For Your Eyes Only

Chapter 21

Parker POV
I am now eight months pregnant. I came home about four months ago because I wanted to be home when I had the baby. The day after we found out I Skyped with Harper and Mama Rose. They were both a little shocked but happy. I came home to half my room having been made into a nursery. It's so adorable.
I talk to Harry every day. He is back in LA helping Louis write songs for his solo album. He hasn't started his tour back yet. I think he's a little afraid to try again. He has started singing a little, but he can't hold out for very long and he's very sore afterwards. I know he'll get there one day. We've talked about him coming to stay here when it's gets closer to time for the baby to come. We even found a house that he wants to buy. It would be nice having a house that we could be a family in but I'm not sure I'm ready to leave the only home I've ever really known. I told him we would talk about it once he got here.
Unfortunately not everyone was happy at my return home. Jaime still won't even speak to me and I can't say that I blame him. I think
I really did break his heart. I only hope that since I'm home for good, for the most part, that he will begin to forgive me eventually and we can try to be friends again.
It time for my shift in the diner. Since I'm as big as a whale now I take the orders and run the cash register. No one wants me lifting big things and going into labor during a lunch rush.
I walk down stairs and almost run face first into Jaime. I don't know if it's the pregnancy hormones making me stupid or that I was just thinking about him but I look up and say "Hey".
"Hi" is all he says.
Well he didn't fully ignore me so I press on "Are you going to hate me forever?"
He looks at me for a moment before he sighs and says "I don't hate you. I just don't really know where to go from where we left off."
"I know" I say. "Everything happened really fast and really weird. Most days I'm not sure if it all happened or if some of it was just a dream."
"I think you have proof that at least something happened." Jaime says with a half smile.
I pat my belly when I say "Yeah well that's true." I start to go to the front when I stop and say "I know we can't go back but if your ok with starting from right now I'm ok with it." I walk away before he can say anything else.
It wasn't a busy day and I'm thankful because I feel horrible. When my shift ends I don't even think I have enough energy to make it up the stairs.
I sit on the couch and think about watching tv till I fall asleep down here. I reach for the remote when I pain shoots out from my stomach. I cringe until it passes. I have had a few contractions but the baby isn't due for another five weeks so I haven't paid much attention to them yet. That one felt a little different though. I turn the tv on and lay down to get comfortable when another one hits; it's worse than the last. I scream for Mama Rose and she comes running from the kitchen with Harper and Jaime trailing close behind.
The pain is so bad I can't speak. Mama Rose takes charge. She pushes Jaime out the door to get the car and tells Harper to go get my bag that I've had packed for the hospital stay. She comes to sit beside me and says "Here we go".
She helps me to the car and gets into the front seat with Jaime. Harper sits in the back with me. I look at her and she looks more scared than me. She ask "Your not going to like have the baby on the way are you? Like I'm not going to have to try to deliver it right?" If I wasn't in the worst pain of my life right now I would smack her.
We make it to the hospital and I'm admitted. The doctor comes in to check me and says that the baby is definitely on its way but since it's my first one we may be here a while.
I call Harry. He picks up on the first ring and says "Hello my baby mama how are you this evening?"
"In labor apparently." I say.
"What?" is he only reply.
"Yeah so the doctor says we could be here a while but the baby is certainly coming." I want him here. I want Harry to be a part of this more than anything. I hope he makes it on time.
I can hear the excitement and nervousness in his voice as he says "I'll be there as soon as possible. I can get a private flight if I have to."
Harry POV
It turns out I don't have to get a private flight after all. There is a flight leaving in two hours. I rush around the house looking for clothes and other stuff I need. I should have had it all packed already but I was planning on leaving next week. We thought a month early would be plenty of time for me to be there. I'll never forgive myself if I miss the birth of my child.
Louis is running around as well. We talked about it with Parker and we both want him there when the baby comes. He and I haven't come out officially yet but we agreed to do what makes us happy and if people figure it out and don't agree with it then it's their problem not ours. We had a big talk with Niall and Liam and they were both supportive of us doing what we felt was right.
We make it to the plane with only minutes to spare. Thankfully we don't have a long lay over in Dallas and we make it to MS in just under six hours. It's an hours drive from the airport to the hospital but I make it in time.
When I walk into the room I hear Parker moan. She sees me as soon as I walk and she says "Harry Freaking Styles I hate you. I hate that I ever liked you I hate that I ever touched you and I hate that I can't hit you with something right now."
Mama Rose walks over to me and gives me a warm hug. "Don't believe a word she says. The baby is being stubborn and she's been in a lot of pain for a very long time now."
I hate seeing Parker in pain. I wish I could take it all away but I don't say anything. I feel like a phrase that cliche might actually get a monitor or something thrown at me.
It's another two hours of Parker swearing that she wants to kill me before the doctor says she's ready to push. I stand beside her bed and say "Is it alright if I hold your hand?"
She grabs onto my hand and I think she might actually break my fingers but I don't pull away. Five minutes of pushing and we hear the sweetest sound I have ever heard in my life. Our baby crying. The doctor holds it up and
says "She's a girl".
I have a daughter. Parker gave me a daughter. I look at Parker through the tears in my eyes and she is crying too. The doctors hand her the baby and they are so beautiful together. I can't believe we made such a perfect creature.
We didn't want to find out what we were having so we really didn't talk about names that much. I lean down and touch her tiny hand. I almost can't talk for smiling but I manage to ask "What is her name?"
Parker looks at me and says "Harry meet Darcy Rose Styles."
I cant help but get a little choked up when I say "Darcy Rose you are everything I've ever wanted and I love you."