Adopted by Phan

Chapter 76

Jay's P.O.V.

"Alright I just need to draw some blood okay, just prepare for the needle." I froze, waiting for the pinch in my skin that told me that the needle was in my skin.

When I felt it I forced myself to not jump, knowing it would just hurt more if I did so. The nurse hissed in apology but it was over in seconds, the needle being drawn from my skin and a cotton ball was pressed against my arm to stop any bleeding.

"All done, you've just got to wait now." I sighed, relaxing my head against the pillow again. The smell of the room was way too familiar now and I didn't like it because it smelled sterile and clean, like there were no germs anywhere and the only comfort were the nurses, who at least had their own scents.

"This might take a while sweetheart, blood tests typically take hours because of waiting times but we'll run it through now and hopefully well have results in an hour." I nodded, pushing myself in a sitting position and looking around the room.

There were no windows in the room so I assumed it was somewhere in the middle of the hospital. There were quite a few footsteps passing the room, making me think it was in the middle of the hospital traffic, where people were trying to get to other rooms.

"Do you want a book? We've got quite a few." I nodded, and she disappeared from the room, returning a few minutes with a book called The Hunger Games.

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"Jay?" I opened my eyes and realised that I was lying down again, probably having fallen asleep. "The results are back sweetheart, you've been asleep for a couple of hours."

I pushed myself into a sitting position again, noting that I felt quite dizzy but I mostly ignored it.

"Where are the others?" The nurse looked around towards the door, her foot tapping.

"Another nurse has gone to get them, they'll be here in a couple of minutes." I nodded again, yawning as I did so.

"I just want to warn you, we've got results... but its going to be a shock for you guys... it's not something you would have ever expected." I looked at her, my mind ticking over to all the possibilities it could be.

"It's not something I would have ever expected?" She shook her head.

"Or thought was physically possible." My eyes widened, my mind going back to what had happened.

"But... that's not possible! I'm infertile! It's genetic!" She came close, placing her hand on top of mine.

"I know, thats why we're all shocked too but we worked out why... should we wait for the others?" I nodded, numb. My mind was just repeating 'how, how how?!' over and over again, my hand resting over my stomach.

With one hand over my stomach I started biting the nails on the other, nerves running through my body and numbness almost taking over until I heard voices outside the door.

"How what?"

"Just... just come in, we'll explain everything okay." I didn't look up as the door opened, knowing it was Dan, Phil, Officer Briny and probably a nurse or two.

"Jay?" I still didn't look up, I just moved my hands over my stomach protectively. I heard a gasp from someone and looked up to see that Officer Briny had moved forwards, sitting on the bed beside me.

"You know?" I nodded, bringing my knee up to my chest so no one could see my stomach. I could feel the tears in my eyes, I was carrying a tiny human in my stomach, possibly my fathers child although I had no idea whose else it could be.

"What's going on?" Phils voice was apprehensive, he sounded very unsure I knew that neither he or Dan had worked it out.

I lowered my knee, pointing at my stomach. Even I could see the little bump, barely there but still visible enough that you could see it when my t-shirt was pulled tight up against my stomach.

I thought back to when the contraception had probably happened, almost two months ago if I was remembering everything right. I was two months pregnant.

"Oh my god. How?!" Dans voice came to me first and I felt the bed sink next to me as he sat down next to me. I leaned into him, just wanting the floor to open and swallow me.

"That's what we weren't sure of either, but we did a few more tests which is why it took so long and... well... your chromosomes aren't what we would normally find." I frowned.

"What?" I saw Phil looking at me, his brow furrowed.

"You didn't learn about that stuff did you?" I shook my head.

"Okay, so basically a girl has XX chromosomes and a boy has XY chromosomes, that's the simplest way I can explain it. You're different in that regard, because you have both XX and XY chromosomes." I was still frowning, the information swirling through my brain.

"So what you're saying is that I'm not a girl..." The nurse nodded. "Or a boy?" My mind was still ticking, but it made a lot of sense.

"Is that why I don't look like other girls?" I was referring to my chest, which had never changed in size or shape as I had grown. The nurse nodded.

"You've got both typically female anatomy, but also male anatomy as well, which is the result of the chromosomes." I was still frowning, some things still not making sense.

"But... still how?"

"Well in your family, the males are still fertile, and apparently the male chromosomes in your body have over-ridden the gene that causes the infertility, because here we are." I leaned back into Dan, shock, nerves, numbness and basically every other emotion you could think of setting in all at once.

I was carrying a child. There was a human, an actual human inside me. And I really, really didn't want it there. I could feel the tears welling up again, starting to fall and I wiped them away angrily, scared of what could come next.

I did try and pinch myself until Dan moved his arm in front of mine, stopping me from doing so.

"Jay we want to keep helping you, this isn't going to change that. Please, don't get lost again." And all I could think was,

too late.