Bittersweet Memories V

Three Months Later.

"Let's go girls, we don't have all day, warm up" came the voice of a brown haired, middle aged woman as she was in a brown tracksuit, with her hair up in a bun and she held a clipboard in her hand as she skimmed through it.

It was a warm summer's day, the sun was shining very brightly, but not so bright that it burnt your skin, everywhere was not quiet, no, rather it was very busy, there were sounds of many people chatting amongst themselves and their friend groups, as there was loud chattering.

"Natasha, you and your team are up" said the woman as she called out to Natasha.

"Okay coach" said Natasha as she smiled and she waved at the woman as the woman just shunned her off.

"It's our turn" said Natasha as she smiled and she turned to look at the other women who looked about the same age as her, as they were all wearing the same piece of clothing.

Natasha was wearing khaki coloured shorts, and there was a white shirt tucked into her shorts, and her hair was up in a ponytail, as all the other women were wearing the same outfits.

Today was the annual fundraising sports day that the University, Natasha attended hosted each year for homeless children, it was an event where people would come and pay to enter the premises as the watched the students of the University participate in either, soccer, basketball, or track.

This year Natasha was in track, she chose track because her course mates suggested it, she was light on her feet, and she was very fast when she wanted to be.

"I don't get what the point of running is when you will obviously beat us Natasha" came the voice of a dark haired girl as she laughed.

"Oh no, don't say that, you have as good of a chance as I do to win" said Natasha as she laughed, she was feeling better, after the whole drama with Dom.

She had decided to move out of the house, and she instead began to live in the dorms of her University, even though Grandfather had begged her not to, she could not stay in that house with Dom, it just broke her heart.

Ernest had indeed carried out his own investigation of the matter, he had even asked Michael for confirmation, but he video seemed legit, and all the evidence pointed to Natasha being the culprit, and he knew that was impossible, he only wished that his idiot grandson would realize that he was being unreasonable.

Natasha had not spoken to Dom in months, just like her had requested of her, she knew it was for the best, he did not trust her and neither did he believe her, but she did still send him texts, he saw them, but he never replied, she did not know what to do to make him stop treating her like this when she was a victim just like him, and worst of all, she was framed by an expert criminal who was very skilled in fabricating evidence and tampering with security footage.

Natasha still could not wrap her head around it, it was clear that she had a very great enemy that would do this to her, if only she knew who, if only the person would just come out and confess so she could live her life normally once more.

"Alright girls you are up" came the voice of the middle aged woman yet again as she snapped Natasha out of her thoughts.

"Let's do this" said one of the other girls as she smiled and the others agreed with her as Natasha just smiled as she walked to the start of the track and she bent down in her place as her other course mates did the same as well.

"On your marks…" came the voice of another woman.

"Get set… ready… and go!" shouted the woman as all the girls went running, and to no one's surprise Natasha was already In first place.

Natasha was smiling, everything was alright, until… she suddenly felt tired, she started to feel dizzy, she thought that maybe she was just feeling a little sick, but that was a mistake on her part.

Suddenly she felt so light headed and exhausted that she stopped running and she fell down to the ground with a thud as everyone stopped running and they rushed to her.

"Someone call an the nurse" shouted one of the girls as they all asked called out for Natasha.

Natasha could not respond, the last thing she remembered seeing was the bright blue sky and the worried faces of everyone as she slipped into unconsciousness.

…

"Ugh…" said Natasha as she groaned and she opened her eyes.

"Where am I?" she asked herself as she put her hand on her forehead, her head was aching but she did not have a headache, the last thing she remembered was that she was running, and she felt dizzy, and then she thought that she passed out.

"Oh my dear, you are finally awake" said Ernest as he sounded relieved and he walked over to Natasha as she was on the hospital bed and he smiled at her as he sighed in relief.

"Grandfather??" asked Natasha as her mind felt hazy, why was Ernest here.

"Yes, dear, it's me" said Ernest as he smiled.

"Where… where am I?" asked Natasha as she looked around, she could tell that she was in a hospital, she could hear the beeping of all the hospital equipment, but she looked down at herself, she was not hooked up to anything.

"You are in the hospital dear" said Ernest as he smiled.

"How… How did I get here?" asked Natasha as she sat upright in the hospital bed as Ernest urged her to take thing easy.

"Well your school called me, saying that you had passed out, they said it was nothing serious and that you would wake up soon, but I insisted that you be transferred to a proper hospital" said Ernest.

"There was no need for that Grandfather, I am alright" said Natasha as she shook her head, she still did not feel better yet.

"Oh hush dear, there was need, in fact you will stay here till tomorrow for observations" said Ernest.

"Grandfather, I am alright, there is no need for me to stay here, I don't like hospitals" said Natasha as she whined like a child.

"Are you sure dear?" asked Ernest.

"Yes Grandfather, I am fine" said Natasha as he sighed.

"Nice try dear, but you are not going anywhere till the Doctor comes back with the results of the tests" said Ernest and Natasha groaned, Ernest was always so strict especially when it came to health.

"Ahhh, speak of the Doctor" said Ernest as he smiled and suddenly a woman in a white lab coat and a stethoscope on her neck walked into the room.

"Mr. White, Good afternoon" said the woman as she smiled and she looked at Ernest.

"Good Afternoon Doctor" said Ernest as he smiled.

"I see that the patient is awake" said the woman as she turned to look at Natasha as she smiled and Natasha was still trying to wake up fully.

"Yes Doctor, how about the report, is there anything serious?" asked Ernest in worry.

"No, not at all Mr. White, the patient, just seemed to have suffered from mild fatigue, stress and exhaustion" said the Doctor as she looked at the files she was holding in her hand.

"I suppose that you felt dizzy as well?" asked the Doctor as she looked at Natasha and Natasha nodded.

