The Unexpected

Clover was very busy getting ready for returning to class. Before she could return to class she had to explain about Aleena, or at least, half the truth. She would tell as much of the truth as needed to the nurse, administration, and the police once they got involved. Her story was very simple or at least as simple as it was gonna get. The story was that someone had drugged her and then raped her when she wasn't aware of it, and hadn't known she was pregnant till she gave birth. Hopefully she could make it through the mess this was going to be. At the very least, she needed to find some arrangement for her daughter, because she couldn't take Aleena with her to classes.

She looked at the magenta wall clock and sighed. She had only about five and half hours before class started. Consequently, she wasn't just busy getting the perfect outfit together, she was gathering everything needed for a baby in the baby bag. Right now, Aleena was peacefully sleeping in bassinet, hopefully she would stay that way. She was a sweet little baby and luckily she'd slept all night. Clover prayed she stay asleep just tad bit longer as she began to get the breast milk bottles and diapers into the teal bag, along with a few cute outfits. The outfits were from Heidi Klum baby apparel line, "Truly Scrumptious". No child of hers was gonna be dressed in anything that wasn't chic.

She'd gotten, to some extent, accustom to the sensation of coldness, when she was alone in the nursery. Maybe she had just gotten more sensitive temperature changes due to her abnormal pregnancy. Besides, the AC was turned up full blast in the nursery. Nonetheless, the cold didn't really bother her, or Aleena, for that matter. She grabbed a lovely cherry pink onesi and a fresh diaper.

"Okay, sweetie, time to get dressed so we can see the school nurse. Can't avoid not telling anyone about this forever. Come little one, we need to make sure you're stylish. Come on," she said gently as she took her out of the bassinet and began to get her ready. In typical baby fashion the newborn was not happy! She kept crying once Clover picked her up. Rocking her didn't help and just holding her wasn't enough. "I really need to pick up, "What to Expect after Birth Parenting", books! We don't have time for this, honey; I need to eat something to power through my day. Especially if you want a good meal yourself. Classes are grueling enough without any kinda fuel to power through them, that is, if I even get to class today. Plus we need to keep you out of your crazy dad's hands. I won't let him hurt you. I am your mom and that all you need."

Aleena stopped screaming, her little whimpers was all that could be heard. Being only about a week and half old; she couldn't really do much else. Her big blue eyes looked like the perfect shade of the summer sky. All Clover could do is smile at her precious bundle. Aleena's hair was as golden as a sunflower, even though she'd those odd streaks of icy blue zigzagging through her hair. She was a very beautiful baby all things considered.

Clover finishing getting Aleena dressed and changed. She carried her into the kitchen, and grabbed some random food from the fridge, and scarfed it down quickly before getting ready to breastfeed. Clover swore she heard her mom's voice in her head, "you need to eat and drink a healthy meal if you want your breast milk to avoid spoiling." Clover felt dizzy for a few seconds before steadying herself.

"Okay, sweetie, we both eaten, even if it wasn't the healthiest of things. I promise after today I'll eat so healthy so you and I can be in the fittest form. I promise you this, Aleena. That I'll do everything in my power to give you the best life possible. Now than we've got to go to the Student Health Center. I don't know what will happen after that, but I'll make sure you're cared for no matter what. "

Aleena was obediently suckling her breakfast Sam and Alex were still sleeping at this point. Clover was taking great care to make sure she didn't wake her daughter's godmothers up. She knew that they still thought it was a bad idea to go through all this, but it had to be done. She was also hoping that Woohp was doing all in their power to track down and capture Dr. Gelee. She wanted him behind bars for good this time. Plus she also wanted to know why he did this to her. She knew he didn't just get her pregnant to have a baby. He must've really wanted something from Aleena and her. Particularly if he went to all the trouble of abducting her and forcing her to have an accelerated pregnancy.

She slowly rocked her daughter back and forth now that she'd finished feeding. Staring at her daughter's precious face she knew she was her new world. And now it wasn't just about herself anymore or petty unimportant priorities. Boys, shopping and fashion, were now meaningless. They didn't matter at all, all that mattered was this life before her.

She'd been wondering if she should tell her mom what had happened. She hadn't told anyone outside of Woohp and Sam and Alex about Aleena. It was probably time she let her mom know that she was a grandma. Perhaps it was alright that her mom and her friends' moms were now Woohp Spies themselves. That way they understood how these wacky outrageous villains in addition to their kooky plans made things out-of-this-world crazy, which normal reality rules were thrown out the window.

