"I'm eating for two now. Leave me alone...." Harry trailed off as he watched Zac looking at him skeptically as he ate his second bowl of ice cream for the day.
Zac shook his head as he sat down beside Harry on the couch, "I don't just think your problem right now is eating for two. I think you are stress eating because you're nervous for your baby shower tomorrow and the fact that my mom and Kate accepted the invitation to come."
Looking away from Zac, Harry trained his eyes on the strawberry ice cream that he was eating, "That's not true," he denied though in all honesty it really was true. "I'm just really craving ice cream is all."
"At ten in the morning?" Zac questioned as he raised an eyebrow. "By the time dinner time rolls around you won't even be hungry and we have dinner with your mom and Gemma tonight. Your mom is going to think you're sick if you don't eat all of her food."
Harry kept his eyes off of Zac as he lifted a spoonful of ice cream to his lips and took a bite, "I can always just say the pregnancy is affecting my appetite and not making me hungry," he spoke after he swallowed. "She'd buy it because I'm her baby and she loves me too much to know when I'm lying."
Zac laughed softly before he reached over to brush some hair out of Harry's face, "I wish you'd stop lying, stop lying to me and don't lie to your mom tonight."
"Fine, I am nervous," Harry admitted as he looked up at Zac and forced a smile. "I'm nervous because I can't help but feel they only accepted the invitation to do something at the baby shower and I don't want to feel horrible about whatever they do on a day that's supposed to be happy," he sighed once he had finished telling Zac how he felt.
It was like a weight had been lifted off of him now but now he was kind of scared Zac would laugh at him or call him crazy and dumb. After all it had been his idea to invite them and Gemma had tried to stop him but he hadn't listened because he was stubborn and he wanted to try even if he knew trying would never change anything at all really.
"Then why invite them in the first place?" Zac asked as he moved a bit closer to Harry once Harry had finally looked at him again. "I mean I'm sure Gemma tried to warn you otherwise."
"You know she did," Harry replied as he rolled his eyes. "I know you two talk all the darn time behind my back in texts," he said seeing Zac blush as a smirk grew on his lips. "I just wanted to try and be nice. I mean they are your family and this is your mom's first grandchild. I figured she'd at least be there and you know her and Kate are a package deal."
Zac nodded as he sighed and shook his head, "You are too nice for your own good sometimes," he said as he locked eyes with Harry. "But I get why you did it and I promise you nothing will happen."
"But how can you promise me that?" Harry asked as he finished off his ice cream and laid the bowl on the table. "You can't control your mom at all," he frowned almost wishing that Zac could control his mom somehow because it would make some things easier. "Nor can you control Kate."
"I can't," Zac admitted as he leaned in to kiss Harry briefly on the lips, his tongue sliding into Harry's mouth which still faintly tasted of strawberry. "But I promise you I will do my best to find some sort of option," he continued after he pulled away. "Now go change so you can go with Gemma to pick your mom up from the airport."
Pouting Harry leaned over to kiss Zac again, "But...I...don't...want...too," he muttered in between kisses. "I just want to stay here all day kissing you now."
Zac laughed as he pulled away and rested both of his hands on either side of Harry's cheeks, "As much as I would love that, we can't," he said as he shook his head. "I have to go into the studio today and you have to go with Gemma."
Harry continued to pout but he kissed Zac one last time before standing up, "You better make this up to me tonight then," he huffed as he headed towards their bedroom. "Let me kiss you until our lips turn blue."
"Oh trust me," Zac spoke as he too stood from the couch, grabbing the dirty bowl Harry had left laying on the table. "I'll let you do more than kiss me until my lips turn blue," he called out as he headed into the kitchen to put the bowl in the sink.
Blushing as he heard Zac from all the way upstairs Harry shut the bedroom door, a bit glad that Natalie had left early this morning to run some last minute baby shower errands with both Taylor and Nikki. He wasn't sure how well Natalie would do with hearing Zac imply dirty things to him, even if she and Taylor sometimes had done much worse in front of both Zac and Harry.
Coming out of his head Harry blushed even more as he heard Zac holler out an I love you before going out the door. It was a simple gesture but it eased Harry's troubled mind, much like Zac's words on the couch had. Harry knew somehow that Zac would do something to make sure his mom and Kate were nice and polite. Zac always made sure that he was taken care of and got what he wanted. It was one thing Harry was thankful for.
"And I love you too," Harry spoke quietly to himself as he walked to the closet to find an outfit that would fit him as well as look nice because he wanted to look presentable to his mom who he hadn't seen since Christmas when she had flown in from Vermont, the place she was living at now with her new husband.
