Chapter 7

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As The Car Slowed Down, they Parked In Front Of a Little Store. Safaree got out and slammed the door to go buy Nic a sprite to help her stomach settle down the pain. He became very fed up and was pacing around the store to grab extra snacks before walking up to the front to buy them.

Nicki sat in the car still not moving until she noticed her phone sending her a late reminder that she had an unread txt. She removed her arm from over her eyes and grabbed her phone. Everything was blurry for about a minute so she had to wait til her sight adjusted back to focus. Blinking a couple of times...she took a glance at the unread txt and her heart sunk. A sharp fearing pain rushed through her body as she thought about what to do.

She scrolled over to reply and thought of what to say.....

Her:
Excuse me, but whoever this is please stop playing and sending me these weird txt! You obv have the wrong number.

She read over her txt before sending it. She stared at her response while biting her lip. She was hoping she was doing the right thing and hoping they would understand. She caught SB walking out of the store with a white bag full of snacks for he and Nic. He quickly got back in the car and started digging in the bag for her sprite. She faced him in the back seat waiting to receive her beverage hoping it would cure her tummy pain for now. He handed it to her.

"Thanks Babe." she took it and sat back up correctly on her side, opening the bottle and taking a sip of the ice cold pop.

3 minutes later another ring came from Nic's phone. SB stopped digging in his bag to recognize her phone vibrating again. Nic looked down and saw the number replied to her txt. Safaree looked from the phone to Nic and gave her a death stare. Her eyes shot wide as she slowly pulled the phone up to her face.

#23571:
I know what I want, and I will get it VERY soon..

Nic froze and blinked one time. Scaff eyed her from the corner of his eyes to catch her reaction. He was beginning to believe that something was going on and he wasn't liking it one bit. She locked her phone and threw it in her purse and took a deep breath, glancing out the window. Nicki didn't even budge to make any eye contact with Safaree because it would be really awkward at the moment.

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Later That Night, Nicki was throwing up non stop. She was regurgitating everything she ate and couldn't keep anything down. Safaree was very worried that whatever the reason was of her sudden sickness, he would might have to rush her to the hospital. She became very weak and couldn't move around the house now so he bathed her and layed her down in bed. He wanted her off her feet and to just relax. When she finally went to sleep, he went downstairs to make a doctor's appointment for her, to see what was going on.

He found the number to the clinic and dialed it....a man answered.

"Los Angeles Women's Clinic, This Is Dr. Massey Speaking, How May I Help You?"

"Uhh...Yes. I Called To Make An Appointment For Onika Maraj..."

Safaree Gave The Man All Their Information and made the appointment. He hung up the phone and ran back upstairs to check on Nic. He quietly went back in her room and saw her sleeping so peacefully. SB made his way over to the edge of her bed and kicked off his shoes to climb in bed. Slowly crawling over her, he layed his head over her belly softly trying not to wake her up. He took a deep breath and just layed there. Closing his eyes, he slowly drifted off into his thoughts and begin to recap every unfortunate event that occurred in the past few weeks.

In his head....he heard her calling his name. His eyes still closed but ears open as he thought he was dreaming....he heard her crying.

"Safaree...." Nic cried softly as she gently tapped him.

He flinched in his sleep then popped up to see tears running down her face as she held his face. He was still lying on her stomach but quickly lifted up his head to not put pressure on her stomach.

"What's wrong babe..?" he frowned.

"I....I dont feel so good..." She got choked up trying not to cry again.

SB raised up and put back on his shoes. He walked over to her side and placed his hand on her head. It was a little warm.

"Come On, We're Going To The Hospital." he demanded as he pulled the covers off of her. She sat there watching him as she dried her face. He ran to grab her a coat and some shoes. He dressed her and gently lifted her, carrying her out the room and downstairs. He grabbed their phones, his keys, jacket and carried her out the door. Locking the door, he approached the car and let her in the passenger seat, buckling her then finally getting in. He looked over at her and gave her a trash bag just in case she felt like she had to puke again. He pulled out of the drive way and headed straight to the hospital.

