moving on ☆ (sequel to msbfbf)

chapter 19

hey guys it's me. 

 im actually having wayyy too much fun writing this story! maybe i'll keep it going for a bit. (no threequel though, threequels are always the worse) SO i noticed that not a lot of people are reading this book. i don't blame you since its been going on for 3 years. BUT if you know anyone thats read MSBFBF but not Moving On, let them know about it! thats all. don't forget to vommet 

(wow i haven't said thAT for three years) 

Ellie's POV 

The whole thing happened so incredibly slowly. The more eager I was to get the results, the farther they seemed to be. For a while I thought it was just me that felt this way. Perhaps I felt as though many hours have passed but its only been a couple minutes. But I was wrong. 

"Miss Calder, you've been waiting for three hours, get something to eat." said Doctor Khan. I shook my head anxiously 

"It's okay, the results will only take another twenty minutes." I smiled. 

She nodded disapprovingly and left the room. I didn't even have the patience to wait all the way in the waiting room. Because then the doctors would have to walk all the way there and then bring me to go see my results; ultimately, it's more efficient time management to not sit there. 

So thats how I found myself as close to the lab I could be without being authorized personnel. I blew around a dust bunny I found on the floor, I was so bored. 

No longer inside of the ultrasound room, I could've turned on my phone; stalked the things the media was saying about me. But I decided to keep it off. Right now, I'm focusing on me. Me and the maybe baby. 

Harry's POV 

Management were far from happy when I told them I was flying back to London tonight. I think the anger went beyond that though. I'm the baby face of the group. They're like my parents when I was in the ninth grade; they don't want me to grow up. To have a family. I don't intentionally piss management off but nothing in the world was keeping me from my Ellie. 

I went straight to Rome's national airport and got the fastest flight to London. I didn't have time for first class or to wait for my priority jet to arrive. My seat ended up being at the back of a small dated airplane beside people who didn't know who I was. 

For the first time in a very long time I felt normal. And I enjoyed it. Maybe I can live this life with Ellie once the baby is born. Gosh we can be normal. We can be average. I smiled just imagining it. 

"What are you smiling about young man." Joked the old man beside me. He spoke was from Ireland, his voice reminded me of Niall's dad. 

"Just found out my lady is expecting." Saying it out loud for the first time made it real and made it even crazier. 

He smiled patting my back and toasted with his airline complimentary apple juice. "To your lady-" 

"Ellie" I said 

"To Ellie and you and your new bundle of joy." we clinked our plastic cup and downed our juice. 

"You know I remember my first one. I have three" he laughed. "She wasn't planned and I was sixteen. I thought I would mess up my life ya know. I didn't even finish secondary school yet. Aye? I planned on leaving her and her mother. Not ready to be tied down yet." 

"But then I held her and all that went away. Suddenly I didn't want to leave her. Not even for a second. Children are a blessing. One that I didn't deserve. You think they're gonna mess up your life but they're what makes it worth living." 

I felt the tears welling in my eyes. He laughed and patted my back one more time. 

 THREE HOURS LATER 

I disconnected the line from Eleanor and found myself outside of an unlabeled door. It matched her description. 

I buzzed in. 

"It's Harry, Styles" 

The door unlocked. 

Walking up the stairs left me breathless and my heart was beating fast. I'm not sure if it was out of tiredness or nervousness though. As soon as I walked in I saw Eleanor in what appeared to be a waiting room. No sign of Ellie. 

I hugged her. "How is she?" I asked mid hug" 

"I don't know shes been in there for three hours now." 

Three hours? I'm sure they don't take that long. Before Ellie I've had many pregnancy scares. Like 5. And the longest wait was  2 hours. They didn't have any of this fancy technology either. What was happening. 

Eleanor looked up. I saw the genuine worry in her eyes. "You don't think she you know--" 

I cut her off immediately. "No she wouldn't do that without consulting me." 

We looked at each other, not saying anything and sat down. Nobody knew what I was feeling right now. But Eleanor was the closest to knowing. 

It was another fifteen minutes when we heard footsteps down the hallway. We looked up. Ellie. It was her. She was walking down the hallway with papers in her hands. 

I smiled and ran to her. She looked at me. She looked cold. 

I hugged her and she was just standing there."Harry!" she said taken aback. 

She wasn't smiling. 

"I heard the news online and---" 

She looked at me. Then looked down. Then at her papers. 

"The results are negative Harry." 

She walked away, throwing the papers in the trash.