Precious (Harry Styles)

SEVENTEEN

9:30 the following morning.

Louis had dropped the two older children off at school, and was cleaning the breakfast things away, while Harry sat in his highchair, playing with his teddy.

Louis was a bit concerned, as Harry had woken up with a bit of a cough. As he was prone to chest and lung infections, he was keeping a closer eye on him than usual.

There was a knock at the front door.

"Wonder who that is Harry?" He said as he went to open the door.

"Louis."

"Oh...hi Rita. Come in."

Rita entered the house and Louis closed the door.

"Ari asked me to come and pick up a couple of bits, if that's ok?"

She looked a bit uncomfortable. She had always got on really well with Louis as well as being one of Ari's closest friends.

"Oh." Louis sighed. "When is she coming home?"

"A couple of days, maybe."

Louis went to Harry and picked him up, needing a cuddle. "Did she tell you why she left?" He asked as Harry laid his head on Louis' chest.

"She said you were mad at her and needed some space. Not much else."

Louis frowned and hugged Harry tighter, trying not to cry. Harry coughed.

"Is Harry ok?" She asked.

"He woke up with a cough. Think I may take him to the Doctor's later.

"Poor love. Hope you feel better soon Harry." She smiled at the poorly boy, who gave her a small smile.

"Thanks Rita."

"Lou...you know I love you two so much? I don't know exactly what happened, but I hope you sort things out. You're such a lovely couple, with three gorgeous children. I'm not going to take sides."

Louis nodded. "Thanks Rita. Do you want to go up and get whatever she wants?"

Rita nodded and smiled, patting his shoulder as she walked past and up the stairs.

Louis sat on a chair in the kitchen, and placed Harry on his lap. He noticed he looked sad too.

"Hey Precious. Are you ok?"

Harry looked up at him, his eyes were teary. "Mummy?" He said.

Louis sniffed "Mummy isn't here darling. She'll be home soon though."
Harry rubbed his nose, indicating he was tired.

"Think I have everything." Rita said as she came back downstairs. "I'm really sorry Lou. Hope things go ok."

"So do I. We miss her." Louis whispered.

"I'll leave you to it. Take care, both of you." Rita kissed both of their cheeks and left.

Louis didn't want to put Harry to bed, so they settled down together on the sofa side by side. Harry fell asleep quickly.

Louis laid there for at least an hour, tears quietly falling, watching his baby sleeping.

Harry woke up a little while later.

He was coughing again, he sounded worse than before.

"You're really not well, are you my love?"

Harry looked at Louis and started crying as he coughed more.

"I'm taking you to the Doctor. Let's get our coats on."

Harry coughed so much, he was gagging, then brought up loads of phlegm. Louis started to panic.

He picked Harry up and grabbed his car keys. He ran out of the door to his car and put Harry in the front child seat. He ran around and got in the driver's side, started the car up and raced to the hospital.

*****

"Is he going to be ok?" Louis asked, his voice shaking.

"His breathing is under control now. We're concerned though. I know he's not due for his check up for a couple of months, but I'm hearing a lot of crackling on his lung, so we're going to investigate that." The Doctor said.

Louis' heart was racing. "Is it another infection?"

"It's possible. Let's do the tests to find out."

*****

They'd been at the hospital for a couple of hours.

Harry had tests, and had an oxygen mask over his Beautiful face.

"So...it's not good news I'm afraid." The Doctor said, looking at his notes.

"It's another infection. It's bad. We're putting him on a very strong medication. It will clear the infection, but there are side effects."

"What are they?" Louis was so scared, as he held Harry's tiny hand.

"Sickness, and possible seizures. But that's very rare. He'll be monitored very closely at all times. He'll be on it for a few days. It's that severe. I'm sorry."

"Will he suffer a lot?"

"It's such a strong medication, he won't know much of what's going on."

"Ok. When will you start?"

"Straight away, once you've signed some forms."

The Doctor handed a clipboard with the forms on. Louis read them quickly and signed at the bottom. He handed them back and the doctor patted his shoulder.

"I'll get it set up now."

The Doctor left. Louis stepped outside the room and quickly texted his Mum, Ari, the next door neighbour and then phoned the school to let them know what was happening.

Once back in with Harry, he sat down, resting his head on the bed and cried.

"Please be ok. I love you Harry."

More drama!

Will Ari come back now?

Will Harry recover?

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