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“Doc, just one thing before we do this…” Lena started. Dr. Green looked at her a bit confused, but her smile never left her face.
“Sure thing, honey, what is that?”
“Oh, well, have you spoken to doc Evans today?”
“Erm, no, was I supposed to?“, now the smile was gone and a concerned look appeared in her eyes.
“Just call him and tell him that Emily is here for a check up and that I told you that he should update you on the situation.” Dr. Green furrowed her brows, but decided to listen to Lena and with a muffled i’ll–be–right–back stepped out of the room, while Lena and I sat on the exam table together and dangled our feet like some 5 year olds. Both of us had that mischievous spark in us and we started giggling. Hell, a little humor never harms, right?
We waited for maybe some 15 minutes, and then finally Dr. Green came back. Her facial expression was quite comical, if you ask me: huge eyes, fidgeting hands, she tried to tell us something, but for a minute or so she looked more like a fish just gaping at us. Finally she took a deep breath and spoke.
“Well… I must say that I most certainly didn’t expect to meet a healer…”
I smiled at her in a hopefully reassuring manner: “Well, you’re not the only one confused, I never expected to BE a healer…“, I shrugged my shoulders.
“Ooook. So, doc Evans tells me, that first of all we are not to tell anyone about that for now. I promise, this information will not leave this room!” She spoke more confidently.
“Thank you.” Was all I said.
“Ok then. Doc Evans also told me that your child is a were… that was also unexpected. I sincerely apologize that I wasn’t able to sniff it out myself, but the thought never crossed my mind…”
“I dig you, doc, it’s fine. Was shocked myself.” I said, and then Lena dded: “Don’t worry about that, doctor, even Jonathan didn’t notice…”
“Yeah, quite a situation we have here…” a pregnant silence fell upon us (ironic, isn’t it?), but soon enough Dr. Green clapped her hands and smiled that bright smile of hers, snapping back o her old self as if nothing shocking ever happened. Boy, I wish I had abilities like that myself.
“Ok, enough sulking. Let’s look at that baby of yours, shall we?”
And with that Lena hopped off the table, Dr. Green covered my lower body with a soft blanket and
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pulled my dress over my stomach. Then some gel was squeezed on it and then she was poking my belly with the sonogram device. The room filled with the humming of the machine and all of doctors attention was on the screen.
“Ok, everything looks fine. According to the size of the baby, I would say to expect him or her sometime this September.”
“What? September?” I cried out shocked, “but it’s so soon! It’s only what, 5 months?!”
“Exactly. Emily, honey, you are carrying a were child, they grow way faster than human fetuses do, so yes, Mid or end of September it is.” She placed a calming hand over mine, that was clinging to the table in a death grip. Well shit, it is a fact nr.5 I had to process now. And since when did I start cussing so much?
“Oh god, but I’m not ready! I don’t even have a crib yet, and it’s in 2 months already! And I still hang around Shirley and Jonathan’s place, I don’t have a place of my own, I didn’t manage to save enough money for the maternity leave, it’s to fast!” Now I was in a full mode panic attack.
Lena grabbed my other hand and squeezed it hard. “Emily, calm down! We have time to buy things, and I doubt that Shirley and Jonathan are going to let you go anywhere, they love you and are waiting for this baby as much as you are! Damn, Hannah and doc Evans consider you as daughter and you are as a sister to me, so chill, you are not alone, you have all of us.” Her voice was firm and even demanding. I felt tears gathering in the corners of my eyes, how did I get so lucky all of a sudden? I whispered a thank you to her, squeezed her hand in return and looked back at Dr. Green.
“Ok. So who am I having?”
Dr. Green smiled an even more huge smile and proudly announced: “A girl!”
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