In the new year, when Diana returned to school for her second semester of her sophomore year at the school of nursing at the University of Michigan, she no longer had a lab partnership with Makayla Brown, who had become her best friend at school during the first semester. They were, though, able to maintain a weekly mid-week lunch date at the school's cafeteria wherein they could gossip to their hearts' content. Before the Christmas break, they had not verbally articulated the obvious possibility that Diana was pregnant as a result of the gangbang orgy just prior to the Thanksgiving holiday.
Thus, Makayla's opening question during their first lunch meeting in the new semester was, "So did you see a doctor, are you pregnant for sure?"
"Yes, I saw a doctor here, just before I left for Christmas, and she confirmed what I had suspected."
"Did you tell your parents? And how did they react?"
"Yes, my whole family knows I'm pregnant. It was something of a Christmas surprise for them. My parents aren't necessarily thrilled by how I became pregnant, but they support me wholeheartedly whatever I decide."
"So what have you decided?"
Considering the racial bias of her actual decision, and of course, mindful of the fact that Makayla was a black woman, Diana didn't dare reveal her true ultimate decision and its reason thereof.
She replied, "I don't believe in abortion. I don't need to bore you to explain why. Nevertheless, there's no denying a child now in my life is a major inconvenience. Oh, dear, that's a poor choice of words. What I mean to say is, I don't think I'm ready, and I'm certainly not mature enough to be a mother at this time. I'm well aware that raising a child is difficult in the best of circumstances, but raising a child while still going to school is almost impossible considering the demands of motherhood in addition to the demands of school. So, I think I'll probably give up my parental rights and allow my baby to be adopted. But who knows, maybe in the end I just might decide to keep my baby anyway."
Diana thought she was clever in crafting this answer since it catered to either situation as to whether she finally kept her baby or gave it up for adoption. However, Makayla was not buying that explanation and surmised Diana's true thought process correctly. Accordingly, she replied, "So are you saying then that if you have a black baby, you won't keep him/her but if you have a white baby, you just might keep it after all? During the orgy that resulted in your pregnancy, you fucked some black dudes as well as some white guys. We know that you can do a paternity test before birth, but you sure as hell can't test for race until after birth. At that time, the race of the baby will become obvious."
Diana realized she had made a mistake in qualifying her answer. She should have just said that she was unequivocally giving up her baby for adoption, and left it at that. That way, if at birth she announces she has changed her mind and will keep her baby, presumably, racial bias would not be considered a factor.
Thus, Diana was forced to prevaricate, as she answered, "No way Makayla! My decision is to give up my baby for adoption. However, I'm aware that lots of women who intend to give up their baby for adoption change their mind upon seeing their newly born child. In fact, I'm aware during an arranged pre-birth contracted adoption, the child is whisked away from the birth mother to ensure there is no changing of the mind, or a mother child bonding to foil the pre-arranged adoption."
Although Makayla's suspicions were not allayed, she had no answer to rebut. Still, there was another aspect of Diana's pregnancy to discuss, so she asked, "Since you're going to give birth and perhaps keep your baby, are you considering letting the guys know of the possibility of their being the father of your baby? As the hostess of the orgy, I have the names of every guy that you fucked that night. True, the list does not differentiate from those who actually had your pussy as opposed to those who you just blew or had your ass. Still those guys who could not have impregnated you would let you. You know that there are modern DNA testing that is noninvasive to both your body and to your fetus, that can ascertain paternity, before birth."
Diana almost turned green at that suggestion. She was truly horrified, as she replied, "Hell, no! Since I'm most likely to give up my baby for adoption, there would be no point. If I do belatedly decide to keep my baby, I'm certain the actual 'sperm donor'* (*air quotes) would not want to have anything to do with my child. The way I got pregnant is so surreal that I can't wrap my mind around the physical fact that he, whoever he might be, is the 'father'* (*air quote)of my baby.
"I'm not poor so that I would need any financial support. My parents have assured me that should I decide to keep the baby, they would foot the bill to provide for a nanny during my last two years at the University.
"Even more importantly, if I did get every guy I had at the orgy to agree to submit to a DNA testing for paternity, I could kiss goodbye of any future date, I might have with any of them. I can tell you I wouldn't mind fucking any of those guys again, who had asked for my phone number."
With that explanation, notwithstanding Diana's assertion to the contrary, Makayla believed that Diana's inclination was to keep the baby. She suspected the racial make-up of her baby would be the determinative factor in her ultimate decision. That didn't mean Makayla held Diana in contempt for such a decision. During the length of their friendship, Makayla knew that Diana did not have a racist bone in her body. She believed that Diana's presumed decision whether or not to raise a putative biracial child was a pragmatic decision of circumstances equivalent to deciding whether or not to undergo an abortion.
Deciding to drop this contentious issue, she replied, "Well, OK then. As for me, I know that I'm pro-choice. If I do have an accidental pregnancy despite my usage of birth control pills, I'd probably opt for an abortion. In any case, I wouldn't be facing the dilemma that you are grappling with now."
That ended the conversation on Diana's pregnancy, and their talk reverted to the list of thirty men who had asked for Diana's number. Makayla asked if anyone on the list had phoned her for a date as yet.
Diana replied, "No, none of them have. But it's not that surprising. After all, the gangbang orgy did occur the weekend before the Thanksgiving holiday. Then there was the end of semester exams for everyone to study for, followed by the extensive Christmas break. So now that this semester has started, I'm sure hoping some of these guys haven't forgotten me."
Makayla assured her, "Well, I'm pretty sure at least my boyfriend Keshaun will call you. In addition to the holidays, he was tied up with the football team commitment, and the season did not end until the New Year's Day bowl game. I've only seen him two times since Thanksgiving, and each time he asked about you."
Diana slyly asked, "You've seen him only two times? As in you spotted each other in passing by and had a brief conversation? Or does seeing him entail more than that?"
Makayla winked and replied, "Seeing him means I saw his naked body, and he saw mine." They both laughed at the euphemism.
As Makayla predicted, Keshaun Hill did get in touch with Diana, a few days after this conversation. However, the contact was not by phone. At the start of this semester, Diana had decided to forego packing a lunch, and instead regularly eat at the school's cafeteria around noon each day. Accordingly, Keshaun spotted Diana eating alone. While holding onto his purchased soda drink, he asked if he could join her. After receiving the almost automatic permission, he sat down and said. "I know that you and Makayla Brown are friends, and so you know that Makayla and I have an understanding."
Diana snorted, as she responded, "Understanding you say? I understand that the two of you are fuck buddies."
