Joey and Daniel was sleeping under the stars, still with all their makeup and costumes on from the party last night, when Joey was awakened by a sharp pain in his abdomen. He put a hand on his stomach and tried to fell asleep again, since it was still dark. It didn't take many seconds before another wave of pain hit him, which spread to his back and legs. Joey pushed Daniel in the back.
"Daniel wake up", Joey said.
Daniel didn't response, as he was in a deep sleep after drinking a bit too much a few hours before. Joey then pushed even harder.
"Daniel, I think something is wrong. Wake up!" Joey yelled.
"What is it Joey?" Daniel mumbled, as he was not yet fully awake.
"I keep getting these sharp pains in my… ugh" Joey stopped as a pain wave hit again.
Daniel suddenly realized Joey was serious and turned towards him.
"Joey what's the matter? You don't look good", Daniel said since Joey looked very pale, even with a lot of the zombie makeup still on his face.
"I don't feel good either, trust me", Joey said. "We need to go to the hospital".
"Off cause. I'll drive you", Daniel said.
"No you can't", Joey said and grabbed Daniel's arm. "You are still too drunk".
"I'll call an ambulance then", Daniel said and grabbed his phone.
When Daniel looked at his phone he couldn't see anything clear on is. A combination of alcohol and stress blurred his vision. Joey then took the phone out of Daniel's hand dialed 911 before giving it back to Daniel, as he could not say much at the moment.
"Hello. It's my boyfriend. He has really sharp pains in his stomach, you need to come quick!" Daniel said.
With the ambulance on the way they were facing a big problem. How did they get Joey down? First Daniel had suggested to wait for help, but Joey just wanted to get down. Daniel then climbed halfway down the ladder, and helped Joey as he slowly got down. Daniel got Joey in the house and placed him on the sofa.
"Good. Thank you", Joey said and took some deep breaths. "Now get me some pants and a shirt. I am NOT going to the hospital in a dress."
"Sweety it's Halloween. Don't you think there are others, who…" Daniel stopped as Joey gave him an unsatisfied stare. "I'll be right back."
Daniel quickly ran upstairs and got Joey what he had asked for. Joey just managed to get the dress of and the new clothes on, before the front gate doorbell rang. Daniel let in two male paramedics, who had a stretcher with them. One of them went to get Joey of the sofa and would have supported him towards the stretcher, but just when he got Joey to stand up he called over the other paramedic, as he could not hold Joey by himself, since he was collapsing in pain. The paramedics got Joey on the stretcher and rolled him out in the ambulance. Daniel was right behind and got to drive along in the ambulance.
At the arrival at the hospital Joey had not felt any pain for about ten minutes, but his legs were still shaking a bit after the intense pain he felt earlier. Joey was rolled inside a private room and Daniel sad on a chair next to him. Then Michelle entered the room.
"Hey Joey, I can see you have had a rough morning", Michelle said. "Since you're not in pain anymore, I don't think anything serious is wrong with you or the baby".
Daniel was holding Joey's hand as he looked at Michelle.
"Are you sure nothing is wrong? I have never seen him in so much pain", Daniel asked in a worried voice.
"We will do some tests, to see if he is alright. But I also need to hear if you have strained yourself to much lately?" Michelle asked and looked at Joey.
"I really have not been doing much. Since the accident I have spent most of my time on the sofa. The first time I really got my heartrate up again was last night", Joey said.
"What where you doing last night?" Michelle asked.
"I don't look like I have been in a car accident yesterday for three whole weeks", Joey joked. "We were at a party, and I danced for like two ours. Haven't had such a good time in months."
"I bet, but I think all the dancing maybe have resulted in you getting heavy muscle cramps, which would also explain why your legs are still shivering a bit. When your muscles have not really been used in some time they easier get overexerted" Michelle explained. "I will give you something to relax after taking a blood sample. When you have gotten some sleep, I have something I would like to talk about. Also Daniel, I'll make sure to get another bed put in this room. You look like you could need some sleep too."
