Pulling Me Through Part Two

So, I'm taking on board what was recently asked for in a review. I'm starting with like a deluxe 'Pulling Me Through' chapter that goes through each person's point of view, so no one is left out of the story. It's going to be longer than usual, so I hope everyone likes it and please review!

Quote: Love is giving someone the ability to destroy you, but trusting them not to.

Chapter Thirty-Eight

One month later

Riley's POV

So, I was four months pregnant and I was finally showing. It was getting to the point where I could where tight tops and not just look chubby, but I would look pregnant, but it wasn't so far along that I was practically bursting out of my top. This was the part of pregnancy that I liked the most. Everyone was getting used to the idea and I still looked attractive. That would all change soon.

It started off as a simple, boring day. The weather was good and Andy and I were just going to go out with Savannah and live life as normally as possible, but hey, that changed as soon as the guys came over.

Savannah was now nine months and we were hoping for her to take her first steps soon. It was getting to the point where she would look like she was about to start walking, but she would simply thump back down and giggle. It was frustrating, but cute at the same time.

Andy and I were sitting downstairs with our eyes closed. The baby was kicking a lot last night and I couldn't get to sleep, so we were both tired. We heard a few giggles, but thought nothing of it. I only realised something was up when I felt a tugging at my leg. I looked down to see Savannah looking up at me, her bright blue eyes glistening more than normal. She just did. She just walked across the living room, giggling with each step she took. It was as though she knew that she was doing something that made her parents immensely proud.

"Andy, look at her" I whispered, pointing over to where she was. He opened his eyes slowly and followed my finger to where she was.

"Oh my god" He sighed. "She's walking" He got up from the sofa and headed over to her. He bent down to her level and gave her a wide smile before wrapping his arms around her and pulling her up to his side, so he could carry her over to the sofa. "Daddy is so proud of you"

"I'm just so glad that you didn't miss that" I sighed. He went on tour tomorrow and it would have broken his heart if he couldn't see his daughter take her first steps. Andy looked relieved at the fact that he hadn't missed it and he looked like he could finally relax.

"Yeah, you're so right" He laughed. "The guys should be coming over soon to get things ready for tomorrow."

"I thought we were taking Savannah out" I inquired. He grumbled something, but gave me a quick kiss on the cheek as a way to offer an apology.

"I completely forgot, it isn't too bad that I forgot is it?" He asked. I shook my head and grinned.

"At the minute, tour comes first" I reassured as I returned the kiss with one of my own. A knock sounded at the door that interrupted us. I got up to go answer it and what I saw, would have freaked most people out. It was four gothic looking guys with four females pushing their heads in the door. Well, this was quite a turnout.

"Can we come in?" Sammi asked as though I would have been able to turn them away if I had wanted to.

"Sure, come on in" I laughed.

Jake's POV

We walked into the house looking like something out of a horror movie. As soon as I got into the living room, Savannah just walked up to me. She walked. Since when could she walk?

"Is this a new thing?" I asked Andy as I took a closer look at her.

"Yeah, she just started walking this morning" He answered, looking at her with pride in his eyes. I laughed and grinned at her.

"She is growing up so fast. My little niece can walk" I sighed. "Shit, this is weird" It was difficult to explain, but there are days where I just can't get my head around how much has happened in the past two years.

"I understand what you mean" Andy mumbled as he smiled at every one else who was walking in. They smiled back as they all gave Savannah some form of greeting. "Savannah can walk!"

"You're kidding!" Bailey exclaimed as she hurried over to where Savannah stood. I took my place with the rest of the guys.

"It's too bad that you've decided what you've decided" I said to Riley, not thinking about the rest of the people in the room. I was just too careless to even think and now I'm going to regret ever opening my mouth.

"What have you decided that you're going to do?" CC asked. "I'm confused now. More than normal, anyway" Riley glared hard at me as I gave her an apologetic look. I'd landed her in the shit and now she was going to have to lie and feel guilty or tell the truth and get shouted at by all of her friends. This was going to be hard on her.

"Thanks for that, Jake" Andy grumbled from behind as he picked Savannah up and took his place by Riley's side. "Maybe we should just tell them, Ry"

"Tell us what?" Jinxx pressed on. He didn't like being kept waiting and he certainly didn't like the fact that he thought Riley might have been in trouble. He loved Riley to pieces and this was going to kill him just as much as it did her.