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Zac sighed as later that day he turned around in his chair in the office, facing Isaac. Taylor was still out running errands so really all he and Isaac were doing was getting some stuff set up early for Hanson Day and Hop Jam in May and Zac decided since they were alone he was going to use this time to talk to his brother.
"Hey, Ike," Zac started seeing Isaac turn to face him with a curious look on his face. "Can we talk for a bit?"
"I thought that's what you were doing," Isaac teased as he turned to fully face Zac. "But sure go ahead, keep talking baby brother."
Zac playfully raised his hand giving Isaac the bird before deciding to continue with what he is going to say, "You know how Harry's baby shower is tomorrow and Kate and Mom are both going to be there?" he asked as he started to chew on his lip, feeling nervous for what he wanted to say and ask of his brother.
Isaac nodded his head, "I tried to talk to them out of it but they insisted," he said as he shrugged. "I mean I don't really approve of your lifestyle or choices either but I'm not going to constantly fault you for them because you are my brother and I love you."
Smiling softly at Isaac's words Zac felt his cheeks getting hot as he blushed, "C..can you try to at least talk them into being nice?" he asked his voice catching at the beginning. "I know you said you couldn't talk them out of coming but maybe you can tell them to be nice. Harry is just nervous about them coming now and I don't want them to ruin his day, not when they ruin everything else half the time."
"I can try," Isaac said as he gave Zac a smile. "Your best bet would be to ask Zoe though you know. She's your and Harry's biggest fan at home. It drives mom sick."
Zac laughed at what Isaac said. "I wish Mom and Dad would let me see her more," he said knowing he hated that they wouldn't let him have contact with her though maybe once she hit eighteen she'd come around him more.
"She wishes it too," Isaac smiled more though it was more sad than happy. "I kind of hate how this whole family has been ever since you came out. Mom and Dad forbidding you from the younger kids and that made them resentful..well some of them anyway. I think that's why Mac moved away and we never see much of him anymore and Avery well she's off doing her own thing in New York and refuses to talk to any of us."
"At least Jessica stuck around," Zac added in as he looked towards the closed door where he was sure just outside Jessica was sitting at her desk doing some sort of paper work or something. "But yeah...I guess my sexuality ruined everything."
"No," Isaac shook his head. "Mom and Dad's reaction to their twenty year old son coming out ruined everything," he said as he went silent for a moment. "Which is why, yeah I will give talking to Mom and Kate a try because I'd really like to one day maybe get past all of this stuff and if they try it could change how they see you and think."
Zac couldn't help but grin even after Isaac turned away from him and back to his computer. He knew even with his and Isaac's differences that his eldest brother would always have his back because unlike Isaac's wife or their own mother Isaac had always been soft hearted and too kind for his own good, something he had in common with Harry.
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"So did you get it?" Zac asked as he stood outside of 3CG with Taylor that night. He only had twenty minutes now until he had to go to Gemma's to have dinner with the Styles family and Taylor luckily had gotten back from his errands with Natalie and Nikki just in time.
Taylor nodded as he handed the bag over to Zac, "Yes but I almost didn't. Natalie and Nikki both shot me daggers when I told them I'd have to leave them alone at the catering company to go run a personal errand. They thought I was just being selfish and going on a caffeine run and to talk to Louis."
"And did you do all that?" Zac asked as he took the bag from Taylor's hands. Reaching inside he slipped the box out and opened it, a smile appearing as the little Claddagh ring stared up at him. It was beautiful and the designer had done a good job on it.
"Maybe but only after I got that," Taylor admitted as he smiled slightly. "Is the ring going to be Harry's push present?"
Zac shook his head as he put the ring back in the bag, "No, I plan on giving it to him before he even gives birth," he revealed seeing a confused look cross his brother's face. "It's Harry's engagement ring."
"Oh," Taylor said as realization dawned on him finally after Zac clued him in. "But you're the wife, shouldn't Harry be proposing to you?"
"Normally he would," Zac nodded as he opened his car door and bent in, putting the bag in the glove box. "But Harry's a bit stubborn on things so I'm making the first move. I mean it's a dance with us really. He made the crack on my crooked smile, I slept with him. He agreed to be my friend with benefits and I fell in love though I was too stubborn to admit it for the longest time but he finally got me too and now, well now I'm going to get him to marry me."
Taylor just shook his head, "Good luck on that."
"I already have luck on my side," Zac smiled before getting in his car and shutting the door once Taylor had moved out of his way. Starting his car up he pulled out, driving to Gemma's apartment and the whole way there he started to formulate in his head just how he wanted this to go down. He figured tomorrow he'd start at the baby shower by asking Anne for Harry's hand in marriage.
