Chapter 5
June, 9, 2045
The Plaisaint's Residence
Location Oregon, US
Today is the day auction day only this time I'm at the other end the bidding end. It's funny for the past four years every friday I've been sitting trying to ignore the fact that I was being watched. Now for the first time I was watching their he is -OXY16-8 my best friend and hopefully my soon to be baby daddy. When the Plaisaint's told me that they were gonna let me pick the male I was to be paired with -OXY16-8 instantly came to mind. Not only are we best friends at one point I felt romantic love (Which I learn about while I was here) for him. However at the time I suppressed those emotions because the harsh reality is we are just the baby making minority for the infertile majority. Other than the Plaisant's and Gideon to the rest of the world we are just reproductive tools to bear children for the humanities waning population. Wow that was depressing okay moving on.
I look on the screen seeing his identification and starting bid at five hundred million dollars which is way cheaper than my starting bid. There's a reason for that unlike females who's egg cell count is limited males sperm keep multiplying. So when male fertiles price is determined its more about the quality than quantity to say the least -OXY16-8 is one of the more expensive one so his seeds must be pretty good. As I look at the screen even more I noticed some other details that they don't project in the glass. For one genetic disorders turns out -OXY16-8 offspring would have a greater risk of down syndrome and cri du chat syndrome. Another thing is a list of fertile siblings, parents, and close cousins at first I wondered why they would show this then I realized it's too prevent inbreeding. Seeing all this made me wonder what was on mine so I asked Miss Leta if after the auction I could see it she said sure. Bidding started as I'm watching the action I look at -OXY16-8 face and I saw panic in his eyes I wish I could comfort him price stops at seven hundred million with us winning awesome. When that emotional rollercoaster was over I asked if we could take a peek into the females auction so I can see if -AXX1-9 was still there and after looking at her in the auction box a wave of relief hit me too see that she wasn't being bidded on.
Once dinner was over Miss Leta handed me my file and escorted me to my room during the walk she spoke "If I may ask what made you pick that particular male and why did you what to check on that young female?" For a second I was afraid to tell her my connections to -OXY16-8 and -AXX1-9 then I reminded myself that this was Miss Leta Plaisaint a person who treated me as a family member rather than just a fertile slave. I spoke "Growing up in the camp I wasn't like the other girls to say the least I was a tomboy so I didn't have many friends. Then one day I sat against the glass wall that separates the males from the females and heard knocking it was -OXY16-8 ever since then we've been the best of friends. We communicated by writing on notepads and reading them as for -AXX1-9 I treated her like a little sister protecting her." When I looked back at Miss Leta's face I saw a huge smile she said "I knew we picked a good one" as she handed me my file and let me in my room.
After taking a shower and putting on my pajamas I crawled into bed to start reading. Looking into my file the first thing I see is a disobedient warning is true considering the fact that I would be the only one too stand up for myself. I look in my genetic background too see that my offspring would have a higher risk of obesity and autism which made sense since I'm 6ft 200 lbs and a high functioning autistic. I read the list of other fertiles who are related turns out that my bond with -AXX1-9 makes sense because it says we're second cousins. The list also says that two other male fertiles are my half brothers, so when I eventually go back me and -OXY16-8 can look for them. When I finished reading I went to sleep thinking about what to do tomorrow when my best friend soon to be baby daddy gets here.