She wanted a simple life. A fairy tale romance, one where she fell in love at a young age and spent the rest of her life completely devoted to on guy, and he would be infatuated with her. But that’s not how things went, far from it. 

It started on the 3rd of December when she met him. She had been rushing through the high street trying to get to get to work. She was a tattoo artist and was late for her first client of the day. She had been rounding the corner when she slid on the ice and collided with another body. He was tall, pale with black hair and the most beautiful green eyes. 

“Shit! i am so so sorry” she rushed out as she looked up at the boy who had stumbled but stayed standing.

“No worries, are you okay?” he asked as he helped her to her feet again. 

People walking behind her had stopped and made sure she was okay before moving round them chuckling. 

“Yeah i’m fine” she mumbled as she brushed herself off and avoided their stares.

“Well sorry” he smiled before letting her past as she began walking again.

Athena hurried through the door of the shop, to be met by her fellow tattoo artist stood speaking to a customer.

“Ah here she is” he smiled while shooting you a look.

“I am so sorry, snows pretty deep up by me, my cars snowed in” she apologised to her customer.

“Don’t worry about it, gave me more time to syke myself up”

“You’ll be fine, you’ve chosen a good place for your first tattoo” Athena smiled

“I set you up” Dagan smiled before looking to the door as his customer walked in, setting the little bell chiming.

“Thanks da...” Athena stopped talking as she looked at the familiar boy from the street.

“Hey” he grinned

“Hey”

“I’m here for Dagan”

“Yeah that’s me, you two know each other?” her co-worker asked.

“We er... i bumped into him on the way here” Athena blushed

“I’m Michael by the way”

“Athena, nice to meet you”

-

And that was just the beginning. Michael was in the shop every week getting something done by Athena. They bonded, formed a friendship which soon led to flirting, which led to dating (When he actually bucked up the courage to ask her). They shared their first kiss when Michael dropped her off at home on their second date. The following few weeks consisted of texting, calling each other until they fell asleep and him coming to drop her a cup of coffee just so he got to see her. 2 months down the line and they were practically dating, they’d spent their first night together on a rainy Tuesday when Michael original plan of a romantic dinner by the beach fell through due to the weather. 

-

Now here they were, 3 years down the line, living together with 2 dogs. In the middle of yet another argument. Things had been shaky the last couple of weeks. It started one night when Michael had gone out for his friend Calum’s birthday and hadn’t returned home till 6 am the next morning. He had promised her he had stayed at Luke’s on the couch alone and that nothing had happened, and she believed him. Michael had never lied to her before but what stops him from starting now?. Turns out he had been with another girl, she hadn’t figured it out fully yet but she knew he had lied about being alone that night. She had found a faint lipstick stain on the collar of his T-shirt he had worn that night. She had also seen pictures of him looking quite comfortable with a young brunette on a couch somewhere. 

Athena hadn’t brought it up because she didn’t want to believe it, she didn’t want to ask because then she’d find out the truth and she didn’t thing she could handle that. But she had just about reached her breaking point. 

“Athy just drop it okay” Michael angered

“I’ll drop it when you tell me the truth!”

“I have!”

“Then why did i find lipstick? why did i see photo’s of you with another girl sat on your knee? why have i had Calum’s girlfriend come to me today and tell me she saw you with your hands on another girl that night?!”

“Oh my god! i was pretending to be her boyfriend! Her ex was there and he was giving her shit and grabbing her, i stood up for her and stayed with her for the rest of the night!... i didn’t tell you because i know how jealous you get and i shouldn’t have lied i know that but... you get so protective”

Athena stayed quiet for a moment while watching him, Michael usually had little tells when he was lying. She came up blank, he was telling the truth.

“Oh...”

“Yeah, now can we please stop arguing!”

“I’m... i’m sorry for accusing you, but just... don’t do that for anyone but me okay... you may have only been helping her out but it’s still over the line!” she said before walking out.

“Really? you’re gonna make something out of that too?” he yelled after her.

-

Things between them continued to be bumpy between them. Athena sipped at her star bucks mug before looking back at her best friend.

“I don’t know Katie he’s just... he’s distant now. We’re never at home at the same time anymore and when we are we just argue” she mumbled while fiddling with her cup.

“Maybe he’s just going through some stuff” her best friend tried to reassure her.

“Then why wont he speak to me about it? i’m his girlfriend!”

“Look just speak to him, tell him you’re worried about your relationship and hash it out with him”

“I don’t know... probably just lead to another argument. Look i’m gonna go, i’ve got to finish a leg piece in a couple of hours and i still need to stencil and stuff so i’ll text you later” Athena said glumly as she grabbed her bag and walked out into the hot Australian weather.

She spent the rest of the day trying to push her boyfriend and their issues out of her head while she inked her returning customer. Did he have something going on? If so, why hadn’t he spoken to her? was it to do with work? was he having worries about them?

