Abandoned Baby
Chapter 77
3 days later the gang was back on the road. After Bless finished working on the scripts, she decided to help set up the ring for the show since she was bored out of her mind in the locker room and didn't have much to do.
"Hey miss preggers."Alex, one of her good mates greeted the mother to be.
"Hey Al."Bless greeted the pretty blonde with a warm smile.
"How are you and the lil' one?"The blonde asked.
"Pretty good. Healthy as could be."Bless said smiling while rubbing her one month stomach.
"Won't Drew or the guys get mad at you you're working pregnant?"Her friend knew the guys would be on her case if they caught her working.
"They might but I'm just so bored sitting by myself in the locker room most of the time so I decided to give a helping hand set up the ring while I'm still here. Pregnant or not, I love working and nothing is going to stop me from my job." The soon to be mother explained shrugging that it was normal for her to work whether the guys liked it or not.
"I guess I don't blame you. I too would be bored out of my mind if I were you just as long as you're down here, you're pretty much safe." Alex said to her feeling for the young woman.
"So...are you and Drew going to find out the sex of the baby in 3 months?"The pretty blonde asked curiously.
"We're keeping it a surprise till this little one is born."The soon to be mom told her with a smile.
"I bet this lil' one is going to be a boy. I can guarantee it."She and Alex giggled at the thought if they were right.
"I want a boy but Drew wants a girl."Bless explained turning to the blonde.
"Better a boy first that way he can look after his siblings."Alex knew since she had an older brother that always looked out for her.
That's what I told Drew when I first got pregnant that I wanted a boy before a girl."The young mother explained while working on the ring ropes.
"Here Bless, let me get the other end and hand me the wrench that way I can tighten it."Alex told her as Bless got the wrench out of the toolbox that was in the toolbox next to her and handed it to her friend that was working on the other end to tighten it to the ring.
A few minutes later Alicia and PJ walked out to the ring together usually before the show started to look around when Alicia spotted Bless working down in the ring along with a fellow mate of her's and they looked really focus on their work.
"She's a really hard worker isn't she?"The redheaded diva turned to the South African sensation before continuing to watch the women work.
"Who?"PJ asked the pretty diva.
"Bless. She seems really focused in on her work."Alicia stated to him where the ladies are working.
"I thought she was not supposed to be working now that she's a month pregnant."The Cape town boy raised an eyebrow towards his best friend that sat in the ring after Alex gave her back the wrench that way Bless could work on her part.
"Honey, she's a big girl. She can take care of herself. Alex and the ring crew are there with her any way and the other guys keeping an eye out for them any way. Quit babying her. If she wants to work that's her part and at least she's contributing to something. I really admire her even though she's pregnant, she's still working and doing her part of the job. You can't be with her 24/7 to look out for her."Alicia tried making PJ understand Bless was a big girl and could look out for herself.
The guys were being so macho around her thinking she was going to break like a porcelain doll.
"Babe, what are you doing out here, you could hurt yourself."Drew suddenly appeared when he seen Bless working out in the ring and knew it was dangerous for her and didn't want her to get hurt.
"Uh oh...busted!"Alex whispered to her friend when she heard the Scotsman's familiar accent and turned to Bless.
"I'll take care of it."Bless reassured her friend winking continuing to work like it was no big deal.
Drew neared the ring and walked up to his pregnant girlfriend.
"Uh oh...looks like Bless is gonna get it."PJ saw the Scot coming down to the ring where Bless was.
"You guys are too much. Bless is fine. She's not doing anything wrong."Alicia reassured her beau wondering what the couple was talking about as they watched the couple have a back and forth argument.
"Bless, I thought I told you to go to my locker room and rest. You shouldn't be out here working."Drew scolded her in his hot headed voice knowing she was in trouble with him when he seen her working when she was supposed to be resting.
"Drew, I'm fine and I didn't want to stay in the locker room all day besides I wanted to work and that's what I came here to do. Pregnant or not, at least I'm doing the contributing around here." Bless argued her part that she was bored and wanted to do something other than resting or sitting back in the locker room.
"Honey, listen to me okay. I don't want you to get hurt."The Scot sighed calming down a bit wanting her to listen to him plus he didn't want to see anything bad happen to her or their baby.
"Baby, look. Nothing bad is gonna happen to me. I'm fine and our baby is fine. I wished you and the guys would quit being so macho around me all the time and looking out for me like hawks. I appreciate it but I'm not made of glass."Bless sighed wishing the guys understood where she came from. She loved the men to death but they could be so pushy sometimes with her it would get on her nerves. She knew she could take care of herself and the baby when she needed too.
"Drew,I love you but I need some time to myself plus this helps me get my mind off everything. If I need help, everyone is here."She reassured everything was fine and she was taking care of herself.
"I don't understand why you have to be so stubborn sometimes?"Drew muttered since she was not listening to him when he wanted to protect her at all times including their unborn baby.
"What did you say?"Bless heard him speak under his breath about something.
"Nothing. Forget about it."Drew said looking into her eyes walking away from the scene not wanting to argue any further with his pregnant girlfriend.
"Men..."Bless muttered watching his form retreat to the back getting back to her work.
