I woke up the next morning, feeling weirdly refreshed and oddly, not nauseous at all. I know that probably wont last long, but hey, I’ll count my blessings when where I can.

“Hi mommy.” came tinily from next to me, and I rolled over to see Taylor blinking sleepily at me, but grinning.

“Morning baby girl. Did you have a good sleep?” I asked her and she nodded.

“Breakfast?” was her next question and I giggled.

“We might see if we can have breakfast with the boys before we go on the bus huh?” I suggested and she grinned wider. “But first we gotta have a shower and get dressed.” I told her and we both made a mad scramble to roll out of bed and head to the bathroom.

Once we’d had a shower, we picked out our outfits, and I re did her pigtails. I was just doing the last turn of the hair tie when there was a knock at our door.

“Get the door for momma sweetie?” I asked her and she nodded and bolted off. I ducked into the bathroom to do my hair and makeup quickly, because I figured it would be one of the guys.

“Hi Uncle Jimmy!” I heard her say quite loudly and I groaned under my breath before I alerted him to where I am.

“I’m in the bathroom sweetie.” I called and continued with my makeup while I waited for him. “Morning honey.” I greeted when he appeared at the door holding Taylor.

“Morning. Ready for the bus today?” he asked us and Taylor nodded.

“As long as I can eat and have it stay down for longer than an hour, sure.” I told him and started packing everything up.

“Oh yeah? How’s your stomach this morning?”

“So far so good.” I told him with a smile. “That may change after breakfast though.”

Or after 7 months…

“Oh. Breakfast! That's what I came to tell you. We’re going to breakfast downstairs before the bus comes and we have to check out.” he told me.

“Sure. How bout you take Taylor and I’ll finish packing up and meet you down there?”

“Done deal momma bear. Let’s go get some pancakes munchkin.” he said to Taylor and turned to leave the room.

“What abouts bacon?”

“Oh there will defnitely be bacon baby girl.” he chuckled and then I heard the door click shut.

“Ughhhh! I have to tell hiiiiiim.” I groaned.

I’ve only know about this for like a few weeks, and already it seems too much. I sighed and finished packing our stuff before leaving the bags by the door, grabbing the room key, and heading downstairs to the restaurant.

“Roxy! Over here!” Jimmy called and I saw he, Zacky, Matt and Taylor sitting at a table waiting for the rest of us.

I waved and headed over there, chewing on my lip.

Do I tell him now? In front of the other two? Nah... I haven’t even told Taylor she’s getting a little brother or sister yet. Maybe I can tell him on the bus or something? Or god forbid at a truck stop where we can get a bit of privacy.

Ugh. All I know is I need to do it soon.

“Hey. Um. Come find me later. I need to tell you something.” I said to Jimmy, with a nudge to his shoulder, when I sat down next to him.

“Ok. Everything alright?” he asked and handed Taylor another piece of bacon.

“Yep. Everything will be fine.” I told him and used every fibre of my being to not let myself upchuck at the table.

I then texted Brian quickly. May as well have one of them on my side when Jimmy gets mad at me right?

Gonna tell jimmy bout the baby later 2day. Thought u'd like 2 know xo

I got his reply a minute later and I couldn't help but smirk.

I know he's bigger than me...but I got ur back if he cracks it. You'll be fine tho xo b

"What are you smirking at?" Matt asked me and I got rid of the text chain quickly.

"Nothing." I told him and stuck my tongue out. I then ordered some toast and crossed fingers, toes and eyelashes that it'll stay down.

Eventually everyone else came down and ate their breakfast, then we all went back upstairs to grab our stuff, check out, and then head out to the front of the hotel to wait for the bus.

"Momma, can we have a window bunk?" Taylor asked from Brian's arms, where she's thankfully behaving. Since she could walk, I taught her to make sure she stays out of the way whenever we're packing the bus or even one of the vans. To this day, she'll always ask for someone to pick her up even if we're near a car, and have nothing to pack.

