When Aubrey returned to Barden to begin her second semester, her parents had taken her out to dinner before saying their good byes and wished their daughter a good semester. The second she closed her door, the blonde packed an over night bag and went to Chloe's apartment. Aubrey was surprised when Chloe didn't answer on the first or second series of knocks. The blonde tried the door and was annoyed, yet grateful that it was unlocked. Aubrey didn't have to look far as she saw her girlfriend at her desk with headphones on and decided to surprise the red head.
The blonde gently put her hands on Chloe's shoulders and slowly started rubbing. The ginger moaned at the sudden pleasure before taking her headphones off and swiveling her chair. "Hey baby, I didn't know you would be done with dinner so early or I would have offered to pick you up from your dorm."
Aubrey shrugged before dropping into Chloe's lap, "It's ok. Posen's are annoyingly efficient at everything. Including goodbye dinners."
"So… did you tell them?" the redhead asked hesitantly as she moved her hands to her girlfriend's stomach and started rubbing soothing circles.
The blonde sighed heavily and shook her head. "I'm just not ready."
Chloe turned Aubrey around so the couple were making eye contact, "Hey, it's ok. I was just curious. But, not being ready, does that mean you're keeping him or her? Or are you still weighing your options? Again, I will support you no matter what decision you make. I just thought that maybe you meant that you aren't ready right now but will be in a few months because you're keeping the baby?"
Aubrey started running her hands through fiery locks, "I haven't made a final decision yet, I'm definitely am leaning towards keeping it, but I'm only a month along. There are still eight months to go."
The red head nodded as she listened to everything the blonde said, all of it making perfect sense because it came out of Aubrey Posen's mouth, but couldn't help but wince when Aubrey referred to their baby as "it". Although it was a small action, it did not go unnoticed by the blonde. "Hey, are you ok? I know that you said you really want a kid, but if you're having doubts you have to tell me."
Chloe looked down at the floor, "No, I'm still really excited to potentially be a parent, I just get a little offended when people use the word "it" when referring to a human being, because people used to call me "it" instead of "she" because I'm intersex. I know it's silly because our baby's sex hasn't been determined yet, but I still have some sensitivity to the word "it"
The blonde put her hand under the ginger's chin, and forced her to make eye contact with her. "I'm sorry that I used a word that offends you. I won't use it anymore, promise."
Chloe allowed a small smile to cross her lips. "It's ok Bree. I know you didn't mean it like that and you only said it because the baby doesn't have a sex yet. But from now on maybe we could use gender neutral terms like they or them until we find out the sex?"
"I think that's a great idea if it'll make you more comfortable. Speaking of finding out our little bundle of joy's sex, I should probably make an appointment to see the doctor. I have Fridays off so I can do any time on that day."
"I just have a discussion at ten, but after that I'm free."
"Great. I'll make the appointment on Monday. Now, stop being rude and give me a welcome back kiss."
For the rest of the night the couple cuddled on Chloe's couch and watched reruns of Parks and Recreation while the red head spooned the blonde, occasionally engaging in some light kissing. At two in the morning both girls decided it was time to go to bed. When both girls had brushed their teeth, they made their way to the bedroom. Like their first time sleeping together, Aubrey got in first and was Chloe's little spoon.
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The first week of second semester went by relatively quick for Aubrey, Chloe, and the rest of Barden thanks to it being syllabus week. Instead of going out every night to take advantage of that week's leniency like they had first semester, the couple chose to stay in every night at Chloe's apartment, cooking for each other, watching TV, and talking before cuddling up together in bed.
On Friday morning, Aubrey let herself sleep in until nine-thirty, Chloe was already gone when she woke up, before getting out of bed to get ready for their appointment at none. Chloe got back from class at quarter after eleven, giving her enough time to drop off her pack back and pick up Aubrey before heading to Barden's university hospital.
A few minutes after checking in, the blonde's name was called and she and Chloe made their way towards the back. "I'm sorry Miss Posen, your friend will have to stay out here for the appointment."
Aubrey blushed and looked down at the floor before quietly saying, "She's not just a friend here for moral support she's the father."
