Kat had never expected to have three girlfriends, but then, she had also never expected to be an enemy of the state and well, life comes at you fast.
Jade had said she had something important she wanted to talk to them all about, so she hurried up to their quarters from the hangar. She walked in to see Jade and Maya sitting on their mattress waiting for her.
"What's up?" She asked, and Jade gestured for her to sit with them.
Maya took a long drag from her cigarette before responding.
"Jade's pregnant." She said, and Kat bluescreened.
Jade smacked Maya on the back of her head. "No I'm not, asshole. I'll say what's going on when Isa gets here."
"Oh thank god, this is no place to raise a baby. So many people are trying to kill us all the time."
The door slid open and Isa entered, and she asked "Why the serious meeting?"
"Sit." Jade said, which was a mistake because it gave Maya time to dramatically exhale another cloud of smoke.
"Kat's pregnant."
Isa narrowed her eyes. "What? No she isn't." She said, and then got a look at Kat, who was still white as a sheet from when Maya had pulled the same joke on her. "Wait, is she? Can that happen?"
"Yeah." Said Maya.
"No!" Said Jade. "Nobody is pregnant! You know, I had a serious thing I wanted to talk about."
"I'm sorry," Said Maya, chuckling and clearly not sorry at all, "Please go on."
Jade rolled her eyes and cleared her throat.
"I'll get right to the point. I love you all very much, I trust each of you with my life, I think we should get married."
The three of them were stunned into silence.
"Don't all say yes at once now."
"Married?" Said Maya.
"Yes."
"Can we even do that?" Asked Isa.
"Well, legally no-"
"I don't have a dress." Said Kat.
"I- You're getting bogged down in the details. The actual act of a wedding isn't important to me, we're all broke and living in a hole. I just want to call you all my wives."
"Ah." Isa pondered for a moment. "Yeah, sounds nice." She said, and pounced on Jade, kissing her. "I'm your wife now, no takebacks."
Kat scootched in to join the tangle of limbs. "Me too. That goes for you two as well, if you'd have me."
"Oh you know I will, my second wife" Said Isa.
They all looked expectantly at Maya.
"I have never considered myself the marrying type."
"She's hesitating. Wives, pout at her." Ordered Jade.
"-However," Maya added, before she could be submitted to a barrage of pouting. "If it's you three, and we're not getting all dressed up and kissing in front of our extended families, I think I could change my mind."
"Three wives?" Asked Isa.
"Three wives." Confirmed Maya, as she joined the pile. "You'd all be lost without your big tough butch around to ogle, I couldn't do that to you."
Kat had never expected to have one wife, let alone three wives, but again, life comes at you fast.