Adam POV
His arms were snaked around my waist, still sat in darkness and every loud noise frightening me thinking it was those people, his nose buried in my hair,
"I'm sorry" he whispered, "I'm sorry I didn't mean for any of this to happen" his arms tightened around my waist,
"Xavier" I sighed I didn't exactly know what to say to him, "please don't say anything just enjoy the silence"
"I'll get us out of here baby I promise" he said,
"Don't make promises you can't keep" I shuffled away from him and sat a few inches to his left away from his embrace; as soon as I had moved I was cold in need of his arms to be wrapped around me,
"Please Adam don't block me out" he sighed,
"Just get us out of here Xavier so help me god I will throw all of your clothes out when I get home" I snapped at him,
"Okay okay I'll try" he stood up and tip-toed delicately to the door, I watched as he pressed his ear gently to the door and stood for a few minutes,
"I don't hear anything" he whispered over to me,
"Is the door open?" The surge of excitement built up inside me hoping the door was open; I heard the door handle rattle and swung open,
"Babe it's open" he whispered, "this seems too easy surely they aren't stupid enough to leave the door unlocked"
"Why are you complaining move!" I quietly exclaimed,
"Ssh, it seems too easy stay here and I'll check out the place before we move" I nodded and waited apprehensively. It felt like he was gone for ages; hours even,
"Xavier!" There was no response I began to fear the worse, "Xavier" I called again,
"Adam" eventually I heard his voice calling me, "Adam come on" his voice was a little more adamant; following his instruction I pelted down the stairs but tripped as I went tumbling down to the bottom and hitting my face off the floor,
"Xavier" I cried out, "help me" struggling to my feet my weight was lifted and the warm smell of Xaviers aftershave filled my nose,
"Come quick" his voice desperate and needing, "Adam now they've returned" taking my hand he pulled me to the back of the house and out the back door,
"Not a sound" he whispered his eyes bore onto mine with desperation and the need to be silent in the worries we'd be found out and dragged back to the cold damp dark room,
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY'VE GONE!" A loud shriek of a woman's shrill voice was heard from inside the house, "FIND THEM AND BRING THEM BACK!"
"Adam move now come on" Xavier pulled my hand and we ran to the side of the cabin the surrounding area dreary and dull,
"Adam we need to head to the river down stream" taking my hand he clasped tight hold of my hand pulling me further back away from the cabin but making sure the trees hid us.
We had been running for a while and Xavier stopped catching his breath,
"Where are we?" I asked glancing out at the surrounding clearing,
"Babe I don't know we need to head to a further area and find a place to stop tonight everything will be a lot more clearer in daylight" he said but his voice was quivering; I felt his hand clutch mine as he pulled me sprinting in the farther direction away from the cabin, just then the sound of a gunshot quaked through my soul as fear emerged,
"Adam!" He exclaimed, "run..." Was all he said before he released my hand and we were sprinting through the woods.
Francesca POV
I may have only been a little under 3 weeks but pregnancy wasn't sitting well with me I was up every 20 minutes throwing up, or definitely after every time I ate. After the ninth time today, I flushed the toilet and headed downstairs for some water,
"Throwing up again darling?" Mum asked,
"That's about the ninth time today" I replied frustrated,
"I'll see if the doctors have any appointments for you" she smiled,
"Has Tim come back yet?" I asked he left 20 minutes ago for pizza,
"Not yet but he'll come back" just as she said that one of the triplets began to scream from the other room, "could you put one of their bottles in the microwave please" she disappeared into the sitting room; turning to the fridge I took one of the bottles and placed it in the microwave,
"Honey I appreciate all the help" Mum said as she came back in with Emily cradled to her chest,
"Where's Mam anyway?" I asked just as the microwave finished behind me,
"Bathing George and Sophia" she replied,
"Well at least she's at home for once" her face dropped and she looked bad,
"I will not have you talking about your mother that way" she snapped, "she's trying her best Fran she didn't sign up for three kids" her voice was soft,
"Well maybe she shouldn't have consented to wanting another" I snapped,
"Go to your room" her voice was quiet,
"Mum I'm sorry it-"
"Just go to your room" she said again; slumping to my room I bounced down on the bed covering my eyes with my arm.
Ten minutes later there was a knock on the door,
"Fran?" It was Tim he had come back and the smell of pizza welcomed my nose,
"Tim?" Turning over I sat up and saw him slide into the room with a box in hand before collapsing back onto the bed,
"Hey what's up are you okay?" I felt the bed dip beside me,
"I hurt Mum I didn't mean to these hormones are real bastards" I sniffed,
"I'm not gonna sit here and tell you I know because I don't what happened?" He asked leaning beside me pulling me into his body and nuzzling his nose in the crook of my neck,
"I told her that if Mam didn't want anymore kids she shouldn't have consented to wanting more"
"I can't in anyway comprehend what it must be like to be in the shoes of your mum's and having to go through IVF and knowing what they want but they can't control how many kids are produced" his lips found the back of my head and placed soft chaste kisses on the back of my head,
"I know I didn't mean for it to come out I was hormonal it's a bitch I don't like them" sniffing again anyone would of thought I'd have done something illegal,
"I've brought pizza do you want some?" He asked pulling away and heading for the pizza box he left on the desk beside the door,
"I'm very hungry" I smiled,
"Good job I got an extra large one" he chuckled,
"Cheeky git" I threw a pillow at him, "just fetch my pizza" watching him as he walked back to the desk to grab the box as I snuggled back down under the covers.
A few hours later Mam knocked on the door,
"Guys have either of you seen Xavier or Adam?" she asked,
"I haven't seen them" Tim and I replied simultaneously,
"Mam" turning on her heels glancing at me, "Hows Mum I said something earlier I didn't mean to it just came out" I felt Tim squeeze my knee under the covers,
"She's fine I think you're lucky she's been pregnant and understands hormones" was all she said before turning and leaving the room,
"Don't worry about it babe it was hormones she understands"
"I do hope your right" I replied. Just then the door burst open,
"GET UP GET READY XAVIERS IN THE HOSPITAL!" Mum shouted; my stomach dropped and I jumped from the bed; scrambling and rushing to get my shoes on.
Mams car screeched into the parking lot of the hospital she dumped it and jumped out; we left Tim at home with the triplets,
"Hi my son was brought in not so long ago, Xavier Galley" Mums voice was desparate and needy as she waited for the young women behind the counter to find what room he was in,
"Your son is in ICU at the moment he has just come out of theatre; ICU is on the fourth floor, you want to take the elevator to the fourth floor take a left all the way to the end of the corridor and then take a right"
Rushing for the elevator we took the elevator up and laid there in a bed, his shoulder bandaged and his head bandaged too; he laid in a comatose manner,
"I'm sorry can I help you" a nurse dressed in purple scrubs,
"Yes that's my son in there" Mam said pointing to Xavier, "how is he?" She asked,
"He's in a stable condition he's still groggy from the anaesthetic" she replied,
"What happened to him?" She asked tears pooled in her eyes,
"He was found with another young man at the side of the road with a gunshot wound to his shoulder and a head wound" she replied with a sympathetic smile,
"What about the young man he was with what's become of him?" Mum asked,
"Is he family?" She asked,
"He's my sons boyfriend"
"Ma'am I'm sorry I can't divulge that information to you but if you know any next of kin it would be appreciated we don't seem to have any records for him" she replied before disappearing down the corridor.
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Apologies for the late update hope you enjoyed the chapter however I feel I'm coming to an end with it but I would appreciate some ideas. What would you guys like to see happen? Is there anything you think should happen?
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