Time Ahead

chapter twenty one

*a few weeks later

Jesy's POV:

It's been a few weeks since Cindy told me about Sophie. Chris and I had talked it over, and we decided that we're going to a park to meet her in a few days. I'm really nervous but excited. I'm scared she's not going to like me, but Chris has done his best shutting down those thoughts, which I'm grateful for.

Today, the girls and I are staying at Jade's house for the day. We're going to have lunch, help her with the twins, and than have a relaxing movie night. All of us had been stressed, so we're going to try to wind down with no kids or husbands.

I knock on Jade's door. I'm greeted by Jolie opening the door. "Hey Jolie, how are you?" I ask, bending down to reach her level. "Good," she responds in her small Geordie accent. "Mamy's coming," she says. I take her hand and walk inside. I see Jade making her way down the hallway. "Hey babe," I say, attempting to give her a hug while being careful of her bump. She's eight months pregnant so she's pretty big, still smaller than she should be but she's tiny so she's struggling. We walk over to the couch and sit. "Am I the first one here?" I ask laughing. "Always," she responds. "Perrie is bringing the food so she better not be late," I say, checking the time. At that moment there was a knock at the door. Jade starts to stand up, but I make her stay while I answer.

I open the door to a smiling Leigh. "I thought you were Perrie," I say with a sad tone. "Hey," she says with a sad face. "I'm kidding," I say, giving her a hug, "I just want food." Leigh nods agreeing and joins us on the couch.

"How's Chris doing?" Jade asks me. "He's doing great. His first session was a few days ago and he has another one tomorrow," I say. "That's great," Leigh said. We talked about random stuff for a little until there was once again a knock at the door. "Finally," I say, getting up. I walk to over and open the door to reveal Perrie holding food. "You're late," I say helping her. "What time is it?" she asks. "1:30" I answer. We were supposed to be meet at one. "Oops," she says. I give her a mean, but funny look. "Look, I have a three year old who takes a lot of my time," she says as Jaz and Jolie come running into the kitchen. All of us and just look at each other and laugh at the perfect timing.

Perrie distributes the food and we all sit at the table. "Girls, eat instead of playing with it please," Jade says to the twins who are making a mess. They reluctantly stop and start eating. We eat and chat about the out lives until the topic turns to the upcoming tour. "I still can't believe it's so soon," I say. "Are you sure you want to bring a new born?" Leigh asks. "Yeah, i'll be fine, don't worry," Jade reassures. Her due date is in about three weeks, tour starts in two months.

When we're finished, we clean up our dishes. Jade goes to clean the mess the twins made. "Here babe, let me do it," Leigh says. "Are you sure? They're my kids and my house. You shouldn't have to-" Leigh interrupts her before she can finish, "Just go sit," she says.

Jade joins Perrie and I on the couch. "You can't just relax, can you?" Perrie asks. She shakes her head. "Here, let's watch a movie," Perrie suggests. "Which one?" I ask. "Bad Moms!" Leigh shouts from the kitchen. "Okay," Perrie says, putting the disk in. When Leigh finished, she joined us on the couch.

The movie started and within a few minutes, the twins had come out into the living room. "Hey, can you girls go back into your room to play?" Jade asked, seeing as the movie wasn't appropriate for three year olds. "We wanted to play out here with you," Jaz said. "We can play later tonight, how's that?" Jade said. "But mamy," Jaz said. "Why don't you girls go up to your room and we'll join you when the movie's over for a little while?" Perrie suggested. They both nodded their heads before running up the stairs. "Don't run up the stairs please," Jade shouted to them. "Thanks," she said to Perrie. All of the kids had their favorites. For example, Izzy is a big fan of me. I can always calm her down. The twins really like Perrie, they always listen to her. Rhea favors Jade out of the rest of us. Jacob has a liking to Alex. Alex invites him to play Football and he always loves it.

About half way through the movie, I start watching Jade out of the corner of my eye. Every few minutes her face looks like it's in pain and I can softly hear her breathe heavier. "Hey babe, are you okay?" I ask her after watching her for a while. "Yeah, these Braxton Hicks contractions just hurt a lot," she says. "How often are you getting them?" Perrie asked. "About every six minutes," she says. "How long do they last?" I ask her. "About a minute," she says. (a/n: i have no idea how contractions work so, ignore that lol) "Babe, I think you're in labor," Leigh says. "But it's too early. I still have three weeks," she says. "Well, why don't we go to the hospital, and if it's false labor the worst they can do is send us back," I say. "Okay," she says, "Let me get my bag together real quick and call my mam to watch the twins."

The three of us head up the stairs and get some of her things together while she's on the phone. When she's done, she joins us in her room. She comes back with a few pieces of clothing and than stops. "Crap," she says. "Contraction?" Perrie asks. She nods, bending over trying to relieve any discomfort. I rub her back until it's over. We pack her stuff up and head back downstairs. Her mam is just down the road so we're waiting until she gets here.

The twins had followed us down the stairs quietly. "Is mamy okay?" Jolie asks, scared. "Yeah, she's fine. Your little brother is coming," Leigh says. "Brother?" Jaz says. "Yeah, why don't you girls go back into your room, Grandma is almost here," Leigh says. They listen and climb back upstairs. "Um girls," Jade says, standing up with one shoe on. I look down and see water on the ground. "Did your water break?" I ask. She nods with tears in her eyes. "It's okay babe, you'll get to see your little prince soon," Perrie says sweetly. I rub her shoulder, giving her a side hug. Her mam's car pulls into the driveway and we go out to get into the car. Norma and I put the twins' carseats in her car, and place the baby's in Jade's car. Jade gets into the passenger seat. Leigh the driver's, Perrie and I in the back.

I guess it's go time.

a/n: hope you liked it! have a lovely day! -honey