Baked In Style | L.S

Chapter 14

"Pregnant?" Harry's eyes grow wide and a look of pure confusion takes over his face. He can feel his heart starting to beat faster and for a moment it feels like he's about to pass out. Louis notices and protectively tightens his grip around Harry's waist while he continues to stare at Ed like the redhead would tell them any second now that he's only joking and that Harry really only has a nasty stomach bug.

"Yes." Ed confirms cautiously, his eyes darting between the two men. He doesn't really know what to expect to be honest. This is only the third time he's had the privilege of telling someone they're pregnant- this being the first time breaking the news to a man though and from where he's sitting he can practically hear the gears turning in his friend's head.

"But how? I'm a man, Eddie. Even got the dick and balls to prove it!" Harry exclaims and points at his crotch.

"Yes you are, Haz." Ed confirms. "And this doesn't make you any less of a man. Statistically speaking it makes you one in a billion because you're a man that was born with a uterus and ovaries." A look of pure awe visible on his face.

"A billion? Uterus? Ovaries? What?" Harry is still in shock. "How does that even work Eddie?" He shakes his head.

"Yeah. It's a lot to take in Haz, I know." Ed sympathizes "And if you really don't want a baby, there are options we could discuss."

"No!" Harry's objection is immediate, causing Louis to pull back a bit. "Like. Uhm." He starts talking and then pauses to think about it for a few moments. "Like I don't just want to abort it for no reason."

At hearing these words, Louis' entire body goes rigid and he immediately tightens his grip even more and speaks for the first time. "No. Whoa, hold on, love." He says and looks over to Ed. "We don't even know if it's safe." He states and looks back up to the man sitting on his lap. "What if carrying a child is not good for your health? I don't want something happening to you because of it." His eyes starts tearing up.

Harry leans down and pecks Louis' lips. "Don't cry, Lou." He says and wraps his arms around the older man's neck.

Ed gives them a moment before he speaks again. "I understand your concern Louis, I really do. So I'm gonna give you all the research on the ovulation cycle and everything that goes with it on men born with the additional organs, as well as the updated research on the two men that have also given birth. You can read through it and make an informed decision, yeah." He says and starts typing away on his laptop.

"Thank you, Eddie." Harry says sweetly. He leans his head against Louis' turning it slightly to place a kiss to his temple.

"You're welcome, Haz." The redhead says and looks up when the printer suddenly starts printing. "I'm printing two sets, so you'll each have your own, yeah." He states and then gets up from his chair. "Do you wanna see your little stomach bug in the meantime?" He asks excitedly.

"We can see it already?" Harry asks incredulously. "How big is it?"

"Well, technically, if you conceived the first time you engaged in coitus, it would roughly be the size of a sweet pea now." He says and smiles when the two men in front of him starts blushing. "We'll know exactly when we do the ultrasound." He explains, smiling brightly.

"Uhm, okay, yeah." Harry pipes up. "I think I wanna see it. Yeah." He adds timidly.

"Okay." Ed says, rubbing his hands together. "Then follow me." He continues and starts walking towards the door.

Harry tries to get up from Louis' lap, but struggles when the older man does not let go of him. "What are you doing, Lou?" He asks, looking down into the blue eyes that's been waiting for his green ones to meet them.

Louis swallows hard. "I'm scared." He admits softly.

And that's no lie. As he sits there, Louis feels like everything inside of him is shaking. His heart is currently beating at an unhealthy fast pace and his hands feels clammy. He leans his forehead against Harry's shoulder. "I'm just really scared."

"Don't be, Lou." Harry turns his head to place a sweet kiss on Louis' own. "Nothing has been decided yet, okay?" He says and leans back down to peck the blue eyed man's lips.

"Well, it kind of already has. You've already decided that you don't want to abort it." Louis says, reminding the younger man of the words he spoke a mere ten minutes ago. "Doing an ultrasound is gonna make this real. And I'm scared." He says again.

"But it's already real, Lou." Harry says softly when he places his hand on Louis' cheek. "We conceived a baby, even though we didn't even know it was possible. I promise that we will look at the research Eddie's going to give us, and then make a decision together, okay?"

Louis watches him for a few moments. The sincere look on Harry's face, enough to calm his nerves just a little. "Okay." He says softly and loosens his grip around Harry's waist. "You promise we'll decide together?" He asks before letting go of him completely.

"I promise." Harry replies sweetly and rests his forehead against Louis'. "Promise." He says again and leans forward to kiss the blue eyed man once more.

"Okay." Louis says when he pulls away. "Let's go see it then."

They get up and follow Ed a few doors down where the latter moves towards the machine situated next to a bed in the middle of the room. "Haz, please get on the bed, unbutton or lift your shirt and lie back for me, yeah." He explains what he wants Harry to do, and Harry happily obliges.

Harry leans back and takes Louis' hand into his own. Louis is left swallowing thickly as he watches Ed get the ultrasound machine ready, but visibly relaxes when he looks back down at Harry and sees the younger man smiling up at him. He smiles back and leans forward, placing a soft kiss to Harry's forehead.

When Ed is done, he turns his head to look at them. "Okay. Are we ready?" He asks and watches the two men nod their heads in silence. He grabs a tube from underneath the monitor and brings it towards Harry's stomach. "This is going to be a bit cold, Haz." He warns before squirting some of the tube's contents onto Harry's skin.

Harry visibly shudders. Louis fondly watches his face and smiles when the younger man starts giggling as they watch Ed bring the ultrasound wand towards Harry's stomach with his eyes fixed on the screen of the machine. He moves it around a bit and suddenly the room fills up with the sound of something that sounds like galloping horses.

Louis' eyes are fixed on the screen next to Ed while Harry's are fixed on Louis' face. Tears rolling over both their cheeks by now.

"What you are hearing is the sound of the embryo's heartbeat." Ed explains. "A very strong one at that." He continues.

Harry tears his eyes away from Louis' face and looks over to the screen.  "It has a heartbeat already?" He chokes out.

Ed chuckles silently. "Yes, it does, Haz." He says softly and moves the wand around for a few more seconds. "Certainly looks like it was conceived six weeks ago. It shows the size of the embryo is about a quarter inch." He says and switches off the machine.

"Wow." Louis says when the room goes quiet. He places his hand over his own heart. "It has a heartbeat." He says softly and looks down to see Harry already looking up at him.

"Yeah." The younger man says. "It does."

Louis leans down and rests his forehead against Harry's. "It has a heartbeat." He says again and softly captures Harry's lips with his own.  Their kiss is slow and languid. For a moment it is just them in their own little bubble.

Even though they had no idea it's even possible- they had created something that has a heartbeat.

They had created a life.