A Second Chance at Love

Two weeks had past since Halloween. Time was going pretty quickly. Danny was just away for almost a whole week for a road trip on the west coast. It gave me plenty of time to shop for winter clothes for the kids and get both house back in order. Running from practice to practice left little time to clean the houses as good as I like. Danny had someone come in and clean up on a normal basis, but there was still plenty of stuff to do.

He had came home yesterday from his trip and was in Baltimore with Caelan today on a school trip, giving me an extra day of an empty house. Claude had went to New York to visit a friend.

I was in the middle of cleaning out the hall closet when Ryan’s school called. He was complaining of a sore throat and had a small temperature. I called his doctor and scheduled a walk in appointment.

I locked up Danny’s house and went to pick up Ryan. His little face when I got there was so sad. He looked like he didn’t feel good. I decided to drive straight to the doctor’s.

Not three blocks away from their office, a black Mercedes slid through the light and right into my passenger side door. I hit my head off the door but kept the car from sliding into oncoming traffic.

I pulled to the side of the road and looked back at Ryan. He was crying but looked relatively ok. I started to panic. Danny wasn’t home and neither was Claude. I needed someone to come get us. My head was pounding and I was dizzy. I pulled up Mike’s number hoping he was in Jersey. He answered and told me to stay put.

By then a cop had stopped and radioed for an ambulance. I started to black out a little bit. He asked me Ryan’s name and age. He had Ryan stay in the booster seat. He told me he was ok, just a few bruises from the seatbelt. He kept me talking, asking me if I called any family. I told him a friend was on his way there.

He took my phone and I could hear him talking about the hospital. I drifted off knowing Ryan was ok. The next thing I knew I woke up in the emergency room. Mike was standing next to me on his cell phone talking. I assumed it was Danny on the phone. He kept repeating the same stuff. “Calm down, they are fine. I promise you. I will see you when you get here.”

I got Mike’s attention and whispered, “Why are you with me and not Ryan. Where is he? Is he ok?”

He grabbed my hand. “Raina relax, he is fine. He has two little bruises, Kris is with him a couple of rooms down eating popsicles. You were unconscious. The doctor was running some blood work and he is gonna do a scan soon. He thinks you just have a minor concussion. He should be back in soon.”

I closed my eyes and sighed in relief. I had a really bad headache, but nothing else seemed to hurt. “Ms. Miller, glad to see you are awake. I’m gonna discuss some of the tests that I ran. Is Mr. Richards staying?”

“Yes, he is fine to stay.” I replied.

“Raina, everything looks good. It looks like you may just have a minor concussion at this point. We are going to hold off on any further testing and see how you feel. I don’t want you alone or sleeping for the next twelve hours though.“

“I’ll stay with her Dr. Romero” Mike commented.

“Your son is fine, he has two small bruises on his shoulder and chest from the seat belt, but otherwise he is ok. He told me his throat was bothering me. I took a culture for the strep test and it came back negative. He is currently eating a popsicle with Kris and watching cartoons.”

He looked at Mike and said “Mr. Richards, I don’t envy your job as captain.” He burst out laughing at the Dr. who was just shaking his head.

“I thought you should know I ran several blood test when you came in. It’s normal procedure when any patient comes through the emergency room. Did you know you are pregnant dear?” The doctor asked with an amused look on his face.

I may have passed back out. Mike choked on the water he was drinking. “I guess that would be a no. I’m waiting for someone from maternity to come down and examine you. Don’t stress though, everything should be fine. It looks like the only injury you had was to your head. I’ll stop back after they see you.” Mike looked at me and burst out giggling like a little kid.

“God damn it”, I whispered to no one in particular. I so didn’t expect it. My period wasn’t regular with me on the pill. I never even had an inkling. I started to hyperventilate.

Mike was rubbing my hand trying to calm me down. “Raina I swear to god he isn’t gonna freak out. He’s gonna be thrilled. Wait and see before you have a nervous breakdown.”

I had the most random thought----- “Mike dear god what if it is another boy?”

He just laughed. “At least you are both experienced with them. Imagine if it is a poor girl. She will never ever find a boyfriend. “

The Dr. came in and announced he wanted to do an internal ultrasound thinking that I was fairly early along in the pregnancy. Mike tried to walk out and I gripped his hand. “Oh no you don’t. I need someone here for this. What if something is wrong Mike.” I was in tears. Mike agreed but looked like he was going to pass out.

Soon enough the image appeared on the screen. Mike was sweating. I thought he may throw up. The doctor was trying to explain to Mike and I what we were seeing on the screen. He must have thought I knew I was pregnant. “Miss Miller, they are doing fine. It doesn’t look like there is anything to worry about with either at this point. We will have you follow up with a high-risk specialist in two weeks." Mike cracked up and the Doctor looked at me quizzically.

“Dr., can you tell me how far along I am.? I didn’t know I was pregnant.”

“Ms. Miller I’d say right around the nine week mark.” He walked out and Mike smiled at me.

“See you left that bar that night and ended up with much more than a hangover.” Mike said as he bent down and kissed my forehead. I closed my eyes and tried to figure out what the hell I was going to break the news to Danny.

Notes

Well, thoughts ?