"They're all window bunks princess. Remember?" I said and her face dawned with realisation.

"Oops." She giggled and Brian tickled her, which made her squirm and giggle even more.

"Alright. Everyone pick a bus, we'll pack your stuff and then ya'll can fight over the bunks." One of our drivers Trevor told us. He's from Texas, and he's Taylor's favourite. "Well hi there lil darlin'." He drawled when he noticed her and she squealed happily.

"Hai Trevor!" She cried as Matt, Jason, Nathan, the other driver Jared and I started loading stuff.

"We should probably help or something huh?" Jimmy chuckled.

"If you want your shit to not be broken, sure." I smirked. "The only one who has an excuse is Brian coz he's keeping Taylor out of the way." I added a bit louder and then the other three decided they would give us a hand too.

"You gotta teach me how to do that man." Matt Berry chuckled. "Whenever I ask them to help, I get the bird and a fuck off!"

"One day, I will teach you all the tricks with this lot." I started. "Though I'll be honest and tell you that these help an awful lot." I added and motioned between my boobs. The others sputtered and tried to proclaim their innocence, whereas B piped up and basically admitted it on behalf of all of them.

"Not gonna lie, they and her Metallica shirt have helped me make a lot of decisions." He chuckled and I winked at him.

"So basically I need to have a set of tits to make them listen to me?" He asked and the answer was a resounding yes from everyone that had any interest in the conversation.

Between everyone, we got the stuff on the buses really quickly, and I let Taylor pick who we'd be on a bus with. She picked Jimmy (who comes with Jason as a bonus), Zacky and Brian, with a promise to switch to the other bus about halfway through the tour.

"Alright sweetie. Pick a bunk." I told her when we'd made it up the steps.

"This one?" She asked after contemplating all of them and picking the bottom left in the second lot of four.

"If that's the one you want honey." I grinned and hefted my suitcase and in turn her one into the small space.

"Yessum." She proclaimed and then proceeded to climb into said bunk and sit next to the suitcases. I found my duvet and our pillows and she helped me make our bed. I'm actually kinda glad she picked one closer to the floor. Not sure how I'd have gone getting out of a higher one once I started getting along with the pregnancy.

Ugh. That's right. I decided I was gonna tell Jimmy today didn't I?

I sighed loudly then. Time to go find the father of my baby.

"Jimmy?" I called and teetered down the bus. Another thing I'm not used to yet.

"Mmmmmm? Whoops. Shit." He hummed then almost lost the plate of pop tarts he was holding when the bus hit a pot hole.

“Can we talk?” I asked quietly after giggling at him.

“Sure. Can I bring my pop tarts?” he asked.

“Yes, you can bring your pop tarts.” I giggled and beckoned him to follow me to the back of the bus.

I’m gonna do it! Ohgodohgodohgodohgod…

We passed Brian on our way through the bunks, and had I not known he knew, the smirk he gave me would have given him away.

“So. What do you need to tell me? Is everything ok?” Jimmy asked me through a mouthful of pop tart when we’d reached the back lounge and I’d shut the door.

“Hopefully. Um…you know how I’ve been sick over the past few days right.” I started and he nodded. My heart is beating at a thousand miles a minute and I really feel like I could be sick from nerves. “Well…it’s not coz I have food poisoning….” I trailed off and hoped he might get my hint. He didn’t. “I’ve been sick because I’m pregnant again.” I said with a small smile and he grinned at me, and it made me feel a little better.

The hard part is still coming though.

“Roxy, that’s awesome! You’ve kept that a secret though. Who’s the father?” he cooed and I took a huge breath.

“I’m looking at him.” I said and waited for him to click.

His eyes bugged a second later. “Me? Really?” he said, voice a lot higher pitched than usual.

“Yeah sweetie.” I half giggled, extremely glad he hasn’t yelled.

“But we used a condom!” he said, still pretty shocked.

“I know honey. But things go wrong…” I started and he cut me off.

