The Story of You
Hi guys! Here is Part Three! This part is a little longer, so let me know if you prefer them longer or shorter! All the love, Mar
Disclaimer: In no way do I wish to spread hate or negative opinions about any of the characters here depicted, this is just fiction and with the purpose of entertaining you guys
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Part 3: Introductions
May 20, 2021: Eleven Weeks
Harry. New York City, New York. 12:22 Am
After hanging the phone, I decided to grab a beer while I waited for Jeff to get here, I took a swig and grabbed the ultrasound she left me, eleven weeks, how can I love someone who has existed for just eleven weeks?
I heard the elevator ding and Jeff say “What could be so urgent that you had me get out of bed at midnight?”, “See for yourself”, I slide him the ultrasound and I watch him go pale and open and close his mouth, he left the ultrasound in the table and looked at me, his eyes were asking me if this was real.
“So, I guess I should call you Uncle Jeff?”, “Harry are you serious? How far along is she? Are you even sure it is yours? How is this possible?”, “Whoa okay, first of all breathe”, I watch him take a deep breath and a sit, he grabs my beer and takes a swig, “Now, to answer your questions; one, yes, I am serious, two she is eleven weeks, almost twelve, three and four, I am 90% sure it is mine, and I’ll tell you in a minute, but for your peace of mind she agreed to undergo any paternity tests required and I do believe that if the baby wasn’t mine she would be very persistent to make sure we didn’t have a test done”, “Oh gee thanks Harry that makes me feel better; now why are you so sure that the baby is yours?”, “Because I saw her back in March”, “What on Earth are you talking about?”
Harry. Los Angeles, California. March 9th, 2021. 7:34 Pm
“I really don’t understand why you think this is a bad idea, Harry! We’ve been dating for four months!”, I dragged my hand down my face again “Because I don’t want to confuse them, they are so young and have gone through so much in the last months that adding me moving in with you to the mix is not okay!”, “Seriously? I don’t understand why, they have met you and love to hang out with you, I don’t see where things could go wrong, but maybe this means we are not on the same page”, “What? No, Olivia you are taking this the wrong way, you know I want to be with you, but you have your kids to think of first”, “Whatever, I will go now, I don’t want to say things I may regret later”.
I winced when I heard the door slam and ran my fingers through my hair, I knew I needed to clear my head, so I decided to go for a drive. After a while I arrived at my favorite beach and got out, people were already leaving so I decided to only grab my cap and hope for the best to not be recognized.
I sat down a few meters between the shore and the parking lot and started to think about the discussion I had with Olivia, I mean don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I don’t want to move in, but I do believe it is still too soon, I mean it took me and Y/N almost a year to decide to move in together, and there weren’t any children involved.
I haven’t thought about her in a while, how was she? Was she still living in New York? Did she think of me too? I took a deep breath, and I could swear my mind was playing some games with me because I could smell her perfume, lavender and honey, I closed my eyes and took another deep breath.
Wait a minute, that was her perfume, was she here? Who I am kidding that would be a one in a million kinda situation and I knew it; I stood up and as I was shaking the sand from by pants I crashed with someone, which resulted in the other person falling to the sand.
“I’m so sor- Y/N?”, she looked at me with her pretty eyes, which were opened so wide I thought they would explode, so my mind was not playing any games on me, she was here standing in front of me, “Harry?”, “Oh my god! What are the odds? How have you been?”, “I’ve been okay Harry, how about you?”, “I’ve been okay too, what are you doing in LA?”, “I had to come sign some papers for the launch of a new campaign and decided to stay for the weekend, I wanted to get some fresh air and a walk on the beach seemed good”, I could tell she was feeling kinda out of place, and just as she was about to talk I beat her and asked “Do you wanna grab some burgers?”
“Harry, I don’t think it is the right thing”, “Oh come on, just one meal and then I’ll drop you wherever you’re staying”, she sighed “Okay, just one burger”; however, after the burgers came some dessert, which led to a bottle of wine bought at a liquor store in the name of ‘enhancing the palate for dessert’ (or so I told her), which led to a few drinks in my house and ended with us in bed together.
