5SOS Preferences and Imagines

Calum Doesn't Want To Be A Daddy

BREAKING DOWN AND FREAKING OUT WHEN YOU FIND OUT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BABY WHILE YOU'RE STILL A TEENAGER IS PRETTY NORMAL. FREAKING OUT AND LEAVING ALL THE WHILE SCREAMING THAT YOU CAN'T BE A FATHER YET, LEAVING THE NEW MOM TO BE ALONE TO RAISE THE BABY ALONE, NOT NORMAL. CALUM WALKED OUT ON YOU AND YOU COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT HE JUST WALKED OUT LIKE HE DID, WITHOUT A LOOK BACK, JUST YELLING AS HE SHUT THE DOOR BEHIND HIM.

YOU TALKED TO HIS MOTHER AND SISTER AND BANDMATES, THEY STAYED BY YOUR SIDE WITHOUT TELLING CALUM ABOUT THEIR PARTICIPATION. HE WOULDN'T CARE ANYWAY AND YOU NEEDED THE HELP.

"ALONE TOGETHER AGAIN." YOU WHISPER TO YOUR BABY BUMP AND RUN YOUR HANDS ALL OVER THE MATERIAL COVERING IT. "WE'LL MAKE IT TOGETHER THOUGH, JUST YOU AND ME BABY GIRL, JUST YOU AND ME TAKING ON THE WORLD. I'LL ALWAYS BE HERE FOR YOU MY LITTLE BABY, JUST YOU AND ME."

A KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR HAD YOU WADDLING OVER TO THE DOOR TO OPEN IT. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR YOU SAW CALUM'S SISTER SMILING AT YOU.

"HI." SHE WALKED IN. "HOW ARE YOU GIRLS DOING TODAY?"

YOU GROANED AS YOU SAT BACK DOWN IN YOUR CHAIR. "ALRIGHT. SHE KEEPS MOVING AROUND TODAY, MORE THAN USUAL. I ALSO KEEP FEELING SMALL LITTLE PAINS EVERY SO OFTEN. I THINK IT MEANS THAT SHE'S COMING SOON."

"SOON?AS IN TODAY KIND OF SOON?" SHE ASKED NOW MORE ALERT THAN BEFORE AND YOU NODDED MAKING HER LOOK BETWEEN YOU AND THE DOOR.

"WHAT?" YOU ASKED.

SHE SIGHED. "MAYBE WE SHOULD GET YOU CHECKED OUT, (YN). THOSE SMALL LITTLE PAINS AND HER MOVING AROUND MIGHT MEAN THAT SHE ACTUALLY IS COMING. TODAY MAYBE, AT LEAST GET CHECKED OUT EVEN IF IT TURNS OUT TO BE NOTHING PLEASE!"

YOU KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE NO USE TO ARGUE WITH ANY MEMBER OF THE HOOD FAMILY SO YOU NODDED. MALI GRABBED YOUR HOSPITAL BAGS AND HELPED YOU INTO THE CAR. ON THE WAY, THE PAINS GOT MORE INTENSE.

"MAYBE YOU'RE RIGHT, MALI. THE PAIN'S GETTING WORSE. I THINK SHE'S COMING NOW."

"NOW?"

"NOW!"

LUCKILY FOR YOU THE HOSPITAL WAS JUST A FEW MINUTES AWAY FROM YOUR HOME. MALI STOPPED THE CAR IN FRONT OF THE MAIN DOORS AND HELPED YOU OUT AND RUSHED YOU IN.

SHE LEFT YOU BY THE NURSES WHEN THEY HAD EVERYTHING FIGURED OUT SO SHE COULD GO AND PARK THE CAR. YOU WANTED HER TO COME BACK FAST BECAUSE YOU REFUSED TO GO TO YOUR ROOM WITHOUT HER, YOU WANTED THE COMFORT OF A FRIEND WITH YOU SINCE YOU COULDN'T HAVE THE COMFORT OF THE ONE WHO PUT YOU IN THIS SITUATION. OR, THAT'S WHAT YOU THOUGHT AT FIRST.

"(YN)?"

IT WAS CALUM.

YOU TURNED SLOWLY AS YOU WERE IN AGONIZING PAIN AND SURE ENOUGH CALUM STOOD THERE WITH THE REST OF 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER BEHIND HIM, ALL EYES ON YOU.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" HE ASKED AND YOU GLARED AT HIM.

"REALLY, CALUM? DO YOU REALLY HAVE TO ASK ME THAT QUESTION? I'M NINE FREAKING MONTHS PREGNANT WITH YOUR CHILD AND I'M ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH. WHY ELSE WOULD I BE IN A DAMN HOSPITAL IN AGONIZING PAIN? I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR YOU NOW."

MALI CAME BACK THEN AND FROZE WHEN SHE SAW HER BROTHER AND HIS BANDMATES STANDING NEAR YOU. "UM, (YN), WANT TO EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? CALUM'S RIGHT THERE."

"YEAH, I KNOW." YOU GRUNTED AND STOOD STRAIGHTER, LEANING ON HER. "LET'S IGNORE HIM AND GO TO MY ROOM SO I CAN HAVE THIS BABY ALREADY PLEASE!"

"FINE." SHE SLOWLY SAID AND BEGAN TO WALK AWAY FOLLOWING A NURSE WITH YOU IN TOW.

"WAIT!" CALUM'S VOICE WAS LOUD AND CLEAR AS HE RAN TO YOU AND REMOVED MALI'S HOLD ON YOU AS HE PICKED YOU UP BRIDAL STYLE. "I CAN TAKE YOU." HE STARTED TO WALK AGAIN.

YOU SHOOK YOUR HEAD AS YOU LAID IN HIS ARMS. "NOW YOU WANT TO ACT LIKE YOU CARE? NOW YOU WANT TO HELP ME OUT? WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I FIRST NEEDED YOU CALUM? I NEEDED YOU FROM THE START AND YOU ABANDONED US. WE NEEDED YOU. SHE NEEDED YOU."

BY THEN YOU REACHED YOUR ROOM AND CALUM LAID YOU ON THE BED. "SHE? SHE'S A GIRL."

"YEAH."

CALUM SAT DOWN NEXT TO YOUR BED AND HELD YOUR HAND WHILE THE DOCTORS BEGAN TO HOOK YOU UP WITH NEEDLES AND SUCH. "I'M SORRY. I KNOW THAT I HAVE A LOT TO MAKE UP FOR AND YOU'LL HATE ME FOREVER BUT I NEED TO BE A PART OF HER LIFE. YOU CAN IGNORE ME ALL YOU WANT BUT PLEASE LET ME BE A PART OF HER LIFE, PLEASE!"

IT WAS HARD TO SAY NO TO HIS SAD PUPPY DOG EYES, BUT HE HURT YOU. HE HURT YOU AND LEFT YOU WHEN YOU NEEDED HIM THE MOST.

"CALUM."

"JUST, LET ME BE THERE FOR HER. I PROMISE SHE'LL HAVE HER DADDY IN THIS WORLD, I'M NOT GOING TO LET HER GROW UP WITHOUT A DAD. I CAN'T DO THAT."

CLASPING HIS HAND TIGHTER WITH YOURS YOU GAVE HIM A SHORT NOD. "FINE, YOU'RE ON THIN ICE THOUGH. YOU CAN BE HERE FOR HER AND ME, IF YOU WANT."

"I WANT THAT."

"GOOD, BECAUSE I THINK SHE'S ON HER WAY OUT NOW AS WE SPEAK."

HE LAUGHED. "OKAY, LET'S HAVE US A BABY GIRL."