Reckless and Relentless- An Asking Alexandria Fanfic

Chapter 27

  "Danny, I'm pregnant..." He dropped the bag he was carrying, and sank to his knees. "Danny..." I started crying. He crawled over to me and pulled himself onto the couch beside me, sobbing.

  "Charlotte, what are we going to do?" he blubbered. I started sobbing with him, and curled up in a ball, leaning against his side. "I don't know, Danny, I don't know!" I wailed.

  I was pregnant. I was fucking pregnant. I had been terrified of pregnancy for years, thinking I would either be a bad parent, or that I was going to miscarry.

  For that reason, I had sworn to myself at 15 years old if I ever got pregnant, I was aborting it, no matter what. Yet here I was, five years later, pregnant, and I had no idea what I was going to do.

  Danny leaned back into the couch and pulled me into his arms, holding me tightly. "I'm scared, Danny..." I cried. "Me too love, me too..." he sobbed, leaning his head against mine.

***3 1/2 months later***

  "Danny! Get your lazy ass out of bed, show is in an hour!" Danny and I were awakened to Ben's orders. I had finally agreed to come on tour with them when Stormi told me James wanted her to come too.

  "Good morning beautiful." Danny said, kissing my cheek. "How's our baby girl doing?" After a lot of talking, we had decided to keep the baby, and being impatient people, had the doctor tell us the gender: a girl.

  I smiled down at my pregnant tummy and said, "She's good." Danny climbed out of the bunk so he could kiss my stomach, then said, "I gotta shower real fast, I'll be back. I love you."

  "Did you just kiss the baby before me?!" Stormi yelled at him. We had agreed she was going to be the godmother, and Ben was going to be the godfather. It seemed fitting.

  "Yes, Stormi, I kissed MY FUCKING DAUGHTER before you did!" I laughed at the two of them. They were constantly arguing over who loved the baby more. "Charlotte, will you please tell him that's MY thing?!" Stormi begged.

  I threw my hands up in surrender when I climbed out of the bunk. "What do I tell you guys every time? I'm Switzerland!" They both growled at each other, and Ben finally backhanded Danny in the stomach. "Get ready. Now." I laughed at him. "Ben, you're such a mother hen sometimes!" I joked.

  "He has to be to keep this fuck in line!" James said, wrapping his arms around Stormi. They were absolutely adorable together. "Yeah yeah, I'm getting in the shower now." Danny finally gave in.

  As he started to walk away, I felt a sharp pain in my stomach that brought me to my knees. "Charlotte!" Stormi fell to the ground beside me, followed by the rest of the guys.

  "Charlotte, baby, what's wrong?!" Danny said worriedly. "My stomach... It hurts." They all shared a worried look, and Danny said, "Fuck the show, we're taking you to the hospital."

  He tried pulling me to my feet, but I was too weak to stand. "No, don't disappoint your fans. Stormi can take me if I get worse." I wasn't going to worry Danny or let him miss a show because of me.

  "Charlotte, you're fucking going right now." Ben said, picking me up in his arms. How the hell can that scrawny man carry me?! "My fucking girlfriend and my fucking child, hand them over right fucking now." Danny growled with an anger I had never seen.

  Ben willingly passed me to Danny, then threw the door open to the bus so Danny and I could get through. "Everything is gonna be okay, Charlotte." Stormi said, trailing behind us.

  We jumped in a car, Ben driving, Stormi next to him, and Danny and I in the back. "I'm scared, Danny..." I said, beginning to cry. He tried to calm me. "Shh, it's okay love, everything is okay."

  Ben threw his phone at Stormi and told her to Google directions to the nearest hospital, as I felt something wet. "Danny..." "What is it, love?" "I'm bleeding." Danny looked ready to cry, and Stormi reached back, taking my hand.

  Stormi told Ben where to go, and with Ben's very fast driving, we were at the hospital in five minutes. Danny carried me in, Stormi running beside us, as Ben parked the car. "We're going to be okay Charlotte." Danny said, setting me on a gurney, as per a nurse's instructions. As they wheeled me away, the last thing I heard him say was, "I love you!"

***An hour later***

***Danny's POV***

  "Where the fuck is she?!" I growled. "They've been gone a fucking hour, she doesn't need that, she and the baby are fucking okay!" I hadn't stopped pacing since some hospital bitch ordered us to the God-forsaken waiting room.

  "Danny sit your ass down, pacing and ranting isn't going to help." Ben said. He had been trying to calm me down, with no success. "Cuz fucking sitting is going to help!"

  I remembered a song I heard Charlotte sing often, and started quietly singing a few lines to calm myself. It was A Match Into Water by Pierce the Veil.

She's mine

You stay away from her

It's not her time

  Just then, a doctor walked in. "Who is for Charlotte Jalex?" he asked. "We are." Stormi said, as she and Ben stood. "Is she okay?" I asked, walking to him. He got a very solemn look on his face. "Are you Mr. Worsnop?"

  I frowned. "Yes, is Charlotte okay?" "She is awake and would like to see you. Room 310." He told me. I ran past him to the elevator and hit the "Up" button. The doors opened instantly and I stepped in, followed by Stormi and Ben.

  "Why wouldn't he just say she's okay?" Stormi asked as I hit the button for the third floor. I shook my head, unwilling to answer. How is this elevator so fucking slow?!

  We reached our floor after a moment and I shot out like a bullet from a gun. I ran down the hall till I found Room 310, and stepped inside.

  "Charlotte?" I said quietly. "Danny..." she said, crying. She was holding her belly, which now lacked a baby bump. "No..." I sobbed. She nodded, and started sobbing herself. "She's gone, Danny..."

  And in that moment, my world fell apart. I no longer cared about anything other than Charlotte, and the loss of our child. I sat next to her, and we held each other while we cried. I had never even held our daughter, our baby girl, and now she was gone.

  God, if you exist, how can you be so fucking cruel?! You took her from me, from us! I hate you!!!

***Charlotte's POV***

  "I'm so sorry Danny, I'm so sorry..." I felt as though it were all my fault. I felt as though I should have done something different. "It's not your fault, love, it's not your fault." he said.

  "Knock knock?" I heard Ben outside the room, and I barely managed to get out the words, "Come in." He stepped in, followed by Stormi. "Oh, Charlotte, no..." He knew instantly what had happened.

  Stormi ran over and hugged me, crying herself. "I'm so sorry!" she cried. I buried my face in her shoulder, and said, "I want her back..."

  Danny took this as a cue to sing part of one of my favorite songs.

I screamed out,

"God you vulture!

Bring her back

Or take me with her!"

  While I knew he was trying to help me feel better, it only made me cry more. I had loved her so much, and now she was gone. The world would never meet her. I would never meet her.