Penny was changed and cleaned before being taken into the room where Harry and her sister was being kept. The young girl lifted her head up and gasped.

“Lily!” Penny breathed before running to her and hugging her tightly.

“Penny! what are you doing here?”

“I’m here to help, you two are going to be just fine”

Harry gave her a strange look, Penny turned and made sure the door was closed.

“I know your brother, Ashton, he’s going to come and get you soon”

“Ash?”

“Yeah, it’s gonna be fine”

She gave them a reassuring smile when the door was opened and the science specialists came in to set everything up for the transfer.

-

Luke shuffled a bit before he slowly came to, He rolled on his side and stretched his arm out to her closer, but she wasn’t there. Nothing was there, he opened his eyes a little and looked over the empty mattress. His eyes were still sleepy, rubbing them a little Luke sat up and looked around, he was still in her room. The sun was seeping in through the make shift window so he figured she’d just gotten up earlier than him, He cleaned and dressed himself before going to find Penny and get some breakfast, but the only thing he was greeted with was a panicked Michael.

“There you are! i’ve been looking everywhere for you!”

“What’s up?” Luke asked confused

“Penny went back! she made a deal with them and she’s hooked up to their machines, they’re putting that thing in her!”

“What?!”

“Come on, we’re going to get her”

The two boys ran and joined everyone as they attempted to come up with some form of revelation.

“She’s gone, she’s offered herself up as the temptation to get it out of them!” Michael declared as they barged in.

Ashton raised his head instantly, a desperate look on his face.

“This thing is going to destroy her! we need to stop it!” Luke demanded

Michael stared at the table, everyone began coming up with ideas on how to help.

“Michael you need to come and get Harry and my sister!” Penny mumbled weakly

“What were you thinking?! this will kill you!” Micheal angered

“There was nothing else to do, just come and get them, make sure they’re safe!” she pleaded

“We’re busting you out of there” 

“No! i’ll be fine, let’s just get everyone safe... it will all be over soon”

Michael tried to reply but she’d cut him off, closed her mind. The information of their release popped into Michael’s mind before he came to and his eyes scanned the room. Nobody had moved, just became more stressed.

“They’re expecting us in two hours, they’re going to release them” Michael said interrupting everyone.

“What?” Ashton asked confused

“Your brother, they’re releasing him, they want us waiting outside the gate”

“What about Penny?” Luke questioned quickly.

“She’s weak, if she comes off that machine she wont survive”

“Can’t we just tempt that thing out of her with something like a pig or something?” one of the council member questioned

“You don’t get it! it’s not just a normal parasite, it feeds of the unique blood cells that we carry, there’s why they used our family members cause there’s traces of it in them, it wont leave for just any blood!” Michael angered

“We need to get her out!” 

“We can’t Luke! it’s impossible!”

“Dude she was stupid enough to get herself into this situation, i just wanna get my brother out safe” Ashton agreed

“What?! so after everything she’s done for us, for you, you’re just gonna leave her to die?! she’s risking her life to save your brother!” Luke yelled

Ashton looked at the ground with a clenched jaw before shaking his head and walking towards the door.

“We had a plan of destroying that place, we would have found away around it, she just threw a shit load of more complication on top” he growled before walking out.

-

The tall metal gates creaked as it slowly swung open. As the two panels moved further apart more and more armed guards appeared to Ashton and the other two boys. The yard was armed with soldiers and machines, Penny had managed to warn them of the risk of them being captured because, well they had one mutant why wouldn’t they want more to test on? 

Luke’s attention was dragged to the balcony looking over the yard as the door swung open and Frank walked out. Followed by Penny. He felt sick to his stomach looking at her. She’d lost stones of weight in the matter of a couple of hours, this parasite was feasting on her. She obviously had stronger mutations in her blood cells, a lot more of them too. Her cheek bones were disgustingly prominent and her arms and legs dangerously thin. She looked tired, the black rings under her eyes clear against the ill white skin. He couldn’t leave her hear, once Harry and Lily were safe he was going in, whether he was alone or not, he had to save her. She was gagged, and her limbs bound together, like an animals would be once it’s been hunted.

“Bring out the children!” Frank ordered.

Their gazes moved to the shutters that raised. 

“You are to stay where you are, the children will be brought to you, as soon as you move we will open fire” they were warned.

It took everything Ashton not to run forward and hug his baby brother when he saw him being lead out of the garage unit. He looked so small, yet he didn’t look any older than the last day he saw him. 

Penny breathed deep, once she knew they were safe she’d figure something out, but right now she couldn’t do anything to risk their safety. But she was led to believe that they would be let to go free in exchange of her body and that they would not be harmed, nor would anyone who came to retrieve them. But that clearly was not going to happen. Despite them thinking she still had the strength to tap into her powers but she had noticed the small amount of guards that had left earlier, and the fact that they were lingering a couple of yards away. She had noticed armed guards moving closer and closer to the gate, the soldiers that were escorting Harry and Lilly out of the compound, moving their guns closer and closer towards their heads.  

