He Called Me Gorgeous. Disaster Engagement Series Book 2

Episode 15

Frans face was was bright red. I crawled along the ground to get away from him because he looked terrifying. He looked down at me then looked at Stefan "there you are you little prick I've been looking for you I'm going to cut you up into tiny pieces" he grabbed him by the shirt and started to punch him in the face. "Fran please don't!stop!” I looked at Harry "please stop him Harry he's going to kill him" Harry just stood back and shook his head "let me take you upstairs Miss knight, you should try and forget about all this" "what? No Harry! I mean it stop him, he's going to kill him, please stop him" he took a deep breath "come on Fran, that's enough" he dragged Fran out of the car "why are you protecting him" Fran shouted at me “I'm protecting you, I don't want you to get into trouble with the police" Fran pushed Harry away from him. "Tell him he's lucky this time he won't be so f*****g lucky the next time" Fran turned and punched the wall then he calmly walked over to his car and screeched out of the carpark. I was in shock because it was all so sudden. Stefan practically fell out the car door. "Oh my god Stefan are you ok? His face was covered in blood "Come with me, Harry get the elevator” I helped him up onto his feet “I'm fine honestly" " no your not please come up stairs with me to clean up the blood" I sat him down on my sofa and ran into his kitchen and grabbed a dishcloth and filled it with ice and ran back through to him. He was sitting with his head back I grabbed a handful of hankies and sat next to him. "I'm sorry he did that, he was up in Glasgow he must have seen us on TV and got a flight here" "I deserve it Angel after what I did to you, I knew he would want my blood I just wasn't expecting it. Thank you for looking after me" I took his hand "are you going to be ok" "yeah of course would you mind if I used your bathroom to wash my face before I go" "yeah of course Harry can take you home when your done" he staggered through into my bedroom and into the ensuite. I turned to Harry and gave him some wipes “would you mind cleaning up his blood off the car seats before he comes down. "I shouldn't leave you with him Miss knight" "please Harry there's blood all over the elevator floor I don't want anyone seeing it if he decides to press charges" he took the wipes and headed towards the elevator. Stefan came back through a few minutes later. He looked like he was going to kill me he ran towards me and grabbed my arm and dragged me towards my bathroom. I tried to let out a scream but he covered my mouth. He dragged me into the bathroom and closed the door "what the f**k is this" he threw the pregnancy test at me. "So your pregnant which one of them is the dad you little slut?" "None of them" "I believed all your lies tonight 'the big man has a girlfriend I hardly see him Frans up in Glasgow' you make me sick screwing those two. They will never love you they way I love you. And now your having a baby they won't want you. Cause that's all your good for. To them you are just a nice pair of t**s and arse but I actually love you" I was scared I think I was going to have a panic attack. I had to think of a way out of here and I had to protect the baby “it's Stacey's pregnancy test she lives here remember" "then why is it in your bathroom, "you were sick tonight and you weren't drinking don't treat me like an i***t" "then don't act like one, we haven't been a couple for nearly a year, you don't have any say over me any more, I want you to leave because you’re scaring me" "oh you think I'm scaring you now?” he grabbed me by the hair and punched me in the face. He let me go and I fell to the floor then he started to kick me over and over. I heard Harry trying to get in the bathroom door and that’s the last thing I can remember before I blacked out.

