9. Who's The Father?
((Skye: "By the way, this is not yet humanly possible. It was all written by Veronica. I haven't written ANYTHING since chapter… three!"))
"Oh Asher, why do we have to do this?" Marina asked her fiancée. "Because Marina, I want to know if I'm the father or not. It matters a lot to me to know." Asher replied. They finally arrived in the part of the hospital they needed to be in. They were sent to the doctor right away.
"Hi, I'm Dr. Fiana. How are you Ms. Rollins?" The doctor sat on a stool near the bed Marina laid in. Marina smiled at the doctor and replied, "Good. Have you met my fiancée and the father of my child?" Marina put her hand in Asher's. "No. Nice to meet you," Dr. Fiana shook Asher's hand. "We don't know if I'm the father yet, Marina. I'm Asher Bay." Asher took back his hand and sent Marina a look of uncertainty.
"We just need a bit of blood, Mr. Bay. Then Miss Rollins will provide the rest." The doctor stuck a needle into Asher's arm. He cried out in pain. When he saw Marina's frightened face, he faked a smile. The doctor then extracted blood from Marina. Marina began to whimper, but Asher calmed her quickly.
The doctor returned shortly. "Well, we know if he's the father or not." Dr. Fiana said when she'd sat down again. "Asher, I'm telling you, this whole thing was useless. YOU ARE THE FATHER!" Marina yelled to Asher. The doctor didn't look at Marina when she looked for confirmation. "He is the father, right?" Marina asked with tension. "Well, no. He's not." Dr. Fiana said simply, avoiding any glare she knew Marina was giving her. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! He is the father! I'm sure of it!" Marina stood up and looked like she was about to punch either Asher or the doctor, both ducked. "Miss Rollins, the blood test doesn't lie. Mr. Bay isn't the father." Dr. Fiana stood to leave. "Wait! If Asher's not the father, then who is?" Marina asked with a mixture of anger and fear in her voice. "Miss Rollins, I don't know. You'd have to have blood tests with all of your partners with in the last two months." The doctor left.
"TWO MONTHS! Marina, you had said you were only a week along. We've only known each other a WEEK! Not two months." Asher exclaimed once they were back in his room. "Asher, I love you. I told you that to get you to marry me. You should have known that you couldn't be the father. I thought you wouldn't know, that somehow someway, the test would say it was yours. But you're smarter than I thought, and yet still as dimwitted." Marina sat on Asher's bed. She smiled sweetly and beckoned him to sit beside her. He went, but only out of pity. "Dear you're tense. Let me give you a back rub." Marina began pulling up his shirt so she could massage the skin better. Asher spun around and yelled, "Get out! Get out of my room! I don't ever want to see you again!" Marina stood with fear. Asher had never yelled at her before. She stoked her belly that was beginning to show, but just barely. She hoped he'd welcome her to his arms, but he just pointed to the door.
"So, who's the father?" Larc asked once Asher had told her and Patrick the story. "I don't know! Why do you care?" Asher asked Larc. "I don't care for your sake, for Vanessa. She's been really upset over this whole thing. You should have seen her face yesterday when she walked in after seeing you. It was tear streaked." Larc told Asher with a tense voice. "I thought she hated me. Why would she cry?" Asher asked dumbly. "Asher are you really that dumb? She feels betrayed. She hates you yes, but she doesn't want you to have feelings for a maid over her. She wants to see other people, but you can't." Larc explained. "And anyway, she's jealous. She hates you for making her jealous." Asher walked to the door. "Thanks for clearing that up." Asher walked out.
Still not humanly possible. Heh, Larc gets to enlighten Asher at the end... I think we all hate him.