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Chapter Three
"Hello?"
"Hi...I'm calling for Miss Emily Fields,"
"Speaking."
"Um, this is Dr Scott calling from the fertility clinic you donated your eggs to,"
"Yeah...Rosehill right? I already got the letter explaining the experiment worked and thanking me-"
"That's just it Miss Fields...there's been a mistake. As you know you donated your eggs for a medical science experiment, to see if we could use the eggs DNA to turn into synthetic sperm-"
"Yeah, I understood the procedure...wait did you say there was a mistake? Did it not work after all?"
"This isn't an easy subject so I'm just going to jump straight in. It worked...everything worked exactly how it was suppose to and we were able to produce viable synthetic sperm from your eggs. It's a medical breakthrough in the fertility field...the problem is that your sperm got used-"
"What? What does that mean?"
"It was a complete accident but someone got inseminated with your sperm. Now obviously this is a time sensitive matter. We'd have to wait for two weeks to even confirm that a pregnancy has occurred. However the woman in question has a few options and her opinions might change if you wanted or didn't want to find out if there was conception-"
"I-I-Is that even possible? Would the kid even be...healthy?"
"Absolutely, the synthetic sperm works exactly the same as regular sperm. Fifty percent you, fifty percent her...give or take. I understand this is a lot to take in Miss Fields and of course you must need time to think about it. All I ask is for you to try and let me know your decision by the end of the night, one of the options if neither of you want to go forward is the morning after pill and that's the latest the other woman can take it-"
"Oh-kay...I uh...understand. I'll...I'll...be in touch."
"Em?" Dani shot up, placing a comforting hand on her friends back.
"What's going on?" Jon asked.
"I..I-" Emily trailed off, her mouth moving but nothing coming out. She felt like she couldn't breathe. Is this how guys felt when a one night stand called them up, telling them they were going to be a Dad?
"Who was it Em?" Dani's brown eyes searched hers, Emily swallowed thickly.
"Is your Mom okay?"
"She's...fine," Emily nodded, willing her eyes to focus on something, "You know I sent my eggs to a clinic...you know for that experiment?"
Her friends nodded.
"That was the fertility clinic-"
"So did it work?"
"It's not that," Emily looked down at her shoes, taking a deep breath before looking back up at her friends, "Something happened...there was a mistake."
"Emily, calm down and try to explain," Dani sat her friend down.
"They...they accidentally...they-"
"Em, you're going to have to be clearer," Jon stroked the brunettes back.
"The clinic, there was a mix up and they used my sperm," Emily looked between her friends concerned expressions, "They inseminated someone."
"What?!"
"I..." Emily stared at her friends before standing up, "I need some space."
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Emily sat heavily in the sand, looking out over the ocean. Her eyes brimmed with tears. Her heart felt like it was going to beat out of her chest. She'd always wanted kids. You know, down the line when she was married and stuff. Not now. Not with someone she'd never even met. She had no idea how to process this, so she did the only thing she could think of.
"Hello?"
"Mom," Emily sobbed the moment she heard her mother's voice.
"Emmy, what's wrong?"
"I don't know what to do," Emily cried.
"Well," Pam sighed after Emily had filled her in on all the details, "How do you feel?"
"Like I can't breathe," Emily hiccuped.
"How would you feel if she...if this woman decided to end the pregnancy?"
"She was inseminated this morning Mom, I don't think it works that quick-"
"Pretend she is pregnant with your child. How would you feel if-"
"Devastated," Emily wiped her eyes, "I would hate for my child to be wiped out before it even had the chance to be anyone."
"If that's how you feel then perhaps you know what your decision is?"
"But Mom, I don't even know who it is! What if they don't want to raise a child-"
"Emmy, listen to me...there is every chance that this woman doesn't want a child. But if you do then what is there to think about. It's your child too and think about it, just because she'd be giving you a chance to raise this child doesn't mean that she has to. Does it?"
"So you're saying that even if the woman doesn't want a child it doesn't matter, that then I'd just raise the child alone?"
"Well...I guess it would be easier on some levels."
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Emily took a deep breath as the phone rang, Dani sat next to her with a supportive hand on her back. She glanced down at their entangled fingers, a little smile forming on her face.
"Hi...Dr Scott. I want to wait...if the other woman is pregnant with my child then I'd like the chance to raise it...with or without her."
"Alright Miss Fields, thank you for getting back to me so quickly. I'm sure the other woman will appreciate it. As I said we have to wait two weeks but we will be in touch as soon as we know the results."
"Thanks, yeah...I'll wait for your call. Do you think I should like get in touch with the other woman or something?"
"Um...I think that for now perhaps we should keep it all confidential...at least until we know one way or the other."
"Okay, well thanks," Emily swallowed.
"It's going to be okay you know?" Dani said, turning Emily to face her, "If she isn't pregnant then that's fine but if she is? Sure it'll be a lot of work and stuff. But it will be nice, won't it?"
Emily raised a questioning eyebrow.
"Having a mini Emily running around will sure make things interesting."
AN: Please R&R