aggression | luke hemmings

Chapter Thirty Four

Luke's POV

February 8, 2015, after midnight.

I am sprawled out on the couch in Calum and Kristen's new house with the boys, but Kristen went to bed over 2 hours ago. We turned on the TV but none of us are watching it, so much as devouring the bowl of popcorn on the coffee table while singing loudly to Hot In Herre by Nelly.

"Shush, I'm trying to sleep," Kris yells from the stairs. Calum playfully rolls his eyes but we turn down the music and sing quieter. "Thanks."

"No problem babe," Cal yells and goes back to telling us a joke.

"Once it was so cold outside that a lawyer had his hands in his own pockets!" He says. I chuckle but facepalm.

"Good one!" Mike laughs. Suddenly, my phone buzzes and I see that it's a text from Becca. Wouldn't she be asleep by now?

*Hurry home* She sent. *Baby on the way!!!!*

"Bloody hell," I say with my eyes wide and leave Calum's house without a word to him or the others. I speed down the road and park in the driveway, run inside, and to the living room. "Bec," I say and help her off the couch. She winced and squeezes my hand tightly, as I rush her out to the car. She gets in the passenger seat after I get in the driver's seat, and hold her hand the entire way to the hospital.

"Right this way ma'am," A nurse says to Becca. I walk back to the waiting room and place my head in my hands, elbows on my knees, and sigh deeply.

"I'm sorry for your loss," A man next to me says.

"Thanks," I say without realizing it. "What? No, my girlfriend is giving birth."

"Oh, then congrats!" He says. I smile and stand up, pacing the large room but ignoring the stares I'm getting. I take deep breaths, inhaling the stench of sanitizer and rubber gloves and exhaling many times.

My phone rings, and once again people look at me because Boomerang is a generally loud song and it's the ringtone.

"Hello?" I say in a shaky but excited voice.

"Luke? It's Cal, and what's up with you?" Calum asks. I can basically see the worried expression on his face.

"Becca, she's giving birth," I say.

"HOLY F*CK!" Calum shouts. I laugh when I hear him trip over something, followed by 2 other laughs which I assume is Ash and Mike. "Can we come?"

"Yeah," I say. Calum hangs up without saying goodbye but I don't mind, and they'll be here in a few minutes anyway. I sit back in the uncomfortable red cushioned chair and wait for them to arrive.

The doors bang open and Calum, Ashton, Michael, and Kristen (who's half asleep) run to me with huge grins plastered on their faces.

"Mr. Hemmings," The same nurse who took Becca with her, says. I offer a smile towards my friends and walk swiftly over to the nurse. She leads me to the room Becca is in, and I could pass out right there because of how much blood there is on the thing the doctor is holding. Another nurse is standing next to Bec, grinning. It's Lily.

"Luke!" She shouts and throws her arms around me. I hug her back, still staring at Becca though. Lily pulls away once Becca whimpers, I step forward and take her hand. I kiss her hand lightly and I swear Becca stopped whimpering for a split second, but she lets a scream escape her lips soon and basically kills my hand. I smile at her as she quiets down.

"So far, contractions are three minutes apart," Dr. Samuels says. Is that possible? She don't been in here for fifteen minutes, I hope that's normal.