Pregnancy test

Alex couldn't believe how quite and peaceful their time at the beach had been today.

Jackson had only teased Karmen that one time ,when he put his fingers under her swimsuit. Lexi and Karman didn't get into any cat fights, even when Lexi ate a whole bag of chocolate chip cookies by herself. It was like his family had all been snatched up by aliens. And the Aliens had left perfect imposters in their place.

The time passed away quickly and it was already time for them to leave . The four of them set around the dining room table waiting for the driver to arrive. Jackson was being kind and gentle to Karmen . He made everyone a drink and sit down beside her holding her hand. He had even started saying yes dear, which Alex found amusing .But didn't dare comment in fear of breaking up the peaceful atmosphere in the room.

Alex pulled the pink bottles of pills out of his pocket and set them on the dining table.

" I picked these up on my way back from talking with Dr. Dan" he looked over at Lexi speaking to her directly. "As you can see I have three bottles ,one of them is for my lab , if the lab says they are safe. One is for you sweetheart and the other one. I'm going to give to Jackson so that he and Karmen can decide if they want to take the chance of having multiple births" he paused for a moment then continued speaking.

"Now sweetheart , What I really think we should do is make an appointment with Dr. Burnhart so that he can discuss the dangers of having half blood multiple births."

Everyone at the table was a little bewildered when Karmen spoke up, they really didn't expect her to be rational about anything that could possibly elevate her chances of having children.

"Lexi I think that might be a good idea, I will make us an appointment. I need to see a gynecologist anyway."

" I wish I had your problem?" She blurted out. To have Karmen give her a pointed look , but she didn't say anything.

Jackson noticed her heart rate accelerated and the way she glared at Lexi . Immediately he stands up grabbing her arm vigorously pulling her out on the deck to question her.

" Babe, is something wrong, why do you need to see a gynecologist?"

He firmly held on to her arm, and tilted his head down so that he could look into her eyes. Nibbling on her lips, she stood silently in front of him. She really didn't know how to explain it to him, she took a deep breath.

Her silence along with her rapid heart beat made him concerned and impatient , he ask again.

" Babe are you sick, is something wrong, tell me.

After a long silence, she let out a big sigh hastily blurting out

" no I'm not sick or anything. It's just I don't have a period."

Thinking he misunderstood what she said he ask her the question he thought she might have said.

" Babe, are you telling me you missed your period or your late like you could be pregnant already?"

Trying to encourage an answer from her, he put his arms around her and kissed the top of her head speaking calmly.

" Babe if that's the problem it's good news not bad, we can get married tomorrow."

Pushing herself back away from his chest a bit ,she looked up at him explaining what she meant.

" no , that's not what I mean. I have never had a period, but I can have babies. Actually I have a better chance then most. That's just something else that's strange about me."

Noticing her heart was still racing as she spoke , made him suspicious and a bit confused.

" what do you mean, you have a better chance then most Babe, don't hide anything from me."

His voice came out a little harsh to her ears, she looked up at him, Nervously pleading.

"Please don't be angry, I never meant to hide anything from you."

"Babe I'm not angry just tell me everything, no secrets."

Taking his hand she pulled him over to the table and pulled the chair out .

"Sit down and I will try to explain it to you."

He set down in the chair she had pulled out for him ,patting his legs with a serious tone to his voice telling her

" set right here and turn around, we're not going to have any secrets. Secrets are just lies that haven't been told."

Slipping off her wedge heel sandals she put her hands on his shoulders doing as he ask, she set down straddling him looking him in the eyes .And began explaining everything to him.

"It's just I ovulate three times a month. And produce a mature egg each time.

The most fertile time for a woman is the five days before she ovulates ,and the day she ovulates ,ok" .she held her hands up in front of him counting her fingers " that's a six day window. Well I have eighteen days each month I'm most fertile."

Delighted a smile curled on his lips, he had been a little stressed about the fact that she wanted a large family, that's just unheard of for vampires. He had no doubt they could have at least one child with in a few years. But he knew they could never have more than two children no matter how hard they tried. He leaned forward pecking her lips

"How do you know this Babe?" He ask her curiously .

She didn't expect him to be so relaxed and even happy about what she told him. Because he had never expressed his opinion about how many children he wanted. His enthusiasm was making her hot and wet. She ignored her lust ,but he chuckled at the sound of her lustful heart beat. Leaning forward he whispered in her ear.

