War Front Letters (Lilo Mpreg AU) -Watty Award Winner-

Chapter Five

(Louis has just gone four months pregnant. He is now showing a round bump)

(Letter Five,
Four Months Pregnant)

Louis was laying on his bed, listening to the muffled cries from Niall. 
You see, earlier that morning Niall got Harry back, and he hadn't stopped crying since. Harry had talked Niall into taking him to Louis' house to see the bump that was slowly forming. Unfortunately for Louis, Harry was the last person he wanted to see.

As soon as Louis saw Harry come inside he went upstairs and spent an hour crying over it, just the thought of Harry returning without Liam - and he knew it wasn't Harry's fault, but he was pretty sure he wouldn't be able to look at Harry the same again.

Zayn slowly wandered upstairs and popped his head around the door frame to find Louis chewing on Liam's hoodie sleeves that were way too large, meaning he was unable to see his fingers. He could see Louis' puffy eyes and red cheeks, and he knew he had been crying. He slowly plopped down beside Louis and pulled the sleeves away from his mouth, shifting Louis' feathery fringe out of his eyes before pulling him into a hug, which only caused Louis to cry some more.

"You don't need to cry Lou, Liam will be home before you know it" Zayn assured, running his fingers through the older males hair gently and pulling Louis' firm grip away from his belly; he didn't need to press that hard.

"It isn't fair Zayn, why does Niall get Harry back? I want Liam back so he can cherish the start of our little family with me; Niall isn’t pregnant, is he?” Louis asked, tears staining his cheeks.

"Louis, that's not very nice. Niall missed Harry just as much as you miss Liam, pregnant or not, it makes no difference. And Liam will come home, you gotta have faith in him Boo." Zayn sighed, sitting Louis up slightly and removing his laptop, placing it on the bedside table to prevent it from being broken.

"I just want Liam back, make him come back Zayn, please" Louis sniffled, clinging on to Zayn a little bit tighter. Zayn sighed and they both sat in silence for a little while before Zayn sat up, using his sleeve to wipe Louis' eyes.

"I found something when I was looking through my garage" Zayn smiled, making sure Louis was all cozy and warm before he stood up and stuck the video in the player.

"What is this?" Louis asked, furrowing his eyebrows as Zayn sat on the edge of the bed and hit play. It was one long video of lots of different videos of Louis and Liam, Zayn made it for them the year they got married and must have forgotten about it afterwards.

Louis didn't know how to react; he felt as if it was all a fantasy and he was just another fanboy, living in a life where Liam was just another person he wanted to be with. He didn't believe in hope anymore, he was almost certain Liam wasn't going to come home.

There was so many videos where Louis was screaming and pulling faces, some even where he was dancing, but he wasn't that anymore. He was the complete opposite, like he had taken up Liam's role of being sensible. He missed Liam, nobody understood how sad and unhappy Louis was, even when he felt his baby move he always thought about how Liam was missing out on all the beautiful moments in life, he wasn't there when Louis felt the first movement and started crying and giggling, Zayn was there to be the first one to know, not Liam.

He started playing with his wedding band, twirling the gold ring around his finger as he watched the videos roll through. He felt a light at the end of the tunnel when he saw Liam's face pop up on the screen, the many videos of him complaining about having to be the one to wake Louis up, or how clingy Louis got when he was sick, but it wasn't like that anymore and he wished he was pregnant whilst Liam was there, there to be the proud father to tell everybody.