Amber's P.O.V.:

Allison and I had been running the bakery for a few months now. I wouldn't exactly say the business was booming, but we were doing ok with what we had. With my business skills and Allison's recipes, Lou's Bakery was doing great. We chose the name after Allison's grandfather. She and him would bake all kinds of recipes together whenever he was babysitting her. Now his recipes are what our business is going to be known for.

In other news, Allison and I were getting lonely with just me and her in that small apartment, so after talking about it, we decided that I would try to get pregnant through a sperm donor. Allison knew how excited I was to be pregnant and didn't want to go through it herself, but it wasn't as easy as I thought. We had gone through three different trials and I didn't get pregnant in any of them. I mean, the last one only happened last week and the doctors said it could take up to two weeks before a test came back positive, so there was still a chance, but I wasn't feeling any of the signs yet so I wasn't getting my hopes up. I had already faced disappointment twice before so I was getting used to it.

"Thanks for coming. Come back soon." I said as the last customer left the store.

"And with that, we are closed." Allison said turning the sign around. "How did we do?"

"Not too bad." I said as I was counting the till. "Better than it was yesterday. No one tells you how hard it's going to be to run a small business."

"Hey, we've only been at this a few months. We'll get the hang of it." Allison came up behind me and wrapped her arms around my waist.

"I know we will, but I just keep thinking about what happened with the last two."

"I know, but we knew that was a long shot when we tried it. We can always try again."

"I just don't know if I'm ready to go through all of that again. We went through of months of treatments and did everything we were supposed to do and I still couldn't get pregnant. It would take a lot of time and money and energy to try again."

"I think in the end it would be worth it, but if you don't want to go through it again I understand." Allison sighed.

"Are you sure we're ready to be parents anyway? I mean, we did just start this business together." I said.

"Yeah, and I know this is costing a lot of money, but it'll all be worth it once we're both moms and we get to raise a baby of our own." Allison said. "Besides it's not too late for this trial right?

"It's still possible, but I just don't think I take seeing another failed test again." I frowned.

"Do you want me to try instead?" She asked.

"I thought you said you didn't want to go through a pregnancy?"

"I don't, but if that's what it takes I'm willing to go through it so we get to be parents."

"That's sweet cookie, but I can't put you through that if you really don't want to." I kissed her cheek. "Let's just go home tonight and then I can take another test in the morning."

"Yeah, but can we pick up dinner on our way home? I'm starving." She said.

"Alright." I smiled.

We finished closing up the bakery for the night and then we got in the car and Allison drove me home. We stopped on the way home and got burgers so we could eat them when we got home. I didn't really feel like eating, the treatments I was getting makes me nauseous sometimes. Hopefully this would be the last night I have to go without knowing anything. I crawled in bed with my wife and went to sleep.

Allison's P.O.V.:

What I didn't tell Amber was that after she didn't get pregnant during her second trial, I had a visit at the clinic myself. They told me that I was a better fit to get pregnant than Amber was, so I decided to try it myself so that I could surprise her. She wanted to be a parent so badly and I didn't want to see her that upset again. I didn't want to tell her yet, but I took a test last week and... it seems to have actually worked. I was actually pregnant!

I had to admit that I wasn't too thrilled about the 'being pregnant' part and the birth part, but everything that came afterwards I was overjoyed for and I knew it would be worth it in the end. Plus I get to raise it with my wife which makes it even better! I only hoped that she wasn't too mad at me for doing this without telling her.

Of course I decided to wait to see if Amber was pregnant before I said anything, but it was getting harder to hide my symptoms from her. She was getting nosier by the minute, noticing that I was eating a lot more than I usually do, throwing up in the middle of the night, drinking decaf coffee in secret, and had constant mood swings. The end of two weeks couldn't come soon enough.

The next morning...

I woke up in bed and I heard Amber in the bathroom.

"Ally, can you come in here please?" Amber called from the bathroom.

"Coming!" I said.

I came in with her and she was staring at another test, waiting for the results to show up. I didn't say a word and went in to comfort my wife and held her hand. It came to the end of the two minutes and Amber covered her eyes.

"I can't look, just tell me what it says." Amber said with her hand over her eyes.

I looked at it and sighed. It was negative again and I didn't know how I was going to tell her. She was so devastated the last two times, this would just destroy her.

"I... I'm sorry babe. Not this time." I frowned.

"It's ok, I knew it was long shot." She sighed and threw the test in the trash.

"Hey, it hasn't been the full fourteen days yet, it could still happen." I tried to give her a hug, but she pushed me away.

"Please, don't get my hopes up again." She frowned. "It's just not worth it anymore. If you want to try go ahead, but if it's not going to work for me than why waste more of our time and money?"

"Well... about that. I..."

"Don't try to cheer me up, I'll just get ready for work I guess." She sighed and went to the bedroom to get dressed.

