[discontinued] I'm Listening... (Book 4 of the Can't Say series.)

They were only halfway to Ohio when it happened.

The majority of the band were chilling in the lounge on the bus, some of the crew with them talking and watching whatever was on the screen if anyone was even watching it. Avi was in the bathroom rinsing out his mouth after someone forgot what the smell of meats did to him and decided to fry at least half a pound of bacon for all of them that morning *cough*kirstie*cough* and after 15 minutes of heavy vomiting, 5 of which were spent convincing Kevin to go back to the lounge, he had decided that water wasn't enough and was now brushing his teeth in hopes of ridding the smell and taste of throw up in his mouth.

In the lounge, they were jumping many topics of discussion, one even being if chickens eat humans just like we eat them.

"But think about it, that would be twisted... and weird."

"How? If we do it? Can't they?"

"Not based off of animal hierarchy. We're at the very top. If chickens, who are at like the bottom..."

Avi was listening intently to what was going on in there.

"... then that would be rather worrying and very concerning, to say the least."

"Oh yeah?-"

Avi shook his head and smiled at the blonde boy, what he was asking may sound rather stupid but if you were high or had a curious mind, this would be a debate worth fighting.

"-how so?"

"Because!-"

Kevin seemed to be getting irritated, Avi smiled as he rambled on and on about whatever biology, food chain, mammal hierarchy smarts he was taught in school or--

Avi winced as he felt some sort of pain in his lower stomach but didn't think too much of it, he knew of standard pregnancy pains but they weren't supposed to start so early. he was only what... 6 weeks now? Guess his were just early. Every pregnancy is different after all--

Ok that's not normal. His hand made its way to the underside of his stomach hoping that would calm it. Of course it didn't and he spat out the toothpaste and cleaned what was left around his mouth and was soon sitting next to the sink, curled up in a little ball in attempts to steady his breathing, it sped up due to his panic, he felt his something dampen his trousers and almost fell into an anxiety attack. He couldn't possibly be in labor. He looked down to check only seeing red. This time, the pain came back and it was strong.

"Kevin... "

"-Scott that doesn't make any sense. "

"- Yes it does--"

"Kevin! "

"-Who told you this--?!  "

"KEVIN! "

"-I-- Avi? Are you ok? "

"No. "

"What's going on?! "

"I'm bleeding. "

"What?! "

Honestly. You could feel the panic radiating off him through the walls, the door flew open and he stood there panic stricken.

"Why are you bleeding what's going on? "

"I dunno. It hurts too... "

Kevin scooped him up and carried him to the lounge before running to grab a blanket.

"Kevin, hurry up! I'm gonna bleed all over the couch! "

"I'm coming! "

Kirstie's eyes widened. She noticed something bad happening.

"Uhhhh Kevin. "

"Yeah, Kirst? "

"There's quite a lot of blood. "

Avi checked himself. Sure enough, there was. Too much blood for this to be ok. And the pain...

"It's heavier... Kevin it got heavi-- OW! Keviiiiiiiiin! "

He ran back in. He dropped it on the table and tossed Avi the blanket, the shorter man pulling over him.

"There's a hospital across the road. Take him there. "

Kevin scooped him up and carried him into the building, having explained the situation to a nurse on the way to a hospital room. Having being situated in a room and a CT scan and an ultrasound. They were left alone.

"what if the baby's dead, kev? "

"don't think like that... "

"but what if that's the case, kevin? i've miscarried and you probably won't love me anymore because i'm incapable of carrying a child without anything going wrong and--"

"hey hey hey. shush now. i'll love you no matter what, first of all, and you are very capable of carrying a child without anything going wrong. Yeah sure it was rape but if we weren't so negative and hateful and if he didn't come back and... yknow... do what he did. You'd have a baby girl. All that happened was not your fault and I want you to understand that alright?"

"... mkay. "

The nurse came back in with her scans, smiling at the pair.

"You're scans came back, its nothing serious, the egg just implanted in more of the stomach lining than usual. Hence everything going on, however it is a substantial amount therefore we wanna keep you here for a few more hours just to monitor the bleeding and discharge. "

"Thank you. "

She left and they looked at each other.

"I told you. You're ok. You both are. "

The door opened again and the others came into the room.

"Hey. What happened? What's going on? "

"The egg implanted in more of the stomach lining than usual. It's not really normal but it does happen and it's safe. "

The tension within the room completely dissolved, all of them coming into the room, Scott was carrying a Taco Bell bag.

"This is for you... "

He handed the bag to him, Avi looked into the bag finding a burrito and some tortilla chips with a large dip selection.

"It's a vegetarian burrito. Black beans, rice, lettuce, tomato, seasoned rice, three cheese blend, sour cream and guacamole. "

Mitch handed him a Starbucks coffee cup.

"Venti hot cocoa with marshmallows. "

"Thanks guys. "

The sat around and talked while Avi ate what he was given. The group where told to leave, seen as visiting hours ended, apart from Kevin who wanted to stay with him over night, yknow, keep and eye on his two loves.

"So you're both ok. "

"For now... "

"And forever. You guys are gonna be ok. "

"Guys? You wanna boy? "

"Yknow when people say 'guys' it refers to a group of people, two or more? "

"I know, kevbear, I'm trying to wind you up."

"Kevbear? Never heard that one. "

"I know. I'm original that's why. "

They laughed, Kevin stopped laughing when he noticed he was the only one laughing and looked at the green eyed male on the bed, he was yawning. Kevin stood up and walked over to him, reclining the bed and pulling the blanket over him. Kevin tucked himself in (you get blankets and stuff in this hospital) and looked over to his boyfriend.

"Get some sleep. Night bab--"

A light snore passed through his ears and he sat up to look at his boyfriend only to chuckle to himself, he had fallen asleep and was now peacefully dreaming about... God knows what. Kevin laid himself down and slowly drifted off into a peaceful sleep, knowing his family was ok.