A Mermaids Tail

Chapter 12

Niall's POV

  Anne and Gemma have been staying with us for over a week and the extra help with Harry's been nice. He's been so fidgety lately, its almost impossible to keep him sitting for more than a minute unless we force him. "Guppy! That better not be you making all that noise." Anne scolds as we walk into the kitchen to see Harry on a step stool with a wooden spoon in his hand trying to reach something. Giving the four of us heart attacks we run over as Liam gently scoops him into his arms getting loads of protest from the merman. He pouts as Zayn takes his place on the step stool reaching easily for the baking powder he desperately needed. Li sets him down on the bench while I grab him a glass of water and Lou grabs his fuzzy slippers. "My heroes." he says unimpressed as we continue to fuss over him. Gemma let out a chuckle at that getting an eye roll from Anne. "Can I start baking now?" he asked trying to get out of the bench, proving its a hard task with such a round belly. "No!" we all say as Zayn picks him up this time and takes him upstairs while we make something easy, eggs and toast.

 "Gup, have you gone to see the healers yet? I mean your due date is coming with in the next three months and your gonna need some help with the delivery." Anne asks as Harry, Liam, herself, and I were in the nursery folding and putting away all the clothes while the others were out shopping. Liam and I having absolutely no clue about what they're talking about turn to look at Harry as he's probably already done so. "No, not yet." he says swaying from his spot in the rocking chair. We piece together that no isn't the right thing from the way Annes face contorted into a concerned look. "Well then I know what were gonna do today. We'll go once Gemma comes back. Then we'll return you to your boys while me and Gemma go back home" she states leaving no room for argument as Harry just nods his head defeatedly not even trying to test it. "Good." she smiles before getting up to grab some more onesies. 

  As soon as Zayn, Louis, and Gemma come back all of us are on your way to the lagoon to let the merpeople go. We turn as Anne and Gemma strip and hop in trying to give them privacy. Harry strips slowly as he does most things now a days with the boys making their home in his middle grow. He takes off his shirt showing off that gorgeous bump of his, we stood in awe of his beauty admiring our beautiful mate for as long as we can. Noticing our stares he blushes madly before turning his back towards us, trying to cower in on himself to look as small as possible. 'Sorry babe, your just so beautiful and sexy its hard not to stare.' I whisper in his ear as I wrapped my arms around his large tummy. He giggles a little before nodding in understanding, he strips the rest of his clothes and waddles into the water. He gives us a wave of his tail goodbye before disappearing into the lagoon. Our smiles faded as he did, we plopped onto the sandy ground and hoped that this visit will be a short one.

  It felt like we were waiting on the beach for ages before Harry's head popped out of the water. He gives us a bright smile as swims towards the rock, we notice the satchel that he's caring that wasn't there before. Before he could hurt himself by hauling himself onto the slippery rocks I run over and scoop him into my arms. He lets out a surprised squeal before telling me to put him down as he was to heavy and he didn't want me to hurt myself. "Niall! Your gonna hurt yourself if you carry me all the way home! I'm too heavy to be lifted up and I can walk, please put me down." he begged on our walk back to the house with him cradled in my arms. I ignore his statements of protest while we make our way into our house. Liam runs upstairs to grab some more warm clothes for Harry while Zayn goes to grab the fuzzy blanket we know he loves and Louis grabs his slippers once again. I gently set him down on the couch and watch as his green tail slowly turns into his long, hot legs. Liam and Zayn were quick to return with their items as they dress and tuck him on the couch while Louis was struggling to find the slippers. "WHERE ARE THE FUCKING SLIPPERS!" he yelled from upstairs causing giggles to erupt from Harry. "Don't tell Lou, but I hated those stupid things. They made my feet hurt and itch all at once so when went down I took them with me so I could leave them at my moms." he giggled as we joined his laughter. We had to stifle it every time he passed as he would have known something was up. Lou finally gave up after a half an hour of looking, plopping down on the couch with a pout as he couldn't find them.

  'So Haz how did your meeting with the healers go?' I ask as we all get ready for bed as we completely forgot to ask him about it earlier. "It was fine. We went over all the normal things like when my exact due date is, if I wanted to do it on land or in the lagoon, how to contact them when I go into labor, what to expect when the time comes, and...." he ponders for a moment having a bit of pregnancy brain "Oh and some positions to do when I go into labor to help it." he says happily after a moment. "Okay, where are you planning on having the twins?" Liam asked as we never really talked about the birth plan. "I was planning on doing it here, on land. Is that okay?" he asked as the rest of us climb into bed snuggling him in the middle. "Thats perfectly fine with us babe, we just want you to be comfortable." Zayn says as the little worry lines disappear from Harrys face. "We'll try those labor positions tomorrow love but for now you need to go to sleep." Louis says reaching over me to give him a kiss goodnight. We each give each others our goodnight wishes before drifting off into a peaceful sleep.

Hello World,

I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Next one is kinda like their own personal self instructed lamaze class so we'll see how that goes.Please comment some names for the twin boys, I need some ideas and would love your opinion! Please feel free to comment, vote, follow me, checkout my other Z.H.C.MP stories, or all four