Hiding from you (Larry Mpreg )

VIII

It was hard for Louis to process what was happening right now. He knew there was no way he could finish his work today. He couldn't think about something else than the possibility that he might be pregnant. He needed answers like now.
So he got up from the bathroom floor where he had been sitting next to the toilet. The halls were empty lunchbreak had already ended and everybody was back in their offices.  He slowly walked to his boss's office one hand resting on his still cramping stomach. He carefully knocked ashamed to be asking for another day of.
His boss shouted for him to come in, so Louis slowly walked into the room.
His boss looked at his pale and shakey appearance and immediately asked him if he was all right.
"No" Louis said "I am really sorry I swear I felt fine this morning but apparently this bug isn't over jet and I wanted to ask if I could maybe have the afternoon of."
"Of course Louis" his boss looked sympathetically at him " you are one of my best employees I need you healthy and you always work twice as hard as most of the people working here so it is no problem if you miss a few days."
"Thank you so much sir "
It was a common rumor that his boss was very strict, but he always was nothing but nice to Louis. Maybe he had a sweet spot for the young man or he was just happy with Louis'  dedication towards work.
Louis took the tube home as everyday but he also stopped at a drugstore to buy like 10 different pregnancy tests.
His hands were shaking like crazy when he entered his apartment. He threw his bag on the ground and almost ran into the bathroom.
He had never felt this nervous. Waiting for the timer to go off made him almost loose his mind. He and Harry hadn't even talked about having kids some day. The only topic Harry frequently discussed was if Louis had regularly taken his birth control. And Louis had always made sure to take it he couldn't be pregnant there was just no way. The timer going of made Louis jump and look at the 10 tests he had carefully placed on the sink. All of them showed little plus signs.
"No" he screamed.
And that was all it took for Louis to completely break down. He slid down to the floor pulled his knees to his chest and started sobbing uncontrollably.

He had no idea how long he had been sitting on the floor when he was finally able to stop the tears and stand up. But he couldn't cry forever he needed to think what to do next. At first I need to confirm this by a doctor the thought. He took his phone out and called his doctor. 
"Hello office Dr. Miller you are speaking with Nurse Lisa what can I do for you?"
"Hi my name is Louis Tomlinson I would like to make an appointment."
He heard  the clicking  sound of her keyboard as she looked for his name.
"Ah Mr. Tomlinson, you haven't visited us in more than three years, do want just a regular checkup?"
"Um no? "Louis stuttered nervously" I would like an appointment to confirm my pregnancy."
"Oh that's all right, how far along do you think you are ?" She asked him.
Louis thought about it he hadn't seen harry for more than two and a half month.
"About three months maybe?" Louis answered.
"There is an open space in two days at eleven is this alright with you?"
"Yes thank you have a good day"
He hung up, the first step was done but there were still like a hundred things to worry about.
Was he keeping the baby? Of cause he had a stable income and even if it was not ideal he could provide fore his child. And Louis had always wanted children, the timing was less then perfect but he was in a way better position than many people that got pregnant by accident.
What scared him the most that he had now idea at all what Harry would think and do. Harry had never spoken about wanting to have kids and the more Louis tought about it the more he remembered situations when Harry complained about children being annoying. Sure Harry wanted a future with him they had talked about moving in together at the end of next year. But maybe Harry didn't want to be with Louis anymore when there was a baby involved.
'At least I should tell him in Person' Louis tought. It would be so much better to clearly see his reaction and not harry just hanging up on him. Harry and Louis were spending Christmas together so Louis would tell him then. This was nothing you could discuss on the Phone. And Jessica wouldn't know right away. He was kind of scared what she would do if she found out Louis was carrying Harry's child.  But as long as he would keep quiet for a little while nobody could cause him any harm right?
He stood up and walked towards the mirror in his bedroom lifting up the hem of his shirt. As he looked if you could already see anything, he noticed that he had a bit of tummy already. The tought of gaining weight made him really anxious.
Louis hadn't exactly been the skinniest person trough his childhood and early teen years. He had had a lot of problems with accepting his body and weight over the years. So nowadays he always made sure to eat as healthy as possible. Gaining all this weight during the pregnancy would be hard but Louis made a promise to himself that he wouldn't gain more than necessary. He would continue with his healthy diet and try his best to not give in to stupid cravings for unhealthy sugary foods. He definitely had a plan but he knew he would definitely struggle with gaining so much weight even if it was neccessary to keep his baby healthy.
...
Time seemed to be standing still, for the next two days every minute felt like an hour. Louis needed answers. As long as the pregnancy wasn't confirmed by a doctor a small part of Louis was still hoping that it wasn't true. Now sitting in the doctor's office Louis didn't now if he had ever been this nervous before. He had already done some test like peeing in a cup and stepping on a scale now he was just waiting for the doctor to tell him the results. The doctor stepped in to the room smiling.
"Congratulations mr. Tomlinson you are  indeed pregnant!"
Louis couldn't answer there was no doubt about it he was going to have a baby. He didn't say a word either when the doctor did a sonogram and he saw the small creature that was living inside his belly on the monitor. Staring at it eyes wide mouth hanging open.
When he was able to talk again, the doctor had already printed out three pictures and sat down in front of Louis to talk about some health concerns.
"Mr Tomlinson regarding your current weight and your medical history I would like to check you more regularly than other pregnant people. Every two weeks would be the best and if anything feels wrong don't hesitate to call or come in here."
"Oh okay " Louis felt weird being called out by a doctor about his weight.
"You told me you experienced some morning sickness, I will prescribe you something for it. If it doesn't work and you are not able to keep any food down please come here or go to the emergency room if we aren't open."
"Is this really necessary?" Louis asked. 'Emergency rooms are only for emergencies aren't they?' Louis thought.
"Regarding your condition it think it is much safer for you and the child to get checked immediately. I know you are not one to go to the doctors, you haven't paid me a visit in the last three years but this is really important Mr. Tomlinson!" The doctor gave him a serious look and asked if he had anymore questions before he said goodbye and left.

