A Little Piece Of Heaven (Avenged Sevenfold)

Chapter 61

Charlotte's POV

As soon as he looked at my results I knew something wasn't right. It was the way his brow creased, only for a second, but I saw it. Then he said it, they'd found something unexpected and I knew it, I knew already that I wasn't right, I'd known for days.

I felt Matt's grip tighten on my hand. "Unexpected?" He asked the doctor.

Dr Frost dragged his eye's away from my blood results and looked at us, nodding. "Yes, unexpected." Then he fell silent again, going back to reading them.

I glanced at Matt and I could see the stress on his face. I knew he didn't want to go through this again, I didn't want to go through this again. It wasn't fair.

"So um Charlotte." Dr Frost said, looking up again. "I'm going to refer you to another specialist, him and I will work closely together, we've worked together before."

I felt my blood run cold. Another specialist. God, what was going on?

"Who?" I asked, I needed to know.

"Dr Applebee." He stated matter of factly.

Dr Applebee? I'd never heard of him, ever, and I sincerely hoped he was good.

"Um, what does he specialise in?" Matt suddenly asked.

"We'll be keeping a close eye on you Charlotte, a very close eye." Dr Frost continued.

I nodded. Something must be really wrong if they were going to monitor me closely.

"In fact I'll call him now." He said picking up the phone. "We can get you an appointment as soon as possible."

"Wait." Matt snapped. "What does he specialise in?"

Dr Frost held up his hand, silencing Matt. "Robert, it's me Adam, yes I have a young lady here and we need your expertise." He went quiet nodding. "Um." He said flicking through a book on his desk. "I can do 10.30am Monday. Can you?" He asked suddenly looking at us.

I looked at Matt and we both nodded vigorously, of course we could.

"I'll send over her notes now and I'll see you Monday." Dr Frost told him, hanging up the phone. "Well." He said smiling at us. "That's organised."

"What?" Matt asked. "What's organised?"

'Charlotte's appointment with Dr Applebee." He said looking at Matt like he was stupid.

Matt wiped his hand over his face. He was beginning to look pissed. "I realise that." He snapped. "Are you at least going to tell us what's wrong, why Charlotte has to see this Dr Applebee, whoever he is."

"Well." Dr Frost stated. "He's the best Obstetrician in the State is who he is."

"Okay good." Matt said squeezing my hand. "We want the best for Charlotte."

"Obstetrician?" I asked, confused.

"What?" Matt said looking at me. "What's that?"

"Why do I need an obstetrician?"

Dr Frost chuckled, looking between Matt and I and I glanced at Matt, who was looking traumatised, trying to work out what the hell an obstetrician actually was.

"How is it possible?" I asked, because know I knew, I knew exactly what was wrong with me. "My medications, I can't take them, won't there be something wrong?" I felt fear gripping my heart, only now the fear wasn't for myself.

"It's okay Charlotte." Dr Frost said in calming voice. "We'll adjust your meds, it will be okay. Admittedly it is high risk and we'll be monitoring you very closely."

"High risk?" Matt asked. "What, what's high risk?"

"Oh Matt." I said softly, squeezing his hand.

"Matt." Dr Frost chuckled. "Charlotte's pregnant." And he continued chuckling while Matt looked at me with wide eye's.

"I thought, well I thought." He stuttered. "I thought you couldn't."

I shrugged. I thought I couldn't either.

"Rubbish." Dr Frost said. "Women often fall after radiation therapy, usually it takes longer than this but well it does happen. Now." He went on. "As I said, it is a high risk pregnancy, I won't sugar coat it, the fetus could spontaneously abort itself, it may suffer some kind of deformity, this is risky and it's a lot to take in, which is why I've called in Applebee."

"You're pregnant?" Matt asked, looking at me. I was trying to read his face but he just looked so shocked.

I nodded, wiping my cheek. I'd started crying and I wasn't even aware of it. "Apparently."

"Wait, I'll get you some things to read over on the weekend, it will explain a few things better." Dr Frost said, suddenly standing up. "I'll be back momentarily." And he exited the room.

"Charlotte." Matt said again, still looking shocked. "You're pregnant?"

"God." I said, suddenly sobbing. "This is bad, so bad."

Matt frowned. "No it's not Char." He murmured. "It's not bad at all." And he pulled me into his arms, letting me cry on his shoulder.

"You understand that so much could go wrong?" I asked him and I felt him nod.

"I don't understand everything baby." He murmured. "But I will, I'll do some reading, find out what's going on." He kissed my forehead. "It will be okay Charlotte, you have everyone looking out for you, doing what's best for you, it will be okay."

I pulled back, looking at him. "I hope so Matt." I whispered. "I really hope so." And I did, because I wanted this baby so badly. I'd never wanted kids because I had thought that decision had been taken away from me, but now, now this baby was here, I wanted, I wanted it so very badly.

"Okay." Dr Frost said walking back in. "Here you go." He said handing us some reading material. "And give me a sec to review your meds Charlotte." He told us, turning to his computer. "Look." He said tapping on the keys. "It's a lot to take in, but I'm confident, I'm confident that everything will be okay, your baby is going to be fine."

"Me too." Matt murmured, leaning over and kissing my cheek softly.

God I hoped it was, I hoped everything would be fine. I didn't want to disappoint Matt and I didn't want to disappoint myself.

"We're having a baby." I whispered softly.

And Matt nodded, pulling me into his arms. "Yes we are."