Yeah, maybe that wasn't the best time to tell her my news. I decided to wait until she was feeling better, but I knew she would try again tonight and in the morning because that's how badly she wants this. I didn't want to ruin the moment, and I especially wanted her to get her chance before it was totally hopeless.

I knew she was pretty devastated, but she still insisted on going to work today because she thought it would be a nice distraction from everything. We got in my car and drove us to work. When we got there I set up the place to open and Amber went back in her office to do some paperwork. I was about to unlock the door and saw some of my favorite customers outside. My dad and my little twin 6 year old brothers. I had to unlock the door.

"Hey Dad. Hey boys." I smiled.

"Hey cupcake!" My dad gave me a hug. "Where's Amber?"

"She's in the back working on some paperwork. Is mom with you?" I asked.

"No, she's in Nom going over some mayor stuff with Dillon. Charlie and him just adopted a kid so they need some help."

"Oh that's great for them." I said.

"Sissy, can we have cake please?" Ben asked me.

"Yeah, we're hungry." CJ begged.

"Ok, you two definitely got that appetite from me." My dad laughed.

"You know what, I have some samples from a new recipe I'm trying out, if you guys can wait at that table over there for ten minutes I'll let you try some samples." I told them.

"OK." Both the twins said and headed over to the table.

"So how is it going?" My father asked.

"Well Amber keeps trying, but so far nothing yet. Although there is something I need to talk to you about." I said.

"Is something wrong cupcake?" He asked.

"No, no, everything is fine, I just did something without telling Amber and I'm not sure how to tell her what I did."

"What did you do?"

"Well, after the second time Amber tried to get pregnant through a donor, she was devastated and I didn't like seeing her like that, so I went back to the clinic by myself and asked them to see if I was more fit to carry a baby, to which they said I was perfect for it, so I... did."

"And you didn't run it by it Amber first?"

"Well they said they had an opening right then and it would be two weeks until I got another appointment so I jumped at the chance, thinking that it wouldn't even work the first time, but I took a test last week and well... turns out it did work the first time."

"Oh, so you're..." My dad got the biggest smile on his face.

"Yes, but then Amber tried again last week and she's been taking the test every day, but the results are always negative, so I feel like if I tell her now, she's just going to feel jealous or mad or maybe she won't even want to be with me anymore and I'm going to be stuck raising this kid on my own." I frowned.

"Allison, Amber loves you and I'm sure if you tell her what happened she'll understand."

"But if she doesn't get pregnant herself and she finds out that I already am, it'll crush her, but if she does get pregnant she'll be mad because I got pregnant first and we'll have to take care of two babies. I just don't know what I'm going to do."

"Ok cupcake, calm down. Breathe." My dad said. I took some deep breaths and calmed down. "How many more days does she have until she knows for sure if it worked or not?"

"If she's not pregnant by Friday we'll know it didn't work." I frowned.

"Then I wouldn't tell her until then. That way you know what you're dealing with."

"Yeah, I think that would be best." I said. "Thanks Dad."

"I'm so happy for you." My Dad hugged me. He almost had tears in his eyes.

"Dad, are you crying?" I asked, trying not laugh.

"No." He wiped a tear from his eye. "Just, you know, really hot in here. Be sure to video chat your mom and let her know later. I'm so excited I don't know if I can keep it a secret."

"I will." I hugged him again. "Thanks Dad."

"Of course, I love you cupcake."

"I love you too Dad." I smiled.

"Oh, hi Mr. Brookstone." Amber said coming out of her office. "Hey Ben, Hi CJ."

"Amber!" They both screamed and ran to hug her. They really did love her. I bet they were gonna be super happy when they become uncles.

"Hey, you kids want some samples?" Amber asked them.

"Yes please!" They both said.

Amber brought over the tray of cake samples, but the minute she put the tray on their table the boys started to devour those things. I'm not even sure most of that got in their mouth, but they seemed pretty happy with it."

"See, this is why we came here before bath time." My dad laughed. "You didn't save anything for me, did you?"

"Wait here Dad, I'll get you a slice of Grandpa's famous apple pie." I said.

"That's my girl!" My dad smiled.

I went back to the kitchen and brought out his slice of pie. He was ecstatic about the sweets we baked here. I think they brought back memories of my grandfather, I know they did for me.

"You feeling better babe?" I asked Amber.

"Yeah I think so, I just needed some time to breathe. If it happens great, if it doesn't, we can just adopt right."

"Of course, I think that's a great idea." I smiled.

"Great, I mean I know there's still a small chance, but this way I know that's not the only option." She smiled.

"Yeah, it's perfect." I smiled.

"I mean it's better than you going through a pregnancy when you don't want to, right?"

