Soft Side

Chapter fourty-one

Dear Diary,
Today marks the twenty-eighth week of pregnancy. This means the baby is currently the size of an eggplant.

"Becky I really can't face doing more shopping, all I want to do is FaceTime Harry since I can't be away with him" I huff with a pout. Harry had gone to America to start the next leg of the tour, leaving me on my own in England, aside from the people around me who helped me with this pregnancy. "Plus, look at me, I'm huge now, everything hurts" I say dramatically as Becky smirks.

"Come on drama queen, we need to start finding new things for you" she smiles and holds her hands out. "I'll even treat you to a slice of cake at that bakery you like" she grins as I raise my eyebrows.

"Why didn't you mention that in the first place? What are we waiting for" I tease as she rolls her eyes with a smirk. "We can't keep cake waiting!" I shout as I grab my coat, seeing her laugh out the corner of my eye. I send Harry a quick message to let him know I was going out, along with a photo of me with the bump. He replied with a sad face and a 'missing you both far too much, I love you'. I smile, grabbing my bag and rubbing my large bump as I walk towards Becky. "Come on then, cake awaits!" I cheer with a fist pump, a laugh leaving her lips as we exit the flat.

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"Why can't we go back? I want a nap" I whine, rubbing the swollen bump on my stomach as I pout, having not had a good night last night with sleep because of the baby moving all night and Harry not being there. "Becky" I whine causing her to look up from her phone as I walk slowly beside her. My ankles were swollen and I felt hideous.

"Sorry it was uh- it was Liam" she nods, putting her phone in her bag and turning her head to grin at me. "Not much longer, I just need to go and get some more underwear" she smiles, walking towards Victoria's Secret.

"This shop doesn't have the same effect anymore" I huff, looking at the underwear on skinny women. "I'm definitely not like that anymore" I pout, placing a hand on the top of my stomach.

"But you've got an amazing reason" Becky smiles, her eyes glistening as she looks at me. "You're bringing another human onto this earth Soph, what is more amazing than that?" She beams as I shrug.

"A figure that would wow Harry in this?" I tease, holding up a lace bodysuit. "Maybe I shout just buy it for when I'm baby free and back to my old figure" I shrug, placing it back and looking at my phone. Nothing from Harry. I sigh softly, putting it back into my bag and groaning softly as I sit down on a stool. "Wake me up when you're done" I huff, resting my head on my hand.

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"Thank the lord you're allowing me home!" I cheer, walking up the stairs to our flat, stopping halfway to get my breath back. Why was a first floor flat a good idea? "Wait for me" I puff, slowly pulling myself up the stairs to the flat door. Becky unlocked the door, walking in with me behind.

Tears filled my eyes as I noticed the people stood in my living room. Harry's mum and sister were these, Becky was there, Molly was there and a few others that were mutual friends of ours. "Who did this?" I whisper with tears in my eyes as everybody looks to Becky. "You did all of this?" I smile before tackling her into a tight hug.

"I mean; these guys were here all day making sure everything looked amazing" she smiles gesturing to everybody stood in the living room as I wipe a tear from my eye. "That's who I was texting earlier. It wasn't who I said it was, it was Anne" she smiles as I walk around hugging everybody.

"Who's for tea?" Becky cheers as I laugh softly, nodding my head and plopping down on the arm chair. A wide smile spread across my face as I snuggled into it, feeling the comfort surround my worn out body.

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"So we've all got you some presents" Becky grins, sitting beside me on the floor with a grin as she hands me a yellow and grey bag, full of wrapped presents. I smile softly, opening it to reveal so many new additions for our little girl. "This one is from Lou, but she can't be here because she's over styling the guys" Becky smiles as I pull out a comforter with a pink bunny rabbit on it.

I smile softly, thanking everybody for everything they had got me. We had lots of new clothes, bath items and toiletries for our little angel. We also had one gift that stuck out for me and made everything seem so much more real and made my heart melt.

A photo frame with a quote about a new baby, with a space for a photo of myself, Harry and our baby when she arrives.

"Shall we play some games?" Becky smiles, standing up with a grin as I nod happily. I made a statement that I was going to the toilet as everyone smiled and nodded, my body waddling to the bathroom and relieving my bladder that the baby was pressing on. I hum softly, washing my hands as my phone beeps.

A message from Harry, finally. I grinned, walking to the bedroom and sending him a message about how everyone had planned a surprise baby shower and how exciting it was. I had told him some of the gifts we had received also, having a message back from him expressing how excited he was and how much he missed me.

I smile as I leave the bedroom, walking back to find everybody playing a 'put the dummy on the baby' game. These people were some of the greatest people to surround my baby girl, and I couldn't be happier.

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After a while we had eaten, played more games and had a wonderful chat about things. I smile, sitting on the sofa beside Becky, watching a movie as she smiles at me. "Have you enjoyed today?" She asked as I nod with a wide grin.

"It's been the best day ever Becks, thank you so much for all of this" I say softly, resting my head on her shoulder with a grin. "I couldn't have a better friend than you" I say softly, her head resting on mine as I rub my bump gently.

It wouldn't be too long and I'd see my princess for the first time. The excitement levels were raising and I couldn't help but get emotional sometimes at how soon it was really going to be. She was going to have the best grandparents, the best auntie and the best daddy in the world. I couldn't wait to change everybody's lives for the better, and bring a new addition into the one direction group.