Hiding Place || Tori Kelly

Regular

19 Weeks & 1 Day
(Oct 20th)

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Tori got comfortable at her bar stool and dig into the specialty bundt cake. "You okay? You seem like your moving in slow motion," Michelle asked. Tori swallowed the bite in her mouth with a nod.

"Yeah. I'm having Braxton Hicks constantly, and as I got up, one hit," Tori said. Michelle stitched her eyebrows together, knowing that Tori wasn't even 20 weeks yet.

"Braxton hicks? This early are you sure?" Michelle asked. Tori nodded, using her free hand to rub her stomach.

"Yep. They are irregular and I only had one painful one last night. That was excruciating. Like, I have a normal pain tolerance and for a minute I literally couldn't talk," Tori said. "But, we called the doctor this morning and she said to come in at 3, just to make sure. But I'm not worried," Tori honestly added. She woke up nauseous and with more false contractions, but after talking to her doctor, Alexa, and God she was okay.

"Well keep me updated, I want to make sure my niece is okay too," Michelle said. Jackie nodded in agreement, with her mouth to full to respond.

"I will," she smiled. The house fell quiet for a second, scaring Tori because she still owned a puppy. "Busker!" Tori yelled. A few seconds later the puppy ran up the stairs with small bits of yellow fabric stuck to his face. Quickly, he stood next to his owner and stood up on the edge of the seat to see what she was eating. "This is not for you. Clearly, you are eating your towel. Go, get on your pillow," Tori commanded. Busker immediately came down and moved to the huge window where his grey pillow sat and broken pieces of bone.

"He was eating a towel? Is that safe for dogs?" Jackie asked.

"He doesn't really eat it. He just pulls it apart and spits it all over the bathroom for us to find later," Tori explained as the woman watched the dog devour his favorite snack. Jackie's face changes as she scrolled through her phone, before gasping something hard.

"Umm, Tori... have you been on Instagram lately?" She asked. Tori gave her friend a weird look and grabbed the cellphone from her friends had.

"No, why?" She asked, flipping it over in her hand to see a gut wrenching sight. "Who posted this? Where did they get this?" Tori panicked. Michelle took the phone and did her best not to react.

"Is this true?" Michelle asked, sliding the phone back to Jackie. Tori bit her lip, unsure of how Michelle was taking the news. She decided to just nod. "Does André know?" She continued. Tori nodded as tears started to pour down her face. Michelle loved around the side of the island and pulled Tori into a huge hug. "Hey, I was a young mom. I know how these things happen. You don't have to explain anything to anyone. Ignore it. Your fans will do the work the work for you. And you know it," Michelle encouraged. Tori nodded and pulled herself together. Michelle was right. That picture was old. Timmy was her child, but he was her past. He is no less a child of hers than Abiah, but Tori refused to dwell on him when she needed to focus on creating a healthy child in front of her. However, that wasn't going to negate the fact that she was going to spear head this and make it known that he was her past, but not a secret.

Michelle pulled away and moved towards the fridge and grabbed the only ice cream in the freezer. "We'll right this off as a cheat day," she joked, popping open the cap and scooping some out along with Jackie and Tori.

"Agreed," Tori sadly smiled, taking a bite and staring out into the distance of her balcony. She should've know that with her fame cane breach of privacy, but that was a bit low for her.

3:20 PM

Tori sat on the table of the doctors office with André by her side, waiting for Dr. Robbins. No words were exchanged. Not even a glance at one another. André was furious that someone would put his wife's business out like that and Tori couldn't talk about the situation without crying. So, they stayed silent unless absolutely necessary. "Hey guys," Dr. Robbins greeted. She could feel the tension in the air and pulled up the rolling stool to sit in front of Tori. "What's going on?" She asked. Tori side glanced to André giving a tell that André was making her slightly uncomfortable. Arizona nodded and captured the living husband's attention. "Dré, can you go get mom and baby a water bottle from the vending machine?" She asked. André went to fight back, before getting the hint and taking off down the hall.  "Alright, now that he's gone, what's up? We can't have a healthy baby if mommy isn't okay," Arizona asked again. Tori bit her lip and played with her fingers.