“It’s a trap” she warned Michael, making him look up at her.

He watched her stare at Frank, he watched her close her eyes and concentrate so hard you could see her straining. He watched the leather that was restraining her start to give, he watched it tear. He watched her skin split, blood ooze from gashes that had appeared. He watched the leather snap and her fly forward. Her ill black hair whip around her face, Frank spinning and trying to grab her. She slipped right past him, hurtling over the barrier and crashing into the ground. Luke and Ashton watched in shock and confusion. Penny stumbled to her feet, raised her hand and tried to jam the guns or force them away but she wasn’t strong enough. She dropped to the ground again. But she heard it, she heard the noise.

Calum- Diana wiggled about on the stool, trying to get away from the brush in her fathers hand. He watched her move and shuffle around, wishing so badly that you hadn’t been called out to be your sisters birthing partner in America where she lived.

“Daddy!!” she whined 

“I’m sorry sweetheart but i need to do your hair for school” Calum winced as the brush got stuck on another tatt in her hair.

“But it hurts!”

“I know... Thomas leave the remote alone” Calum sighed at his one year old son who was sat on the carpet with the TV remote in his mouth.

The young baby just gurgled at him and continued with his slobbering over the device.

“Ouch!” Diana pouted as the brush got stuck in her curly brown hair once again.

Calum huffed and looked at the brush before tossing it on the couch and lifting Diana off the chair and placing her on her feet. 

“We’ll drop by uncle Mikes on the way to school” he mumbled as he leant down to her eye level and moved her hair out of her face.

Luke- Luke furrowed his eyebrows as he looked over the instructions for Tyler’s new bike. You’d been teasing him all morning about how he’s not as manly as he thinks he is so he put himself to the task of building his sons first bike. Evidently it was a lot more difficult than her thought it would be

“Looks like you’ve made improvement, you found the instructions” you giggled as you walked across the front lawn to him.

“Shut up” he grumbled as he took the glass of lemonade off you.

“How is anyone supposed to build this?! it’s impossible” Luke angered

“Calm down, i’m only teasing you. Get Ash or your dad round to build it”

“No! i’m his father i should be able to build his fucking bike!”

“Luke... calm down, it’s just a bike” you soothe him as you kneel down next to him. 

“Ugg... stupid bike” 

“Come one we’ll build it together and if anyone asks we’ll say you did all by yourself cause you’re my big manly husband” you smirked before pushing your lip against his hard.

Michael- “Babe... how long do i put it in?” Michael shouted to you from the kitchen as he stared at the pan of boiling water and the ladle he was holding above it, preparing to put and egg in.

“3 minutes, Mike i’ve told you this, why don’t you just let me do it. You know if you get it wrong he’ll freak” You sighed as you looked at you four year old twins, Amelia who was shovelling done the pancakes you made her for breakfast and Jasper who was patiently waiting for his dippy egg and toast soldiers. 

“No, i want to make it”

“You know how picky he is Mike”

“I also know he’s the biggest mamma's boy in existence, he beat Luke the minute he was born! i want to be able to do something for him” he whined

“Like making him breakfast?!” you quirked an eyebrow at your husband

“Yes, it may be small but it’s something to me, now show me your woman ways!”

You giggled and began talking him through it. Apparently it tasted better because it was made by daddy and you weren’t allowed to make Jasper’s breakfast anymore, that was Daddies job.

Ashton- “What about this one?” Ashton said as he pointed to a black top that was hung up.

“No, Diana wouldn't like that” Tate said as he continued on.

“You’ve said that to everything i’ve picked”

“You’re picking the wrong things, Diana’s not like Amelia or Brook, she’s a girly girl”

“Well... what about that dress?”

“No, she doesn’t like pink”

Ashton looked at his son confused, his eye brows furrowed.

“How can she be a girly girl and not like pink?! females got a hell of a lot more confusing”

It was Diana’s birthday next week and being her new boyfriend, Tate wanted to buy her something nice to wear to the surprise meal he had planned for her. However Ashton was having a hard time helping him. The only time Ashton had gone shopping for a girl was with Tate’s mother and even then he just said yes to anything she showed him. He’d never had to put his input in before, she always picked good clothes out, they always swept him off his feet. Ashton’s heart plummeted a little as he thought about how this would be so much easier if Tate had his mother with him instead. She’d understand what he was looking for perfectly. 

“Dad can you just ring Y/n please?” Tate sighed

“No... no come on i can help, tell me what you wanted again” 

Ashton listened intently as his son described what he thought she would like, and he helped, got in the frame of mind and found something that Tate described as ‘perfect!’. Ashton wasn't just a father... sometime he had to be a mother too.

