in your arms

t w e l v e

not many people read chapter eleven, so just a heads up if you missed it there's a chapter before this one 😂^

rileys pov.

my phone is ringing and it's 3 in the morning. who the hell is calling me at 3 in the morning?—

james.

with the thought of there being an emergency or something, i jump up, bringing my phone to the kitchen to answer the call (brooklyn is in the bed next to me and i don't want to wake her up).

"james? are you okay?" i say, worriedly.

"riley, hey. yeah, yeah, i'm fine," he says slowly. "i'm just... a little homesick, i guess," he admits, embarrassed. "i couldn't sleep."

i can't help but smile slightly. he's so cute sometimes.

"sorry for waking you up," he apologises. "i just needed to hear your voice."

"don't even worry about it, james," i tell him sincerely, smiling. "you can call me any time that you need to."

"thanks, riley," he says. "but you should probably go back to bed. i'll be fine now, this is all i needed."

"are you sure? i'll stay up with you for a while if you want?"

so that's how i ended up staying up for another half hour talking to him about anything until he was dozing off on the other end of the line, and then he thanked me for making him feel better, told me he loved me and hung up. then i got back to bed, still thinking about him and grinning.

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"it's been so long since we've hung out like this," i tell the girls, plopping myself down on michelle's couch with the bowl of chips on my lap.

"i know, right?" michelle's agrees, giselle nodding in agreement. emily grabs the chips off me and amanda takes some from her, and i frown.

"what do yous want to watch?" chloe asks, lifting the remote.

"rom-com!" me and emily say in unison. what? i guess you could say it's a family tradition.

after the movie is decided we settle down and watch it, (it was amazing by the way) and afterwards we all just lie about and talk about random stuff like we used to when we were younger and having sleepovers every weekend.

"so, how's james and the band doing?" amanda asks me.

"yeah, doesn't miss you too much, does he?" michelle smiles, nudging me.

i grin to myself. "they're doing great. and james definitely misses me."

"how do you know?" chloe asks, grabbing another bag of chips for us.

"he called me the other day at 3am just to 'hear my voice'," i tell them. i get a chorus of 'awwwh's as a response.

"wow, i didn't know james could be that sensitive," emily says, kind of shocked.

"i didn't know boys could be that sensitive," chloe says, raising her eyebrows. "james doesn't happen to have a identical twin brother, by any chance?"

"no, i don't think so," i laugh.

"so..." stephanie says. "you and james? yous are pretty serious?"

i think for a second, picking at a cushion. "yeah. we are."

"as in... settle down serious?" chloe says.

i smile. "i think so," i say.

the girls all squeal. "good, becuase you two are the definition of adorbale," michelle tells me.

emily interrupts. "but you have that baby, remember? are you sure james is the right choice?" she says, pointing to my stomach.

i roll my eyes. "em, he's the kids Dad. i can't just kick him out and not let him near our daughter."

"i know, but..."

"em. i think he's the one."

everyone 'awwwh's again.

"you're so lucky you've already found someone," amanda. "i mean, someone you really, really love."

"agreed," chloe says.

"all my boyfriends were one shipwreck after another," michelle says. "so i think i'm going to lay low on that for a while."

everyone laughs slightly.

after a while, i get up to go to the bathroom again (another thing i hate about being pregnant), but when i stand up i feel a sharp pain in my stomach and i pause, gasping.

i freeze. "guys," i say shakily. "i think it's time. i... i think i'm having a baby."

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am i the only one who worries that everyone isn't acctually enjoying their book??😂 thank you all for your super kind comments, they honestly help me so much :)
~ emma xx