7 years ago ~ Jesy Nelson

T H R E E

JESY POV
I woke up the next morning to see a ray of sunshine glistening through the tour bus window, oh how I loved being on tour. I checked my phone for the time, 7:39 am. I looked over to the shelf on my bunk to place my phone down when a frame caught my eye, it was the picture from yesterday of us all and phoebe, the girls are so cute.

I stumbled into the living area still half asleep, "good morning jesminda how are you this morning" Leigh Anne cheerfully asked
"I'm very good thank you, oh and thank you for my frame, you didn't have to do that for me." I smiled
"Honestly Jesy you needed that photo more than I needed one of the hundreds of pictures of me and Jed" jade laughed
"I love you girls with all my heart, remember that" I winked before walking off and getting some breakfast.

The girls and I had decided to go shopping today, we all wanted a bit of a spend. So I got dressed into some green camouflage trousers, a Calvin Klein crop shirt and some black vans, this is one of my favourite outfits. I added a small amount of makeup so I could give my face a rest and my hair was down.
"Girliesssss let's have some girl time!"
I shouted. Then being swarmed by the rest of the girls as they ran down the stairs. I'm so lucky.

When we were shopping around the town, I got a random call from an unknown number. This was weird, I always give my number out to people and make sure they don't share it. "Hello?" I answered hesitantly
"Hello? Jessica Nelson? We have you down as the biological parent of Phoebe Nelson, you need to come to Nuffield hospital as soon as possible." The receptionist told me.
"Is there a problem with Phoebe?" I asked concerned
"Not Phoebe, but she does need your help." And with that she put down the phone.

The girls and I got back into the tour bus, I felt so guilty I was ruining our trip for a child they only just know about.

The car journey was so slow, I was worried for the safety of my daughter, I'd never properly met her before and now I was going to a hospital because she needed me?

When we finally arrived we covered our heads and walked to the receptionist, "hi I'm looking for Phoebe Nelson." I said
"I'll take you to her, she's in quite the state. She doesn't know that you're her biological parent, only that she's been adopted." The kind nurse spoke

When we arrived into the waiting room my eyes laid on Phoebe, she was crying. "Little mix?" Her face turned shocked.
"Yeah it's us, why are you upset darling?" I hugged her, even though it hurt.
"She's gone! My mummy is gone!" The seven year old cried
"Aw sweetie, it will all be fine. Where's daddy?" Jade embraced her.
"He left a few years ago, I found out I was adopted and then he ran away. He said I would want to find my real mummy and it wouldn't be hard. And he couldn't cope with loosing me so he left before it would get harder." She explained
"Bubba it's fine, something will be sorted out for you. Do you have any grandparents?" Perrie asked
"No they're all gone!" Tears slipped down her face

We all embraced the seven year old into a group hug and held her there until she calmed down.

I walked over to talk to the nurse, confused as to why they called me here as I'm not supposed to be an emergency contact "excuse me, I don't mean to sound rude but why was I called?" I asked politely
"We're sorry Jessica, you're her Only living relative. Now we knew that you were around the area and we've seen your connection with children so we just wanted to know whether you would be able to take her on, otherwise she goes to an orphanage." The nurse replied
"I can't let that happen. I'll have to take her with us on tour and soon enough I'll tell her the truth about me." I said and walked off

I explained to the girls what was happening and they seemed to agree that this would be the best decision as they didn't want her to go to an orphanage. I've just met my daughter and now this is happening? I said I wanted to know that she was okay but I don't know if I'm prepared for this. Well, I guess I have to be.

"Phoebe, darling so we just talked to the nurses and well we know this is upsetting for you. But you have no other recorded living relatives. So, would you like to come and stay with us? On tour? Or the other option is going to an orphanage which we're sure you wouldn't want." Jade asked the trembling 7 year old.
"Can I please come on tour?" She whispered
"Of course."

We all engulfed into a group hug, I really hope this goes well. Hopefully in the next week or so I can talk to her and tell her the truth, I don't think I could live with myself if she didn't know the real story. But, she's only seven years old, what if she doesn't cope well with the news?