Zac shook his head as he sat down beside Harry on the couch, "I don't just think your problem right now is eating for two. I think you are stress eating because you're nervous for your baby shower tomorrow and the fact that my mom and Kate accepted the invitation to come."
Looking away from Zac, Harry trained his eyes on the strawberry ice cream that he was eating, "That's not true," he denied though in all honesty it really was true. "I'm just really craving ice cream is all."
"At ten in the morning?" Zac questioned as he raised an eyebrow. "By the time dinner time rolls around you won't even be hungry and we have dinner with your mom and Gemma tonight. Your mom is going to think you're sick if you don't eat all of her food."
Harry kept his eyes off of Zac as he lifted a spoonful of ice cream to his lips and took a bite, "I can always just say the pregnancy is affecting my appetite and not making me hungry," he spoke after he swallowed. "She'd buy it because I'm her baby and she loves me too much to know when I'm lying."
Zac laughed softly before he reached over to brush some hair out of Harry's face, "I wish you'd stop lying, stop lying to me and don't lie to your mom tonight."
"Fine, I am nervous," Harry admitted as he looked up at Zac and forced a smile. "I'm nervous because I can't help but feel they only accepted the invitation to do something at the baby shower and I don't want to feel horrible about whatever they do on a day that's supposed to be happy," he sighed once he had finished telling Zac how he felt.
It was like a weight had been lifted off of him now but now he was kind of scared Zac would laugh at him or call him crazy and dumb. After all it had been his idea to invite them and Gemma had tried to stop him but he hadn't listened because he was stubborn and he wanted to try even if he knew trying would never change anything at all really.
"Then why invite them in the first place?" Zac asked as he moved a bit closer to Harry once Harry had finally looked at him again. "I mean I'm sure Gemma tried to warn you otherwise."
"You know she did," Harry replied as he rolled his eyes. "I know you two talk all the darn time behind my back in texts," he said seeing Zac blush as a smirk grew on his lips. "I just wanted to try and be nice. I mean they are your family and this is your mom's first grandchild. I figured she'd at least be there and you know her and Kate are a package deal."
Zac nodded as he sighed and shook his head, "You are too nice for your own good sometimes," he said as he locked eyes with Harry. "But I get why you did it and I promise you nothing will happen."
"But how can you promise me that?" Harry asked as he finished off his ice cream and laid the bowl on the table. "You can't control your mom at all," he frowned almost wishing that Zac could control his mom somehow because it would make some things easier. "Nor can you control Kate."
"I can't," Zac admitted as he leaned in to kiss Harry briefly on the lips, his tongue sliding into Harry's mouth which still faintly tasted of strawberry. "But I promise you I will do my best to find some sort of option," he continued after he pulled away. "Now go change so you can go with Gemma to pick your mom up from the airport."
Pouting Harry leaned over to kiss Zac again, "But...I...don't...want...too," he muttered in between kisses. "I just want to stay here all day kissing you now."
Zac laughed as he pulled away and rested both of his hands on either side of Harry's cheeks, "As much as I would love that, we can't," he said as he shook his head. "I have to go into the studio today and you have to go with Gemma."
Harry continued to pout but he kissed Zac one last time before standing up, "You better make this up to me tonight then," he huffed as he headed towards their bedroom. "Let me kiss you until our lips turn blue."
"Oh trust me," Zac spoke as he too stood from the couch, grabbing the dirty bowl Harry had left laying on the table. "I'll let you do more than kiss me until my lips turn blue," he called out as he headed into the kitchen to put the bowl in the sink.
Blushing as he heard Zac from all the way upstairs Harry shut the bedroom door, a bit glad that Natalie had left early this morning to run some last minute baby shower errands with both Taylor and Nikki. He wasn't sure how well Natalie would do with hearing Zac imply dirty things to him, even if she and Taylor sometimes had done much worse in front of both Zac and Harry.
Coming out of his head Harry blushed even more as he heard Zac holler out an I love you before going out the door. It was a simple gesture but it eased Harry's troubled mind, much like Zac's words on the couch had. Harry knew somehow that Zac would do something to make sure his mom and Kate were nice and polite. Zac always made sure that he was taken care of and got what he wanted. It was one thing Harry was thankful for.
"And I love you too," Harry spoke quietly to himself as he walked to the closet to find an outfit that would fit him as well as look nice because he wanted to look presentable to his mom who he hadn't seen since Christmas when she had flown in from Vermont, the place she was living at now with her new husband.
