Meet the Baby

Chapter 12

"Liam be careful... Don't-Oh! Oh alright... Be careful!" Louis cries on the shore as Liam bounces in the water, Maggie balanced on his hip. His was completly ignoring the paranoid Louis as he enjoyed the ocean with himself and his maybe child. 

"Hey did you see that girl?" Harry asks for the hundreth time. Niall groans, looking over to him as they lay on beach towels. 

"No Harry, for the five hundreth time I didn't see anyone! Sorry I was a little focused on the two blondes I had under my arm!" He defends. Harry rolls his eyes. Turning his head, not being able to beat the girl from his mind. 

"Harry, take the baby, I gotta run to the bus for something" Liam says dripping as he runs ober to hand her off to Harry. He takes her hapily, sitting up to play with her on his lap. 

"Harry, why haven't we just taking a paternal test yet?" Niall asks. Suddenly, it really hits him. How easy it could be to just find out. Though why would he want to? What if Maggie isn't his. What if she's.. Niall's! Zayn's! Louis'! What if she's anyones but his. They all shared this common fear, saying they'd wait till London to get a test... They all knew, they were just stalling. 

"Oh she's so cute! Is she yours?!" Some girls say, stopping to examine her. Harry grins half heartedly, 

"Um, no... She's our hairstylists" He lies. 

"Oh is this Lux?" She asks. Harry actualy laughs, 

"No she's Caroline's... Oh I think Paul's calling me, bye!" He had panicked. He slowly realzies what he said... Caroline Watson... The African American woman, mother to this pale white, 'Niall-skinned' baby.... Nice one Harry. 

"Zayn! Zayn! Hello?!" Harry calls seeing him standing their blankly, staring out to the water. 

"Can you teach me to swim?" He asks as soon as Harry's in earshot. He's taken back, holding Maggie as she plays with his curly locks. 

"Um no... Wasn't Liam going to?" Harry follows his gaze, seeing Joe swimming happily in the choppy water along with Jess and Josh. 

"Yeah I guess... Harry, do you really like her?" Who? That girl I bumped into? Her deep brown eyes, perfectly tanned skin... Her? Yeah I do. I think I love her. I don't even know her. In a way I just kinda wanna get her pants but that can always lead to a relationship! Why? Am I making it obvious? I don't wanna scare her!  "Joe I mean... Do you like her?" Oh...

"No! I mean I like her as a freind that's all" He says looking out the water, smiling triumphatnly, as no one notices his obsession with this girl he doesn't even know. 

" Why... Do you?" He then asks. Zayn just gives him a sideways look. Of coarse he does. And now starring at her wide smile, this love was strong. 

"Look, Louis made a good point. Maybe we shouldn't worry about girls, untill we know who Maggie's dad is. Heck, untill we know who her mum is!" He cries. Zayn again just nods, taking in Harry's words  and knowing he had a point. 

"Right... She's the most important thing in our life right now" Zayn says, turning to smile to a little Maggie. Though Harry can't help feel pity for Zayn, he's not an idiot, he's seen how Joe constantly flirts with him. 

"Oh yeah, and just saying... I think you should try a good game of  hard to get with her..." Harry whispers before walking off mysteriously. Zayn smirks, looking with more confidence and the reassurance he still had his best friend. 

"So... See any pretty chicks around?" Louis asks when Harry returns to the towels. He lay on his back, taking in the warm Pacific sun. 

"Eh... I mean some" He shrugs, how could he descirbe... 

"Yeah... California isn't all it's worked up to be" Louis shrugs, shading his eyes with his hand as he watches Harry gently bury Maggie's feet in sand. She laughs, enjoying her time with him greatly. 

"Yeah I guess... Though maybe we're just maturing" Harry points out. Louis sits up a little, examing is chilidsh friend and making sure it was really him. 

"What?!" Harry cries chuckling. Louis only shakes his head slowly, laughing to himself as he did. 

"Alright boys! You've gotta get to hair and wardrobe!" Paul announces. They all groan. The people from the water move in. Meaning, Andy and Liam jumped off their surfboards, Jess pulled out the last of the seaweed from Joe's hair, and Josh actually picking Jess right of her feet, throwing her into a wave playfully. 

"Ready?" Paul asks calmly to Louis and Harry. They nod, digging Maggie's feet out as she tries to swipe their hands away. 

"She doesn't wanna leave Paul. That means we should stay." Niall says, stopping dead in his tracks and pointing to the whining baby. Paul rolls his eyes, continueng leading the others up to the boardwalk. 

"Yeah, nice try Nialler" Zayn says sarcastically. He chuckles, running up next to him and pushing him around playfully. 

Three Hours Later 

They all took stage, Jess on the side as always. She rocked Maggie on her hip as they watched the five take to the stage as perfectly as they always did. Her eyes scan the crowd, boredom overtaking her. She has memorized the order in which their songs come on, and mermorized their moves. 

There was no more 'magic' to the 1D concerts. 

As she scans, a familiar face caught her eye. Right in the first row her row friend from all the way back home. 

"Diana?!" She excaims. Maggie jumps a little, eying her confused. Jess was too excited. She rushed around to the side entrance, grabbing a nearby pen and throwing it with perfect aim at her firends head. 

"Hey!" Diana cries, looking around for the perpetrator. Her eyes meet Jess's and they burst with joy. She puses through the crowd, attacking her friend with a tight hug. 

"Jess...?" Paul asks behind her. Seeing a fan nearly strangling a valued member of the group wasn't really something Paul was supposed to just watch happen. 

"Oh it's okay! This is actually one of my best firneds!" Jess says excited. Diana grins, following her back in the backstage. 

"What are you doing here?!" Jess cries laughing. Diana plays with Maggie's little hand, 

"Well my cousin Taylor had the tickets but she's got the flu... I came here with her friend who I lost... Well now I'm here so oh well" Diana shrugs. Jess rolls her eyes, laughing at her firends familiar stupidity. 

"WOOO! ONE DIRECTION BABY!" Niall scremas jumping off the stage. Coming off, they were always sweaty, loud, and mostly hyper. He rushes over, swinging Maggie around his arms and dancing away with her. 

"JESSSSSSS!" Liam cries, taking her head between his hands and leaning his forehead into her. She giggle, pushing him away. 

"Di, you okay?" She asks seeing her frieds starstruck expression. Through this expresison is mirrored by Harry as he takes a dead stop. 

There she is.