Hiding Place || Tori Kelly

Psalms 127:3

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After lunch, Tori and Tammy finished up the dishes, giving Tammy the opportunity to check in on Tori. "So, Kirk told me about your situation," Tammy started. With a groan, Tori wiped her hands off and folded her arms. "I know, he probably shouldn't have, but he was worried," Tammy tried to smooth over. Tori shook her head and sighed.

"It's fine. I just... it's just so weird. I'm pregnant and I feel like I can't tell anyone," Tori explained. Tammy dropped the fork in her hands on the counter and dried her hands.

"Why do you feel like that? I was ecstatic when Kirk and I got pregnant," Tammy asked. Tori groaned and ran her hands over her hair.

"I don't feel like I'm ready. I'm 26 and I'm at the peak of my career thus far, I don't think it's the right time," Tori truthfully answered, without getting into too much detail. Tammy smacked her lips and took Tori's hands into her own.

"Listen, honey. There is no such thing as the right time. When you and André met, you guys weren't even looking to be in a relationship. Now, look at you two. Inseparable. I look at it this way, the bible says in Psalms 127:3 'Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward'. This baby is a blessing. I promise," Tammy smiled. Tori shrugged and placed her hands over her stomach.

"A blessing. Yeah," Tori agreed as André and Kirk joined them in the kitchen with something behind his back.

"You ready to go, babe. We've got a flight to catch at 9," André asked. Tori nodded, but rose and eyebrow when she saw a suitcase beside her mans leg.

"Yeah, but what's that?" She asked suspiciously. André smirked down to the bag and waved her off.

"You'll see," he taunted. Tori shook her head as she tried to push her smile down. "Alright, guys. We will see you later," André yelled, before pulling Tori out of the house and to the rental.

"Okay, seriously, where are we going?" Tori asked, getting in the passengers side. André did his best to fit his 6'9 self into a seat that was pushed up for a 5'4 woman, before he pushed the seat basically all the way back.

"Umm, no?" He giggled. Confusion crushed Tori's demeanor forcing her to silently wonder and sit back in her seat. "I will tell you that we are stopping by CVS to grab some medicine. I looked up a pill and it's supposed to help with the nausea and not hurt the baby," André revealed. Tori was impressed that he took the time to do that.

"Thank you," she smiled as she pulled her phone out and scrolled through google looking for a good way to tell her family and fans. When Tammy put everything into prospective, a sense of peace flew over Tori. She started to gain a new confidence for motherhood, even if she was still a bit worried.

5:48 PM

Tori and André were lying in bed watching a movie on Netflix, when a knock on the door startled the singer. "Did you order room service?" Victoria asked, absolutely out of it, since the medicine that she took caused her too get a bit drowsy. André shook his head and watched his wife get up and fix her t-shirt before answering the door. "No way! What are you doing here?" André heard Tori squeal. She stepped aside to reveal Alex and Carlos with Ocean and Julissa at the door.

"You haven't told her yet?" Alexa asked, as Tori pulled her into a hug, careful not squish the 7 month old baby girl. André sat up with a huge smile and shook his head. He dapped up Carlos and took Ocean into his lap.

"Told me what?" Tori asked, taking the sweet baby girl into her arms and kissing her temple. Alexa, Carlos, and André shared a look as Tori sat down at the desk with Julissa standing on her legs. "What?" Tori asked looking past the baby.

"Instead of flying home, we are flying to Florida to board a cruise ship tomorrow. We are spending a week on the Symphony of the Sea," André announced. Tori gasped and pulled the baby to her chest as her free hand flew to her mouth. To say she was excited would've been an understatement. The hormones that whirled through Tori caused her to quickly shield her face away as she shed a few tears. "Awe, babe," André gushed while he moved to the edge of the bed and gave her a side hug.

"Murillo," she sniffled. "You know I love surprises," she giggled, wiping her tears and pulling away. "Is this because of..." Tori trailed off not sure if they were telling Lex and Carlos about the baby. André nodded and pecked her lips, before jumping back into the middle of the bed between Carlos and Alexa.

"Because of what, dude?" Carlos asked. André looked to his wife for permission, before blurting out the good news. He watched Tori's eyes slightly roll and her head nod.

"Tori's pregnant. We're having a baby," he announced. Alexa's face changed, knowing the hell they went through over this baby thing. This was not going to sit well with her; not at first at least.

"What?" Carlos and Alexa said simultaneously with two different tones. Carlos was clearly happy and excited, where Lex was confused and definitely shocked.

"Tori," Alexa whispered, turning her back to the guys, who were celebrating. Tori watched her husband light up as he talked about seeing the baby and pointed to the pictures next to Tori's jacket.

"It's okay, Lex. I promise. I'm okay," Tori replied in the same manor. Alex read Tori's face, which didn't fully say okay, but was somewhere closer to getting there.

"So, a baby," the actress whispered with a small smile. Tori nodded and played with the child in her arms.

"A baby," she sighed. Alexa turned back towards the boys and posted a fake smile, so they didn't get suspicious. She didn't fully support this, but she fully supported Tori and André and was going to do her best make sure they had everything they needed, even if that included pretending.

"Alright, we have six people to check in, I think we should head to the airport," Alexa suggested. Everyone agreed and the younger couple handed off the kids to get their stuff together. A cruise. Their first cruise in general. Should be fun.

8:45 PM

Flight 673 boarded to Florida with the Murillo's and PenaVega's intact. André, Carlos, and Ocean quickly fell asleep. But, Tori watched Alexa have a time, trying to get Julissa to eat or stay still or stay quiet. At one point Julissa was sitting on the floor as Alexa tried to compose herself. It was hard for Tori to wrap her head around the fact that not all babies were alike. Because she clearly saw Ocean asleep with Carlos, but she had a feeling her situation would relate more to Alexa and that made her nervous for sure. She got stressed very easily, which is probably is definitely a factor in her not ready to have kids decision. She was gonna have to grow out of that though, because this baby was coming one way or another.

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To Be Continued...