A royal pain in the ass

Chapter 17 'Did I shock you?'

Chapter 17 'Did I shock you?'

I'm resting my head against Harry's shoulder when there is suddenly a small bump in my belly. A shriek escapes my lips and I pull out of Harry's embrace. 'What is it-' Harry starts, but I immediately hush at him. I put my hands on my belly and close my eyes to focus.

There! There is it again! A small bump coming from inside my belly. The baby is moving! I shriek again and feel Harry's curious eyes on me. I start to grin and grab his hands. 'Trust me?,' and I put his hands on my belly as he looks amused.

It's silent for a moment as he's focussing on feeling something and suddenly his eyes lit up as well. 'What is that?' He exclaims with delight. 'I think- I think it's the baby, it's moving!' I exclaim, with an enormous grin plastered to my face. Harry concentrates again and after a moment he looks at me again surprised.

'Sofia this is amazing! Congratz!' He exclaims. We're both grinning like idiots. This is probably one of the best moment of my life. All of a sudden Harry slowly puts his head on my belly while he keeps looking at me. After a while he shrieks a little. 'It's moving! This is so cool!' He exclaims in happiness, 'Wait, do you know whether it's going to be a boy or a girl?'. I close my eyes for a brief moment before answering him.

'A girl,' I cheer. His eyes grow big as he pulls me in a hug. 'Sofia, that's amazing!' I hug him back, grinning like an idiot. For the first time since my pregnancy, I've been really happy. I don't know what to say, I'm just too happy at the moment.

Harry pulls out of the hug and suddenly his face falters a little. I frown. 'What is it?'. He looks up to me and smiles again, but the smile never reaches his eyes. I pull his head up with my finger and look at him questionably. He smiles a little again and sighs. 'I  know this sounds extremely selfish, but sometimes I just whish it was mine,' He whispers.

I wideopen my eyes. But it is yours. Shit, I forget about my secret too easily when I'm with Harry. Actually I forget about everything else in this world when I'm with him. This is not good! I have to focus, otherwise everything will fall apart. He can't even be a dad, he's in a world famous band!

I quickly stand up, as far as it goes quickly with my belly, and dust myself. Harry looks bewildered at me from the ground but I ignore his look and walk away. I really have to create some distance. This is not going according to the plan.

I know he's close behind me, but I ignore him and walk firmly through the sand. The amazing moment just a minute ago seems completely forgotten. I walk into the village, heading straight home.

'Sofia, wait, what's wrong?' Harry shouts from behind me. I ignore him and walk on. Suddenly he pulls me back at my arm and I'm facing him. There's worry all over his face and I instantly feel guilty. 'Why are you running away from me?' He whispers now as he stares into my eyes. I look at my hands as I fumble with my vingers.

'Did I shock you?' He whispers now. I look up and meet his gaze. I slowly nod yes as my cheeks turn pink. Guilt is clearly seeable in his eyes now. I sigh. 'Come, let's not ruin our good moods,' I say as I smile a little at him. He looks at me for another moment and finally gives in. 'You're right, come let's tell the boys the great news!' He says as he copies my smile.

We both walk back to the house, chattering a little about how to tell the boys. 'We're home!' Harry shouts into the house as we walk in. We find Liam in the dining room on his laptop and Niall watching tv in the living room. The rest of the boys are all scattered around the house.

'Guys we have to tell you something,' Harry shouts into the house as we stand in the living room. Niall looks up at us with a confused look. He pinches his eyes and looks suspiciously from Harry to me. Within a minute are the rest of the boys in the living room, except for Liam who is still on his laptop.

'Liam! Now!' Harry shouts, clearly annoyed at him. 'Yeah yeah, relax man,' Liam mutters as he walks into the livingroom as well. Everyone is eyeing us suspiciously and I feel all of a sudden very uncomfortable. Harry gently pushes me onto the couch and looks with a proud gaze at the rest of the boys.

'Okay one at a time, Niall you first,' He demands. He ushers Niall to me and gently puts his hands on my belly. Niall looks utterly confused and I give him a reassuring smile. After a moment Niall suddenly shrieks. 'What is that?!' He exclaims. Suddenly the rest hurries towards me and everyone is trying to put their hands on my belly, much to Harry's annoyance.

'Guys easy!,' He exclaims but no-one pays attention to him. After a little pushing everyone has found a spot on my belly and there are 4 pairs of hands waiting for a small kick. I giggle at the crazy situation and soon all the boys shriek and/ or look at me with big eyes. Everyone starts to talk at once and it's one big chaos. 'Congratz Sofia!' Zayn exclaims as he looks at me with pride. A beaming smile forms on my lips.

Everyone is all so sweet, I have never seen all the boys like this! I feel all of a sudden very emotional and tears start to form in my eyes. Why? It doesn't take long before a tear falls down my cheek. It's becomes very silent as everyone watches me with confusion. My cheeks redden a little. 'Stupid hormones,' I mumble as I fiddle with my fingers again.

Everyone exclaims an 'ahh' and suddenly they all pull me in a big group hug. We all start to laugh as it's really uncomfortable since I'm still sitting on the sofa, and also because it's really a moment of joy.

'Time to celebraaate' Louis exclaims with an extra low voice. The rest start to cheer and I smile at them. These boys are really growing on me.

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'And for me the beef please,' Liam says to the waitress. We're seeted at some chic restaurant in the city centre. It's actually close to the cafe I had been sitting in. The boys insisted on paying for me, and after a fierce discussion they won.

I notice that Harry, who is sitting in front of me again, is having a mental fight with Louis, who is on my right. I look confused from one to the other, and try to understand what they're arguing about. Niall softly nudges me from my left side and tells me a silly joke about food, clearly to distract me. Suddenly he's in the fight as well. Everyone clearly knows what's going on except for me.

'Guys! What is it?' I exclaim. I catch Harry's gaze and pout playfully at him. His eyes soften and he coughs a little. 'We bought a gift for you today,' He stammers as he looks at the table nervously. I start to grin. 'But why?' I ask as I look around the table.

I'm interrupted as the waitress comes to bring our food. When she's finally done I look around the table again, still expecting an answer. 'Consider it a peace offer,' Zayn simply states. A peace offer huh? I like that. They must have felt the tensions the past couple of days.

'But I didn't buy something for you guys!' I whine as I pull a sour face. 'But we're not pregnant?' Niall asks confused. Everyone looks at him, as he's clearly not getting it. Poor Niall, he's always been a bit slow. Harry softly shakes his head at Niall and suddenly pulls something from under the table.

I grin widely as he hands it to me. He copies my smile and watches me intently as I open it. It's a soft package, what could it be? All eyes are on me now, as I slowly unwrap the present. In it is a sleeveless grey baby romper with the text "I just spent 9 months in the batcave".

I start to laugh at the text. 'BATCAVE!' Louis exclaims and we all start to laugh. 'Turn around' Harry says as he watches me carefully. I turn the cloth around and on the back are the names of the boys spelled in a childish way.

Hazza, Loulou, Nini, Zaynie and Lium. I start to giggle again. How sweet is this! 'Thank you!' I exclaim, 'Come here,' I mumble as I pull Niall's head to me with my indexfinger and give him a soft kiss on the cheek. Then I turn around and kiss Louis on the cheek as well.

I carefully bend over the table to Liam, who sits opposite of Niall, and kiss him on the cheek as well. Then there's Harry, who gives me a small smile, and Zayn on the other side of the table.

'And now eat, before the food gets cold,' I say and we all attack. Everyone is famished as no-one had a proper meal today. Except for Niall, but he's always hungry anyways.