She's a Little Bit Country, He's a Little Bit Rock N' Roll

I am a living, breathing, beach ball and I am so god dammed miserable I cannot begin to explain it. Don't get me wrong, these little boys are definitely worth every second of feeling like I'm constantly going to piss on myself and sucking up every crumb of food around me like a vacuum. The good news is, I will no longer have to live on a tour bus and hop from hotel room to hotel room after today.

It's finally the last stop of the tour. I know we all had a blast the last few months, but we honestly thought it would never end. Especially Pixie and I.

"How is my beautiful fiancee doing today?" Matt smiled, his dimples so deep you could swim in 'em.

"Your whale of a fiancee is ready to get these little heathens outta me." I chuckled.

He bent down and placed kisses all over my stomach, resulting in giggling from me as I was quite ticklish.

"Babe how many times do I have to tell you, you're not a whale. You're carrying two stallion boys in your belly. You don't have much longer to live through this anyway. The last appointment we went to confirmed we would be meeting these boys in a month, tops. You've survived this long, kiddo. Just one more month, okay?"

"Fine. However, and you can engrave this into my headstone, as soon as those boys are out of me I am calling in Jimmy to bring me the largest bottle of whiskey he can find and I am downing half of it right then and there!" I stuck my tongue out at him, feeling he deserved it for all their party nights where Pixie and I had to watch them get drunk while we sipped on water and cranberry juice boxes.

"Oh that's a fantastic idea. You're going to take care of our newborns while you're smashed? I don't think so, love." He smirked, playfully nudging me on the arm.

We were in the last venue of the tour, taking a break from the guys warming up for the night. Matt walked back over to the guys to discuss a set list order as I laid on the cold cement floor in front of the stage.

"Ivy do you know how disgusting this floor is? You're laying on SO many germs right now!" Michelle shrieked and practically dumped her entire travel bottle of hand sanitizer all over me.

"Hello Michelle, it's nice to see you too, asshole." I chuckled, flicking my wrist to throw some of the liquid back onto her.

"You can thank me when you test negative for hepatitis." She teased.

"Alright so? Tell me everything! How did the trial go?" I sat up and crossed my legs as best as I could as Val and Michelle took a seat next to me. Val was holding a manila folder stuffed with various documents. The smile on her face assured me that there was good news.

"I'm free, Ivy. God I can't even begin to explain my relief." Val grinned, hugging the documents to her chest.

"That asshole got his ass kicked to the curb so fast it was hilarious. The judge was this amazing, strong, independent woman type. As soon as Val played the footage from the cameras that were installed in the house, he was a goner. All of the saved voicemails and text messages were the cherry on top. He received thirty years with no bail. Serves his ass right!" Michelle whooped.

"To make things better, I decided to take a huge step for Ava and I and met with an office that places women in harassment situations into a safe space, almost like the witness protection program, but less strict. I can still stay in contact with you guys and can visit and what not. I also called your father. Thank you so much for the connection! Everything went smoothly and you're looking at the new owner of a beautiful house in Ireland." Val beamed.

"Val that's amazing! I am so happy that asshole got what was coming to him. You're going to love the house. If you fell in love with the photos, I cannot wait until you see it in person. It will be perfect for you and your family. Also, you didn't hear this from me, but those Irish men are some of the sexiest you will ever witness. Who knows, maybe you'll find your prince charming." I winked, reaching over to give her a giant hug.

I got a sharp, sudden pain in my side and my hands instinctively wrapped around my stomach.

"Honey, you alright?" Michelle furrowed her brows in concern.

"Yeah I think so, that's a new one." My eyes widened, rubbing the space where the pain shot through.

"Are you excited to be done with the tour? I don't know how you did it, and I don't know how I ever thought I would be able to do this all while pregnant. Young twenties me was so naive." Val laughed.

"I loved seeing so many places with everyone but girl, let's face it, I'm going to pop any time soon and I do not want to be in a tour bus bunk bed when it happens."

"Um, excuse me, is this thing on?" Jimmy tapped Matt's microphone, getting our attention. "You girls have been here for a whole ten minutes and I have not received a single hug yet? I am appalled. The nerve you both have." He huffed, gesturing towards Val and Michelle.

"Sorry Jimmers, we have plenty of hugs for you. Get your ass down here, though, because my pregnant self is not moving." Val chuckled.

He hopped off the stage in the blink of an eye and practically tackled the twins to the ground.

"Did everything go okay? With the stuff? The adult stuff?" He questioned.

"The adult stuff went very well, Jimmy. I am a safe and free woman!"

