"Lena?" I heard JoJo when I picked up her call.

"Yeah?" I asked

"What are you doing right now?"

"Sitting in front of the TV in my jammies. Why?" I asked.

"I was just wondering if you could like come over. I got something that I wanna tell you and Abby!" She excitedly rushed through her words.

"You got a boyfriend? Or are you maybe pregnant?" I asked

"No. Stop guessing and just get your ass over here." She cut that call with a giggle.

There goes my plans for sitting in front of the TV for the whole of today.

"Shit!" I painfully groaned. I sit back down when I felt my tummy contract. The pain passed after a few minutes.

I tried calming myself down and taking deep and steady breaths. In, out. In, out.

When I was calm and the contractions stopped, I got up so I could change and head over to JoJo's.

I don't wanna tell Ethan about it because we've already visited Barbara thrice. And I'm already tired of going there because of these false alarms. Barbara already told me that they're Braxton Hicks and that the baby is literally playing mind, or in this case body games. So I refuse to out him in a state of panic.

On my way to the room I stop by Ethan's home office. He's been working at home because I can't be left one at home because I could pop at any time.

"Ethan." I popped my head in.

He looked up from his paperwork and computer.

"Come here." He called, pushing his chair back and patting his lap.

I walked in and settled on his lap.

"You're getting heavier." He stated while pulling me closer.

"I could get u-" I tried getting up.

"I'm not complaining babe." He smiled at me.

"Were you missing me?" He smirked.

"No. Just came to tell you that JoJo called me over because she's got a surprise for me." I hopefully said, knowing fully well that he'll refuse.

"Can't she come here?"

"I doubt. Because she said that she'd already called Abby over to her place."

"But babe you've got those Braxton Hicks. Your due date was yesterday. Your water could break at any time. And I'm not risking you going out when I'm no where near you."

"I know. So how about you come and wait in the car outside, then I can go in and come out as soon as she tells me whatever she has to. And in case anything happens you'll be right outside." I reasoned.

"Okay. But only because I love you."

"Thank you. Now let's go." I kissed his cheek then stood while tugging his wrist.

"You're going out like that?" He eyed my three quarters and his shirt that I had on.

"Yeah, I'm too tired to change and it's not like I'll be taking long anyways. I'll be in and out so no one but you and my two best friends will see me." I nodded.

"Okay. As long as she doesn't have any males at her place." He stood.

"It'll only be Jojo, Abby and I. That, I can assure you of.- Where are you taking your laptop to?" I stopped behind while eyeing the laptop in his hold.

"I'm not gonna kill myself with boredom while waiting for you I'm the car." He waited for me to exit the room before he did the same.

We got into his car and I placed JoJo's address into his GPS. I could feel slight aches in my abdominal area throughout the ride. The pains were so similar to period cramps, but slightly worse. But I tried ignoring it so Ethan wouldn't turn the car around and bury me in bed.

I started rubbing my tummy hoping it would ease the feeling, while trying to take deep breaths through my nose so Ethan wouldn't notice.

After what felt like forever Ethan finally pulled over at JoJo's place.

"You promise that there aren't any guys in there?-hey, what's wrong?" He cupped my face.

I sniffled. Why am I crying?

"I don't know. I'm just feeling kinda uneasy." He wiped my tears with his thumbs.

I guess the aches triggered my hormones.

"You're so adorable. Do you wanna go back? We could always go back and cuddle." I was so tempted to actually oblige, but what kinda friend would I be.

"Can we cuddle after I'm done with JoJo?" I looked up at him.

"Of course" he chuckled.

He moved closer to me and pecked my lips. "I love you." He smiled at me as soon as he pulled away.

The look on his face made me blush. "I love you too." I blushed and got out the car.

I tried speed walking but the aches and my tummy didn't allow me to. So I was literally wobbling to JoJo's door.

I walked in, not even bothering to knock.

"Finally!" Abby groaned.

"Oh please. I didn't take that long." I rolled my eyes.

"You took forever!" She rolled onto the floor.

"Try managing Braxton Hicks and Ethan, then we'll see how early you arrive to a place." I sat where Abby was previously sitting before she rolled onto the floor.

"When are you due?" Abby rose from the floor.

"I was due yesterday but we got us a stubborn little one. Where's JoJo?"

"She's somewhere here. So you're now suffering with those fake contractions?"

"Yep. Feels like period cramps. But just like a seven day period that comes with cramps on all seven days and put all that pain in one, that's what I'm feeling." I tried getting comfortable on the sofa.

"That's bad, and painful. I'm sorry." She sat up next to me.

"You okay?" She squeezed my shoulder.

"No." My voice cracked and tears started falling. She pulled me into an embrace.

"I'm scared Abby. And it really hurts." I cried into her shoulder.

"It'll be okay. You'll see that all this pain is worth it when you're cradling your little one." She consoled me.

"Abb- what's wrong?" I looked up and saw JoJo walk in from the kitchen.

"Lena's got contractions and is emotional." Abby explained.

"Ohh, our poor baby." She joined the hug.

"I'm fine now. Ethan refused to let me come alone, so I've got him waiting in the car outside. What did you want to tell us JoJo?"

"Soo.... You guys know that I'd gone to Italy for that shoot that I'd had like two months ago right?" She happily said.

"Yeah." Abby and I answered

"Turns out I caught someone's eye at one of the shows and..." She went back to the kitchen and came back with a clapper that's used when making movies. She started clapping the clapper.

"Omg Jos, are you gonna be in a movie?!" I excitedly shouted

"Yes!" She shrieked.

"Oh my gosh, girl!" Abby joined the shrieking.

"I can't believe you're gonna be in a movie!" Abby remarked.

I sat back on the sofa when the aching became more intense.

I subconsciously zoned everything out when all I could feel was the pain. The pain was so bad that it had me clutching my tummy and I could feel tears fall from my eyes.

"Lena?" I heard JoJo

"Are you okay? Does it hurt again?" Abby asked

"Please call Ethan" I cried.

Abby ran out the house.

"Ahhh!" I cried when I felt another contraction.

After what felt like forever but in reality was like three minutes, Abby ran back in with Ethan got in her trail.

"Babe? You alright?" Ethan rushed to my side.

"It hurts Ethan." I cried into his chest. I tightened my grip on his shoulders when another contraction hit.

"Should we go to the hospital?"

"No" I quickly shook my head. "Let's go home."

I let out a loud scream when a more powerful contraction came. If I'm correct, my contractions are four minutes apart.

"Nope. We're going to the hospital Lena. You're not doing so good." He picked me up.

He took me to the car and placed me in the back seat. He quickly got into the driver's seat and started the car.

Off we go to Barbara for the fourth time. Hopefully this time I'll actually go into actual labour.