Whatever You Wanted

"It'll be fine." Marcy reassured Sasha and Anne as she lay on the gurney, getting prepped for the procedure. Sasha held her hand as she kissed it. She still looked concerned. "It'll be easy. I'll be asleep for the whole thing."

"Why does it have to be from bone marrow? Can't it be harvested from blood?" Anne asked.

"Because this way is faster." Mr. X answered as he walked over. "We don't know how much time we have to harvest before she starts healing and it's better to be quick about it." Jenny nodded as they stood back with a clipboard. Mr. X motioned for them to hand it to him. They stepped forward and he took a look at it. "Plus we still don't know how the cells will act outside her body. We want to use them to inseminate the eggs as soon as possible. Sure there will probably be some editing to the haploids but we've gotten pretty far with that technology."

"Wait, so has something similar to this been done before?" Anne asked. Mr. X laughed and nodded.

"Similar? No. This has been done before." He said casually.

"Then why isn't this available to the public? Why did we have to go to a secret government base?" Anne said, frowning.

"Oh honey." Mr. X said, waving a hand. "You think the government wants to share any of their secrets? We're not even supposed to be doing human trials."

"So this hasn't even been done before on people?" Sasha said, worried as she glanced at Marcy.

"I said we're 'not supposed to' but when has that stopped us before? Yes, there have been trials. Numerous trials. It's nothing to worry about." Mr. X said, pulling out his phone. "Anyway, they should be ready for you." He said reading through a text. Anne and Sasha each gave Marcy a quick kiss. The heavily gowned nurses wheeled her away. Marcy gave a small wave and reassuring smile.

"I have questions." Sasha said, turning back to him and narrowing her eyes. He sighed.

"I'm sure you do mama bear." He said lowering his glasses. "But I can't give away government secrets." Sasha crossed her arms. He turned to Anne and looked her up and down. "I'm surprised you didn't ask about anything that we could do for you." Anne blinked.

"I don't know." Anne said, shrugging and rubbing her arms. "I didn't really feel comfortable with the options offered."

"Fair enough." He said, pushing his glasses back up. "Mama bear will carry but you can still have other procedures done if you are ever interested."

"I'll think about it." Anne said, chewing her lip. Sasha wrapped an arm around her and gave her a squeeze. Mr. X nodded and motioned for Jenny.

"We'll see you after the procedure." He said, directing them back to a small waiting room. Anne sat down and Sasha sat beside her and held her close. She kissed the top of her head.

"Hey, whatever you choose, we'll support you." Sasha said, hugging her. "You know that, right?"

"I know." Anne said, cuddling up to her. "It's just a lot to consider."

"Can I ask you something?" Sasha said, looking down at her. Anne took her hand and nodded. "Why… Why didn't you want to try to carry?" Anne laced her fingers with Sasha's.

"I thought I would but-" Anne furrowed her brow. She looked up at Sasha. "It wouldn't really be me, would it?" There was a pause. Sasha waited for Anne to continue. Anne examined their entwined hands. "Artificial wombs. Uterine transplants. It would be taking something else to put into me. The child would be in there, not me."

"But our child would still be growing inside you." Sasha said gently. Anne kissed her hand.

"They'd be growing in something else that just happened to be inside me." Anne said slowly. "Don't get me wrong, I think that would be great for so many parents. It's something people could really look forward to. I just… I think I'm finally happy that our two kids are just biologically mine." Sasha kissed her. "It doesn't matter that I didn't grow them physically inside me because I grew in my heart."

"I'm glad to hear that." Sasha said, hugging her. "That's really wise, Anne." She said, looking at her with admiration. Anne grinned.

"Yeah, someone very important taught me that." Anne laughed lightly. Sasha rested her head on Anne's.

"You know Marcy and I would have offered to be your donor in a heartbeat if you wanted a uterus."

"I know, but I don't want to feel like I robbed you of something."

"I'm pretty sure Marcy doesn't want to carry again, not after everything she went through, so I don't think that would be a problem."

"And what about you? What if I had asked for yours?"

"You know I couldn't pass up the opportunity to have a piece of me inside you." Sasha grinned. Anne pushed her playfully.

"No, I'd rather wait until I could have my own grown in a lab or something." Anne admitted.

"And what about, you know, vaginoplasty?" Sasha asked and Anne considered the question for a moment. "Sure, you wouldn't be carrying but you could still have something affirming done."

