besides, I still see the way you look at me durning mission briefs. I can tell you feel the same way about me." Lisa says as they pull apart.
"Oh." Sonny laughs. "Ya catch me starin at ya in amazement."
"Only all the time." Davis says looking into his eyes. "But I love it."
"Always good to know ya like me creepin on ya." Sonny chuckles.
Lisa laughs. "You're stupid, but I love you. I'll see you later." She turns to get in her car.
"Love ya too baby. Maybe I can talk Clay into stoppin long enough for us all to eat lunch together."
"Doubtful" Lisa chuckles as she gets in her car. She watches Sonny drive away and leans her head back against the head rest. She was grateful that the cancer was only stage one and she didn't require any further treatment after surgery, but holy shit, she had cancer. Cancer, she had cancer at 32.
A/N: I mean no harm by the way the characters talk about pregnancy. I know several childfree by choice people that would rather be in this situation than have children. Childfree by choice women are not monsters or bad people, they just follow a different path than what is the "normal." I am simply attempting to bring light to a subset of the population that is largely unrecognized and misunderstood!