Though comforted by this thought, it didn't change the fact, that she didn't know how Stella was gonna take this. Nevertheless she needed to be told sooner or later. Perhaps she'd go with her to see Dr. Greiner later today, when she went to take Aleena for her check-up and to get her shots. As she was thinking about all this she noticed that she was feeling even more chilly than normal. It wasn't the AC that was doing this either the room was much too cold even for that. She looked down to get a blanket for Aleena, however she seemed perfectly fine.

"Aleena, you okay? You're not cold?" she asked even though she knew Aleena couldn't answer. She was still way too young to do anything other than cry. And babies didn't even get tears till they're six to twelve weeks old. Though, she did notice that Aleena had indeed picked up her accent. She'd seen on the show "I didn't know I was pregnant" that babies do cry with an accent, having learned it while in the womb.

"Aleena, I know you may not understand what's going on. Seeing how your mind is mostly empty now with only a few sparse images. I know today gonna be very hard on both of us. I'm just hoping that Dr. Gelee doesn't show up and try and take you. Why is it so cold in here?" she wondered as she walked over to the AC and tried to turn it down some, yet it was still slightly chilly. Sighing she got her things together put Aleena in her baby carrier. As she left she grabbed two things from the fridge. One was a bright blue Poweraid energy drink and the other thing was a veggie sandwich. Cramming them into her bag she picked up the carrier and went out the door.

Taking the elevator she left her penthouse and headed in the earlier morning hours to the clinic. Pausing only a moment to run her hairbrush quickly through her short golden hair she arrived at the clinic. Swallowing hard she opened the door and went inside. The smells of medicine and disinfects swiftly filled her nostrils and she gaged from it. Covering her face she quickly came to the office of Mal-U head campus doctor and of course head nurse's office as well. Knocking once she waited about three minutes before the door opened, and a young woman with long curly ebony hair, wearing a scarlet dress and white lab coat opened up. She gazed at the young spy with her big brown eyes and smiled once. This ease some of the tension that the new mom was feeling. Clover also loved the carmine shade of lipstick that the doctor had on and hoped to ask her about it later. Before she could ask about the lipstick the doctor spoke.

"Hello, Clover. I heard you'd be coming for a medical exam and a secret meeting. Well, take a seat over there. Terri will be back in few minutes with some good strong coffee and we can get this meeting underway," she said as she gestured to a large bluish black seat.

"Thanks, Dr. Fess, I also thank you for keeping this a secret from the rest of the campus. I know some other people don't get the meaning of confidential. So, thank you so much for seeing me at this early hour. I brought with you all the medical records I could of my past medical health. I also brought papers from the doctor who helped me deliver Aleena. So here they are." Clover said as she took a large folder from her bag.

"Thanks, Clover. Now all we've got to do is wait for Nurse Foster."

"Here, I am. And I've got the coffee," Nurse Foster spoke up as she came in carrying a cardboard tray filled with Starbucks coffee. She plucked one and gave it to Dr. Fess. Putting the rest on the counter she took one for herself. She took a big sip and smiled. Then spoke a second time, "Now that we've got the coffee following, let's get this exam under way. And we promise, Clover, no-one will know about this meeting. What happens today with you stays between the few who will interview you today, okay?"

"Thanks. I did bring Aleena with me of course. Please give her a thorough exam as well, okay? And turn down the AC. I don't want her to catch a cold."

The doctor and nurse glanced at each other and spoke. "We don't have the AC on. Yet it is a bit chilly. Oh well just forget it. Time to get this exam started. Into this room now," so the four of them went into an exam room and door was locked behind them.

The exam took two and half hours as Clover was examined from head-to-toe and Aleena was also looked over just as througly. The doctors were a bit confused by some of the exam, espelly when they looked at her girl parts. They saw that while Clover said she'd been drugged and raped it didn't' show too well on the exam. But it must have occurred months ago. And even the doctor knew that evil people who committed these acts of evil are very good at destroying any evdenice. Plus they'd seen for themselves the TLC show "I didn't know I was pregnant" so they did buy her story when she said she didn't know. They glanced at what the Woohp doctor exam had shown and they eventually wrapped it up.

"Well, this was one of the oddest exams I've ever done on a student, Clover," Dr. Fess said as she threw her latex gloves into wastebasket. She picked up a clipboard and began to write some things down. Clover started to sit up on the exam bead and bravely spoke up.

