They were all at the hospital, consoling Rayna. Even with all of Jade's powers and abilities, it couldn't stop what happened. All of Adam's and Laura's wishing, couldn't reverse it. They all gathered around Rayna, who was sobbing hard and leaning on all of them for strength.
Everyone, even Laura and Rayna's mother, decided it was for the best that Rayna stay with them for a little while at least, needing the strength of family around her. Laura spent many a night with her sister, trying to strengthen her, letting her cry on her shoulder, ensuring her she was not alone.
Adam did what he could to help out, any little thing he could do to help Rayna through her pain, but he wound up consoling another person even more. Jade for the life of her, couldn't understand why her powers couldn't fix what'd happened. She had no clue why her powers had failed her and the rest so completely. Jade felt ashamed and blamed herself for what happened, over the objections of everyone else, especially Rayna.
After a month or so, things settled in a bit. Rayna was still leaning on Laura heavily and Laura spent more than a few nights a week with her in the guest room, but Adam and Jade had started to rebound, with each other's help. In a way, Jade felt closer to her master than ever before, the time he took to take care of her and help her in a moment of pure loss and disappointment.
Adam was working in his office when Jade and Laura came in to talk to him. They both had looks of concern on their faces.
"Everything ok?" he asked the pair.
"We'd like to talk to you about something," Laura said as she sat on the couch that was there. Adam got up and joined her, knowing she was clearly concerned about something.
"We have something we'd like to ask you," Jade said joining the pair on the couch and sitting next to Adam. Adam nodded that he was ready to listen.
"Rayna's starting to get better, but she's not all the way there," Laura explained. Adam nodded knowing this, having arranged for her to talk to specialists and anyone else that could help with her grief.
"We think there might be a way you could help, Master," Jade said taking his hand gently.
"Of course," he said quickly, "anything to help her, you know that."
"Well..." Jade said looking toward Laura, feeling it was only right that she make the request.
"We think you should sleep with Rayna," Laura said.
"Well, I know you spend the night with her a few times a week," Adam said somewhat confused, "isn't that helping?"
"It is, but that's not want we're talking about," Laura said, trying to get through this. "We think you should make love to her."
Adam just sat there and blinked his eyes, trying to process what he just heard. Jade could see and feel the wheels moving in his brain and jumped in before Adam could talk.
"She feels so lost right now and unworthy," Jade said. "We think a night with you would boost her confidence and help her move forward. I've been trying as best I could to help her with this, but I think she needs a man's touch. I even offered to grow a fake penis for her and take her with that, but she just seems uninterested."
Adam swallowed hard at this. He knew that Jade and Rayna had been intimate since she moved in, Rayna needing the human contact and affection Jade provided. Adam raised no objection and neither did Laura at her attempts to help her sister, but both realized that it wasn't enough.
"You guys can't be serious," Adam finally managed to get out.
"We are," Laura said, having agonized over this and deciding that this was necessary. "She needs you right now and you can help her."
"Even if I agreed to this," Adam said, making clear that he wasn't yet convinced, "I have a few issues. One being, it could do more harm than good."
"It won't," Jade said, tapping her head to remind her master of her telepathic abilities. "We wouldn't have suggested this if I didn't know it would help her."
"Two," Adam said, trying to regain the conversation, "as much as I care about your sister," Adam said looking at his wife, "I care about you more. I'm not gonna do something that's gonna screw up my marriage."
"Babe, I'm the one suggesting it," Laura said, trying to get Adam to just agree.
"I know, but we all know what happened when it was just a clone me," Adam told her. "This is
me
me," he told her in a tone of obviousness, trying to get her off of this.
"Babe, I know, and like I said when Jade first arrived, you're not the cheating type," she said, squeezing his hand hard. "It isn't infidelity if it's done with my consent and knowledge."
"Laura, don't try and convince me that this isn't gonna change things, especially with your sister living here for God knows how long," Adam replied. Laura took a deep breath and looked at Jade, Jade nodding that she should continue.
"Babe," Laura said, getting a little fidgety, "there's something you should know." Laura was biting her lip, knowing she had to tell him, having already confessed to Jade a few days ago. "A few nights ago, when I was with Ray trying to console her," she said slowly, "something happened."
"What?" Adam said, not knowing where this was going.
"We sorta..." Laura said hesitantly, "fooled around a bit..."
Adam's jaw dropped as Laura continued.
"We just rubbed each other, that's it. Through our underwear," Laura said quick, hoping that her husband didn't think she'd been truly unfaithful. "She just needed relief and it just sorta happened."
"Ok..." Adam said, trying get through what Laura just told him.
"I'm so sorry if I hurt you," Laura said quickly, "I love you so much."
"I know, I know," Adam said in a calm tone. "I'm not really mad. I mean you could've told me..."
"I know and I should have," Laura said, knowing that her husband was right. "I felt terrible, but I had to help my sister and she needed me."
"Is that why you want me to sleep with her?" Adam asked, "to offset?"
"Yes and no," Laura said with honesty, "yes, because if I fooled around with her and Jade has, it's only fair," she said looking at Jade who nodded, "but also, she really does love you, Adam. She thinks she let you down in losing the baby."
"That's not true!" Adam said, that thought never hitting his consciousness.
"Master," Jade said soothingly, "we all know that, but she still feels it. She felt like she was always going to have a part of you with her now and its gone."