Not So Much Love

Babies and Stuff

Date: April, 6th, 2016

Their tour had finished, and Zayn stayed at Alex's flat since they got back.

"I just really, really want canned peaches," Alex looked at Zayn. "Is it too much to ask for?" Zayn rolled his eye playfully, and got up to get Alex her canned peaches. "Oh!" Alex shouted, remembering something she had to tell Zayn. "I know we aren't Christian or anything, but Paola told me a long time ago she wanted to be a Godparent, so I said she could be our child's Godmother... I mean, it's more of an honour than religious thing anymore, so..." She kind of caught herself rambling. "I also think Paola and Harry should date!" She said, fondly. "But speaking of Harry, I feel like we should tell the guys at a dinner, because I was very rude to them in pass, and now I'm having a child, so I feel like it's appropriate. They can certainly bring their girlfriends if they want. I was thinking maybe next Saturday?" Zayn smiled, and brought Alex back an open can of peaches with a fork in it. He handed her the can, and sat back next to her, pulling her close to him.

"Paola may be the Godmother, I don't know about them dating, due to the fact they never met, and I think it's nice of you to invite them to dinner, I can ring them up now, if you want."

"Yeah, sure, sounds great." She smiled, jabbing a peach slice with her fork and took a bite out of it. Zayn pulled his mobile from his pocket, unlocked it, and dialed Liam first. He answered right on the second ring.

"Hey, Zayn, what's going on?" He chirped.

"Ehh, Liam! It's good, so Alex felt she wasn't very nice with all of you before, so she's inviting you guys to dinner at her's next Saturday, she said you can bring Sophia if you want." Zayn explained to his friend.

"That's nice of her, sure I'll see if Sophia is free, and we'll come."

"Alright, cool. See ya then, bye."

"Bye."

"Okay, Liam said he'll come, and Sophia too, if she's free." Zayn nodded at Alex. He next rang up Harry. Harry said it seemed fine, and agreed to come. Louis was next, and seemed a bit iffy on the idea, but none the less, Zayn convinced him to agree. Niall and Aubrey agreed without hesitation.

"Oh my God!" She shouted after a sudden thought, "oh my God, we have to tell our families! Holy shit, holy shit, Goddammit! How are they gonna take this news, my Bibi was pretty mad to find out that I'm dating you! She's like hardcore religious, man!" So much stress was falling on her shoulders, it was like she just forgot about family. "And God knows how you're family will react," Zayn saw how this was getting to her, he pulled her closer to him, and rubbed her temples.

"It'll be fine, I'm sure everyone can get pass it..." He mumbled in her ear, but Zayn wasn't too sure about it himself.

"Yeah... Okay, okay. I mean, it's 2016, not 2002, it could slightly be fine..." She mumbled, trying to to tell herself that it'll all good. She quickly moved onto a new subject, "okay, this may sound too soon, but I have a name for a girl already," she made a fast glance up at Zayn before continuing. "I want her to have a somewhat of a gori, but not too to gori, so I thought Liv as her first name, which means; dedicated, absorbed, and focused. And that's a Sikh name, but I selected a Muslim middle name which is Ameera, which means Leader; Princess in Arabic. A second middle name will obviously be Kaur, and then Soomal-Malik, because we are not married."

"What makes you think it's gonna be a girl?" He asked, "but why does the Sikh name come before the Muslim one?"

"Because I just feel it, and because I am the one pushing this baby out of my vagina." She stated simply, with a small giggle, "but do you like the name?" She looked at him. He smiled, and nodded, "I do, yeah. But what if it's a boy?" He asked.

"I didn't come up with one, you do it."

"But how are you so sure?"

"Listen here, Malik. I will bet you one hundred and fifty five pounds if this baby is a girl."

"Deal." He winked at her, before getting up to dispose of her empty can and wash the fork.

Date: April, 16th, 2016

At about 6:30, their guests arrived at Alex's flat. There was Liam, Louis, Harry, Niall, and Aubrey. Liam and Louis didn't bring their girlfriends, which was fine. Only Niall and Aubrey knew about the baby, Aubrey just had to tell Niall, and made him promise not to tell anyone. When Aubrey and Niall came in last, Niall gave Zayn a 'bro hug' and whispered "congrats, man." Then he hugged Alex and said the same. Aubrey squealed and pulled Alex into a huge awkward hug, Alex not being the one to hug people, is mainly why it was awkward. Everyone found a seat in her living room and they all started to talk about how things were.

"So... How are things?" Alex asked them, trying to fill the quiet air. Everyone talked about how things were going for them in the pass weeks, Louis talked about seeing his family on Christmas, Niall told everyone that he asked Aubrey to be his girlfriend and introduced her to his family, he said that adored her. Harry was talking about visiting California and getting new tattoos, and Liam said he was happy with Sophia.

"I'm gonna quit smoking, and drink less..." Alex said when it got to her, "I mean, it ties in with something else, but for health reasons too, I used to do weed, and that most likely increased my chance with Schizophrenia when it runs in my Grandma's family. I don't think cancer is something I need in the future." They all nodded seeing to where she was coming from with it.

"What do you mean, it ties into something else?" Liam asked, curse him with his close listening.

"Oh, nothing, just some uh personal stuff," she quickly covered up. "I rather not talk about it... But on that note, I made Bloody Mary beef for dinner with creamy horseradish mash. I hope everyone is okay with that." It took about six and half hours for the dish to cook, and she managed to plate everything before they came, so she left all the ready plates in the oven to stay warm. "Dinner is ready, so just tell me when you guys are hungry, and we can eat." No one was hungry until around 8:00, that's when everyone seated at her dinner table which is small, so it was slightly crowded, but no one mind it. Alex pulled out two plates at a time to serve to everyone, she also had beer and Garnacha wine, which she read online was great wine to go with beef stew. She set every nice and neat on the table for everyone and they began to eat.

"Are you going to have some wine, Alex? Harry asked.

"No, I'm fine, thanks." She gave a small nod, and ate some more.

"This is really good," Niall smiled, eating more. "Like really good."

"Thanks," she smiled. They continued to have conversation until Aubrey asked a small question.

"So! How are you three- two, how are you two!" She slapped her hand over her mouth, after Alex gave her a glaring eye.

"What does she mean?" Louis asked, slowly putting the pieces together in his head. He knew what was going on.

"Wow, okay... I don't know how this is going to sound now, but uh.." Alex just started, knowing she now has to tell them all.

"I'm pregnant," she said, they all looked at Zayn, who gave a sheepish smile at his friends.

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