The three had decided upon the woman doctor after numerous visits to various doctors. They felt comfortable with Dr. Jones. The doctor had a high success rate, which was important to the three.
"Yes, we did. We toured the procedural rooms, talked to other patients, checked out your stats and have been spermed or whatever the correct word for it is," Latoya filled in. JC blushed while Justin winked at Latoya. She subtly gave him the bird.
"Collecting sperm samples," she corrected. "But 'spermed' is a term I've rarely heard. I like it," she put in jovially.
"Why thank you."
"So we just have to track your ovulation and then we will inseminate you preferably the day of ovulation or the day after. You know all about the catheter being placed inside you?"
"Yes and I hope that all of the little Justins don't make it," she stuck her tongue out at Justin. She was just teasing.
"Please your eggs would pant at the chance to play with my Justins." Justin countered and wagged his tongue back at her. JC rolled his eyes and sighed.
"Are they like this a lot?" The doctor asked the older man.
"Unfortunately yes." JC sighed heavily.
"We add spice to your life, Josh." Justin spoke and Latoya nodded enthusiastically.
The doctor chuckled, "I really like you." She told the bunch. "So Miss Griffith, have you started with the medication." Latoya nodded her affirmation. "Okay well according to the chart we will see you Monday next week and then forty-eight hours for the second insemination."
"You guys are going to inseminate two times?" JC asked.
"Yes. The first IUI, Intrauterine Insemination, is performed eighteen hours after the releasing of the egg and the second IUI is performed about two days after. There's a higher rate of getting pregnant with two inseminations." The doctor informed. She waited for any more forth coming questions.
"How soon can we tell if she's pregnant or not?" Justin questioned.
"We'll test about thirteen days after the second insemination. Hopefully we can be successful after the first insemination session."
Latoya had only one question in her mind, "Is it going to hurt?"
"Some patients complain about a slight discomfort but usually no, there is no pain." The doctor was straightforward. "There's no need for anesthesia."
"And how long does she have to stay in the hospital?" Justin asked.
"Actually she doesn't stay in a hospital. After an hour's rest, Latoya's good to carry on her normal daily activities excluding horseback riding, swimming and any other extraneous activities. Oh yes and no intercourse." The doctor looked back and forth at the younger people in her office.
"Does that mean all of us?" Justin asked and then mentally slapped himself. Now he would never hear the end of it.
"There doctor. You have a good reason as to why I do not want to bring forth Timberlake babies in the world."
"No, honey. Just for Latoya, not us," JC bashfully told his husband, while glancing back at the woman doctor.
The doctor beamed, "Any more questions, Justin?" He reminded her of her own son.
He looked down, "No. I think that's all."
The doctor looked at the other two but they seemed to be satisfied. She was happy with this group and could see the love that they all had for each other, a good foundation for raising a child. "Well then, call me if any of you have questions. I'll see you next week, Latoya." The woman rose to shake her patient's hand and then shook the couples'.
The three walked out and closed the door behind them. "Justin, if anyone even hints at the chance of not being able slide down the JC pole, you get antsy, huh?" she teased him about his bonehead comment. JC full out laughed.
"Hell yeah. If you had a chance to ride him, you would too," he goggled his eyes at her and then walked ahead of them. The two brunettes looked at the blonde and then looked at each other and laughed.
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"Nervous?" Justin asked the woman, who was unusually quiet. He tightened the hold on her hand. The two were waiting in an examination room for the nurse to come back with the instruments to prep her.
She looked at the older man, "Just a little, Justin. Plus, this ugly gown does nothing for my eyes," she joked. It helped to not realize what was going to take place soon. She looked at the needles and felt a bit squeamish.
Justin gathered her in his arms, "It's okay to be nervous. If I were you I'd be shitting bricks and then some." He rubbed her back consolingly. JC wanted to be there but his production company meeting could not be avoided. Since Justin is a retiree, he had no engagements for the day, so he joined Latoya for the first IUI. JC and Justin would be there for the second.
