Three Whole Words Only Eight Letters Long (Sequel to LCDD)

Chapter 78

Kayleigh's POV

I sighed when we walked through the door and emerged in the living room joint kitchen, the smell of food drifting up to us and I turned to Dan who smiled tiredly. I frowned at him in worry, I'd never seen him look so tired before, but then again he usually had something to keep himself occupied, like playing the drums, whereas these last two weeks had been spent trying to look after Summer which I knew wasn't easy.

     These last two weeks had been incredibly hard for all of us not having Lizzie here. This holiday was supposed to be a group thing for us all to get away from home and spend some time as friends without having anything to worry about. That hadn't gone very well though what with us all worrying over Lizzie. I knew that I wasn't the only one scared about what would happen.

"You look tired" I stated, looking at Dan and he nodded at me.

"I am" he sighed, pushing his hand through his brown locks.     

"Well you should eat something first before you go to bed" I instructed and he chuckled.

"Yes mum" he stated, but pecked my cheek and wandered over to the kitchen to see what was cooking. I shook my head but chuckled slightly as Chris walked over.

"Hello love" he said, a smile on his face and I found my lips curving into a smile in response.

"Hey" I replied, slipping my arms around his neck as he placed his hands on my hips and bent down. I tiptoed in order to reach him and instantly captured his lips with my own.

     I placed all of my love for him and the worry I was currently having for Lizzie into that kiss and felt his squeeze my hips slightly as he deepened the kiss, to the point where all I could breathe and smell was him. We pulled back what I think was five minutes later, both of us panting as we tried to get our breath back.

"I love you" Chris said and I smiled.

"I love you too"

     We started towards the kitchen where I saw Lucy and Nick next to each other, bustling around to cook but never getting in the way of the other. They had such a perfect harmony in their relationship where they seemed so very aware of each other. Chris squeezed my hand as we walked over to Dan and I sat next to him, with Chris on my other side. I smiled at him and he smiled back before I reached for his hand and he squeezed my hand in response. For some reason I felt the need to offer him comfort.

     My thoughts soon drifted towards Lizzie like they usually did and I found myself squeezing Chris' hand a little more tightly than needed but he didn't complain. I hated the fact that Lizzie was in hospital, but I hated the fact that I didn't know what to do in order to make Summer feel better. Josh, Oli and Adrian had stayed with Sum at the hospital while Dan came home with me. I was planning on staying there but when I learnt he was coming back I went with him. Summer didn't mind of course, in fact I think she just wanted to spend time with Lizzie and the three guys, but I could also keep an eye on Lizzie's parents for her. I sighed and both Dan and Chris squeezed my hands. I smiled at them individually.

"I know, I feel horrible too. I just wish there was something I could do, Summer is my girlfriend and yet she is so broken" Dan sighed and I rested my head on his shoulder to which he kissed my hair.

"I know Dan, it's horrible seeing someone you love like that" I pulled away so as to look him in the face and I shrugged, "-but unfortunately the only thing that I think will help Summer now, as well as the rest of us, will be for Lizzie to wake up" I sighed and he sent me a tiny smile before nodding at me.

"I know, it's still hard" I kissed his cheek and got to my feet before walking around and standing next to Lucy to see that she was cooking something though I didn't recognise either by sight or smell.

"Do you want a hand Lucy?" I asked and she smiled up at me since I was taller than her by about four inches. She shook her head.

"No thank you Kay, we're doing good. Besides you should be resting" she frowned at me and I laughed at her.

"Didn't you ever get annoyed with people telling you what to do?" I asked and she bit her lip as Nick snorted.

"Are you kidding? She worked until she was just after eight months pregnant with Lizzie" he stated and I sent her a smile to which she shrugged at.

"Yes but that was Lizzie, I took things easier with Louise" she frowned and I leaned my hip against the counter to my right as I placed a hand over my stomach and cocked my head at her. Lucy shrugged.

"I had trouble getting pregnant. I've always had problems with my ovaries and so they stopped me from getting pregnant for about five years. But when I did fall pregnant we were ecstatic and I took things easy with Louise, even more so after my first scan which showed that Louise's heart rate was faster than it should be" she shrugged and I nodded slowly in reply as her eyes flickered down to my stomach and she arched her eyebrows, seeking permission. I grinned and nodded to which she eagerly placed her hands on my stomach.

     I was getting bigger every day, then again I'd come to the conclusion that I was 3 months and 3 weeks pregnant and I was looking forward to becoming a mother. I'd been told by everyone that I had a natural mothering instinct and I had always loved children. So the idea of becoming a parent was appealing. It was even more appealing that I would have Chris by my side as my husband when my nine month marker rolled around since we were getting married in two months' time. While most brides wanted to look perfect and skinny on their wedding day, I wanted to show off my baby bump. I just hoped that Lizzie would be awake by then. She was my Maid of Honour after all and I wanted my baby to meet their crazy auntie, since our whole group were so close that we were practically siblings and I wanted to share this with Lizzie, who was the first person I told about my pregnancy and also the first person to know that Chris was planning on proposing to me. If it wasn't for her talking him around, things may not be like they were now, or it may have taken a few weeks for us to set things straight again.

"Promise me something Kay?" Lucy asked and I nodded. She smiled at me.

"Promise that you will love this baby with everything? That no matter what happens in your life, nothing will happen to make you turn your back on him or her?" she asked and I smiled at her.

"I promise you Lucy. And if I break that promise you have full rights to slapping some sense into me" she grinned at this, "-but if it helps I already love him or her so much" I replied and she nodded at me, a smile on her face.

"Yeah the love does come very early" she stated and I smiled before she ushered me to sit back down again and even though I rolled my eyes I did as she said, placing myself between Dan and Chris again and taking their hands.

     Lizzie's parents were great and I could tell that they loved their daughter so very much. I just wanted her to wake up so that she could see how much her family loved her and how much we all did too, though we were practically her family anyway. I wanted her to wake up to share in my wedding which she had helped me so much with in terms of planning and I wanted her to be there at the birth just as back-up in case Chris fainted. Not that I was expecting him to but just in case that happened. I loved her so much and I anything could happen if she... no I couldn't think like that. This was Lizzie I was thinking about, and she was so strong. She would pull through this.