Should Have Known

I walked hurriedly onto the bus, it was freezing cold outside and a bunch of fangirls had been stalking following me for the past half hour or so. But of course being on tour and not knowing where the fuck I actually was, it was hard to get away from them.

''Padge, here this came for you this morning.'' Matt said simply, handing me a letter. I nodded and took it from him with shivering hands, I really needed to wear warmer clothes, it was unnaturally cold right now. I tore the envelope opened and unfolded the neatly folded sheet of clean white paper.

'Dear Mr. Paget,

We are writing to you to inform you that your daughter, Elizabeth Paget has been taken into our care as her mother passed away a number of weeks ago. In her will she had written your address and that she wishes for Elizabeth to go into your care if anything were to happen to her. We would greatly appreciate if you could reply or visit our center as soon as is possible. You can find the address on the back of this letter, call the number for more details.

Your sincerely, London children's home managers.'

''Padge are you alright?'' Moose asked from where he was sitting in the corner of the bus knitting as usual. That guys had a serious obsession will wool. But I have to admit, the gloves he gave me were pretty good when Winter struck the God forsaken valley we come from, Bridgend. I swear, when you got to the depths of Winter, it was like you were in the fucking Antarctic. Do I bitch about the cold too much..?

''Woah you're gone pale as fuck.'' Jay stated looking worried, that was saying a lot for Jay, he usually just had a cheeky grin plastered over his face, a trait that his little girl, Abigail had inherited in all its glory.

''You guys were fucking with me... right?'' I asked holding the letter up in my hand, my voice cracking and not just from cold anymore.

''What do you mean?'' Matt asked taking it from me, he stuck his glasses on and folded it out straight. I will never understand why women think he looks hot with those specs on, it makes him look like he's a 17 year old math geek... again. He read down through it and he too, went pale.

''One of you wrote this right?'' He asked the other two who were waiting impatiently for their turn to read it, his voice quieter than usual.

''Wrote what?'' Jay frowned as he snatched the paper from Matt. His patience which was minimal at the best of times obviously draining away quickly not knowing what the two of us knew.

''Holy fuck.'' He whispered handing it to Moose who reluctantly put his needles down.

''You have a kid? Never thought to mention that to us, huh?'' Moose asked looking slightly hurt.

''I don't have a fucking kid! How could I?'' I snapped, my temper, which I never usually showed, rising to its limit.

''Sorry.'' I mumbled catching the surprised looks on their faces. I never snapped at peopleever. So I suppose if I was in their shoes I'd be shocked too.

''Call the number, see that they say.'' Matt suggested taking his glasses off and folding them back into their little case he always seemed to have around.

''Yeah, can I borrow your phone?'' I asked standing up, mine had been lost three days earlier when Jay accidentally pushed me into a fucking lake. Something which they cleverly planned, Moose even caught it on camera and had the indecency to put it on our website. Well at least I had reached internet fame now...

''Thanks,'' I mumbled walking off the bus with his phone and the letter.

''Hello?'' Someone answered in a chirpy tone, something which wouldn't usually have irritated me even in the slightest, but right now went through my fucking head.