It had been a normal day for Ellie. She had been running around the hospital all day doing various simple tasks—filing documents, organizing patient files, getting coffee for the employees—normal stuff an intern like herself would be doing. Midway through the day, she switched her brain on for learning. Not only was she learning about how the hospital ran, but she was also learning how to be a doctor as a med student. She was the top of her class, which was why she had the internship in the first place. On this particular day, instead of being in a classroom like usual, the instructor took them out for a lab day, where they would be able to be at the patient's bedside, ready to apply their knowledge. It was a sort of, real-world test for them to show off how much they had learned.
The instructor brought them to the clinic where a woman was sitting and explained her symptoms: fatigue, nausea, lower backaches, and other minor symptoms. Ellie's hand immediately shot up as she recognized the symptoms as pregnancy. She was correct. For the rest of the exploration, Ellie was nearly almost always accurate in her diagnoses and received much praise in her brilliant treatment suggestions, but throughout the day, her mind kept dwelling on the pregnant woman, because she wanted to know more about that woman's circumstances.
Even for someone as bright as Ellie was, it took her a while to piece together why exactly she had taken so much interest in the case. In the middle of a completely unrelated medical case, it hit her. She might just be pregnant herself. She thought back on the last couple weeks, having noticed some symptoms: backaches, feeling more tired than normal, and she was even very nauseous the other day. Ellie began to be slightly fearful, quickly realizing how stupid she and Brian had been... They hadn't even really thought about any protection, not to mention they didn't use it. Ellie tried to calm herself, telling herself that she might not actually be pregnant. That was just when the instructor called on her.
“Ellie,” he said, “What do you think is wrong with this man?”
Ellie paused, having not heard any of the symptoms or basically anything he had said. “Uh... I don't know,” she said, slightly embarrassed.
The instructor frowned, unhappy with her response and asked another student who promptly gave an acceptable answer.
Ellie hung her head, upset for letting herself get distracted like that, but she couldn't help but let her mind drift back to it again. She thought back to how many times they had gone at it and began to get overwhelmed. As she followed the rest of the class out of the room, the instructor pulled her aside and asked her if she was okay.
“I'm fine. I just... have some things on my mind,” Ellie said to him and he just nodded and continued on his way to the next patient. For the rest of the day, Ellie had to keep telling herself that she'd just have to wait and see if her thoughts were true. She grew incredibly quiet and anxious throughout the rest of the day, silently reprehending herself for being so stupid in not taking the most basic of precautions. After that it seemed like things had moved so fast between them... They had been in a long relationship, so it just sort of made sense, but, thinking back, Ellie felt like the events between her and Brian in the last few weeks just seemed so rushed. Although, at the same time, Ellie was completely happy with her decisions. She knew she should have thought about the consequences before hand, but decided for herself that dwelling on those decisions wasn't the answer. No matter what happened, she still loved Brian and she could get through this. She just had to forgive herself and move on at this point.
Before she went home, Ellie made sure to take a trip to the pharmacy to pick up a test. She had thought about using the tests back at the hospital, but figured she should wait so that they could find out together.
Subject: Hospital in London 
Sun Mar 25, 2012 2:59 pm
