Color Outside The Lines (l.s)

Chapter Fifteen

"Louis Tomlinson! Why the hell did I have to figure out you baby, my grandchild was born from Anne and not you!" Jay yells over the phone and Louis winces

"Well mum, i hadn't really though of it" he says, not entirely lying, his wide eyes locking with harry's eyes, that were also wide, but he was also trying to hold back a little laugh. 

"Well my baby wasn't doing so well, i didn't really spare the through, i was too worried" He says and his mum sighs 

"Well, alright, now whats my grandbabys name, that part i didm't get yet" she says 

"Ellory. Ellory Grace Tomlinson" He says the pride clear in his voice 

"Wow Lou, that's a beautiful name, when can i meet her?" Jay says 

"Well she has a grade one brain bleed, and they're observing her and we're barely allowed to see her yet, but i can send you pictures, she's full of tubes and wires, but mum she has harry's hair and these's gorgeous blue eyes." He says and jay chuckles 

"She sounds lovely Lou, ill be waiting on the pictures!" she says and louis chuckles back 

"Yeah, ill send them now mum, love you" he says 

"Love you too boo" she says and then hangs up and louis heart begins to beat again 

"You forgot to tell your Mum about the baby?" Harry asks before bursting out laughing as louis rushes to send the pictures from his cell phone. 

"Im not sure how i managed that" Louis says shaking his head and laughing along with harry. 

They get out of the tub and get dresses, they decide to head out into the back garden to sit in the warm July sun for a bit. Harry grabs a book and louis grabs his phone, and they head outside, louis sitting in the hammock hanging from the eve over the bridge and harry climbs into his lap, the buzz of the warm summer day resonating all around them as harry opens his book. Louis begins play games quietly on his phone and thats how they spend the evening. 

In fact, thats how they spend most evening for the next few weeks, and thats the position they're in when they get the call 

Louis' phone rings in his hand, taking him out of angry birds and into a world of panic. He picks the phone up and speaks into it worriedly 

"H-hello?" he asks and harry looks up at him, closing his books with a fearful expression on his face 

"Hi, Louis Im calling about Ellory, you might want to come down and see this for yourse-" Louis hangs up the phone before she gets the chance to finish. Harrys out of his lap before he even needs to ask, they both scramble into the house and out the front door, grabbing the truck keys on the way. Both of them are still in their pyjamas, harry's hair is in a bun, and both of them not ready to go out of the house but needing to get to the hospital as fast as they could. 

They held hands all the way to the hospital, harry's foot tapping nervously on the floorboard, tears streaming down his face, louis driving like a madman all the way to the hospital and when they get there they run inside, and all the way up to the NICU as fast as they can go, taking the stairs instead of the elevator so they would get there faster and when they do, harry can't believe what he sees, both of them stop dead in their tracks as they look at the sight before them. 

Dr. Karev is holding Ellory in his arms, no tubes no wires, her little arms and legs are waving around and she's gurgling cute little baby noises. Harry rushes forwards and picks his daughter up, holding her to his chest and just sobbing gratefully, louis wrapping his arms around the both of them, sobbing as well and they just stand there, letting their joy be known to the whole NICU. 

Then little Ellory reaches up and takes a handful of harry's hair gently and pulls him closer gurgling and cooing softly as she does. 

She has grown so much in the past month, she started out at 12 ounces, and now she's a whole 4 pounds 3 ounces and harry couldn't be prouder. 

"I have some good news for you" Dr. Karev says "When she reaches 6 pounds you can take her home with you" he says and harry smiles brightly 

"Seriously?" He asks and he nods. When he does harry can't hold back, he balances his daughter in one arm and throws the other one around Dr. Karev who grunts and awkwardly hugs harry back, careful of the baby between them. 

Harry pulls back and lifts his baby up, holding her neck gently "Your coming home soon!" He says and she blinks at him with her little tongue out. He chuckles at her kissing her little cheek before cradling her in his arms again. 

"Papa's girl..." he whispers to her and louis chuckles, reaching out to take her from harry who hands her over 

"No i think she's gonna be daddy's girl" he says and harry laughs as louis hold the baby in his arms, 

"So we should have her home with us within a couple of weeks?" Harry asks and the doctor nods

Harry and Louis decide to invite the family over the next night for a celebration dinner. They call everyone up and invite them over and when everyone agrees they begin to prepare. The next morning, they get up and begin with shopping. They go to the store, and harry once again climbs into the cart. Louis chuckles at him and begins to push him around, gathering all the supplies they need for the dinner harry's preparing to make that night, a bunch of herbs, boneless pork chops, butter, olive oil, seedless raspberry jam, white wine vinegar and everything else. 

They get home and by the time the first knock sounds on the door harry has the meal nearly ready. Gemma comes first, followed by Jay and louis siblings, then finally Anne. They all sit down at the table with their Pork chops with raspberry sauce, mashed potatoes and julienned steamed carrots. 

"So she's coming home when?" Louis mum asks and harry nods 

"Yeah, she needs to be 6 pounds and right now she's 4" he says proudly and he sips his water, because now he was suppling breast milk for his baby and he couldn't drink the champagne everyone else was drinking. 

"Well thats good" Jay says 

"and we can meet her then?" Lottie asks 

"Yeah, when she comes home you guys can meet her, theres just too many of you to visit her in the hospital" Louis supplies and sounds of agreement come from around the table. 

"Do you have any pictures lou?" Felicity asks and harry nods, handing over his phone, which was in the album of all the pictures he's taken of Ellory. 

"Harry....." Anne asks slowly as harry reaches for his water "Whats that on your finger..." she asks and he lifts it up, looking at his ring. Then he registers his and louis mistake, he had forgotten to tell his mum about the engagement as well. 

"This one i told my mum" Louis says and harry blushes, extending his hand to his mother and sister, who gasp, Gemma grabbing his hand and bringing it to her face. 

"You two got engaged and didnt tell us?" she asks bewildered

"It happened the day before Ellory was born..." harry says "and louis forgot to tell his mom when we went on vacation and when her granddaughter was born" harry says trying to cover for his mistake making louis laugh 

"Real mature haz" he laughs "throw me under the bus" he shakes his head before taking another bite of his pork chop 

"This is delicious harry" he adds and Jay nods

"Its amazing" she hums and harry smiles 

"Mum taught me everything i know" He said she laughs  

"Oh harry, your much better then me, i just started the ball rolling" she says and harry rolls his eyes 

"Oh your being modest" she says and he shrugs 

"Either way" and the conversation goes from there, everything from the baby to the engagement to what they were doing next weekend. 

And when everyone went home it was with full stomachs and love filled hearts.