"Well like I said, I wouldn't mind if that's what you wanted." I reminded her. "Let's just wait till Friday and see what happens. Ok?"

"Yeah, I think that would be best." She nodded.

It's great that Amber wanted to do something like that and the idea of that was enough to cheer her up. As long as she's happy, that's all that matters to me.

"Alright, well we better get going. I'm taking the boys to the park to ware them out after all that sugar." My dad laughed.

"Ok. Bye Dad."

"Bye cupcake." He gave me another hug. "Bye Amber."

"Bye Cole." She said.

My dad pulled the boys out the bakery and took them to the park. I smiled at my wife, happy to know that she was feeling better about the whole thing.

I suddenly had a bad feeling in my stomach, like I was going to throw up. Amber looked at me with concern.

"You ok?" She asked.

"Oh yeah." I said, trying not to puke. "I just have to... use the bathroom."

I immediately ran to the bathroom as fast as I could and threw up in the toilet. Luckily it was only once this time. But then I heard knocking on the door.

"Allison?" My wife said. "Are you ok?"

"Uh, yep! Just... needed to umm... use the toilet. Must've been something I ate. I'll be fine, just go run the register while I clean up." I said.

"Are you sure cookie?" I asked. "If you need to go home I can run things myself. We're pretty slow right now."

"Thanks ginger snap, but I'll be ok." I smiled.

"Alright, just let me know if you need anything." Amber said.

"Thanks." I said.

I heard her walk away and then I used the sink to wash my mouth out and clean myself up. Once I was feeling better, I went back to the kitchen and started working.

Before I knew it, closing time came. I was cleaning the oven while Amber was out in the front mopping the floor. I was wearing a mask over my nose and mouth because the smell of the cleaning spray made me nauseous. Anything makes me nauseous now really.

After I was done cleaning the kitchen, Amber came back to find me.

"All done up front." Amber said. "Ready to go home?"

"Yeah, let's go." I said.

"Wait, why are you wearing a mask?" Amber asked.

Oh shoot! I had gotten so used to it I didn't even realize it was still on my face.

"Umm... I just wanted to take precautions, after what happened this morning, you know?"

"Are you still feeling bad?" Amber frowned.

"No, I feel fine now. Let's go home."

"Ok, if you're sure." Amber said.

Amber locked the doors and we walked out to the car. I drove her home, but on the way, Amber started holding her stomach and looking green in the face.

"Are you ok?" I asked her.

"I think so." But then she covered her mouth.

"Yeah, I'm pulling over." I said.

I pulled over to the side of the road and she got out and threw up behind a bush. She waited a few minutes before she got back in the car.

"You ok?" I asked.

"Yeah, I'm alright." She caught her breath. "Who knows, maybe that's a good sign?"

"Only one way to find out." I smiled.

I got back on the road, obeying the speed limit so she wouldn't get too nauseous again, and then we finally arrived home. She wanted to take the test again the minute we got there so she did and then I went into the bathroom and held her hand as I waited with her.

"I've got a really good feeling this time." I smiled.

"I don't know, maybe it was just a coincidence." Amber sighed.

"Hey, one day at a time ok?" I held her hand.

"Thanks cookie." She smiled.

We were coming up on two minutes and Amber covered her eyes and asked me to tell her. I looked at it and was relieved to see that it was positive. I couldn't believe it.

"Amber, I think you need to see this one for yourself." I smiled, trying not to ruin the moment for my wife.

"What do you mean? Just tell me, I can take it."

I removed the hand covering her eyes and she saw the big plus sign on the test. She started crying with joy and hugging me. I hugged her back and I was so excited for her, but then I realized she didn't know about me yet.

"Babe, I know that you're really happy right now, but there's something that you should probably know."

"You tried it too, didn't you?" Amber said.

"What? How did you know?" I asked.

"Because I noticed an extra 800 dollars taken out of our bank account and when I called the bank they said the charge was from the sperm bank." Amber crossed her arms. "Next time you try to do something behind my back, maybe use cash."

"I'm so sorry." I frowned. "It was a last minute decision and to be honest I wasn't even sure if it was going to work the first time, but I guess it did and I didn't want to tell you because I thought you would be jealous or upset, but I knew this was something we both really wanted and I couldn't bare the thought of you not getting to experience motherhood and..."

"Allison, did it work?" Amber asked.

"Yeah." I nodded. "I'm so sorry. Are you mad?"

"Of course not, why would I be?" Amber smiled and hugged me. "We get to be mothers together! How great is that?"

"Yeah! I'm so happy for you."

"I'm so happy for you too."

We hugged each other again and shared a long kiss. I was so happy that we both get to go through this journey together.

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The gender and names of these babies have already been decided, but if you would like to leave suggestions for middle names, by all means go ahead. The names will be revealed in the epilogue of this story. Thanks for reading and stay awesome!