"Guys, Andy and I thought we were going to struggle with trying to look after two babies and with the arguments we've been having lately we didn't think it was really the appropriate time" Riley began to explain, but Ashley cut her off.

"Hey, you know that we will always be here for you?" He asked as he stepped forward and gave her a small hug. "Night or day, you call and I'll be there to help."

"Thanks, Ash, but we can't just keep expecting you to be here for us when we need to look after our own children on our own" Andy explained. I stood at the back of the room with a sad look on my face. Why did I have to open my mouth and screw everything up!

"So, what is it that you're doing?" Jinxx asked. He was normally the one who understood all of the pragmatics, but he sat in a chair looking as confused as everyone else.

"We're putting the baby up for adoption" Andy snapped, needing to get it out in the open. The faces of the guys did not look amused one bit. They looked pissed.

Sandra's POV

I hadn't spoken since I got here, but I had to this time because this was just out of control. How could Riley do such a thing? Yeah, I remember when I said that I would support her no matter what she chose to do, but that was when I was convinced that she could never do something like that, but hey, I was wrong. She could do something like that and she was fully intent on doing something like that.

"Riley, what the hell do you think you're doing?" I asked with a look of anger glinting in my eyes. I had taken my sunglasses off and dropped them on the coffee table, so she could see just how angry I was. I just couldn't believe she was going to do this. This wasn't her. The Riley I knew would never dream of doing something like that to her own child. She was under stress and I was assuming that that was what was making her make the most ridiculous decisions.

"Sandra, I thought you said you would support what we chose. All of you guys said that" Riley defended, a look of hurt flashing in her eyes. I didn't want to hurt her, but she needed to see some sense and I was intent on being the one to do so. I was going to do everything in my power to stop her going through with such a load of utter bullshit.

"Yeah, but I wasn't convinced you would actually go ahead with it" I argued. She looked even more hurt when I said that, but I was just past even caring. I glared around the room and pulled at my hair.

"What?" Riley asked. "So, you just let me think that you were going to support me and then you get mad when I choose to do something that I think will benefit the whole family."

"Look, I wasn't leading you on" I defended. I didn't want to make her feel like that, but I was finding this really hard to get used to. It really annoyed me to know that Riley wouldn't have her baby with her when he was born. "This is just difficult for me to get my head around."

"Yeah, but you've got to understand that this is hard for me too and it doesn't help at all when you don't give me any support" Riley shouted. I sighed and walked over to the window to look out. I couldn't think of what to say to her because everything I wanted to say was going to end up hurting her feelings.

"Look, It's your choice, but you need to realise that I am not going to be pleased if you put him up for adoption" I explained. "Yeah, we'll still be friends, but I can't forgive you for doing that.

"Is that how all of you feel?" Riley asked, a small tear sliding down her cheek as she looked at everyone else around the room. Nobody answered her which she took as a bad sign. A really bad sign.

Jinxx's POV

What the hell even happened? One minute we were all watching Savannah walk around the house, and the next Sandra and Riley were arguing because Riley made a decision on what to do with the baby. She wasn't to blame.

"Is that how all of you feel?" Riley asked. I stayed in silence until she started to cry. I had to make her feel better even if it was the last thing I ever done. Nobody deserved to feel as shit as she did at that very moment.

"Riley, I don't feel like that" I comforted as I took a step closer and wrapped my arms around her. "It's always going to be your choice and I'm going to respect and stick by you no matter what you choose to do."

"Thanks, Jinxx" Riley sighed in my ear. "Why is Sandra acting like that, though?" Jinxx shook his head and sighed deeply again.

"Sandra, will just be finding that hard to cope with, at the minute" Jinxx explained. "She's very family orientated, but she'll come to terms with it"

"I really hope you're right" Riley whispered.

"So, is everyone discussing their feelings on this adoption thing?" CC asked. I gave him a long hard look, knowing that he was going to give Riley hell for what she was doing. I wanted to protect her from it and so did Sammi. Sammi hurried over to where I was standing and took Riley's hand.

"CC, if you don't like what she's doing then fine, but don't blast her out like Sandra did" Sammi warned. She felt strongly about this, I could tell, but she was always going to support the girl she had been best friends with ever since she was young. It was a no brainer situation.

"Sammi, I was just stating my opinion" Sandra defended. "I was hardly blasting her out. If you want to take her side on this then go ahead, I don't care anymore." This was beginning to look like it was going to tear the whole friendship group apart.