"Well...that was awkward."Alex turned to Bless watching them have their first little squabble.
"Tell me about it. I love the guys and Drew to death but they treat me like I'm made of glass."Bless said sighing wishing they would understand her where she came from plus the work helped her to cope what she was feeling in the inside.
"I think I'm gonna take a break and gonna go see if they have anything in catering since I'm starving."Bless told Alex that she was so hungry and the baby needed something to eat.
"Okay. I'll take over for you."Her friend reassured with a warm smile helping Bless out with the work while she went to go get something to eat while relaxing.
While passing by the hallway to catering, she seen Drew with Stu talking and broke away from his best friend when he seen her pass by.
"Babe,do you mind if we talk a minute?"Drew asked while breaking away from the Brit.
"Yeah I guess so."She sighed looking up at her boyfriend.
"I'm sorry I got a little mad back there baby. I didn't mean too. I guess my protectiveness kicked in a little and didn't want you to get hurt by any means. I'm just looking out for you and our baby."He apologized to her as he explained the situation.
"I know...I love you so much but I just hate it when you and the guys treat me like I'm made of glass. You guys know I'm capable of taking care of myself and looking out for our baby as well. I wouldn't put myself in harms way if I wasn't so sure but this is all I have is work and it's in my blood. It helps me to cope with everything that I've been feeling after losing our first baby,Evelyn, and trying to have our life financially stable just until we can get our first home."The young pregnant woman tried to make Drew understand what she was feeling.
Drew could hear the crackle in her voice at the last part and wrapped his arms around her and let her cuddle close to him.
"You still miss her don't you?"He asked softly looking down at his girlfriend.
"So much. It still hurts...I can't bear looking at that letter nor know what to do when I have to get her stuff soon enough. I don't even know if I want to keep them."She said in a small voice sniffling into his sweatshirt.
"Take it one step at a time babe. You don't have to rush you know."Her boyfriend comforted her as he stroked her hair.
"I know. I just miss her."She sniffled softly.
"I think I'm gonna get something to eat since baby and I are hungry."Bless told Drew.
"You want me to come with you?"He asked linking hands with her.
"If you want to that way maybe we could talk more."She appreciated her hubby's company as they went together to go eat.
"By the way have you chosen any baby names that you like for our baby?"Drew asked his pregnant girlfriend.
"As a matter of fact I have...For a boy I like the name Alexander and for his middle name would be your name including your last name."She told him what she could call their baby.
"Alexander Andrew Galloway?"Drew asked her as he smiled at her.
"Yeah. Kinda has a nice ring to it don't you think?"She told him giggling.
"I love it. That would be a great name for our kid."Drew reached out to grab her hand and squeeze it lovingly.
"Do you have any girl's names you like picked out?"She was inquisitive to know what Drew liked as well with baby girl's names.
"I think I like the name Emma or Emmie as her nickname or Bethany which are my picks."He chose the names that he liked if they ended up having a daughter.
"That sounds really cute."Bless thought of the names Drew picked out if they had a baby girl.
After Bless and Drew ate, she took her prenatal vitamin and had a drink of water.
"I think I'm gonna go lay down. I'm really tired."Bless told Drew feeling sleepy and needed time to rest.
"You feeling okay?"Drew asked in concern for his girlfriend.
"Yeah. Just sleepy. I guess I just really need to lay down and get some rest."She said gave out a small yawn covering her mouth.
"Okay. Just take it easy lass."Drew said giving her forehead a kiss.
Bless went to grab her stuff from the locker room and picked up Catherine from day care.
"Hey,there's my baby girl. You ready to go sleep that way mama can take a nap?"Bless asked kissing her daughter hello.
"Mama."Catherine mumbled against her pacifier.
"Come on sweetie. Let's go to the tour bus. You can sleep beside me."Bless told her daughter as they went up to the tour bus closing the door behind her as she went to change and feed the baby before laying down in bed with Catherine beside her.
"Good night sweetie. Mama loves you."Bless whispered to the sleeping angel kissing her cheek pulling the comforters up to them before they both fell into a deep peaceful slumber.
After the show, the guys went to get showered and dressed and got everything packed up ready to go making their way to the tour bus. Stephen was going to take the wheel since he was traveling with them while Stu was gonna keep him company as navigator.
The rest of the guys were still wired after their matches and couldn't really sleep so they were still going to stay up and watch a movie.
Mean while Drew went back to his and Bless' room to see the baby beside her with her arms wrapped around their daughter and Catherine was snuggled up to her chest and Bless' chin resting on top of the baby's head gently as she held her safely.
He couldn't help but smile as he sat on the side of his bed and stroke back his girlfriend's hair lovingly. She looked so sweet and peaceful in her sleep.
The Scot gently got off the bed to walk to his daughter's side and stroke her chubby little cheek.
"I love you and mommy so much. I promise to take care of both of you and your baby brother or sister."He promised his daughter rubbing her little arm that stuck out holding her stuffed animal.
He leaned over to kiss her head then went over to kiss his girlfriend.
"I love you baby love. Sleep sweet."Drew whispered in Bless' ear before kissing her cheek as well.
After watching his girl's sleep for a while, he decided to join the guys while they were still up and hang out with them.