Wheels Within Wheels (Larry Stylinson AU Mpreg)

Chapter Six

Louis' Pov

The bells above the door to the cafe jingled as I stepped across the threshold. I adjusted my oversized jumper over my eighteen week bump which was becoming gradually more prominent. Rumours were already being passed around which made me even more self-conscious.

I ducked my head low and scanned the area for Hadley. I wrapped my arms around my body as I pushed through a small crowd of people waiting for their order. I felt stirs in my tummy from the baby moving around inside me. He or she still hasn't kicked yet, but I wasn't that concerned. I spotted Hadley in a corner booth with two steaming mugs on the table. We made eye contact and she smiled brightly.

"Hi, Louis!" She said standing to greet me.

"Hi, Hadley." I replied with a slight grin on my face. We slid into the booth, sitting opposite from each other. One of the mugs were nudged in my direction.

"I decided to get us some tea, if you don't mind." Hadley was adding sugar to her own cup.

"Not at all, thanks," I replied. We sat in an awkward silence. I sipped my tea, not really sure what to do. Hadley leaned back with a huff.

"Alright, none of this awkward stuff. Tell me about yourself," She leaned forward, intent on getting me to break the tension.

"I, uh, grew up in Doncaster with my mum and four younger sisters and my best friend Zayn. And then I came up to London for uni with Zayn. I guess there's not much to tell." I trailed off.

"Sounds nice. I've been to Yorkshire a few times to visit family. But, I grew up right here in Westminster. Natural born Londoner right here," She chuckled slightly, "Just me, my brother and our dads. Yeah, my dad had both of us. I went to college where you are now, found me a boyfriend, moved in with him. One crazy night and a broken condom later, and here I am five months gone. If it's not too touchy for you, how'd you get up the duff?" It was a somewhat innocent question, but it caused me to tense up nonetheless.

Suddenly my tea became really interesting and I watched small bubbles rise to the surface. I knew I couldn't just leave Hadley Hanging. "Uh..."

"It's okay, if you don't want to speak about it."

I shook my head. "It's okay. So, this lad, Harry, had been hitting on me and I kept shooting him down. Then one day he asked me to a party off campus and I decided to give him a chance. We got really drunk- well, I did at least- and he took advantage of me and my virginity. About a month later I was getting what I know was morning sickness and I went to the doctor and found out. I've only told my mum, Zayn, my best mate, and his boyfriend, Liam, who accidentally found out. Harry doesn't know and, frankly, I don't want him to," I sniffed indignantly.

"Alright, no more about Harry." Hadley spoke decisively, realizing it was something I wasn't in the mood to discuss.

She had sat down next to me with a warm smile on her face. Her arm snaked around my shoulders and gave them a squeeze. And it was nice. We sat like that just talking about things. Just causally; like I wasn't four and a half months pregnant and I was just chilling like a normal college student should. It felt good just to forget for a while.

HARRY'S POV

I smoothed out the crumpled paper I took from that kid I beat up. The scratchy writing was etched into my brain- more like two words: baby bump. I continued to stare at the paper the two words standing out like a light in a dark room. The cogs began to turn in my head as I read the phrase over and over.

Baby bump.

Some of Louis' words began to come back to me.

"You don't even know half of what you did to me..."