Not Even Once//PT2 of Just Once Series

Chapter 26//The Pack Visit

Luckily, their small apartment had a few guest rooms. Just enough for Lachlan, Rob, Preston, Jerome, and Mitch to visit. Sadly, two of them would have to sleep in the same bed, which worried Alice. Vik said it would be fine because Mitch and Jerome have done it many times before. A Merome joke, as it was.

"Not funny. Now go pick your friends up from the airport." Alice sighed, sitting down carefully on the couch. She was feeling nauseous lately, just a symptom of her pregnancy.

"Okay." Vik laughed, tossing his keys up and catching them as to make himself look cool.

"Stop that." She rolled her eyes, struggling to reach the TV remote.

"Oh, don't even pretend you can't reach that. You're not that big yet!"

"Are you implying I'm big?"

"No-sorry. I'll leave now."

"Goodbye, babe."

"Bye love."

After trying many times, Alice finally reached the remote. She turned the TV on to her newest favorite show, Supernatural, and continued to watch season eight. She'd binge watched most of the series in a few weeks.

Luckily for her, only Mitch and Jerome were headed in tonight. The rest of the pack was coming in sporadically tomorrow. It would make things a bit easier for her.

An hour later, the three boys had returned to the apartment. Vik unlocked the door, and came in.

"Hey! Alice!" Mitch smiled, making his way over to her. He hugged her, making sure not to squeeze her to tightly. As if she was fragile.

"Hi, Mitch. It's been a while."

"Sure has, how are you doing?"

"Great, actually. Just happy to be settled down after months of unpacking and designing." Alice laughed, "How are you and Jessbot?"

"Good, good. Everything's been great."

"That's good... And Jerome! Been a long time since I first met you in Florida!"

"I know, it's great to see the woman who's made my boy over here so happy again." Jerome hugged her, stronger than Mitch, but not to much.

"Awe, well, I guess I should thank you guys for keeping him sane while he was dating me." Alice giggled.

"Anyone hungry? Alice made some nice food for you guys..." Vik smiled.

"Alice! What are you doing, in the kitchen?! Vik should be the one cooking." Mitch laughed, making his way toward Vik.

"Well, I'm sorry. Didn't know this was a rule." Vik joined in the laughter as he led them into the kitchen.

Alice followed, making a point to take the boys suitcases with her.

"I'm sorry, boys, but we actually don't have a lot of room it the apartment, and Vik suggested that the both of you could sleep in the same bed?" Alice asked, leaning against Vik.

"That's completely fine. Merome is real. Also, Alice? Would you mind I vlogged here?" Mitch answered.

"No, not at all! Just-there are some fans who don't know that I'm pregnant, so let me tweet that out before you decide to upload any vlogs." Alice informed.

"When do you plan on doing that, if you don't mind me asking..?"

"Tonight, actually. I was gonna do it before you guys got here, but I just forgot. Plus the morning sickness was not a fan this morning."

"Completely understandable. I'm actually really excited to see how the fans take this." Mitch laughed.

"So is everyone else! Most of the fans turned against me when Vik and I quote unquote divorced."

"Ah, yeah. We figured that would happen." Mitch glanced between the two of them.

"Social experiment." Jerome laughed.

"Really though!" Vik joined him.

"So yeah, feel free to vlog." Alice reassured, making sure he didn't forget.

"Okay, I'm gonna start now, if you don't mind of course."

"Yeah, sure. Go right ahead."

"Hey guys, what's up its Mitch or Bajancanadian here with another vlog, uh-today we're here with Jerome, Vik, and Alice!"

"Sup doods." Jerome smiled as the camera panned over him.

"Hi." Vik laughed.

Alice just smiled.

"What does the baby say, Alice?" Mitch panned to her stomach, as she patted it.

"The baby says yo." She laughed.

"Oh, is the baby a gangster?"

"Of course!" Vik laughed, "I'm the OG gangster!"

"No your not, hun. I am." Alice argued.

"Oh-kay then..." Mitch smiled, flipping the camera back to himself. "So over the next three days, we will be staying in Alice and Vik's apartment with the rest of the Pack who are getting in to London... Tomorrow I believe?" He looked to Alice and she nodded, "Yeah, tomorrow. I'll see you all when they get here! Peace out for now, doods."

After enjoying some dinner and a nice glass of wine (all of them having wine except Alice, of course), they all decided to retire to their rooms. Well, just Alice decided this. She was tired, and really needed to save up some energy for tomorrow when she needed to entertain more people.

Of course, as usual, she sat in bed, on her phone. She decided to tweet out about her pregnancy.

Twitlonger-
Alice Zerker @omgitsalicez-
Here, guys. This is some important info- *insert twitlonger link here*

Hey, guys. So I've been meaning to tell you guys for a few days now, but I just haven't gotten around to it. Anyway, as you all know, Vik and I are still together and-we're expecting a child. Yes, yes, you read that right. A little baby Vik/Alice. Most of you probably saw the video on Vik's channel, and I just wanted to clarify. I am two months and three weeks pregnant, so we do not know the gender yet. Soon, in about one more month, we will. So I hope you can all join us on this adventure. This is a big part of our lives, and we're taking you along with us. So thanks for the support, and stay tuned.

Alice took a deep breath, feeling like she did the right thing. As if a weight was lifted off her shoulders. It felt good to finally get things off her chest.

She placed we phone on her bedside table, snuggling into bed. Peacefully, finally, she fell asleep.