A Year of Celebration

Epilogue

An absolute shitstorm.

Their management's had been furious. Their labels hand been furious. Some fans had been furious. Harry's manager wanted to sue him. Papers, paparazzi, news stations, and fans had been camped out of their gated community for weeks. Worst of all, their family members weren't left alone either. They were sweet and supportive and told them that it was okay, but Harry and Louis hated that they had to go through all that because of them.

When Lottie announced that she was pregnant, they couldn't be happier, but they also knew that they had to get her away from all the stress their sudden revelation of their relationship put her in.

So they took matter into their own hands. They booked a private resort in Jamaica, a private jet, and brought their families on a vacation until the worst had blown over.

Everyone could finally relax as soon as they got away from all the craziness. Harry and Louis had a security team with them as well to make sure that everyone was safe and left alone a c they wouldn't stop apologising to their families.
"It's okay. We're happy that you're finally out. Things will get back to normal eventually." Harry's mum Anne said.

They really hoped it would. They had always known that them coming out would create some headlines, but they hadn't expected it to be this big of a deal. They followed everything on social media, and fans all around the world were celebrating their freedom along with cancelling parties from those who didn't support them. It was an absolute mess!

Harry's band members called to congratulate them but admitted that media didn't leave them alone, so Harry invited them to Jamaica. When he told Louis about it, he called his band as well, and then he called his friend Oli. They all agreed to come. That was when Harry finally thought about their old band members. He called Niall first.
"Congratulations!" Niall said.

"Thanks." Harry answered.

"A heads up had been nice. I haven't been able to leave my house." Niall chuckled.

"We're so sorry. If you have some free time, join us in Jamaica." Harry suggested.

"Why not?" Niall agreed.

Louis had called Liam, and he agreed to travel to Jamaica as well. Harry looked at him.
"You should call Zayn."

Louis twisted uncomfortably.
"Why can't you call him?"

"It has to be you. You know that." Harry said.

"Yeah." Louis sighed.

Harry kissed him and gave him an encouraging smile before he left the room to give Louis some privacy. He joined their families on the beach.

Louis came out an hour later.
"Zayn is flying here as well."

"You made up?" Harry asked.

"Yeah, I think so. I was a good talk." Louis smiled.

They waited two days for everyone to show up. Since they had booked a whole hotel, rooms weren't an issue.

They threw a dinner party that evening. In the middle of dessert, Louis stood up. He seemed nervous.
"Can I have everyone's attention? I know the circumstances we put you in are the reason that we're all here, but nevertheless, I'm glad to have you all in the same room. For those who don't know, Harry and I are having a baby. Me wonderful sister Lottie has agreed to be our surrogate, and she's pregnant."

Their old and new band members cheered and congratulated them. Louis held up his hand.
"I have something else to get off me chest. Harry?"

"Yeah?" Harry said.

"I love you." Louis said.

"I love you too." Harry immediately answered.

"We were so young when we met, but I already knew back then that this was it for me, even if that was a little scary to face. I mean, I was eighteen years old. You were only sixteen." Louis said.

Harry just smiled at him.

"In fact, I was so sure that I went out and bought this with me first big paycheck." Louis said and took something out of his pocket.

Harry stared at the ring, and then he teared up and looked at Louis with teary eyes.
"You bought a ring?"

"Yes, and I kept it for all these years since we agreed that we wouldn't get married until we were out. I don't really know why, to be honest. I've wanted to propose to you so many times over the years." Louis said.

"Me too." Harry said and pulled out a ring from his pocket and showed Louis it.

They looked at each other and spoke simultaneously.
"Will you marry me?"

They said yes at the same time, smiled and kissed. Their family and friends cheered.
"Finally!" Niall shouted.

Louis looked at them. Then he looked at Harry.
"We should get married now. We're all gathered. It's the perfect time and the perfect spot. What do you say?"

"Now? Like, tonight?" Harry questioned.

"We probably need some preparation. A day or two." Louis shrugged.

"Yeah, okay, let's get married." Harry smiled.

"You're killing me! How am I supposed to throw together a wedding in one day?" Niall stressed.

Louis and Harry looked confused.
"Why would that be your job?"

"Come on! I always figured you two would get hitched while we were in the band, and I always googled if fay marriage was legal in every country we went to and had wedding stuff in my suitcase just in case." Niall shrugged.

Harry and Louis looked at each other. Then they got up and walked over to Niall and hugged him.
"You're the best. Love you, mate." Louis said.

"Yeah, thank you. Love you." Harry said.

"Of course. Give me three days. Okay? We need to have a bachelor party as well. Tomorrow?" Niall suggested.

"Alright." Harry agreed, and Louis nodded his head.

Everyone else offered to help out, and Niall agreed. He suddenly had a notebook and a pen and was writing stuff. They decided to leave him to it.

The bachelor party was a nice dinner and alcohol. Niall offered to be their stripper but they politely declined.

Two days later they were getting ready for a wedding. Niall had thought of everything and had made everyone go the extra mile to make it a dream wedding.

Liam and Zayn had built a wedding arch and covered it with flowers. It was placed on the beach. Niall had placed lanterns as a pathway from the hotel to the beach, and he had even found wedding suits for them both. Harry's mum was their wedding initiater. Lottie's son Lucky was the ring carrier, and Phoebe's daughter Olive was the flower girl. She had just started walking, so Phoebe helped her, and everyone smiled at them.

It was the perfect wedding, and both Harry and Louis were emotional when they said their I do's.

They ended up posting a wedding picture online after running it by their managements first, publically adressing their relationship once.

Everyone stayed in Jamaica for another two weeks. In that time, Harry, Louis, Zayn, Liam, and Niall ended up writing and recording a song together. Harry and Louis finished their solo albums as well.

Eight months later, they welcomed a baby girl to the world. They posted a picture of the baby's foot and let everyone know that they were taking some time off to focus on their family. Since Lottie had posted a lot about her pregnancy without saying that it was her baby, fans put two and two together and celebrated once more.

So much had happened in two years. Harry had been overworked and depressed when they began their year of celebration, discovering all the beauty in the world that led them to this moment, happily married, out, and a baby.

The End