Tyler Holt walking through the exam room door was a visual feast for Bianca's scattered emotions. Despite the dim fluorescent light in the hospital he seemed to glow. Bianca studied the expression on his face without considering the expression on her own. Had she considered what her own face must have looked like, she may have been better prepared for his panicked demeanor. "What the hell is going on?!" He asked as he hugged him mother with one arm half heartedly on his was to Bianca's bedside. "Mother, called she said you collapsed while you were trying on a wedding dress."
"I don't know Tyler, my abdomen cramped up, it felt like a Charlie hoarse but, like inside, it hurt so badly I couldn't get on top of it. Bar--- you'r mom insisted we come here, and while I was doubled over it seemed like a good idea." Bianca tried for a natural sounding chuckle but instead a nervous cackle came through as she lifted her eyes to the already enlightened Barbara Holt.
Mrs. Holt took Tyler by the hand and plead for him to look and listen to her. "Hunny, I am so sorry I bothered you with this!" She truly was a master of puppets. Bianca sat poised on the side of a hospital bed clutching the sides of her paper gown together, keeping to herself the burden of her diagnosis thus far. Barbara thought it best that Tyler not be upset by the possibility of a pregnancy that perhaps never was the day before his bar exam. She had stroked Bianca's hair softly and behaved so motherly after Bianca candidly disclosed the doctors concerns. She carressed Bianca sweetly with one hand and embraced her, heart to heart, holding her with the other arm. "Oh angel, these things happen. It us heartbreaking but miscarriage isn't as rate as you may think. I lost a baby, before Trent, but then went on to have two perfectly healthy children. Tyler is so sensitive, you know that though. I think it is important that we remember that while heaven reclaimed and angel that our lives must go on. Tyler has his bar exam tomorrow, I think it's a bad idea to upset him before, especially because we don't know what's happened yet, I mean it's not only his future we are talking about now, it is yours as well. All of the pain and confusion will still be there after the test, and you can confide in him then. Let's keep our priorities in check dear."
This made perfect sense to Bianca at the time. Tyler needed be worried or saddened, Bianca could shoulder the burden on her own until after the bar ecam. She felt responsible for it. If this were a miscarriage then her very own body had failed not only Bianca, but Tyler as well. This was just another shortcoming to add to Bianca's list of reasons that Tyler should be with someone else. The doctor had ordered an ultrasound but the technician was unable to inform Bianca one way or another of what she saw, the results had to be reviewed by her doctor. She didn't feel pregnant, and the cramping accompanied by some bleeding now, and Barbara being so certain that this was a lost pregnancy and having experienced it herself, Bianca was prepared for this news, she had already deemed it real.
"Bianca probably has a little blood clot, or a little cyst somewhere, it's really nothing to worry about. You know how these things go, the doctors have to check everything out to cover their liability, it's nothing new, just like your daddy does." Barbara continued. Mrs. Holt was so convincing it wasn't difficult for Bianca to go along with this story. Tyler cut his eyes to Bianca who was nodding in approval. "We will probably be here all evening, the emergency room is busy and understaffed. You need to use the precious little time you have left to study for tomorrow. I will stay here with Bianca, and she's expressed that my company will suit her just fine. We are going to get to know each other better, after all in a few short months she will be my daughter too!"
Tyler brushed his mother's hand from his mother's arm, and patted it to signal understanding and turned to Bianca a puzzled look on his face, most likely in regards to his Mother's inference that Bianca was content in her company. "Is that true, is that what the doctor told you?" Tyler asked her, the worry on his handsome face only slightly dissapated. For a moment Bianca felt guilty not disclosing the real concerns, but she preferred Barbaras account of it over the actual situation and her guilt quickly relinquished to resolve. It was a gift she could give Tyler not to worry him with what may have happened. "Yes, babe. Your mother has been wonderful, and we have really had a chance to connect with each other this afternoon, and the doctors aren't acting concerned, like your mother said, they are just covering their bases. You should go on home and study and I'll call you right away if something weird happens, but don't worry it wont. I have your mom here to keep me company, and there's not even anywhere for you to sit in here." Barbara flashed Bianca an approving smile before chiming in "Tyler, if I didn't know better, I would have thought she was just trying get out of dress shopping with me, I'm sorry I called I was just worried and under informed at the moment, I jumped the gun, I'm just sick you drove all the way down here for nothing. " Tyler looked relieved, but a bit agitated too. "Bianca it's not really typical for you to double over on the floor" Bianca nodded "no, it's not is it" she started chuckling, I haven't been taking very good care of myself and I was already a little dizzy and the pain was just so suprising I think I may have reacted a bit dramatically."
"Yes!" Barbara interjected "we have had an afternoon of silly women acting a bit too dramatically, get used to it Tyler baby, because your stuck with us and our silliness for the rest of your life. Now scoot counselor!"
"Bianca, your sure your okay? I could study here, my stuff is in the car?"
"I'm fine and there are too many distractions here. Maybe it's a blessing you have a few more hours in a empty house."
Just then a nurse walked in and announced the doctor had ordered an mri that he was going to wheel Bianca out for.
"See there, I bet it's a cyst, that's how they get a look them!" Barbara chirped.
"Okay, ladies, but I expect to be called with every new detail." Tyler bent and pecked Bianca sweetly. "And i will see you tonight Mrs. Holt". Bianca caught Barbara rolling her eyes at Tylers last remark. "I will call, I love you. See you tonight, happy studies". With that Tyler left for home and a now very concerned Bianca was wheeled away for an MRI.
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