Unlawful Pregnancy

Chapter 5 : Reunion

It's been two months since the home pregnancy tests (she had used all five) had shown positive and the clinic had called to make her next appointment.

They knew she had taken the home tests and that she was pregnant. All of the home pregnancy tests are strictly regulated and monitored. As soon as one pops a positive result, the GPS location and who the test is registered to is sent to a local agency. They, then immediately dispatch a team to the location. If you have your paperwork in order you are fine. They then inform the couple that they are allowed to resume regular "relations".

Traffic is very busy because of the Presidential visit scheduled for today. She and her cabinet (minus the Vice president of course) had just made it back from the yearly inspection of Lunar (the government mining operation on the moon). With it's lower gravity it is easier to mine the items that are passing by Earth and also the surrounding planets, namely Mars and Venus. With Earth dangerously close to running out of resources the World Congress had to do something. With new technology it only takes a month or so to get to either one. She is on the campaign trail again making the rounds and the streets will be full of people.

They take the magnitrain to the station near the clinic and walk the rest of the way, enjoying the day and each other's company. They hold hands as the walk and window shop. Pointing out the ridiculous new fashions and hoping to maybe get a glimpse of the President.
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They make it to the clinic just in time for Rachel to sit. Her feet were starting to hurt. "I told you that you shouldn't have worn those shoes. They look like they hurt." Jack chided her with a smile, not for the first time, (and certainly not the last), on her choice or footwear.

"Soon I won't be able to wear these. My feet will be to fat. That's what mother says anyways." She frowns while she takes off her shoes and rubs her feet. He sits down in the chair next to her and takes the shoe off her other foot and rubs it.

She leans back in the chair and her eyes roll back. "God your good at that." She moans.

"I'm sure I'll have plenty of practice." He smiles at her.

"Jack is that you?!" He hears behind him and turns around to see where the voice is coming from.

It's a tall well built man with slight wisps of grey at his temples and an old scar running down his right cheek a hairs breath from his eye. He has on a security uniform and is striding toward Jack with his hand out for a handshake.

Jack stands, knocks his hand to the side and tackles him to the ground. "You let me believe you were dead you bastard!" He yells as they both hit the floor with a bang.

The man looking like he is ready to take a punch to the face, smiles when it doesn't come. Two men pull Jack off of him and hold him back.

"I just got back. I've been meaning to look you up. This is a less violent reception than I expected. Have you gone soft on me Jack?"

Jack easily slips out of the grasp of the other two officers and has him by the throat before they can react. "Glad to see you, Harry." He smiles let's go of him and gives him a big hug which Harry returns without pause.

Rachel has seen this sort of thing before and is always baffled as to how Jack can be so gentle with her but so brutish with his friends from his former life in the military. He didn't talk about it much and she didn't ask.

The other two guards seem to understand and go back to their posts.