5: Pregnant

JENNA

My eyes moved to the elderly woman who also looked tense, waiting for me to move. I don’t know what pushed me to respond, maybe it was the worry in the woman’s eyes.

The look reminded me of the luna and it broke my heart.

I tipped my head up in a nod. The woman’s shoulders visibly relaxed. I could see that she was glad I’m fine.

I felt a little bit of relief at that.

“Great.” The doctor smiles. “Do you know what day it is?”

I thought over it for a bit.

My birthday was Friday and I left the pack. It should be Saturday today, unless I don’t know how long I was walking for.

I shake my head no.

She hums, pressing her lips into a thin line.

“Do you remember your name, age?”

I nodded and she urged me to tell her.

“Jenna.” My voice sounded hoarse.

“Great Jenna, what is your surname?”

She asked a few more questions after that which I replied. She left minutes later after telling the woman I’ll be fine and I just need some rest.

“Would you like something to eat? I know the hospital food isn’t really nice but my daughter owns a diner and she’ll be happy to make you anything.”

I shake my head, offering her a weak smile.

She has been kind to me. The least I could do was show her a little gratitude.

“I’m Indira, but you can call me Nana. It’s what everyone calls me.” She smiled and I found myself returning her smile.

Though I told her I was okay, Indira insisted her daughter brings me food. And they brought the best plate of lasagne I have ever had in my life.

Her daughter, Lisa, is as nice and sweet as she is. She came with a handwritten apology from her  son, who’s been the one that hit me.

I told her it was nothing when she started apologizing.

I’d just finished eating when the doctor returned, she looked a little confused as she held a report in her hand. A nurse followed behind her, pushing a medical cart.

“Is everything okay doc?” Indira asks the woman, looking as confused as I did.

“Yes, we just want to check and confirm something.” She gave me a reassuring smile which did nothing to make me feel better.

“How old are you?” She directs the question at me.

“I turned eighteen on Friday.” I tried to put as much confidence into my voice as I could. Still, it came out shaky.

She pursued her lips and gave a single nod.

“The nurse will take your blood and a urine sample for a test. Can you stand on your own?”

I nodded. After the nurse took the samples, the doctor left with a stiff smile. Indira followed after her, leaving me and Lisa in the room.

“Well, that was a bit weird.” I nodded in agreement but didn’t say anything else.

While her mother was gone, Lisa filled me in about their little town, Lakeville. She joked there were no lakes, and that the name was misleading.

She is twenty five and she’d been born and raised here. Her mother had moved here from another state far and they built their roots here. She was happily married and has two sons.

I didn’t tell him much about me except that I’d graduated high school two months back. I could see she wanted to know more. How I ended up here. It was clear as day to anyone that I was running away. But they didn’t know why. I respected the fact that they didn’t ask.

Indira returned just when Lisa started talking about her diner.

She seemed kind, just like her mother.

“What did the doctor say?”

Indira sighs and gives me a look.

“Your blood work result was a little weird and it had her worried, but apart from that. You’re all good.”

I nodded, although I was starting to get apprehensive.

Will my blood work and tests be normal or will they easily figure out I’m not human?

If that is the case, then I need to get out of here.

Maybe living in the woods as a full rogue is what I’ll end up doing.

Like she could read my thoughts, she patted my arm and offered me a small smile.

“Everything will be fine. You don’t have to worry.” She nodded toward her daughter. “If you’re looking for a place to stay. Lakeville is peaceful and private and our cops will offer any type of protection you might need.”

I swallowed a lump that lodged itself in my throat.

I was right, they thought I was running from something.

They don’t have to worry about anyone hurting. The only thing I’m running from is pain and my hurtful reality. The betrayal of my best friend and the realization that I’ll never belong anywhere. But maybe, just maybe I found myself here for a reason.

Somehow, Indira and Lisa managed to convince me to stay in town for a while, or at least until I recovered fully.

I know my wolf healing abilities will kick in soon. My wolf is still watered from the heartbreak she suffered but she’ll be fine in a few days and then I can leave.

I accepted the invitation to stay in a one bedroom apartment above Lisa’s dinner. She owns the entire place and uses the place for storage mostly, but she said they could get it ready for me.

“And it is right next to me, so you can spend as much time with me as you like.”

In the end, I agreed. And when I got discharged, Lisa drove us to the place.

It looked like a usual diner, and the place she mentioned was a lot bigger than I expected.

I didn’t know how I was going to repay their kindness seeing as I didn’t have much money.

For the next few days, I stayed with Indira while we were getting rid of the junk that was piled in the room overtime.

I was so busy thinking of how to start my new life, that I never gave myself time to think about Jason or the rejection.

It was easy, since I barely had time for myself.

But when things settled, I got hit with the last thing I ever thought I would get. A positive pregnancy test.

I’d been feeling a little under the weather and Lisa who’d recently suffered a miscarriage suggested I take a test. I laughed and told her it couldn’t be possible, but it was.

We even went to the hospital to confirm it. The look on the doctor’s face when she’d seen the scan still haunts me in my dreams.

“Wow,” dr. Hannah had turned me, smiling widely. “You’re having triplets.”

My heart stopped with those words as my new reality once again came crashing down.

I was having Jason’s kids, and he didn’t know. And he probably wouldn’t want them.