Fear •Zack Merrick•

Shopping ^12^

Elliott's POV;

I looked through the clothes, seeing a onsie that caught my eye.

It had a little teddy bear on it.

Suddenly, it was snatched out my hands.

"I'll be taking that." Alex said, laying it in a cart.

"Alex.. I can pay for this stuff by myself." I put my hand on my hip, giving him a look.

He grins. "Consider it an early baby shower gift."

I sigh, knowing it wasn't worth it arguing with him, he always wins. Or annoys you until you let it go.

It was just me and him. A lot of the guys were at the gym, including Zack.

Anna and Aly as well. Ryan was off at a bar with Jack I believe.

Today was our day off, and me and Alex were the only ones without plans.

Well, I was.

Alex was going to go to the gym too, but he decided to take me shopping instead, seeing as I had no desire to go and sit in a place with a bunch of sweaty people.

Zack was hesitant to leave me alone, but I can be pretty convincing.

I love him. With all my heart. But it can be a bit much, sometimes.

I know he's just worried something's going to happen. Even more so than usual, with a baby on the way.

Sometimes I just want to be alone. Although, it doesn't seem that Alex knew that.

He had taken me to a baby store, and said that we can try and find some stuff, and then ship it back home, and have one of our friends back there take it.

So far, we had a cart with a few clothes, and some decorations for the room we'll be working on when we get home in a month.

"Hey, look at this!" He speaks up.

I walk over to where he was, and see him pointing at a little mattress cover for a crib.

"Alex, Zack and I don't even have a crib yet."

"That doesn't mean we can't get this. Look how cute it is!"

He holds up the little Peter Pan cover, and I knew I wouldn't be able to talk him out of it.

"Fineee."

I smile as he laughs, placing it in the cart.

Alex grabs ahold of the cart, pushing it in another direction.

I follow, looking through stuff as we pass.

He grabs ahold of a stuffed dog.

"We need it."

"Alex, I'm only 4 months along, do we really need all of this?"

He looks at me. "Yes."

I sigh. Milo is gonna be so spoiled from all his uncles, and his aunts.

They've decided they all want to be called that, and I'm perfectly okay with that.

This is the first time I've felt like I've had a family, since I was little. I love it.

Alex put toy after toy, and stuffed animal after stuffed animal into the cart.

"We should probably look at like, more clothes and stuff." He says, pulling out a little notebook.

"What are you doing?" I ask, leaning forward.

He checks off 'Toys and Shit.'

"Why do you have a list?" I laugh.

"Because we need a list! You can never not have a list."

I shake my head. I love these men.

He starts pushing the cart back to the clothes.

We're looking through the outfits when an older woman walks up to us.

"You two are so cute together! When are you due?"

My eyes widen. "We're not together. And I'm due in May."

"Oh! My bad. You two looked like a couple. Have a lovely day, and congratulations!" She waves, walking away.

Alex laughs, turning back to the clothes. "What about this outfit.. honey?"

I laugh, placing my hand on my stomach. "Looks great, sugar."

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He shoves the last of the stuff into the back of the bus.

We were gonna ship it, but we're going home in a few days for Christmas anyway, so Matt said to just save the money, and keep it with us.

We head into the bus, and shut the door tightly behind us.

There was still confetti and streamers everywhere from Alex's birthday a few days ago.

Lisa smiled as we walked in, and jumped up to hug him.

She had flown in for his birthday, and was staying with us until we flew home on break.

She hugged me next.

She was going to come with us today, but her work called last second and she had to take care of some things.

"What did you guys get?"

"We just shoved everything into the back, but I'll show you when we get home!" I smile, and she flashes a grin.

"I can't wait."

I nod, and walk back to the bunks, changing into my PJ's.

I glace back through the curtain between the bunks and the main room, and see that Lisa and Alex are cuddled up, talking.

Deciding to give them some time to themselves, I go back to the back room.

I turn on the TV, and put on The Lion King.

I sleepily grab a blanket, lay down, and cover myself.

About halfway through the movie, I can feel myself drifting off to sleep.

I try to fight it, but I'm not quite successful.

After pulling the blanket up further, cuddling into it, and placing my hand on my tummy, I let sleep take over.
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Sorry for disappearing for a few daysss.

I was focusing on something else, but here I am with, low and behold, another short chapter.

Usually I just end the chapters when I feel like they're finished. I don't try to write way more in it a whole lot after that, because it'll come out feeling really forced.

So, sorry once again!

I hope you enjoyed the chapter, lemme know what you think! [^: