Into The Unknown

Chapter 33

Abigail's POV

"How do you feel now Mrs Tedder?" A male medic put his finger on my pulse and looked at his watch "Any dizziness?"

"No I feel okay" I look up at Ryan who looks worried, he is watching the medic.

"How have you been feeling recently? Any nausea or sickness?" The medic asked as he shone a light in my eyes, I could see Eddie, Brent and Drew watching the medic, Zach was on the phone. Ryan hadn't taken his eyes off me.

"No nothing" I reply "I did feel my chest tighten while I was outside though, almost like some sort of anxiety attack"

"Okay Mrs Tedder, do you suffer with anxiety?"

"I did a few years ago, but I haven't had an attack for a long time now, why is that what it was?" I ask the medic who is now smiling at me.

"Yeah possibly, that and the heat from being overcrowded" the medic put the instruments back in his case "Pregnancy usually makes the body more sensitive to things like this, you should be okay to fly, but I do advise you to see a GP as soon as you reach your destination"

"Thank you" Ryan interrupts, we both watch as the medic walks away "Are you okay now?"

"Yeah I'm fine" I frown "Is everyone else okay?"

"We're fine" Eddie sits beside me "Drew is a little pissed off at the welcome we received"

"I'm sorry" I hate that the guys have to go through all this shit, because of me. Ryan was the one who married me, the rest of them shouldn't have to suffer because of it.

"You've got nothing to apologise for Abi, honestly" I didn't realise how close Drew was stood to us, until he spoke "They are like vultures, they must have heard about the gunshots from the news report" I remembered telling the guys about it being on the news while we were travelling to the Airport.

"Abigail" another make voice came from behind us, I could see a guy with a camera trying to climb over the chairs and walk towards us "Abigail how are you feeling after your ordeal?" As he got nearer to us Ryan reacted violently and very out of character, he grabbed the guys shirt and pushed him backwards.

"BACK OFF" he yelled furiously right in the guys face.

"Shit" I quickly stood up and helped Zach and Drew pull Ryan away from the cameraman, Leroy was between them now. I wrapped my arms around Ryan's waist and rested my head on his chest, I could feel his heart pounding against my ear "Baby calm down" his body was fidgeting, he was still fired up.

"Look man I'm really sorry about Ryan's reaction, but Abigail has just fainted" Leroy explained calmly "He didn't mean anything by his reaction, he was just protecting his wife. You understand that right?" The cameraman nodded and took a step back.

"I'm sorry" he turned to me and apologised, I moved away from Ryan's arms and walked closer to the guy "I didn't realise, are you okay now?"

"Yeah thank you" I smile weakly, as I can feel Ryan watching me "Did you want a quick exclusive?"

"Oh my god yeah, that would be incredible" the guy turned quickly and shouted another guy to do the interview. As I looked round I saw Ryan storm off in the opposite direction. My offer had obviously pissed him off, but so what, I was doing what we call damage limitations.

I answer a few questions and take a few pictures. Leroy waits for me while the rest of the band follow Ryan to the check-in desk "Thank you so much Abi, this is great"

"No problem, it's the least I can do after Ryan's outburst" I reply "The less said about that the better, if you don't mind"

"Oh no consider it forgotten" Jason (the cameraman) smiled "It can't be easy when you get a welcome like that waiting for you at the airport, I would be the same if my wife was in your condition"

"Thanks for being understanding, I know he will appreciate it" I smile before turning and following Leroy towards check-in "Where's Ryan?" I ask Zach when I get there. He looks at the ground and seems reluctant to answer.

"He's gone ahead to the departure lounge" the son of a bitch has actually left me to check-in alone, what a tool. I was a mixture of upset and angry at what he had done. I stood at the desk and waited for the woman to acknowledge me, I could hear her talking to her friend about Ryan and the rest of OneRepublic.

"Sorry to keep you waiting...Oh my god your..." the poor young girl could hardly speak "Oh wow, wow erm...Shit. ..oh god I am so sorry"

"It's okay" I could see Leroy smirking through the corner of my eye "Don't worry I get it alot"

"I have just seen Ryan checking in, I didn't realise you were flying with him" the young girl gushed as she took my passport and ticket "Do you have any luggage, Mrs Tedder? Oh I didn't realise it was just Tedder, I take it Jenson-Tedder is a stage name" the woman sat beside the young girl seemed embarrassed for her colleague.

"Chloe" she scolds.

"Right, none of my business" Chloe stutters "Okay that all looks fine"

"Luggage Chloe?" The dragon lady corrects her again.

"Oh yeah sorry, did you say you had luggage?"

"Yeah but our manager is bringing it through" I explain and she smiles. It wasn't unusual for us to check our luggage in after we had checked in. After finally checking in I sign an autograph and take a quick photo with Chloe.

"I can't believe he has walked off and left me" I frown as I walk with Leroy "Could he be anymore immature?"

"I think he's just annoyed you undermined him"

"I didn't, did I?" Shit I never saw it like that, he had just defended me from a guy and here I was giving that guy exactly what he wanted. Shit no wonder he was pissed...I didn't ask him to defend me though, he reacted badly. I was just helping him, it wasn't all my fault...right?

Thoughts run through my head as I arrive at the departure lounge, Ryan is sat at a table with Brent and Eddie, Zach and Drew don't really know what to do or where to sit. Leroy is smirking away to himself, this situation couldn't have been more awkward and Leroy can see me squirm as I try and work out what to do "The guy isn't going to mention your outburst in his story" I try and communicate with my husband but he cuts me off immediately.

"Great" he doesn't even look and me when I speak to him, he just turns back to Eddie and Brent "So if we mix it all together and use the lyrics we spoke about..." Oh my god he has actually just flipped me off, is he fucking serious right now. I can feel my temperature rising as he continues to ignore me, I can see how uncomfortable Drew and Zach now are.

"Go and sit with them, it's fine" I smile and turn to an empty table near Leroy and myself "We'll sit here" I frown, my heart sinks a little as I sit down on a seperate table to my husband and watch him talking to his band from across the room. What a complete dick, why is he being so horrible?