Chapter 20 • I Promise

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"I have a serious subject matter." I say to Harry as he dribbles a ball on the backyard court.
"What's that?" Sweat drops off his forehead onto the pavement.
"Dusty." He beamed.
"I love Dusty." I opened my mouth to speak but he cut me off. "You're right! Let's get another cat!"
"No." I say.
"First of all I'm already allergic to cats-"
"Awe but you love him!"
"No Harry, I'm not a fan of scratches on me hands and hair in my food!"
"But he's cuddly."
"To you! You wants to slice me open! You know he brought me a dead mouse yesterday."
"He's just showing his love."
"No Harry, I don't think he is." I hand his his water bottle and he scarfs the bottle.
"One on one?" Niall walks outside. I immediately cover my stomach with a towel. I had been tanning. Steph an I have a competition to see who gets caught first.
"Sure." He passes the ball to him.
"I don't want to be in your way, you know, later." He got what I was saying.
"Why?" I huffed and looked at Niall.
"Screw your competition."
"No! I'm gonna win!" I got up to leave. "We're not done talking about this!"

I started to pack for tour. Harry didn't want me going. He said it would be better if Steph and I stayed home. But buddy, you don't mess with the pregnant women. The tour is 5 months long. I'll be in the third trimester when it's over. My due date is February 19th. I'm hoping that I can push it to the 20th. That would be a very special birthday. Steph's is the 16th. We're so close. Our little monkeys are gonna grow up together.

Zayn invited us over to see his new place. It's finally finished and his roommates are moved in. But first I need to talk to Harry about Dusty.
"Harry, can we finish our conversation?" He picks up Dusty.

"No

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"No." He starts to walk away.
"Harry!"
"Dusty is my best friend."
"I'm right here!" Louis, Liam, Niall, and I all say at the same time.
"Hey." Steph randomly says as she looks up from her wedding notebook held everything down to the count of diamonds on her shoes up the the exact time she wants cocktail hour to be concluded at.
"Ok I'm going to tell you something and I don't want you to be mad." Harry says.
"What did you do?"
"Don't be mad alright? Promise."
"Ok. What is it?"
"I got another cat."
"Harry Edward!" I yelled.
"Hey! He said don't be mad." Liam says. Harry stretched his arm out to Liam. Besides I couldn't speak so started to back away.
"You know she has the power, yet you still do it." Steph says.
"Her name is Olivia!" Harry says. My aggression seceded. My eyes started to water.
"That's adorable, but I don't want her." Harry hadn't experienced me with my hormones like this and neither had I.
"Why are you crying?" He pulled me into his arms and pressed my head to his chest.
"I don't don't know but I don't want another damn cat!"
"I didn't get another cat." He chuckled and kissed the top of my head leaving an imprint of love with it.

"What color?" Steph asked Louis. I'm pretty sure Steph hasn't gotten any rest since the engagement. She's been up til 4 every night packing and planning.
"We've done a lot today." He replied. "Just take a break Steph." I laid in the couch in between Harry's legs. His head fell on mine.
"He out?" I ask.
"Yeah." Louis nodded. With tour coming up its been exhausting. I can't imagine how tour is going to be with being pregnant and Steph joining us. Louis picked through Steph's hair.
"Stop it."
"I'm a monkey cleaning your hair."
"What the fuck, stop." She swatted his hands away. He put his hands down.
"I can't wait to spend every night in a tour bed with a five month pregnant women."
"Hey!" He smiled.
"Me either." I rolled my eyes at Harry.

As I got ready for bed Harry sat down and pulled his shirt off revealing his tattoos.
"Come here." He said softly. I washed my mouth from toothpaste. I walked over to him and he placed me on his lap. Then he did what I never had expected but always hopped would happen. "I want you to have this and I don't want no buts about it. You are the love of my life, MJ and when we are ready we'll take that jump. But you need to understand that I'm not gonna stop dreaming about that day. Even after I'm gonna dream because that's what you do Mara, you make me dream. This little peanut of human life growing inside is only bringing us closer. With this ring I promise to wait. I'm done pushing Mara. I'm ready to wait. You are my Amore Mio and I wouldn't have it any other way."

Man that was
DEEP

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