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They had been careful…making sure that they were always careful. Well….except for that Saturday when they spent the entire day buzzed or that Friday when they were so drunk they had to support each other just to make the way home. Then there was that one Sunday where they had run out of condoms and didn’t want to get dressed and go to the store. But every other time they made sure they were careful.
Okay, so maybe they hadn’t been that careful. But each of those time when they hadn’t used protection both agreed they could take the risk, “nothing is going to happen this one time.”
Isak had been throwing up for two weeks straight, in the morning when he first woke up, at school during class and at night right before dinner. Soon he felt like that all he did everyday was spend his day with his head over a toilet bowl. His friends were worried, urging Isak to see the school doctor. His roommates were concerned, knowing that a well person would not be vomiting that much. Bust most of all, Even was terrified. Every day he took in Isak’s pale complexion, the bags under his eyes from being tired all the time and the way he was holding his belly because his belly was cramping so much. After hours of begging, Isak had agreed to see the school doctor, just to confirm to Even that he only had the flu, just like he had been telling everyone.
Even offered to go with Isak to the school doctor but Isak didn’t want Even to take time off from the production company he was interning at. They had both gotten jobs to save money so they could rent their own apartment after Isak graduated from school.
The doctor listened to Isak’s symptoms and shook her head as he talked. Without asking any questions, the doctor shoved a small plastic cup in Isak’s hands and led him to the bathroom to fill the cup. After he was done, she then led him to the small lab where some blood was drawn. Isak soon found himself back in the room he had originally been led to. The doctor popped her head in the room and told him that she would be back as soon as she ran the tests.Left alone in the exam room, Isak began to wonder why the doctor hadn’t examined him, and how a blood and urine test could diagnose the flu. Expecting to be waiting a while, Isak laid back on the exam table and began to play with his phone.
After 30 minutes, what had seemed like hours to Isak, the doctor entered the room and was followed by a nurse pushing a small monitor on wheels. The doctor moved closer to Isak with a big smile on her face. “I have your test results,” she announced. Isak stared at her in confusion asking “but you didn’t give me an exam. How could you tell I have the flu with no exam?” The doctor gave a small laugh as she answered the young man, “Isak you don’t have the flu, both of the tests have confirmed you are pregnant.”