Tony’s POV

I had my arms wrapped around Noortje’s bump and my chin rested on her shoulder. She was scrolling through her instagram and reading some of her comments. I read as many as I could and noticed a lot of people commenting that she was gaining weight, making me frown. Noortje didn’t seem affected by it, but it made me upset. Why would our fans say stuff like that? I knew she was gaining weight, but only in a good way. The baby was growing, it would be concerning if she suddenly stopped growing larger.

“We should tell the fans soon,” I suggested out of nowhere.

“Tell them what?” Noortje slowly took her attention away from her phone, but still kept scrolling.

“That you’re pregnant and not coming with us next tour.”

“Wait, hold on,” Jaime interrupted. He was standing opposite from us along with Mike, Ewout, and Vic. What else would we do when the crew is unloading everything and not wanting our help? He looked between me and Noortje before settling on Noortje, “You’re not coming on tour?”

Noortje shook her head, making some of her hair fall into my face, “I’m finishing this one, so that’s a couple days. The doctor doesn’t want me touring after 20 weeks, and I’ll be 20 weeks along soon.”

“So you’re abandoning us. How are we going to play without you?”

“Tony and I already talked to Jay, so it’s fine. He will organise something. And it’s not my fault. The doctor specifically told me to not tour anymore because of my past problems.”

“I’ll miss you though,” Jaime pouted.

“I’ll miss her more,” I stuck my tongue out at him.

Noortje suddenly stiffened up and tried to get out of my hold, but I only held on tighter. I thought she was just teasing so I decided to joke back. But it wasn’t like that at all.

“Tony, let me go,” she panicked, “I’m going to be sick.”

I let her go quickly and she ran off. It took me a while to realise what was going on before I went to go run after her, but Ewout stopped me by blocking me with his arm.

“I’ll go,” he assured. I nodded even though I really wanted to be there for here. But I also knew he wanted to be there for her as well. They really got to see each other, and from all the stories I had heard, I knew they were really close. I wasn’t going to get in between that.

“Is she still having morning sickness?” Mike scratched the back of his head.

I nodded, “yeah, but the doctor said it should all be fine. Morning sickness takes longer for some than for others. And just to be sure, we also have an appointment before we’re going to visit my mom and sister.”

“Oh yeah, that’s right, they don’t know yet,” Jaime realised.

“No, but they will soon. Noortje and I just thought it would be better to tell them personally than over the phone, which is also why I flew Ewout over as a surprise.”

“How do you think they will react when they find out?”

I shrugged, “I hope they will be excited. My mom really likes Noortje, they’ve bonded a lot. And Jessica definitely likes her. It’s like Noortje is her role model. Sometimes when I go out and come home later in the day, I find them doing random things at our house and having fun. I just really hope they will be happy, because Noortje and I are very happy.”

After I had said that Vic just walked away without saying a word. We watched him for a while before turning to look at each other again.

“What’s up with him” Jaime questioned, knowing nothing about what was going on.

I shrugged and shared a look with Mike. Noortje and I both thought he had been finally getting over her after he got to know that she was pregnant. But now that this happened, I wasn’t so sure anymore. He seemed fine until I said that Noortje and I were happy. Was he getting better at hiding his feelings?

You might think that I would be mad at Vic for acting around Noortje like that, but I honestly wasn’t. I trusted Noortje and now that she was also carrying my child, I knew that nothing was going to happen. Now, don’t think I wanted a baby so she would be mine forever, because that was not the case. After Noortje had the miscarriage I suddenly realised how much I actually wanted to start a family with her. I wanted to go through everything her; I couldn't stop imagining how amazing it would be to have a smaller version of us running around.

Noortje came walking back with Ewout and I was glad to see she was talking happily. Sometimes after being sick, she would feel terrible and not up to do anything for the rest of the day. Days like those made me feel really bad for her. She had to go through all the horrible symptoms while all I could do was be around her and comfort her. At least her morning sickness hadn’t been as bad as with her first pregnancy.

“Hey, where’s Vic?” Noortje pointed out.

“He randomly walked away when Tony was talking about telling his mom and sister about you being pregnant,” Jaime said bluntly without thinking what it could mean.

“Oh.”

When Noortje stood closer to me, I quickly whispered in her ear, “I don’t think he’s been getting over you.”

She turned around and gave me a sad look. I knew how uncomfortable she felt with Vic’s feelings. But she was also starting to feel bad for him, which was getting me worried ever so slightly. At first she would ignore him and he would be annoying her, but now he was always acting upset, and I knew how Noortje hated seeing people upset. She would do anything to cheer them up. And when I mean anything, I actually mean anything. Trust me, I’ve had my own experience.

