Real Friends (An IM5 FanFiction)

Chapter 71.

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Dana's POV:

*Saturday, December 6, 2014, 4:21 p.m.*

"Jun!" Lola Gloria left the room to find Lina's Lolo.

"Does she..?" I began to ask.

"Yeah," Lina cut me off. "She knows."

Great. Her Lola knows. This is just great.

Lina and I stayed in the empty room by ourselves before her grandparents joined us, interrupting the silence but adding to the tension.

"Why are you visiting today?" Lolo Jun asked, trying to sound casual.

They obviously didn't want to believe what they already knew.

"Lolo, I have to tell the two of you something," Lina told him.

Her Lola covered her mouth with her hand, knowing what was about to be said.

"We're having a baby. She's a girl and her name's Nicole."

Lolo Jun was staring at us, wearing an unreadable expression on his face.

"Please say something," Lina begged. "My mom and dad kicked me out and my brothers aren't talking to me either. Lolo, Lola, I'm so scared. Please, say something," Lina buried her face in her hands and began sobbing.

I watched her Lolo stand out of his chair and begin walking towards us. I swallowed, getting even more nervous than before, if that was even possible. He bent down and moved Lina's hands away from her face.

"Where are you staying?" he asked her.

"My friend Alex's house," Lina sniffed.

"You'll stay here from now on."

Lina's face instantly changed from fear to gratitude as she wrapped her arms around her Lolo, "Thank you, Lolo. I love you."

"I love you, too, Dal Dal. So, so much."

"Where are you staying?" He turned to me once he and Lina released each other.

"At my house," I told him.

"Where are you two going to go when Nicole is here?" he asked the two of us.

By this time, Lola Gloria had already left the room, moving into the kitchen, and I could hear her cooking as I thought about how to answer the question at hand.

"We don't know yet," I admitted.

"What about jobs? You're doing your band, but what about you, Dal Dal? What happened to your job?"

"Well, I still work at the yogurt place, but there's a record label who wants to sign me and my friend Darcie," Lina answered.

"You two need to figure everything out."

"I know," she sighed.

Lola Gloria came back into the room, interrupting us, "Come on, anak. I have your fried banana."

That was Lina's favorite.

Lina gave her a small smile as she stood up and followed her into the kitchen with me right behind.

We sat down at the kitchen table, sharing a plate of food that Lola Gloria had set down in front of us.

Her Lola left the two of us alone in the kitchen while she went to go back to Lolo Jun.

"You okay?" I asked, placing my hand over Lina's and breaking the silence.

Lina nodded, drawing in a shaky breath, "I'm just..."

"Yeah, me, too."

Cole's POV:

*Saturday, December 13, 2014, 1:38 p.m.*

"What about this one?"

Darce wrinkled her nose at the blanket I held up, "Ew, no!"

We were out shopping with Dana and Lina for their baby.

"Oh my gosh! Darcie, here!" Lina grabbed Darce's hand and placed it over her stomach. "Do you feel that?"

Darce excitedly nodded, smiling widely as she turned her head to me. "Babe, I can feel her kicking! Come here!"

I did as she said and let her put my hand on Lina's stomach so that I could feel, too.

"Nicole," Lina spoke to her baby. "Say hi to your god parents."

"Wait, we're her god parents?" Darce looked up at Lina who nodded and smiled. Darce smiled back before turning her attention back to Nicole. "Hi, sweetie!"

"Watch this," Lina grabbed Dana's arm and pulled her closer. "Do it!"

Dana shook his head, smiling while he started to sing:

"Oh won't you stay with me?

'Cause you're all I need.

This ain't love it's clear to see,

But darlin' stay with me."

As Dana sang, Darce and I could feel Nicole move around more than before. We looked at each other and smiled, fascinated by the baby and how she reacted to her father's voice.

"That's so amazing," Darcie and I lifted our hands off of Lina's stomach.

"Aw! Look at the dress, babe!" Lina pointed towards a hanging red dress.

"She has more than enough clothes," Dana laughed.

Earlier today, since Lina's parents were working, the four of us went to her house and found all of her old baby clothes and put them in boxes that were now at her grandparents' house, where she was staying.

"Let's get that crib!" Darce began pulling Lina towards the cribs section of the store.

We looked around for a while before Dana and Lina picked out a crib, a stroller, and some other things for Nicole.

While they went to go pay, Darce and I went to buy pizza from where they sold it inside of the store.

"What are you thinking?" I asked Darce.

She shrugged, "I'm worried for them. I mean, I'm glad they're figuring everything out and all and that they have us to be here for them, but I'm still worried."

"I know," I pressed my lips to her head. "Me, too."

Nikki's POV:

*Sunday, December 14, 2014, 2:56 p.m.*

"Tilt your head to the left, sweet heart," the photographer instructed me.

A week ago I went to Diana Anderson's, the woman who I met at the farmer's market, office and we signed a contract so she was now my agent.

At the moment I was taking pictures so I'd have head shots and other pictures for people who were hiring to look at.

Diana said she was going to help me get acting jobs first and that my singing would eventually come into play.

This was all a bit nerve racking, but I was just excited to have an agent.

"Perfect," he said and I broke my pose. "You can take a break for a minute."

I thanked him before reaching for my phone to text Will. He was about to go onstage with the guys.

N- Hey babe! I hope you have an amazing show!

W- Thank you Princess! How are the pictures going?

N- A lot of posing lol. But it's good.

W- We're going on now! I have to go! Love you!

N- Love you too! Good luck