A/N: Hey, new chapter, yay! I'm really sorry to say that..Spock is not going to be in this chapter. But I promise that he will be here in later chapters! But anyway, sorry for any spelling mistakes, I hope you enjoy this as much as I did writing it x
One more thing! Thank you DyceyMew for helping me with this chapter, it was greatly appreciated x
Warnings for this chapter: Mpreg, and graphical explanations of the mpreg.
Disclaimer: I do not own Star Trek
Chapter 3: It Looks Like a Peanut!
"Jim? Come on mate! Snap out of it!" Scotty yells. Jim is too deep into his thoughts to hear him right now.
No no no no no, this can't be happening right now.
"Jim!" He yells once more, starting to get fed up.
Then it hit him. No literally, he got hit. Scotty slapped Jim on the cheek and broke his train of thought, "OW! The hell was that for!?" Jim whined, rubbing his face as it turned crimson red due to how hard Scotty hit him.
"You were ignorin' me! I thought you were going into shock or somethin'." Scotty casually shrugged, like as if the slap was nothing. It angered Jim.
Scotty could have sworn he saw Jim tear up just a bit, "Oh my god are you about to cry?" He said in a pathetic voice.
"What?! No way!" Jim lied. It was those damn pregnancy hormones making him like that. Scotty sure did slap him hard, but not hard enough to make a grown ass man cry, he thought angrily.
"Aw Jim, it's ok! You're pregnant, of course you're going to act like this." He chuckled, then receiving a glare from Jim.
Jim and Scotty's silly moment was interrupted by doctor McCoy knocking the door and letting himself in, "I have important news to discuss with you Mr Kirk-"
"Please, enough with the Mr. Just call me Jim," he smiled.
"Ok, Jim. There is something I need to tell you about the Vulcan fertility history. Since the man you slept with was a Vulcan, I thought it would be important that you'd know this." He cleared his throat. "There had only been one human in history to bear a Vulcan child and that human was a woman, making you the first man to be impregnated by one. According to research, human males who normally get pregnant, deliver their baby with a cesarean, because the uterus they have does not have a birth canal for them to deliver." He explains and Jim is feeling even more anxious to where the doctor's getting at. "But for you, that's different, because the Vulcan DNA is going to change you. When 2 Vulcan males have intercourse and one of them is impregnated, the other's semen will change their body over the course of the 9 months, meaning your uterus will have a birth canal to help you deliver the baby."
"What?" Jim and Scotty both exclaimed.
"Wait- wait- wait just a minute!" Jim shakes his head, "You're telling me, that I'm going to give birth to it naturally?! How is that even possible!? I don't have the right parts, no man has the right parts to do it naturally!" He yelled, confused and anxious.
"Well...the Vulcan DNA will create a birth canal that will connect your uterus to your rectum." Dr McCoy explained, giving a dull smile.
"Oh my god I think I'm going to be sick." Jim says, going pale. Luckily he isn't nauseous enough to actually bring back everything he ate today.
Scotty on the other hand was silently grossed out. He did NOT need to know that, oh my god.
"Moving on from all the gross stuff now, I want to do an ultrasound on you. I need to check the foetus' health and how far along you are." Dr McCoy says, while everyone gets up and follows him to a different room.
He leads them into a fairly small room that has an ultrasound machine and a bed right next to it for the patient. At least this one looked much more comfortable than the last.
"Are you wearing anything underneath that uniform?" McCoy questions, pointing to Jim.
"Uh, yeah I'm wearing a t-shirt and jeans. Do you want me to take it off?" Stupid question, of course he has to take it off.
"Yes I need you to do that. And once you're done, I want you to lay on the bed, lift your shirt up and unbutton your jeans. Don't take them off though." He chuckled, getting he machine ready.
Jim did as he was told and took off his work's uniform. He felt so much to better to be out of it. He was stating to feel stuffy in it because he'd been wearing it the whole day. He wondered if Scotty felt the same way. He gave the oil stained uniform to Scotty to hold and laid down on the bed, lifted his t-shirt up and unbuttoned his jeans. Jim's stomach was still pretty flat, considering he's only 2 months.
"Need a hand to hold?" Scotty joked.
"Piss off Scotty," Jim chuckled at his friend's stupid humour. He could have sworn he hear McCoy secretly laugh along with Scotty.
"This going to be a little cold," McCoy said, holding a bottle of clear gel above Jim's lower stomach.
