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Four months. That’s how long it had been since Maya and Carina broke up. After being together for over a year, the two of them decided to call it quits due to a lot of problems they had been having in their relationship, judging it better as well as less hurtful to follow separately. Carina moved out, going to her brother’s place for a while before finding a place of her own. She had many options, but settled for a small flat just in the whereabouts of the hospital - she preferred it over the huge houses she had been offered. Meanwhile, Maya was back at her life of living alone. They would still run into each other eventually, but it was definitely not like they still participated in one another’s lives. They were ex-lovers acquaintances, and that was that. If they still loved each other? That was more than a simple yes or no question which they were nowhere near ready to answer.
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“We have incoming”, Dr. Bailey announced as she got ready to go outside and wait for the ambulance, which didn’t take long to arrive. The doctor was surprised by her husband’s face being the first one she saw when the doors were opened, breathing out in a sign of relief when she realized he had not been hurt. On the other hand, two of his colleagues sat injured on the back - Andy Herrera presented some bruises and cuts whereas Maya Bishop, also with some lacerations, held her left arm in pain once it was broken and complained about abdominal pain; both of them were quickly moved inside, “page Dr. Link and get someone to take care of Herrera. And you, you are okay, right?”
“I’m fine, Miranda”, Warren guaranteed, following his friends inside just to make sure they were indeed okay.
Maya was taken to a private examination room to be taken a closer look at. Meanwhile, Andy was sat on a gurney in the emergency area when an unknown face came to assist her. The man didn’t look a day older than 20, but she thought he was doing a fairly good job, being very polite and explaining to her what he was doing the whole time. The firefighter luckily didn’t need many stitches, as most of the cuts were superficial.
“Okay, we’re done here”, the man smiled softly to her signaling he was finished, “you should need to come back so we can take off these stitches, but I think you can do it at home. Other than that, you’re good to go”
“Thank you”, Andy returned the smile, “could you, hm, could you page Dr. DeLuca? Carina, not Andrew”
“Of course”, the doctor agreed with no further questions, which was probably wrong, but Andy just accepted her luck. Since Carina was finishing a consultation, she took a little while to arrive there, giving Andy all the time in the world to sweat from all her pores in nervousness and anxiety. It was impossible not to notice Dr. Carina DeLuca walking into a room, the woman seemed to emanate a light out of this world; her friend was so, so stupid to have let her go, Andy thought to herself.
“Andy, hi”, Carina greeted her friend with a big smile and a warm hug, “what happened?”
“Nothing”, Andy lied poorly, “well, something. Many things. Is there anywhere we can talk in private?”
Although the doctor was confused, she just motioned for them to go to her office, where they would have all the privacy in the world.
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“Okay, Bishop, you’ve got a small bleeding in your abdomen”, Dr. Bailey explained to Maya, “it’s nothing major, so I don’t want to open you up only because of this but I would like to keep you under observation for 24 hours”
“Yeah, your arm won’t require surgery either”, Link addressed Maya, “I’ll put a cast on it and you’re good”
“They will take you up to the room as soon as he is finished”, Miranda said, “is there anyone you’d like us to call?”
Maya pondered for a second. Andy and Ben were already there and all her colleagues knew where she was, so she could fill them in herself; her father was way out of question, she had no idea where her brother even was and she didn’t want to worry her mother over nothing...and then there was Carina, who was probably working somewhere in that hospital, and on whom she would rely just a few months back, but now would she even care Maya was at the hospital?
“No”, Maya replied in a low tone, “there’s no one”
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"What's up?”, Carina asked as soon as she closed the door behind them, already curious out of her mind, “why are you here full of bruises and cuts?”
“Oh, there was a minor explosion at the scene”, Andy explained superficially
“You say this like it is nothing”, Carina complained, remembering when Maya used to do the same back then while the doctor was completely worried, her face giving away the question she couldn’t bring herself to ask
“Yes, Carina, she was there, but she is fine”, Andy read through the lines
“Fine fine or firefighter fine?”, Carina questioned
“Broken arm fine”, Andy explained, making the doctor roll her eyes, “but she is already being taken care of by your friends”
“I hate firefighters”, Carina mumbled under her breath in an untruthful statement, “anyway, why did you want to talk to me in private?”
“I…”, Andy took a deep breath, “I think I might be pregnant”
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“Okay, Bishop, I’m going back to work now”, Ben Warren announced as Maya was settled in the room in order to be kept under observation just like Miranda Bailey had asked, “I have no idea where Andy is, but I’ll text her you’re here so she can bring you stuff you may need”
“Thanks, Warren”, Maya showed her gratitude for her friend, “could you, hm…”
“Could I?”, Warren waited for the request
“Nevermind”, Maya dismissed her own words. She wanted to ask Warren to find Carina, to tell the doctor she was here, to see if she would care even in the slightest; however, she didn’t have the courage to do so.
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“What do you mean you might be pregnant?”, Carina asked in surprise
“I haven't had my period in two months and every drugstore pregnancy test I’ve taken has been positive”, Andy said with a tiny smile on her face as her hands settled on her stomach
“Congratulations”, Carina expressed her happiness towards her friend, hugging her tightly
“Thank you”, Andy replied, “today was the first time it hit me, you know? Because I was in danger and I started worrying something might have happened to the baby, so...can you run some tests? And can you help me, like in general? I mean, will you be my doctor?”
“Happily”, Carina agreed in a heartbeat
“Also, could you not tell anyone for now?”, Andy asked, as Carina just nodded her head yes
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It was finally time for Carina to go home. Since she had barely eaten all day, she was dreaming of going to her favorite Italian restaurant and have her favorite dish. The OB/GYN finished changing and went to find her brother to see if he wanted to tag along. She found him standing at a nurse station, going through some charts completely worried about a patient of his, meaning he would not be going anywhere soon. Carina was a little bummed but there was nothing she could do; she was on her way to leave until she glanced to her side to see Maya laying on a hospital bed, her eyes fixated on the ceiling above her. There was only one thing Carina could do at that moment.
“May I come in?”