"Bernie!" Serena whined. Although her wife was asleep, Serena was doing her best to pull her from her seemingly restless slumber. She hadn't gotten a wink of sleep because the blonde kept on tossing and turning, murmuring and shaking. It didn't help that her little bundle of energy was kicking up a storm inside her. Suddenly, Serena had a brainwave. She had tried this trick multiple times before and it had worked every time. Her plan was to go into the kitchen and begin cooking breakfast. The smell of bacon always roused her blonde-haired life partner from her sleep.
As Serena was cooking, she thought back to when she and Bernie decided to have children…
"Hey, Serena?" Bernie asked.
"Yes my dear," she replied lazily, looking up from her comfortable position in Bernie's lap. She and Bernie had been lying on the couch with Bernie's fingers in the slight curls of Serena's shoulder-length brown hair.
"Have you ever thought about this little family growing?"
"What? As in get a dog? Bernie you know that I would end up being the one to look after the thing what with you being away all the time – oomph!" Serena's ramble was halted by Bernie's hand quickly covering her mouth.
"No, Serena," Bernie placed her hand on Serena's abdomen. "I was thinking more along the lines of a two-legged, brown-haired baby."
"Bernie you don't even have to ask me if I want a child. You know that I love children and honestly I really want one! I have always wanted to know what it's like to have a life growing inside of me." She moved her own hand to meet Bernie's on her abdomen.
"I know it will be hard because of your job here in Stepney and mine in the army but I mean we both have some holidays owing to us and I can take time away from my job throughout your pregnancy and the first few months."
"Yeah. But there is a little problem."
"Uh-huh and what is that?"
"Well we're both women – "
"Hence why we're married."
"Bernie. I'm trying to be serious. How do we actually create the child?"
"Well, I have researched this. We go to the clinic on Carter Street and ask for a few profiles. And when we choose one, they insert the specimen inside you and we hope for the best."
Quickly getting up, Serena pulled her shoes and jacket on, then looked back at Bernie, "Well, shall we?"
Serena shook her head, and whispered "Almost 9 months later and look where we are." She laughed before groaning as yet another kick came from within. "Hey! Don't make me come in there!"
She and almost dropped the frypan when she felt a pair of hand wrap around her enlarged stomach. She relaxed into the hands when she realised that it was simply Bernie, having finally woken up.
"You were restless again last night," Serena said. "You should see a counsellor and talk about Kabul."
Bernie turned Serena around, barely listening, "Shhhh! Let me say good morning to my beautiful wife first," Bernie laid a quick kiss on Serena's lips which was eagerly returned. She pulled away before kneeling down. "And let me say goodbye to my little soccer stars in there."
Serena giggled, "How are you so sure that they are going to be soccer stars? They could be tap dancers."
"Not bloody likely. The sound drives me batshit crazy. They're definitely excited about using their feet. That I do know."
"I was thinking last night and even though we don't know what gender the twins will be I've come up with some names."
Bernie stood back up and leant her back against the kitchen bench. "And what would they be?"
"For a girl I'm thinking Charlotte. And for a boy I'm thinking Jason."
"Those are some nice names but what about maybe Cameron for a boy. I've always liked that name."
"Cameron and Charlotte… I love it!"
"Lovely. Now, you go and sit down and I'll finish breakfast." She turned around actively dismissing Serena before turning on the radio and continuing to cook. Serena stared at her wife, not quite believing her luck that she had met and married this amazing woman. Resting a hand on her stomach, she suddenly remembered the first day they met.
Sitting in the middle of the lecture room, Serena looked around her. Her first day of University looked as if it was going to be interesting. Her first lecture was Biology and her professor was a renowned scientist across England. She checked her watch and noticed that the lecture should have started 5 minutes previously. Being a massive control freak, Serena panicked slightly but told herself to calm down and in University not everything would start exactly on time. She rearranged her pens and lecture pad and waited patiently for the lecture to begin.
Suddenly, the professor turned around, "Welcome to Undergrad Biology…"
Serena sat in her seat, taking notes and letting the professor's words wash over her. Suddenly, a huge commotion occurred by the door. It caused the whole room, including the professor, to pause what they were doing and stare at the door. Suddenly, a tall blonde girl stumbled through huffing her apologies. Serena was transfixed. She'd never seen anyone; girl or guy look more perfect. Her long blonde hair, although messy, created a halo around her face. Oh! the face! Her face was something beyond what Serena had ever seen before.