"No, you weren't stating your opinion" Sammi argued. "You were looking for a reason to argue with Riley because you're getting jealous of everything she has. You were trying to make her feel like shit for your own personal gain. You're supposed to be her friend and you're not supposed to make a friend feel like that"

"I am not jealous of everything she has" Sandra shouted. "Why would I be?" Savannah started crying at the point and walked over to where Andy stood with a face like stone. He soon picked her up and took her out of the room, so she didn't get so distressed.

"You want to be close to Jake. You always have wanted that. You want to have your own children and you want to be in a good relationship that's going somewhere" Sammi shouted. "You resent Riley for having those things"

"I could never resent Riley" Sandra retorted. "I just don't think that this was a very good option for anyone"

"You don't need to think that" Sammi argued. "This hasn't got anything to do with you. This is between Riley and Andy and you need to respect that and just leave it alone."

"Fine, but I am not happy" She shouted.

"You've said" I mumbled. I wasn't one to argue, but I was getting pissed off as the moments went by. Sandra was treating Riley like shit and now Sammi was getting involved and she was determined to calm the situation down. This was going to end with someone getting emotionally hurt and my guess was that it was going to be Riley.

"Hey, can I please state my opinion now?" CC asked "Fuck it, I'm doing it anyway."

CC's POV

I wasn't going to approach her like Sandra did because I thought was she did was wrong. Riley was pregnant and she didn't to be put under that much pressure by someone who claimed that she was her friend. I just wanted Riley to know what I thought about the whole situation. Yeah, I was annoyed by it and yeah, I was praying to God that she would decide not to go through with it, but it was always going to be her choice not matter what I tried to do to stop her.

"Riley, I just want you to know that I can't offer as much support as I would like, but I'm always going to be your friend. I just can't say that I agree with what you're doing." I explained

"I understand what you mean CC. I'm sorry you feel that way and I wish that I could say that what you said would change my mind, but it just doesn't. There isn't a way out of this." Riley retorted and that was where I got a little mad.

"Riley, that's utter bullshit" I snapped. "there is always going to be a way out without you having to give up the baby" I didn't want to get mad at her, but what she said that time was just a complete lie.

"You may feel like that, but I don't" Riley retorted. "So, does anyone else totally disagree with what I'm doing?"

Sammi's POV

When Riley asked if anyone else disagreed with her, I readied myself to argue again. It's not that I enjoy arguing with people, but I don't want anyone making her feel any worse than she already does. I stepped in front of her as Ashley stepped forward with Bailey by his side.

"I'm sorry about this, Riley" He sighed. "We can't agree with what you're doing. Adoption is wrong and if you choose to do that then I don't think I'll be okay with that."

"I wouldn't be either" Bailey started. "I just don't think adoption would ever be the answer. I don't understand how you are willing to give your baby to some strangers"

"Bailey, I can't believe you are doing this to Riley" I hissed. "All of you. How can you be that two-faced? You pretend that you're going to support her no matter what she chooses to do and then you just go off on one when she makes her decision. You're hypocrites"

"Andy and Riley keeping the baby is the right thing to do" Bailey argued.

"You talk about what's right!" Scout shouted. "This is right. Andy and Riley doing what the think's best is right and Sammi and Jinxx sticking up for them is right."

"Scout, you are in no position to tell people that they're wrong after what you done" Ashley growled. He was getting pissed, but something told me that Scout was going to win this. Yeah, I had lost a lot of respect for Scout, but now, I was practically in love with everything she was saying.

"Yeah, I kissed Andy. Yeah, I broke them up and yeah, I've made mistakes" She shouted. "But, you all need to take a long, hard look at yourself and realise that you trying to talk Riley into doing something she might regret is wrong." The room fell silent as everyone processed what Scout had said. We all knew that she was right even if we didn't want to admit it.

"Maybe we should just go. It's obvious that no one here agrees with anything" Bailey sighed.

Bailey's POV

Hey, I loved Riley, but I just couldn't be around her anymore. She's got such a good life and all she's doing is taking it all for granted. Why can't she see that we will all be there for her when she needs help and she doesn't need to give up her son?

"Look, I understand that you guys are pissed at me and we aren't on good terms, but if you don't want to support me then leave me alone because I can't be doing with all of this" Riley defended.

"Goodbye, Riley" Ashley stated as he pulled his jacket back around his shoulders and made to leave.

