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 Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 11:08 am
Amyla often prided herself on being a practical, down-to-earth sort of person, not prone to superstitions or paranoia. Friday the thirteenth never meant impending doom, and she didn't think her children acted up any more than usual on a full moon. Similarly, she didn't feel it necessary to fret every time she felt under the weather. People got tired, and people got sick. It just happened.
However, when exhaustion became prolonged and was coupled with the fact that she was having the oddest cravings for cashews and baked fish, plus the fact that she was late, she felt that perhaps she might indulge in a bit of paranoia, just this once.
I hope the clinic doesn't mind walk-ins... she thought nervously as she parked her car and strode swiftly up the sidewalk to the clinic entrance. Realistically speaking, the odds of her paranoia actually being on the money were about one in a billion. Still, better to be safe than sorry, she figured, though she looked exceedingly ill at ease when she slipped in through the clinic door into the lobby area.
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 11:12 am
Kara was sitting at the receptionist desk while Seakin was out on his break. She looked up when the door opened, then glanced at the appointment list. Nothing scheduled for a half hour. Oh well, perhaps this lady needed assistance. "Excuse me miss, can I help you?"
She shifted in her chair and looked at the other female. Something about her seemed off, she looked tensed, almost worried.
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 11:46 am
Ha. Busted as soon as she walked in the door. Amyla gave a self-recriminating smile and walked up to the desk, trying to shove away the butterflies in her stomach. "Err... I don't have an appointment, but I had another of my children through the clinic. I... ahh.. am having a temporary bout of paranoia that I might be pregnant... again." Oh, gods above, this was embarassing! She felt like such a moron.
It should have occurred to her that the poor female sitting behind the desk was a new employee, mostly because she had never seen a female employee in the clinic. However, fear and anxiety were overriding logic in this instance. "I was wondering if I could perhaps set up an appointment or something just to... put my fears to rest?" she finished, feeling increasingly idiotic. She was so never telling Aiodhan about this; he would never stop teasing.
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 11:54 am
"Oh, you don't need an appointment for that. I can do that test for you now." Kara smiled. "What's your name, so I can make a note on your chart about it?" She asked politely, pushing the she was seated back a little further before standing.
Her hair was pulled up in lolly curls again, a style that she needed her Bunny's help to keep in proper order and she was dressed in scrubs. Amyla would notice that her figure seemed slightly off, due to a little swelling in her belly. She was pregnant, and even barely showing she was quite glowing and cheerful.
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:02 pm
Amyla breathed a massive and quite visible sigh of relief. Oh, thank goodness! She could put this paranoia to rest for good. "Thank you very much. The name is Amyla Raikes. The file may be under my mate's last name, though: Layden." She couldn't remember for the life of her whether Yana's and their chart was under her name or Aiodhan's. Ugh, she hated complicated matters.
Ever the doctor, she instinctively picked up something a bit off by the way Kara moved, and her eyes were drawn to the rounding in the other woman's figure. Ah ha. That would explain the cheerful nature. Much as she wanted to ask, though, she was almost afraid that in her nervous state, the query would come out sounding very wrong. She opted to keep quiet for the moment.
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:16 pm
"Mmm...I remember seeing that one." She walked to the shelves of files and plucked one out. "There we go." She smiled and went back to the desk to put up a little sign that said 'Receptionist is currently out and will return shortly.' on the desk just in case anyone else came in.
Then she disappeared from Amyla's line of sight for a moment before reappearing when she opened the door that led to the rooms in the back. "This way please."
She dissapeared again and headed down the hall to an empty room.
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:20 pm
If the butterflies had been active before, now they were on massive caffeine highs, zipping around her stomach and making her feel like her torso was about to explode in every direction. Amyla swallowed and offered up a brave smile. Yes, she was just paranoid. Nothing to worry about.
She wondered for a moment where the woman disappeared to before the door off to the side opened. Ah, that way. She should have remembered that. Shifting her purse on her shoulder and trying to look more at ease than she felt, she headed through the open doorway and followed Kara down the hall.
