"You should get all the sleep you can now," Gemma warned Harry as she stood in the doorway that connected their hotel rooms. "Your wedding is in a few hours."
Harry looked down as he blushed at her words, "I know," he told her as his eyes landed on a sleeping Cora.
Cora looked so peaceful which surprised Harry since usually she couldn't go to sleep unless Zac had sang to her. Something he hadn't been able to do tonight since Gemma and Natalie both said it was bad luck for him to see Zac before the wedding though he just thought it was some dumb tradition.
Harry though hadn't argued on his personal feelings or finding this a dumb tradition so now here he sat hours before his wedding in some nice hotel room in Ireland and he was unable to sleep because he missed Zac.
"Just can't sleep with you watching me," Harry reasoned as he finally looked back up at his sister.
Gemma crossed her arms and Harry swore she looked like she didn't believe him.
"Are you sure you will sleep?" Gemma finally asked as she arched an eyebrow.
"Positive," Harry lied though he hoped he sounded convincing and maybe he had because Gemma did eventually turn and leave, shutting the door as she did so.
Once she was gone Harry stood from the bed and headed into the bathroom quickly to strip down to his boxers as well as brush his teeth.
When he came out of the bathroom he stopped in his tracks as he saw Cora had woken up and was now sitting up in her small travel sized baby bed thing.
"What are you doing up sweet pea?" Harry cooed as he walked to her and picked her up.
Feeling her rest her forehead into the crook of his neck, Harry sighed, "Do you miss your Dada?" he asked knowing that's what Zac called himself though sometimes Harry swore when he listened in on the baby monitor that he heard Zac referring to himself as mama sometimes.
"I miss him too," Harry confessed as he heard Cora start to whimper slightly and he rubbed her back to soothe her. "It's funny but haven't spent a full night away from your Dada in a year," he frowned as Cora continued to whimper even with the back rubs.
Just sitting there and listening to Cora whimper for what felt like forever, Harry chewed on his lip harshly.
When Cora finally raised her head and looked up at him, babbling through her whimpers Harry nodded his head. "You're right we should call your Dada and tell him to come here. That was a wonderful suggestion sweet pea."
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Zac who was laying in the hotel room he was sharing with Isaac for the night, sighed loudly as he turned to look up at the ceiling unable to sleep and surprisingly it hadn't been because of Isaac's snoring. It was because he had missed Harry, he was missing the man who was going to be his husband in a few hours and he missed his daughter.
It was the first time he had been away from Harry in a year and Cora since birth and he missed being able to sing to his daughter as she drifted off in his arms and he missed falling asleep with Harry as he held onto him because Harry was his little spoon.
Just as he was about to turn back over on his side though he heard his cell phone which was laying on a night stand beside the bed, ring and he was afraid it would wake Isaac up but all it did was make his snoring increase it seemed and Zac shook his head as he sat up and reached for it, a smile crossing his face as he saw Harry's name and the picture of Harry and Cora that he had set under Harry's info.
"Hello babe," Zac spoke as he hit talk and put the phone to his ear.
"I miss you so fucking much," Harry sighed into Zac's ear. "Cora and I both do and she suggested that we call and tell you to come to our room."
Zac laughed as he listened to Harry's words, "Oh did she now? I didn't know she was that skilled of a talker yet," he teased.
"She is, funny what just a few hours away from her will make you miss," Harry replied back just as teasingly as Zac had teased him. "But can you please come to us, we miss you, especially Cora who woke up from her sleep and is now whimpering."
Looking over at a sleeping Isaac, Zac nodded his head though Harry couldn't see him, "I'll be there in a few minutes but if Gemma and Natalie find out they'll kill us."
Now it was Harry's turn to laugh and the laugh made Zac happy, "Let them kill us," he replied softly. "Though my only request is they kill us after the wedding so I can at least die as your husband."
"How romantic," Zac said as he stood from the bed. "I'll see you in a few minutes and I love you and Cora," he finished before hanging up.
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An hour later Harry smiled as he felt Zac snuggle into him as they laid in bed and he let his arm go down to rest over Zac's, "I don't know how you can get Cora to go to sleep like that. I mean I try singing to her and all she does is cry even louder."
"I just have a magic touch," Zac laughed as he kissed Harry's shoulder and Harry shivered at the contact. "And the better singing voice."
Harry shook his head slightly, "Well I disagree with the singing voice thing but you do have a magic touch, I mean you make it easier for me to sleep too," he smiled as he chewed his lip. "And after we get married I get to sleep next to you for the rest of my life."
"Isn't that a great thing?" Zac asked as he sighed. "Sleeping next to me and hearing me snore and waking up to see me drooling worse than our daughter drools."
"Lovely when put like that," Harry laughed as he scrunched his nose up. "But I do like waking up next to you and sleeping beside you and as dumb as it sounds it makes me happy I get to do it for the rest of our lives," he smiled before closing his eyes. "Now sing me to sleep like you did Cora, please."
