Triad Love

Shock and Aw

As the sun beams through the window and hits her in the face, she realizes she’s laying in someone’s arms. She rolls over to see a sleeping Max. Last night finally comes to mind and she smiles remembering what happened. Max stretches, pulls her closer and kisses her neck. “Good morning, beautiful.” Novah cuddles closer and smiles. “Good morning sexy.” They both chuckle, but groan knowing they don’t want to get out of bed. They know they have to because they have to talk to Sam.

As soon as Novah stands up, she gets dizzy and feels like she could throw up. She covers her mouth and runs to the bathroom. Max jumps up and rushes after her. “Novah, are you ok?” As he puts his ear to the door he hears her throwing up.

Max turns and runs to the kitchen to get a glass of water for her. As he walks back into the room, she opens the door. “I think all the stress made my stomach upset. Or maybe I have a concussion.” Max shrugged and nodded. “It's possible, but let’s get you to the doctor just to be safe.” Novah nods and gets dressed.

Once Novah is dressed, Max takes her to urgent care to get checked out. As they walk in, they run into Melissa as she's walking out. “Melissa?” Novah asks, looking confused. “Oh, hey, Novah.” They hug and look at each other confused.

“Are you okay? Why are you here?” Melissa asks, noticing her shiner and glances at Max. Novah smiles, holding up here hands. “Yeah, I’m fine. It’s a long story.” she says laughing. “I’ll explain later.” winking at her and motioning to Max. “Okay, I’ll be waiting for your call.” Melissa says as she tries to walk away, but Novah grabs her arm. “Hey you never told why you're here?”

Melissa looks around nervously and begins to fidget with her keys. “I wasn’t feeling good this morning. So I came to get checked out. I thought it was from take out last night or the drinks we had.” Novah turned to look at Max, with a cautious look. “Oh, maybe it was the drinks we had last night.” Melissa shrugs. Novah shrugs too and waves, as she walks into the facility.

Novah goes in and walks up to a chubby, old lady with a smile on her face. The lady smiles and asks, "How may I help you today, dear?" Novah gives her a welcoming smile in return. "I'm here to get checked out." The lady nods as she types on her computer and then looks up at her. "Can I have your name and dat of birth hun so I can look you up in our system?" Novah nods and gives her the information she needs. 

Once the lady finds her and confirms its the right person, she points to the waiting room and tells them to have a seat, that a nurse will be with them shortly. So they turn around and sit down, knowing its going to be a long day. 

Max let's out a sigh and grabs her hand. "I'm sure it's nothing, Novah." He says, noticing the nervous look on her face. She turns to him, smiles and squeezes his hand. "Yeah, you're probably right." Then the door opens and a young nurse comes out and calls her name. "Novah?"

The nurse walks them to a small yellow room with an exam table in the center with 2 chairs and a small desk. The nurse asks her a bunch of questions on why she's there for the visit, which only makes Novah more nervous. The nurse types in her responses and then gets her vitals. Once she's all done and records the information, she turns to them and says, "The doctor will be with you shortly."

They sit there for what seems like forever, when someone knocks on the door. "Come in." Novah says and in walks an older man. Novah can't help but smile as she relaxes a little. He reminded her of her grandpa. He walks over, takes the stool from under the desk and sits down. "So, you've come in because you think you have a concussion or alcohol poison, is that right?" He looks at Novah with frown noticing her shiner, then he looks at Max. Novah nods, feeling a bit stupid. The doctor let's out a sigh and stands up. "Well, first things first. Let's get some urine and blood to start off. Then we'll get an x-ray, okay?" Novah nods, not really happy about getting blood drawn. As the doctor starts to walk out, he stops and turns around. "Is there a chance of pregnancy? I only ask because we need to know before x-rays." Novah is about to open her mouth to say no when it hits her, she's late. She shrugs not able to tell him she's late because her throat has gone dry. The doctor nods and walks out, as he's talking to the nurse.

A few minutes later, the nurse comes and has a smile on her face. "Hello, Novah. I'm Maggie and I'll be drawing some blood today. Is that correct?" Novah nods as she squirms in her seat. Maggie notices and chuckles. "I take it you don't like needles?" Novah shakes her head feeling sick again. Maggie smiles, as she pats Novah's hand. "It's ok, hun. It'll be over quickly." As she gets the tubes and other things she needs, Novah takes Max's hand squeezing it. Novah closes her eyes and wait s for the sting of the needle. "All done." Maggie says. Novah opens her eyes in shock and starts to laugh. "I didn't feel a thing." She says looking at Maggie, who gives her a wink. "I told you it would be over quick, didn't I?" 

As Maggie put labels on the tubes and throws away her trash, Novah and Max let out a sigh. Maggie puts the tubes in a bag and turns to Novah. "I'm going to send these off and we should hear something in a bit, okay?" Novah nods as Maggie opens a drawer, grabbing a small cup. "Now, do you think you could go pee for me? You don't have to fill the whole thing just to this line." Maggie points to a clear line and hands her the cup. Novah nods and goes to the bathroom. Once she's done, Maggie takes it and put it into a separate bag. "Okay, that's all I need. Another nurse will be in to take you to x-ray." Novah nods and begins to tap her foot, nervous again.

After what seems like forever another nurse walks in announcing she's from x-ray and was ready to take Novah over there. Novah stands and follows the nurse out. As the walks through this winding hallway she's asking Novah all kinds of medical questions. Novah isn't paying much attention until she hears the nurse ask if she's pregnant. Novah looks her in the eye and says, "Honestly, I don't know. I didn't realize I was late till the doctor asked me the same question." The nurse nods, "Well, just incase I'm going to put this heavy vest on you. Its called a shield and will help to protect you if you are pregnant." Novah nods as she puts this heavy, weird smelling vest on.

The x-rays didn't take long either, so in no time she's walking back to the exam room. As she opens the door, Max is pacing the room, looking just as nervous as she felt. Novah walks in and sits down. Max stops pacing and does the same, as he takes her hand. Max smiles at her but his eyes looked strained. "Novah, do you think you're pregnant? Or do you think it's from everything yesterday?" Novah sighs and looks him in the eye. "Honestly, I'm not sure now. I didn't realize I was late until the doctor asked if I could be pregnant." Max runs his free hand through his hair. "Okay. We'll deal with this either way it goes, okay?" Novah frowns wondering what that meant.

After what felt like hours, the doctor knocks and comes in with a smile on his face. Novah feels her stomach jump into her throat, knowing what he was about to say. “After all the blood and urine analysis, I come bearing good news.” Novah looks at Max, while holding her breath. “You’re pregnant.” Instantly, Novah looks Max in the eye. Max looks shocked. Novah finally let's the breath she'd been holding and says, “I’m, what?”