Looking forward, not back (OMIMB SEQUEL.)

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*Writers P.O.V.*
Sorry that this chapter's late, quite short and not that great, I have like 0 time lately but I'll try and make it up with the next chapter :)

Billie x

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I slowly look around the room, trying to watch everyone's faces to spot the first reaction. I notice Olly's face form into a frown, "I don't...what?" He says, looking at the picture closely. Issy suddenly slaps her hand to her mouth, looking at me, then at my stomach as if she is expecting it to suddenly grow right before her eyes. Nobody else notices her reaction and I wink at her, grinning as she slowly takes her hand from her mouth and begins to watch everyone else.

"Oh that's cute! Ice ice baby!" Fay says as she smiles down at the picture...still not realising what she has said. Mom, dad Olly and James' head immediately shoot up to look at me and Alex winks, resting his hands on my thigh.

"WAIT WHAT?!" Olly screams and then looks back at the picture, then back to Alex and I. "What?" Fays says as she notices everyone else's expressions, completely oblivious although she was the one to say it. Fay finally seems to realise what she has said and her jaw drops as she looks at me. "Wait...ice ice baby...LEAH YOU'RE PREGNANT?" Fay screams.

"Look at the back of your picture," I say to everyone, remembering the messages Alex and I wrote on the back. I notice mom and dad's hands shaking as they turn the picture over.

They all read silently, mom silently wiping a tear from her cheeks. "I'M GOING TO BE AN UNCLE AGAIN!" Olly screams, running up to hug me as Fay, James and Issy do the same, toppling me back off my chair. "WATCH HER BELLY GUYS!" Dad yells, laughing at the reaction.

We sit together and I tell them the story of going to the hospital and all the symptoms that we had never noticed, "So you mean to tell me that you getting sick was actually because you are pregnant?" Olly asks slowly. "Yep!" I laugh. "I just can't wait to be a grandmother again!" Mom says, clapping her hands together in excitement as dad laughs along, "my baby has grown up," he says to me and gives me a hug.

"So....names?" Fay says, looking at Alex and I as we look at each other. "God...we haven't even had time to think about it yet! We've still been getting our head around the news!" Alex laughs while I immediately start contemplating baby names in my head...there are just so many! The name you pick for your child is so much pressure, you don't want it to be too common that there are five children with the same name in one class but you don't want it to be too unique that other children can't appreciate it and bully them.

The pressure.

"I like Magic...or Dusty," Olly says, laughing, "Ha ha you're hilarious," I say sarcastically, feeling haunted by even the thought that that used to be my name. "I actually have always wanted to have a daughter called Lola-Rose?" Alex blurts out, his finger pulling at his bottom lip making him look ridiculously innocent.

"Oh my god...I love it!" I say, squealing with excitement "and if it's a boy can we call him Harry? Like I know it's not as creative as Lola-Rose but I really love the name and no it isn't because of One Direction." I laugh, glaring at Olly who looked like he was about to speak, he immediately closes his mouth, smirking.

"Looks like the names are sorted then!" Issy says with a grin.

Lola-Rose Austin or Harry Austin...only time will tell.