“Hey! No! I’m not mad or anything, just a bit shocked.” he said, unintentionally spraying me with crumbs. “Oooops. Sorry.” he chuckled and I literally felt that a weight had been lifted from my shoulders.

“I know! I know you are…I was just so fucking worried you were gonna freak out or something!” I cried and then sighed loudly. “Thank fuck you didn’t freak out or something.” I mumbled and he laughed at me.

I heard him put his plate down, and a second later he had his arms wrapped around me. I sighed again and nuzzled into his chest. I am so SO glad he didn’t freak out. I don’t know what this will mean for us, but right now, I’ll take what I can get.

“How far along are you?” he asked after a minute and I pulled back to look up at him.

“I haven’t been to the doctor yet, but that 'night' was about 2 months ago…so I’d say I’m around there.” I told him and he nodded with a grin. “What?” I giggled when the grin didn’t falter.

“Nothing….just. This is really freaking cool. You’re having my baby.” he said excitedly.

“Yeah… I am.” I grinned.

“Even if we’re not a couple. I wanna be there for you and the baby. And if we end up together at the end of it, I won’t be complaining.” he said and I breathed another sigh of relief.

“I’m glad you said that. I had no fucking idea how to word it.” I giggled and moved to open the door.

“I can be eloquent sometimes.” he said. I rose an eyebrow. “Yeah. That’s right. I said eloquent!” he cried.

I busted into loud cackling then and almost fell over again when the bus jolted. That was almost too easy. And after that, telling the others and Taylor will be an absolute breeze.

“Do the others know?” he asked me after I’d calmed down.

“Brian does, but that’s just coz he found me when I was having an emotional meltdown.” I told him and he gasped.

“Gates! That is so not fucking fair! You knew before I did!” he cried and headed back out to the front before realising how loud he’d said it.

“Go honey. I’ll tell Zacky in a minute.” I giggled and he continued his sliding to the front of the bus where B is likely to be.

"Tell Zacky what in a minute?" Previously mentioned man said as he popped out of the teeny bathroom. Shit. I forgot about those.

"Tell you my news. I'm pregnant again." I told him and he grinned at me too.

"Hey! That's awesome! What were you telling Jimmy though?"

"Well he kinda had to know first, he's the father." I explained and the grin dropped from his face in about half a second. "What?"

"Nothing. I'm happy for you guys." He mumbled and disappeared behind me and into the bunks.

I frowned. What the hell is going on there? I shrugged and headed further down the bus into the front lounge, where I was met with a loud cheer and Jason appearing out of fucking no where to hug me.

"Jason! Holy Jesus! What the hell?!" I cried and he squeezed me and let go.

"Congrats sweetie. That's great news." He grinned.

"So everyone keeps saying. Zacky took it weirdly though." I frowned.

"How so?" Brian asked. He's got Taylor on his lap, and I'm gonna have to try and explain it to her in a minute.

"Well, he's happy for me, but his mood changed the instant I told him Jimmy was the father." I explained and I wasn't the only one frowning.

"Maybe he's jet lagged or something?" B suggested and I shrugged.

"Maybe. Now...Tay...mommy has some news for you." I began and kneeled down to her level. "You know how you want a little brother or sister?" I said and she nodded. "Well, you'll be getting one soon. Mommy's having a baby." I said and waited for her to react. I know she won't get the pregnancy bit per se. But she'll sure as hell understand the little sibling bit.

"Really?!" She squeaked and her eyes lit up. Jackpot.

"Yeah munchkin." I giggled. "You might have to wait until we get home from the tour, but soon you'll have a little brother or sister. " I grinned and she let out a squeal of happiness.

"Yay! I gets a play buddy!" She cried and I think the only person with a grin bigger than hers, is Jimmy.

Notes

Ta da! Two updates in two days! :)

This is gonna be it for a while though...I wanna write as much as i can so i can get ahead of myself

Enjoy!