Free Gaining Gibbs (Marco's MMA Boys #4) by S. M. Donaldson Page B

this time with me. I was nineteen. I was on birth control, but had just recently changed. My boyfriend at the time failed to tell me that the condom we were using broke. I was about seven or eight weeks along. I started cramping really badly, then I started spotting. I took myself to the hospital on campus. I found out that I was having a miscarriage.”
    He’s scribbling notes on the paper. “Did the doctor perform a D&C?”
    I shake my head. “No, I saw the resident on duty. He said that it wouldn’t be necessary, that my body would naturally take care of it.” I start wiping tears again.
    “Hey, it’s fine. At least we know you aren’t pregnant.”
    “Yeah, but now I have an entire other realm of possibilities to worry about.” I motion into the air, at my wit’s end.
    “Were you ever checked out and given pills before you went to the clinic there?” he asks, still writing.
    “Um, yes. I started seeing a gynecologist when I was seventeen. I had really bad periods and they gave me birth control. The birth control slowed them down a great deal. Like they became almost non-existent.” I shrug.
    He nods. “Okay, well let’s do some more lab work and schedule an ultrasound to look at some things next week. I really want to help you get to the bottom of this.”
    “I know this was a great first date, huh? The chick you’re out with has to have some random shit going on with her girl parts, so you have to check them out instead of going to the gala.” I laugh with a snort again. I can’t help but do that when I’m upset and nervous.
    He nods, shrugging, “Well, it’s different, but not the weirdest date I’ve been on.”
    I laugh. “Don’t lie.”
    He shakes his head, laughing. “No way. I went on a date with a girl one time who carried her cat everywhere in her purse.” I snort and shake my head as he continues. “I had to buy the cat dinner, too. At a damn five star restaurant.”
    “Oh god. You have to be making that up.”
    He shakes his head. “Nope, then there was the girl who found out my job and asked me could I sew her hymen back.”
    “Oh my god, that’s fucking disgusting.”
    “Yeah, needless to say, neither of those warranted a second date.”
    “Don’t worry, I’m sure this one also fits that category.”
    He looks at me crazy. “Why? Because you’re going through some gynecological issues? No, that’s not a reason.”
    I start crying again. “Thank you, Gavin.”
    “Hey, remember. Women are my business.”
    I bark out a laugh with a snort from the tears. “That was really corny.” He really is funny.
    “I’m here all night, folks.” He laughs, standing up and bowing at an imaginary audience.

 
    CHAPTER 15
     
    GIBBS
    A WEEK LATER
    “Are you going to tell me where we’re going?” Gia asks, smiling from the passenger side of my truck.
    I grin. “It’s a surprise.”
    I’ve been watching Gia since the cookout. I have my reasons to be curious about our situation and I feel like something is off. I’ve only mentioned the doctor once since then and she seems to have no interest in going, so I’m surprising her today. I called the doctor’s group that Kara uses and set her up an appointment. They are at their satellite office today, instead of the one at the doctor’s building next to the hospital, so we’re headed there now.
    Once we pull into the parking lot, she looks over at me and her face looks panicked. “What are we doing here?”
    I shrug. “Well, I wanted to surprise you. I knew you didn’t have classes today and I thought we should see a doctor.”
    “I have my own doctor!” she barks.
    “Well, you can’t seem to get in with him so I was worried. You haven’t been to the doctor yet and you have to be almost out of your first trimester. You need to be seen.”
    I get out of the truck and walk around to her side. She steps out and I feel her shaking next to me. “I’m really not feeling well today, maybe I should come back another day.”
    I