Calum- Calum had no idea where the question had come from. Diana had never asked about your relationship before she was born so why now?

“Why do you wanna know how your mother and i decided to have kids anyway?” Calum asked as he pushed buttons on the TV remote trying to find the football game.

“I just do Dad! you’ve never told me anything about your life before i was born i wanna know” the sixteen year old girl asked eagerly.

“Fiinneee!”

Diana let out a little squeal and moved closer to her father on the couch.

“Well you know, me and you’re mum were the last one to have kids so we’d seen all your cousins grow up and stuff so we just wanted it... yeah”

Diana gave him a blank look.

“Dad that’s not exactly what i wanted to hear, you were supposed to say something like ‘our lives just weren’t complete without the amazing present that turned out to be my beautiful daughter!’”

Calum giggled at her and pulled her into him, rubbing his knuckles on her head lightly.

“That’s what i meant princess, why’d you wanna know anyway?”

“Well when i’m older i want to be able to tell my kids of how i decided i wanted them and i just wanted to see what your story was, but clearly mine will be ten times better than yours”

“Of course it will because you’ll get to tell them about how your amazing father tried to kill their father twelve times for going near his princess!” Calum smirked

“Dad! leave him alone!”

“No! no one is good enough for my angel!”

“He’s done nothing wrong!”

“Who are you talking about?” Thomas asked from the doorway

Diana and Calum looked at each other before they burst out laughing about them arguing over someone they didn’t know and something that hadn’t happened yet.

Luke- Luke sat at his desk in his office sorting through emails when nine year old Brooklyn came skipping in to the room. He didn’t move his gaze from the laptop. Brooklyn wiggled her way onto Luke’s lap and he chuckled when she shut his laptop to get his attention.

“Brook i was using that”

“But Daddy i really need you to show me something?” she said eagerly 

“What?” he smiled down at her

“I need to know what momma’s wedding dress looked like!”

Luke chuckled and gave his daughter a confused look.

“What?”

“I need to know what mummies dress looked like!”

“Ookay” Luke said as he pulled up a picture of your weeding day on his laptop.

Brooklyn gasped and began scribbling a messy drawing of the dress on a bit of paper she had carried in with her. Luke watched her and giggled at her version.

“It’s so pretty Daddy!”

“Yeah it is, why’d you wanna know sweetie?”

“I want to wear the same dress for my wedding!” she grinned proudly

“Ohh and who are you planning on marrying?” Luke smiled as she climbed off his knee and began towards the door 

“Tate!” she giggled before running out of the room, leaving Luke with a shocked look on his face, his little girl was growing up too fast.

Michael- You leant against the door frame looking confused as you watched your seventeen year old twins pestered their father for some information.

“What’s going on?” you asked making them aware of your presence

“Dad wont tell us how you two met and got together!”

Michael looked at you and you understood why he didn’t want to tell them. Your children looked at you begging for an answer.

“Why’d you wanna know?” you asked as you moved further into the room and sat on the arm of the chair next to Michael.

“Because, we don’t know anything about your relationship before us!” Amelia pointed out.

“We may as well tell them, they’re old enough” you said looking at Michael

He closed his eyes and leant his head back. The twins looked at you confused.

“Why don’t you want to tell us?” Jasper asked worried

“It’s just, it’s not a very romantic story” Michael sighed

“So we wanna hear” Amelia pleaded

“Finee! when we were younger your mum used to work as a roadie for us” Michael began

“She was Ashton’s drum tech and one night we all went out and me and your mum... got a bit drunk and spent the night together”

You watched as the twins eyes widened as they began to figure where the story was going.

“A couple weeks later she came to me and told me that she was pregnant with you guys so it went from there... but it’s the best decision i’ve ever made” Michael smiled up at you

“Wait.... we’re one night stand babies?!” Amelia gasped

She ran away to her room squealing in disgust while Jasper sat nodding his head with an amused smile on his face.

“Nice one dad, you’ll have to teach me your ways” he said as he fist bumped his father.

“Oi you teach him ‘your ways’ and those ways wont be working for a good few months” you warned as you walked back to the kitchen.

Ashton- Ashton smiled as he watched sixteen year old Tate laugh at a joke Calum’s wife had told him. The two boys had been invited over for dinner and Ashton was sat with Calum and Thomas while Tate and Diana helped wash up in the kitchen.

Later that night as Ashton drove them home, Tate came up with a question that almost knocked the wind out of Ashton.

“Was my mum funny?”

“What?!” Ashton asked surprised by the topic.

“Was my mum funny?... i know i said i wouldn’t ask about her when she turned up (reference to unpleasant surprise) but i wanna know”

Ashton looked at Tate for a second and before putting his eyes back on the road. Despite being shocked at Tate’s question he was kind of pleased that he was asking about his mother, he’d never shown interest in her before and that kind of worried him.

