Chapter 48: Twins

Selene

I’m almost to my office the next morning, when I feel it—an overwhelming wave of heat washing over my body, then a strange dizziness that makes the hallway tilt sideways. I pause, pressing my hand to the wall to steady myself. My heart’s racing, breath shallow, vision blurring at the edges. No, not now.

“Selene?”

It’s John’s voice—sharp, concerned, already moving toward me. I manage to lift my head. He’s just stepped out of the elevator with Adrian a few feet behind him.

“I’m fine,” I try to say, but the word comes out slurred. My knees buckle.

I see both of them rush forward—but everything goes black before I feel them catch me.

Adrian

She just… drops. One second she’s upright, and the next her eyes roll back and she’s collapsing . John and I catch her mid-fall.

“Selene! Hey—Selene, baby, open your eyes.”

“She’s burning up,” John says, fingers at her neck checking her pulse. “We need to get her to the ER. Now.”

I scoop her into my arms without another word. People in the office freeze, mouths open, but I barrel through them like they don’t exist.

John’s already calling ahead to the hospital as we reach the elevator. My ears are ringing. My brain’s screaming. All I can think is—Please, please let her be okay.

John and I stand on either side of the hospital bed while Selene lies unconscious, pale and too still. My hand is wrapped around hers like I’m anchoring her to this world. John’s doing the same on the other side. She moans and starts to come round. And she smiles when she sees us, mumbling "what happened ?"

Just then the doctor returns . “Selene good to see you awake .Vitals are stabilizing and everything looks good,” he says, flipping through a chart. “We ran some precautionary tests due to the fainting spell, and you’re dehydrated , and elevated heart rate, the heart rate is nothing to worry about but ”

He pauses.

I hold my breath.

“You’re pregnant,” he says, looking directly at Selene. Her eyes flutter wider , and the word hangs in the air like a grenade.

“With twins.”

Selene

The moment the doctor says “pregnant with twins,” the world tilts again—but this time it’s not the room spinning. It’s my reality. “Wait one damn second , how can I be pregnant? I’m on the pill and I’ve never missed a day!” I almost yell at the doctor .

“Selene you can fall pregnant on the pill if you were prescribed certain antibiotics “. The Doctor explains .

I’m totally stunned , I wasn’t planning on having kids any time soon, especially not when I’m dating two men . And now we have twins to top it off. And I can't even begin to think of who the father might be.

I look from John to Adrian. Both are still holding my hands. Neither lets go.

“What the hell is our life?” I whisper, voice cracking with disbelief.

Adrian smirks. “Apparently Legendary.”

John squeezes my hand. “Unprecedented, at the very least.”

We all laugh—nervous, dazed, still in shock—each trying to absorb what's just been revealed.

Then Adrian clears his throat. “Uh, doctor? We… kind of have a weird question.”

The doctor raises an eyebrow, clearly bracing himself.

John runs a hand through his hair. “How soon can we find out who the father is ? Because we have both been with her .

“Well technically we would have to run paternity tests. Also I might mention that It is biologically possible for twins to have different fathers.”

The doctor doesn’t appear to uncomfortable now. “It’s rare, but it’s called heteropaternal superfecundation.”

Adrian blinks. “That sounds made up.”

“It’s very real. If a woman releases multiple eggs and has intercourse with more than one partner within a short window, each egg can be fertilized by a different sperm.”

John and I both stare at him like he just told us aliens are real.

“So… you’re saying… each of us could be the father of one twin?” Adrian asks, incredulously.

The doctor gives a slight nod. “It’s scientifically possible. But only a paternity test can determine that definitively. Especially considering they are fraternal twins .

John lets out a low whistle. “Jesus.”

Adrian leans against the wall, rubbing his jaw. “Well, that’s one hell of a plot twist.”

I cover my face with my hands. Laughing and crying and completely overwhelmed.

“This is insane,” I murmur.

“Maybe,” John says, leaning closer, “but it is what it is.”

Adrian nods. “And we’ll figure it out—together.”

And for the first time in what feels like forever, I believe them.

Selene

“Doctor I’ve been drinking wine and smoking , will this affect the babies?” , I ask worried about the two little lives nestled in my belly.

“I doubt it , it hasn’t been corpuous amounts of either, but we will monitor them. Please don’t drink or smoke going forward though. The nurse will be in to discharge you shortly , I have a list of some vitamins I’d like you on right away. Also you to schedule follow ups with an Obgyn “

I breathe a sigh of relief and just then a nurse wheels a scan in and an elderly female doctor comes in to do the scan . She watches John and Adrian fuss over me and help lift my gown with growing interest .

“Soooo who’s the lucky dad?”, she asks .

“We’re hoping it’s both of us “, they answer at the same time and I watch the Doctor get flustered .

I can’t help myself and promptly say “ Doctor these men are my very willing slaves”, and to my amusement she blanches and is extremely flustered that she drops something. Just then I hear the sound of two heart beats, both men stare at the screen in wonder .

“There are your babies, both are healthy and developing properly. It’s too early to tell the sex. “, she prints 6 copies for us . And leaves after going over some vitamins and other things .

Adrian

When we get Selene back to her apartment, we help her onto the couch and pile blankets around her like she’s royalty on bedrest. She protests, of course.

“I’m pregnant, not dying,” she grumbles, but we ignore her.

I grab her some water and fruit,. John puts on soft music. For once, we’re not posturing. We’re not fighting. We’re orbiting around her the same way we did at night—but now it’s with a different kind of intensity.

Selene

“ Ok so I guess we need to discuss if we having these humans and where the two of you fit into their lives . I wasn’t quite ready to have kids just yet, but it’s happened for whatever reason and I want to keep them . I understand that this wasn’t quite what we had in mind, so I totally understand if either of you don’t want to be a part of this “. I rush out.

Almost instantly they are both besides me holding me

John starts first” Selene I already told you I’m not giving up on us, and that applies to these babies apart from Adrian “.

“Baby I want to do this with you, with John, we will figure it all out.” Adrian. Says.

“Okay,” John says after a long silence. “We can’t do this out of one closet and two toothbrushes anymore.”

Selene raises an eyebrow. “What?”