"Cheryl are you coming later?" Justin asked as Claire walked out the dressing room doors
"Justin don't go!" Ryan grabbed onto Justin's legs, Justin looked round to Claire who was getting increasingly impatient.
"I have to go buddy Claire and I have a lot of shopping to do!"
"Why?"
"Because we have to get things for the baby!"
"Why?"
"Because we don't have anything for him yet and we need to get stuff for him or he won't have anything will he?"
"No but I don't want you to go why can't Claire go on her own?"
"Justin!" Claire called from the door.
"Ryan come here babe and let your sister and Justin go shopping with their friends." I tried to reason with him
"Mammy I don't want him to go!"
"Oh for, fine! Justin you can stay! I'll bloody well go!" Claire stormed out but walked back in "Oh and I'm taking my friends with me later so you've got out of that too!" Justin looked at me as if to ask 'what should I do'
"Go to her! Ryan come here babe! Ryan look at me if Justin has to go anywhere with Claire let him go straight away so you don't upset your sister!"
"But mammy Justin is my friend too!" Ryan stood in front of me with a cross face.
"Ryan will I have to phone nana Joan to take you home?"
"Mammy I want daddy!" Ryan ran towards Simon who walked throughout the dressing room doors with Conor
"You'd think he was a teenager!" lily commented
"Yeah! I think he's just playing up in front everyone."
"I'm sorry mammy." Ryan walked over to me
"It's ok but you'll have to say sorry to Claire too." Ryan nodded his head.
"So has Claire been getting on? Nearly eight month now isn't it?" Dannii sat down beside lily and I.
"Much better recently but I don't know how she'll be on her own when me and Simon go to France. The boys Alex and Jess will be with my mam though and she'll have Justin so I just hope nothing else gets sold to the press while we're gone."
"I know that's awful she's only nineteen and they're giving her hell! Do you know where they are getting the information?"
"No or else we would have stopped it already! But she's started to handle it better no more scares anyway."
"Cheryl your mum says she can take the boys later with Alexandra and Jessica, your brother Garry is going to be with her."
"Thank's Simon."
"So has it sunk in yet that you're going to be a grandmother?"
"I don't think so, I kind of keep expecting a sixteen year old Claire to wake me up but it will be nice helping out!"
"And we will only be helping out not taking full responsibility!" Simon called from across the room.
"Judges five minutes until categories!"
"Cheryl where are we going?" Simon and I walked down the hospital corridor to meet Claire and Justin and their friends
"Really Simon you were here two months ago nothing has changed since then!" Simon stopped to look at a sign
"Daddy over here!" Claire called from down the corridor "It's a good thing you didn't come on your own! You know Peyton, Sophia already but I can't remember if you met Rachel?"
"Aye a while ago, but hi. Claire have you cheered up from earlier? Ryan says he's sorry."
"Oh yeah I have but it's fine, I've just been really hormonal recently!"
"Oh we know that already we do live with you!" Simon laughed and Justin laughed too but Claire stood in front of him clearly not impressed. "See this is what I mean, the non hormonal you would laugh!"
"Claire Cowell."
"I guess we should go then. Oh you've changed to scrubs!" Dr Dorian laughed as I walked past.
"Well here's your sons head, he's in the right position now, I'm guessing you felt him move?"
"Yes wouldn't let me sleep, is everything else ok? Considering the past few scares?"
"Well he is smaller than average size at this age but apart from that he is healthy. Now you'll be eight months in how long?"
"Two weeks the middle of september." Justin answered "Due in October, is there a problem?"
"No just checking, so was it valentines day or special occasion?"
"Oh my god scrubs I do not want to hear this I'm pretty sure Simon doesn't either."
"Actually I want to know so I can make sure it doesn't happen again."
"Not valentines day that's for sure, you landed us with Ryan and Conor. So, it was, oh my god Justin!"
"I know I worked it out last night."
"If I get your friends and parents to evacuate the room would you tell me?"
"I think you can figure it out, not much happens in February."
"February... Oh... OH! Before or after you two were on stage together?"
"I'm not telling you that! But before we go when do we have to return?"
"When you hit eight month mark we bring you in and check on everything. So before or after?"
"We are not telling! Not with everyone in the room!" Justin said "Should we be suspicious of you trying to get so much information out of us?"
"Nothing happened when it was your mum coming in for check ups with me! I would be fired if I did, Claire at this stage you're too far gone to be getting stressed again ok? Now I'll see you in two weeks but for now before or after?"
"Bye dr Dorian!" Justin helped Claire down of the bed and kissed her once he got her down. He then whispered in her ear "It was totally before!"
"Right are you girls coming back with us or will we see you later?"
"I have to meet up with someone but, Claire I'll see you soon!" Rachel hugged Claire before walking off.
