Chapter Twenty- Seven: Love, Father's Instinct, Mother and Dates

{Harry's POV}


I stand in front of Jade's front door, not knowing whether this is the right thing to do? Should I tell her how I really, truly feel? Yes. I should and if she doesn't feel the same then I will try and move on. I knock my fist against the sturdy wood door and I hear soft footsteps coming to the door. 


The door swings open and Jade stands there looking at me. "Hey Harry, come in," she smiles and I follow her in. We go into the lounge and I plonk down on her couch. 


"Would you like something to drink?" She asks. How is she not feeling awkward? I feel really awkward right at the moment. 


"No thanks Jade. Um, do you mind taking a seat?" I ask her. She nods and sits oposite me on her coffee table. "Jade about yesterday," I say. She takes a deep breath and nods for me to continue. "I mean it. The reason I broke up with Molly is because I'm in love with you. Everything about you. You're eyes, your smile, your personality. I cannot stop feeling like this for you," I admit. 


"Harry," she mumbles. Oh know! Have I made a fool of myself? "I love you too. I mean it," she says. My jaw drops. Am I hearing what I think I'm hearing. "I've been in love with you for a while now and Niall, Zayn and Perrie all know. I didn't tell you because you were happy with Molly," she admits. That long! Woah! 


"Date tonight? Six at my place?" I ask. She giggles. 


"Of course," she smiles and I jump up and run away, doing an Irish skip. I hear her laugh and laugh myself. 


I, Harry Styles am going on a date with thee Jade Thirlwall, girl I love. 


{Zayn's POV}


I watch them smeer gel over the knob and then place it onto Perrie's stomach. She shivers a little and I chuckle. She whacks me and then grabs my left hand in her right hand. 


"And here's your baby." The nurse points the baby out on the screen. Wow. Just wow. I cannot believe that picture is our baby. Half me, half Perrie. It's unbelieveable! 


We always see women having ultrasounds on tv shows and movies but I never really imagined the joy I'd get from seeing my baby on the screen. 


"I'll be back in a second. I'm just going to get Dr. Williams," the nurse gets up and leaves. I turn to Perrie who is playing with her rings. I'm not the only one who has that habit obviously. 


"Second thoughts on that?" I chuckle and she looks up and gives me an unamused look. "Sorry!" I smile trying not to laugh. 


A female doctor walks in and smiles. "Hello Perrie," she smiles. "Nice to meet you Zayn, I'm Dr. Erica," she shakes my hand. 


"Nice to meet you too," I reply. Dr. Erica sits down where the nurse was and picks up the knob. 


"So, I was a little shocked when my Mum told me you were two and a half MONTHS pregnant," Dr. Erica says. We laugh. She runs the knob over Perrie's stomach again and the baby comes back on the screen as she hits a few buttons. "Right. You're almost four months pregnant and yesterday you had a fall but by the looks of things, your baby is developing beautifully. Healthy and happy baby!" Dr. Erica smiles. 


A whole gust of relief comes over me. Our baby is okay, which is great!


"Would you like to know the sex?" Dr. Erica asks. I personally would like to have a suprise. I look at Perrie who is shaking her head at me. Thank goodness she doesn't want to know!


"No thanks," I say to Dr. Erica. She nods and prints the sonogram. "So what sort of things do we have to do in this stage and further on?" I ask. I want to make sure Perrie and the baby are always safe and not in danger. 


"Okay so I'll cover the basics. The baby will start to grow hair and their eyes and ears will move into the right place. Um, if they start kicking it's a good sign," Dr. Erica says. 


"They kicked last night," Perrie informs. Dr. Erica smiles and I smile remembering it. I was estatic!


"Early bird!" Dr. Erica laughs. "That's great!" She smiles. We nod. "Um as for you Perrie, you may have tender gums, leg cramps, swollen ankles, obviously rapid growth," Dr. Erica says. Perrie laughs. "Um in the bedroom," Dr. Erica smiles. I sigh and Perrie laughs. "Most of the time it's about communticating and understanding how each other feel. Sex is apparently reccomended so," Dr. Erica shrugs. Perrie laughs and then snorts. I end up laughing whilst she goes red. Dr. Erica is laughing too. "And um I'll be seeing you once a month just to check your weight Perrie, to check your blood pressure, all that stuff," Dr. Erica explains to Perrie. 


