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It was a cold morning, Claire and Sonya were waiting at the coffee shop Charlotte had asked them to meet her at.
Alia and Nicole were going to go sightseeing, while Sonya made it very clear that she was not going to leave Claire alone. She felt that her friend was in a delicate situation and couldn't be left alone.
"Is that her?" Sonya asked looking at a woman with short blonde hair that was styled neatly.
"Yeah, that's her. That's what the lady on their website looks like." Claire said looking in the same direction.
She waved at the woman to get her attention, Charlotte noticed that and quickly walked towards them. She didn't say a word but just studied the other blonde's body language for a while.
Claire's eyes were lowered and she kept fiddling with her watch, she felt nervous. And Charlotte glaring at her certainly didn't help.
"Morning, can I know who this young woman here is? I think we agreed that only you and I will be going to the hospital isn't it?"
"I'm Sonya Moskowitz, I'm Claire's friend and I'll be joining you." She glared at Charlotte.
"I'm Charlotte Sefton, protecting McLaren's best interests."
"Let me rephrase that, I'm Sonya Moskowitz, protecting Claire Martin's best interests." She smiled.
Charlotte was intimated by the girl and Sonya couldn't be happier, she couldn't wait to call up her father and tell him about how well she could frighten people- a skill she learnt from watching him in negotiations.
"Alright then, you can come along too." Charlotte accepted defeat.
The one person that didn't say a word was Claire. She just sat there with her hands in her lap and head down, she didn't like any of this at all.
Charlotte drove to the hospital, the car ride was awfully quiet. In the waiting room too, Claire say there with her head hung low. Sonya kept trying to cheer her up.
"The doctor is ready to see you now." The receptionist announced.
Claire headed into the office with Charlotte. After a few minutes, Charlotte was out in the waiting room too.
"What's happening?" Sonya asked her.
"She's examining Claire and then she'll run a couple of tests on her." Charlotte explained.
"Alright. With all due respect I hope you haven't talked her into doing something she's not comfortable with."
"For someone this young you sure do know how to dictate a room, and no I would never do that!" Charlotte defended herself.
"Good." Sonya went back to reading a magazine.
Claire walked out of the office, Sonya was the first to get up and hold her by the hand. She asked her how the check up was.
"She said that everything looks fine, she's run a blood test on me, the results will be here soon."
"Oh alright, how are you feeling?" She gave her hand a squeeze.
"Weird, you know how much I hate change. I can't help but think about how much change my life could possibly go through." She murmured.
Sonya didn't say a word, she simply held her friend for a big hug until she could see a smile curl up on her lips.
Every minute they spent waiting made felt like an hour, Charlotte kept getting work related calls and couldn't help but feel a little frustrated.
"Your results are here, please head in to talk to the doctor." A nurse approached Claire.
She looked at Sonya, this was it. Charlotte and Claire headed back into the office. The doctor had a clipboard in hand, she was ready to discuss the results.
"Alright Claire, you are perfectly healthy and... pregnant." She dropped the bomb.
Claire wasn't surprised and just let out a sigh. Charlotte on the other hand, was having a hard time processing all of this. Her face had gone pale, she looked at Claire and said-
"How did you react to this?"
"I fainted." Claire admitted. She couldn't help but notice Sonya in the corner of her eyes who was enjoying all of this a little too much.
"Fair enough." Charlotte said before trying to regain composure.
"I'll schedule your first ultrasound, you're currently about three weeks pregnant. We'll have your ultrasound at six weeks!" The doctor chimed in.
"Thanks so much Doctor Patel, we'll head out now." Charlotte thanked her. "Let's get lunch." She looked at the girls.
Claire felt strange, it's almost as if she was now certain that life was going to change. She had to deal with change while leaving Canada for Dubai and now uprooting everything again made her feel better.
They ate lunch, Charlotte dropped them off at their hotel and told them to relax and freshen up. She was going to take them to Woking this instant.
"This is very real, I'm really going to have a baby." Claire collapsed on the bed the minute they arrived.
"Yes you are." Sonya smiled, "unless you don't want to?"
"That's... I want to at least meet him once before I make this decision." Claire confessed, " I want him to know it, I don't want all of this to happen and him being completely unaware."
"Makes sense, maybe I can bully her into-"
"Are you really bullying a grown woman?" Claire sat up in confusion.
"Okay bullying is not the right word," Sonya explained pulling a jumper on, "I'm more of negotiating-"
"You mean glaring at people with your sharp eyes and intimidating them into doing whatever you want them to."
"Go on! Please feed my ego!" She laughed. "Also please change into warmer clothes it's getting colder."
Claire pulled out the warmest coat she had and they were heading out again, no sign of their friends, not a text either.
Charlotte was already waiting in the lobby, she wasn't as hostile as they had met her previously. She was smiling at them and waving at the girls.
They got into the car and they were off, she was kind and chatty. She kept checking on Claire to make sure she was comfortable, hydrated and not in the state of fainting.
After an hour of driving, they were here. The McLaren technology centre, in all its glory stood in front of them. It was a breathtaking estate, the giant water body caught Claire's attention.
"I hope you like our place!" Charlotte chuckled.
"You work here? It's incredible!" Claire beamed. "What exactly are we doing here will I get to talk to-"
"My colleague was back here taking care of everything while I came down to meet you, together we're going to figure out what next." Charlotte explained, cutting her short before she could even talk about Lando.
Charlotte was in so much confusion and annoyance towards the boy, she just couldn't wrap her head around how HE was going to be a father.