I woke up in a hospital bed with Fran sitting in the corner watching me and his hand was bandaged "Fran is that you" he jumped to his feet "yeah it's me gorgeous are you alright?" "oh my god what happened?" "Stefan attacked you, Harry stoped him and called the police. They have arrested him and then they brought you here" I tried to sit up "he was so angry" “lie down, relax gorgeous" he said gently. “I'm going to let the doctor know that you’re awake” But the idea of being on my own made me want to scream “No don't leave me Fran" He stricken my hair and kissed my forehead “it's ok, I’m not going anywhere” he pressed the button and the doctor came in "hello Lydia I believe you were attacked tonight you must be very upset. He seems to have given you a black eye and broke two ribs. Unfortunately I'm afraid that as a result of the attack you have suffered a miscarriage" This all felt like a horrible dream and I prayed that I would wake up. I looked at Fran and his mouth hung open “a what?" He asked but the doctor ignored him. “Lydia because you were so far on in the pregnancy we are going to have to send you for a small procedure. I am very sorry for your lose" "what procedure?" Asked Fran before I could “It's called a dilation and curettage or D and C it's to remove the fetus" I looked at Fran and he had tears in his eyes. "I'm sorry Fran" then the doctor said "I know this is a lot to process so I will give you both a few minutes" he turned and walked out and closed the door behind him. After a couple of uncomfortably quiet minutes Fran finally spoke “did you know you were pregnant?" "I only found out last night?" He turned away from me and went over to the window and stared outside. He looked angry I was scared he was going to start shouting at me. "And does Tommy know?" I thought that Chris might have told him about Tommy and I. "No I only took the test last night. I didn't believe it because it said I was over 3months+ and now the doctor is saying the same thing but I only started seeing Tommy 8 weeks ago it doesn't make sense”. And I was always so carful. Fran put his head in his hands and was quiet for a few minutes I was holding my breath for his reaction. I had only known about the baby for 24 hours but I was heartbroken. I was laying there waiting for him to say something. He walked back over to me and took my hand and kissed it gently and I let a sigh of relief I was glad he was being so understanding. "If I was over four months pregnant that would mean I would have had to have slept with someone in July it doesn't make sense" I was confused by the timeline and I was sure that the doctor and the pregnancy test had been wrong when Fran finally looked me in the eye “Lydia I think that the baby was mine" I shook my head “what are you talking about?" "The night we got married in Vegas we had s*x" I couldn’t believe what he was saying “oh my god Fran this isn’t the time to joke around” He looked pained as he spoke “I'm sorry I didn't tell you before but I felt so guilty like I had took advantage of you, but I didn't I promise" I brung my knees up and buried my head into them "Lydia I'm sorry we were both so drunk..." "so I've lost our little baby" I said holding back tears and he nodded his head. "I'm so sorry Fran" I whispered "you don't need to be sorry, you didn't do anything wrong. This is all my fault I should never have flown down but I seen his face on tv and he had his arm around you and I just saw red" my head was spinning. All those months of being sick was because I was pregnant and I didn’t even know! But how could I have known when I didn’t even know we’d had s*x. “why did you lie to me? Why did you say nothing happened between us?" I could hear the rage in my voice but I wanted answers. He was supposed to be my best friend and I trusted him “Please don’t be upset with me, you seemed so relieved when I said we didn't have s*x. I felt really guilty. I thought you would never speak to me again. Lydia I love you, I'm sorry I didn't tell you but I thought if I did I would lose you forever" It was clearly a drunken mistake by both of us but I just wished that he would have been honest with me. “I can't think about that just now, I felt awful when the doctor said that I had miscarried but to find out that it was yours just makes it feel so much sadder for some reason.” He gave me a half smile and that’s when I suddenly remembered Tommy. “I don't want anyone to know about this, I mean it please don't tell anyone. Tommy won't understand" He straightened himself up and he looked at the door as if Tommy was about to burst into the room “so you and him...you two are properly together now?” He asked as if he was surprised “I didn't think you knew about me seeing Tommy.” He slowly nodded his head “Chris told me, that's why I stayed in Glasgow so long I didn't want to be here if you were happy with him" "what do you mean?” I asked “Stefan hated me being around, I didn't want the same thing happening" The last thing I wanted was to discuss Stefan for another second. “I can't believe all this Fran" I put my head down “It's probably for the best, we are still so young. And I don't fancy telling my new boyfriend I'm pregnant with my best friends baby" I said with a smile trying to hold back the tears “yeah I don't fancy playing football with my kids stepdad" I let out a little laugh. "I love you Fran, thank you for being here, can you stay with me for a while, I'm scared" he sat on the bed next to me and hugged me tightly and it was so comforting to be in his arms again “I'm not going anywhere Gorgeous”

