Us Plus One

"In the beginning, both men and women roamed the Earth. Both were necessary for human reproduction and survival. Roles were established and kept throughout years and years. But one day, a deadly disease washed over our planet, wiping out all female creatures in existence. People started to die off, the world went into chaos. Until a small group of scientists discovered a drug that originated from the cocoa plant. When taken, it would cause a male to grow a second set of genitalia. A set that allowed our world to reproduce. However there were complications. Only male infants were born, as there was no female chromosome to be passed down anymore. It was being overrun by the Y. Not only that, but only men with a certain level of estrogen could take the drug. Any lower than the correct amount could cause serious damage to the body. And so, the world started over..."

-grade 5 history textbook

Chapter 1

I stared down on the test in my hands, looking at the two little blue lines as if I could will them away. This was not happening. This absolutely not happening. I threw the pee stick across the room, watching it hit against the wall and fall to the floor. "Fuck!" I shouted. I yelled it over and over and over again.

"Roxas?" My brother called from the other room. "Are you okay?"

I wanted to tell him no. I was not okay. I was not in the least bit okay. "Yea, Sora, I'm fine." I sighed, dropping my head into my hands.

Sora knocked on the bathroom door. "You don't sound fine. What's going on?" Without waiting for a response, he opened the door and stepped in. Shit. I thought I locked that.

I scrambled to grab the test stick before he saw it but I never was the fastest at things. He looked me straight in the eyes.

"Rox...What..."

"Don't tell mom and dad," I begged, tears welling up in the corners of my eyes.

"Fuck," he repeated what I had yelled earlier. "What the fuck, Roxas," he sounded calm, but there was fear laced in his voice.

I shook my head as I washed off the stick, wrapped it up and stuck it in my hoodie pocket. I couldn't let my parents find it. "It was one time. It was a complete freak accident!" I said as I washed my hands furiously. I was more trying to convince myself than my brother. "I don't even know how it happened. I guess the condom broke? I don't know!"

Sora stood in shock. "Do you know the guy?"

I looked at him in disbelief. "Of course I know him! I'm not that sleazy," I defended. I played with rings that were on either side of my lip in a nervous habit.

"Who is it? Do I know him?"

I hesitated in answering before pushing him aside and heading to my attic bedroom. I tried to go up the stairs as fast as I could but, like I said before, I wasn't exactly the fastest person in my family.

Sora caught my wrist and looked around. Catching our dad's figure on the sofa downstairs, he pulled me into my room and slammed the door behind me. I still didn't look at him.

"Who the hell is it, Roxas?" He stood there, crossing his arms over his chest.

I looked up and met his gaze.

"Well?" He demanded.

I sighed. "It's Axel Von Brandt," I blushed and turned to sit in my hammock chair.

Sora stared at me with that shocked look again. "The Axel Von Brandt? Captain of the track team, Axel Von Brandt? Hottest guy in school Axel Von Brandt?" With each question his voice got a bit higher in disbelief.

I nodded slowly.

All of sudden, he started laughing. "Holy shit, dude! How did you manage to get ahold of that hot piece of ass?" He made a spanking motion in the air in front of him.

My face burned in embarrassment. "Sora!"

"Boys, time for dinner!" Sora and I both looked at my door at the sound of our 'mother's' voice.

Sora turned to me, his face changing from joking to completely serious. "You're going to have to tell them, you know? You need to get checked out."

I sighed heavily, leaning my head down in despair. "I know...God they are going to be so mad at me!"

Sora chuckled, reaching a hand out to help me out of my chair. "Yea, they are!"

I groaned as my brother and I headed out to go face my death. What an awesome evening this will be.