He squirted it and Jim immediately flinched at the cold contact with the gel, "sorry," The doctor smiled apologetically. "Here we go, you ready?"
"More than ever." Jim lied. Hell, he was as nervous as ever.
Once the doctor placed the ultrasound probe beneath Jim's belly button, he began moving it around and searching. A few seconds of searching and then there it was. The faint sound of a very fast heartbeat becoming louder and louder as McCoy gently pressed on Jim's stomach.
"There's your baby's heartbeat," McCoy said not looking at Jim.
Jim was in awe. "That's...that's it's heartbeat?" He mumbles. "It's so fast.." He concerned, yet was mesmerised by the rhythm. "Scotty, do you hear that?" He says in a low voice, turning to his friend who was also awed by this.
"Thas' amazing." Scotty whispers to Jim. "And yeah it's very very fast too. Is that normal, doctor?"
"Yeah that's perfectly normal. And by the looks of it, you're just over 2 months, making you about 9 weeks along. And the foetus looks pretty healthy." He said, finally looking at Jim. "Would you like to see it?"
Jim's eyes widened, "y-yes, I want to see it." He hesitated.
McCoy without a word, turns the medium sized screen around and points to a little black and white blob on the screen. "It's about the size of your pinky finger right now."
"Oh my god it looks like a peanut." Scotty said, getting up to have a closer look.
Jim squints a bit and turns his head, "oh yeah it does too!" He exclaimed. "Do you think it's going to have pointy ears like a Vulcan?"
"Most likely," Mccoy replied.
Jim didn't really mind that the baby's half will be like Spock. But that was also his baby in there, growing inside of him. Jim felt his heart clench at the sight of it. It was so cute and tiny. He just kept staring at it, not wanting to take his eyes off the screen. He then felt the sudden urge to take his hand and place it protectively over his stomach, but he avoided doing so.
McCoy, Jim and Scotty all went back to the room that they were in before. Jim seems to have calmed down a bit more and Scotty seems a bit..excited?
"Jim, before you leave I need you to take this," McCoy says as he hands him a piece of paper and pills, "these are prenatal vitamins, I want you to take two when you wake up in the morning and two before bed. And if you want something to help with the nausea, have crackers and water for breakfast, it helps a lot. Also, I'm booking you for another appointment for when you reach your 5th month."
"Great, thank you doc. Just one question though," Jim says right before he leaves, "when does the nausea stop?"
"That'll stop when you finish your first trimester., when you enter your fourth month. By then, you might actually start to show." McCoy chuckled.
Jim looks down at his flat stomach then back up again. He groans in response. Great. Another month of morning horror and then a side dish of looking fat for the next several months.
"Thanks doc, I'll see you in 3 months." Jim waved.
Both men went outside to the nurse's desk and got told what date to come for Jim's next appointment. Jim flirtatiously winked at the nurse right before he left, resulting in Scotty rolling his eyes. Typical.
Once they were finally outside, Scotty exploded in a happy outburst, "I'm gonna be an uncle!"
"Scotty, quiet down! People are looking at us." Jim said, feeling extremely embarrassed.
"Sorry, got just a wee bit excited for a second ther'." Scotty said, in a lower toned voice.
Both men headed towards Jim's car and got in. Jim didn't start the car because he was too busy reading the list that the doctor gave him of what he should and shouldn't eat.
"What does it say?" Scotty asked, trying to take a peak.
"Obviously it says I shouldn't be allowed to have alcohol and...coffee. God damn it, I don't wanna give up coffee! It's enough that I have to give up going to the bar now!" Jim complained, "damn I'm going to have to tell Noah about this."
"Jim relax, it isn't that bad. You're doing this for health reasons. Besides, it's only for a few more months." Scotty compromised.
"Yeah I don't know about that." Jim murmured.
"Ey! What's that supposed t'mean?" Scotty almost growled.
"Nothing! Relax Scotty, jeez." Jim sighs, finally taking off and driving to his apartment. On the way, the car ride was silent and Scotty eyed him suspiciously a few times without Jim noticing.
"Jim what's the matter with you?" You've been acting a bit funny since we left the doctor's." Scotty finally says after fifteen minutes of none of them talking the whole of the car ride.
They arrived at the apartment and Jim has ignored what Scotty had just said until he went inside and lazily sat on the couch. Still not a word.
"Don't give me this silent treatment crap, were not in high school." Scotty said, clearly annoyed by Jim's behaviour. "Bloody hell Jim w-"
"I don't know if I want to keep the baby!" He interrupted, finally speaking.