The nurse shot a questioning look at a now proudly grinning Chloe before allowing the red head into the exam room. Aubrey was weighed and had her blood pressure, height, and temperature taken before being given a gown to change into before the doctor arrived. The blonde quickly started stripping her clothes, folding them before handing them to Chloe who kept everything on her lap. When she was ready for the doctor, Aubrey hopped onto the exam table and started taking deep calming breaths to ease the sudden feeling of nausea that had washed over her. It wasn't morning sickness, by this point the blonde knew what that was like and this feeling was totally different. Chloe had noticed a change in her girlfriend's demeanor and immediately laced her fingers with Aubrey's. "Are you ok? I don't think I've ever seen you this nervous."
"Yeah, I'm ok. It's just—everything is becoming real. Seeing the positive pregnancy test was one thing, like a bad dream that I would eventually wake up from in my bed before finals. Now, sitting here on an exam table at a doctor's office? There's no more pretending this isn't going to happen eventually, unless I get an abortion, which I wouldn't be able to live with myself after."
Aubrey crying angry tears by the time she finished her mini-speech. After catching her breath and looking at a wide mouthed Chloe, the blonde whipped her tears and began to recompose herself.
"Bree," Before Chloe could even begin there was a knock at the door before a small man with salt and pepper hair came into the room and shook the blonde and the red head's hands. "Aubrey, I'm Doctor Cook. I'll be your gynecologist." Doctor Cook looked at Chloe and extended his hand to her as well. "Hello, I'm Doctor Cook. I understand that you're the father?"
Chloe shook Doctor Cook's hand before nodding.
The doctor gave the red head a curt nod before turning his attention back to Aubrey. "So Ms. Posen, what are you looking to get out of this appointment?"
"I guess I just want a confirmation that I'm pregnant. I know those at home tests are like 99 percent accurate to make sure. I want to discuss my options. I haven't made a final decision yet, but I want to know what's available for me if it comes to that. And I want to discuss other forms of birth control because I got pregnant while I was on the pill."
Doctor Cook nodded and took made a couple of notes on Aubrey's file as she talked. "Well Ms. Posen, I think it's good that you're keeping your options open for the time being. Ultimately that is your choice, but I'd be happy to send you home with some pamphlets for local adoption agencies and some clinics. This being a Catholic hospital, an abortion couldn't be performed here. I can check to make sure the test was right, but I won't be able to do much beyond that because from what your file says you can't be more than six weeks pregnant. Birth control won't be necessary for a while but we can certainly discuss other forms now. Before we write off the pill completely, I just want to ask a couple of questions if that's alright with you."
"Yes that's fine."
"Do you know on what day you started taking the pill?"
Aubrey scrunched her face in concentration, trying to get an accurate date for the doctor. "I started taking it on December sixth."
"And around what day did you and…"
"Chloe," The red head chimed in.
"What day did you and Chloe begin having sex?"
"December 19, the day of my last final."
The doctor slowly started nodding his head. "Ah, I see. The problem wasn't necessarily the pill. Your doctor or the pharmacist should have told you that the pill isn't effective for preventing pregnancy for the first month."
Aubrey and Chloe both nodded slowly in realization. Doctor Cook allowed the girls to have a moment for everything to fully set in before speaking again. "So let's see if that test falls into the 99 percent or the one percent shall we?"
After conducting the exam, Doctor Cook confirmed that Aubrey was about six weeks pregnant and prescribed some pre-natal vitamins, per the blonde's request before sending the couple to the waiting room to make another appointment in six weeks. While Aubrey was trying to coordinate something with the receptionist that worked for her and Chloe, Doctor Cook pulled the red head aside and handed her a piece of paper with a few names and numbers on it. "I know a couple of psychologists and endocrinologist and Barden who would probably be interested in talking to you about your condition. Give them a call if you're comfortable talking about it."
Chloe took the paper and nodded before joining Aubrey again. It stuck the red head as strange, but figured if it could help raise awareness on being intersex it was worth it. The red head was pulled from her thoughts when she heard Aubrey calling her name. "Ready to go?"
The ginger recovered quickly with a smile as she grabbed her girlfriend's hand "Yep. Let's go home."