Nanny

17

A/N Again, this chapter will be talking about heavy subjects. Such as miscarriages and suicidal thoughts as well as self-harm. Please be advised.

Days have gone by since Destiny miscarried, and seeing his girlfriend heartbroken over it made Liam upset. He decided to give her some time off of taking care of Bear for him, so he had his parents take care of him while he tries to help Destiny through this trying time.

Liam gently knocks on the door and says, "Hey, love. I brought you some soup."

The room is dark from the curtains blocking the sunlight outside. It just feels right to Destiny because she just doesn't feel like her happy warm self anymore right now. She rolls over, facing away from the door and buries her face in her pillow as she starts to cry once more today. Liam sighs sadly and walks over to her as he sits down on the edge of the bed, setting the soup down on her nightstand and comforts her.

He gently strokes her hair and whispers, "Hey, I know you're sad right now, but you need to keep your strength. You need to eat something."

Destiny moves away from her boyfriend and curls into a ball in the centre of the bed as she continues to cry. She knows Liam is trying his best to help her through this, but she wants to be alone right now. She doesn't even know to get through this heartbreak while Liam sighs softly and lays down next to her, wrapping his arm around her and holding her close to him. He lets her cry it all out and kisses the top of her head as he rubs the side of her arm soothingly. He is heartbroken to see her likes this, but he knows that she is grieving right now and needs to get through the pain.

After a few minutes of crying, Destiny sniffles quietly and wipes her tears away. She closes her eyes and bites her bottom lip to hold back her crying before falling asleep. Liam looks over her shoulder to see Destiny asleep now and climbs out of bed, taking the soup down to the kitchen and putting it in the microwave- just in case, Destiny wants something to eat- before leaving her a note to tell her that he had a meeting he needs to attend.

He is a little worried that something might happen when he is gone as he makes a quick call to his sister, Nicola and asks to come over to keep an eye on Destiny. Nicola tells that she didn't know if it would be a good idea for her to watch his girlfriend when she is pregnant with her second child. The siblings did feel like it would be putting salt in a healing wound, but he needs someone to keep an eye on Destiny because he knows that she might do self-harm- definitely during this trying time. Nicola hesitantly agrees to come over to his house while he thanks his older sister for doing this favour for him.

He sets the note down on her nightstand and kisses her temple softly as he quietly put his dress shoes out as well his watch and grabs his briefcase, leaving the room as quietly as he could. He closes the bedroom door behind him and downstairs to his car to see his Nicola pulling up in the driveway. She climbs out of her car and hugs her little brother as she tells he should go and she has everything under control for him. Liam thanks her once again before climbing into his car and driving to his company.

Destiny stands in the bathroom with her seven millionth round of tears streaming her cheeks, looking at herself in the mirror as she punches the mirror, shattering the reflective glass and watching the broken glass fall right in front of her. She doesn't even notice her hand is bleeding until Nicola to see what is going as she sits her brother's girlfriend down and grabs the first aid kit. She grabs the tweezers out of the kit and slowly pulls the broken glass out of the wounds before pouring a little alcohol on the wound to disinfect the wound. She grabs a cotton ball and presses it over the wound as she wraps gauze around her hand and then pulls Destiny to a hug. Destiny begins to sob into Nicola's arm and screams in heartbreak.

"This is all my fault!"

Nicola pulls away from the hug and shakes her head, saying, "It's not your fault," She wipes the heartbroken girl's tears and implies, "You will be an amazing mother when the time comes because you're a wonderful nanny."

Destiny flashes a weak and sad smile as she sniffles and slowly nods her head, "I guess you're right," She looks down at her lap and bites her lip nervously while she whispers, "I just feel guilty because I know I'm not ready to have a baby of my own."

Nicola sits down on the floor next to Destiny and chuckles a little, stating, "Who is ever ready to have a baby?"

Destiny brings her knees to her chest and rests her right cheek on the knee cap as she responds quietly, "Sophia and Liam."

Nicola glances over at her little brother's girlfriend and nods her head in response, "Well, you're definitely not wrong," She places a hand on Destiny's back and asks, "Do you want to watch some movies and eats some popcorn?"

Destiny lifts her head from her knees and answers softly, "That would be nice."

The two women get off the bathroom floor and then goes downstairs to the lounge room. Destiny sits down on the sofa while Nicola disappears into the kitchen to make the popcorn for them. Destiny looks down at her phone to see Liam has sent a sweet loving text to check up on her. She smiles a little more genuine than the last few days and knows deep in her heart Liam is the one.

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Liam pulls into the driveway and climbs out of his car, heading to the front door as he unlocks the door with his house keys and enters the foyer. He sighs softly and places his briefcase down to see Watson trotting over to his master. He smiles softly and scratches behind his big floppy hair, noticing Watson's big muscular tail wagging in enjoyment. He then pets the top of his head and walks over to the lounge room to find his sister and girlfriend watching some sappy romantic movie.

Nicola grabbed a tissue to dry her tears and turns the telly over as she gets up to see her little brother, "Hey. I should be probably be heading home right now."

He hugs his sister and thanks her once more for watching Destiny for him, "Well, thank you. Have a good night, Nicola."

Liam then takes Nicola's spot next to Destiny and notice her injured hand before Destiny hides her hand from him. He doesn't know if she injured herself on purpose or accident, but he doesn't want to confront her and make her uncomfortable right now. He just ignores for right now and takes her uninjured hand, bringing it up to his lips and kiss each knuckle softly as he wraps his arm around her waist and holds her close to him. He kisses the top of her head and slowly runs his fingers through her hair when she starts to cry again.

Destiny buries her face in his chest and starts to cry because she is still heartbroken about her miscarriage. She clutches his white dress shirt and sobs softly into his shirt material as Liam holds her as close as her and rocks her back and forth. He hums an old sweet lullaby to her and rubs small circle in her lower back.

He looks down at her and whispers, "It is going to be okay. We will get through this together," He cups her face gently and wipes her tears away with his thumb as he continues, "I love you, Destiny Nicole Harrison."

He holds her in his arms for the rest of the night until she falls asleep in his arms. He then picks her up and heads upstairs to their bedroom before laying her down on her side and tucking her in. He kisses her forehead softly and strips his work clothes off, throwing them into the laundry basket. He then climbs under thick duvet covers and spoons his girlfriend as he closes his eyes and falls asleep with heavy and worrying thought going through his head nonstop.