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Chapter 15

Harry had opted to stay another night at his parents and take the train back as Louis had left that morning to be in for night shift. Harry had hated going to bed alone and being here by himself, doing so made him feel like a child again.

He sat on his laptop, scrolling through a website with lists of possible names for their daughter or son. He had the eagles playing softly in the background and his bedside lamp was on. He heard a knock at the door so he moved his laptop to the side and sat up a bit, "come in."

Gemma smiled as she stepped in, holding two cups of tea. "Half a scoop of honey and three spoons of sugar." Her voice wasn't above a whisper as she handed the cup of tea to her brother. She knew he didn't like being away from Louis. Hasn't since they met.

"Thank you." He said quietly and took a sip of the drink. "Pretty big spoons, Yeah?" He smiled softly.

"Too much?" Gemma asked and Harry shrugged slightly. She glanced at his laptop screen, "What're you doing?"

Harry sat the tea on the bed stand and grabbed the laptop, "baby names.. we picked out Fionn, well I did. He just agreed to it. But I was trying to find a more feminine name for a girl and a middle name to go with Fionn." Harry blushed some.

"Julianne. Test it out, it's a pretty name."

"Louis wants to name a girl after me." Harry blushed some. "But I'm not a huge fan of the name Harriet. Especially being that close to my name... a boy I'm gonna see if he wants to go with Fionnley William on his birth certificate and we'll just call him Fionn."

Gemma nodded and laid on her stomach as she watched her brother. "Are you scared?" She sipped her tea.

Harry just nodded. He was scared. But he was ready. "Louis says it's gonna be hard... recovery from surgery and the first little bit until honey's sleeping through the night. He said that I'm gonna have to be really careful and follow our plan, so we can keep it healthy and ensure it survives." Harry grabbed his tea and sipped a bit. He looked at his sister and smiled.

"I don't think I'm ever gonna have kids, H." She says quietly. She looked sad and Harry frowned as he shut his laptop.

"Don't say that.."

"I came down to London and had an appointment with Lou.. I'm practically infertile." She tucked back her hair. Harry could see her ring get caught in her hair a bit so she just untangled it and placed her hand back around the teacup.

"Louis didn't tell me." Harry whispers.

"You know he's not supposed to discuss patients with you, right?" She chuckles.

"Yeah, Yeah, I know. It just comes naturally to him though... I ask him about his day and he tells me about the mother's and fathers and kids he's seen in a day." Harry explains.

"Well.. it is what it is." Gemma says softly. "Can I stay in here?"

"You aren't sleeping in my bed, get out." Harry laughed and pushed on her shoulder.

"seriously, H. I don't wanna sleep alone." She says quietly, upset.

Harry frowns a little but nods, "Yeah, Yeah. Of course. You can sleep in the bed. I'll sleep on the floor."

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Louis had overslept, Harry's train was coming in at 8am. Louis thought he'd be able to get an hour, maybe two, of sleep before he had to pick him up. But that turned into three, and then four. When he'd woken up he had two missed calls from Harry and a text asking where he was.

He couldn't believe he missed his alarm, as he was walking out of the apartment, still in his basketball shorts, minus the underwear. He was zipping up a jacket over his bare torso as Harry answered, "hey?"