One // Leigh-Anne Pinnock

Chapter Sixteen

Two more months until Leigh could finally meet her precious baby. Every night before she went to bed and every morning when she woke up she would talk to her baby. Many people would think she's crazy and that the baby won't hear her but she believed that the little munchkin heard and understood what she said. She even got soft kicks in reply.

However, she got deeply aggravated when she'd get kicked right in her ribs at two in the morning. She tried everything she could possibly think of but they won't stop. It usually goes on for at least a half hour before it stops. This newfound game her unborn baby loved to play caused her not to get much sleep which caused her to be slightly irritable during the day.

Tonight was no different. Exactly at 2am she felt taps on the base of her ribcage. At first she tried to ignore it but as time passed they became harder and incessant.

"Bubba please stop. Mummy wants to sleep." She groaned, gently caressed her baby bump.

She realized that the kicking won't be stopping any time soon so she turned on her phone and logged into Instagram. She scrolled through her feed and liked a few pictures. Subconsciously, she began to hum.

A couple minutes later it dawned on her that she no longer felt her ribs being kicked.

"All you wanted was a lullaby. Why didn't I think of that." She said facepalming herself.

She shook her head and snuggled under the covers. Within minutes she was out like a light.

...

The next afternoon the remaining three of the Little Mix girls returned to England. They stopped off at their own houses to drop off their suitcases then headed to Leigh's to check in on her. They each lived approximately the same distance away from her so they arrived at the same time.

"How was the flight?" Leigh asked hugging each one of them.

"Long. How are you? You're glowing more than the last time we saw you in person!" Jesy exclaimed.

"Tired. I'll tell you about that later. Want anything to eat? Drink?" She asked inviting them into her home.

"Yes please! The food on that flight was disgusting. Perrie said contorting her face making the others laugh.

They followed Leigh into her kitchen.  Perrie sat on the stool by the island. Leigh took out two containers and a bowl from the fridge while Jade got three plates. Jesy took the dish from Leigh and ordered her to sit.

"I can dish out three plates of food you know." She said pouting.

"I know but I wanna do it." Jesy replied.

The day before Leigh made macaroni pie and baked chicken with callalou. Her grandfather in Jamaica taught her and her sister how to make it. It wasn't as good as his but it still tasted amazing.

Perrie took the callalou along with her food. Jade and Jesy were picky eaters so they just took the pie and chicken. 

After they heated it the four girls sat down in Leigh's living room.

"How's Mini Leigh?" Jesy asked putting a forkful of food in her mouth.

"It's a new game in the middle of the night to kick me in the ribs for a half hour for the least. Not fun at all." She said rolling her eyes. The other girls laughed.

"How's Andre?" Perrie asked curiously.

"He's good. He was here last night. We ate ice-cream and watched a couple movies on Netflix. He's supposed to come again tonight."

"Cool. It's good that he's making you happy again."

An awkward silence fell over the room. Leigh could tell they wanted to ask her something and she had a feeling what. She scoffed and sat up straighter.