Michelle then drew the curtains, so Joey and Daniel could get a few extra hours of sleep, as the sun was about to rise.
After 5 hours of sleep Joey opened his eyes, he was facing the window. The leaves of trees outside the window where almost all fallen off. Joey then thought for himself, that before those trees again got fresh green leaves on them, he would have a baby. He would be a dad. And Daniel he would be a dad. Joey rolled over and looked at Daniel, who still was fast asleep on a bed next to him. Joey was getting hungry, so he pushed a button to get a nurse into the room. Michelle then came through the door, which woke Daniel.
"Sorry Daniel I through you both where awake", Michelle said.
"It's alright, I don't want to miss any information you got for us", Daniel said, got up from the bed and over to Joey, who he gave a little kiss, before sitting down in the chair.
"Let me start by saying, that I don't really have any bad news to inform you about. I have good news and results to tell you", Michelle said. "First the good news. Joey, you are in good health, every test came out normal. I will, however, encourage you to exercise more, to minimize the risk of getting the cramps again."
"We will start exercising more together, I'll motivate him", Daniel said.
"Great idea Daniel", Michelle said. "And then we come to another update, or rather lack of update. You know ever since we found out you were pregnant we have tried to figure out how it is possible. Both me, Mark and a hand full of scientists here at the hospital have overlooked dozens of ultra sound images, tested all extractable liquids, and even looked in to your pre-medical history, and we have not been able to find a reason for how you are able to be pregnant. You were not born with any female parts in your body, and now you have a closed uterus inside you with a baby in it, and your body is producing all of the hormones a pregnant woman would produce all by itself. It's like something supernatural or magical made this possible."
Both Joey and Daniel didn't know how to react and just stared at Michelle, who was really embarrassed about, that she could not give them a more scientific explanation. Joey then turned to Daniel as he remembered something.
"You don't think it could have something to do with… No, it can't be", Joey said.
"What? If you think you know something, tell me", Daniel said.
"Do you remember some months ago, when we were crystal shopping, and that one store had a psychic lady visiting for the day?" Joey asked.
"Joey, you know how I feel about them. They only want money and tell a bunch of lies", Daniel said and rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, yeah I know, but do you remember that I talked to her while you were getting that ice cream, which you like?" Joey asked.
"Oh yes, that was some good ice cream", Daniel said. "But your ice cream completely melted, because it took such a long time with that trickster", Daniel said.
"Forget about the ice cream. I have never told you what she predicted about me", Joey said.
8 months ago:
"Daniel look at that! It is so pretty", Joey said and pulled Daniel's arm.
Behind a big window was a large display of carved stones and crystals, and Joey had his eyes sat on a walnut-sized turquoise crystal, which were sat on a little white pillow.
"Joey no. You already bought six today, and we are only here to get that delicious ice cream I told you about", Daniel said.
"Come on, one last store", Joey begged.
Daniel gave in, and walked into the store with Joey. The light in the store was dimmed and the crystals were in glass cabinets with spotlights on them so they really stood out. Joey asked the lady, who was running the store, for the crystal he had seen in the window and also bought two more.
"Thank you and have a good day", the lady said. "You're not interested in meeting our psychic?"
Joey's face lit up, as he loved the supernatural and really wanted to go. At the same time, he looked at Daniel, who quickly responded to Joey's expression.
"Joey you know how I feel about them, and you promised this would be the last shop", Daniel said.
"Please", Joey said and gave Daniel a lovable look.
"Okay, but I am not waiting for you in here. I'll go get the ice cream, so make it a quick visit", Daniel said.
Daniel then left the store while Joey went up an old wooden staircase. There was no door into the room on the right, where he had been instructed to go, but strings with beads on them were hanging from the frame to the floor to create some kind of barrier.
"Come in, come in", a relatively young and blond woman said.
The room was not like Joey expected at all and nor was the Psychic. The room was bright with white walls and three large windows let in a lot of sunlight, and besides from a table with some tarot cards and a crystal ball on it, the room looked like a normal cozy living room. And he Psychic wore a light shirt and some dark blue jeans. Joey looked around, very astonished.
"Not what you expected, huh?", the Psychic said and smiled. "I don't like working in the dark, and I always hated big dresses and wild hair. The crystal ball, by the way, is also just here for dramatic effect, spoiler alert, they never really worked", she whispered. "I'm Amanda".
She stretched out her hand towards Joey, who shook it, introduced himself and sat down.
"Sorry if I'm staring. I have just never been seeing a psychic before, I guess I have watched to many movies", Joey said.
"That's quite alright, and just so you know, the first time is always the best, so you have something to look forward to", Amanda said.
"I can't wait", Joey said.
Amanda started out asking Joey about his background, and how much he believed in what she did, as an open mind would make it easier to read him. She then spread out the tarot cards and started the session. She predicted Joey an enjoyable future, where he would succeed a lot both within his career and in love, if he just continues to have an even balance between working hard for what he believed in, but also excepted peoples help even if it didn't felt like he needed it.
Joey then thanked Amanda for a great experience, which both had given him hope and a lot to think about. He then stood up from his chair to go meet up with Daniel.
"Oh Joey, before you leave", Amanda said as she went over to Joey and took his hand. "What is your biggest wish for the future to come?"
" Well… I love what I am doing, and I hope I will continue doing it for many years to come. One of my biggest dreams however, is to get kids one day", Joey answered.
"Would you say that it's THE biggest dream of yours?", Amanda asked.
"Properly yeah", Joey said and smiled.
Amanda led Joey to a sofa and sat down with him in it, still holding his hand. She then closed her eyes and took some deep breaths. Joey suddenly felt very light headed and dozed off on the sofa.
Joey woke up a couple of minutes later, and was feeling a bit numb all over his body. He then got his eyes on Amanda, who was still sitting next to him.
"What happened? How long was I gone?", Joey asked confused.
"Only about three minutes. And you should be fine and good to go", Amanda said and smiled.
"Daniel. He has been waiting for me for too long", Joey said, stood up and headed for the exit.
"Joey before you leave, remember to be careful, otherwise your dreams maybe fulfilled sooner than you'd like them too", Amanda said before she saw Joey running thought the beads.
"I will, and thanks again", Joey yelled as he ran down the stairs and out of the store.
On the other side of the street Joey saw Daniel sitting on a bench with his phone. Beside him was a cup with melted ice cream.
"I'm sorry it took so long", Joey said.
"It's your loss, is was you, who didn't get any ice cream", Daniel said and put is phone away.
They then walked home. Joey spent the evening studying his newly bought crystals and watching a movie with Daniel. However, the whole next day Joey had a terrible stomach ache and even threw up two times, but the day after he was just fine again and blamed the upset stomach on something he ate.
Present day:
"She must have made this possible", Joey said.
"Maybe some of them is the real deal", Daniel said.
"Well I still have nothing to say, to those, who ask me for an explanation, because no one will believe me if I tell that story", Michelle said.
"I don't care how it happened. I'm just glad it did", Daniel said and turned to Joey.
"I wonder if we both had visited her, would we then both be pregnant now?", Joey joked.
"Wow, I think one pregnant person in the household is more than enough", Daniel joked back.
After that Joey got some food and was permitted to go home. When Joey and Daniel opened the door, and got to the kitchen they saw that Wolf again had played with the trash can and everything from paper to old food were all over the floor. Wolf himself sat in a corner and was ashamed of himself. Storm was stood beside Joey, happy to see him.
"I'll clean it up and let the boys out in the garden, you can go sleep", Joey said and gave Daniel a side hug and a kiss on the cheek.