Author's Note:
I don't really know where this idea came from or how I got it but it's here and i'm putting it up for you to enjoy. there might be spelling errors and maybe a few grammar mistakes, but hey, i'm human. Please read, review and/or leave comments.
The Surrogate
Rukia
Prologue
"Any new messages for me Orihime?" Rukia asked as she nearly ran past the orangette to get into her office so that she could put down the gigantic pile of papers she was holding in her hands.
"Your 11:30 cancelled and you 5:15 wants to move to 5:30." Orihime replied hanging up the phone only to press another button and pick it back up to answer another call. Orihime was busy answering phone with her left hand and scribbling down notes and phone numbers wither right.
"I got you on the cancellation and I'm free for the move," Rukia replied. Rukia was in her office separating the giant pile of papers into neat stacks to be categorized and filed later on. After she was done separating the stack she walked out of her office and leaned against Orihime's desk.
"Oh and Ichigo is on the line asking if your still free for lunch at 12." Orihime said not looking away from the note pad on her desk. It was amazing how this girl could concentrate when she was working but other times you would think that if the wind blew too hard her brain would fly out of her ear like a leaf blowing in the wind.
"Of Course I'm still free, I wouldn't cancel on them like that. We've had this lunch planned for weeks." Rukia replied. Orihime nodded then repeated what Rukia had told her into the phone.
"At the usual spot?" Orihime asked moving the phone away from her face.
"Tell them I'll see them there." Rukia replied.
Rukia wrapped things up at the office before she grabbed her purse and started to leave the office.
"Tell Ichigo and Renji I said Hi!" Orihime yelled after Rukia. Rukia nodded and left the office.
"Ichigo! Hey!" Rukia said throwing her arms open to the orange haired man waiting at the door for her to arrive. She hugged both him and Renji before they went into the restaurant and got a table for the three of them. They got a booth near the back of the restaurant and sat down; Renji and Ichigo were one side and Rukia sat on the other side.
"Where's Orihime?" Ichigo asked.
"Ishida invited her to lunch yesterday," Rukia said.
"So, how have you been?" She asked the two of them.
"Great and you?" Ichigo replied.
"Just fine, but really busy," Rukia said with a sigh.
"So," Renji said with the same crooked smile he always wore when he was about to tease Rukia about something. "No boyfriend yet?"
"I probably wouldn't have the time to keep a relationship even if I was in one." Rukia replied.
"That must be the cost of being the CEO of the biggest real estate company in the entire city." Ichigo replied with a smile. They ordered their food and their drinks and continued to catch up on everything they'd missed in each other's lives in the time that they hadn't seen each other.
"So, Rukia, we uh, wanted to tell you something." Ichigo replied. Just the way that Ichigo was acting told Rukia that it was either very important or something very exciting.
"What?" she asked.
"Um…we decided that we were wanted to raise a child together." Ichigo said with a nervous smile.
"Oh my gosh, that's great! Are you guys going to adopt?" Rukia asked. The two of them stopped and looked at each other then back across the table to where Rukia was waiting for an answer.
"That's something else we wanted to talk to you about," Ichigo said with another nervous smile.
"We want to actually have a child," Renji continued.
"But, naturally that isn't possible, because we aren't built with the right parts." Ichigo said. Rukia sat quietly and looked back and for the between the both of them.
"So in order for us to have a child we would need a female of carry the child." Renji said absently.
"We wanted to know if you would be our surrogate." Ichigo said quickly. His quick decision to cut to the chase caught Rukia completely off guard. She had to listen to the question, process it, and then figure out how she was going to answer their question.
"M-me?" She asked pointing at herself. Ichigo nodded.
"We could have gone to the agency and got matched up with one, but we got wanted this to be…" Ichigo trailed off.
"Personal," Renji finished. "We didn't want a stranger having our baby." He said.
"So…..What do you say?" Ichigo asked.
"….Yeah, I would be honored." Rukia replied with a smile. Ichigo got up and walked around the table to hug Rukia.
"Thank you for this," Ichigo said to her.
"You're welcome." Rukia replied hugging him back.