“Erm sometimes yeah... yeah she was funny, but in a kind of clumsy way” Ashton said, looking at his son again to check his reaction.

Tate nodded his head while smiling a little and looking out the car window.

“This one time” Ashton continued to try and keep him interested.

“We were walking to get some coffee in the rain and this truck drove right past us through a massive puddle and i jumped out of the way but instead of doing the same she er... she just stood there”  Ashton chuckled making Tate’s smile grow bigger

“She got soaked and it was all dirty water so her clothes were all muddy and she... she was not happy” Ashton finished with a smile on his face, remembering the good times.

Tate was quiet for a moment before speaking up again.

“Was it funnier than that time Y/n was making cakes and slipped and all the cake mix ended up in her hair?”

Ashton laughed at the memory before shaking his head.

“No, that will never be beaten!”

4 weeks. It had been a long road before they managed to make it to the medical facility where their families were being kept. It wasn’t much of a struggle per say, they had encountered many troops and blockades trying to stop them from making it any further but they had a weapon that no factory could make. They had a girl who could do anything she could imagine. Penny had become stronger throughout the time it had taken to get to where they were now. She had learnt how to control herself and explored more aspects of her talent. She was nothing like the young girl that had freaked out in school, now she had her mind set on one thing, and she was going to get what she wanted. 

“The medical facility is about a hundred miles down this road, it’s secured with guards, gates, sensors everything. However it doesn’t have a cloaking device, Penny you shield us with the disguise we can make it in, then the containment block is on the east side, me and Cal will go get them and take them through the back, Luke and Ash you guys take out the artillery here and here, once we’re out Cal will signal and that’s when you shut the place down” Michael explained as he pointed out thing on the blur print lay out he had managed to draw up. 

“Okay” they all agreed

Despite being the strongest living beings in existence their lives since they left hadn’t been easy, they had to keep themselves hidden, hey couldn’t just walk out into a city without being noticed, their pictures were everywhere. Curfews had been put into position in all major towns and cities. This meant that they had been living with no natural resources. They look like they had just come out of an apocalypse. Penny had managed to scavenge some clean clothes but even now they were torn and dirty, their hair hadn’t been brushed in two weeks and the last thing they managed to eat was food from a small diner and that was only because she had covered them with a cloaking disguise. She couldn’t do it a lot, her system wasn’t accustomed to doing so many different things, she had been on medication to help her and make her stronger but she hadn’t been able to grab them when they escaped. 

“Hey” Luke said as he grabbed her arm.

The other boys had gone to prepare themselves for everything, they had made camp in the middle on a forest not too far out from the medical facility. Penny looked at Luke.  They had become increasingly close over the time they had been on the run. Having experienced an intimate night together over a fortnight ago, the boys didn’t know, well at least they didn’t think they did, Michael more than likely did, he used his talent to wind Luke up a lot by looking in on his personal memories. 

“Be careful okay” he said looking into her eyes with his bright blur orbs.

“Luke i’ll be fine”

“I know but... just remember what happened last time you over worked yourself, we can’t risk you passing out on us again, not now” he told her with worry lacing his voice

She nodded her head a little and took a deep breath. 

“I’m going to be fine, let’s just get our people out of there and then we can worry about my health” she giggled a little

Luke sighed before pulling her into him and pressing his lips to her forehead. 

-

They walked up to the gate and Penny held her head high. To those watching them walking towards the facility they appeared to be the search team that had been sent out to see if they were close yet. A guard on the watch tower looked at them and shouted to open the gate, The metal door moved and they walked into the facility. Penny scoped the place out and led them to the spot where they had planned to uncover themselves. They took a few steps towards it when a male voice called out the name on Luke’s name tag.

“Johnson! you find anything?!” a grey haired muscled man asked as he approached them.

“That’s the guy running the experiments, Frank i think” Michael mumbled to penny.

Just as Luke went to reply Penny caught Frank’s attention when she chuckled.

“You find something funny Officer?”

“I find it hilarious” she smirked as she dropped their disguises and revealed themselves.

Frank’s face dropped into one of shock as he laid eyes upon them.

“Fire!” Frank screamed to his guards.

“Go!” Penny shouted to Michael and Calum who began bounding towards the grey building.

“Block them!” Frank shouted as he ran towards a machine gun.

“Ash take him out, Luke slow it down!”

Doing as they were told Luke released the wave that slowed everyone down, everyone except the boys. Ashton ran towards the stand where Frank was about to man the machine gun and knocked him over, he then ripped open the metal door and disabled the gun. Luke began removing guns from the guards and Ashton disabled some of the tanks that were guarding the building. 

‘Penny!’ her head screamed

Michael was communicating with her. 

‘They’ve done something to Ashton’s little brother and your sister! they’re hooked up to machines!’

‘I’m coming’ she replied

“I’m going to help them, keep them off us until i get back!” she shouted to Luke and Ashton.

