That One Time

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 ~ Gianni ~

My name was Gianni Galeazzi and I am the youngest of three brothers. The baby of the family. I am also an omega, which is why I went to medical school instead of joining the family business. I wanted to know what made someone an omega and how to prevent myself from getting pregnant. I was gay, but that did not mean I wanted to give birth to a baby.

Yeah, that worked out real well for me. One party and too much to drink and I found myself in the exact condition I was trying to prevent. My whole life had suddenly derailed and I had no idea who to yell at because that fateful night was a complete blur. I was about to be a single parent with no idea who the other parent was. Worse yet, I had just met someone I was interested in.

Could my life get any worse?

~ Janos ~

I was rich, very rich. I'd started out with nothing and crawled my way to the top of the real estate business one building at a time. Being rich meant I got to enjoy the finer things in life. It also meant every con artist and scammer in the world came after my money. 

When a paternity test arrives at my office, I dismissed it as another con, but then DNA evidence was provided and it was proven that the kid was mine. My mind drew a complete blank. Just who had I slept with? Before I could answer that question, threatening letters started to arrive demanding money. All of this comes just when I meet the man of my dreams.

How could I bring him into this mess?

"Dude." I blinked widely before digging my thumb into my temple. "Did anyone get the license plate of the truck that hit me?"

I felt like road kill. Pretty sure I had hair growing on my tongue, and my stomach was trying to climb out through my throat. I didn't even want to think about the pounding in my head.

My college roommate chuckled. "I don't know how much you had to drink last night, but I had to pour your hairy ass into bed around four this morning after you stumbled through the door. That must have been some party."

I squinted, not just because I was trying to get my brain to process what Tony had said, but because I was trying to remember the party. 

I drew a complete blank.

Tony started to laugh even harder. "You don't remember. That's epic, man."

I grimaced as I stumbled toward the bathroom. I vaguely remembered being invited to an afterhours party at the Regency Hotel hosted by one of the medical residents I worked with. We'd all just gotten off two weeks of hell and wanted to cut loose a little.

I remember coming home after rounds at the hospital and changing into some casual clothes. I remember going to the party and accepting a drink from someone. I don't remember much after that.

Tony was right. It must have been epic.

I really needed to stop doing that. Granted, I didn't party very often, hardly ever really, but maybe I needed to stop all together. I was not a party animal and never wanted to be.

The headaches sucked.

Good thing I had today off, even if I did need to study. I pretty much studied every spare second I had. If I wasn't at the hospital doing rounds, I had my nose stuck in a book. Becoming a doctor wasn't easy, but I had my heart set on it.

I didn't plan to become an emergency room doctor or even open my own practice. I wanted to get into research. Unfortunately, that meant I needed a medical degree and several additional classes.

It was my only choice if I wanted to find a way to save myself. See, I was born an omega. I could get pregnant and carry a child. It was a secret known only to my immediate family.

It was a crapshoot every time a child was born. No one knew exactly how it happened or why it manifested in some people and not others. Sure, they had isolated the gene that caused it, but I wanted to figure out what to do for people that were born with that gene and didn't want it. 

I didn't want to stop my ability to father children. I just didn't want to do it myself. I also didn't want my choices taken away from me. I had heard horror stories of omega markets and wanted nothing to do with them.

"So, who was that handsome hunk you were hanging all over last night?" Tony asked with a sly grin. "And was he any good?"

Handsome hunk?

Why did I feel like I was missing something?