43 Serina - I had my Doubts. (2/2)

Betty said, ”Oh, my! Well, it is like this—I want you to meet Lawrence and Jane,” as she and Erin both pulled the two kids away from their source of comfort and handed them to us. I got the boy, and Lance got the girl, as that was who was closest.I instinctively put the boy to my shoulder and started to pat his back. Monkey see monkey do, apparently, as Lance began to the pat the girls back and got a nice warm dribble down his back as a big bubble came out. That started the laughter up again. I guess what goes in must come out and little Lawrence's diaper must have reached saturation as suddenly my chest felt warm and wet.

For a moment it was controlled chaos as floors were mopped, people were washed, and babies were tenderly cleaned. Erin asked, ”I doubt you have diapers onboard this ship, but do you have such a thing as a tee-shirt?”

”Sure do,” Lance said as he jumped up to go find two of his shirts. My heart did a rapid double thump as I noticed that he kept little Jane in his arms the whole time.

Erin said, ”Great, this is how you fold them to make an emergency diaper,”and, on the basis that if one baby is saturated the other is also or will be soon, taking little Jane from Lance she proceeded to demonstrate.

Not to be outdone I started to change little Lawrence. While I was adjusting his makeshift diaper under his little bottom, he let fly. Yep, right in the face….Never trust that the baby is empty.

We traded the babies around as everyone wanted to cuddle them. Ashely and Barb wanted them, no less than I. What caused my heart to thump is that Lance was right there with us. Tee-shirts apparently have many uses beyond covering Lance's ripped abs. They worked out perfectly as impromptu mini dresses for Betty and Erin. My heart said that we had to include these girls in our core team, and I just dove into the project. Lance did not say anything to contradict me.

I could tell you word for word what happened that night. However, I promise you that a word for word accounting of what happened would only cause significant confusion. Bit did zip down and picked up the rest of the core group, and they all immediately fell in love with those two infants. Picture eight baby starved strong-willed, highly intelligent (and incidentally unbelievably beautiful), women, and one hunky man; with only two babies between them all.

Betty and Erin received nanobots and joined our silent conversation group. And for the record yes they were as freaked out by being in a real flying saucer with two real live aliens as the rest of the team had been during their first experience with Lance and me. Betty and Erin's real fascination was a computer that acted as if it was alive. Throughout the night, we planned out their education path. Bit had queried them, and of all things, they both tested unbelievably high for math and engineering.

Betty and Erin did not know who the fathers were, nor did anyone care. And as a result—those babies now had eight mothers, and one stressed out dad.

I had hoped that our plan would just move smoothly forward. However, based on the past, I had my doubts.Eight women and only two babies?I felt sure that this condition would not stay this way very long.