Zac just huffed playfully, "I'm beginning to think you're only with me for my singing voice," he laughed but eventually he started to sing to Harry and the more he sang the heavier Harry felt his eyelids get, until they shut all together.
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Hours later Zac looked at Harry as they sat outside the place where the wedding reception was taking place. Everyone else was inside but somehow they had found time to sneak off and Nikki had made it easy by stowing away with Cora and taking her over to where Niall had been with Murphy.
"You know I think Nikki is trying to start matchmaking our daughter now," Zac said as he watched Harry turn to glare at him. "You don't find it cute?" he asked as he leaned in to kiss Harry's cheek.
Harry shook his head, "Nope," he replied though a smile soon graced his lips. "She's too young to be put with any boys and anyway she could end up liking girls someday."
Nodding his head Zac sighed, "She could indeed," he admitted knowing he wouldn't care either way who their daughter did date one day, just as long as she was happy.
"These past few months have been a hell of a ride haven't they?" Zac asked as he looked over at Harry. "You getting pregnant and then having Cora and now our wedding. You didn't even have to keep the baby you know..I mean I wouldn't have blamed you if you wanted to have an abortion though I'm glad you didn't."
"I couldn't have done that," Harry spoke honestly as he reached over to take Zac's hand. "I wanted Cora because she was a part of us, even if it meant people staring at me because I was one of the men who could now get pregnant. I wouldn't trade these months for anything but then again I wouldn't trade any of my time with you for anything."
Zac squeezed Harry's hand, "I wouldn't trade any of my time with you for anything either," he said honestly. "I mean look what being with you has got me. It gave me a beautiful daughter who I adore and a beautiful husband who I'm madly in love with."
Harry looked down a blush growing on his cheeks, "Can you say the husband bit again? I just like being called your husband."
"Husband..you are my beautiful husband who I'm madly in love with," Zac said again as he leaned over and pecked Harry's lips softly. "The best husband I could ask for."
Pulling away Harry smiled and they sat in silence for a bit until the music from the reception drifted outside, "Dance with me?" Harry asked as he stood up and looked down at Zac. "I like this Adele song."
Zac stood up and soon pulled Harry closer to him as they began to dance to One and Only and as they danced he knew then that he was content and happy and he wasn't sure he'd give up this life for anything. Being with Harry had changed him and made him a better person. It had made him stronger and he wasn't afraid of that or love, which deep down maybe he had once been afraid of love and that was the reason things had never worked out with Zayn or anyone else.
They weren't his right fit like Harry was and he was sure he was Harry's right fit as well.
Harry looked down as he blushed at her words, "I know," he told her as his eyes landed on a sleeping Cora.
Cora looked so peaceful which surprised Harry since usually she couldn't go to sleep unless Zac had sang to her. Something he hadn't been able to do tonight since Gemma and Natalie both said it was bad luck for him to see Zac before the wedding though he just thought it was some dumb tradition.
Harry though hadn't argued on his personal feelings or finding this a dumb tradition so now here he sat hours before his wedding in some nice hotel room in Ireland and he was unable to sleep because he missed Zac.
"Just can't sleep with you watching me," Harry reasoned as he finally looked back up at his sister.
Gemma crossed her arms and Harry swore she looked like she didn't believe him.
"Are you sure you will sleep?" Gemma finally asked as she arched an eyebrow.
"Positive," Harry lied though he hoped he sounded convincing and maybe he had because Gemma did eventually turn and leave, shutting the door as she did so.
Once she was gone Harry stood from the bed and headed into the bathroom quickly to strip down to his boxers as well as brush his teeth.
When he came out of the bathroom he stopped in his tracks as he saw Cora had woken up and was now sitting up in her small travel sized baby bed thing.
"What are you doing up sweet pea?" Harry cooed as he walked to her and picked her up.
Feeling her rest her forehead into the crook of his neck, Harry sighed, "Do you miss your Dada?" he asked knowing that's what Zac called himself though sometimes Harry swore when he listened in on the baby monitor that he heard Zac referring to himself as mama sometimes.
"I miss him too," Harry confessed as he heard Cora start to whimper slightly and he rubbed her back to soothe her. "It's funny but haven't spent a full night away from your Dada in a year," he frowned as Cora continued to whimper even with the back rubs.
Just sitting there and listening to Cora whimper for what felt like forever, Harry chewed on his lip harshly.
When Cora finally raised her head and looked up at him, babbling through her whimpers Harry nodded his head. "You're right we should call your Dada and tell him to come here. That was a wonderful suggestion sweet pea."
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Zac who was laying in the hotel room he was sharing with Isaac for the night, sighed loudly as he turned to look up at the ceiling unable to sleep and surprisingly it hadn't been because of Isaac's snoring. It was because he had missed Harry, he was missing the man who was going to be his husband in a few hours and he missed his daughter.
It was the first time he had been away from Harry in a year and Cora since birth and he missed being able to sing to his daughter as she drifted off in his arms and he missed falling asleep with Harry as he held onto him because Harry was his little spoon.