Scotty stood there in front of Jim, all the emotion gone from his face not knowing what to say next.
"Jim..what...are you-" He stuttered, not able to find the right words.
"I said I'm not sure ok! I don't know what to decide! I just need some space right now." Jim stood up, rubbing his face.
He walked to the the kitchen, avoiding eye contact with Scotty and grabbed a glass of water, "Scotty I just need time to think right now." He said taking a gulp of water then heavily leaning in the kitchen bench top.
Scotty knew what he meant. He really did need to be left alone. He wasn't upset, because he knew that Jim really did need some air right now.
"Take your time Jim. Just think about all of this before you do anything," was all Scotty said before he left.
Jim audibly sighed and went to get ready to take a shower. He felt so much under stress right now. If he kept the baby, what about the other father? The Vulcan is probably back with his girlfriend right now. He doesn't want to tell him. If he didn't keep the baby, he would still feel horrible. Killing an innocent life? That makes him feel sick just thinking about that. He just doesn't know anymore.
A week had passed since the doctor's appointment and Jim was at work. Both Scotty and him had decided to never bring up the subject of keeping the baby since then. Scotty had decided to give Jim all the time he needs to think about it and he didn't want to pressure him at all. But today was different. Jim finally spoke about it and told him his decision.
"Scotty I'm keeping it." He says, slightly wincing. Any moment now Scotty was going to have another happy outburst.
"REALLY?" Scotty shouts, his voice echoing around the place. Everyone around them looked toward Scotty and Jim faceplamed himself, making Scotty feel a bit awkward. "Sorry..I mean, really?" He whispers this time.
"Yes Scotty. But..." He winces even more this time, "I'm not going to tell the father about it."
"What!? Are you out of your god damn mind!?" Scotty almost shouted.
"Scotty calm down. Just think about it. I don't think it would be nice if I just turned up at Spock's door saying, 'hey, remember me? I'm having your baby, I hope you have a good day' and then leave it at that." He sarcastically stated, "I don't want to burden him with such a responsibility. Besides, I can take care of this kid on my own."
"Yeah right." Scotty laughs. Jim glares at him and he immediately stops. "Are you sure you're ready to take such responsibility like this Jim?" He said, serious this time.
"It can't be all that bad. Besides I'm thinking of telling my mother about this and maybe she'll help me out." Jim shrugs, "it's been a pretty long time since someone has lived with her and I think she wouldn't mind if I ask her for help and stay with her until I've settled things down."
"Sounds like you've got it planned." Scotty smiled. "Also, I think you're going to need a new job. This one's too dangerous for your health."
"Yeah you're right. I guess I'll have to go and tell our boss Michael about this." Jim sighed.
"It's a shame that you'll have to quit though. You're one of the best workers here." Scotty shakes his head.
"Yeah I guess." Jim blushes a little at the compliment, "I better go and talk to him now though before my shift ends. Catch you later Scotty!" he said, running off.
"Wow..so you're really pregnant?" Michael says with a gruff voice. To Jim he sounded like a guy who had a voice box that was made of sandpaper.
Michael was a pretty big and chubby man in his early 40s. He was nice to his employees, but when it came to running the business, he was a very serious man and he took this workplace seriously.
"Yes I am, sir. And I need to quit this job when I find a new one because of the harsh environnement this one has." Jim explained.
"Well for one, congratulations, and second, I'm ok with you finding a new job, but damn were going to miss you in here because you are one of out best employees." He smiles sadly.
"Yeah, that's actually what Scotty said a while ago." Jim chuckled, shyly looking down.
"How far along are you?" Michael questioned in a curious tone.
"I'm about 10 weeks now," Jim answered with pride.
"Well, again congratulations, I hope it all works out well. Good luck in finding a new job. You can also leave work earlier today if you want, you look like you need some rest." Michael said in a soft tone.
"Thank you sir." Jim said, happy that he gets to leave early. He did actually look a bit tired today.
He later went home that same afternoon, and took a really long nap. He'd been feeling so fatigued in the past few weeks and all he really wanted was to sleep all day.
This sure is going to be a long and hard 7 months.
A/N: I hope you guys did enjoy this chapter. Again sorry for any spelling mistakes, I really do my best to get rid of them. Thank you so much for the reviews on the last chapter! Please do review on this chapter if you can though, I want you to tell me your opinions! I really need them to help me keep going! So yeah, new chapter every week and if I'm nice enough, I'll post two! x