Into The Unknown

Chapter 20

Ryan's POV

I was the other end of the stage when I heard desperate screams coming from the crowd near where Abi was stood. It wasn't until I got closer that I saw some guy grabbing her waist shit, I threw the microphone behind me and jumped down. To my relief Bobby had got there first and managed to free Abi, I quickly scooped her up in my arms and lifted her up onto the stage. Zach helped me by pulling her up and then he helped her to her feet as I jumped up, I looked down and saw Alice talking to the guy.

Abi didn't linger on the stage she just headed over to Chris our sound tech and stood with him while we wrapped up the last song.

"Let's end this night with a party, thank you for being such an amazing audience" I looked round and saw Abi had gone, she must have gone back stage.

We finished the night with If I Lose Myself, it was always a crowd pleaser. I thanked the audience again and bid them a goodnight, I couldn't get off the stage quick enough. I wanted to go and check on Abi, she was sat in our green room with Cameron our other sound guy.

"Hey are you okay baby?" I rushed over to her and crouched down in front of her. Her hands were still shaking a little, she looked up at me and smiled.

"We're fine" my eyes widened as soon as she said it. I knew Zach, Brent and Drew were standing behind me
"Shit" she frowned when she realised what she had said.

"We" Zach repeated quickly "We as in...we" he added as he rubbed his own stomach.

"Is there something we should know?" Drew, Eddie and Brent were also staring at me now too. I looked at Abi for approval and she nodded, giving me permission to reveal our secret.

"Alright fine, we were going to wait until 12 weeks but seeing as you are going to be with us everyday then we might as well tell you...Abi's pregnant"

"Oh man that's awesome" Zach hugged me and then pulled away and leant down to hug Abi.

Eddie also moved in to hug me and then Abi "Wow congratulations, you guys must be made up, a little baby Tedder on the way"

"Two baby Tedders" Abi interrupted. I couldn't help but smile at their faces.

"Twins?" Brent questioned "Oh wow man you don't mess about" he hugged me and then hugged Abi aswell. Drew was a little more reluctant to congratulate us, but neither me nor Abi took offence, we know he had his reasons, he did give us both a hug though.

"You are a very brave woman bringing two mini Tedders into the world" Eddie chuckled, I retaliated by jabbing his arm.

"Shut it"

Suddenly Bobby and Mark (our tour manager) came into the green room with Alice "Okay you guys you need to do a runner, it's starting to get busy outside the venue and if you don't go now you could be held up here for hours" Mark explained "The bus is waiting outside, we will stay here and pack away and load up the stuff into the van"

"Cool" Brent said as he followed Alice out of the room, Drew was close behind. I helped Abi up off the couch and grabbed her hand, we followed Drew, Zach and Eddie walked with us to the van "So who else knows?" Zach asked me as we walked towards the exit.

"No one man, just you guys and Alice"

"So I take it you need us to keep it on a down low?" Eddie interrupted.

"Yeah, I don't want Freya or our parents reading it in some newspaper" Abi sighed.

"That's fair enough, but you know this won't come from any of us Abi" Zach smiled.

As we got to the exit we could see about 50 people gathered outside "Oh shit" Abi frowned "So much for a quick exit"

"Hey guys come this way, follow me" Bobby walked over to us and took us through the crowds. I gripped Abi's hand tightly as I let her walk in front of me so she was sandwiched between me and Bobby. Zach was following, I could feel Zach grab the back of my shirt as the fans tried to move in.

"What time is it?" Abi asked Alice who was checking her phone.

"11.34"

"I'm starving, who fancies pizza" Abi and I had seen a late opening pizza resturant on our way back from the hospital, I remembered her saying she wanted to go tonight after the show.

Everyone agreed pizza would be an awesome idea, except Eddie he said he wasn't really that hungry and was going to try and get some sleep.

Dougie our tour bus driver pulled up in a car park not far from the Pizza Place. We all got off the bus there was about 10 of us all together including the guys from Alice's car. I grabbed Abi's hand and followed everyone else.

Abi was right, being out and about this time of night was perfect. Nobody bothering us, just the odd person staggering between bars. We had both changed on the bus, I was wearing dark jeans a grey hoodie, baseball cap and my black Converse.

Abi was wearing a pair of loose fitting blue ripped jeans, a pair of tan timberland boots, a white t shirt, a cropped white jacket and a grey beanie hat. The t-shirt was fitted and the tiny swell in Abi's, usually flat stomach, was now more obvious. I found myself grinning widely at the thought of my babies being in there.

"Oh shit" Abi's panic made me look at her instantly. She bent down and picked up her iPhone off the floor, she didn't let go of my hand "It fell out of my hand" she smirked as she checked the screen "Thank god" Abi exhaled as she opened a text message. At a glance I could see the text was from Freya.

"Is she okay?" I asked. I though it was abit late for her to be texting her Mon maybe something was wrong, panic filled me. Even though she wasn't my daughter, I had still built a great relationship with her over the past 3 years.

"Yeah she's fine, she just wanted to say night" Well that makes sense, at least she's okay.

Abi replied to Freya's message and slipped her phone back into her jeans pocket "What did you want your pizza Abi?" Drew asked, he was ordering food.

"Erm Pepperoni please" Abi sat beside me at one of the tables, everyone else pulled up chairs and sat with us.

"Tonight went well" Brent started a conversation "Not too many technical faults, well unless you class Abi nearly being swept away again"

"Yeah I've been thinking about that" Drew laughed I love it when this guys thinks, "Maybe we should get in touch with Christian Louboutin and see if he can make you some shoes with cast iron heels" we all laughed at Drew's suggestion "That way you would be too heavy to grab.

"Not a bad idea Drew, but how in God's name do you expect me to walk in these cast iron heeled shoes?"

"Yeah good point, it was just an idea"

I loved spending time with everyone like this, nice and relaxed. I guess whichever way you look at it, even though we weren't blood related we still spent enugh time with each other to consider ourselves a family.