After his appointment Louis went back to work. He needed to finish his tasks for the week and notify his boss about the pregnancy. He nervously knocked on his boss door for the second time this week. When he entered the room his boss smiled at him "Ah Louis you are back feeling better? "
"Uhh you see I wanted to talk to you about that? "Louis didn't really knew how to tell the news.
"Oh no is it something serious? Do you need more time of for treatment? " his boss asked shocked.
"No it's not that I am actually pregnant. Louis told him nervously.
"Oh congratulations you and your partner must be so happy." His boss said smiling at him.
"Oh yes!" Louis lied because who would want to tell his boss that the father didn't even knew about the child yet.
"How far along are you? "
"Three months "
" ok so we still have enough time left to discuss maternity leave and such"
"Ok thank you very much!"
"You are welcome Louis" his boss told him and dismissed Louis after that.
So he told the first person Harry was next because it was only right that Harry knew before Louis family got involved.
...
As soon as Louis left the office that afternoon his phone started ringing.
"Hello?"
"Louis mate !" His best friend Stan shouted in his ear " you up for a lads night today? The rest of the gang has permission to leave the house and you let us down the last few time I don't even know what you look like anymore."
Louis smiled ever since their early college days Stan and other friends of Louis meet every Friday evening. But since they all had graduated and most of the guys had a girlfriend their meetings became less frequent. Twice a month at most. The last few times Louis hadn't been able to join them so he was long overdue to participate in such a lads night again.
"I'm free this evening. So what are we going to do?"
"We meet at seven at our usual bar, Louis I got to go I'm still at work see you later!" Stan ended the call abruptly.

For a short time Louis was exited to go out with the guys but then remembered  that he was pregnant. He was already on the way to the bar when realization hit him. He couldn't drink and this would end in a lot of questions from his friends. But he had already told Stan he would join them he couldn't chicken out now.
He could tell them about the pregnancy, they were his oldest friends after all, they would never judge him. But then they would ask about the father. And this is when it  would start to get complicated. Although all of them knew that he was kind if seeing somebody at the moment, besides Stan nobody knew about Harry.

Harry was so afraid that rumors about them would be spreading that he asked Louis not to tell anyone for the first months of their relationship. Stan was the first to know about the two of them and at that time Louis had already been dating Harry for 7 months. Louis family didn't knew anything until a year into their relationship. Now after more than two years that Louis and Harry had been together those few people were still the only ones who knew.

I wasn't that Louis didn't trust his friends but he and Harry made this deal not to tell more people than necessary. The couple had already made plans that Harry would join a lads night in the near future. He and Harry wanted to be together for a long time so they had to come out to the public eventually and telling the lads was just a step in the right direction. They had actually discussed it during there holiday three months ago. Harry wanted to come clean and get to know all of Louis friends but there hadn't been a opportunity yet. But maybe around Christmas or new years they would get to know each other.

Louis took a deep breath and entered their usual bar. He would just keep quiet for now and enjoy the evening.

But this was easier said then done. Louis had never been the loudest person in a room but he was unusually quiet today and his friends  noticed. Of cause they did. When Louis was asked why he wasn't drinking he told them that he had been sick recently and his body still had to recover. I wasn't exactly a lie, he had been sick the last week. But he still felt guilty. But it was a great evening after all and when Louis left he knew he had made the right choice by joining them.

Stan and Louis walked home together. Now that they had a minute all by themselves Stan asked Louis what was going on and Louis told him hat he missed Harry, that Harry and him made plans to buy a House at the end of next year. He talked about how guilty he felt that he never told the rest of his friends about his boyfriend.
Stan assured him that they wouldn't be mad and that he should bring Harry to their new years eve party.

When they parted ways at Louis front door, Louis felt slightly relieved but he hadn't  told Stan about the pregnancy.
When Louis crawled into his bed he rubbed his small tummy and said in a small loving voice "I guess you are papa's little secret for now, but I will tell daddy soon."

1k reads I can't believe it. I had the first half of the chapter ready for quiet some time but I wasn't sure how the story should proceed anyway hope you like it :)