Chapter 5

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"I'm surprised," Louis says when I walk out of  the kitchen, a blueberry muffin in hand. I raise my eyebrows in question, peeling off a bite and putting it in my mouth. "This is the longest craving you've had so far. What, about two weeks now?" 

"Almost," I nod, leaning back against the wall. 

"I can't believe you're already almost four months along." Zayn speaks up, everyone nodding along in agreement. 

"I can't believe we get to find out tomorrow if we're having a little boy or a little girl." Liam says. I bite my lip, while everyone else murmurs their agreements. Liam notices my lack of speech, asking, "What's wrong, H?" 

"Nothing. I was just thinking." I shrug, taking another bit of muffin. 

"About?" Niall presses, standing up from the couch and walking over to me, wrapping his arm around my shoulder and leaning against the wall beside me. 

"About... not finding out tomorrow." 

Zayn's eyebrows knit together. "What do you mean, darling?" 

"About, like, keeping the gender a surprise until the baby is born." I elaborate. I go to pick off another bite of muffin, but wrinkle my nose, no longer hungry. 

All four of my Alphas look at each other for a moment. Then Liam speaks. "We can do that, if that's what you want." 

My head shoots up, looking at all of them in shock. "Really?" 

They all smile softly, nodding their heads. "'Course, lovely." Louis says. 

"What made you start thinking about keeping the gender of the baby a secret, if you don't mind me asking?" Liam asks, running a hand through his hair. 

I shrug my shoulders. "I don't know. Guess I just figured that's when we'll find out which one of you guys are the dad, it'd be cool to find out the gender then too." 

Everyone nods, showing they understand my reasoning. "What are you hoping for?" Zayn asks. "I want a boy." 

"I've always wanted one of each, but I'm hoping for a boy first." I answer. I hold the muffin out for Niall. "You want this? I lost my appetite." Niall takes it from me, kissing me on the forehead, before moving the wrapping paper around and beginning to devour the muffin. 

"I want a little girl." Liam says. 

"Boy." Louis nods his head. Everyone turns to look at Niall then, who looks up from the muffin like a deer caught in headlights. "What?" He asks, crumbs all over his mouth. 

I wrinkle my nose in disgust, looking at the crumbs all over his shirt. "How the hell do you always manage to make such a mess with everything you eat?" 

"I didn't make a mess with you," He replies, winking. I groan, facepalming. 

"Dude, that's not a good thing." Zayn sighs, shaking his head. "The object of doing that is to make him a mess." 

"Wait, I didn't mean it like that." Niall pouts. "I did make him a mess. Didn't I, Harry?" 

"How did we go from talking about food to talking about sex?" I let out my own sigh, shaking my head. 

"Because-" 

"Niall! The question was, do you want a boy or a girl?" Liam interrupts, clapping his hands together once. 

"Oh, boy." Niall answers.

"I'm the only one who want a girl? Really?" Liam asks, pouting.

I shrug. "Apparently so." 


Heading up to bed that night, halfway up the stairs, I pause, gasping, my hand flying to my stomach.

"What's wrong, love?" All four of my Alphas say in sync, rushing over to me.

"I think the baby just kicked." I say, staring wide-eyed at the spot I felt the movement.

"Can I-?" Liam asks, gesturing towards my stomach. I nod, moving my hand. Liam places his hand where mine was, holding it there for a moment. I feel the movement again and gasp, but Liam only frowns. " I still didn't feel it."

"It must not be very strong kicks yet. Mum always said she could feel the baby kick for a while before anyone else could." Louis explains, although he has a frown on his face as well.

"I'm sorry." I frown, looking at my Alphas sadly.

Zayn chuckles, leaning over and giving me a gentle kiss. "It's fine, love. Both of our babies are safe and healthy and that's all that we could ask for. Besides we should be able to feel the kicks soon." The other three nod in agreement, smiling softly.

"Okay," Louis claps. "It's my turn to sleep with him tonight." Ignoring the groans of protest, Louis picks me up bridal style and takes me to the room I've started sleeping in, a different one of my Alphas sleeping in it with me each night. See, I started getting too hot at night surrounded by all four of my Alphas and I wasn't being able to sleep, so Liam came up with the idea of me in another room and switching out each night. First was Liam, then Zayn, then Niall, then Louis.

Both of us strip down to our boxers and climb into bed, my back against his chest, with his arms around my waist, placed on my stomach.

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Okay so for a boy:

-Brayden

-Theodor

-Oliver

-Elijah

-Jaxon

And for a girl:

-Amira

-Cassie

-Madelyn

-Mia

-Poppy

-Megan

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