"I will be much happier when I’m not carrying a bowling ball in my stomach," Harry grunted out as he walked with Natalie around the store she had drug him to do some shopping. Normally he'd like shopping but he was aching and fat and just plain miserable.
Natalie laughed as she looked over at Harry, "It's a baby not a bowling ball," she reminded him as she picked out some tops to try on. "And you'll give birth soon, just be patient."
"Patient?!" Harry asked through gritted teeth. "I am a week overdue. I'll remember to tell you to be patient in a few months when you are in my position," he spoke reminding her that soon she'd be just this big and miserable too. "And when you complain about me telling you to be patient I will remind you of this very moment."
Again Natalie laughed as she walked to the changing rooms to try the top on, "My kid's dad is Taylor, he does everything on time so I think our child will take after him."
Harry was able to laugh at that as he walked beside Natalie, "Oh really?" he teased as he watched her go into one of the changing rooms when they reached them and he stayed outside, putting a hand on his back which was aching something awful. "So he even came on time huh?"
"You didn't really just ask that?" Natalie asked her tone coming out disgusted but Harry could tell she was teasing him. "But for your information, sometimes he came a little early actually, before I was even done. Those nights were a fucking bummer."
"Guess he's the only Hanson that comes early," Harry smirked as he thought of Zac. "And the only one to leave their partner unsatisfied."
Natalie tsked from behind the door, "You my dear Harry are a pervert and I really didn't want to know just how well Zac pleases you."
"Of course you did," Harry nodded as Natalie finally opened the door, holding two shirts that she soon put in her cart while taking the other shirts and putting them up. "So does this mean we can eat lunch now?" he asked a bit too hopefully.
"Once I pay, yes we can go out to lunch," Natalie nodded as she began walking to the front of the store.
Walking behind Natalie, Harry moved his hand to his stomach as the pain he had felt in his back now seemed to move there and he winced ever so slightly.
"You okay?" Natalie asked as she stopped briefly to look at Harry who had stopped walking all together now.
Harry nodded his head, giving Natalie a smile, "Just some pains. Think the baby is kicking too hard."
"You sure?" Natalie asked another question, sounding as if she hadn't believed Harry's initial response.
"Positi..." Harry started but stopped when the pain hit again and he chewed his lip. "Okay maybe not so positive," he admitted as he looked up at her.
Natalie's eyes widened as she rushed over to his side, "Is this it?!" she questioned panic sounding in her voice. "Is it baby time?!"
Harry was going to answer and tell her no but before he could, he felt something between his legs and he was sure that it was his water breaking. "I....oh....my water just broke," he finally stated seeing the panic that had been in Natalie's voice cross over to her face but she surprisingly seemed to stay calm as she grabbed a hold of him and then her purse, which was still in the cart.
"Have to get you outside to the car," Natalie spoke as she kept her grip on Harry. "Then we go to the hospital as fast as we can because there is no way I am delivering your baby."
"You...need...to..call...Zac," Harry muttered out in between another pain or what he now suspected was a contraction. "Zac needs to know it's baby time."
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"Go faster!" Zac yelled as he sat in the passenger seat of Taylor's car. "You need to fucking go faster."
Taylor glared slightly as he turned to look at Zac, "Would you like me to get a ticket like you did when you were the one driving my car ten minutes ago?" he asked his voice coming off pissed. "I mean hell you trying to cry your way out of a ticket is what lead to us being slower than what we are."
Zac glared back at Taylor, "Excuse you Taylor, but I was not crying to get out of my ticket," he hissed as he shook his head. "I was actually on the verge of tears. I can't miss Harry's birth...I can't miss my child being born," he muttered as he ran a hand through his hair. "Fuck I'm gonna be a dad in a matter of hours," he said as he felt a new wave of panic rush through him.
As he came to that realization he just sat in silence for awhile. He was going to actually be a father and not just a soon to be father. His life was changing and it scared Zac yet at the same time he kind of liked the thrill of change even if being responsible for a little tiny human scared the living daylights out of him.
"You want me to just drive off somewhere and you can runaway and forget about all of this?" Taylor teased as he groaned when Zac hit his leg hard. "No hitting the driver, I could crash."
"Then stop making shitty jokes," Zac replied as he rolled his eyes. "I'm not going to run off and forget about this. I wouldn't do that to Harry, now drive god damn faster and get me to him!"
Taylor sighed as he shook his head, "I'm going as fast as I can mister bossy pants," he retorted which earned him another hit to his leg.
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Natalie chewed on her lip as she paced back and forth as she stood in the waiting room with Taylor. He and Zac had arrived two hours ago and since then she and Taylor had made the calls to everyone else and Gemma and Nikki swore they were on their way with Anne in tow and even Diana had promised to stop by.
"Is Louis coming?" she finally asked as she stopped pacing and turned to look at Taylor. She knew he had been texting Louis now for a bit.
Taylor shook his head, "Said he doesn't feel right coming since he isn't family."