Penny zoomed through the base and made it into the building. She stopped once she was stood next to Michael, looking through a glass window into another room. Her six year old sister Lily was hooked up to some machine as was Harry. She grabbed the clipboard that hung underneath the window. 

“What is it?” Calum asked

“Get the rest out, i’ll figure something out”

“Penny-”

“Go!”

-

Penny made it back out side just as she heard Calum howl, informing her that they were out safe. She ran and grabbed Luke.

“Come on, they’re out!”

Luke went to follow the plan and run towards the main power source.

“No!” she shouted stopping him in his tracks.

Luke turned and looked at her with a confused gaze.

“Let’s just go!” she said as she grabbed him and ran towards the gate.

Ashton saw and followed until they made it out of there safely.

-

Calum and Michael helped those who they had saved out of the back and began towards the front to meet the others.

“Come on mum” Calum said as he helped his weak mother onto his back.

“Stop there!” someone shouted.

They turned to see a cloaked stranger holding Luke’s aunt with a knife to her throat.

“Wow, hold on!” Michael said

“I’m not here to hurt anyone! i want to help. you have to come with me, the others will follow!”

Calum- This was not the weekend you planned on having. You had planned an amazing weekend with the girls at a spa resort and then go out for dinner for Ashton’s girlfriends birthday but here you were still at home two hours after the limo that Ashton had hired, had left. Calum had come down with a serious case of man flu. It had only started in the early hours of the morning, he had spent a good hour kneeling in front of the toilet. Now he was lay on the couch with the TV on low while he tried to fall back asleep. You walked into the living room and replaced his cup of water and placed a sandwich on the table.

“Cal, baby try and eat something baby” you said softly while stroking his hair off his sweaty forehead. 

He groaned and rolled away from you, nuzzling his face into the couch.

“You need to eat something”

“No, i don’t wanna be sick again” 

“Just try a little bit, for me” you asked

Calum sighed and rolled over to face you. He looked at you before pushing him self up to sit up a little. You smiled and passed him the sandwich. He took it in his hands and slowly brought it to his mouth. It hardly touched his lips before he threw it and shot off the couch into the kitchen and was leaning over the sink. You could hear him gag and heave.

“I could be getting a massage right now” you mumbled to yourself before walking in to comfort him.

Luke- You poked your head round the door of the recording studio. You grinned at the boys before pushing the door open and walking in.

“Hi guys!” you chirped

“Hey Y/n” Calum smiled

Ashton gave you a little wave and Luke didn’t even lift his head off the table. Michael was in the booth recording. You walked over to your fiance and sat next to him, putting your hand gently on his back. 

“Hey baby... you okay?” you asked with worry laced in your voice.

Luke shook his head before slowly lifting it and looking to you. You gasped at the sight of him, he was pale and sweating. He looked like he hadn’t slept in years.

“Luke! baby you’re burning up!” you said as you placed the back of your hand on his forehead. 

He closed his eyes and rested his forehead on your shoulder.

“How long have you felt like this?!”

“Since i got up” he grumbled while trying to nuzzle into you

“Why did you come in? you should’ve stayed in bed!”

“He asked if he could go home but  our manager wouldn’t let him” Ashton pitched in

You looked at Ashton shocked, how could they possibly let him work like this and expect anything good?!

“Grab your things we’re going home babe” you told Luke while standing him up.

“If your manager has a problem with this then he has my number, he can deal with me” you said angrily

Calum nodded and smiled sympathetically at Luke.

“Get better man”

Michael- You’d just finished dismantling Ashton’s drum kit when you decided to ask whether the boys needed anything from the store before you hit the road again. You climbed on the bus and walked down towards the back where you could hear them laugh. 

“Hey guys” you smiled

“Hi Y/n” Ashton smiled

“Kit all packed away?” he asked

“Yup, just wondering if you needed me to pick anything up before we left”

“Morphine!!” Michael cried 

You giggled as he was covered in blankets, you couldn’t even see his head.

“Some pain killers and cough medicine please” Ashton laughed

“Is he okay?”

“I’m dying!!”

“He’s come down with... what did you call it?” Luke asked

“Man flu” Michael mumbled

You rolled your eyes before walking over and pulling the blanket off his head. He groaned at the bright light and tried to pull it back up.

“Noooo the light makes my head hurt” he whined

You felt his chin and forehead before asking him to open his mouth and looking at his throat. When you were hired to work with the boys on tour you had to be trained in first aid.

“You need to get some sleep, i’ll bring you some medicine. go get in your bunk” you ordered him.

“Yes mum” he joked as he stood up and walked to his bunk with a blanket wrapped around his head.

