Soft Side

Chapter thirty-five

Dear Diary,

Today marks the fourth week of the pregnancy. This means the baby is currently the size of a poppy seed.

My body lay beside Harry, smiling softly at him as his fingers ran gently over my stomach. His head rested on his hand as he stared at my flat stomach, hoping the bump would grow in 9 minutes instead of 9 months and that his child would be here now. I smile gently as I turn my head to look at him, his green eyes the brightest I'd ever seen as he looks at me from under his eyelashes.

"Nine months is too long" he says quietly, continuing to trace patterns on my skin. "I want them now" he breaths out as I nod gently, smiling at the curly man beside me. He was so delicate and gentle. A true gentleman.

"I know" I say softly, still half asleep as he smiles, laughing softly and pressing a soft kiss to the corner of my mouth.

"I just want to take them on a walk, hold them close to me and take them to see the penguins at the zoo" he sighs as I nod softly, informing him that we can do those things, and in fact he only had to wait about either months instead of the nine he was thinking of. This caused an even bigger smile on his face as he pressed his lips to my stomach gently, sliding out of the bed and grinning at me as he got dressed.

I wanted to wait to tell the boys, wanting to ensure we were at the right point when we made the move to tell them their tours were about to change. Harry wanted to tell them now. He was just too excited for all of this. Today though, we were heading to see his mum and we were going to tell her the news.

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We arrived in Cheshire, at Harry's childhood home as Harry's car pulled onto the driveway. I smile softly, taking his hand into mine as he squeezes it gently. I was beyond nervous to tell his family, not wanting them to get the wrong idea of me and think I was doing this for the money. I wasn't.

We had agreed to play a game while we were there, finding scrabble and placing it on the table. Gemma and Anne were making the drinks as Robin scrolled through his phone. I took the pieces into my hand and set the word grandma on Harry's plaque so he had a word to use. I found the letters to spell out baby, placing them on my own plaque with a few other letters as they all came back in.

My knee began to shake under the table as I sip my juices, the nerves falling into my veins as Harry's hand rubs my leg gently, before placing the word he had onto the board. "That's a good one" Anne smiles and nods as I smile softly, placing the letters at the end, forming the word baby off of grandma. "There's a theme" Anne grins before her smile drops suddenly, looking at myself and Harry. "Wait" she whispers as Gemma's eyes go wide.

"Are you pregnant?" Gemma shouts standing up as I gulp and nod gently. Suddenly a scream left Anne as she ran around, hugging Harry tightly as Gemma hugs me tight, everybody switching with tears falling down their faces.

"My only thing is, you guys haven't been together long and you're not home a lot" Anne says softly as Harry nods.

"We've been together for a little while, and we can work that out" he says softly as I smile at him, my eyes holding nothing but pure love and adoration for this guy.

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We made our way back to London the following morning as we walked into the area that the boys would be preparing for their new tour. A worldwide stadium tour. This was insane and completely crazy, but I was beyond proud of every single one of them. Becky was coming along to keep me entertained while Harry worked, and I had informed her that the guys knew nothing about the baby yet. So she promised to keep quiet.

The rehearsals were underway and Liam flipped his microphone, catching it easily in his hand as he smiles. "So you're new place is going well?" He asks as I nod happily.

"Very much so, it's all falling into place now" I say softly. If only you knew Liam.

"We should go out tonight" he grins as my eyes widen looking at Harry who was too busy talking to Zayn.

"I uh- I can't do tonight" I mumble softly, smiling at Liam as he laughs.

"Sure you can! Harry already told me you're not doing anything when we planned this a few weeks ago" he smiles, moving to sit on the edge of the stage in front of me. "Plus you love going out, you're always so much fun when we go out" he smiles as I shake my head.

"He never told me that it had been planned-" I start as he cuts me off.

"Beckys coming" he smiles, knowing that would usually push me to going if I really didn't want to go.

"Liam can you grab the guys for me, and send Harry over to me" I sigh, standing up and walking away a few rows back. He nods, jumping up as Harry comes jogging over.

"Is everything okay? Is the baby okay? Come and sit down and take the weight off your feet" he says cautiously as I shake my head as him.

"Everything's fine, but you didn't tell me that everyone had planned to go out tonight..." I say softly as his eyes go wide.

"Shit babe I forgot" he mumbles as I smile at him.

"It's okay, it's just now we're going to have to tell them about the baby" I say softly as he grins. "I know you wanted to but I wanted to wait but it's okay, needs must" I say softly as he nods.

"Wait, why does me not telling you about us going out mean we have to tell them?" Harry suddenly asks confused as I touch his cheek gently. He was confused so easily, another trait I found adorable.

"Because Liam is adamant I need to come" I say softly as he nods. He takes my hand gently as we walk over.

"Lovers tiff?" Louis laughs as I shake my head, plopping down in the seats in front of them.

"Far from it" I say softly, "I wanted to let you all know this at another point in another way but because you're so determined all the time Payno it's come to this" I smirk as he grins happily.

"Tell us what?" Niall asks as Zayn elbows him, giving his reason that clearly we've got engaged. Niall raises his eyebrow to me as I shake my head. Niall was my best friend again like the old times. All feelings of love had gone and now had been replaced with the ultimate friendship.

"No, we weren't engaged" I say softly, choosing to ignore the fact I hear Harry mutter a small 'yet' beside me. "We're actually, uh" I stutter, wanting to choose the right word.

"Pregnant!" Harry blurts. "I'm gonna be a dad, you're gonna be an uncle, you're gonna be an uncle, you're gonna be an uncle, you're gonna be an uncle" Harry shouts as I roll my eyes.

"Alright Oprah calm yourself" I smirk as I nudge him gently. "Yeah we're having a baby" I smile as the boys all cheer, jumping off of the stage to engulf us into a tight hug.

"You know you've got the greatest security don't you" Louis smirks, gesturing to the five boys stood before me.

"Of course I do" I smile softly, seeing Niall smiling and nodding to me.

He was fine with this. Thank goodness.

Our baby was so lucky with the family they were going to be growing up with.

"The next part if you tell the fans, but I have the perfect way to do that" I smile nodding.

I just hope they took this as well as everybody else had.