There is a very special message at the end of this chapter that I ask you to please read :) thank you all so much!
Zayn walked into the loo, at first not not noticing what was in the trash bin.
He quickly used it, going to wash his hands. However, he looked down at the trash. What he saw startled him.
Pregnancy tests. The entire bin was filled rim-to-rim with pregnancy tests. He picked one out, looking at it. It was positive.
"What the..." He said to himself. "Babe?!"
"In the bedroom, Zayn," Niall said from the bedroom. Zayn walked out with the test still in his hand. "Is something wrong?"
"Is this yours?" Zayn asked, holding up the test.
Niall's eyes widened, noticing what was in his husband's hand. "N-no. It's not."
"Who's is it then?"
"A-friend's. She was over here earlier and had to take some tests," Niall said.
"Ni, are you lying to me?" Zayn asked, taking a seat next to Niall.
"No! They're not mine!" Niall said.
"Babe, if you're scared that I'm not going to love the fuck out of you if you're pregnant, you're wrong. I'll always love you more than anything. Please tell me the truth."
Niall put his face in his hands. "Yes they're mine. I'm sorry, Z."
"Hon, don't be sorry. I still love you so much." Niall sat up, shoving his face into Zayn's shoulder.
When Niall gathered himself again, he was able to say, "I'm not going to keep it."
"What? Why not?" Zayn asked, astonished.
"Because my body isn't ready yet. It needs more time to prepare for a baby."
"Love, I know you don't want to carry a baby at the moment, but you should. Your love will grown unconditional for this baby and you won't regret keeping it. Please, Niall."
"I don't think so. Something bad will happen."
"No it won't. I won't let anything happen to you or the baby. Please just go through with it."
"Fine but if anything happens, I'm blaming you."
"I'm okay with that."
*~5 months later~*
"Hey, Zayn, can we talk?" Niall asked, coming out of the loo and under the blanket with Zayn.
"Of course, honey." Zayn slung an arm across Niall's torso. "Is everything okay?"
"Everything's fine. Can we have the baby at home?"
Zayn became alert. "I don't think we should, Niall."
"Why? I want to be a calm environment where I can do anything I want and need to."
"I know, but with all of the complications we've been having with the baby, home birth just isn't going to work."
"But, Zayn," Niall whined. "Please? I want to be comfortable. Not in an unsanitary place where they take the child from you and do a bunch of scary shit like that. I want to be at home."
"I know, Niall. But we can't. If we want the baby to be okay, we need to be in the hospital," Zayn said. "And think of all the bad things that can happen to the baby and we didn't have the proper care provided."
"Like what?"
"Like if the baby can't breathe. And we're like twenty minutes from the hospital. That would be awful."
