The Bumps Along The Way

Chapter 1

Please read the authors note at the end. Xx

Stephanie's POV

All of A troupe were seated at a long table. It had been 8 hours since we won Internationals, but the buzz was still there. I looked down the table, spotting the people we could thank for our win. None other than Jiley. They were sat on the booth side of the table, cuddled close together. Riley was pretty much sitting on James's lap, with her head rested on his shoulder, while James had an arm around her waist, maybe lower. It's not like anyone could say anything though, without them we wouldn't be celebrating anything. Also, I think we're all thinking the same thing about them cuddling, they could be doing a whole lot worse. And it's not like they're ignoring everybody or anything, in fact, Riley's currently talking with Michelle across the table, and James is involved in a conversation with the rest of the boys. I was pulled from my thoughts when Kate walked over and sat down again. A waiter followed her, placing a bottle of champagne on the table. Every fell silent, looking at her oddly. None of us are 21. "Most of you are 19, which is the Canadian legal drinking age, so..." She trailed off as the waiter opened the bottle. We all went back to our conversations while champagne was poured in our glasses, myself joining Michelle and Riley's. The man got to Riley's glass, which pulled her from the conversation.
"Sorry, no thank you." She said, putting her hand over the glass.
"You're not drinking?" I asked, confused as the waiter moved on. Riley shook her head.
"No." She responded. Why wouldn't she drink? Miss Kate is literally allowing us all to drink underage, according to US laws, why wouldn't she want to?

James's POV

Riley fell silent again, shifting so she was nestled into my chest. "You alright?" I questioned, stroking her hair.
"I'm really nauseous." She mumbled, not wanting anyone else to hear. "And tired, and I have a slight headache. Making a human is rough." She continued to mumble. I kissed the top of her head, continuing to stroke her hair.
"Will you be alright, or do you wanna go back to the hotel?" I asked, looking down at her.
"Well I think I'm about to be sick any moment, and I can't eat any of this delicious food I ordered, so hotel if it's okay with you." She told me quietly. I nodded.
"Alright baby." I said. "Sorry Eldon, can you let us out?" I asked him at a normal volume now. He slide out of the booth, allowing Riley and myself to exit as well. I wrapped my arm around Riley's waist, holding her close. "We're heading back to the hotel." I told everyone, the girls rolling their eyes and the guys making disgusted faces, which I chose to ignore.
"Don't have too much fun!" West called after us as we walked towards the doors.
"Hey, no sex without safe sex!" Stephanie said as well, still in the role of the overprotective sister. I rolled my eyes as we exited the restaurant, starting to walk across the street to the hotel.
"I can't believe they all thought we were leaving to have sex." I chuckled, Riley laughing slightly as well, despite the intense nausea I know she's feeling. "We don't do it that much. Do we?" I asked, suddenly needing to be reassured.
"This is my third pregnancy babe." Riley laughed as we approached the hotel doors.

Eldon's POV

"Wait a minute, whose room are they doing it in?" I suddenly asked, panicked. It fell silent, no one knowing.
"Well that's just great." Stephanie said sarcastically, worry filling all of us now.

Here's the sequel to Miracle in The Making! Guys, I'm honestly so excited for this book. Exams are coming up so I don't know how consistent updates will be, but they should be slightly better in the summer. Anyways, I want you guys to nominate names for the babies in the comments. I don't know how long this books gonna be yet, so I'm asking you to start now. Just leave a comment with the name, gender, and which baby (Jiley or Nochelle). I'll choose my favourites and get you to vote on them later to get the babies names. Thanks for choosing to read this book, and if you made it this far, congrats! Leave a comment and let me know that as well! Love you guys!
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