It's almost easy...

“Roxy? Where are you? Are you ok?” I called cautiously into the dark bus. She didn’t show up for sound check, and we’re all worried about her. I couldn’t hear anything other than sniffling as I walked up the steps so I keep walking. “Sweetie? What’s wrong?” I tried again and by the time I made it sort of to the bunks, the sniffling was louder and there was some quiet crying to go with it.

A curtain flung open at that point and the dim light revealed Roxy lying there, swollen belly, blood shot eyes, messy hair and all.

“Honey…what are you doing in here? You missed sound check and we’re worried.” I cooed and knelt down next to her. “What’s wrong?” I added and she cried harder.

“I….I think t-t-there’s something wrong with the b-baby….” she hiccupped and I panicked straight away.

“What?! What do you mean?” I said louder than I meant to.

“I don’t know. It’s stopped moving and I was bleeding before.” she whined and I panicked even more.

“Sweetie, I know I’m pretty clueless when it comes to this, and I know you’re scared, but we need to go to the hospital.” I told her and stood up.

“But what about the show?” she said quietly.

“The show can fucking wait. You and the baby’s health is more important right now.” I said and helped her out of the bunk carefully.

“Ok.” she mumbled tinily and we started walking outside while I called someone to drive us and called Matt to let him know what’s up.

“Shadows! Yeah I found her. She was in the bus. We have to go to the hospital. Not sure, but she said she was bleeding. Yeah. We’re heading there right now. What about the show though? Ok, that makes sense. Yep. We’ll see you there.” I said and hung up as we made it to the buses stairs. “Matt said they’ll postpone the show until tomorrow. So don’t worry about that right now. Let’s get you to a car and the hospital and the others are gonna meet us there.” I said and she nodded as we walked slowly to a car.

It was a couple of hours later that we got any news. Poor Roxy had been poked and prodded and scanned and she was getting more upset and scared as time went by. To be honest I am too. I know she’s been yelling at me more than talking to me for the last few weeks, but if I were to lose her or the baby, I’m not sure what I’d do.

“I’m scared…” she murmured while we sat alone in a room. She’s hooked up to a few machines and they’re all beeping, but aside from that, we’ve been really quiet.

They won’t let the others in yet, so it’s literally just the two of us.

“I know. Me too. It’ll be ok though. It has to be.” I told her and squeezed the hand that’s cradled with hers on her belly. One of the machines she’s hooked up to is for the baby’s heartbeat, so we know it’s mostly ok. It hasn’t moved since we got here though and I can tell that’s worrying her the most.

“Jimmy…Jimmy what if it dies? I can’t deal with that…I won’t deal with that.” she said and got a slightly panicky tone to her voice.

“Hey! Don’t think like that. Everything’s gonna be ok. I promise.” I told her, even though I’m not incredibly convinced myself. “We can hear the heartbeat, lets just focus on that yeah?” I cooed and she nodded slowly.

“Kiss me?” she breathed and I stood up and leaned down to do just that. Nothing like we usually do, just something to reassure her that I’m here for her and everything will be ok. “Thank you.” she sniffled quietly.

“Better?” I asked her. She’s still clearly upset, but she seems a little bit calmer now. She motioned a little bit with her hand and I chuckled at her. “Good to know.” I grinned and at that moment a doctor walked through the door.

“Miss Matthews, I have good news.” she smiled and I literally felt Roxy deflate with relief. “The baby is fine, just sleeping it appears. The bleeding also seems to have been caused by something similar to a blood blister. Tell me. Are you on your feet a lot?” she asked and I giggled.

“Yeah. I’m a guitar tech, so I’m almost constantly on my feet.” she explained and chewed on her lip.

The doctor smiled. “That’s perfectly ok. The blister was caused by extra pressure, so it might be an idea to get daddy here, or the guys you’re in charge of to do the heavy lifting ok?” She said and we both nodded. “Other than that, you and the baby are very healthy, and you shouldn’t need to worry about anything else until you go into labour.” she finished and Roxy sighed loudly.

“Thank you. That makes me feel better considering I panicked over nothing.” Roxy said and I squeezed her hand again.

“No worries at all. Bleeding during a pregnancy can mean many things, so coming in to get checked out was the best you could have done. Rest up for a bit longer and I’ll organise your discharge papers.” she said and left. When she did Roxy looked up to me.

“Thank you for taking me. If you hadn’t have, I would have probably stayed holed up in my bunk panicked out of my mind.” she told me.

“I can be super boyfriend when I need to.” I chuckled and leaned down to kiss her again. “I’m gonna find the others and tell them you’re ok. Will you be ok for a bit?” I asked her and she nodded. “Back soon.”

I headed out into the halls and eventually found the others sitting in the waiting area, waiting for news.

“Hey. Is she ok?” Brian asked, he was the first one to notice me.

“Yeah, she’s fine. The baby’s fine. Just sleeping, which is why it wasn’t moving apparently. And the bleeding was from a blood blister or something. The doctor told her that we might have to do a bit more of her heavy lifting.” I explained and looked between he and Zacky.

“If it means she doesn’t scare the crap out of us again, I’ll do anything.” Brian chuckled.

“Amen.” Zacky agreed. “Can we go see her?” he asked and I shrugged.

“Don’t think so man. They were talking about discharging her so we might be out of here soon.” I sighed. “Shit. Thank fuck they’re ok.” I added and scrubbed my hands over my face. “How’d the fans take the news about the show?” I asked Matt.

“Suprisingly well. The tickets for tonight can still be used tomorrow and apparently they’re more concerned about your baby momma than we are.” he chuckled.

“Well at least that turned out ok. That’ll make Roxy feel better too. It’s one of the first things she asked about after I told her I was bringing her here.” I chuckled.

About an hour later they discharged her and we all headed back to the hotel. Seeing as we’ve postponed the show, it’ll put us a day behind and give us less time off when we get to the next city, but that’s ok. Roxy’s ok and the baby’s ok. And that’s all that matters.

“Where’s Taylor?” She half whispered to me as we headed back to mine and Brian’s room.

“I think Shadows said the Berry’s took her.” I told her and her eyes bugged momentarily. “I’m telling them you made that face.” I chuckled as we continued the slow walk down the hall. “She’ll be fine. I know one of them is in charge of me and the other one is nuts, but they’re not complete idiots.” I told her and nuzzled my cheek with hers.

“To be honest, I’m too tired to care.” she giggled sleepily.

“Come on. Let’s get you to bed momma.” I said and walked her through the door that Brian had conveniently held open for us.

She peed and I helped her get into my bed before I quickly did my night time routine so I could join her.

“Hey. Feel.” she said happily as I pulled the covers up and she somehow found one of my hands and placed it on her belly. I wondered what she was on about for a second until I felt the tiny movement against my palm.

“They’re awake.” I smiled and she’s grinning at me.

“Yeeeah.” She breathed. “ Good night.” she said quietly and leaned over to kiss me.

“Night.” I said absently and let her get comfortable before I did anything. “Night fuck face.” I added to Brian and a pillow came flying at my head.

“Fuck you.”

Notes

Another chapter...

I realise what I have been writing may not be 100% accurate medically or otherwise, but it's fiction...it's not meant to be true...

Enjoy. More to follow in a few days.