I woke up the next day to an empty bed, a fresh brew of coffee, some breakfast and a note that said “I’m sorry, this was a mistake. Enjoy breakfast on me, -Y/N” and my heart broke, which led to me crying in the shower upon the realization that this would never be the same.
Harry. Present time. New York City, New York. 12:22 Am
“Whoa hold on, so you’re telling me that you weren’t crying because of your fight with Liv like you said. H, how could you not tell me?”, “I’m sorry, I felt like that was our goodbye and I wanted to keep it for myself”, I could see him from the corner of my eye on his phone, he let out a breath and said “Shit, the dates do match, and also, what are the odds that you got her pregnant from one time?”, I started blushing and took another swig from my beer, “Oh my god, spare me the details but you did it more than once right?”, I just laughed.
“Even though I don’t want to, we need to have a meeting, so please text her and ask when it works for her, we will rearrange your calendar okay?”, I nodded and I felt my phone vibrate, it was a call from Olivia, but after the news I received, I didn’t want to talk to her, so I declined.
New York City, New York. 7:45 Am
I took a deep breath and closed my eyes, I could feel my stomach bubbling and prayed that the nausea would stay at bay. I definitely spoke too soon about not having morning sickness because I’ve been here for the last 40 minutes, and it has been a sight to see.
Finally, I feel like my stomach is starting to settle so I decide to leave my bathroom and go to the kitchen where I brewed a ginger tea, which helped settle my nausea. I sat on the living room, on my way there I grabbed my phone which I left abandoned in the counter when I got home yesterday. I’m surprised to see I have a text from Harry.
From H. Styles (06:30 AM): Hi good morning! I hope I don’t wake you up, it was good to see you yesterday. Speaking of, I told Jeff, he wants to see if you would be able to meet with us? We are open to any time you may have. Also, would you mind sending the information for the appointment? Do you need me to pick you up? xx.
To H. Styles (8:05 AM): Hi Harry, good morning, you didn’t wake me up, I was already up due to morning sickness, feeling better now while sipping in a ginger tea. Of course, we can meet, but please let me know what works for you, I know you both have a lot of things to do, and I am still working from home, if it works for you both, you could come over for dinner? As for the appointment, it is on the 25th, and I definitely appreciate the ride, the appointment is at noon.
From H. Styles (8:06 AM): I’m sorry you feel sick, is there anything I could do to help? Also, we would love to have dinner, please let us know the time, and we’ll discuss about the appointment.
To H. Styles (8:10 AM): Thank you, but as Betty (my midwife) says, this too shall pass soon; does 8:00 work for you guys?
From H. Styles (8:11 AM): 8:00 is perfect, see you soon love. xx
I closed my phone and sighed, I had roughly ten hours to whip up a meal and send the draft that was now overdue. I took a hot shower and got dressed, I started working on the draft and was able to finish it before lunch, which means that now I have about 6 hours to clean up, get ready and cook.
I decided to cook some carbonara pasta and garlic bread along with a caprese salad, I also decided on baking some brownies, I knew Jeff loved them. I set a bottle of white wine to cool and prepared a peach lemonade for me. Once the table was set, I decided to go get ready.
Once I finished dressing, I realized that I had about 20 minutes before they would be here, so I checked on the brownies and bread, they were ready, so I set them out to cool. As I was fixing the pillows on the couch, I heard the doorbell ring, so I took a deep breath and went to open the door.
“Hello sunshine! How are you? How have you been?”, “Hi Jeff, I’ve been good, how about you? How’s Glenne?” I hugged him and he hands me a beautiful bouquet of flowers, “I guess congratulations mama”, “Oh Jeff, these are beautiful! Thank you”, I give him a small smile and turn around to see Harry.
