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Link woke up, feeling Amelia tossing and turning in his arms. “Amelia, what’s wrong?” He heard her let out a sigh.
“I’m scared.” He turned on the lamp beside the bed, sitting up to look at her.
“Why?” Link motioned for her to move closer, holding his arms out. She laid into his embrace.
“The ultrasound. I need to know-no. I need everything to be okay and if it’s not then I won’t be okay.” She sniffled. He pulled her closer, moving so she was sitting between his legs. Amelia wrapped her arms over his, leaning her head onto his neck. “And I don’t know what I’m going to do. So I’m scared.”
“It’s 2 in the morning. We have 6 hours until the appointment.”
“I know.” He kissed the top of her head, breathing in her vanilla scented shampoo.
“We have two options. We can sit here and worry, talk about everything that could go wrong. I can listen, I can make a list, I can do whatever you need. Or,” he paused, “we can go to sleep and try to shut out all the bad thoughts. It’s not easy, but I will sit with you until every last bad thought is gone and you can sleep.” Amelia let out a sob.
“I’m scared Link, I’m really scared.” He hugged her, tighter.
“Oh Amelia, I know. I can’t promise that everything will be okay, but I can promise that I will do everything in my power to make it okay.” She turned in his lap, facing him. He placed a hand on her cheek, wiping a tear from under her eye. “I can’t possibly understand what you’re feeling right now. But I will be here for you. I will be here for whatever you need.” She burrowed her face into his neck.
“I love you.” She whispered, breathing in his scent. “Thank you for being here.” Amelia pulled away to look him in the eyes. “I love you, Link.” He placed a soft kiss on her lips, brushing back a strand of hair framing her face.
“I love you, Amelia.” Link turned off the lamp next to him, laying down so Amelia was on top of him. He wrapped his arms around her, holding her close. “We’re all okay."
They sat in the waiting room, Amelia gripping onto Link’s hand like her life depended on it.
“Amelia?” She turned, seeing Carina’s warm smile. Link helped pull her up from the chair, leading her to the exam room. “Everything off from the waist under. You can cover with the sheet. I’ll be back in a minute.” She closed the door behind her. Amelia unbuttoned her pants, pulling them down and following with her underwear. Link took her clothes, folding them up and putting them on the chair beside the bed. She pulled the thin, paper sheet over her legs and laid down on the bed. “Are we all set?” Amelia nodded. “Okay. We are going to do an internal scan, it will be a little uncomfortable.” Carina inserted the probe, adjusting the view and clicking buttons on the scanner.
“Is everything okay?” Amelia whispered, gripping onto Link’s hand, tighter, anchoring herself on his grip. She looked over at him, meeting his eyes. He could see the fear plastered over her face.
“Everything is perfectly healthy, Amelia. This is all textbook.” Carina turned the screen to show the couple. A gasp escaped from Link’s mouth.
“We made a baby, Amelia.” Amelia looked up at him again.
“I don’t think I can look.”
“Amelia, look at the screen. Everything is okay. Our baby is okay” Amelia slowly turned to see the screen, her mouth widening and eyes watering. “See? Everything’s healthy.” Her hand subconsciously moved to lay over her stomach.
“Oh my god. Oh, my god.” Carina smiled, amused by the reactions of the parents.
“Would you like to hear the heartbeat?” They both nodded. The room was soon filled with the rapid, loud and strong, beating of their baby’s heartbeat. Amelia’s face broke into an uncontrollable grin. “Strong and steady. That is a healthy baby, Amelia.” She removed the probe, placing it back on the machine. “Okay, so you will come back in 2 weeks for another scan. You can schedule with the nurse outside. And here,” she paused, grabbing a roll of photos from the machine, “are the pictures of your baby.” Amelia took them, admiring the small fetus in the pictures. “Let me know if you have any questions, okay?” They nodded at her, Link watching as she left the room. He handed Amelia her clothes before she pulled them back on.
“I’m sorry I freaked out this morning. I was just scared.” Link wrapped her into a hug.
“It’s okay, Amelia. It’s okay to be scared. But now, we know that our little peanut is healthy and safe.”