Anatome (Jaime Preciado/Pierce The Veil)

Alexis's POV

~1 month later

"Shyloh, that's not what you- ow!" I turn and see Shyloh grabbing Jaime's hair, oblivious about the pain that she's causing him.

"Having fun?" I ask, smirking at Jaime.

"Having the time of my life." Jaime sarcastically replied before softly unclenching Shyloh's hands from his hair. Jaime set Shyloh on her mat in the living room and went back into the kitchen, helping me prepare milk bottles.

"When do you next go on tour?" I asked Jaime.

"In about three months, I think. When's your next tour?"

"About a month, Lights has just given birth to Rocket and is needing to rest and settle in. Jolie, Light, Erin, Katelynne and I were all thinking about having a mini vacation together." I mentioned to Jaime.

"When are you going to have it?"

"Probably when you're not on tour, I still don't want to leave Shyloh without one of us."

"Lex, we'll have to eventually. It's going to be difficult, but we need to also have time for ourselves. It is brilliant looking after our child together but we need some alone time, if you know what I mean." Jaime said and elbowed my side.

"Meh, maybe." I shrugged and winked at him. I heard my phone ping and I checked it seeing that I had a message.

Unknown: 7 days. Count down.

I thought these types of messages had stopped. Obviously, I was wrong. What did they mean by that? Was something bad going to happen after 7 days?

"Lex? You alright? You look as if you've seen a ghost." Jaime asks, noticing my reflection.

"What? No. I'm fine." I murmur.

"Alexis, I've known you since middle school, I know when something's wrong with you." I sigh and hand Jaime my phone, showing him all the texts I had received from the number.

"I've been getting texts like these too. It's been saying things like: Enjoy your time, it'll be your last, shit like that." He said. I started at Jaime with wide eyes and started panicking.

"Who could be doing this?" I questioned.

"God knows. All I know is that they're scaring the shit out of me." Jaime said, running his hands down his face. I agreed with Jaime on the fact that they were scaring the shit out of me.

~1 hour later

"You have no idea who they could be from?" Erin asked me.

"No, this has been happening for a few months but it stopped then started again today." I sighed. Jaime and I had invited Erin, Tony, Vic, Mike and Jolie round to discuss and try and get to the bottom of it.

"Could it be a demented fan?" Mike asked.

"Did your numbers get leaked?" Vic asked.

"Did someone slip your phone out of your pocket and get your number?" Tony asked.

"We have no clue. Just the fact that this is starting to get scary. I'm hoping that Shyloh's not going to be roped into this. It's getting worse with the fact that there's a countdown." Jaime said.

"What do you mean a countdown?" Jolie asked Jaime.

"I got a message saying 7 days, count down." I said. Jolie looked surprised and breathed in sharply.

"Should we tell someone else about this? Maybe tell the police that you're getting harassed? Get your number changed?" Vic suggested.

"We're considering getting our number s changed but we don't know about calling the police about it." Jaime said, speaking for both of us.

"Why not? You need to think about your safety and Shyloh's." Mike exclaimed.

"It may be a crazy fan playing a joke on us. We don't know if the person is being serious or not." Jaime loudly said. I heard grizzling from the baby monitor and exited the room, heading to Shyloh's room. I took her out of her crib and brought her downstairs into the kitchen, slowly rocking her as I heated her milk bottle.

"You alright?" I look and see Jolie standing in the doorway with Erin holding Oscar.

"I'm fine. Just a little nervous about this." I sighed. Jolie walked over to me and hugged me.

"You'll be fine. Just accept the fact we can kill the person and you will be forced to back us up." Erin said. Trust Erin to come up with something like this.

"Helpful Erin, helpful." I muttered which earned a laugh from Jolie.

"You definitely don't have any idea who it could be?" Erin asked me. I heard the microwave ping, indicating that the milk was heated.

"No clue. Jaime and I think the highest chance is a demented fan." I said as I took the milk bottle out the microwave, double checked the temperature and started feeding Shyloh.

"Do you want to have the vacation within a couple of days? Try and relieve some stress on this situation?" Jolie asked.

"If Lights and Katelynne are able to then yeah." I said, feeling a little better. These girls sure knew how to made a bad situation better.

"I'll call Katelynne now and she can call Lights." Erin said and exited the kitchen.

"I'm now looking forward to this!" Jolie squealed, jumping up and down on the spot.

"So am I, it'll give me a break and a chance to relax from everything." I said, happiness in my voice.

"Lex, we're hungry!" I heard Jaime whine from the living room.

"And? What can I do about it?" I mocked Jaime's whining tone.

"Cook us some food?" I heard Jaime ask.

"Can't I order food instead?" I moaned back.

"Yeah, alright. Your cooking isn't one of your strongest talents." Jaime replied.

"Thanks, you sure know how to keep your girlfriend happy with your words." I said, faking a sad tone.

"No problem chica." Jaime shouted back. I rolled my eyes and shook my head. Even though he was a little insane, I still loved the man to death. After finding Chinese take out menus, I ordered us all food and went back into the living room with Jolie, unprepared for the sight. Tony was lying stomach down on the floor, whining as Oscar laid beside him and tugged his hair. Vic was sitting on Jaime's shoulders whilst Mike was play fighting with Vic.

"Children, what are you doing?" I tutted.

"I'm being tortured!" Tony whined, burying his face into the carpet which earned giggles from Oscar.

"Jaime stuck his feet in my face!" Mike whined.

"I'm helping Mike!" Vic said, raising his arms in the air and looking triumphant.

"I'm in hell right now." Jaime moaned.

"Aw,, poor bubba." I mocked and kissed Jaime's head. Vic took Shyloh off me after I burped her and started playing peek-a-boo with her whilst I looked through the DVD cabinet.

"Film suggestions?" I asked everyone.

"Star Wars!"

"Fuck, no! Harry Potter!"

"The Walking Dead!"

I rolled my eyes as the boys got into another argument. Erin paid for the food when it arrived and left the boys food to sit whilst Jolie, Erin and I got our own. I put Aladdin on the TV and the three of us ate, waiting for the boys to stop bickering.

"Ooh, food!" Mike was the first one to use his brain and stop arguing. The boys followed suit and went into the kitchen, getting their food then coming back into the living room. I sat on the first couch with Jaime beside me and Shyloh lying between us, Jolie on the opposite side of me, Vic and Mike on the other couch, spreading theirselves over it, leaving Erin, Tony and Oscar to take to the floor.

"You're mean." Tony whined as he threw a cushion over his shoulder, hoping to hit Vic or Mike.

"And we love you too Turtle." Mike said, patting Tony's head with his foot. A strange site to view, may I add.

"Guys, hush. Aladdin is on," I shushed the guys and we all settled down, watching Aladdin. Jaime and I snuggled into each other, watching Aladdin and observing Shyloh sleeping in between us. Everything seemed perfect and the worries we had earlier had disappeared.

~Third Person POV

Everything looked perfect in the Preciado household. Happy families, blooming friendships, everything going well in general. In a week, they won't know what's going to hit them.

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