Just as he was about to turn back over on his side though he heard his cell phone which was laying on a night stand beside the bed, ring and he was afraid it would wake Isaac up but all it did was make his snoring increase it seemed and Zac shook his head as he sat up and reached for it, a smile crossing his face as he saw Harry's name and the picture of Harry and Cora that he had set under Harry's info.
"Hello babe," Zac spoke as he hit talk and put the phone to his ear.
"I miss you so fucking much," Harry sighed into Zac's ear. "Cora and I both do and she suggested that we call and tell you to come to our room."
Zac laughed as he listened to Harry's words, "Oh did she now? I didn't know she was that skilled of a talker yet," he teased.
"She is, funny what just a few hours away from her will make you miss," Harry replied back just as teasingly as Zac had teased him. "But can you please come to us, we miss you, especially Cora who woke up from her sleep and is now whimpering."
Looking over at a sleeping Isaac, Zac nodded his head though Harry couldn't see him, "I'll be there in a few minutes but if Gemma and Natalie find out they'll kill us."
Now it was Harry's turn to laugh and the laugh made Zac happy, "Let them kill us," he replied softly. "Though my only request is they kill us after the wedding so I can at least die as your husband."
"How romantic," Zac said as he stood from the bed. "I'll see you in a few minutes and I love you and Cora," he finished before hanging up.
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An hour later Harry smiled as he felt Zac snuggle into him as they laid in bed and he let his arm go down to rest over Zac's, "I don't know how you can get Cora to go to sleep like that. I mean I try singing to her and all she does is cry even louder."
"I just have a magic touch," Zac laughed as he kissed Harry's shoulder and Harry shivered at the contact. "And the better singing voice."
Harry shook his head slightly, "Well I disagree with the singing voice thing but you do have a magic touch, I mean you make it easier for me to sleep too," he smiled as he chewed his lip. "And after we get married I get to sleep next to you for the rest of my life."
"Isn't that a great thing?" Zac asked as he sighed. "Sleeping next to me and hearing me snore and waking up to see me drooling worse than our daughter drools."
"Lovely when put like that," Harry laughed as he scrunched his nose up. "But I do like waking up next to you and sleeping beside you and as dumb as it sounds it makes me happy I get to do it for the rest of our lives," he smiled before closing his eyes. "Now sing me to sleep like you did Cora, please."
Zac just huffed playfully, "I'm beginning to think you're only with me for my singing voice," he laughed but eventually he started to sing to Harry and the more he sang the heavier Harry felt his eyelids get, until they shut all together.
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Hours later Zac looked at Harry as they sat outside the place where the wedding reception was taking place. Everyone else was inside but somehow they had found time to sneak off and Nikki had made it easy by stowing away with Cora and taking her over to where Niall had been with Murphy.
"You know I think Nikki is trying to start matchmaking our daughter now," Zac said as he watched Harry turn to glare at him. "You don't find it cute?" he asked as he leaned in to kiss Harry's cheek.
Harry shook his head, "Nope," he replied though a smile soon graced his lips. "She's too young to be put with any boys and anyway she could end up liking girls someday."
Nodding his head Zac sighed, "She could indeed," he admitted knowing he wouldn't care either way who their daughter did date one day, just as long as she was happy.
"These past few months have been a hell of a ride haven't they?" Zac asked as he looked over at Harry. "You getting pregnant and then having Cora and now our wedding. You didn't even have to keep the baby you know..I mean I wouldn't have blamed you if you wanted to have an abortion though I'm glad you didn't."
"I couldn't have done that," Harry spoke honestly as he reached over to take Zac's hand. "I wanted Cora because she was a part of us, even if it meant people staring at me because I was one of the men who could now get pregnant. I wouldn't trade these months for anything but then again I wouldn't trade any of my time with you for anything."
Zac squeezed Harry's hand, "I wouldn't trade any of my time with you for anything either," he said honestly. "I mean look what being with you has got me. It gave me a beautiful daughter who I adore and a beautiful husband who I'm madly in love with."
Harry looked down a blush growing on his cheeks, "Can you say the husband bit again? I just like being called your husband."
"Husband..you are my beautiful husband who I'm madly in love with," Zac said again as he leaned over and pecked Harry's lips softly. "The best husband I could ask for."
Pulling away Harry smiled and they sat in silence for a bit until the music from the reception drifted outside, "Dance with me?" Harry asked as he stood up and looked down at Zac. "I like this Adele song."
Zac stood up and soon pulled Harry closer to him as they began to dance to One and Only and as they danced he knew then that he was content and happy and he wasn't sure he'd give up this life for anything. Being with Harry had changed him and made him a better person. It had made him stronger and he wasn't afraid of that or love, which deep down maybe he had once been afraid of love and that was the reason things had never worked out with Zayn or anyone else.
They weren't his right fit like Harry was and he was sure he was Harry's right fit as well.