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:24 pm
Kara looked over her shoulder at Amyla, realizing she'd forgotten to offer her name. "My name is Kara, by the way. I just started her a few weeks ago." She went to one of the room doors and opened it, stepping out of the way so Amyla could go in. "Go ahead and make yourself comfortable. I'll be back shortly." She had to go collect a few things for a regular pregnancy test, seeing as she was no magician like Julian or the others.
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:29 pm
Amyla smiled at Kara. "Nice to meet you, Kara. I was wondering why you didn't seem familiar." Way to be rude, Amyla, by not properly introducing yourself and asking her name... she growled at herself. Anxiety was killing her brain cells and her manners, it seemed. She nodded in understanding and stepped inside the exam room, carefully seating herself on the edge of the exam table.
You could have just done this at home, y'know... her mind nagged at her.
Oh, shut up. Ever since I had Caleb, every one of those at-home tests I've taken has shown up negative, even when I was pregnant with Yana... she grumbled back at herself, trying to ease the nervousness she felt. In the end, she had to cross her ankles, clasp her hands in her laps and sit up straight in a futile attempt to keep from fidgeting. Oh, gods, she hated nerves!
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:33 pm
Kara wasn't gone long since most of what she needed to collect was in one place. She grabbed a bottle of water from her office before returning to the room, and Amyla. "I'm afraid this will have to be the old fashioned way, since I'm only an herbalist and not a magician." She blushed a bit embaressed, offering Amyla the bottle of water.
"So, how many other children do you have?" She was a little curious, considering Amyla had mentioned that she might be pregnant again, plus perhaps this woman could give her advice.
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:42 pm
Amyla had to chuckle, albeit a bit weakly, at that as she took the bottle of water. "It's all right. I've tried the take-home ones before, but they have always showed up negative, even when I was pregnant with my daughter. Maybe this will work a little more accurately," she said, giving a self-effacing smile. It was frustrating, really, and it only made her nerves all that much worse.
She was surprised by the question but thought for a moment, trying to take count. "Biological children... two, both of whom I carried. Adoptive children... oh dear." She took a few more sips of water to cover the fact that she always lost count. "Ahhh, seven."
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:46 pm
"Wow, that's a lot of little ones to be responsible for." Kara seemed a little surprised. She leaned back against the counter and put a hand on her belly. "Little Bunny is my first child." She smiled a little, not realizing she'd referred to the baby as 'Little Bunny' again. "...a surprise too, though my mate and I are so happy about it..."
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:53 pm
Amyla nodded, taking another few swigs of water. "It is. Two of my adopted kids are adults, though, and one has a kid of her own. Fully half the kids are in that lovely late childhood, early preteen stage where they think they don't need us. And the rest are young," she said, chuckling faintly. The woman had to stifle a grin at Kara's reference to her child. It was cute, and it was certainly better than the way that Aiodhan jokingly referred to Caleb at times. She just prayed the little dragon-boy didn't end up like Aiodhan had been as a teen. Gods above save her, if he did...
"Congratulations. It's good you've got your mate to support you. I don't know how I could've gotten through my two pregnancies alone." Of course, she wouldn't have been pregnant either time without Aiodhan's assistance, but that was semantics. Pure semantics.
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:00 pm
Kara blushed slightly, then picked up Amyla's chart and pulled a pen from her hair to make a note about the test on it. Once that was done she replaced the pen in her hair and put the chart down again.
"I know it'll be a while yet, but I'm already excited and impatient to see the baby." Her blushed deepened a little and she tapped her fingers on the counter. She'd left the cup on the counter beside the door whenever Amyla was ready to go.
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:05 pm
Remembering her own eagerness to see her kids before they were born, Amyla chuckled. "I know what you mean. But be grateful for the time you get to spend with your mate now. Your time wil disappear after the baby is born," she said. She and Aiodhan had had to improvise to make time, but they managed. And it was worth the time spent trying to organize the alone-time.
The water bottle was half-empty before Amyla felt ready. "All right. Time to get this done," she said softly, eyeing the cup. Ohhh, she hated doing this. "Is there a restroom that I can use?"
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