Gloria leans against her car, staring at the hospital building. Her hands feel sweaty, her spine feels rigid, and her legs are wobbling. She rubs her sweaty hands together as she wonders if she should go back home. Gloria cringes when she feels a flutter in her stomach. She knows what she must do, but it feels like she is about to leap off a cliff.

She has driven for 20 minutes to get here, but now that she is so close to the hospital, she feels like running back home. She is a senior in college, but at the moment, she is acting like a child. She wishes there is someone with her, someone whose hands she can hold. Her boyfriend didn't want to follow her to the hospital, and her best friend Sarah hates hospitals, too. She sighs as she walks closer to the building.

Gloria walks into the hospital, nervously. She has been feeling pain on the left side of her abdomen. The pain intensifies whenever she visits the bathroom. This is her first appointment with the new gynecologist, so she is nervous. She was upset when she called to book an appointment with her doctor, and she was informed that Miss Fowler was out of town. The receptionist told her that they have a new gynecologist who will attend to her. She didn't want to see a new gynecologist, but she couldn't wait for Miss Fowler to return.

Warning: The text contains explicit descriptions of sexual activity. Only adults should listen to this story.