A Night to Remember (Jerrie Fic AU) STORY ON EDIT MODE

Chapter Eight

"I want to be with you, Perrie." Jade whispered, her eyes tearing up. "I made a mistake, okay? I shouldn't have let you go. I know what you're going to say. You have a husband and you're carrying his child. I don't care about that. Just let me be with you."

I sighed. I wrapped my arms around her, squeezing her tight. "Don't cry, okay?" I felt her nod. "I love you. But I also love Zayn. I'm not going to leave him for you. Never in a million years."

"You don't have to." Wait what?

"What?" I voiced my thoughts out loud. "What do you mean?"

"He never has to know. We can keep this between us. Just let me love you." Jade is crazy. That's it. She's insane. I can't let her be my mistress. I love Zayn.

"Please don't let me go." she whispered. "I want to be in your life. Even if we have to keep it a secret."

She looked up, and without warning kissed me. I don't know why I'm letting her change my mind. But it's happening. She's gonna be a part of my life again. And I can't do anything about it anymore because I want her there. I kissed her back.

...

"Babe, I'm home." I hear Zayn call from the front door. I smiled as I called him to the living room. "Leigh Anne's not gonna be home tonight. She didn't really say where she is. She just texted 'don't wait up' with a winky face." Zayn chuckled. "Must be messing around with her ex."

"I guess. So we need to talk about something."

"And that is?" He sat down beside me as I got out the papers Cher handed me.

"How would you feel about a cruise. This summer. You, me and the baby."

"That'd be great if I didn't have summer school duties. And I don't really feel comfortable about my baby boy on a cruise the first few months of his life."

"So I guess I shouldn't take the job then right?"

"Wait, what? This is a job?" He took the papers and skimmed through them.

"You need to go!"

"What?" First he doesn't want to go, now he wants me to go alone?

"I can take care of him here and you can go and have a vacation you get paid for. This can help pay for the house." I sighed. "I need someone to go with me..."

"Take Leigh Anne. Or Cher." I looked at him horrified. "No way in hell would I take Cher." He chuckled, kissing my cheek before he got up to go make us dinner. Or I could take Jade...

...

A week later

"I can't believe he doesn't want to go with me!" I yell, feeling frustrated. "He thinks it'll be easy raising a new born with out his mother for a whole three months? Hah! That baby is going to need these boobs!"

Leigh Anne handed me a toasted bagel. "You both are going to work. This baby is going to need it. Just eat your feelings. I'll check on him and facetime you every time so yeah?" i shook my head. "I can't take this." i pushed the bagel away, disgusted. She handed me a bottle of water. I chugged it down gratefully.

"I get that but a kid also needs their mother! i don't wanna miss anything!"

"You won't! I say do it for your son's future. You're gonna have to start thinking like that when you're raising a child. Their future comes first, so you have to make some sacrifices. Plus he won't remember you being gone for three months since he's a baby, so you're good!"

I sighed. I thought ranting to Leigh Anne about Zayn would make me feel better. God it sucks when she's in parent mode! "I'll have to find someone to be there with me..."

"I say take your mom. She'll like that."

I shrugged i doubt she'd come. She'd wanna stay with the baby too. I got up from my stool. "I'll be at home if you need me." I mumbled, defeated.

...

"I'm sorry I can't come with you." Zayn frowned, pulling me closer to him as we watched some telly. I sighed. "I won't hold it against you, love." I gave him a quick kiss. "What are we even watching?" Zayn shrugs. "Hey, how bout we take a shower? We haven't taken one together in a while."

"Gee, i wonder why." My voice dripping with sarcasm as i point at my growing baby bump.

"It'll be fun! Plus you're really good at scrubbing my back!" i giggled as he pulled me up with him. He squeezed my hand as he led me to the bathroom.

I had a feeling we weren't going to take a legit shower together. Just have a hot wet make out session. I didn't mind though. I was starting to forget what my husband's touch felt like.

"I am a very lucky man you know.." he whispered against my ear with a smile. "It's been a while my love."

"Four months, twelve days, forty two hours." i snorted. Yeah right like he was actually counting.

"I love you."

I nodded. "Always?"

"Always."