"I need more time to think about it." Anne admitted. "I know how much you and Marcy enjoy my, well…" She trailed off. Sasha took her chin and tilted it up to look her in the eyes.

"Anne, this would be about you feeling comfortable in your own skin. This isn't about what we want. Hell, we couldn't care less about what you had down there as long as you were happy." Sasha said seriously. "I'm so sorry we made you feel that way. I'm sorry we made you feel like you couldn't change anything just to keep us happy." Anne's eyes started to water and she hugged Sasha tightly.

"Thanks Sasha." Anne said, burying her face into her shoulder. Sasha held her and stroked her hair.

"We love you no matter what, Anne." She said earnestly.

About an hour later Mr. X returned and clapped his hands together. Jenny stood beside him with a small smile.

"Good news!" He said proudly as he straightened his glasses. "Everything went fabulously. The little Mrs. should be coming out of anesthesia here pretty soon. You'll be able to visit her shortly." He said, glancing at his watch.

"That's great." Anne said, getting to her feet. She glanced at Sasha who let out a sigh of relief and leaned her head back.

"Oh but I have more good news." He said, waving a hand. "The fertilization was a success too. Jenny, show the video." Jenny pulled out a tablet and opened a video. Anne and Sasha leaned forward. They watched as a small needle punctured a large round cell before injecting it with something. After about a moment or two the cell started dividing. It was slow at first but grew more rapid as time went on.

"Oh wow." Sasha said as the realization hit her. It wasn't even inside her yet but she still put a hand to her belly self-consciously and blushed.

"That's right. We'll want to see you back here in about five days mama bear. It should be ready to implant by then and well, you'll be able to handle the rest on your own." He said with a smile. He led them back into the recovery room. Marcy lit up when she saw them. They rushed over and gave her a big hug.

"Was everything successful?" Marcy asked, looking between them. They nodded. Marcy closed her eyes and smiled. Sasha was trying so hard not to cry. Marcy patted her on the back. "Sashy." She soothed. Sasha sniffed and quickly wiped her eyes. They both looked at her.

"Sorry, sorry." Sasha said, waving a hand and looking away. Anne and Marcy each took one of her hands. She gave them a watery smile. "I'm just so happy to be able to have kids with my two best friends."

"Aw, Sashy. You're just a big softie after all." Marcy teased lightly.

"Shut up Mar-mar." Sasha said lovingly. Marcy smiled and stuck out her tongue.

"Who would have thought this is how everything would turn out?" Anne asked, kissing them both.

"I know right?" Marcy said excitedly. "I mean, I would always secretly fantasize about getting you both pregnant. Sure, I knew science like this was making progress but to think in the year 20-"

"I'm sorry what?" Anne interrupted blinking quickly. "You fantasized about what?"

"Sorry!" Marcy said quickly. "I didn't mean to bring it up! To, you know, with-" She stammered as she looked at Anne apologetically. Anne shook her head. She wasn't upset. She was interested to hear Marcy's fantasy.

"Mar-mar, no. I'm not mad." Anne said, kissing her hand. "I want to hear about it." She said honestly.

"Oh gosh." Marcy said blushing and looking away. Anne and Sasha looked at each other curiously. "Well, I mean, first we'd, you know, date and then-"

"Okay, you can skip ahead a little." Sasha laughed.

"So after we got married, on our honeymoon, I'd somehow grow this massive-" Marcy said, getting a little too excited and gesturing.

"Woah! We don't need to hear those details," Anne said turning pink before whispering, "Not in here, anyway." Marcy looked confused.

"Well, what part did you want to hear about?" Marcy asked.

"Do I have, uh," Anne started self-consciously pointing down.

"Oh, you'd have whatever you wanted." Marcy said without hesitation. "I imagined everything. The main plot point is-"

"There's a plot?" Sasha whispered to Anne who wasn't listening anymore. She was too touched by Marcy's words of 'whatever you wanted.'

"-and I'd get you both pregnant at the same time. Now, logistically speaking that would be poor planning but-" Marcy continued.

"Anne?" Sasha asked gently as Anne started tearing up. Marcy stopped mid-sentence to glance quickly over at Anne.

"Anna-Banana?" Marcy asked, sounding worried. Anne suddenly hugged them both tightly.

"I love you both so much." Anne cried. They squeezed her back.