Ashton- A single text. That’s all it had taken for you to be in your car and on the way to Ashton’s place. You hated it when Ashton got sick because he never had just a small cold or a bad tummy, he always got the big stuff. Last time he had said he didn’t feel right he was out of action for two weeks because he couldn’t keep anything down and almost ended up on a drip due to dehydration. 

He had only text you say that he could make it to your movie night as he thought he had eaten something that had given him a bad belly. But here you were walking into his apartment with the key he gave you in case of emergencies.

“Ash?” you shouted

“Y/n?” he shouted back sounding confused.

You followed his voice to the bedroom where you found him curled up in his bed with his laptop in front of him and the bin on the floor next to the bed. You sighed and walked over to him, prepared to do the whole mummy character where you checked him over.

“Babe i’m fine, i just ate some bad food” he chuckled pushing your hand away.

“Ash, you know you never get little illness’ like this!” you worried

“Y/n trust me okay, my mum’s been over and she said she thinks it’s just small case of food poisoning, i’ve already gotten most of it out of my system, i just need to sweat the rest out”

You gave him a worried look before accepting it and nodding your head.

“If you get worse i swear to god Irwin!”

“I won’t!” he laughed

“Now come here and watching this film with me” he said holding his arms to you.

Calum- You had taken your mother to a spa day for her birthday leaving Calum to look after 3 year old Diana and one year old Thomas. After his princess begging all day he had given in and here he was, sat in the park with Thomas in the baby swings and Diana running around with the other children. He kept close eye on her as the play area was only small. 

“Having fun buddy?” Calum smiled as Thomas giggled at being pushed lightly.

His son squealed as he grabbed his little feet. Calum loved moments like this, being away all the time or in the studio constantly meant that he hardly ever got time to just be with his family. He got time with you most nights to ‘be together’. He took the kids to places like the zoo or to all different cities but he hardly got to just take them to the park. Calum smiled before looking over at Diana who was sat on the floor crying. His eyes widened and he grabbed Thomas from the swing and ran over to her, leaving his pram by the swings but not caring, not when his baby girl was upset.

“Baby what’s wrong?” he asked as he knelt down to her level.

“I-i... i w-was trying t-to get to t-the swings and i f-fell and hurt my l-leg” she sobbed

“Oh sweet heart come here”

Diana stood and hobbled to him before he picked her up in his free arm and walked back to the pram. Calum put Thomas in and strapped him up before heading home.

“Daddy i wanna stay at the park!!” Diana whined

“Come on we’ll go home, clean your knee and then what do you say we go to Uncle Ashton’s, get Tate and go out for dinner”

“Okay Daddy, but we need pancakes to make my knee better” she pouted

“Okay bubby” Calum playfully pouted back

Luke- Luke had demanded that he look after your kids for a while when you came home from work early in a state. Your best friend had been in an accident and it had hit you hard so after making sure you got on your train to her town okay, he was home alone with six year old Tyler and one year old Brooklyn. You’d been gone for a two days and Luke thought he was doing okay. He was working around the kitchen trying to get Brooklyn’s breakfast ready as well as making Tyler’s lunch. Tyler wanted to help his daddy as much as possible so he had decided he was old enough to get himself ready. 

Luke smiled at Brooklyn who was strapped into her high chair playing with a little rattle toy his mother had bought her. A loud bang sounded from up stairs followed by a wail of distress. He bolted out of the kitchen and up the stairs where he found Tyler sat on the floor with tears streaming down his face.

“What happened?” Luke asked as he knelt down and checked his son over

“I was stood on the st-step b-b-brushing my teeth and i f-fell and h-hurt my ankle”

Luke looked down at the boys ankle and his heart dropped. Even through Tyler’s dinosaur socks Luke could see the swelling. Trying to stay calm he lifted his son up and carried him down stairs, placing him on the couch and checking his daughter.

“I’mma be late daddy” Tyler said trying to get up. 

“No buddy, don’y move you’re not going to school today okay you’ve hurt your foot so you’re gonna spend the day with me and Brook okay?”

“Okay” Tyler pouted, knowing he wasn’t going to see his friends today.

Luke sighed and grabbed his phone, planning on calling his mother for help as he didn’t want to stress you out even more.

Michael- To be a father of twins while your wife is out for the day with friends, you need eyes in the back of your head. Michael was run up the wall with his five year olds, they were everywhere all at once. Jasper had already drawn on the walls and floor while Amelia had emptied the fridge on the kitchen floor looking for a can of pop. Michael was almost ready to pull what was left of his hair out. He was moping the spilt milk and juice off the floor when there was a smash and a squeal. He dropped the mop and hurried to from the kitchen to find not only one but both of the twins sat in front of the TV... that was now face down smashed on the floor. 

“What happened?!” he gasped looking at the two month old flat screen TV. 

“We were throwing the ball and it hit the TV and it broke” Amelia whimpered

Jasper had tears streaming down his cheeks already so Michael’s first move was to pick him up and check him over. Michael sat on the couch with Jasper on his knee and looked over his skin, he held in a gasp when he saw the small piece of glass stuck in his arm. 