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Zac sighed as later that day he turned around in his chair in the office, facing Isaac. Taylor was still out running errands so really all he and Isaac were doing was getting some stuff set up early for Hanson Day and Hop Jam in May and Zac decided since they were alone he was going to use this time to talk to his brother.
"Hey, Ike," Zac started seeing Isaac turn to face him with a curious look on his face. "Can we talk for a bit?"
"I thought that's what you were doing," Isaac teased as he turned to fully face Zac. "But sure go ahead, keep talking baby brother."
Zac playfully raised his hand giving Isaac the bird before deciding to continue with what he is going to say, "You know how Harry's baby shower is tomorrow and Kate and Mom are both going to be there?" he asked as he started to chew on his lip, feeling nervous for what he wanted to say and ask of his brother.
Isaac nodded his head, "I tried to talk to them out of it but they insisted," he said as he shrugged. "I mean I don't really approve of your lifestyle or choices either but I'm not going to constantly fault you for them because you are my brother and I love you."
Smiling softly at Isaac's words Zac felt his cheeks getting hot as he blushed, "C..can you try to at least talk them into being nice?" he asked his voice catching at the beginning. "I know you said you couldn't talk them out of coming but maybe you can tell them to be nice. Harry is just nervous about them coming now and I don't want them to ruin his day, not when they ruin everything else half the time."
"I can try," Isaac said as he gave Zac a smile. "Your best bet would be to ask Zoe though you know. She's your and Harry's biggest fan at home. It drives mom sick."
Zac laughed at what Isaac said. "I wish Mom and Dad would let me see her more," he said knowing he hated that they wouldn't let him have contact with her though maybe once she hit eighteen she'd come around him more.
"She wishes it too," Isaac smiled more though it was more sad than happy. "I kind of hate how this whole family has been ever since you came out. Mom and Dad forbidding you from the younger kids and that made them resentful..well some of them anyway. I think that's why Mac moved away and we never see much of him anymore and Avery well she's off doing her own thing in New York and refuses to talk to any of us."
"At least Jessica stuck around," Zac added in as he looked towards the closed door where he was sure just outside Jessica was sitting at her desk doing some sort of paper work or something. "But yeah...I guess my sexuality ruined everything."
"No," Isaac shook his head. "Mom and Dad's reaction to their twenty year old son coming out ruined everything," he said as he went silent for a moment. "Which is why, yeah I will give talking to Mom and Kate a try because I'd really like to one day maybe get past all of this stuff and if they try it could change how they see you and think."
Zac couldn't help but grin even after Isaac turned away from him and back to his computer. He knew even with his and Isaac's differences that his eldest brother would always have his back because unlike Isaac's wife or their own mother Isaac had always been soft hearted and too kind for his own good, something he had in common with Harry.
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"So did you get it?" Zac asked as he stood outside of 3CG with Taylor that night. He only had twenty minutes now until he had to go to Gemma's to have dinner with the Styles family and Taylor luckily had gotten back from his errands with Natalie and Nikki just in time.
Taylor nodded as he handed the bag over to Zac, "Yes but I almost didn't. Natalie and Nikki both shot me daggers when I told them I'd have to leave them alone at the catering company to go run a personal errand. They thought I was just being selfish and going on a caffeine run and to talk to Louis."
"And did you do all that?" Zac asked as he took the bag from Taylor's hands. Reaching inside he slipped the box out and opened it, a smile appearing as the little Claddagh ring stared up at him. It was beautiful and the designer had done a good job on it.
"Maybe but only after I got that," Taylor admitted as he smiled slightly. "Is the ring going to be Harry's push present?"
Zac shook his head as he put the ring back in the bag, "No, I plan on giving it to him before he even gives birth," he revealed seeing a confused look cross his brother's face. "It's Harry's engagement ring."
"Oh," Taylor said as realization dawned on him finally after Zac clued him in. "But you're the wife, shouldn't Harry be proposing to you?"
"Normally he would," Zac nodded as he opened his car door and bent in, putting the bag in the glove box. "But Harry's a bit stubborn on things so I'm making the first move. I mean it's a dance with us really. He made the crack on my crooked smile, I slept with him. He agreed to be my friend with benefits and I fell in love though I was too stubborn to admit it for the longest time but he finally got me too and now, well now I'm going to get him to marry me."
Taylor just shook his head, "Good luck on that."
"I already have luck on my side," Zac smiled before getting in his car and shutting the door once Taylor had moved out of his way. Starting his car up he pulled out, driving to Gemma's apartment and the whole way there he started to formulate in his head just how he wanted this to go down. He figured tomorrow he'd start at the baby shower by asking Anne for Harry's hand in marriage.