On the way there, Safaree called Thembi and Lauren to meet him at the hospital to see about their friend. Nicki luckily didn't throw up in the car but felt a little nauseous. When he arrived he got out then grabbed and carried Nic inside the building. They walked straight to the front desk and told the woman that Nic needed to be seen.

"Please fill this out and sit in the waiting room until she's called." the woman said looking over at Nicki strangely. Frowning at the woman, Nic walked over to the chairs to sit by herself. The woman was being quite suspicious, staring at Nicki. She glanced back over at Safaree and saw he was still filling out the papers as she rolled her eyes at him then shot her eyes back over at Nic and smirked. Nicki saw this and her jaw dropped as she saw the lady take the papers handed by SB and walked away. He came over and sat by her.

"Did you see that....?" she whispered still eyeballing the woman.

"See what, Nic?"

"....The way she was looking at me...and you..."

He turned and looked at her with a puzzled face. "What are you talking about, Nic?"

She squinted her eyes over at the desk and leaned over whispering to SB again. "She was looking over here at me then gave you the meanest look while you were writing, then smirked at me. That bitch betta keep it cute whatever she was thinking."

He chuckled and shook his head. "Nic calm down. Listen, Ham and Themb are on their way here to see you. How you feeling?"

She clutched her stomach and sat back, "Okay a little, im still feeling nauseous though."

10 Minutes past, and a Man called her name to head to the back. Safaree stood up and helped her walk to the back with the doctor. As they passed up the front desk, the woman turned back at Nicki and stared at her until they disappeared through the doors.

Nic quickly remembered the way The little boy and the strange woman outside her window gave her the very same look. It was all too familiar. They made it to a room as the doctor closed the door and pulled up in front of the computer.

"Hi, I'm Dr. Ruiz and I'll be helping you guys out tonight. What seems to be the problem?"

"Uhh..well Onika's been feeling very sick since 2 days ago. She's been throwing up non-stop and she's running a little fever." Nicki gave him the weirdest look on why he was sounding like her father explaining about his 6yr old daughter being sick. She giggled to herself thinking it was cute although he was being serious. The Doctor typed down the information Safaree was giving him as Nic stayed silent, observing them.

"Okay Ms. Maraj, Can you please get undressed and put on this gown for me. I'll be back to do a check up and we'll see what the problem is." he explained then stepped out the room.

She slipped off her shirt and sweats as she only left on her bra and thong. Gali helped her put on the hospital gown and lifted her up onto the bed while she carefully clutched her stomach feeling a slight pain rush through it.

They then sat in silence.

SB sat in the chairs across from Nic sitting on the bed and rested his face in his hands thinking.

Nic rested her arms on her lap, swinging her legs while gazing at Safaree. She too, was in deep thought.

He lifted his head up still resting it in his hands. He shook his head and broke the silence.

"........I don't know Nic. This whole thing isn't adding up to me. Was it something you ate that gave you food poisoning?"

".....No, that's rediculous because all the places we eat at are safe. Plus, we cook more than we order food."

"Yeah...you're right. I'm just trying to think what would've caused you to all of sudden feel sick. Hmm...I mean your appetite has changed a little...."

"I've been tired alot lately." she sighed.

"Right. Your skin is still a bit pale to me. How many times you threw up today?"

"I don't know! Ugh, I feel nauseous still, you have gum?"

He ignored her as he thought of what could be the problem with Nic. "The night you fell alseep on the kitchen floor, did you have an ulcer.....?"

"Safaree....if I had an ulcer, i would've BEEN in the hospital long time ago."

"Well if it's not that....and it's not food poisoning...then that only leaves one thing..."

"Wait. I know you don't think I'm...."

Her eyes shot wide at him as he gave her the same expression. Before they said another word, Dr. Ruiz came back in and walked over to wash his hands. Not taking their eyes off each other, the doctor put on gloves and approached Nic.

"Okay, Ms. Maraj let's check your heartbeat, weight and temperature." As he moved around her, checking her vital signs, Safaree spoke up and made a request.

"Umm...excuse me sir."

"Yes Sir?"

".....Is it okay....if we got her an Ultrasound....?"

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