(my phone rings)
"Hello" I say.
"Hello, you've been chosen by the obscene
caller of the month club." I hear AJ say in an exotic voice.
"Hey goofy." I say.
"Hey baby. I can't believe you called
up the show." AJ says laughing.
"I can't believe you announced our engagement
in front of all those people. It's a wonder you weren't rushed."
I say.
"There will be fans everywhere I go, I've
been planning this for a while. I decided that since Jay Leno was
our last American show, that it was where I should say something about
it." AJ says.
"So where are you going next?" I
ask.
"Europe, we'll be in France in three weeks.
We'll be touring their for about two weeks. Paris is our last France
show." AJ says.
"Really? I wish I could go with
you baby." I say.
"Maybe you will." AJ says.
"Anyway, did you go to the doctor like I told you to?"
"Well,...I didn't go, persay." I
say.
"Well, what, persay, did you do?"
AJ asks.
"Well, I didn't go. I didn't have
time really." I say.
"You didn't have time?! Baby please,
this is important; I want you to go get checked out. Please?"
AJ asks.
"OK, I'll go tomorrow afternoon."
I say.
"That's my girl." AJ says.
"Well, not to cut our chat short, but I'm really tired. I really
love you."
"Baby, I love you too." I say.
"Bye." AJ says.
"Bye." I say hanging up the phone.
(The next morning)
I'm laying on the couch, my stomach is
killing me, I feel so sick.
Tiffany walks in and says, "I just made
your appointment with the doctor. How are you feeling?"
I say, "Really sick. I need my AJ
to hold me."
Tiffany says, "Aw girl, I'm sorry.
If you want, I'll go to the doctor with you."
I say, "No, that's OK. You go and
be with Sammy. After the doctor tells me what's wrong, I'll come
to the hospital to be with Sammy and you."
Tiffany starts to walk out of the room
and says, "OK."
(At the doctors office)
"Well, Miss Patterson. You're
having stomach pain?" The doctor asks.
"Pretty much, I get sick at my stomach
when I wake up, and it goes away by the afternoon." I say.
"Well, we're going to do a few test.
So we're going to have to take some blood and a urine sample." The
doctor says.
"Oh, goodie." I say walking into
the bathroom.
(Later on at the hospital)
"Hey Gilligan, how'd the doctor's visit
go? I'm sure AJ will be satisfied that you went." Tiffany says
as I walk in pale faced. "Girl are you OK?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. He said...he...I
have a little something, that's all." I say.
"Well, I was just going to go get something
to eat. Want something?" Tiffany asks.
"A bottled water, and a turkey sandwich."
I say.
"All you have to say is that you want
your usual." Tiffany says with a smile as she walks out the door.
I walk over to Sammy and give her a hug.
"How are things going?" I ask.
"We all know my time is coming to an end
dear. But as far as how I'm feeling, I'm fine. What I'm wonder
is how your doing, or may I say, how are you two doing?" Sammy asks.
I look at her in shock, I can't believe
she just said that.
"What...what...what do you mean?"
I ask.
"How are you and the baby?" Sammy
asks.
"What the...how...how do you know that?"
I ask in shock.
"I've known for a week now." Sammy
says.
"How?! How could you know before
I even knew?" I ask.
"You knew before I did, well, at least
in your subcontious you knew." Sammy says.
"I'm so confused right now." I say
as I sit on the edge of Sammy's bed.
"You knew, deep down inside you knew.
There was just a part of you that didn't believe. Around the time
you started getting sick during the mornings, that's when I noticed you
were pregnant." Sammy says.
"But how did you know that I was pregnant.
I won't even start showing for another four or five months." I say.
"You have this glow to you. I'm
a mother of four children, I know that glow; I had it four times.
It's something a mother can just spot, I could tell that your going to
have a baby." Sammy says.
I start crying.
"What's wrong dear? Aren't you happy?"
Sammy asks.
"Oh I'm very happy. I dreamt of
the day I get to have a baby; I just don't know about AJ. I'm sure
he'll be happy; I just don't know how it will affect his career and what
people think about Backstreet Boys. And I don't know how or when
to tell him about this." I say crying.