"Well when lover boy calls Rachel must run to him! You two are coming over tomorrow right?" both girls nodded "Well then let's get home Justin!"
"Well then let's take you two home!" with that my phone went off
<<-Mam->> Cheryl don't be worried but Garry had to take Conor to hospital.
<<-Cheryl->> What?! Is he still here? What happened?
<<-Mam->> Yes he is. Ryan got a little bit too rough and knocked Conor over while playing football or something.
"Or let's go find your brother. Simon we have to talk to Ryan when we get home he's been acting up alot recently."
"What is Ryan here? What happened?"
"No Conor apparently Ryan was being too rough with Conor and he fell over."
"Cheryl Conor is down the corridor just past a and e." I heard dr Dorian calling so we walked down the corridor he was pointing us to and soon enough we found Gary and Conor sat in a cubicle. Conor had a huge cut on his forehead and was holding on tightly to Garry as the nurse stitched him up
"Sorry sis I should have been watching them."
"No it's alright Garry, are you ok Conor?"
"No mammy Ryan was being mean and now my head hurts."
"Aw babe you'll be ok. How was Ryan being mean?"
"He hit me mammy, so I hit him back and he pushed me."
"Garry what were you doing while all of this was going on?" Simon asked.
"With Alexandra when mam was changing Jessica, they were happy enough in the play room then Ryan stormed out and Conor was in tears."
"Come on my little soldier let's go home." I held my arms out to Conor. I turned to Simon "Maybe we should just do our judges sections at home and stay with Ryan?"
"No we'll talk to Ryan and see what's bothering him but we do have jobs like every other person."
"Ok Garry are you coming with us or do you have your own car?"
"I'll go with you if there is any room!"
"Uncle Garry sit with me?" Conor reached over for Garry to pick him up. "Mammy can uncle Garry stay with me?"
"You'll have to ask him babe."
"Yeah I'll stay with you. What about preggers what you doing?"
"Me and Justin have a driver but we'll meet you at home."
"Nana Joan I want my daddy!" I walked in the front door as Ryan ran upstairs.
"I'll speak to him. Ryan Aaron Cowell get downstairs now!" Simon called as Ryan reached the top step.
"Daddy you're home!"
"And you're in big trouble mister come here!"
"Daddy I haven't done anything!"
"The cut on your brothers forehead begs to differ!"
"But he fell I didn't do anything!"
"Ryan you pushed me!"
"But I didn't." Ryan turned to walk off but Simon pulled him back. "Fine daddy I did but I didn't mean to hurt him I'm sorry Conor and I'm sorry Claire too."
"That's better, now say sorry to nana Joan for yelling at her."
"I'm sorry nana Joan. Daddy where were you? You said you'd be back at three o'clock. You weren't it's nearly four."
"We had to get your brother that's why I'm late. Ryan don't be naughty when your mummy and me are away for the week."
"Daddy why do you have to go I don't want you to go! I want you to stay with me!"
"I'll only be gone for a week then I'll be back early in the morning! Now come with me into the kitchen ok?"
"Ok, and you promise you'll be back early?"
"I promise." Simon picked up Ryan and they walked to the kitchen
"The girls are asleep upstairs, I'll go and get out of your way come on Garry." I hugged my mam as she left and turned to my brother
"It's not your fault ok! I'll phone you later Garry!" he nodded before walking to his car. "Right mister let's go clean your forehead!"
"Ah mammy that hurts!" Conor moved his head as I cleaned the blood off his forehead "It stings mammy"
"I know babe but we can't have you walking around with a bloody forehead can we?" I lifted him down off the work top and ruffled his hair "Do you want a curlywurly?" Conor's eyes lit up
"Yes mammy!" Conor ran to the sweet cupboard and he knew exactly were I kept them. "Will I get one for Ryan?"
"Yeah babe come on!" Conor held my hand as we walked into the living room.
"Does daddy not get one?" Simon asked and both Ryan and Conor shook their head "Oh well I'll just have to eat yours then!"
"No daddy!" the boys giggled and Ryan turned to the tv "Daddy when are you on tv?"
"I'm on tv tonight?" Simon looked at Ryan with a confused look
"Yes daddy the xfactor starts tonight but there is last years one on today too!"
"Oh do you want to watch it?" Simon picked up the remote and turned on the tv.
"Yes please daddy." Ryan was being polite for a change and it made me smile "Mammy sit beside me?"
"Of course buddy."
"Justin tell me when they've stopped" Claire got up from her seat and walked outside. Justin looked around the room before laughing.
"Today must be a bad day if she can't smell the chocolate without feeling ill.". Simon laughed
"DADDY!" Claire called from the hallway so Simon got up and walked out to her "Daddy they've found out more, someone must have been listening in today."