We get a few more details and then we're allowed to leave. Niall's car soon appears and we jump into the back together. Once Niall drops us home we head up to our room. Perrie collapses on the bed and changes her pants in the most awkward way I have ever seen. 


"What?" She asks. I just stay leaning against the ensuite door laughing at her. I walk over and sit down with her. 


"What do you reckon they'll be?" Perrie asks placing her hand on her bump. 


"Girl." I reply immediatley. "Father's instinct." Perrie cracks up and claps her hands laughing. 


"Father's instinct? I didn't know that exists?" Perrie smiles. I shrug. 


"What names do you like for boys?" She grabs a bit of paper. I think about it and grab the book Dani leant us with baby names in it. 


"Do you want to have an Arabic middle name but English first name?" I suggest before looking up at Perrie.


"That would be adorable."


"Okay, so how about I pick middle name, you pick first name but as long as we agree," I suggest. 


"Sure! But can we have a few options in case the baby doesn't look like any of the ones we come up with?" Perrie asks. I nod my head and then hand her the baby name book. I grab my phone and look through Arabic baby names. 


"Okay, I have three boys names," she smiles. "Archie, Charlie and Alfie," Perrie suggest. They're cute! I nod.


"And Arabic boys names. Baha, which means magnificent. Alaa which means handsome and Ayaan, which means Gift of God," I tell Perrie the names I came up with. 


"They're beautiful," Perrie smiles handing me the bit of paper to write them down. 


"No Pezz. Zain means beautiful," I smirk. She whacks me playfully and I write down the names. We take a few more minutes to find girls names. I want to make this perfect because I think the baby is going to be a girl. 


"Okay," Perrie smiles. "I like Lilli, Alice and Milly," Perrie reads them out. I'm not to sure on Milly but I could come around to it. I nod and look at the ones I chose. 


"Right. Um, Rafa, which means happiness. Sufia, which means pure and Alia, which means heavenly," I explain. 


"They're gorgeous," Perrie smiles. I write them down and look up to find Perrie asleep. I chuckle and lay down next to her. I'm so lucky!


{Niall's POV}


I fix my jumper in the mirror and run my hand through my blonde quiff one final time before rushing out to the car. I decided to do a simple date with Ella at my house. Just cook her dinner and have a good old chat. 


I drive down the street Ella texted and it seems really familiar. I go to turn into the drive and then realise I'm about to turn into Zayn and Perrie's. What the heck? They're number twenty- four and Ella's number twenty- three. Oh! I go past their home, considering I came in the top end and turn into the next drive that doesn't have a gate. 


I go down the extensively long drive like Perrie and Zayn's and the drive opens up to a two story home. It's not very big but very nice looking. Of course! She's a doctor you idiot! They get payed so much! 


I park my car just in the middle of the opening and go up to the door. I press the grey doorbell and wait. I wipe my weaty hands on my jeans. I really don't want to stuff this up. 


Ella answers the door wearing a navy blue dress. "Hey Niall, come in," she smiles. I follow her into the house. It's very home like. Not a house, a home. I look at the children's toys everywhere. Does she live with her brother who has children? 


We go into the lounge and there's more toys. 


"Sorry about the mess," Ella excuses herself. "Um Niall," she mumbles. I nod. "We have a slight issue," she mumbles. "You se- what are you doing?" Ella looks behind me. 


I turn around and see a little girl standing there in a onesie, holding a blue toy cat. She giggles. She is the most adorable toddler on this planet. Sorry Theo! 


She has light brown ringlets for hair that has been tied up in a ponytail on the top of her head so it just sticks up. To match her hair she has the biggest, brightest blue eyes and a cheeky smile. 


"I coul- tod- dont sleep," she mumbles running over and grabbing Ella's leg. 


"Of course," Ella chuckles. "Um, do you mind one second?" Ella asks. I shake my head, Ella picks up the infant and rushes upstairs carrying the little girl. 