"I know it took me by complete surprise. And the answers is no before you ask your next question. I've got no idea who did this to me. I told you just because I'm boy crazy doesn't mean I just give it away! I swear I didn't know till I had to give birth a little over a week ago. When I got to the hospital, Dr. Greiner told me I was in labor, and we tried a natural birth, yet I developed quite quickly preeclampsia. As a result I had to have in the end a C-section. Now tell me please, how was my baby's exam?" she asked as she was changing back into her normal clothes.

"Well, I just finished giving her some of her basic shots. She seems healthy, though I can recommend a good pediatrician to you. She needs to have one and see her regularly. I'll say this though. You're Dr. Greiner was very good at her job to save you from preeclampsia. Not a very good thing to have seeing how it can kill you. And for a baby without any prenatal care she seems very healthy. I love the name you picked for her. Aleena. Very pretty."

"Thank you, Nurse Foster. That's good to know. Is there anything else I need to know before I go see the police or school board? I mean I don't think the police will really be able to do much. Since whenever this rape happened I wasn't aware of it. Though, I must've been drugged and raped seeing how I thought I was still a virgin when I had Aleena."

"Well, we'll tell you this right now, Clover. Its gonna be a least a month before you can go back to class, seeing how a baby to be put into the daycare center has to be at least six to eight weeks old, before a daycare will take them on. But we will do our very best to help you."

"Thank you, two. It's nice to know things will get better. And I'll give that pediatrician a call. What's their name?" she asked kindly as she took Aleena from the nurse and put her back into the baby carrier. She seemed really fussy and looked like she needed a new diaper. So she took her out and changed her quickly before putting her back into the carrier. "Does this ever get any easier?" she inquired after she was done with this. The two women looked at each other with knowing smiles. It was obvious that they already had kids of their own.

"Well, it does take some time to get use to them. And there are times you just want to scream and bang your head against a wall. Nevertheless, Clover, its wroth it in the end. I had three kids in my life. Two girls and a boy. And trust me when I say this as a fair warning. It wasn't easy at all to deal with a teenage girl who just got her diver license, and also have to deal with the middle child, wanting me to take her to ballet practice, and have to deal with a three year old boy crying for apple juice. So, it does get easier with time and not everyone can do it, but I've got a feeling you'll do just fine." Dr. Fess answered in an assuring tone of voice.

"Yeah and then after you've raised them right you get to pass their troubles over to them when they've your grandkids. I've got about six grandkids of my own right now and two more are on the way. So, you'll see rewards eventually. It will be alright, Clover. We both have faith you'll do just fine with Aleena." Nurse Foster assured her as she handed Clover the phone number for pediatrician.

"Thanks. I'll keep that in mind. So this doctor name is Dr. Janine Hart? I'll give her a call and set up an appointment as soon as possible. Thanks! See you two later!" Clover promised as she headed to her next stop. She was just about through the door when she slipped. Both Fess and Foster caught her and were surprised to see a patch of ice on the door's threshold. That was very odd indeed. None of them knew where the ice had come from. Still after making sure Clover and Aleena were alright they left for the next meeting.

The rest of the day was one big blurb to Clover. She did see the police and the school administration and gave them the best story she could. It scared her somewhat, that they might not believe her story, even with the medical records backing up her cover story some. Still in end it all worked out. She was given a month medical leave. She could do her classes over the internet and once her child was old enough she could be placed into the student daycare.

When she finally got back to the penthouse she felt relived some. At least she'd some time to figure it all out. Sam and Alex came back from their day of classes and Clover had put Aleena down to nap. She told them all she could of what happened. She also asked them if Jerry had found Gelee yet and if Dr. Greiner had found out any more information. Sadly that was a no on both accounts. They explained that Woohp had gone to the Aleutian hideout and found that it had been completely demolished. Consequently, they still couldn't identify all the medications that had been used to create Aleena. Thus they didn't know the full extent of the experiment that had been done to her. This made her very uneasy and worried. All of sudden Aleena woke up needing her mommy.

"Excuse me a moment, girls. I guess I'm gonna have to get use to not getting a lot of sleep for a while," she said as she went to the nursery and opened the door. Yet her reaction was to scream and Sam and Alex jumped up and went to see why Clover was screaming. They all stood shell-shocked in the doorway. Aleena's nursery was full of a light dusting of snow and pretty icicles framed the windows.

All that the trio could say was "Oh My God! What the heck is going on?!"

Dr. Gelee was smiling as he spied on them through Clover's eyes from his new hideout. It looked like part two of the experiment had begun a little earlier then expect. This was too good to be true!