"Yes Doctor" said Natasha.

"Well that is only normal, all you need to do is rest, eat properly and sleep well, you should be fine" said the Doctor as she smiled.

"Alright" said Natasha as she sighed.

"So does that mean that she does not need to stay here?" asked Ernest.

"No, Mr. White, she can be discharged, there is nothing wrong with her" said the Doctor as she smiled.

"Alright then, thank you Doctor" said Ernest as he smiled and the Doctor smiled at him.

"Mr. White, would you please excuse the patient and I?" asked the Doctor as she smiled.

"Alright Doctor, thank you once again" said Ernest as he smiled.

"I am only doing my job" said the Doctor as she smiled.

"Dear, I will be back soon" said Ernest as he smiled at Natasha.

"Hmm" said Natasha as she nodded her head and Ernest walked out of the room.

"I am going to ask you a few questions, would that be okay?" asked the Doctor as she turned to look at Natasha.

"Okay" said Natasha as she nodded her head.

"Great" said the Doctor as she smiled and she sat down on the chair beside the hospital bed.

Natasha looked at the doctor, she looked middle aged, she had not too long, and neither too short blonde hair as her hair was tucked behind her ears, and she had curtain bangs in front of her face.

"How old are you?" asked the Doctor.

"I am twenty years old" said Natasha as she replied swiftly.

"I see here that you are Mrs. White, I take it that you are married?" asked the Doctor as she looked at the file in her hand.

"Yes, I am" said Natasha as she nodded her head.

"Is this the first time you have felt drowsiness, or tiredness Mrs. White?" asked the Doctor.

"Well yes… I have never passed out before" said Natasha as she replied.

"Have you been feeling heavier or lighter before now Mrs. White?" asked the Doctor.

"No Doctor, I have been myself, until today" said Natasha.

"Have you been stressed recently Mrs. White?" asked the Doctor.

"Well yes, a little" said Natasha.

"Why do you think that may be Mrs. White?" asked the Doctor.

"Well I have exams coming up, and well everything has just not been great lately" said Natasha.

"I see" said the Doctor.

"Doctor, Is something wrong?" asked Natasha as she was scared, what was with all these questions.

"No, nothing is Wrong Mrs. White, these are only routine questions" said the Doctor as she looked up from her file and she looked at Natasha as she smiled.

"Okay" said Natasha as she nodded her head and the Doctor smiled at her.

"Last question Mrs. White, when was the last time you had your menstrual cycle?" asked the Doctor as she kept eye contact with Natasha.

"Umm… I don't know… I am not sure, I lost count" said Natasha.

"I think I skipped last month, and this month I haven't had my period yet" said Natasha as she replied honestly, she had thought that she had skipped her period maybe because she had been so stressed as of late, and that usually happened when she was stressed, or she had a lot going on.

"Doctor, am I alright?" asked Natasha carefully, she did not think that the last question was a routing question.

"You are perfectly fine Mrs. White, you are very healthy" said the Doctor as she smiled.

"But then, what was the reason for all those questions?" asked Natasha.

"Mrs. White, nothing is wrong with you, except for the fact that you are pregnant" said the Doctor as she did not smile, she was watching Natasha's reaction.

"What??!" asked Natasha as she almost jumped out of the bed as worry, fear, anxiety and disbelief struck her all at the same time, she was sure that she did not hear right.

"It is the truth Mrs. White, you are pregnant, actually three months pregnant to be exact" said the Doctor.

"What??? Three months??" asked Natasha to herself in dread, that was impossible she could not be pregnant.

"But that's impossible, that can't be true" said Natasha as she shook her head.

"Mrs. White that is the truth" said the Doctor.

"But… But… my belly doesn't even show, I haven't had any nausea, or morning sickeness, there has to be some sort of mistake somewhere" said Natasha as she looked down at her belly, It was still as flat as ever, she could not believe that a baby was growing there, she did not want to believe it.

"Mrs. White, there is no mistake, and as for your belly and lack of symptoms, all women are different, you must have strong core muscles, and hence why your belly has not started to show yet, and as for nausea, there have been many cases of women who never had a bit of nausea or morning sickness in their first trimester" said the Doctor as she explained.

"No…" said Natasha out loud, this was not true, she was not pregnant.

"Doctor believe me, there has to be some sort of mistake, I cannot be pregnant" said Natasha.

"I have only slept with a man once, and… and I don't think that I can just get pregnant just like that" said Natasha as she sounded desperate.

"Mrs. White whether, you did It once, or twice or a million times, you still slept with your partner without any protection, and it happened to be on one of your fertile days" said the Doctor, she was taking her time to explain this to Natasha, because she seemed young and she was not taking the news well at all, that was why she had asked Ernest to step out earlier, so she could talk to Natasha and over her some advice.

"I… I… I cannot be pregnant" said Natasha as tear dropped from her eyes and she began to cry, this was horrible, terrible news, this was the worst news she could ever find out.

"Mrs. White, here are the results of the pregnancy test" said the Doctor as she handed Natasha the documents and Natasha went through them, there it was right there the evidence, it was positive.

Natasha felt like her entire would was crashing down at this moment.

"No, no" said Natasha as she cried and she shook her head, a baby was the last thing on her mind, she didn't want it, no she didn't want it.

"Mrs. White, I suggest that you speak to your husband about this" said the Doctor.

"Why?? So he can rain insults on me and tell me that he hates me, and that I finally got what I wanted?" asked Natasha to herself as she cried.

"Here" said the Doctor as she handed Natasha a tissue and she blew her nose with it.

"Mrs. White if you need any medical advice, I am here to assist you with any questions you may have" said the Doctor as Natasha did not say anything, she just knew that her life was finally ruined.