"I'm glad you're here," she sighed and then the nurse opened the door, wheeling in a cart full of instruments.
"Hi Mrs. Timberlake. The doctor will be here shortly." She smiled at the pair.
"Oh I'm not the missus. That would be him," Latoya informed the nurse. The woman stared at the patient and then started to laugh.
"You're funny, Mrs. Timberlake," she stated. The doctor came into the room and the nurse left. "Doctor Jones, Mrs. Timberlake is hilarious."
"Mrs. Timberlake?" Doctor Jones was confused. She thought that Latoya wasn't married.
"That would be him," Latoya pointed out. "I'm not married to him."
She smiled. "Are we ready to make a baby?"
"As ready as we'll ever be," Justin gulped at looking at the strange apparatuses. "I think I'll sit by the corner, away from her pelvis." Justin moved to the couch and watched Latoya lie back.
"Me and my pelvis thank you," Latoya replied. She did not want Justin in any proximity down there. The doctor put a sheet on her waist. It was held up, hiding her lower torso from view. The doctor situated her legs and told her to relax. And she began the procedure.
*`*`*`*`*`*
"Did me and JC wear you out or what?" was the first thing that Latoya heard after she awoke from her slumber. Justin hovered over her, jumping from his chair the moment he saw his best friend's eyelids twitch open.
"Yeah," she yawned. "I can't survive a threesome with you two," she said wearily. "How long have I been out?"
"Two hours. It figures you would conk out for an extra hour. You had me bothering the nurses, to see if that was normal. How do you feel?" He pushed her hair back.
"Tired."
"That's why you're staying with me and Josh. Don't argue. Your mother has called ten times; Mom called six, JC called three and Karen called twice, so all in all you're pretty popular today. We have to hide you from the world or they'll bust down the doors."
"I'll stay. I'm tired. I want more sleep," she sat up in the hospital bed. "Isn't the doctor supposed to check me?"
Justin grinned sheepishly, "She checked you after you slept over your allotted hour by my request."
"Dork." She slowly swung her legs over the edge of the bed. "Get me my pants."
"Those are words I never expected to hear from you, darling." He gave her the clothes.
"Do you flirt with everyone?" She asked as she put on her pants.
"Mostly, but you're special," he winked.
"Great," she said in a monotone voice and pulled the shirt over her head. "Can you untie the gown straps on my back?" Justin deftly untied them and she put her arms through the sleeves. She wobbled as she stood up. Justin lent a steady arm as she slipped her feet through her sneakers. "Let's go." She leaned onto the tall man and yawned.
*`*`*`*`*`*
"Do you think this will be it? The next time she comes here, she's going to be with child?" JC asked Justin. The two were waiting for the pharmacist to wake up from the second insemination.
"I hope so. I don't think she could take a lot more of these IUIs." Justin worriedly looked on as she slept.
"It's been a hour already, hasn't it?" JC asked.
"Yes but don't expect her to wake up any time soon. She'd probably sleep ten hours just to spite me." Justin grumbled.
"Maybe not," JC pointed to the awakening woman. The two men went to the bed and smiled down at her. "Hey there sleepyhead." JC whispered.
"How come you sleep on time when JC is here but with me you sleep overtime?" Justin whined.
"Damn it, if I have to listen to that whine, the damn first thing to hear once I get up, I'm going back to sleep." She grumbled. "Besides Sunday night I couldn't sleep, I was too anxious. So I went in tired but since I know what to expect I'm okay now."
The door to the private room opened, "Ah my patient is up. Great. I don't have anticipate Justin's frequent visits to my office," Dr. Jones joked. Justin blushed. "I just have to check Ms. Griffith and she will be good to go, okay?"
"Would you guys mind if I asked you to step out?" Latoya asked. "You can come back once she's done."
"No problem," JC grabbed his husband before he demanded that they be in the room. He knew Justin. The two stepped out of the room.
