Precious (Harry Styles)

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This is going to be a sad book. Sorry. 😢

"One last push Ari, nearly there!"  One of the midwives, Ella, urged.

"I...I can't. I'm tired." She replied, sweat pouring down her face. She held her husband, Louis', hand tight as another contraction hit.

"Arrrghh...I can't do it." She yelled, her nails digging into Louis' hand.

"Push Ari, push hard." Ella said.

Ari pushed as hard as her exhausted body could.

"The head's out love. Well done. Now...on the next contraction I want you to push as hard as you can. Ok?"

Ari nodded as she cried.

"Our baby is nearly here, I love you so much." Louis said as he kissed Ari's cheek.

On the next contraction, Ari pushed down hard.

"Well done! You have a little boy!" Ella said.

There was silence in the room, except for Ari panting, Louis crying and midwives whispering.

"What's happening? Why isn't he crying? He's not dead! Please don't say he's dead!" Ari cried out.

Louis' face paled as he watched the midwives taking the baby to a table. They were rubbing his chest.

The couple sat crying, watching people rushing around.

Finally they heard a quiet cry.

"Oh thank god." Ari wept and let out the breath she'd been holding. Louis wiped his tears away.

"Is he ok?" He asked as Ella brought the baby over to them.

"He's very small, he had trouble breathing. We need to take him to the special care baby unit, to check him over. You can hold him for a few minutes."

She handed the baby over and Ari held him gently.

"Hello precious. You gave us quite a scare. I'm your Mummy, and this is your Daddy. We love you so much." She kissed his delicate forehead.

Louis carefully stroked his cheek.

"We need to take him now. I'll let you know when we have some news." Ari handed the baby back to Ella, and she put him in an incubator.

They both cried as he was taken away.

The other midwife and nurses, finished making sure that Ari was clean and comfortable.

"I'm scared Louis. He's so tiny and...and he's alone." She sniffed.

"You'll be able to go and see him once he's settled in. Try not to worry." A nurse told them.

Easier said than done.

Ariana had a terrible pregnancy.

She had morning sickness throughout, suffered badly with back pain, had fainting fits and to top it all off, she spent the last six weeks in hospital.

Labour had started too early, luckily they managed to control it, but she had to stay there to be monitored.

Today, at only 36 weeks, labour started again, only this time they couldn't stop it as the baby was in distress.

After 11 hours in labour their little boy arrived, only to be taken away from them straight away.

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Ariana had been asleep for an hour. She was exhausted. Louis kept pacing the room, too worried and nervous to sit down and rest.

The door opened, and a nurse walked in.

"We can take you up to see baby as soon as you're ready." She said kindly. Louis smiled.

"Ari, love." He said, softly shaking her shoulder to wake her up.

"Lou? What's happened? Is he ok?" She woke up in a panic.

"It's ok love. We can see him now. Are you up to it?"

She nodded. Louis and the nurse helped her into a wheelchair and she was pushed to the SCBU.

Ari was pushed to the incubator, Louis stood beside her. She stood up carefully and they both looked at the tiny little boy, asleep in front of them.

"How is he?" Louis asked the nurse.

"He's very tiny, as you can see. He weighed 4lb 2oz. Being so small and 4 weeks premature, we want to keep him in a while to monitor him. He wasn't breathing properly when he was born. We're going to do tests on him, to see if there is any damage."

"Damage? You mean like...brain damage?" Louis gasped, holding onto Ari.

"It's a possibility. We're concerned about his lungs too. Let's just wait til we get the results. Try not to panic." They both nodded.

"Can we hold him?" Ari whispered.

"Of course, not for long though I'm afraid." She replied, as she opened up the incubator and picked up the baby, handing him gently to his parents.

Ari sat back in the wheelchair, placing the baby close to her. "Hi precious. You need to get better soon. Mummy and Daddy want you home. You have a brother and sister waiting to meet you." She whispered, trying not to cry.

Louis looked down at both of them. "He's so beautiful isn't he?"

"He is. We need to give him his name now. Are we sure that's what we want to call him!" Ari asked, looking up and smiling.

"Definitely." Louis smiled back.

"Hello Harry Edward Tomlinson."

Aww sad start.

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Who do you think Harry's brother and sister are?

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