Forget Me Not (Zayn/Harry; Mpreg AU)

36 - Collide

"You sure you don't want to come in, lad?"

"Oh no, I'm alright here. Thanks, Amy."

Harry forces a smile to reassure his boss, Amy, that he will do fine staying outside the office while they do the cake tasting with their biggest - and the hardest, in Harry's case - client yet, Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik. Mentally, he wills her to turn around and march inside the meeting area. But, her mothering tendencies towards him are just too difficult to brush aside and she terribly worries for him staying out in the sun, not when they could both be enjoying the cooler temperature indoors. To help along his cause, Harry decides to approach Amy and gently nudges her towards the entrance of Gemma's office, for he knows that they could waste a solid half an hour just arguing about Harry's decision to wait outside. Amy is stubborn like that. Luckily for Harry, the aforementioned boss of the events place opens the door, with such good timing, and gestures for Amy to come in.

"Amelia, they're on their way. Let's go set up the cakes," Gemma calls out with a sunny smile. It is quite obvious how excited she is with regards to planning the most talked about wedding of the year. Harry wishes he could be on board with Gemma's enthusiasm and not this crippling pain that is blooming inside his chest.

Amy spares Harry another critical look, her brown eyes equal parts concerned and curious, before hesitantly trudging inside. The door closes behind the women and Harry sighs loudly in response. Alone at last, he then gets inside their delivery van, which is parked right outside the office, turning the engine and airconditioning on. Wiping the sweat off of his face and neck, Harry rummages inside his ratty pink backpack, pulls out a pregnancy book entitled Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Male Pregnancy And Childbirth, and starts reading, picking up where he left off.

Halfway through the humorous anecdote of the writer himself and his hilarious labor story, Harry hears the familiar purr of a car's powerful engine slowing to a stop in front of their delivery van. He lifts his eyes off of his book and notices a sparkling black Porsche occupying the previously empty parking space. Harry's heartbeat picks up because even though it has been years since he'd last seen this luxury car, he definitely recognizes it as a 918 Spyder model.

Zayn Malik's very own car.

The probability that Zayn is behind the car's wheels is very high, considering the fact that he is supposed to be present in today's cake tasting. So, hastily, Harry drops his book and puts up their van's sun shade to hide himself, simultaneously cursing the lack of window tint in their windscreen. He also pulls the vanity mirror down and retrieves his fallen book, lifting it in front of his face, to further obscure it from whoever is driving that car.

After a couple of minutes, Harry hears the doors of the car slam shut and then there is the clicking of heels against the concrete pavement. Itching to look but afraid to be seen, Harry waits for a bit until he is sure that all occupants of the luxury car is gone. Then, when he chances a glance, peeking from the top of his book, he only sees Gigi walking towards Gemma's office. She is in casual clothes and her face is bare, a big pair of square-shaped sunglasses covering her eyes. Seeing her like this and knowing she has and will have everything that Harry has had, is agonizing. She is just so lucky.

When Gigi disappears inside the building, Harry moves on to sweeping his eyes around the area, desperately hoping for a chance to rest his eyes on Zayn once again, to see him alive and well, even though it will hurt him in the process. Strangely enough, Zayn is nowhere to be seen, which is odd, considering Harry has heard both of the car's door open earlier.

"Zayn," Harry breathes, slightly tearful. "Where are you?"

Right at that moment, Harry's phone rings. Rummaging through his belongings inside the backpack, Harry pulls out his phone from underneath a spare shirt of his. He checks the screen to see Niall's name flashing across and answers it.