“Hello love, how are you feeling?”, “Hi H, I’m better thanks for asking, come in”, I step to the side and he comes in, I notice that he has a gift bag in his hands, “So I did a little Google research and found that these are wonder remedies for morning sickness, so I bought them for you”, he hands me the bag and I open it, inside I find a tin of pregnancy pops, as well as a box of ginger tea, some hard candy and motion sickness bands, but the last two items catch my eye “Oh my god! Verbena hand crème and room spray! H, this has been a life saver, Betty’s office always smells like verbena, and I swear it is wonderful, thank you, I really appreciate this”, he gives me a small smile and a hug.
I lead them to the living room and offer them something to drink, they both agree on some water, and I take the opportunity to grab the chilled bottle of wine and leave it on the table. We sit down and have a casual conversation until Jeff clears his throat, “So babes, first of all I want to know how you are feeling, and if you want to discuss this now or after dinner”, I see Harry shoot daggers to Jeff. “Harry, it’s okay, I am feeling fine thanks for asking, and we can definitely discuss this now, I am an open book”.
Harry. New York City, New York. 8:30 Pm
Seriously Jeff? We couldn’t have dinner first, could we? I swear I am about to kill him until I hear her voice, “Before we go into deep subjects, I just want to let you both know two things; one, I will be as transparent and cooperative as you need me to be, I really understand the predicament we’re in and I want to make this easier for us; two, if I ever feel that this baby is in danger, I will leave, because his or her safety is the most important thing”.
I see Jeff out of the corner of my eye nodding his head, “Oh honey then we are on the same page; believe me when I say that this is the last thing I want to do, I truly believe in you and everything you say, but I also know that if my higher ups don’t have the information they need the four of us will be in big deep trouble”, my heart feels fuzzy when I hear him refer to our baby.
“I understand Jeff, and above all I value our friendship and really appreciate your blind trust; and knowing what would happen I took the liberty to discuss with Betty the safest options to have a Paternity Test done, and she told me that the two safest and 99% accurate are blood samples or through a sample of my uterus, she has also told me to let you know that she and her office , which is small will sign any documents you may need”.
“We’ll do the blood, it will be quick, easy and we’ll get the results fast, that way we will get corporate out for our backs”, Jeff nodded along to my comment, “Okay then I will set up the appointment and we’ll do both of you at the same time”, I was so grateful that even through the chaos we will be able to make things work.
After a few minutes we decided to have dinner, it smelt so good and looked so mouthwatering, “So, just because I can’t drink wine it does not mean that you guys shouldn’t, and according to Miss Glenne Azoff, this the best wine to pair up with my carbonara”, she smirked, and Jeff shied away.
We had a lovely dinner and we laughed when Jeff started fake tearing up for her brownies which, in my opinion, are the best brownies I’ve ever tried. Conversations flowed and we had a great time but I knew it was time to go, so after saying goodbye and Jeff being grateful he could take home the extra brownies we said goodbye, we agreed that I would pick her up on the 25th.
When we got home Jeff went into the guestroom while I stopped to grab a glass of water when I felt my phone vibrate, I took it out and sighed, I would answer the text tomorrow.
From Olivia Wilde (11:45 PM): I miss you, hope the meeting went well. Maybe we could finish our discussion on you moving in when you come back?
May 25, 2021: Twelve Weeks
New York City, New York. 11:45 Am
He’s nervous. I can tell from his leg shaking and deep breaths, I placed my hand on his knee and offered a little smile, which he returned. Just a few moments later Randy, Betty’s trusty assistant pops through one of the doors and calls my name.
We follow her and I hear her say “Mama you are glowing! How have you felt this week?”, “Thank you Randy, I am feeling well, although the morning sickness has been a little crazy”, we both laugh, and I feel Harry squeeze my hand as she takes my vitals.
After doing so we followed her to Betty’s office, while I sat on the exam table, I saw Harry walk around the office, “This is how everything looks inside?”, I laugh at him, “Well I suppose so”, we sit there in comfortable silence until I Betty comes in.
