Inevitable

Chapter 45

When Mikey and I are finished in the shower I slip into my room quietly. I peek around the door to Jess's bed and see nothing. I look around the room to find them. There is nobody here. I turn to Michael standing behind me. "They aren't even here." I tell him. He opens the door completely and steps in carefully. I peer down at the floor and see there is no more glass on the ground.  The pictures and frames are all on her bed, which is also made.

"What the hell?" I whisper

"When did they do all this?" Mikey asks.

"Either early, early this morning or while we were in the shower."

"Hmm."

I take off my towel and slip on a bra and panties. I stand in my closet with my hands on my hips, trying to decide what to wear. I slip on a baggy white t-shirt and light denim skinny jeans. I towel dry my hair and sit on my bed looking through twitter. I giggle to myself when I see Mikey's tweet that was sent 2 minutes ago.

"Definitely a good shower."

Heat rises in my cheeks. If they only knew what he was talking about. I look through his twitter and see the picture of him and I when we swapped clothes. I don't dare read the comments in fear of hate. But that was the night I was in denial about my feelings. That was the night he called me babe for the first time. He made my heart flutter at ever sweet gesture. I smile at my phone remembering that night.

"What are you doing Rhenn?" I hear Michael say from the doorway.

I peer under my lashes at him and hold my phone out for him to take.

He holds it and laughs a little. "Funniest night of my life."

"You hated that dare so much!"

"I did. But, it also gave the fans a heads up about who I was interested in. Without actually saying it, management would have my balls if I said a word."

I sigh and play with my fingers. "I wish I could be seen with you.."

"I know baby, me too." He kisses the top of my head and lays down. I shift so I'm at his side and he pulls my back against his chest. 

I grow sleepy and finally let my eyes close. Michael tightens around me and lets out a heavy sigh into my hair. His breath evens out along with mine and we drift into a peaceful nap.

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I jump at the door slamming shut. I blink a couple times before turning over to shake Mikey awake. He frowns and turns over.

"No, Mikey. Jess and Zayn are home."

He yawns and rubs his eyes. "Fine."

I get up and grab his hand to pull him up. I don't let his hand go as we walk towards the living room.

Jess and Zayn are sitting on the couch smiling and talking to each other.

I squeal and run towards Jess. "Yay! You guys made up!!" I hug them both in excitement.

Jess laughs and Zayn looks away embarrassed. Michael sits on the other couch watching me, clearly amused.

"Where were you guys?" I ask both of them.

"We um, went to the doctor today. I found out what I'm having." Jess grins at me.

"Oh my god! Tell me!"

"He's a boy. Roman James Malik."

I reach for her tummy and coo to the baby.

"Oh, you're going to be so cute, Roman. Such a cute name. Oh my god you're going to be a lady killer whe you grow up. Do you see who your parents are? Milf and Dilf. You're one lucky little baby, yes you are."

"Rhenn, seriously Milf and Dilf? That gets to be our names." Zayn laughs shaking his head.

"Yep. Pretty creative huh?" I mock him.

I let go of Jess and sit by Mikey. His arm goes around my shoulders as we all talk about up coming plans and events.

"I told my mom this morning. She's not mad but she's disappointed." Jess says.

"Ohh, I would have peed my pants if I were you. Telling your parents your pregnant would be the scariest thing of all time." I reply

"I'm just glad she's not in the country."

"We also told management today." Zayn interjects

"Oh shit.." Mikey breathes "What did they say?"

Jess looks down breaking eye contact with any of us. "I'm to be kept a secret until the baby is born. Then we will go from there. If we are to come to any of the hotels or gigs, we have to arrive separately. No twitter, no tumblr, no instagram with any of us being mentioned. This is a huge secret, we are a huge secret."

I stare at Zayn in silence. I'm speechless. What do you say to that? Oh, that sucks? No. This is terrible, probably the worst news I've gotten in weeks. About equal to almost losing Mikey.

"Guys, you have no idea how bad we want to show the entire world who you are but we don't want you to get hate and be in the media. Just because we love you and know you guys inside and out, doesn't mean everyone else will. We don't want that life for either of you." Zayn explains.

Jess and I exchange glances and nod in unison.

"That being said.." Mikey starts, smirking at Zayn who has a mischievous look. "We're heading to L.A. this weekend, which you already knew. But, we have talked to the boys and management and we would like you guys to join us on tour. Sophia will be coming with Liam so you won't be alone in this."

I stare wide eyed at Mikey who grins at me. I turn to Jess and she wears the same expression I do.

I scream and hug Mikey. "Yes, yes of course we will go!"

Jess is also hugging Zayn and shrieking in excitement. "How long will we be in L.A.?"

"Couple weeks, a month tops." Zayn shrugs and Jess's face falls.

"What about work? We can't leave that long and expect to have a job when we come back."

"We've already talked to Xander. He said he's totally chill with it as long as we bring you back." Michael says nonchalantly.

"Oh my god! this is going to be amazing!" I squeal. "I'm so excited!"

We're going back to the states and on tour with two of the hottest bands in the world. This is going to be an experience I will never forget. I'm not going to be able to sleep knowing what we're about to do. We get to go to all the concerts, almost every night. This is going to be surreal. I'm just worried about being caught. L.A. is filled with sneaky paps and crazy fans. I hope they don't catch sight of either of us. A sick feeling appears in my stomach and I lean back against the couch listening to them talk about plans for L.A.

Maybe no matter how bad I want to go out in public with Mikey, I'm not ready for that kind of attention. I'd rather come out with him honestly, than get caught red handed and face the wrath of the fans and media. Shit...