From the Beginning (One Direction Fanfiction)

Chapter 23

Chapter 23 

Erica's P.O.V. 

We were sitting at the table discussing a bunch of things when Niall and Beth came up with the idea that we all go somewhere with our partners for a couple of weeks, giving everybody time off from eachother. After much discussion amongst couples, it was decided that Niall and Beth were going to Mexico, Liam and I were going to Ukraine, Harry and Jordayna were going to New York, Taylor and Zayn were going to Australia and Louis and Sara were going to Italy. 

I needed to tell Liam and quick. It has been 2 months since I got pregnant and my baby bump was starting to show. I don't know how I hid it for so long but I managed to do it. There were constantly quesitons thrown my way but I just denied them all. 

We were sitting at the dinner table when I decided then and there that I was going to tell Liam right after we were finished eating. I was so scared that he was going to leave more or something. Every single thought about having this baby ran through my head, and none of them were good. I constantly glanced nervously around the table. 

"Erica, are you okay?" Harry asked. 

"Yeah. I'm fine," I lied. Lying became a habit for me lately. Everyone brought their dishes to the table and I asked Liam to meet me upstairs. I walked upstairs to our room and he came in not even a minute later. 

"Um... Liam? I need to talk to you," I whispered. 

"About what?" his voice was kind of stern and I immediately regretted deciding to tell him about the baby. I felt a huge cramp right around my pelvis and then something funny after, 

"Liam... Do you remember that night we supposedly got drunk and we woke up not remembering anything? I don't know but all I remember is waking up and our clothes were all over the floor." 

"That was like 2 months ago, what are you getting at?" He started to get more mad. I was scared that he was going to lunge at me so I cringed. 

"I got pregnant," I said quietly. 

"YOU WHAT? Oh shit. What am I going to do?" He started pacing around the room and running his hands through his hair. I felt something funny and looked down to see that I was standing in a pool of blood. My pants were soaked and I screamed at the top of my lungs. Beth bursted through the door and kicked Liam out, who was staring in shock. He couldn't move and at the moment, neither could I. Beth was freaking out, but I could tell she was trying to be calm for me. 

We sat there cleaning the stain on the floor. She ordered me to go get changed out of my stained clothes. She was such a caring girl all the time. She always put others ahead of herself and she was always looking out for the people she loved. I quickly got up and got changed. 

When Beth was done cleaning, she asked me if she could let Liam back into the room. I nodded reluctantly and she opened the door. Liam broke through, almost knocking her to the ground but she quickly brushed it off and closed the door behind her, giving Liam and I some privacy. I thought Liam was going to lunge at me at any second. 

"Please don't hit me," I whispered. 

"Hit you? Why on Earth would I hit you?" he sounded hurt. "E, can you tell me what happened please?" 

"I'm pretty sure I just had a miscarriage, Liam," I looked up at him crying and I saw that he was crying now too. I didn't know what to do anymore. I was so hurt. I just lost my pride and joy. The little bundle of happiness growing in my stomach. 

"Erica, why didn't you tell me a long time ago?" he asked. 

"I was scared you were going to get mad at me and leave me or something," I sobbed. 

He grabbed me, layed me down and ran his fingers through my hair while I just cried harder than before. "Erica, I would never leave you. You're the reason I wake up every day with a smile on my face. It's not your fault that you had a miscarriage, things like that just happen and we have to learn to accept them." 

I looked up at him and kissed his cheek. He smiled and continued on to say, "if things like this didn't happen, we wouldn't know how to accept the challenges life throws at us. This is just one of the obstacles life throws at us, and I know it isn't fair, but if life was perfect all of the time, it would be boring!" 

I can't believe this man wasn't a poet or something. He really knew how to make me feel better. Especially with the scenario at the moment. 

Beth's P.O.V. 

I ran downstairs and after I decided how to tell everyone what happened. When I heard the scream, I ordered them all to stay where they were, so I knew by now that they were all freaking out. Erica gave me permission to deliver the news, because she could never do it herself. 

"Guys, we need to talk," I said while sitting back down in my seat. 

"What the bloody hell happened up there?" Louis asked. 

"This is really hard to say, but a couple of months ago, when we took Christina out to the bar, most of you got hammered, correct?" They all nodded their heads. "Well, Liam and Erica got hammered so hard that they don't remember what they did, but they ended up undressing and it turned into something else. For 2 months you guys asked if Erica was okay and she always brushed you guys off saying it was nothing, even though I know you guys knew it was something..." I paused to see if everyone had taken in what I just said. "Erica got pregnant. She hid it from Liam for 2 months because she was scared. She called him upstairs to tell him finally and just as she said it, she had a miscarriage. She just lost the baby."

I started crying and everyone sat there while their jaws hit the floor. Niall got up and grabbed me. I don't think there was a single person at the table without tears in their eyes.