It had been two months since Claire and John had spoken or saw each other. Claire felt bad but John wanted her to do something she couldn't. She didn't blame him for being angry with her. She wasn't intentionally trying to hurt his feelings. Claire was now five months pregnant. A medium sized bump was formed in her stomach. Claire had a doctor's appointment today. Today the sex of the baby was being determined. Claire got up, took a shower and went to the doctor. After about fifteen minutes for waiting in the waiting room she got called into an examination room. She was sitting on the bed waiting for the doctor. Ten minutes later the doctor came in.

"Hello Claire." Doctor Fisher said.

"Hi doctor Fisher."

"How are you feeling?"

"Good but the baby won't stop kicking me."

"Just four months left." "Do you have a hospital plan ready?"

"A what?"

"You'll need to pack a bag."

"For what?"

"Like snacks, clothes, anything to keep you company." "You'll be in the hospital for seventy-two hours at least." "Until everything with your adoption papers are finalized."

"You're gonna call Laura when I leave here right?"

"Yes I have her number I'm going to call her as soon as you leave." "So she can tell the couples the sex of the baby."

"Ok."

"Is someone going to be here with you during the labor?"

"Yes my best friend Maria."

"Good you shouldn't be alone during your labor."

"Doctor Fisher how long after I have my baby can I start taking birth control?"

"Come back two weeks after you give birth." "I'll give you a pelvic exam." "If everything looks ok I'll give you the pills."

"Ok."

"Is there someone special in your life?"

"No I just don't ever wanna be in this situation again." "That way next time even if I do forget a condom it's ok."

"You should still use a condom." "It protects you from STDS."

"I know I usually never forget."

"Must've been some guy."

"He was gorgeous." "For a couple weeks now I've been getting urges to sleep with him again." "Does the pregnancy have anything to do with it?"

"Actually yes in the second trimester your libido kicks up." "What you're feeling is perfectly normal."

"Good." "For a minute there I thought I was going insane."

"Why don't you lay back so I can find out what the baby is?"

"Ok." She laid down lifted up her shirt past her stomach and looked away from the monitor like she always did. The doctor put the gel and Claire's stomach and hooked her to the machine.

"I know what it is." "Are you sure you don't wanna know?"

"Yes I'm sure."

"Ok you're all done." She unhooked Claire from the machine and wiped the gel off of her. Claire put her shirt down sat up and started to cry. She wiped away her tears quickly. "Claire what's wrong?"

"Nothing."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah I'm ok." "It's probably just my hormones."

"Alright."

Later that night Claire went over to Maria's. Amy was getting ready for bed.

"Hi aunt Claire." Amy said.

"Hi."

"How's the baby for those other people?"

"Good."

"Amy now." Daniel said.

"Goodnight aunt Claire." Amy said.

"Goodnight."

Daniel took Amy upstairs. Claire sat on the couch next to Maria.

"Hi." Maria said.

"Hi."

"How was your appointment today?"

"Fine." Daniel came back downstairs.

"Do you guys care if I put in a movie I rented?" Daniel asked.

"No."

"Go ahead honey." Maria said.

"What's the movie called?" Claire asked.

"12 Rounds." Daniel said. "It's about a cop who has to save his girlfriend, from a guy he put away a year earlier." They were all talking during the opening credits. They watched it for a few minutes.

"Oh my god."

"What?" Maria said.

"That's John."

"That's John Cena?"

"Yeah."

"Damn."

"I told you."

"I didn't know you liked wrestling Claire." Daniel said.

"I don't."

"Then how do you know who that is?"

"He was in that commercial I was telling you about a couple months ago."

"Oh."

"Did Maria ever tell you who the father of my baby is?"

"No."

"It's him."

"Him who?"

"John Cena."

"Shut the fuck up."

"I swear to god."

"You had sex with John Cena?"

"Yeah but at the time I didn't know it was John Cena."

John was at home. He decided to go visit his parents. His mom went to bed. It was just him and his dad in the living room.

"Ok son what's wrong?" John Sr. asked.

"I'm sad."

"Why?"

"Well you know how unhappy I was with Liz the last year of our marriage."

"Yeah."

"About five months ago I met a woman in a bar in Chicago." "I slept with her." "About two months later we ran into each other and she tells me she's pregnant."

"Is that why you decided to divorce Liz?"

"No." "The day she told me she was pregnant she found out I was still married." "A couple days later she told me she's gonna give the baby up for adoption." "I asked her not to." "Then a bunch of stuff happened with Liz." "Just when I was finally getting her to trust me she told me she didn't wanna see me anymore."

"Why?"

"She said we wanted different things." I want her to keep the baby and she says she can't."

"Why doesn't she want it?"

"I think that she thinks she wouldn't be a good mother."

"Do you think that?"

"No I think she would be a great mother." "She loves the baby dad I know she does." "She's just to scared to admit it."

"I know you don't like the choice she made but it's her choice."

"I know." "It's just all my life I'll wonder, does it look like me, does it look like her, is it being taken care of?" "Hell I'll never even know if it's a boy or a girl."

After the movie was over Claire went home. She was sitting in bed. The baby started kicking. She rubbed her stomach.

"Hey you." She said smiling. "Quit kicking mommy." "I wonder how daddy is?" "I hope he's doing ok." As Claire laid down to go to sleep, she realized she'd just referred to herself as mommy and John as daddy when talking to the baby. She hadn't meant to do that. It just came out.