"Those two love you a lot you know?" The doctor asked as she lifted the sheets to thoroughly check the patient.
"And I do them." And she let the doctor finish the check up.
*`*`*`*`*`*
"It's been two weeks since the whole fill-er-up thing, you know," Chris remarked while drinking a Heineken.
"Dude, even at forty-one, you still are not eloquent." Lance rolled his eyes.
"Hey, a bachelor's never eloquent. Besides, you want to know too, asshole."
"Aw, the asshole title never gets old, you nosy bastard," Lance swiped Chris' other bottle of beer. "Thanks."
"It's never Christmas without our usual Bass-Kirkpatrick big mouth brawl," Joey smirked.
The former group sat down in the den away from the Timberlake and Chasez family. Everyone got together two days before Christmas and would throw a party each night until Christmas arrived. The other members of *Nsync knew that this Christmas was pivotal in JC and Justin's lives and they wanted to spend a night with them. Joey lived in New York as well so he'd be back at the Timberlake's the next day but Lance had his family in Mississippi to go to the next day and Chris would fly to his mother's house on Christmas day.
The door to the room opened and loud laughter could be heard from the next room. Latoya smirked at the group, "Planning a comeback or can this girl join in?" she smirked.
"Well that depends, if you tell us the color of your panties, we'll make you spend a few minutes with our greatness," Joey smiled lasciviously.
"Ha ha, pretty funny but it seems you beat me to it, Joe-dawg. Your panties are pink right?" she smirked and walked toward the seated men.
"Why no Latoya, I believe he's more a fruit-like color, like orange sorbet." Justin filled in and patted the seat next to him.
"Hmm yummy," she joked. She sat down between the couple and across from Lance.
"That would be Timberlake & Griffith- one and Fatone- zero," Lance guffawed. Joey stuck his tongue out at the room.
"So are you pregnant?" Chris asked out loud.
"Oh Chris darling, never one for tact, are we?" Latoya asked the man.
"Nope," JC answered for the older man.
"Well as much as I'd love to play Twenty-One Questions with you guys, it's time for dinner. Come here Chris and escort me to the table. Maybe I might answer one of your questions," she held out her hand regally and the short man accepted it.
Joey opened the door and his daughter ran to him. "Daddy, come on. Mommy said to help her with JJ!" The little girl dragged her father by the hand towards the dining room, to help her mother with JJ, Joseph Jr. Lance grabbed Latoya's other hand, "I would not want the troll to misbehave on the way to the table," he winked.
"Yeah well you're married, get your own girl," Chris half-joked. The two men squabbled all the way to the table.
Justin and JC walked slowly, holding each other's hand. The two wanted the others to precede them. Justin tugged on JC's arm. "Latoya said that she was ready when we all got together inside." He whispered in his husband's ear.
"When was this? She didn't talk to you long enough in the den," JC pointed out to his husband.
"We talked before our families started to show up. So you ready or what?" The two finally made into the overcrowded dining room.
"We're waiting for you two slowpokes to make it in," Lynn jeered. "Come on in, we have a lot of hungry people here," She waved her arm to her son and son-in-law.
There were people seated at the long dinner table and standing around the sides, hungrily admiring the feast Lynn, Karen and Maureen prepared. "Let us say grace," Karen announced softly and began to bless the food. After she was done, people began to mill around the table.
"Excuse me! Excuse me!" All eyes turned to the blonde man. "Before everyone eats, JC and I would like everyone to know that Latoya is--"
"The hottest girl around?" Chris cut in.
"No actually," Justin began.
"Yes actually," she countered and grabbed his hand.
"What I was trying to say before I was rudely interrupted by the chuckle bunch," Chris and Latoya bowed their heads, "was that we're going to have a baby."
"Yes honey we all know and can't wait," Maureen told the man. People nodded and smiled. Justin sighed. That was not what he meant.
Latoya sighed. "You see you never have Justin make an announcement; it'll never be done properly. I'm pregnant," she said loudly.