One // Leigh-Anne Pinnock

Chapter Eight

Recap:

"What are you implying?" Jade said hesitantly which caused the others to turn to her.

"Do you really want me to say it?"

"Yes."

Leigh had picked up on the unspoken words.

"No.." She said covering her mouth.

"You have to."

"No. No no no no no no. I refuse. You can't make me." She said welling up.

"Can't make you what?" Perrie asked clueless.

"I'm saying she gets an abortion."

An uproar broke out. The girls tried to defend their bandmate and friend while Rick argued back. Leigh just sat in her seat staring at her lap, trying her best not to cry. A headache was forming in her temples and the noise made it worse.

She thought back to what her sister said.

"It's an amazing feeling when someone you created thinks you're the best or you're their hero."

She wanted to feel that feeling. She wanted to keep her baby. So she was going to do what she wanted for once. A newfound confidence burst inside of her.

"Stop!!" She yelled.

Everyone became quiet and looked at her.

"Thank you." She mumbled.

"With all due respect I am going to keep my baby. It is my body and my baby and if I choose to keep it that is my choice. I do not know how a baby is going to affect our sales negatively. People will obviously have comments to make but at the end of the day it is not their life or child."

"But I am your manager and I can tell you what you can and can't do." He said smirking.

"Yeah but you're not the main one. Sam is." She retorted. "And I doubt she'd want to hear about your selfish, inhumane requests." It was Leigh's turn to smirk.

His smirk dropped faster than you could say boo. The other girls tried to contain their laughter.

"I could call her right now." She said picking up her phone and unlocking it. She scrolled through her contacts to Sam's number. She turned her phone towards him and hovered her thumb over the call button.

"I can get you fired with just the press of a button. You and I and everyone in this room knows that Sam is against abortion. Your call." Leigh shrugged.

"Alright." He said frustrated. "You can keep your baby."

"Thank you. Have a nice day." She said sarcastically. She picked up her handbag and walked out. The other girls quickly bade him good day as well then left.

Not a word was said until they got in the car that drove them there.

"I want cake." Leigh said randomly. The girls burst out laughing. They laughed until their stomachs hurt and they couldn't breathe properly.

"What?" Leigh frowned.

"You just put our manager in his place and all you could think about is cake?" Jade laughed.

"Not just any cake. Marble cake." She winked.

"Can we stop by the bakery please?" Leigh asked the driver.

"Okay Miss Pinnock."

"Thank you." She called.

"But on a serious note, where did all of that come from?" Jesy asked.