I walked out to see what the fuss was and saw Claire sat down on the floor with tears streaming down her face with her phone out that was on the google news page 'Romancing at the BRITs Claire Cowell and Justin Bieber's baby boy Jackson due in October.'
"They know everything about him now the article even talks about how he is smaller than average. It talks about who my doctor is. It's everything we discussed today during the appointment." Simon and I sat beside her one on either side and let her cry for a moment. "And the worst part is they know that I've nearly miscarried twice but still did the article."
"A month and two weeks left, you might as well just stay in doors. Relax in bed ok pet."
"Mammy what's wrong?" Ryan walked out of the living room
"I'm not feeling great Ryan."
"Are the silly people being mean again?"
"Yeah. They are."
"I don't like them they hurt my sister." Ryan walked over and hugged Claire "Nobody is allowed to hurt my sister!"
"Thanks Ryan, I'm going to go to my room for a bit." I helped Claire up and she walked to her room well waddled to her room.
"Simon what happened? Where is Claire?" Justin walked out of the living room
"She's upstairs in her room. Someone sold everything to the press." Simon told Justin who's face turned red with anger.
"Can they not just leave her alone? If anything happens to her I'm holding them personally responsible." Justin rushed upstairs.
We watched the xfactor from last year until the news came on and of course headline was about Claire Simon automatically flicked the channel but not before I spotted something strange "Simon change back for a moment"
"Why it's just going to upset Claire."
"No but I think I've spotted something and Claire is still upstairs." he flicked and I looked at the screen "There pause it. Do you see that Rachel girl taking to the paparazzi?"
"It's her she's selling stuff. We need more evidence than that to get her in trouble though."
"I know but if more things get sold we'll confront her." but nothing did get sold me and Simon were able to go to France for the week and we had so far got no phone calls from Claire or Justin. We got back early in the morning and me mam had stayed in our house that night so Ryan could check if Simon kept his promise. It was six o'clock in the morning and our lot would be getting up any minute now.
"Daddy you kept your promise!" Ryan ran down the stairs
"Careful and yes I did." Ryan reached the bottom step and leapt into Simons arms "You are a little daddy's boy."
"Yep daddy what was it like in France what language do they speak can you speak that language was it hot w-"
"Woah with the questions one at a time! It was sunny, they speak French I speak a little, and yes it was hot!"
"Mammy can you speak French?"
"Aye a little bit babe."
"Justin speaks French. They speak French in Canada." Ryan said but my attention turned to the top o the stairs where Conor was rubbing his eyes while crying.
"Mammy." he called before bursting into tears
"I'm here baby!" I walked up to him and cuddled him "Did you miss me?"
"Yes, mammy I don't like you not being here I don't want you to go away again!"
"I'm back now ok?" Conor nodded and I wiped his cheeks "Are any of your sisters up yet?"
"Um Claire is well she was mammy a bit ago but I don't know if she went back to sleep."
"Ok we'll go downstairs for breakfast then!" I picked him up and before I could go downstairs I heard me mam walking out of the girls room with Jessica crawling along the ground. "When did you start crawling Jessie? What about Alex is she crawling?"
"Not yet still doesn't appeal to her yet Alex is shuffling along on her bum."
"Aw maybe she'll start soon. Jessica come to mammy and we'll go downstairs."
"Daddy what did you do in France?" Ryan started his usual morning questions
"Work."
"Claire saw pictures of you and mammy in France but you weren't working!" Ryan giggled
"Oh really and what were we doing?" simon asked
"Nothing you were on the beach daddy and so was mammy, but you should have been working daddy."
"Is daddy bold?" i asked Ryan
"Yes mammy you are too! You should have been working then you could have come home sooner."
"How about you come with us next time like last year?"
"Yes mammy I would think that is better."Ryan nodded
"Mammy how long until Claire's baby gets here?" Conor asked
"A month babe. Why?"
"Um just wondering, will Justin still be here after that?"
"Hopefully babe why do you like him being here?"
"Yeah I do he's funny, I like him. Mammy I'm finished can I go play now?" I nodded as he ran into the living room. Claire walked into the kitchen with Justin following close behind.
"Morning sleepy head get a good sleep?" Simon said as Claire sat down.
"No, up at three o'clock this morning for the daily routine then you lot wake us up at six. I shouldn't be up this early. It's good to have you home but I don't like being up this early." Claire placed her head down on the table in front of her. "By the way be more careful on the beach next time, I don't need anymore excuses to throw up."
"What do you mean?"
"Well the whole touchy feely thing in the ocean was plastered on the MTV news this week, I was trying to relax to music and then all of a sudden you two pop up and I'm making a dash for the bathroom."
"Aw sorry pet." I walked towards her as she winced in pain "Are you ok?"
"Yeah he's just been kicking a lot."
"Are you sure you're ok we could go to the hospital?"
"No it's fine I'm going tomorrow any way."
"Alright if you're sure!"