It was the day after Carol told A.J. about Scott. Carol still hadn't found a job yet. A.J. was doing research on the topic of rape on the Internet. He wanted to help Carol in every way that he can.
"Carol!" he called. She was upstairs in the guest room looking through the newspaper, still looking for a job. She came downstairs with a newspaper in her hand.
"What?" she asked.
"I have two things. First, I want to tell you what I do for a living," A.J. said. "I am in a male music group. Remember that day Krystal was here and we were singing that song. Well she is the opening act for our US tour."
"And why didn't you tell me this before?" Carol asked.
"Because I didn't want you to act different around me just 'cause I was famous," A.J. stated.
"You thought I would be that superficial to treat you different just because you are a musician," Carol said.
"No it's just... " A.J. started.
"It's okay. I would have done the same thing," Carol said.
"Okay. Now the second thing. I was researching on the topic of rape and I think you should get examined," A.J. said.
"Examined?!" Carol exclaimed. "Why the hell do I need to get examined?"
"So the doctors can see if you have any STDs or if you're pregnant," A.J. explained. "Plus, I think you should press charges against Scott,"
"I'll go to the doctor and get examined but only if you go with me," Carol said.
"Sure I'll go," he answered.
"But I don't know about pressing charges against Scott," she said. "I'll think about it."
"Well I have rehearsal tomorrow so we can go to the hospital this afternoon," A.J. stated.
"Okay, I guess," Carol said as she walked up the stairs.
They had just arrived at the hospital. Carol was having second thought about the examination.
"I don't know if I can do this, Alex," she said.
"Sure, you can. You don't want to find out 5 months from now that you're pregnant or have STDs that could probably threaten your life," A.J. stated.
"You're right," she said as she opened the car seat and walked out and into the hospital doors. A.J. followed her. "She has an appointment for Dr. Lattimore," A.J. said to the women behind the counter. She nodded and looked through some papers.
"Follow me," she said as she sat up from the counter with a clipboard in her hand. Carol followed as A.J. stayed behind. God please don't let anything happen to her. he thought. As Carol and the woman walked in the hospital room, Carol began to get nervous.
"Um... Excuse me... Jennifer," Carol said looking at her name tag. "Would it be okay for that man who was with me to be with me during this examination?" She smiled.
"Sure I'll go get him now. Dr. Lattimore will be here shortly," she said as she walked out the door.
"Sir?" Jennifer asked A.J. He looked up from the magazine. He recognized it was the woman that walked Carol to the hospital room.
"What? She's not hurt, is she?" A.J. asked with concern. She laughed.
"No. She wanted to have you in there with her," Jennifer said.
"Okay. Thank you," A.J. said.
"No problem. She's in that room right there," she said as she pointed to room 185.