I stand in the lounge just thinking. Is the little girl Ella's daughter? Is she not? What's the slight issue? 


Very soon Ella is back in front of me. "So, that was Asha and due to the fact no one else could look after her, do you mind if we stay here?" Ella asks. 


"Not at all," I reply. I really don't. Just as long as I get to be around Ella will do me fine! "Do you want me to make dinner?" I ask.


"Can you cook well?" She asks. I chuckle and she laughs. "This way then," she leads me to the kitchen. Another open plan living area! What's up with people having their lounge, dining and kitchen all in the same area?


We cook chocolate cake for dinner, yeah, healthy much and then we sit oposite each other at the dining room table. 


"So, um you're probably wondering who Asha is?" Ella asks. I do a tiny symbol with my fingers. Ella laughs. "Asha is my daughter. She turns three on the twenty- fourth of December," Ella explains. Shares the same birthday as Louis! "Are you scared of me now?" Ella asks. I laugh. Kids don't scare me. Sure enough I've never dated a girl with kids. I haven't dated a girl since I joined One Direction actually. 


"No. Of course not. Asha's a part of you and I respect that," I smile. "Plus! She is just too damn adorable!" I coo over the toddler. Ella giggles. "What's her full name?" I ask before having another bite of my piece of cake. 


"Asha Bonnie Oscar," Ella replies before biting her chocolate cake. That's a gorgeous name for a beautiful kid. Ella's blessed in my opinion. 


"So Ella, tell me about you," I smile. She finishes her mouthful. She is really quite beautiful. She has the most amazing blue eyes, like Asha's, brown hair in the same style as Dani's and a adorable smile. 


"Well I was born in Dublin and I'm going to be twenty- four in October. When I was five we moved to South Shields. I have four older brothers," she starts. Knew that thanks to Jade. "Eldest one is called Aengus then there's Hugo who is followed by Leo and finally Zain is the last one," Ella explains. She has a brother called Zain. 


"You have a brother called Zain?" I ask. Ella nods laughing. I wonder if he's the one Jade dated?


"Zain is my twin. His name is spelt Z- a- i- n. He is only like two minutes older than me," Ella says. I crack up. Four older brothers my bum! "Leo is the one Jade Thirlwall dated. He's two years older, Hugo is four years older and Aengus is six years older," Ella informs. I nod still not getting over the whole twin called Zain. That's not an Irish name last time I checked but neither are Leo or Ella I don't think? 


"Then I moved here the year I turned nineteen for university and I've lived in London since then," Ella finishes, I think. "As for Asha. Her Dad was my boyfriend and he passed away after a work place accident. A week later I found out I was pregnant with Asha," Ella tells me.


That's really sad! Poor Ella and Asha. I would hate to lose my partner suddenly and have a child to bring up on my own. Pray that doesn't happen though. 


"So, tell me about you Niall," Ella smiles. I explain my life story and then sit there smiling at her beauty. 


"So, will you let me take you on another date?" I ask. She does a thinking face. 


"Can I bring Asha?" She asks. Um does that need to be answered? Of course yes! I nod my head immediately. "Okay then. When shall this date be?" She asks. 


I laugh and think. Interview tomorrow. Little Mix interview the next day. Perrie's birthday in six days. 


"How about the seventh?" I ask. Ella picks up a work schedule from the fridge. 


"Sounds like a plan!" Ella smiles. "Where will we go?" She asks. I think about where we can take a three year old. Oh I have the perfect place. 


"Dress comfortably," I smile. Ella nods and we go to the door. "Right, I'll see you on the seventh. I shall now head next door because I don't want to drive home," I smile. Ella looks confused. "You live next door to Zayn and Perrie," I inform. 


Ella 'ahhhs'. "Yeah! Harry's birthday was back in February and Asha was determined to not sleep," Ella rolls her eyes. SO GORGEOUS! "Well, thank you for tonight Niall, sorry again about ruining your plans and I will see you on the seventh," Ella smiles. 


"I had a great time! You didn't ruin it," I give her a horan hug. "See you!" I call walking to my car. I drive off once I watch her front door close. I pull out of Ella's drive and into Zayn and Perrie's. I park my car and head in the front door, locking it again behind me. 


