We'll Be There

Back to Reality

A/N: I'm really enjoying writing this story, there's still lots of chapters to come

Kirstie's POV

The next morning, Mum came in and woke me up at 9am.

"Good morning sweetie. Breakfast is ready, and I've let the dogs out." She said.

"Thanks Mum." I replied, dragging myself out of bed. For the first time in a few days, probably due to me eating again, my stomach flipped. I sprinted to the bathroom the same way I had been doing since I found out I was pregnant. This can't be good for the baby. I need to keep something in my system. The doctor could probably recommend something to help when I went to my next ultrasound.

Mum cleaned me up after I was done and helped me off the floor.

"It'll stop eventually. I had it really badly when I was pregnant with you." She said.

"Good to know." I said.

"I made waffles for breakfast. I think you said those are okay." She said.

"Yeah. Thanks Mum."

We had breakfast in relative peace and quiet, as I tried to think about how fun rehearsals and then tour is going to be.

"You'll be okay sweetie." Mum said, obviously picking up on my nerves about today. I took a deep breath and nodded. She was probably right. "You ready to go?"

"Yeah. I'll grab my bag." I said. I didn't need to worry about Floof today, since Mum was here. Aren't mums the greatest?! She's offered to tidy up the house, go food shopping and walk the dogs for me. I have a lot to live up to.

I didn't want to drive, so Mum dropped me off at rehearsals, where the boys were already waiting for me. Mitch pulled me into a hug as soon as I was close enough.

"Hey sweetie. You ready for this?" he asked.

"I think so." I replied.

"We've missed you." Scott said.

"You saw me yesterday." I said.

"Well yeah, but you haven't been here." Kevin said. I said bye to Mum and followed the boys inside.

Lindsay and Craig greeted me with hugs and gave me reassuring smiles.

"We're going to take it easy today. But we do have a lot to do. Tour is in a week. If you need to stop at any point for a break, just say so." Lindsay said.

"Sounds good." Matt said.

We spent the first couple of hours going over the choreography we had already learnt and making sure all the moves were still okay. with my growing baby bump, a couple moves had to be changed, but most of it was okay.

"Do you need a break Kirst?" Kevin asked at one point.

"No, I'm fine." I replied.

"You sure? We can take 5 if you need it." Craig said.

"Really, I'm fine to carry on." I said.

They accepted it for a while, but it seemed every hour they were checking if I was still okay.

"You don't need to check on me so much. If I need a break, I'll tell you." I said, getting a little fed up of them babying me. Mum was right, I did need something else to focus on. Maybe I was ready to adult again.

We finished for the day at 4pm, not wanting to push it too much. We had time to learn everything, so we could go a bit slower than we had on previous tours. Over the next couple of days, the boys continued to treat me like a little kid, but I was feeling so much better. A few days with Mum around had done wonders for my mindset. Focusing on tour had helped as well.

Three days before we went on tour, we were learning new choreography for hallelujah, and everyone was still asking me every hour of I was okay. I bit my tongue about it for half the day, but it was getting on my nerves. I had come to my senses and was looking after myself, so I was looking after the baby as well. The need to 'take care of me' had gone down, but they hadn't gotten the message yet.

"Are you sure you're okay to continue? We've been going for four hours now." Lindsay asked.

"Yeah, I'm good." I replied, giving her a small look to get her to drop it. Things were going smoothly, until my footing slipped, and I almost fell over. Scott and Matt were by my side in seconds, making sure I wasn't hurt.

"Are you okay?" Scott asked.

"Are you hurt?" Matt asked.

"Are you going to be sick?" Scott asked.

"Are you in any pain?" Matt asked.

"STOP!" I yelled. The whole room fell silent. "For goodness sake, stop treating me like a little kid." All of them had shock on their faces. "I know I was not in a good place for the last week, but I'm dealing with it. I'm not fragile glass that's going to spontaneously break at any moment. Chill out." I yanked my arms away from Scott and Matt and sat down by my bag for a drink of water.

"We're sorry Kirst." Kevin said. "We were just so worried about you."

"Which I understand. But you can tone it down by like half." I said.

"Okay princess." Matt said. "We'll back off a little bit."

"Thank you." I said.

"But, you'll tell us if you need anything?" Mitch asked.

"Yes Mitch." I said, borderline teasing him.

We had a family hug and then finished the restof the day. Knowing that they were going to calm down about looking after me somuch, I was starting to get really excited for tour. I had one more ultrasoundbefore we left, and then I would need to get them done wherever we were. Dresaid she was going to help book those. Thank goodness for that. What would wedo without a tour manager?