Kids from One Alpha

Chapter 51: Lab Results
Serena received an envelope at the hospital from the human lab she’d sent Logan’s bloodwork to. It was addressed to her
directly, but she’d had the result sent to the hospital because her house was still being repaired. She debated tearing the
envelope open right at the nurse’s station and checking the results, but she had a feeling that it was going to be an emotional
read, so she stuffed the envelope into her lab coat and decided to read it later. All day, Serena’s mind kept wandering back to the
envelope in her pocket. “Are you okay Serena?” Adriana asked her while they were rebandaging the wounds of a patient from
the recent Moonshine attack. Serena nodded absently. “Yea, I’m fine,” she said. “You seem a little distracted,” Adriana
commented. “And you’re re-wrapping that leg with sport’s tape, not a bandage.” Snapping out of her daze, Serena groaned and
stopped what she was doing. “Oh, I’m sorry!” she gently began to peel the sport’s tape off. Adriana chuckled and shook her
head. “Don’t apologize to me, at least the patient is still out and you don’t have to explain to him,” she said, going to the cabinet
and getting the right bandaging. “Okay, I’m distracted,” Serena admitted. She tossed the used sport’s tape in the trash as
Adriana put the proper bandaging into place. “What’s on your mind?” the other doctor asked. Serena shrugged. She couldn’t tell
Adriana the truth, despite how close they were getting. She also couldn’t avoid answering, because Adriana was her boss and
had the right to know if her judgement in the workplace was compromised, especially in their line of work. “I just got some news
today,” she explained. “I’m not sure I’m prepared for the answer.” “You mean, you received news, but you don’t know what the
news is?” Adriana clarified. Serena nodded. “I have the letter in my pocket, and I don’t want to read it here,” she said. “It is
weight heavily on my mind, though.” “Well, I can send you off to do rounds, something less focus driven than bandaging
wounds,” Adriana offered. “I can work,” Serena assured. Adriana gave her a concerned look. “I know you can” she assured,
finishing her wrapping and grabbing Serena’s hand across the patient. “We all have off days now and then. Take it easy, focus on
rounds and catching up on reports. Tomorrow, I’ll expect you back at one hundred percent.” Serena smiled gratefully.
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“Thank you,” she said. She took a deep breath and left the room. She did her rounds first, making sure all the rooms were
stocked and checking vitals, noting them in charts. Nothing was off, so Serena returned to the nurse’s station and began her
reporting Ever couple hours, she would do her rounds again. The day seemed to fly by, despite the repetitiveness. The letter
burning a hole in her pocket the whole day! She periodically reached into her pocket just to touch it. The weight of the envelope
felt like she was carrying an anvil around. When she returned to Logan’s house, she was happy to see that he wasn’t there.
Neither was Holly. Dana had brought the kids back from daycare, but she departed shortly after Serena got back. After checking
on the kids, Serena went to the room she was staying in. She sat down, taking a deep breath and smoothing the envelope out on
her lap. This was the moment of truth. Numb, shaking fingers peeled through the seal on the envelope. Serena held her breath
as she pulled the lab results out. The paper was folded in thirds. She hesitated in opening it. As much as she wanted to know,

she was suddenly plagued by all the thoughts of what it would mean if the test had come back negative! Shaking away those
thoughts, Serena opened the envelope. She ignored all the technical terminology and just looked for the line that said ‘Results.’
Next to it, in all capitol letters and green ink, the word ‘Positive’ flashed at her like a giant neon sign. Tears sprang into her eyes,
and Serena couldn’t hold them back. She burst into tears, bowing her head and holding it in her hands. Suspecting something
and having full confirmation were entirely different. Sobbing into her hands, Serena’s whole body shook. She shook her head
back and forth, trying to change the results with the power of her mind. Everything was going to get more complicated now,
especially with Holly being pregnant! Olivia and Oliver ran into the room, alerted to their mother’s tears. “Mommy, mommy, what’s
wrong?” Olivia asked, tugging at Serena’s leg. “Are you hurt?” Oliver asked. Serena sniffled, wiping her eyes quickly. She
grabbed the lab results and folded the paper up again, shoving it into her scrub pockets. She hadn’t even changed out of her
hospital clothes. “I’m okay, babies,” she said, wrapping her arms around each of their heads and hugging them to her. “I miss my
parents.” It wasn’t that far off from the truth. She wanted to talk to her mother, tell her everything. She was a grown woman, and
she still needed her own mother!
Sighing, Serena sent the kids back to their room to play. While she showered, she let the water wash away her anxieties, letting
them swirl down the drain. She ran her fingers through her hair, thinking about what to do next. She’d intended to tell Logan once
she got the results, it there was anything to tell him.
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If she’d gotten the results back a few days earlier, things would be different. Instead, she had to consider the implications with
Holly being pregnant. It wasn’t like her kids had any more legitimacy than Holly’s did. Logan wasn’t mated to anyone. Still,
Serena knew that Holly would make a big deal out of it.
Serena needed her mother’s advice. She needed someone to tell her what to do, because she was too numb to make her own
decisions. After she was showered and changed into casual clothes, Serena went to check on the twins. They’d built a fort out of
out of their blankets. It covered almost all of their bedroom “You two are going to clean this up, right?” Serena asked. Olivia
shrugged and Oliver crawled into the fort where she couldn’t see him. She chuckled and sat down on the floor. “Are we going to
see Grammy and Grandpa soon?” Olivia asked, standing next to her mother. They were close to eye level while Serena sat on
the floor. “I’d like to,” Serena said. There was a knock on the doorframe of the twins’ room. Serena twisted around to see Logan
standing there with a broad smile. Serena cringed at the sight of his happiness. She couldn’t look at him the same way now. His
presence felt more invasive than welcome, and she wanted to be far away from his line of sight. “Good, you’re all here together,”
the Alpha said, stepping into the room. Serena stood up, moving as far from him as she could with the blanket fort in the room.
Logan’s smile faltered as she put distance between them. “I’m sorry about the mess,” Serena said, waving her arm over the fort.
“I’ll make sure it gets cleaned up.” Logan scoffed, waving his hand at her dismissively. “Not a problem,” he assured. “I’m actually

here about something else, something think the three of you will appreciate.” “What is it, what is it?” Olivia asked running over to
Logan and jumping up and down. “It is presents?” Oliver asked, emerging from the fort. “Oliver, that’s rude,” Serena chastised.
Logan chuckled. “It is a present, of sorts,” he said, winking at Serena. “A very large present, in fact.” “Really, what is it!?” Olivia
asked, getting more and more excited. Serena sighed and rolled her eyes. Logan did know how to appeal to their five–year-old
hearts. It made her happy, just as much as it filled her stomach with a pit of dread. “I just got the news today, but your house is
ready to be moved back into,” he said. Olivia and Oliver stopped jumping around. “Our house?” Olivia asked with a sneer.
Serena could have laughed with joy! Knowing they could go home meant she could digest the confirmation of Logan being the
father of her kids without being around him constantly.
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“Olivia, this is good news,” Serena said. “You should thank the Alpha for getting our house fixed.” Olivia mumbled a thank you
and then went back into the fort. Serena was happy, and she thanked Logan with a smile. “I’ll help you move,” he offered. “It is
the least I can do.” “Thank you,” Serena said. “It will be nice to have our space back.”
“Is it really that bad to be here?” Logan teased. Serena smiled sheepishly.
“No, but you’re going to need one of these rooms for a nursery,” she reminded him. Logan rolled his eyes.
“Right,” he grumbled. That reaction told her he wasn’t ready to know the twins were his!