The next day I went in for the procedure and I wasn't worried or upset I just felt numb. I couldn’t believe that in a few short days I had went from finding out I was pregnant to losing the baby. I could tell Fran was beside himself because he never left the hospital not even for a change of cloths and he was constantly shuffling from one foot to another. I was desperate to get out of the hospital so I asked to go home the next day but I couldn’t go home to my flat so I went to stay with Fran. He was being really sweet and I could tell that he felt guilty. He put me into his spare bedroom and I was glad that he didn’t assume that I would be sharing his bed again. We didn't talk about what happened in Vegas but every now and then he would look at me and I knew that he was hurting. I know it sounds weird but he seemed disappointed that I had lost the baby and I wondered why. After all we weren’t a couple and I was in a relationship with Tommy so us having a baby together didn’t make any sense but I couldn’t help but notice that there was an air of sadness about him. I text Tommy when I got my phone back when I got out of hospital. I just said that I was ok and that I was staying in Fran’s spare bedroom. Within a few minutes he came to Fran’s house to see me. I was looking forward to seeing him but I knew I couldn’t tell him the whole truth about the baby. Fran let him in and I could overhear them exchange a few words and it seemed a little frosty between them. I sat up in bed as Tommy came in and he seemed shocked when he seen how beat up I was. I didn’t know what to say as he stood there looking at my bruised face. “Hi Tommy" was all I could say with a little smile but he wasn’t smiling back "god look at you, he's a f*****g animal" he didn't come near me, he just stood at the end of the bed with his hands in his pockets. I was confused because I thought that he would have at least gave me a hug but he seemed cold. "Chris told me it was Stefan that attacked you, why the f**k was he in your flat at that time of night?" he asked and he sounded pissed off. “Fran had grabbed him out of the car and punched him so I let him into the flat to clean the blood up" His eyes were narrow and he made a face like he didn’t believe me. “why was he in your bedroom?" He asked and I knew what he was getting at and but I had done nothing wrong “he used the ensuite bathroom" I said hoping that he wasn’t accusing me of having Stefan in my bedroom for some other reason. But it was clear that he had made up his mind. “were was Harry?” He snapped “Because you said that very morning that Harry would be with you at all times, now I'm a bit confused why you were in your bedroom late at night with your ex and no security" "what are you saying?" I asked but I knew what he was getting at “I watched the awards ceremony, he kissed you then declared his undying f*****g love for you, then you took him back to your place. Did you sleep with him?" The question hung in the air between us and I couldn’t believe what he was saying. “Do you know what Tommy? You can f**k off" he looked at me like I had kicked him in the balls “you what?" He asked as if I was the one in the wrong. “You heard me, you can f**k off. I'm not having you accuse me of having s*x with that prick. I'm not some slut. I only went to the awards to protect the Big Man and I sent Harry down stairs to clean up the blood to protect Fran and they both kicked the s**t out of Stefan to protect me. And I don't need you giving me the third degree. So you can just f**k off because if you think I'm the sort of girl that would actually sleep with that weirdo you must be deranged and I've just come out of a relationship with a paranoid nutter, I'm not looking for another one" His face was like thunder but I didn’t care any more. As far as I was concerned Tommy had showed me his true colours and I didn’t want to be in a relationship with someone like him. “if that's the way you want it princess. I don't want to be involved with you if you are going to go back to him. I'm going away to LA in a few weeks to start the filming anyway” I was a little surprised by how calm he was and that’s when it hit me that everything he had been feeding me was all bull s**t. He turned and slowly walked over to the door and he turned back and said “I want you to know that I really love you Lydia" Although he looked gutted I didn’t believe him. “yeah yeah, that's what they all say" I knew I was being a b***h but I had been through so much in those past few days and losing a boyfriend didn’t come any where close to having just lost my baby. “I mean it princess...I love you" I’d had enough and I just needed him to leave "stop calling me princess you stupid prick and get out my face" I snapped and squared off his shoulders "you’re a piece of work do you know that" he swaggered out of the room and a few seconds later I heard the front door slam shut. I got out of bed and went over to the window and looked down at him on the street as he paced back and forward outside Frans front door. I was really going to miss him. I was crazy about him. But I wasn't ready to have to answer to another jealous boyfriend. I wasn't a slut and that was the worst thing you could call me. Fran came up and sat on my bed. "Gorgeous is it just me or did you notice the other night that Stefan has put on a lot of weight?” I nodded my head “yeah I thought that too! fat bastard. I asked for one of chips and he said no" "greedy prick" he said he sounded genuinely pissed off about the chips. Stefan got out on bail and I hadn’t seen the big man since, it was in all the papers and online that he had put me in hospital and spent a night in the police station then got out and now he's missing. "what has the Big Man done with him Fran?" I said looking out the window at Tommy outside pacing and talking to himself. "Don't worry about that gorgeous" "as long as you stay out of it I don't want you getting in to trouble" I said watching Tommy standing below me on the street with his head in his hands "But it's ok for the Big Man to get into trouble with the police?” He said with a laugh "yeah we can replace a drummer no problem" we both laughed. "what are you looking at down there?" He came and stood next to me, "it's Tommy I dumped him he doesn't look too happy" "good, he could be a cocky prick, he looks upset. you’re cut throat sometimes Gorgeous. Anyway, Loads of flowers have come for you" "oh that's nice" we carried on watching Tommy because he was kicking the bins outside Frans house. "Yeah there was some pink lilies I know their your favourite I brought them up for you" "thanks honey who are they from?" "I opened the card" he put an Irish accent "I love you sweetheart, please call me" I let out a huge sigh "he can f**k off too" "your on a roll today Gorgeous" he let out a huge laugh “that reminds me we should probably get a divorce honey" "yeah,,,, Fancy a cup of tea,,,Oh and London Streets Christmas special is starting soon, if you fancy it?” I rolled my eyes “no I've went right off that show"