Suddenly the fair-haired angel (or so it seemed) looked up at Serena. Their eyes met and Serena would swear that the girl, whose name she did not yet know stared deep into her soul. Her breath seemed to leave her chest and her heart skipped multiple beats. Before now Serena hadn't believed in love at first sight, but since seeing the perfection that was the enigma which stood before her she would believe almost anything.
Shaking herself from her reverie, Serena glanced at her watch. It was already half an hour into the lecture and this girl was only just wandering in. She watched as the fairheaded woman spoke to the professor briefly before meandering her way up the stairs and into a seat only two rows in front. Serena had to force herself to concentrate for the rest of the lecture.
Despite trying, Serena could not concentrate on anything the lecturer said since she could not stop staring at HER. Although she was scratching words into her notepad ferociously, Serena could not. She decided that she must meet her after class.
*After class
Serena watched as the blonde enigma packed up her things and hurried out the classroom. She began to gather up her own things and place them haphazardly into her bag. Her rib-length brown hair kept getting in the way and she thought, "I have to get this cut. And soon." Hurriedly, she ran out of the classroom after quickly checking whether she left anything behind. As she felt the fresh air hit her face, Serena's eyes darted around the courtyard, almost crossing before she saw the woman she was looking for. It appeared that she had tripped over herself and dropped most of the things she was carrying.
Quickly but steadily, Serena made her way over to a book nearby the blonde. She stepped towards the fair-head, her mind racing with all the things she could have said. What slipped out however was, "Hey, I believe this yook is bours? Oh, I meant – Well you probably know what I meant." She could have slapped herself.
"Um, yeah thanks," even with her hands full, the blonde tried to grab even more items.
Mentally taking a deep breath, Serena offered, "Do you need some help?"
"No. No. I'm fine… Well actually yeah if you wouldn't mind." Still she didn't look up.
Crouching down, Serena gathered what she could – there were pens, pencils, paper and books everywhere. After what seemed like an age, they had both collected all of the blonde's items. She hastily shoved all of the things into her bag before standing up and looking directly into Serena's eyes once again, "Um thank you for helping me. I'm Berenice Wolfe. But everyone – well, my mother, father and brothers exclusive… they often call me Midge or even Blondey. Sorry, I'm rambling. I meant to say that everyone calls me Bernie." She stuck out a hand.
"Well, Bernie it's nice to meet you. I'm Serena McKinnie. What are you studying?"
"I'm studying to become an Army Doctor. Medicine and the Military – two things that run in my family. And you?"
"I'm studying medicine. Hopefully I'll be able to show those men that us women have some sort of clue," She glanced at her watch before continuing. "Listen, I have a lecture in five minutes but do we want to continue this over a drink? A lovely drop of Shiraz?"
"That would be lovely. Yeah."
Pulled back out of her reverie Serena thought, "And the rest, as they say, is history." Suddenly, Serena buckled over as if being pulled by an imaginary force. Gripping the bench top with a grip that turned her knuckles a ghostly white, she gasped out a hurried, "BERNIE!" before groaning again.
Bernie hurried over to her heavily pregnant wife after seeing that she was almost doubled over in agony. She went into doctor mode, asking if she was okay, if she needed help, scale of 1-10 and how often the pains were coming. Of course, Serena answered all of the questions but by the time she did the pain had subsided.
These pains had lasted at least 4 hours before Serena's waters broke. They knew they had little time, so after checking that Serena was okay, Bernie packed a bag and drove them to the hospital. The pains then got worse, more regular and a hell of a lot more painful. It didn't take them long to find Serena a bed but it took longer for the labour to actually start before nurses and doctors alike could do anything.
Let's just say that just under 18 hours and excruciating pain for both women (Serena nearly broke Bernie's hand), two healthy babies were born. One boy and one girl – thusly named Cameron and Charlotte.
A/N: Well, I'm back! The ClosetMisfit has returned! I'm sorry guys for not posting more but I've been so busy I haven't had the chance to write any other stories. And to be honest I've been missing Berena too much but soon we'll have our lovely Serena back on our screens.
In the meantime, however, enjoy this little ditty about my favourite ship.
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