The Broken One

***Andy's P.O.V***
“I'm scared, Andy”
Cynthia says from the passenger seat. I glance over at her and see her old habit of tugging at her sleeves reappearing.
“Why?”
I ask, reaching for her hand and giving it a gentle, reassuring squeeze. She laces her fingers through mine and sighs.
“I don’t know..I..I don’t know, I'm just nervous…”
She says, at a loss of words.
“It’ll be fine”
I say as we pull into the parking lot of the gynecologists office. Once I've parked the car we both get out. I place my hand on the small of Cynthia’s back and guide her up to the door. I hold it open for her and let her go in first. I walk into the building a few steps behind Cynthia, the cool air and the sterile smell of the place hitting me in the face.
“Hello. Name?”
A young blonde receptionist asks from behind a counter that’s placed just left of the doors.
“Uh, Cynthia Biersack?”
Cynthia says, unfamiliar with using my last name for hers since it was legally changed when I adopted her. The receptionist searches the name on her computer and hands Cynthia a clipboard with some information to fill out.
“Please fill this out and return it to me when you’re done. A nurse should be out soon to get you”
She say, a warm smile on her face. Me and Cynthia sit down next to each other in the cushiony grey chairs. She quietly fills out the forms, acting as if she's fine though I can tell she's still scared by the way her hand is slightly shaking.
Shortly after Cynthia gets down filling the papers out, a short, cheerful nurse comes out of the door that leads to the multiple small checkup rooms.
“Cynthia?”
She reads the name off her clipboard. Cynthia stands up and looks down at me.
“Come with me?”
She asks, a bit of panic in her eyes. I nod and stand.
“Please follow me”
The nurse says, smiling reassuringly and guiding us to one of the rooms. After we go in the nurse shuts the door behind us.
“Please sit down on the table while I take your vitals. When I'm done with that I'm going to have you take a pregnancy test just to make sure and then the doctor will decide what to do from there, ok honey?”
She says. Cynthia nods and sits down on the table while I sit down in a chair on the far wall. The nurse does what she needs to do and then guides Cynthia out of the room to a bathroom at the end of the hall so she can take the pregnancy test.
A few minutes later, Cynthia comes back in and sits down.
“They said the doctor will be in after they get the results”
She says.
“Ok”
I murmur. Sure enough, not more than five minutes later, a middle aged women with small wire-rim glasses set low on her nose, walks in.
“The test came back positive as you were probably expecting”
She says, sitting down on a stool beside the exam table.
“So, you’re Cynthia’s father?”
The doctor asks me, giving me a questioning look.
“Adoptive father”
I say.
“Ahh, that makes more sense, you looked far too young to have a child this age. I'm Dr. Page by the way. Unfortunately I'm going to need you to leave the room while I take some physical exams on Cynthia. After I'm done with those you'll be welcome to come back in”
The doctor says. I nod and stand up, slipping out of the room and going to wait in the waiting room.
***Cynthia’s P.O.V***
“I'm going to first do an ultrasound of your stomach to see how far along with the pregnancy you are and then I just need to make sure everything is healthy and able to function correctly”
Dr. Page says, standing up and pulling ultrasound machine out of the corner and over to the side of the table. She turns it on and opens a drawer on it, pulling out a tube of ultrasound jelly.
“I'm going to need you to pull up your shirt”
She says quietly, applying the clear jelly to the little probe thing.
“This may be cold”
She says, starting to roam my stomach with it. I stare at the screen, looking at the little blob that’s supposedly my baby.
“You can see much yet since it’s so early in. I'm guessing your about five weeks pregnant”
The doctor says. My stomach squeezes, mostly in fear yet there’s another small feeling there, almost…affection for the little life inside me.
After the doctor gets down with the ultrasound she has me change into a pink hospital gown so she can do the other tests. She has me lay down on my back and she pulls tow footrest out from the side of the table, having me spread my legs for her.
“Take a deep breath ok? Its normal to be nervous. This will be over before you know it”
She says. The moment I feel her fingers start to probe me I automatically tense up.
“It’s ok, try to relax your muscles”
She says gently, pausing for a minute.
After about ten minutes she finishes taking samples and checking if I'm healthy. I let out a sigh of relief as she leaves so I can get my clothes back on and so she can send the samples off to the lab.
Her and Andy return to the room shortly and I smile, relived that the worst part is over.
“Ok, now I just have some questions and some do’s and don’ts for you”
She says, sitting back down on her stool while Andy returns to the chair he was sitting in in the beginning.
“So, as far as I can tell, your body seems healthy. I didn’t see or feel anything abnormal so that’s a good sign. When the samples I took come back, that’ll tell us a little more but mostly they’ll just tell us if you have any STD’s or infection or anything of that sort”
She says, stopping to take a breath and see if we have any questions so far.
“Since you are very young, there could possibly be some complications throughout this pregnancy, especially during the actual birth. I am going to put you on some prenatal vitamins and that should be good for now”
She says before pulling some pamphlets out of a drawer on the cabinet behind her.
“Also, a lot of young girls that I've met that are in your position either don’t want to have the baby, don’t want to keep it, can’t afford it and etcetera etcetera. I’d like you to know that there are other options, ok. As of right now, what are you planning on doing?”
She asks.
“I wanted to keep it”
I say. She nods.
“You do understand the challenges that come along with that right?”
She asks. I nod slowly.
“How does the father of this baby feel?”
She asks. My heart starts to race and my mouth goes dry. This is the one thing I didn’t want her to ask about. If she find out about how I got pregnant, things could get bad, people could find out. That’s not what I want.
“She doesn’t know who it is”
I hear Andy say calmly, coming to my rescue and at the same time making me sound like a slut.
“Uh, ok. Once the baby’s born we can do DNA testing”
She says, handing me the pamphlets she had taken out of the drawer a minute ago.
“Here is some information about the options you have. It’s still early in the pregnancy so you have time to think about it. I’d like to see you back here in about two weeks. From now on, it’d be a good idea to start eating a healthy diet and exercising regularly so you can keep in shape”
She says, standing up and giving me a smile. Me and Andy stand up and Dr. Page opens the door for us.
“Have a nice day, see you soon”
She says as me and Andy walk down the short hallway to get back to the entrance. We get outside and I look up at sun, feeling it warm my face. For once, I feel hopeful about the future.

Notes

I am so sorry for not posting sooner. This was a hard chapter to write and it sucks a little but I feel like the next few are going to be better.

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~becca