Blake and Gwen had met with the fertility center and asked all of their questions. After receiving the answers they decided to move forward and take Jen up on her offer. So, here they are one month after the fertilized embryos were planted hoping they get the pregnancy call.
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The phone rings and Gwen walks over to it seeing its Jen she picks it up.
"Hello?"
"Gwen what are you doing?"
"Nothing just watching the Backyardigans with Lena. Why?"
"Come over. I think I'm pregnant."
"Oh my gosh are you serious? I'll be there in 15 minutes."
Gwen packed and loaded both Lena and herself faster than ever. The whole drive there her heart was racing. Jen thinks she is pregnant. Jen thinks she is pregnant! Gwen wishes it was her but the fact that Jen is including her in this process at every step helps. They arrive at Jen's and Stella is waiting at the door for Lena.
"Mommy I go play?"
"Of course baby! Go ahead!"
Lena runs off with Stella and Gwen makes her way to Jen's master bathroom. Gwen finds Jen in the bathroom waiting for her, holding the box of pregnancy tests just staring at them. Gwen can't tell if Jen is scared, sad, having second thoughts about all of this or what. Gwen stands there a minute trying to read her but comes up short.
"Jen?" Gwen says timidly
"Gwen! Are you ready?!?"
"Yeah! Are you ok though?"
"I'm good why?"
"Well I saw you standing here and you didn't seem ok."
"Oh. I'm good... I'm just scared."
"What are you scared about?" Gwen asks waiting for her heart to be broken and her world to fall apart.
"I'm scared....I'm scared I'm wrong, that I'm not pregnant and that I got your hopes up for nothing."
"Oh my gosh Jen! You scared me so much! I thought for sure you were having second thoughts about all of this!" Gwen says releasing a breath.
"Oh Gwen no! No never! Whenever I find out that I am pregnant, which is hopefully today, the baby is yours not mine. I would never take the baby from you! That's why I wanted to do this for you, so you don't have to live with that fear."
"Blake and I can't thank you enough. We owe you the world."
"No way I want to do this for you. You don't owe me anything."
"Thanks Jen." The two women wrap each other in a hug.
"Lets find out if you are having a baby." Jen says.
Gwen smiles from ear to ear with pure hope and excitement. Jen pees on all three tests and the women nervously wait.
"Have you guys talked to Lena about having more kids?"
"No we want to treat her and this pregnancy as normal as possible. If it was us trying to get pregnant the traditional way we wouldn't have told her till we were pregnant."
"How long have we been waiting?" Jen asks
"Hmmmm like 3 minutes."
"Ok are we ready to check?"
"Yeah let's do this. Together."
The women walked up to the counter where the three tests were and looked. All three tests displayed perfectly clear plus signs. Jen is pregnant. She is pregnant with Gwen and Blake's baby. Jen reaches for Gwen's hands placing them on her stomach, where in a few months time there would be a bump. Gwen can feel the connection to the tiny human in her Sister-in-law's belly. Tears spill out of Gwen's eyes when all her fears of not having a bond with the baby disappear. She is whole-heartedly attached to the little human. What does surprise her, as well as warm her heart, is that this feeling is no different than the one she has for Lena. It makes her smile again knowing Lena was was born to be her baby girl.
