if ↠ raura

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ross & laura's baby's nursery ^^^
| laura's pov |

"are you sure you don't want a bite of my spaghetti?"i grin, rolling the noodles around my fork.

ross chuckles, wrapping my arm around me. "yes. i'm really tired."

"thank you for finally setting up the nursery. i just want everything to be perfect so that when she's born, it feels like home." i sigh.

ross brushes a strand of my hair behind my ear. "i get it, i'm glad too."

i press my lips against ross' before i hear my cellphone ring. ross groans as he pulls away, but let's me answer as he grabs a meatball from my plate with a smirk.

"hello?" i ask.

"hey, laura?" my sister vanessa, asks.

"yeah, it's me. what's up?" i smile.

"dads um, in the hospital." she says, quietly. "he was s-shot."

my fork falls from my hand when i hear her words. "w-what?"

"is there any chance you could come down to new york for a few days?" vanessa asks. "mom and i are worried sick."

"you're kidding, ness. w-when did this happen? please tell me you're kidding." i say, feeling tears about to pour out of my eyes.

"nobody knows what's going on, laura. we came home and our house was broken into. dad was unconscious on the ground with a bullet in his chest and blood surrounding him. someone broke in and shot dad and left. police are still investigating." vanessa explains to me.

"oh my gosh. how long have you guys been in the hospital?" i ask, starting to break down. ross' face filled with confusion as he wrapped his arms around me in a comforting way.

"just since last night. mom didn't want us to call you and scare you, we thought he'd wake up by now but he hasn't. please come laura, we need you." vanessa says croakily.

"i'll try my best to rearrange something. don't worry, i'm coming." i sniffle. "love you, please keep me updated."

"love you too. i will."

the line ends and ross frowns. "baby, what happened?"

"my dad, he..he got shot. he's been in the hospital since last night and hasn't waken up." i sob, burying my face into his chest. "i-i have to..to go see him, ross. i need too."

"laura, i am so sorry. who would do that to your dad? is it okay to fly while you're pregnant?" ross asks. "isn't that a risk?"

"i'm safe to fly before 36 weeks. i'm only 28." i say, wiping away my tears.

"do you want me to come with you?" ross asks.

i shake my head. "no, you can stay here. i know you and rocky have that confrontation with a new label."

"your family is more important to me than that. we can re-schedule that." ross says softly.

"no, honestly." i say, "don't worry. just stay here, i'll be okay."

"when are you planning on leaving?" he asks.

"as soon as i can find a plane ticket for the closest date. i'm hoping tomorrow." i frown.