To the moon || Luke Hemmings

Chapter 45

Feeling like my bladder was about to explode, I carefully got up from the couch and walked to the bathroom, feeling more fluids starting to leak.
'Come on V, stay calm' I mumbled, closing the door and pulling my pyjama shorts down my legs.
I sat down on the toilet and looked inside my underwear, my heart dropping in my chest when instead of a clear substance, this time there was blood.
'No' I mumbled, panic bubbling up in my chest again.
I rubbed my hands over my face and tangled my fingers in my hair.
'Fuck'
More liquids started leaking all at once and a little voice inside my head told me that was my water breaking.
'No, no no no no' I said, carefully wiping myself, and my underwear, of and walking back to the couch where I left my phone.
The stinging sensation coming back again as I called Luke, the tears slowly starting to roll down my cheeks.
This was not supposed to happen.
She's only 6 months old, she was not supposed to be born yet.
Luke's phone went to voicemail and I closed my eyes in defeat as my breathing and my heartbeat were racing.
'Come on Luke, please? Pick up your goddamn phone'
I called again and again but I was left with his voicemail every single time.
I called Ashton again before switching to Calum.
Neither of them answered and with every voicemail I heard, I felt myself getting closer to having a panic attack.
I didn't trust myself to be alone right now and the only people I could contact didn't pick up their phones.
I called Michael and decided to keep calling him until finally, he picked up his phone.
'V?' he said, his voice barely audible because of the wind blowing in the speaker.
'Is everything okay?'
I took a deep breath, my entire body was shaking and I was certain my voice was as well.
'Can you give me Luke? Please?' I said, as calm as I possibly could.
'Luke's still in the water' Michael said, 'but do I need to tell him something for you or?'
'No, just...please Michael...get him on the phone. Now' I said, biting my lip to keep the tears inside.
Michael was quiet for a few seconds before he started talking again.
'Okay, alright I'll go get him hold on. Just take a deep breath okay? Everything's alright' Michael said, clearly hearing the anxiety in my voice.
I shook my head, not believing a word of what he said.
A few more minutes passed and I could hear Michael yell Luke's name a few times before he handed him the phone, telling him it was me.
'V?' Luke said, concern evident in his voice.
'What's wrong? Are you okay?'
I sniffed, pulling my hand through my hair and shaking my head as the tears started rolling down my cheeks again.
'No, can you please come back. Please? I just...I'm losing blood and I think my water just broke and just...please? I don't want to be alone I'm scared' I rambled.
Luke was silent for a minute, not sure what to say.
'I'm on my way, Hold on okay? I'll be right there' he said.
'Hurry up. Please hurry up'
'I will, I just have to find the other guys and we'll be on our way'
I gasped as my belly started stinging again, the pressure in my pelvic area only growing bigger and bigger.
'It hurts Luke, please,' I said, wiping away my tears.
'I don't know what's happening you have to come back'
I could hear Luke take a deep breath, probably to try and keep himself as calm as possible as he told Michael he was going back to the hotel.
'I'm on my way V, give me 5 minutes and I'll be there okay? Stay on the phone with me'
I nodded, despite the fact that he couldn't see it.
We were quiet for a few minutes. I focused on his breathing and his footsteps that kept going faster and faster, indicating that he was probably running by now.
Knowing that he was on his way, I was starting to calm down and I tried to get a grip of the situation we were in.
'Fuck, I forgot the key' Luke mumbled, slightly out of breath.
'I'll open the door, I just need you to be here' I replied.
'Okay, are you sure?'
'Yeah'
A few minutes later, Luke announced he was walking inside the hotel and I carefully stumbled to the door, opening it at the same time Luke told me he was standing right in front of it.
He immediately pulled me in a hug and pressed a kiss against the top of my head.
'I'm so sorry I left you alone' he mumbled as he carefully pushed me away from him a little.
He looked at me worriedly and took my hands in his.
'I'm going to get the car keys and we're going to find a hospital alright?' he said, already walking inside to get the keys.
He came back a few seconds later and handed me a bottle of water.
'Come on,' he said, closing the door of our hotel room and taking my hand, carefully leading me to the car as I struggled to keep standing on my shaking legs.
'Everything's going to be okay' he said softly, but the look on his face told me he was just as worried as I was.
The only thing we were both scared of was to lose her, to lose the baby, and right now it felt like we were awfully close to that.
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A/N:
So yeah...that's happening, but is the baby going to survive or is it not? That's the question...