Page 49 of Up All Night
"Are you going to keep the baby?"Izzy asks.
"I'm not sure."
"You should talk to Stone, sweetheart."Bowie says."I don't know him well, but he's a Lawson, and they're all wonderful people."
Izzy is matter-of-fact and flippant."I'm about to test that theory."
Bowie snorts a laugh."We'll let you know how it works out."She hugs me quickly again."Why don't you at least come down and wait with us.The jet should be here in a few hours."
"I can do that."I nod."I'll just head back to my room and get changed and cleaned up.I'll meet you back here in an hour?"
"Bring your stuff here, Lark.We've got three fucking showers in this place."
We all laugh."Okay.I'll do that."I don't want to leave these girls for a moment.They're wonderful, and I feel like they're going to be my new best friends for a while.
I help the girls pack their things, and I feel like Bowie is trying to distract us from thinking about what's really bothering us.We talk about some movies we love to watch, books we enjoy reading, and our first boyfriends.I'm sad when the concierge comes to pick up their things, letting them know that the jet will be here in five minutes.It's time for them to go home.I'll miss them, but I feel like I've still got some work to do here, on my own."Come on.Come sit with us for a while.The airport is boring as hell."Bowie states.
"Okay, let's go."
The limo takes us to the airport, and Bowie instructs the driver to be sure to bring me back to the hotel when they're picked up.He nods as we head inside the building.We're led to the tarmac, where there are chairs inside a glassed-in vestibule, so that we can watch for when the jet arrives.Ten minutes later, we watch it land.The airport staff pull the stairs over while I walk with the girls to the jet.The sun is in my eyes, so I shield them, not wanting to watch as their loves exit the plane, having basically come to rescue them.Not that I want to be rescued, but it's almost like a little fairytale that I'm not a part of."Oh, there's Jagger."Bowie says, waving.
I watch who I assume is Jagger, walk down the steps, and then two more men I don't recognize, and I want to walk away, feeling like I'm intruding, as Bowie walks to Jagger and hugs him.I hear laughter in the distance, as I'm about to leave, but then I hear Bowie call to me.When I look over to her, I see more faces coming off the plane.More unfamiliar faces.
And then I see one familiar one.
The lump is in my throat before I can stop it.
The tears are falling down my cheeks, and my feet are planted firmly on the tarmac, even though every cell in my body is telling me to run.
Run towards him.
But I can't.
Until he smiles.
The second I see his mouth twitch up into a smile, my feet move.
They don't stop until I'm in his arms.
He lifts my feet off the tarmac and holds me close.His grip is like an Anaconda around me.Everything I need to know is in that embrace.The tears are flowing down my cheeks when I hear him whisper."I was so worried about you, Lark."
"Yeah?"
I feel him nod."I love you, baby."He says softly.
"I love you, too."
I can't help the gasp.I cry in his ear as he holds me close, gently rocking me from side to side."Stone, I'm having a baby."
He pulls back.His face registers grave concern and worry."Is it mine?"
My eyes bulge in shock."Of course it's yours."
He drops his head back, exhaling relief."Thank God."
He pulls me close again."Thank God."
"Did you know?"