Spare bed is upstairs. I head up the stairs and walk across the little opening. I feel someone tap my shoulder and scream. They cover my mouth. 


"Niall?" The female Geordie accent asks. I pull Perrie's hand away and I nod. "What the f**k are you doing?" She whisper yells. Well, I'm coming to rob you! What does it look like I'm doing?


"Can I use one of your spare beds?" I ask in a hushed tone. Perrie looks at me confused as to why I'm in their house at nine- thirty three at night. "I had my date with Ella. She lives next door and I couldn't be bothered driving home. Is that okay?" I ask. 


"Oh! Okay, night, see you in the morning," Perrie smiles turning around before screeching. I spin around and Zayn is standing there. "You scared me you cow!" Perrie slaps him. 


"What the heck is going on out here?" Zayn asks in a clear voice. We laugh and Zayn looks confused now. 


"Just come back to bed. I'll explain," Perrie replies pushing him away. "Night Nini," she calls.


"Night Pezz. Zayn," I call before heading into their biggest spare room. What a great night!


{Jade's POV}


"You look beautiful," a very nicely dressed Harry Styles compliments my outfit, which consists of a black skater dress with a peter pan collar made out of silver studs. I match the dress with black pumps, some black and silver bangles and bracelets, silver stud earrings and a black bow tie in my hair. (Jade's dress on side).


Harry has gone all smart looking in his black skinny jeans, white shirt, black blazer and he has a black bow tie wrapped around his neck. Is that sad that our outfits match in a way? Maybe in signifies compatibility considering we didn't plan our outfits together? I'm not sure. 


Harry leads me into his music room where there is a pinic rug set up with some candles around the room and two bowls of pasta. What the heck is up with our group and pasta?


"Harry, we had pasta yesterday," I laugh.


"Yeah, this is the left overs," he replies honestly. I laugh harder at his cuteness. "Come on giggly," he smiles and we both sit down on the pinic rug and Harry pours two glasses of red wine. 


"Thanks for coming Jade," Harry smiles. 


"Wouldn't miss this for the world." 


★★★★★


We have an amazing dinner, laughing about some of the most randomest things. We then move onto our friends. 


"Did you hear Niall is having a date with Ella tonight?" Harry asks. I nod my head smirking. "They'd be a cute couple," he adds before sipping his wine. 


"How long do you reckon it will take Jesy and Jordan to get pregnant?" I ask Harry. He shrugs. I hope they do soon but not too soon that Perrie has her baby and then Jesy does. That would be hectic!


"I'm not sure," Harry finishes his wine. "What about Coco?" Harry asks. I crack up. 


"That dog is more spastic that Louis and Perrie combined! Trust Louis to adopt a dog like that," I say. Harry laughs. He has a funny but adorable laugh. It's almost awkward- but then again most people have awkward laughs. I think a laugh is a personality trait though and I like hearing people's different laughs. 


"Jade, do you know how beautiful you are?" Harry asks me. I realise he's been 'admiring' me for the past two minutes whilst I've been thinking. "You don't know you're beautiful." I crack up at the reference to his own song. 


"Harry that was so lame!" I laugh. He pouts and I lay back laughing. I open my eyes and Harry is leaning over me.  I watch as his face gets closer to mine and the next thing I know his lips are pressed firm against my lips. I run my hands up through his curls and he licks my bottom lip for entrance. I part my lips and slide my tongue into his mouth as he does the same to me. We passionatley kiss for a while until it starts to get heated. I feel Harry moving his hands down to the bottom of my dress and he slides them up under. 


"No," I mumble. "Bedroom." I add. He smirks at stands up, flinging me over his shoulder. He blows out the candles and we go upstairs to his room. 


"Cute bum Jade," he chuckles and I can just imagine him eyeing off my bum, which is situated right next to his face. 


We get to his room and he throws me onto the bed before regaining the position we we in before, except he pulls my dress off completely. I take off my jewelery and he removes his shoes and my shoes. He climbs back onto me and starts to kiss me all over. 


"I love you Jade," he mumbles. My heart is filled with warmth, but not the bad one that kills you I hope.


"I love you too Harry." 



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