Love Can Drop Dead (Sequel to DBNO)

Chapter 44

It was silent for a few minutes and Kayleigh gripped my hand harder as I felt her hand become slick with sweat. She was so scared and I felt completely powerless.

Summer, Christy and Ivy were the first ones to move and they hurried over to us before hugging Kayleigh in the middle of them. I heard her breathe out a sigh as she hugged her friends back and they pulled away, so that the three woman leaned against the couch, while Kayleigh and I faced everyone else. My eyes instantly found Chris' face and he looked shocked, panicked and hurt.

"You knew?" he asked her and Kayleigh nodded. Chris breathed out slowly.

"How long?" he asked, I wasn't sure if he was asking how long Kayleigh had known she was pregnant, or how long she'd been pregnant for. It wouldn't matter anyway since she'd told me she'd found out not long after she'd fallen pregnant.

"A month" she said and Chris went as white as a ghost. His hands shook and I saw his eyes tear up before he turned and walked out of the door. I frowned at him as Kayleigh started sobbing. I pulled her to me and hugged her while she sobbed on my shoulder as I frowned in thought. Chris hadn't looked angry when he'd found out that Kayleigh had been pregnant for a whole month. I wasn't sure what was going through his mind, but I had the urge to go after him and find out what was wrong while trying to set his mind at rest.

I made eye contact with the girls and I nodded them over as Dan walked over to us. I untangled myself from Kayleigh's grasp and handed her to him and Dan hugged her as she cried before nodding to me. The girls walked over and hugged Kayleigh as I walked away from them, determined to find Chris and talk things through, maybe persuade him to go back if it was persuasion that he needed.

I walked out of the door and down to the elevator while I thought of places that Chris could go. He would try and keep out of the public eye because I knew he didn't like the idea of being spotted by fans. Sure he loved the fans just as much as the guys, but I personally knew that Chris was the quiet, shy one out of the five of them and usually let the others do most of the talking.

I rubbed the back of my neck in thought as I stepped out of the elevator and onto the ground floor, where I walked out through the main door and headed in the direction of the park. I wasn't sure why I was heading to the park, since it wouldn't exactly be classed as keeping out of the public eye, but I just had a feeling. I suppose it could be my gut instinct, but I never really had them that often. Louise and I used to joke that she had enough gut instinct for the two of us.

I took in the area around me and breathed in the cool air, feeling it tickle my nostrils and I sneezed, before realising just how many couples there were strolling around. I bit my lip, because it made me ache to be held by someone. I wanted Josh back because my heart still belonged to him, and there was also a part of me that wanted Adrian to kiss me again. His kisses had been sweet and heavenly and had made me feel as though someone needed me. But that could've just been because I'd desperately needed someone at that time and Adrian was the nearest person.

I walked down the pathways towards the play area and watched as families ran by. Parents pushing buggies, or taking their pet dog for a walk as young children chased each other down the pathways. I smiled because these people looked so happy with their lives. My eyes landed on an old couple sitting on a nearby bench. Judging from their faces I was guessing they were in their late seventies, possibly early eighties, but the way they were looking at each other and holding hands, made me think that their love was still as pure as it was at the time they first met each other. The old man placed a light kiss on his wife's lips and I smiled sadly.

I wanted that so much that it hurt to hope for such things. I wanted someone to grow old with and share my life with and have someone look at me like that, but with how my love life was going, I doubted that would ever happen.