"Wait" Jake shouted. "We still need to sort tour out" I rolled my eyes at Jake. Was tour honestly the only thing on his mind?

"Look, we get here for nine in the morning. I'll pack my own shit and so will everyone else. We'll see you tomorrow" CC said. Jake just nodded, not capable of saying anything else because the anger was just eating him alive. I felt awful for doing what I did, but I simply left.

Scout's POV

So many thoughts were running through my head, at the minute. I wanted to scream at Bailey, Ashley, CC and Sandra for treating Riley like they were, but I also wanted to comfort Riley. Andy soon came to my side and gave me a half smile.

"We need to sort this out" Andy sighed. I gave him a firm nod as he stood in front of Ashley and shook his head. "Why did you do that?"

"Andy, I'm not arguing with you" Ashley warned. "I want tour to go smoothly and that involves us having to get on. I'm going now. I'll see you tomorrow" Andy said nothing as Bailey and Ashley walked out. How had this day even gone like this?

"We should probably get going now too" Sandra sighed as she pulled CC with her. "Look, I don't want anything to be awkward. I just thought you might want to know how I feel"

"Yeah, Sandra" Riley sighed. "When I wake up in the morning, the only thing that ever gives me any comfort is knowing that my friends are going to say that they have no support for me" Riley was no longer as distraught as she was before. She just seemed like anger was the only thing that was keeping her going.

"If that's how you feel, then I'll go" She sighed as the two drummers left. The room fell silent once they all left. How was I even supposed to go about helping her?

"Riley, we're all here for you." I sighed. "They'll come around, I can promise you that"

"Scout, I really hope you're right" She whispered as she wrapped her arms around me in a friendly hug. I was going to do everything in my power to keep her feeling happy.

"When Andy goes on tour, do you want me to stay with you?" I asked. Sammi took a step forward and smiled widely.

"Yeah, we can do like the whole sleepover thing that we done last time" Sammi laughed as she pressed her head against Riley's and smiled brightly.

"Yeah, that would be great" Riley mumbled.

Ashley's POV

I walked quickly with Bailey until we got to the car. Each step I took, I felt worse for saying those things to Riley. I had just made a pregnant woman feel like shit. I wouldn't blame her if she never wanted to speak to me again. I made a mistake, but I wasn't ready to even try and fix it yet.

"Ashley, we shouldn't have done that" Bailey sighed.

"I know that" I snapped "We'll sort it out when I come back from tour" I didn't mean to snap at her, but I was getting stressed out now. I had ruined everything.

"Calm down, Ash" Bailey mumbled, resting her hand on my own as I drove. It calmed me down and it gave me new hope that maybe I hadn't ruined everything. I had known Riley for years, so surely that must mean she can forgive me for the utter rubbish I said. It's her child, she can do what she wants and she really did think she was doing well by doing it.

"We'll get this all sorted out" I sighed, swiftly turning a corner into our street. "I'll sort it out if it's the last thing I ever do.

Andy's POV

"Riley, are you okay?" I asked. Yes, it was a stupid question because it was obvious that she wasn't okay, but I still wanted to try and comfort her. She simply shrugged and took a seat on the sofa.

"If they want to be mad at me then they can go ahead" She sighed. "I'm done with trying to please everyone. I just need to make sure that you're happy" I still wasn't a hundred per cent sure that I was happy about adoption, but I knew that I was still going to go through with it.

"Yeah, I'm happy" I reassured. "Are you happy?"

"I'm always going to be happy if you're by my side" She sighed, wrapping her arms around my neck and placing a quick kiss on my cheek.

"We'll see you tomorrow, Riley" Scout said as she gave me a reassuring smile. "Everything will be okay. They just need time"

"Thanks, Scout" I chuckled. "I never thought I'd say this, but Scout you are awesome."

"Well, I do try" Scout laughed. She grinned again before turning around and walking out with Jake.

"We should probably go too" Jinxx sighed. "There's a lot to do for tomorrow"

"Goodbye, guys" I called as they left.

"I'm glad I made up with Scout" Riley mused. "She's a really nice girl"

"I've been trying to tell you that for ages" I groaned.

"Yeah, I just hope she won't do anything to ruin it."

Well, it wasn't that much longer than an average chapter. So, a little bit more drama there ;') I was going to try and make like a mini movie thing for it all, but movie maker kept crashing, so apparently the forces of the universe don't want me to do it. Well, I hope you enjoy and please review!