I'm in Love With A Criminal

~28~

Louis felt his heart beat quicken every second. He was pacing around the bathroom with Zayn standing against the wall in deep thought with a shocked expression. It had been quiet for about a minute. Since they first saw it. They stared at the white and pink stick that lay on the bathroom counter.

Two lines.

Neither of them could believe it. Not even Zayn, who dealt with plenty of pregnant men before he befriended Harry. He had experience with this, even took plenty of examines over male and female pregnancy. He knew everything that he could possibly know. Yet, he stood their with no words leaving his mouth.

Louis exhaled and began to shakily talk. "I-I don't know wh-what to do. I-is there a way that it's just a m-mixup?" All Zayn could do was shake his head, making Louis whimper with fear and throw his head back as tears began to spring in his eyes. "I can't do th-this, Zayn..."

He choked on his words from the now falling tears. He had one hand over his heart and the other—which he didn't realize at first—on top of his, what would be, his two month pregnant belly. He quickly removed that hand and brought it up to his forehead and he continued choking and breathing heavily from anxiety.

Zayn came to the conscious state when he felt this negativity and rushed to his side. He held his shoulders and bend down slightly so they were eye level.

"Listen, deep breaths. It's alright, yeah? Everything's going to be fine."

"No! No, it's not!" Louis yelled. "Zayn, I'm pregnant, for God's sake! I-I can't! I-I... we-we.... Ha-Harry-"

Louis collapsed against the wall when he suddenly felt every last bit of oxygen leave his body. His breathing became insanely quick and uneven while tears fell like Louis couldn't control and stop them.

Zayn brought him into his arms, and Louis was quick to grab onto his shoulders and weep into his neck. Zayn rubbed circles around his back and shushed him quietly.

"I-I'm scared, Zayn," Louis whispered just before hiccuping. "I'm so-o s-scared...I-I can't do th-this...what i-if I'm-"

"Don't finish that," Zayn orders silently. "Don't doubt yourself. You'll be the best parent in the world."

He hears Louis snort. "B-But what if I'm not?"

"Then I must be the most blind person in the world."

The pit of Louis' stomach felt empty. He buried his face into his shoulder and let the tears of, what seemed to be, every emotion imaginable fall from his eyes, down his cheeks, and on to Zayn's shirt.

On the other side, Zayn felt nothing but joy for the new parents. Ignoring the criminal side of him, he always saw Harry as a father figure. He was respectful, cautious, had a gentle side (especially for Louis, and he simply couldn't imagine how he would be with their own child), and had an overall protective personality.

Harry, himself, never had a good father figure in his life. Hell, his mother and father—especially him—were the reasons he turned to crime. And after knowing him for years, Zayn knew how it was a dream of his to be the best father he could possibly be.

However, he was unsure if Harry and Louis were ready to take such a big step. They had grown closer than ever since they met, but four-ish months is quite a short time for a baby. He knew they would need a lot of help.

Zayn pulled back to look into Louis' eyes that had grown very light blue from crying. He grinned and used his thumb to wipe under his eyes. "You should get some sleep."

"I'm fi-"

"No. Go to sleep. You need as much sleep as you can get," Zayn ordered as he began walking him back to bed and helped him in. "I'll go get Harry."

Just as he began walking away, Louis grabbed his hand. "Please don't tell him."

"I'd be insane if I did," Zayn reassured.

He made his way to the bathroom and hid the pregnancy test, and soon leaving Louis alone in the bedroom. A couple minutes later, Harry finally came down. When his eyes landed on Louis, he immediately lit up.

"How'd everything go?" He asked as he got closer to the bed.

Louis' heart was pounding. "U-Uh.... Alright. He said it's just a little cold."

Harry nodded and climbed in next to him, immediately bringing him closer and kissing his warm forehead. "Get some sleep."And Louis couldn't resist falling asleep now that he was in his arms.

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A/N- sorry for the short chapter! Life is hectic rn and I didn't want to leave you guys with no chapter for too long. Starting to work on the next one, so that should be up in the next week or so (hopefully!)

In honor of National Coming Out day....

Hi, my name is Kaitlyn and I'm bisexual :)