Chapter 111 - Ultrasound

Jasmine

Benjamin drying me off, was an awkward event. Neither of us spoke.

We heard a knock on the door.

"I'll be right back." Benjamin said.

I stared at my reflection in the large mirror and looked at the small bump on my belly. I was starlet when Ben returned with a dress bag and some boxes. "What is that?" I asked. "I noticed you did not bring anything to wear." He frowned. "So I got you some." Was the only thing he said.

He took out a pair of jeans with a band attached to it.

"What in the world is that?" I Questioned. "These are called momma jeans and they are supposed to be very comfortable." Benjamin mused.

"And a comfy t-shirt to go." He said cheesy. 

"No dress?" I asked confused. No.. but I suppose you can go shopping after your tests and buy some new fitting dresses." He half-smiled. 

"The dress from last night seemed a little tight and I had a hard time guessing your new size." He admitted.

He handed me a box with fresh lingerie and I put the red lace set on.

"To be fair; the pants are comfortable." I said. The band was high, tucking my stomach in.

"Here, I thought some sneakers would be more comfortable as well." He mused as he handed me a box which said Nike. I had to admit, these white pair of sneakers looked much more comfortable than my pink high heels.

I put them on and the love I felt for him, overwhelmed me. I stood before him and looked at him. I wanted to kiss him, but I could not reach.

He bent towards me, but kissed my forehead instead.

"Let's go." He murmured. "You have to study and I have more meetings to attend to.

Benjamin

Jasmine being here confused the heck out of me. All this time I wanted nothing more than to be with her, but I imagined it differently. I was not settling for anything less.

I fiercely hoped she got the message I gave her in the shower. She needed to see what she was doing to me, and stop using other woman as an excuse of playing cat at mouse with me.

If I wanted to be with other woman in that way, I would of been. She found me indecisive, but I was anything but that.

I knew exactly what I did and did not want. I wanted her and no one else. In the Alpes she kept throwing my relationship with Saphira in my face. It was not like we were together then. She actively made clear she did not want me. She said I needed to find someone else and to make it worse, she even broke off all contact with me on one point.

I believed she had no right to judge the fact that I opened myself up to Saph. And just because she then ended up showing her love for me, did not mean I was going to ignore or hurt Saph. I chose her? Wasn't that enough for her?

Jasmine kept on taking my hand the whole trip to New York. She was still my wife after all, so I let her. I tried to remind myself over and over that she did not want me as her husband, so I would not get my hopes up.

She was pregnant, that was it. Her tiny hands were squeezing mine. She must of been as anxious as I was nervous as well.

God, I loved her beyond all reason. That would never change. I just hoped one day she would wise up and see that what we have was perfect. It was all up to her. But I would not settle to be an option for her, when she was my priority.

Jasmine

"Ben?" I said as we stood before a sign that said 'Rockefeller Private Center'.

I held his hand and looked up to him. The wind blew in my face, making my hair a big mess. I did not bring a headscarf. I now regretted that decision.

Benjamin rearranged my hair and stroke his finger down my cheek. "Just keep on holding my hand." He said with a sweet smile on his face. "Whatever happens, we will get through this together." He promised.

We walked inside and there was a glass reception desk, with beautiful woman behind it. One had blond long hair and blue eyes and the other had brown hair and green eyes. They seemed to walk straight out of a magazine.

"Good day Benjamin." The blond woman cooed. "I expected to see you a little sooner." She said flirty.

"Jada." Benjamin acknowledged her, but he did not react on what she said. "My wife and I have an appointment with Jack." He told her.

The woman called Jada looked at me and then looked back at him. "Wife?!" She repeated incredulous. "Yes." He said in a low voice. "We are here for an ultrasound." He said placing his hand on my stomach. What was going on? We did not even know for sure that I was pregnant, did we?

"I see." She muttered. "And her name is?" She said looking at the screen. "Jasmine." He told her. "And her last name?" She said a little irritated, like he gave her half-information.

"Al-Saud." He shrugged like he was stating an obvious fact. "Of course." She sighed. I got a strange vibe from those two.

I looked at the brown haired woman and we shared a glance. "Do you two know each other?" I blurted out, unable to hold my tongue.

I looked at Benjamin and it looked like he and the woman called Jada held a staring contest. "We are acquainted." She said and made a clicking sound with her tongue.

Benjamin said nothing. "Jack will be there in a minute." The brown-haired woman said. "You can take a seat in the lounge area." She added.

We sat down and I tapped my foot to the ground. I was trying to distract myself, because I knew if I opened up my mouth, I would start another fight.

We were saved by the bell, because a tall man with greyish-blue eyes and dark brown, almost perfect hair walked into the hall. He smiled at us and Benjamin stood up. "My friend, it is so good to see you again." Benjamin said and padded him on his back.

"And you must be Jasmine." He mused. He offered me his hand and it took me a second to realize that was his way of greeting me. In Saudi a man never touched a woman, if she was not his wife. There were a lot of differences between my country and this one.

I shook his hand and he then told us to follow him. "You can take place om that chair." He kindly told me. "You can place one leg there and the other there." He said. If I would do what he said, my legs would be widely spread.

"but first you should take your underwear off."

I looked at Benjamin, with fear in my eyes. "The ultrasound needs to be internally, because of the possible early stage." The handsome doctor said.

"How." I said in a tight voice.

"See." The man said. "I have this wand and insert it." He said calmly. "That way we can see whether you are pregnant or not. And if so, how far along." He said explaining.

"And you are going to do that?" I said shock coloring my tone. He half-smiled at me. "If you want, I can get a female colleague to do it." He said.

"Yes!" I immediately said. "No problem." The doctor mused and went out of the room for a while. I stared at the strange chair. "I think you should get undressed." Benjamin told me.

I shot him a look. "Really?!" He breathed. "You're not going to tell me you are uncomfortable with me being there as well." He frowned. "It's just…" I muttered.

"Heck no." He said. "You did not mind me seeing you this morning." He said meaningfully. "Up close." He added with a grin and raised his eyebrows once.

"Alright." I said in defeat. I started undressing myself when Jada walked in.

"You have got to be kidding me." I said under my breath. "How far along do you think you are?" Jada asked me while putting on gloves.

"I actually really don't know if I am pregnant yet." I told her. She narrowed her eyes at Benjamin. "Hasn't she done a pregnancy test?" She said like I wasn't in the room.

Benjamin shook his head. "No, she hasn't had her period for a while now and she had some other symptoms." He clarified.

"Okay, let's see." She said and gestured me to climb in the chair. I felt so uncomfortable, spreading my legs before her.

"Try to relax." She told me. This is the wand I am going to use. I am going to add a little gel, so it will help us to slide in." She said not looking at me. I looked pleadingly at Benjamin, because I did not want to do this.

"Okay, here we go.."' She said and I closed my eyes as she inserted it.