Thank You For Saving Me // Stauren

chapter fifty six

Steven's P.O.V
I soon as we got back, me and Lauren laid on the couch as I held her close and not letting her go. She soon fell asleep in my arms, making me smile but not move anywhere. I ended up going through my phone and finding old pictures of me and Lauren from years ago. I was smiling like an idiot, staring at all these pictures. As I flicked through the ones that were quite a while ago, I saw that she looked unhappy. Upset, even. Then I realised. It was when he was with her. Even after all this time, you can't forget what's happened. I found myself tearing up and trying to keep myself together, looking down at Lauren to see her sleeping peacefully. A tear escaped my eye as I kissed her head and she scooted closer to me. Another hour went by before Lauren finally woke up, seeing that I had red, bloodshot eyes.

"What's wrong?" Was the first thing that was uttered out of her mouth.

"Nothing." I fake smiled, which she picked up on right away and gave me a look to tell me not to lie, since I promised I wouldn't. "Just... lost in thought of bad memories." I said kissing her head once again and holding her tighter.

"What memories?" She whispered, still not fully woken up just yet. I didn't look at her and just cleared my throat, which she somehow got what I meant. "Oh... well.. it's over now. Right?" She said, but sounded more like a question she wanted answering.

"Course... yeah yeah." I said, but obviously, I didn't know. She leaned up and pecked my cheek, looking at me.

"We're okay. Steve, we're okay." She told me, earning a nod in response. I slowly sat up, still holding her as close as I could. "What time is it?" She yawned, rubbing her eyes.

"Um.. around five. Why?" I said, as she sat up straight.

"Oh god. I was supposed to call Emily like an hour ago. She wanted to meet up!" She frantically jumped up looking for her phone.

"Oh... I thought we would have the day to ourselves." I spoke with a disappointed tone, which was obvious.

"I know, I know and I'm sorry. But I haven't seen Emily in weeks." She pecked my lips before calling Emily in another room and leaving with a quick "bye" ten minutes later.

I sighed to myself, alone once more.

Lauren's P.O.V
"Twins?!" Emily practically screamed with joy, making me shush her while laughing and looking around the cafe we were in.

"Yes! A boy and a girl." I smiled.

"Oh my! Think about it! A baby you and a baby Steven! It's gonna be so cute! What about names? You thought of any yet? Or bought anything?" She bombarded me with question after question, making my head spin slightly.

"Woah woah, calm down. We thought of names ages ago but it wasn't too serious..." I said, chuckling. But unfortunately, my smile faded as reality was finally setting in.

"What? What's wrong?" Emily put her hand on top of mine, making me smile slightly.

"I'm just... a bit scared that's all. You know? I'm not the kind of person to do something like this. Having kids? I'm no good with even one. Never mind two..." I looked down into my coffee, over thinking.

"I think you need a break. I mean... last time was one with all of us, then you had to leave. So, talk to Steve, tell him about this doubt and take a break." She smiles reassuringly, earning a nod from me.

"He's so excited for this, though. If I tell him what I think... he'll be heart broken. I can't do that to him." I sighed, telling the absolute truth. "Earlier... before I left, I woke up and I could tell he was crying. He said it was memories... by that I knew what he meant." I teared up slightly.

Emily shuffled over and hugged me, before whispering, "it's over... he's not gonna come back. We all know that."

I nodded, for I didn't have anything to say.

"Come on, let's go. I'll drive you back, I'm not letting you walk by yourself." She insisted, making me stand up and walk out with her.

As soon as we pulled up I said goodbye and saw Emily text someone before I left the car. I walked in looking somewhat sad, which caught Steven's attention.

"Hey, you okay?" He spoke fast, a worried tone in his voice as he rushed over to me. I nodded in response and hugged him, which he was surprised by, but soon hugged back. "Laur?"

"It's gonna be okay... right? It's gotta be..." I mumbled, more to myself than him.

"Hey..." he said, cupping my face with his hands. "Of course it is. Everything is gonna be perfect. You, me, the babies... Us. We. Are going to be just fine. Okay? So don't doubt anything, okay?"

Once again, I nodded. Still having nothing to say, I hugged him tighter.

"C'mon..." He said, gently pulling me over to the computer. "They have viewings tomorrow, Friday and Saturday. Obviously we don't have to go if you don't think it's what you--"

I cut him off by tackling him in a hug, a bright smile on my face as I did so. "It's perfect!" I mumbled into his shoulder, him hugging me back.

"Well I'm glad you think that way." He chuckled.

I pulled away slightly, but we were still so close that our noses brushed making me giggle. Steve took the chance to steal a kiss, which I responded to in the same way.

After what felt like hours, in reality it was only a few minutes, we finally pulled away and walked over to the couch. I was soon moaning that I was hungry making Steven chuckle and order a pizza.

The rest of the night was spent, eating pizza, cuddling, talking, and watching re runs of friends and shouting at the TV that they weren't on a break. That night soon made me forget about earlier today and how afraid I got.

We can do it.

No doubt about it.

A/N:
This chapter is really shitty because I needed this chapter before I go onto the next one. So yes this is a bit pffffft but I'm sure the next one will be better? Maybe? Idk anywho
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