"Fantastic! I thought me and the guys were about to have to become some street gang and put a hit out on that asshole." Jimmy wiped fake sweat off of his brow.

"No need for the gang violence Jimmy, everything is absolutely perfect." Val was practically glowing, and not just from the pregnancy. I could tell that the weight of the world had fallen off of her shoulders and it was actually a beautiful thing to see. Being happy looked good on her.

"Incoming!" Pixie shouted and dove onto the floor next to me. I had no energy to get her off of me, so we just laid there together in silence.

"Best friend, I love you, but if you don't move in the next two seconds I will pee on you. You're on my bladder." I whined.

"Oop sorry!" She pushed herself away from me.

Being pregnant with only one child meant that she was far from my overall physique, and she actually looked cute. Her new pregnant thing was wearing overalls. Lots of overalls. She looked like some 90's mom and I loved every second of it. She really pulled it off.

"Only one more hour until show time and then we are free to fly the nest! I am so glad the guys decided to get a red eye back home tonight instead of traveling back on the bus." She grinned.

"Tell me about it. We will be safe and sound in our own beds in eight hours and I cannot begin to explain how excited I am. I am going to have the best sleep of my life." I sighed.

"There is so much to do when we get back! We have to decorate the baby rooms and build all of the furniture! Well, when I say we, I mean all of the guys are going to sit around and get drunk and angry because they can't figure out how to put a crib together between the five of them while we sit behind and have free entertainment." She chuckled, leaning her head into my lap.

"That is absolutely correct. I wouldn't be able to put anything together even if I wanted to. You think Matt thought I was fragile when I first announced the pregnancy? I can't even get dressed alone half the time, now. He thinks I'm going to fall and break my neck or something."

"Soak that in, hun. That's just the sign of a great soon to be daddy." Val grinned.

"He is going to be pretty fantastic, isn't he?" I sighed dreamily as Matt's voice began to fill the room for their last rehearsal song. It was 'Dear God', and every time he sang it he always stared at me. It made me feel whole.

Once the song finished, Pixie stood up and dusted off her bottom before running over to the stage and climbing up to the microphone.

"Ahem, excuse me everyone, I have a very important announcement to make if you can all gather around." She smiled.

All of us walked to the stage and patiently waited as she dug for something in one of her overall pockets.

"As you may know, I had a doctor's appointment this morning and unfortunately with rehearsals Zacky couldn't make it, but a little birdie told me there has been a pool of money floating around on a bet of what the baby was going to be." She grinned. "Raise your hand if you thought it was going to be a girl."

Val, Michelle, Johnny, Jimmy, and I raised our hands.

"Okay, fair. Now, boy?"

Matt, Zacky, and Brian raised their hands.

"Well, I am announcing in two short months, the arrival of a bouncing baby..." She paused, the anticipation causing Zacky to become restless.

"Babe spit it out I want to see how much money I won!" Zacky whined.

"Girl." Pixie beamed.

Cheers erupted and Zacky ran over to kiss Pixie and hold her in his arms.

"I'm sorry you didn't get your mini-me." Pixie frowned.

"Are you kidding? I am going to have a little princess to spoil, alongside you my queen." Zacky grinned.

"Better get ready to go broke, Vengeance. All of your hard earned money from this tour is about to go to that little girl's wardrobe." I grinned and gave him a bear hug.

"I think I am okay with that. If anything, I am going to be just as bad as Pixie." He chuckled.

"I really hate to cut the celebration short, but it's only thirty minutes till showtime. They're opening the doors so if you don't want to be mauled by fans I suggest we take this to the dressing room." Brian chuckled.

We all made our way down the side hallway. Despite being different in their own ways, each venue had a similar labyrinth layout when it came to being backstage. I sat with the girls as the guys started getting ready, looking at everyone smiling and laughing together as the small pieces of life fell into place perfectly.

"Hey beautiful. Have I told you how much I adore you today?" Matt whispered wrapping his arms around my used-to-be waist from behind.

"Not in the last hour, no." I smirked.

"Well that's an absurd amount of time to wait. I love you more than every single star in the night sky, and every single grain of sand on any beach in the entire world. I can't wait to marry you." He smirked, placing a gentle kiss by my ear that sent a small shiver down my spine.

"I can't wait to marry you either, Mattie. You're my favorite person in the entire universe." I smiled.

"Alright pep talk time, gather 'round mother fuckers!" Jimmy shouted.

We all got into the circle that was formed before every show since this tour started.

"They wanted it, we gave it to them. Six months of shows, a large number of cities I've lost count of, long days and even longer nights! Our geriatric asses thought we couldn't fuckin' do it but we made it here, and we've gotta give it all we've got on our last show! What are we gonna do!" Jimmy yelled.