“Are you okay princess?” he asked Amelia

“Just scared Daddy” she mumbled

“Okay, can you get Daddies phone from the coffee table Mimi, stay away from the glass”

Amelia slowly padded off to get her Daddies phone while Michael tried to pry the small piece of glass out of his sons arm but it only cause him to sob more.

“I-i-i w-want mummy!!!” 

Amelia returned with Michael’s phone and he sighed, he didn’t want to call you away from your day out but he knew he couldn’t do this as well as you would and you’d only argue with him if he didn’t tell you and you had to find out later. He rang your phone and thought to himself ‘Definitely no more balls in the house’ as he looked at the TV on the floor. He was dead. 

Ashton- You’d think that only being one year old there wasn’t much Tate could do to get himself hurt but that was not the case at all. There had been countless amounts of times were Tate had managed to hit himself in the face with every toy possible. He had learnt how to climb out of his cot and fall onto the floor which had woken Ashton up to find his little boy sat on the floor crying. He was a very clumsy baby and Ashton was constantly on edge with him. 

Today of all days Ashton’s stress levels were over the top as Michael’s wife and you were trying to coax him into taking his first steps.

“Come on handsome, come give me a cuddle” Michael’s wife grinned as you stood behind Tate who was standing on his feet with some support from you. 

Tate giggled and held his arms out for her, the time came and Tate put one foot in front of the other and then repeated it.

“Oh my god he’s walking! he walking!” Ashton yelled in excitement, shocking the little tyke making him stumble and fall.

Any normal baby would’ve fell backwards on to his bum but not Tate, no he was face first on to the floor. Wails and sobs began leaking out of Tate’s little mouth as Ashton rushed and picked him up. Tate’s nose was bleeding and he had bitten his lip making it swell a little.

“Oh god look at him, shh shh it’s okay baby Daddy’s got you” Ashton tried to soothe.

Michael’s wife had ran to the kitchen and returned with some tissue and first aid. Ashton sat with him on his knee and she cleaned him up.

Calum- You were laying in bed trying to sleep but you couldn't ignore the nagging feeling in your stomach. You sighed and sat up, with a bit of struggle as your belly had gotten increasingly bigger. You stood up and began towards the door.

"Where are you going?" Calum groaned

"I was just gonna see if we had any pickles" you blushed a little

"Pickles?" he asked confused as he leant on his elbows.

"Mhmm"

"Cravings?"

"Yep"

He chuckled a little before climbing out of bed.

"Where are you going?"

"To get some pickles with you come on" he smiled before walking down the stairs with you.

Luke- You had decided that you were going to spend the day in the studio with Luke and the boys. It was their break and you were craving chicken so badly.

"Lukeee" you whined as he came out of the booth.

"Yes darling" he said playfully

"I want chickeennnn"

"What? chicken?"

"Cravings" you blushed

"I could go for chicken" Michael added

"Fine" Luke groaned before picking his keys up and going to fetch your food.

"He's so whipped" Ashton chuckled

"Well yeah but he knows if I don't get it i'll throw a bitch fit"

Luke returned a while later and you gave him a big kiss.

"Thank you sweetie" you grinned

Michael- You had gone with the guys to an interview they had scheduled. You were sat behind the camera watching the boys answer questions. Michael had noticed how you were glancing at the pizza poster on the wall. You had both discovered some of your cravings in the last week and pizza was a massive one. He chuckled a little when you bit your lip while looking at the melting cheese.

"Sorry could I be a pain in the ass and make a phone call" he laughed

"Erm sure" the interviewer asked confused, not knowing if this had been planned

"Sorry it's just er Y/n's got really bad cravings what with the twins so i'm just gonna order a pizza before she cries" he said making everyone on set either chuckle or aww.

You blushed and giggled as you watched Michael order you a pizza while still on camera. You shook your head at him and he winked. The interviewer watched you and laughed.

"I think he deserves a hug for that" he laughed

You stood up and walked into the set, Michael stood up and pulled you into his arms for a quick hug.

"If there weren't two of them in there i'd ask for a piece" he laughed as you took your seat again.

Ashton- You were lay on the couch with Ashton watching a few films. You'd missed the dead line for getting rid of the baby so you were trying your hardest to get used to the idea. This included everything that came with it, which included weird cravings. Yours had been garlic, you had eaten so much and your breath smelt of it now. You were joking about with Ash when he went to lean down and kiss you. You turned your head away and covered your mouth.

"What's up? let me kiss you" he said

"No I have garlic breath"

"Oh babe I don't care, come on give me a kiss" he chuckled

"Nooo Ashton my breath smells horrible" you giggled

"No it doesn't, you don't even like garlic that much" he giggled

"It's this thing in my stomach that's all it wants" you laughed