"But he is family," Natalie said as she walked to where Taylor was. "He's your boyfriend and you love him. I love him and I know regardless of whether Zac or Harry will admit it he has grown on them too."
Laughing Taylor reached out and pulled Natalie too him, "You shouldn't like him you know," he stated and Natalie knew deep down that was Taylor's way of admitting he had messed up. "No one should."
Natalie smiled as she looked up at Taylor, "But we do and I think deep down he loves all of us too so he should come."
"I'll text him and see if I can change his mind," Taylor spoke and Natalie watched as he used his free hand to use his phone quickly.
It was only after she watched him send off the text that she laid her head against his shoulder, "You know soon this will be us here, having our baby."
Taylor hummed in agreement, "Kind of scary isn't it?" he asked as he kissed the top of her head. "Us having a baby. Just hope I'm not as bad as Zac about getting to the hospital."
"I'm sure you'll be fine," Natalie reassured as she chuckled. "I think I want you, Louis, and Nikki in the room when I give birth," she continued. "All the people who are going to be helping to raise this baby."
"So..does...is this..." Taylor sighed unable to say what he wanted.
"It means I know we don't love each other like we should," Natalie spoke for him. "You love Louis and believe it or not I love Nikki and...and I think I want to try with her just like I think you want to try with Louis," she said as she looked up at Taylor, seeing him blush under her gaze.
Taylor nodded his head sheepishly, "I do," he confirmed. "But that doesn't mean I don't love you. I did love you at one point."
Natalie smiled at his words, "I loved you at one point too," she said as she leaned up on her tiptoes to kiss his cheek. She had loved him at one point but now she knew after being with Nikki and experiencing new things that, that love just wasn't enough and she had seen the way Taylor looked at Louis and she knew he had known it too.
It was after the kiss on the cheek that things went silent between them and then eventually other people showed up. Gemma,Nikki, and Anne had been first followed by Diana who had brought along Zoe and then finally Louis walked in carrying Niall's baby who was in a baby carrier, claiming he had baby-sitting duty since Niall had went back to work.
Natalie wasn't sure then how much time had passed maybe an hour maybe two but soon they all saw Zac come into the room and she swore the smile on his face was so big, bigger than she had ever seen.
"Well is the baby here?" Anne asked as she stood from where she had been sitting and walked over to Zac.
Zac nodded a yes at her question, "The baby is here. Mine and Harry's daughter is here."
"It's a girl?" Gemma squealed with delight and Natalie was sure she had that same delight at the idea of Zac and Harry having a daughter.
"It's a girl," Zac confirmed as a few tears went down his cheeks. "Healthy and she has a good set of lungs too."
Natalie laughed as she looked over at Harry, "It's a baby not a bowling ball," she reminded him as she picked out some tops to try on. "And you'll give birth soon, just be patient."
"Patient?!" Harry asked through gritted teeth. "I am a week overdue. I'll remember to tell you to be patient in a few months when you are in my position," he spoke reminding her that soon she'd be just this big and miserable too. "And when you complain about me telling you to be patient I will remind you of this very moment."
Again Natalie laughed as she walked to the changing rooms to try the top on, "My kid's dad is Taylor, he does everything on time so I think our child will take after him."
Harry was able to laugh at that as he walked beside Natalie, "Oh really?" he teased as he watched her go into one of the changing rooms when they reached them and he stayed outside, putting a hand on his back which was aching something awful. "So he even came on time huh?"
"You didn't really just ask that?" Natalie asked her tone coming out disgusted but Harry could tell she was teasing him. "But for your information, sometimes he came a little early actually, before I was even done. Those nights were a fucking bummer."
"Guess he's the only Hanson that comes early," Harry smirked as he thought of Zac. "And the only one to leave their partner unsatisfied."
Natalie tsked from behind the door, "You my dear Harry are a pervert and I really didn't want to know just how well Zac pleases you."
"Of course you did," Harry nodded as Natalie finally opened the door, holding two shirts that she soon put in her cart while taking the other shirts and putting them up. "So does this mean we can eat lunch now?" he asked a bit too hopefully.
"Once I pay, yes we can go out to lunch," Natalie nodded as she began walking to the front of the store.
Walking behind Natalie, Harry moved his hand to his stomach as the pain he had felt in his back now seemed to move there and he winced ever so slightly.
"You okay?" Natalie asked as she stopped briefly to look at Harry who had stopped walking all together now.
Harry nodded his head, giving Natalie a smile, "Just some pains. Think the baby is kicking too hard."
"You sure?" Natalie asked another question, sounding as if she hadn't believed Harry's initial response.
"Positi..." Harry started but stopped when the pain hit again and he chewed his lip. "Okay maybe not so positive," he admitted as he looked up at her.
Natalie's eyes widened as she rushed over to his side, "Is this it?!" she questioned panic sounding in her voice. "Is it baby time?!"
Harry was going to answer and tell her no but before he could, he felt something between his legs and he was sure that it was his water breaking. "I....oh....my water just broke," he finally stated seeing the panic that had been in Natalie's voice cross over to her face but she surprisingly seemed to stay calm as she grabbed a hold of him and then her purse, which was still in the cart.
