Page four I can't beleive it
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Stella had just arrived back from the pharmacy armed with a purse full of tests. The local pharmacy was only a single block away but it had taken a life time for her to get there. When she walked in she had had that horrible feeling that everyone was watching her. The look that the pharmacist gave her didn’t help her nerves when she dropped about 10 tests on the counter.
She had been sat in the bathroom for about 2 minutes. It had been an extraordinary long 2 minutes, 1 minute left. Stella had had a lot to think about in that time and had asked herself A LOT of questions.
What if it was positive?
Would I be happy?
What would Mac think?
Do I want this to be positive?
What would Mac think?
Would I keep the baby?
What would Mac think?
That was the main question she kept thinking about. Mac’s reaction.
‘Ok Stel,’ she said to herself, ‘You haven’t found out the result yet!’ She glanced down at her watch, ‘Oh come on 30 seconds left! 20 seconds, 18 seconds, 12 seconds, 5 seconds….’ She closed her eyes. ‘Moment of truth Miss Bonasera’
She opened her eyes: blue lines, a few faint lines and the word pregnant was all she could see.
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Stella was now sitting alone in her office staring at the pregnancy test that she hadn’t thrown in the dumpster outside. It was the one that clearly said ‘pregnant’ never mind the most expensive. The door opened and she was about to stow away the test when she saw Hawkes enter she just smiled and returned her attention to the test on her lap. Hawkes walked up behind her and looked over her shoulder. ‘So I guess congratulations are in order.’
‘Yeh I suppose so.’ She put the test in the top draw of her desk and turned around to face Sheldon.
‘So when are you going to tell Mac?’
‘I don’t know I haven’t really thought about it, I have spent more of the past thirty minutes thinking about what he’ll think? Sheldon I’m sort of scarred about telling him.’ She smiled weakly.
‘Stel, I don’t think you should be too bothered about his reaction. A baby is the one thing he never got to share with Claire. Do you think he’ll leave you? Of course he won’t. He loves you and the whole lab knows it. I don’t know if you know but I saw you two in his SUV the afternoon nearly a sleep may I add’ Stella laughed, ‘And I think everybody saw you two coming out of the elevator soon after that.’
‘Well I suppose you’re right but then again you’re never wrong! Come on let’s go get a drink before we get back to work.’ Stella now extremely happy led him out of the room.