"Kick some ass!" The guys yelled back in unison.

"I can't hear you! I said! What! Are! We gonna! Fuckin'! Do!"

"KICK SOME ASS!" We all roared.

"That's better! Let's go out there and put on the best show of our god damn lives, fellas!"

We made our way back through the labyrinth halls back towards the side of the stage. The crowd was on absolute fire, their screams drowning out any other sound in the venue.

"This entire set, everything that I put into it, is for you and our boys. I just wanted you to know that." Matt kissed my temple gently. The love I felt for him at this very moment was transcendent.

We watched as the boys traipsed onto the stage for the last time. The last few months have been one giant roller coaster but I would never trade it for the world. Finding out that I was pregnant, dealing with the pregnancy, being by Matt's side, traveling all around the country with the love of my life and my best friend...it was everything I could have ever dreamed of.

"Hey Ives?"

"Yeah, Pix?"

"I love you. Thank you for going on this adventure with me."

I'm not sure why, but her words made me extremely emotional. Knowing we would be home in a few short hours brought all of the feelings from this tour to light.

"Thank you for convincing me that this was a good idea. I know I had doubts in the beginning, and if you hadn't told me to man up, along with Matt's puppy eyes, I wouldn't be here. I could have never pictured life being this perfect, but we fucking made it, Pix. We're here. This is all real."

"Thank you so fucking much you guys. We love you, and we are going to put on the best show of our lives for you tonight." Matt smiled as the crowd went insane. "Before we start this next song, I wanted to introduce you all to someone that makes all of this worth while." Matt looked over to me and began walking over. My eyes grew wide when I realized he was going to pull my giant land yacht looking self onto the stage. I started shaking my head in disagreement before he picked me up bridal style and carried me onto the stage. The cheers were almost deafening. He put me down carefully and wrapped his arm around my side in a tight grip, mostly out of love, but I know part of him knew I wanted to run away.

"This is my beautiful fiancee, Ivy. We are expecting two beautiful twin boys in about a month, as you may have read or seen. This woman is my entire world and she has made me realize why what I do is so important. She re lit that fire inside of me that sparked all of my passions for life and music. Having her with me on this tour has been an absolute fucking blast, and I am the happiest man in the entire world." He beamed and kissed me passionately, the sound of the crowd suddenly slipping away as I became lost in his kiss. "I wanted to dedicate this next song to her, and before we play it, I wanted to ask her something."

I looked at him with confusion. He already asked me to marry him, and I wasn't sure what else would be important enough to be brought out onstage.

"Ivy, we just got engaged on a brilliant dare executed by our lovely Johnny Christ over there..."

"You're welcome, by the way." Johnny chuckled into his mic.

"I did it because I just couldn't wait any longer. I didn't want to wait. With you being due soon, we have a lot on our plate, but I was wondering if you could add just one more thing to our list." He bit his lip and took a deep breath. "When we get home tonight, I want to get the best night of sleep in our entire lives, and tomorrow, I want to marry you." He grinned.

My eyes grew wide and the crowd roared.

"Shotgun on best man!" Jimmy yelled from his drum kit.

He put the mic in front of my lips as I stared in disbelief. Both the guys and the crowd patiently waiting for an answer.

"Matthew...you're god dammed crazy and I love you to death. I would have married you right now if you had asked me to. Of course I'll marry you tomorrow." I giggled. He picked me up and spun me around, giving me another passionate kiss.

"You hear that, fuckers, I'm going to be a married man by this time tomorrow!" He whooped.

The guys ran to us and formed a group hug, the crowd still going wild.

"Ivy James, this next song is for you. I love you, baby. This one is called Beast and the Harlot." He winked as I walked back to the side of the stage.

The girls all crowded me with congratulations and I looked over to the man who I was going to call my husband tomorrow. His smile made my stomach sink in the most beautiful way.

Tomorrow, Ivy James Scott will be dead, and Ivy James Sanders will live on forever.

Notes

I wasn't even planning on updating this tonight, to be honest. I was paying my first tuition payment of the semester, and once I was done my brain led me here, and here we are! I hope you enjoy it. Leave me some comment love! I enjoy reading feedback. Your thoughts mean so much to me! Thank you to all of you who have stayed subscribed to this story over the two years it has taken me to write it. We have three more chapters until we mosey on into the sequel, so look out for that soon! Also, if anyone is skilled in banner making, I need one for the sequel! You will be paid in the form of a character in the sequel! Let me know!

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Leagh