"Have to get you outside to the car," Natalie spoke as she kept her grip on Harry. "Then we go to the hospital as fast as we can because there is no way I am delivering your baby."
"You...need...to..call...Zac," Harry muttered out in between another pain or what he now suspected was a contraction. "Zac needs to know it's baby time."
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"Go faster!" Zac yelled as he sat in the passenger seat of Taylor's car. "You need to fucking go faster."
Taylor glared slightly as he turned to look at Zac, "Would you like me to get a ticket like you did when you were the one driving my car ten minutes ago?" he asked his voice coming off pissed. "I mean hell you trying to cry your way out of a ticket is what lead to us being slower than what we are."
Zac glared back at Taylor, "Excuse you Taylor, but I was not crying to get out of my ticket," he hissed as he shook his head. "I was actually on the verge of tears. I can't miss Harry's birth...I can't miss my child being born," he muttered as he ran a hand through his hair. "Fuck I'm gonna be a dad in a matter of hours," he said as he felt a new wave of panic rush through him.
As he came to that realization he just sat in silence for awhile. He was going to actually be a father and not just a soon to be father. His life was changing and it scared Zac yet at the same time he kind of liked the thrill of change even if being responsible for a little tiny human scared the living daylights out of him.
"You want me to just drive off somewhere and you can runaway and forget about all of this?" Taylor teased as he groaned when Zac hit his leg hard. "No hitting the driver, I could crash."
"Then stop making shitty jokes," Zac replied as he rolled his eyes. "I'm not going to run off and forget about this. I wouldn't do that to Harry, now drive god damn faster and get me to him!"
Taylor sighed as he shook his head, "I'm going as fast as I can mister bossy pants," he retorted which earned him another hit to his leg.
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Natalie chewed on her lip as she paced back and forth as she stood in the waiting room with Taylor. He and Zac had arrived two hours ago and since then she and Taylor had made the calls to everyone else and Gemma and Nikki swore they were on their way with Anne in tow and even Diana had promised to stop by.
"Is Louis coming?" she finally asked as she stopped pacing and turned to look at Taylor. She knew he had been texting Louis now for a bit.
Taylor shook his head, "Said he doesn't feel right coming since he isn't family."
"But he is family," Natalie said as she walked to where Taylor was. "He's your boyfriend and you love him. I love him and I know regardless of whether Zac or Harry will admit it he has grown on them too."
Laughing Taylor reached out and pulled Natalie too him, "You shouldn't like him you know," he stated and Natalie knew deep down that was Taylor's way of admitting he had messed up. "No one should."
Natalie smiled as she looked up at Taylor, "But we do and I think deep down he loves all of us too so he should come."
"I'll text him and see if I can change his mind," Taylor spoke and Natalie watched as he used his free hand to use his phone quickly.
It was only after she watched him send off the text that she laid her head against his shoulder, "You know soon this will be us here, having our baby."
Taylor hummed in agreement, "Kind of scary isn't it?" he asked as he kissed the top of her head. "Us having a baby. Just hope I'm not as bad as Zac about getting to the hospital."
"I'm sure you'll be fine," Natalie reassured as she chuckled. "I think I want you, Louis, and Nikki in the room when I give birth," she continued. "All the people who are going to be helping to raise this baby."
"So..does...is this..." Taylor sighed unable to say what he wanted.
"It means I know we don't love each other like we should," Natalie spoke for him. "You love Louis and believe it or not I love Nikki and...and I think I want to try with her just like I think you want to try with Louis," she said as she looked up at Taylor, seeing him blush under her gaze.
Taylor nodded his head sheepishly, "I do," he confirmed. "But that doesn't mean I don't love you. I did love you at one point."
Natalie smiled at his words, "I loved you at one point too," she said as she leaned up on her tiptoes to kiss his cheek. She had loved him at one point but now she knew after being with Nikki and experiencing new things that, that love just wasn't enough and she had seen the way Taylor looked at Louis and she knew he had known it too.
It was after the kiss on the cheek that things went silent between them and then eventually other people showed up. Gemma,Nikki, and Anne had been first followed by Diana who had brought along Zoe and then finally Louis walked in carrying Niall's baby who was in a baby carrier, claiming he had baby-sitting duty since Niall had went back to work.
Natalie wasn't sure then how much time had passed maybe an hour maybe two but soon they all saw Zac come into the room and she swore the smile on his face was so big, bigger than she had ever seen.
"Well is the baby here?" Anne asked as she stood from where she had been sitting and walked over to Zac.
Zac nodded a yes at her question, "The baby is here. Mine and Harry's daughter is here."
"It's a girl?" Gemma squealed with delight and Natalie was sure she had that same delight at the idea of Zac and Harry having a daughter.
"It's a girl," Zac confirmed as a few tears went down his cheeks. "Healthy and she has a good set of lungs too."