" We don't have time to make babies right now, tell me everything and when we get back to the Castle we can make babies."

"Okay ,ok When I turned sixteen and still didn't start my period ,my mother got worried and took me to the Doctor. At first they just thought I was under weight. But then after he ran a bunch of test they found out I ovulate three times a month."

" Babe, are you telling me you wouldn't even know if you got pregnant.?"

"That's right I wouldn't know, until I started having pregnancy signs, like morning sickness or something."

He narrowed his eyes and his voice came out firm, and commanding.

"no more drinking "

" But. Uh.. "

"No buts Babe , you could be pregnant right now and not even know it." His voice softened but the commanding tone was still there.

She couldn't disagree with his reasoning, she had actually thought about it herself, but really didn't stress about it much because vampires can't reproduce like humans. And since she found out she is a half blood. Her chance of getting pregnant has decreased by half. Sounding a little frightened she stuttered.

" But..but..what if I start craving blood?"

With his normal laid back attitude he calmly replied

" you can start drinking blood with me and Alex every morning ,We can stop on the way back to the castle and get you a pregnancy test just to make sure."

" I will need to take it in the morning because the level of hCG would be higher in the morning if I'm pregnant."

" That's fine but no more drinking, just juice, milk and water. Oh yeah Blood if you start to crave it. No pineapple juice, and no caffeine" he spouted out his commands leaving no room for arguing. She never expected him to be so commanding and firm, he was usually laid back and nonchalant about everything . She hastily agreed to all his commands

" ok, ok Is there anything else you don't want me to do."

" no papaya, only small amounts of dark chocolate, no other chocolate. And you need to gain some weight. "

" What? Are you crazy,have you looked at my ass?" She shouted

Trying to choke back his laughter during this serious conversation with no luck ,he finally chuckled loudly asking her

" you really didn't just ask me that? Babe I can honestly tell you ,that's the first thing I noticed the day I met you."

Rolling her eyes at him,she crossed her arms over her chest, huffing

" just when did you become such an expert on pregnant women."

Gathering his composure he continued their serious conversation.

"I started reading up on it , because you said you wanted a large family. I didn't think that was ever going to be possible. But with the good news you told me. We actually have a chance to have more than two kids."

With things going her way she sweetly smiled with her dimpled cheeks , played with his shirt collar , batting her big brown eyes at him shamelessly flirting.

" You really don't mind if we have a big family."

"Babe , like I told you. We can have as many babies as possible. But your not going to put your life in danger, and from what I read it's really hard for a human mother to carry a vampire baby to full term.

When I read about how high the miscarriage rate is, I started reading about things to do to prevent miscarriages."

" oh , you did all of that for me."

"No Babe ,I did it because I'm selfish and jealous. I didn't want you to leave me because we couldn't have babies." He honestly said to her.

She leaned back a little shocked at what he just said.

" You really thought I would leave you if we couldn't have a lot of babies? She ask in disbelief.

"Babe , don't look so shocked it happens , my cousin Brooklyn ,she dated a vampire for a long time. But married a human just to have kids. After she had two kids she left him."

" well I'm not like your cousin. I love you and I will never leave you. If we can't have babies naturally there's always other methods. Like In vitro fertilization. Or taking the chance of having all our babies at once with those pills."

" Babe, hopefully we won't need anything like that."

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Alex noticed how abruptly Jackson had pulled Karmen out of the room. They had closed the door but he could still hear their conversation. Lexi noticed he had been quite, she pointed an accusing finger at him giggling.

" your eavesdropping "

He didn't deny anything he just chuckled asking

" sweetheart how long has Karmen know about her condition? I missed that part."

" since she was sixteen, now tell me what else is going on, is Jackson mad?"

" No he don't seem to be. I think he was a little worried at first."

" That damm door is really soundproof, I can only catch bits and pieces of their conversation. I'm not really sure if we're going to be an Aunt and Uncle or not."

With wide eyes she shouts

"No damm way."

"Shush sweetheart, Jackson can hear us too."

Waving her hands in the air excitedly, and trying to be quiet she whispered to him ,

"Tell me why you think that."

Leaning forward he whispered

" well we're going to stop on the way home and pick up a pregnancy test."

" oh, oh, I want to get one too."

Getting a bit excited, he rushed to ask her

" Really Sweetheart, are you late?"