XIV

Chapter 33

A Week Later

Audrey's POV

Marisa grunted loudly as she shoved the thing of diapers under each of the changing stations. I watched victoriously as I held a three day old Damien Thomas Hood. He was born July 21st at 3:36 PM. Calum somehow made it in time to witness Damien being born.  Surprisingly '#babyhood' trended on Twitter just like when Elliot and Casey were born. 

"If you'll excuse me, I have a child to feed." Marisa announced annoyed. Taking Damien from me, I followed her into the kitchen were she grabbed a bottle of milk. Filling a pot with water I began boiling the water before Marisa placed the bottle in the hot water. She waited a couple minutes before testing the temperature on her wrist. Deciding it was good enough, she stuck the bottle in Damien's mouth who began drinking greedily.

"Are you excited?" Marisa asked walking into the family room and taking a seat on the couch.

I nodded. "I'm a day over my due date. Hell yeah I'm ready to pop these suckers out." Marisa laughed.

"Was it scary?" I asked.

"Giving birth. Was it scary?" Marisa got a look as if she was thinking.

After a while she nodded. "At first." She shifted her position. "It's scary when you get your first contraction."

"How so?"

"Well you're not supposed to go the hospital until the contractions are close to one another. So you're pretty much sitting around with a baby shifting inside of you ready to be pooped out for about four hours."

I laughed remembering when Marisa called me sounding like she was being attacked. Only to find out she was using the restroom when her first contraction hit and she thought something else was going to come out.

"It's also scary when they put the tube in your back for the epidural. That's fucking scary."

I rolled my eyes. "You can't even feel your back!" She shrugged.

After a moment of silence I felt a twisting in my stomach like my stomach was making a very tight fist. I winced causing Marisa to stop feeding Damien for a moment. She gently placed her hand on my stomach and pressed down. A surprised look was evident on her face before she screamed.

"Feel your stomach!" Doing as told, I pressed my hands down on my stomach. I was shocked and scared. Before my stomach felt like a stomach, but now it was hard like it had solidified. "Whats happening?" I asked scared.

"You're popping out your babies, like now." Marisa handed me Damien and his bottle while she grabbed the "labor bag" which was stuffed with clothes for the babies and I.

"Lets go!" Marisa shouted grabbing Damien back.

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Luke's POV

We were currently in Chicago, Illinois. Thankfully we only had one song left for the night. Most the time I'm sucked into the performance, but tonight was different. It was past the due date of the triplets and I still haven't received the call from Marisa. Hell I was so nervous I still had my phone on me encase the babies came.

"The last song is-" suddenly my phone rang causing me to stop dead sentence. The audience went silent, almost encouraging me to answer the phone. All of the guys put their instruments down and were silent also.

I gulped nervously. Putting the phone on speaker so everyone could hear, I answered. "Hey Luke hows it going?" Marisa said nonchalantly.

"Fine. In the middle of a concert." I looked at Calum who shrugged just as confused. "How are you and Audrey?"

"Oh were fine. Just wanted to make sure you'd answer. Bye!" Suddenly she hung up leaving us all shocked. Not a second later, my phone rung again.

"Yes Marisa?" I asked, the phone still on speaker.

"I forgot to mention that Audrey is currently about to give birth in my car. So hurry and finish your concert so you can come watch this." Ending the call, we all rapidly grabbed our instruments and began playing 'She Looks So Perfect'.

When the song ended we said goodbye to the fans before running off stage. While Ashton, Calum and Mikey ran to the dressing room while I ran to the bus. Hopping into my bunk I turned on Skype and Skyped Marisa. When her face showed up up her hair was in a bun under surgical wear. A mask covered her mouth.

"Hemmings! Whats up?" She said fixing the mask over her face. "Don't bother answering, you have a surgery to watch!" Before I could say anything, the screen turned and I saw Audrey's large stomach.

"I'm not watching." Marisa muttered. I heard Audrey laugh before I watched the scalpel contact Audrey's lower stomach before it trailed across. A line of red followed. My hand covered my mouth when they pulled back the skin and lining of the womb.

"So that's what a womb looks like." Marisa muttered.

Three loud screams emitted across the room as the doctor began pulling out the boys. We named the first one Jacob, second Blake and the third Thomas. All of them had blonde hair except for Thomas who had dark brown hair. I watched as Marisa cut all their umbilical cords.

"They're beautiful." I commented as I watched them hand them to Audrey who was getting stitched up.

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Two Months Later 

Audrey's POV

"Can we go to the fortune tellers place?" Marisa asked holding a large coffee. Lucy, Kayla and I looked at her. Leave it to Marisa to come up with something like that and somehow convince you to do it.

Walking into the shop, the walls were painted a dark red. Wire with small black lights hung from the ceiling giving off an eerie feel. Small skulls sat on a table by the entrance. In small jars, small organs were held in place by colorful goop.

"Welcome!" We all jumped when a short elderly lady emerged from a covered hallway. A colorful scarf covered most of her head while she wore an older styled dress. "I see you ladies want your futures foretold." All we could do was nod.

Following the lady into a small room, we took our seats before she told us all to take a card since there's four families. After we all picked one at random, the lady picked flipped them over. As she flipped each card she seemed more and more concerned.

"This-this is something I've never seen before." All four of us looked at one another.

"I-I see a great explosion in the future." Kayla leaned back, she wasn't believing anything the lady was saying. "Death, so much death." The lady shook now as she read over Kayla's card. "Forgotten love, with a girl. She'll be here soon." As more words left the women's mouth, the less I believed her. "A key." Suddenly the women started looking at the table as if in search for something. "The key is the answer. It was given to her."

By now we were all creeped out. Giving the shaking women money, we walked out and sat on a nearby bench. Marisa had a deep look of regret on her face. Lucy looked scared an Kayla seemed bored. I wasn't sure how I felt.

Kayla finally spoke. "Guys, none of that stuff will happen. It's just a way to get money."