Miss You (Harry Styles)

Chapter 31

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Melanie

I get ready for work at the daycare since it's my last few days. Harry is currently conducting interviews for my replacement because I'll be opening the BNB soon. I got my permit last week and now I'm working on final touches like getting a sign for it and some decorations for the den. The bedrooms are finished and I've taken pictures for the listing yesterday. Harry is in the shower as I put on a black skirt and blue blouse with some flats. I tell harry goodbye from outside the bathroom before leaving the house to my car. We sometimes carpool, but since he's been staying late for interviews we just take separate cars. Putting my keys in the ignition and flicking it on the motor ticks and turns off. Oh please just start. I do it again and it does the same, I repeat two more time and give up since I know it's not going to turn on. My engine has never done that why now? Sighing, I go back inside and wait for Harry, I guess we'll have to carpool. Good thing he was still here. Harry comes out the bathroom now dressed with a confused look on his face when he sees me sitting on the bed.

"My car won't start," I say.

"I'd start it with jumper cables, but I think there somewhere in a box in the garage." I tell him not to worry about it today and we'll carpool. There's too many boxes in the garage that aren't unpacked yet and we seem to always forget to get to them. He finishes getting ready and we take his car to work. He drops me off at the front of the daycare and I kiss him goodbye.

"See you later, I love you."

"I love you too." He grins with dimples prominent and I engrave it my mind before I leave the car. Walking towards the entrance I see Zayn talking to a blonde woman who is considerably pregnant. Is this his baby mama? They seem to be in a heated argument, so I sneak past them not wanting to get in between that.

Going to my desk behind the counter, I log in and check some work emails. It's only seven in the morning so only a couple of a parents had already dropped there kids off. I take out the expenses journal and log in some data since this is the last one for the week. Zayn walks in frustrated and I can tell he's not the bestest of moods this morning. We still get along surprisingly even though he knows I'm with Harry now. He'd figured something was up between us but ignored it for his sake. He's pissed at Harry though for cheating on Jasmine who he sees as his sister. Which I understand, but hopefully this anger will subside when I leave.

"Hey you alright?" I ask as he punches in.

"Yeah, just why does becoming a parent have to be so stressful?" He says leaning against my desk.

"Is everything right between you and your ex?"

"Yea it's just that she thinks I'm not taking this seriously enough and just gave me a whole lecture. But I am that's why I'm working here and just started a second job for the weekends, I've been working my ass off and still it isn't enough for her," he slaps his hand on my desk causing me to jump.

"I know it's not my business, but do you think I can talk to her. Maybe I can tell her how you are trying and break this tension between you two." I know I don't know much about parenting but maybe I can at least get them on good terms again for the sake of their child. I'm sure they just need to sit down and talk through everything before they have this baby, but I need to know how's she's feeling first before I make any assumptions.

"Sure anything to make her ease up," he says and I nod. We set up a lunch for this afternoon since that's her only free time. Zayn goes to start work while I do my usual routine of looking through the books and checking in the kids.

Lunch quickly comes around and I meet Zayn's ex inside at the café right next to the daycare. She waits at a table by the window already with her food and I join her. "Gigi, right?" I say hoping I remembered correctly.