Letters To Harry

32 - Gift Of A Friend

Zayn's POV

Perrie was lying across my chest, fast asleep, or I would have answered the phone the fourth time it rang. I knew it was probably one of the boys, but she hadn't slept at all last night and she had to wake up in twenty minutes to get ready for the signing. On the other hand, I could let her sleep a bit longer then drive her down and bring some stuff with me for her to get ready there...yeah, that was my plan right there.

I gently moved her head to rest on my shoulder so that her hair didn't smother me. She'd re-dyed it blonde a few months ago, but I was pretty sure that was mostly because she didn't want her baby's mom to have purple hair. It was sweet how much she looked forward to the little girl arriving and all the plans she wanted us to make. We'd decided also that we didn't want a big wedding, not as big as Niall and Emeline's at least. I wanted to make it as special as possible either way, though. Liam had teased me about this, calling me a 'sappy romantic' which I'd made fun of Harry for ages with. 

"Zayn..."

I kissed my fiance's forehead tenderly and she smiled sleepily.

"When do we have to leave?"

"Since you're up, we can get some breakfast then head down." I shifted so we were in a sort-of-sitting position amid the many blankets Perrie insisted on having in bed at all times. She yawned.

"Kay. You wanna bring me breakfast in bed?"

I laughed softly.

"Hey babe, why don't I bring you breakfast in bed?"

"That's a good boy." She teased, kissing my neck. I hugged her tightly for a moment before placing her back on the mattress carefully and grabbing a teeshirt and sweats. There was very little food in our kitchen, I knew that already, but enough for some toast and cereal.

Four minutes later, I had a tray loaded with peanut butter on toast, Lucky Charms and two mugs of hot chocolate. Since neither of us had a taste for coffee and we were out of tea, this would be the morning's hot drink. I added a couple of tiny marshmallows to Perrie's mug and placed two yellow flowers from the vase in the hallway on the tray. When I got back to our room, she was sitting curled up against the wall by the bathroom. I dropped the tray onto a chair and ran over to her.

"Perrie! What happened baby?"

"I-I don't know! I just felt...so awful...and...Zayn I can't feel my legs. Please help me..."

Her voice cracked over the words and I felt tears streaming down my cheeks. I scooped her up in my arms, supporting the middle of her back so she wasn't weighed down by the bump. She whimpered and held her stomach in both hands.

"It's okay honey." I kissed every spot on her face with as much love as I could show. "I'm going to take you to the hospital, okay? Perrie, I love you so, so much. You're going to be fine, love. Everything is going to be alright."

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Leigh-Ann's POV

"Jaaade! You evil monkey!"

I shook my head at Jade and Jesy, who had decided it was a good idea to throw glitter all over the table where we would be doing the signing in a few minutes. At some point, they'd started throwing it at eachother. I would usually have joined in, but I was too worried about the fourth member of Little Mix, the one who would usually be getting into the middle of all this. Perrie was supposed to be here an hour ago, but she hadn't called or texted or anything.

♫ I want I want I want but that's crazy ♫

I knew it was Zayn calling. Perrie had set this as his ringtone because it was my favourite One Direction song...I thought it was odd to have his voice coming out whenever he called but whatever. A pregnant girl's wishes were my command.