“I’m going to go check if he’s ok,” Noortje gave me a quick glance to tell me I had to come with her.

“I’ll come with you,” I played my part.

“No, it will be fine.”

“I insist. I want to check if I said anything wrong.”

Noortje fake sighed, “Ok, fine,” She then turned to the others, “Are you going to be ok without us?”

“You’re turning into a mom already,” Ewout laughed.

“It’s not you I’m worried about. I just know that Mike is an asshole and that Jaime is just Jaime.”

“What’s that supposed to mean!” Mike and Jaime exclaimed in unison before giving each other a weird look.

“You know what I mean.”

Noortje took hold of my hand and we started walking in the direction Vic had disappeared off to. I just hoped this wouldn’t be too bad.

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Noortje’s POV

Tony and I decided it would be a good idea to check the bus first. There was nowhere else he could have gone. We weren’t allowed to go in the venue yet because apparently we would only get in the way of the crew. Fortunately for us, Vic was sitting on the couch in the front lounge. He looked up at us when he heard the door close. I felt bad, he looked so upset and fed up.

“Vic,” I mumbled and sat down next to him. Tony sat opposite of us and watched us closely.

“I know that Danielle wasn’t too busy with work,” I continued, “I texted her, and she told me that you had said that we were too busy.”

“I know,” Vic murmured unemotionally and rested his head in his hands.

“Why?”

“I don’t know…”

“Vic, you can tell me, you can tell us. Tony and I won’t judge you. We can't fix this if we don’t talk. I can personally tell you that it’s true, you even know, you were there,” I tried convincing him without knowing exactly what to say.

“You’re going to be a really good mom,” Vic looked up at me and smiled.

“Thank you, but this isn’t about me. We’re talking because you need it, not me.”

Vic shook his head, “you don’t understand, it is about you.”

“Vic…” I looked at Tony to apologize for what I was about to do. I grabbed Vic’s face and planted my lips against his, catching him off guard. He stayed shocked and stiff before finally realising what was happening and kissing me back. As much as I didn’t want to do it, I knew this could be the only way. I made sure it didn’t last too long by pulling away before Vic could do anything to stop the innocence of the kiss. Tony was awkwardly looking in another direction. I could sense that he felt really uncomfortable and maybe even a bit scared. But this was about Vic, not Tony.

“Tell me you didn’t feel anything,” I begged. This kiss was nothing but our lips touching, for me. It was nothing like the kisses I shared with Tony. Whenever I kissed Tony I would fall in love again and my heart would race like when we had our first kiss. This just felt bland and like nothing. There was no spark with Vic, while there were fireworks with Tony.

“I can’t,” Vic shook his head and looked at me with desperate eyes.

“Look, I’m not going to tell you that your thoughts are wrong, because that’s not why I came here. I just want you to realise. I love Tony with all my heart. None of my past relationships have felt as good as being with Tony, and I’m pretty sure there isn’t anything that could be better. In my eyes Tony is amazing. I want you to know that you’ve got a girl back home who feels exactly that way about you. Why would you waste your time on me when there is a girl who loves you with all her heart. You need to realise that you feel the same about her. When you brought Danielle over to meet us, you guys were perfect. Don’t let that relationship be ruined by something Mike, Jaime, and Jay said. Don’t let their assumptions go to your head.”

I looked at Tony the entire time I was talking about him. Like that I managed to get rid of the way he was feeling uncomfortable and scared. Tony was the only guy I would ever want, and I didn’t want him to think otherwise. Vic stayed quiet after my speech; he had nothing to say. I waited for a bit so see if he was still going to speak up, but nothing happened.

“We’ll leave you alone to think,” I got up, making sure not to stumble and reach out for Tony. He stood up as well and followed me out of the bus. There was already a line of fans forming out the venue, all of them screaming when they saw us. Tony and I waved and hurried inside, there were still many things to do.

“I’m sorry about-” I started.

“It’s ok,” Tony interjected, “I didn’t really like it, but I’ve got to deal with it now. I know you won’t leave him for me and that it was just to make a point.”

I grinned up at him. There was a small part of me that was afraid that he was going to be mad. What I did was pretty unexpected and couple be used as an argument that I was cheating, which I obviously wasn’t, but Tony had used it before.

“Hey Tone?” I asked shyly.

“Yeah?”

“Will you help me write the note I’m going to post on the website about me not coming on the next tour?”

Notes

So Vic's still not getting over Noortje! How will this turn out? Did Noortje's 'plan' make things better or worse? What do you think? Was it a good idea or was it the worst idea in history?