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...ally...
The next day, Dylan and me were allowed home, so Bryan and the rest of the guys took that week off from work, because there was a lot to do at our house, to get everything all settled down again. The next week, they were back at work in the recording studio, working on the album again. While the guys were at the studio, Nat, pnut and me would spend most of the time shopping or taking Dylan for a walk. But some days the guys would take him to the studio with them, they all seemed to love playing with him, and all the guys, Shane especially would spoil him. Honestly, each time he spent a day at the studio, he came home with yet another toy.
So, a few weeks later, I was sitting watching TV at home, when Bryan came in all excited over something. "Ok, what is the matter with you?" I asked him, he'd been grinning since he came home. "We've been nominated for some Smash Hits awards!!!" He cried, and hugged me. "Shhhhh!!" I said, and pointed at the room where Dylan was sleeping. "Sorry." He whispered. "Can you believe it?" "Yeah!" I said, quietly. "So, we're all going out to dinner to celebrate. Get ready!" "Slow down, we can't bring a baby to a restaurant." "Mum's gonna take him overnight." He replied. "See, one step ahead of you." "OK," I said, "I'll get some stuff together for him, and I walked into the room, leaving Bryan to grin away.
After a couple of hours, we dropped Dylan off at Bryan's parents and met the others at a fancy restaurant. "So, what are the awards you guys are up for?" I asked them. "Best Album, Song, Video." Kian started. "I'm up for most fanciable male." Shane boasted. "Me too," Kian said "but I'm already taken." He laughed. "And don't you forget it!" Nat laughed. "Actually, about that..." Kian started. "Yeah, ummm, about that..." Mark said. "We need to talk to you two." Kian continued, and Nat and Pnut both looked worried for a second.
"Will you marry me?" They both said together. "Oh my God!" Nat squealed, and hugged Kian, while Pnut just sat there in shock. "Is that a yes?" Kian asked, looking happy, Nat nodded, and he hugged her. "Michelle?" Mark said, waving his hand in front of her face, she snapped out of her thoughts. "Yes!" She cried, and hugged him. "Wow!" I cried, "You knew they had this planned, didn't you?" I asked Bryan who nodded. "Congratulations guys!" "See, Bryan, this is how it is supposed to be done," Mark laughed, who was a little drunk, "You get married first, then get the kids!" "I'll remember that one Mark." Bryan laughed, and so did everyone else. I looked at my watch and saw it was 10pm, I decided to call Bryan's parents to check everything was ok. "I'll be back in a second." I said, as I stood up.
"Where are you going?" Bryan asked. "Bathroom." I said, and grabbed my bag. "Hand it over!" He said, putting his hand out. "Huh?" I asked innocently, "hand what over?" "The mobile, you were gonna call, weren't you?" "Ummm..." "Give me it!" I handed him the mobile. "I called a half hour ago and everything was fine, ok?" "Fine then!" I replied and sat back down at the table. We sat chatting for a while, Nat and Pnut compared engagement rings, and discussed plans for the wedding already, and we all had to leave the restaurant at 11, because it was closing for the night. "How about we go back to ours for a little celebration" Mark suggested.
We all agreed to go back there for a few drinks. We all sat chatting there for a while, and the lads all got pretty drunk, well, it was the first time Bryan had been able to drink since Dylan was born. "So, Bryan," Mark said, really drunk, " tell me one thing....does it bother you at all, You know..." "Does what bother me?" Bryan asked, while Pnut gave Mark a cold stare. "The fact that Dylan isn't yours.." I looked at Bryan for his reaction, he thought for a second. 'God, why are you thinking?' I thought. "No, it doesn't bother me." He finally answered, I mean yeah, right answer, but why did it take him so long to decide that. "I'm going to get some fresh air." I said, and stared at Bryan. I walked out, not realising that Nat had followed me. I think Pnut was giving Mark a piece of her mind for bringing the whole subject up.
"Hey, what's up? You heard him, it doesn't bother him." She said. "He had to think about it though, didn't he?" I replied. "Maybe it does bother him..."I trailed off. "Look, any one can see just by watching him with Dylan, how crazy he is about that kid," she said. "Don't fight with him about something that's not true, ok?" "Yeah," I said, as we walked back in, "it's probably just the drink." We went back inside and talked about everything else and forgot all about that stuff.

Chapter 27
...nat...
...4 months later...
We were all in London for the Smash Hits Awards, and we were all pretty excited because the guys were up for so many awards. Kian and Shane wouldn't stop talking about both being nominated for 'Most Fanciable Male', I think it had become like a competition between those two. Pnut, Ally and me were in the guys dressing room, while the guys went and chatted to some of the other acts, and did some interviews too.
"Well," Pnut started, "We're thinking about getting married in July." "Awwwww, that'll be nice!" Ally answered her. "Yeah, we're thinking about August." I said. Anytime we three got together, we talked about wedding plans. "August is nice too." "And the wedding photos? What magazine gets the exclusive?" Ally asked, laughing. "Well, maybe none of them, we want it quiet, you know." Pnut said, Ally just raised her eyebrows. "It could work!" "Sure," she said, "but look at what happened with Bryan, and Dylan... You know what would be an absolute scream..?" "Oh my....what have you got planned Ally?" I asked her, because she always had crazy ideas. "A double wedding!" "No way!" I laughed. "Well, it was a double proposal, so..." Pnut started. "You two are mad!" I cried, "Anyway, I need you two as bridesmaids." "Oh, ok then." Ally said, "Still, it would've been fun."
We all sat laughing for a while about the thought of a double wedding, and what crazy stunts the guys would pull for the weddings, and the parties before them. "All, I can say is, Kian better make it to the wedding, and not be tied up anywhere before it!" I laughed. "So, you tell Bryan he better not." "Geez, Nat, you're no fun!" Ally said, pretending to be moody. We were all laughing at that when someone knocked on the door, I opened it to see Bryan standing there. "We're all heading to for food, you guys want anything?" He asked. "No" we all answered. "He still sleeping?" He asked, pointing at Dylan who was sleeping in his pushchair. "Yeah, but not for long." Ally answered, "dinnertime soon." She rummaged in the bag for something. "Can you heat this up?" She said, handing Bryan a bottle and jar of food. "Ok," he answered, "Are you sure you don't want anything?" We all nodded, and he walked out again.
A few minutes later, there was another knock at the door. "WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING!" I yelled, and opened the door, to see a confused Derek standing there. "Hi. Nat, right?" He said. "Yeah, hi Derek." I answered. "Someone told me that Ally was here." He said, looking inside. "Oh hi!" "Hi," she answered him, "Come on in." He walked inside, and spotted the wedding magazines we had been flicking through. "Did I interupt something?" "No, we were just discussing wedding stuff." Pnut laughed. "Oh, Who's getting married? You and Bryan?" He asked Ally, who laughed and shook her head. "No, those two." She pointed at me and Pnut. "Umm, Michelle, why don't we go and get the others, I'm kinda hungry now." I said, sensing that Ally and Derek had stuff to talk about. "But I'm not - oh, right, yeah" Pnut said, standing up. "See you later!" We both said to Ally and walked out. "Thanks guys!" Ally said, kinda nervous. "See you later."