Chloe smiled at Lee, her heart surging with pride as she sat in the theatre, watching the boys doing their sound check. She couldn't help but notice how relaxed and happy he looked when he was performing with the boys. She fidgeted in her seat, wincing slightly and rubbing her bump, trying to ease the cramps that she was feeling. She rested her elbow against the armrest, placing her head against her hand and closing her eyes, finally giving into the intense fatigue that she'd been fighting all day.
Lee glanced down at Chloe, smiling to himself when he noticed that she'd fallen asleep. He couldn't tear his eyes away from her as she slept soundly, her hand gently resting in place on her abdomen. His heart surged with pride when he was reminded once again, how beautiful she was. He snapped out of his thoughts when Duncan elbowed him in the ribs, alerting him to the fact that he'd missed his cue to start singing. Matt sighed and quickly switched off the music, glaring at Lee, a look of frustration on his face.
"Start again from the top." Matt said firmly. Lee nodded slowly, his eyes wandering to Bobby when he noticed him sitting in front of the stage, slowly pulling the envelope out of his pocket. Before he could stop himself Lee quickly placed the microphone back onto the stand and hurried to the edge of the stage, quickly jumping down in front of Bobby. Bobby jumped when Lee quickly swiped the envelope out of his grasp.
"Sorry, I need to find out with Chloe first." Lee said. Bobby nodded slowly, smiling slightly. Matt sighed deeply as he watched Lee place the envelope into his pocket and climb back onto the stage.
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Chloe awoke with a start, glancing around the theater and frowning to herself when she noticed that the stage was empty. She turned to her side, jumping slightly when she noticed that Lee was sitting beside her, gently tracing small circles on her arm. He smiled at her, maintaining eye contact as he placed a soft kiss on her shoulder.
"Were you watching me sleep?" she smiled.
"No, I was waiting for you to wake up." he chuckled, watching her closely as she lifted the arm rest between them and shuffled closer to him, snuggling into his arms.
"I don't know what I'm going to do without you." she mumbled to herself, her skin tingling under his touch when he placed his hand on her lap and slowly traced small circles on her leg.
"I'm not going anywhere Chlo." he whispered softly. She nodded slowly, her stomach churning at the thought of being parted from him.
"I have a surprise for you." he told her, smiling cheekily as he rummaged in his pocket and pulled out the envelope, gently placing it on her lap. Chloe glanced down at it, slightly confused as to what was going on.
"I thought you wanted Bobby to do the reveal." she frowned, realising instantly what was in the envelope.
"We can still do that, but maybe we should find out before everyone else." he pointed out, his stomach churning nervously.
"And I kind of want to be by your side when we find out." he added thoughtfully, not entirely comfortable with the idea of being parted from Chloe when the two of them found out the gender of their baby.
"And I know that you won't want to be on the stage." he continued. Chloe shook her head slowly, carefully picking up the envelope.
"Maybe you should open it." she suggested.
"We'll do it together." he told her, gently taking hold of her hand and placing it on one end of the envelope, his hand resting in place on the other end. She smiled at him as they quickly opened the envelope and pulled out the slip of paper.