“Well well well, if it isn’t my favorite patient, how are you darling?” “Hi Betty, everything’s going well, morning sickness kicking the butt, hoping for it to be better soon”, “That’s good darling, so I presume this handsome chap is dad? Hi, I’m Betty, pleasure to meet you”, she stretches her hand, “Hello, m’Harry, nice to meet you too”.
She went through all the routine checkup and then asked us if we wanted to see the baby and hear the heartbeat and as she was getting everything ready Harry reached out and grabbed my hand, I looked at him and gave him a reassuring smile.
Betty turned off the lights and turned on the machine, I decided to keep my eyes on him to see his reaction to meeting his baby for the first time and man was it worth it. The moment Betty focused on the baby he started crying and kissing my hand, she then pressed a button, and we heard the heartbeat, which has us both in tears. After cleaning myself up and Betty leaving the room to get some more prints of the ultrasound, he gave my hand another squeeze and kissed my head while whispering thank you, I just gave him a little smile.
We left the office after programming the next appointment, “Hey, do you want to grab lunch?” I nodded my head and we headed to Soho. After being seated and ordering our food we sat in comfortable silence until he broke it.
“So, we will continue filming My Policeman in London and I decided to leave a few days earlier to go see my mum and Gemma, so I was wondering if you were okay with me telling them?”, “H, you don’t have to ask, of course it is okay, they are their family too, how long will you be gone?”, “Filming should not take longer than two months and a half, but I’m not sure, but hey, we will be in contact okay? I won’t forget either of you”.
May 28, 2021: Twelve Weeks
Harry. Cheshire, England. 6:35 Pm
I forgot how much I hated long flights; my back always felt sore afterwards and motion sickness was not my friend. As soon as I landed Peter, my driver picked me up, we went home and dropped my main luggage, and I grabbed my duffle bag and jumped on the Rover for the drive to Cheshire.
I had arrived a few minutes ago and after a warm welcome and dropping off my bag in my room we were sitting for tea, “So, I have some news for you”, my mom and Gems looked at me with curious eyes and quieted down to allow me to talk.
“Well, a few weeks ago I found out something, and although it is not ideal, I-well we are excited”, Gemma’s eyes popped out of her head and she started tearing up “Are you serious?”, I smiled at her but my mom still looked clueless so I decided to hand her the envelope with the newest ultrasound, the same envelope that changed my life, my mum slowly opened it and she started tearing up, bringing a hand to her mouth and after a few seconds “Really?”
I nodded and cleaned my tears, she stood up and hugged me, Gemma also stood up and hugged me, we were a mess of tears, boogers and laughs, we sat down again, and Gem grabbed the ultrasound while my mom grabbed my hand “So how is she? How did the kids take it?”, “About that, why don’t you check the ultrasound again?”
“What?! Harry-how? Oh, I wasn’t expecting that”, “Well, neither was I to be honest mom”, Gemma was eerily quiet, and I did not know if that was good or bad, “Gem?”, “How is she?”, “She’s doing good, she is not as anxious as she was a few weeks ago when she told me”, “This a lot to process, who else knows?”, “Just you guys, her and Jeff”, “Wait, you haven’t told Olivia?”, “I did not know how okay? I’m already as freaked out as it is”, they both looked at each other and sighed, they reached out for my hand, “Bubby I know it is hard, but you need to talk to her, she’s your partner and she deserves to know”, “I know mum, I’ll talk to her tomorrow”.
We ate dinner and watched some tv, it was almost midnight when we decided to go to bed. i sent a text to Y/N.
To Y/N <3 (12:06 AM): Told mum and Gem, they’re both so happy, said she’ll call you soon.
From Y/N <3 (12:08 AM): Yay! Glad it went well; tell them I say hi.
I went through my night routine and as I was getting into bed I got a notification from my Instagram y/n.y/l/n has posted a photo.
I went in and liked the photo and commented. I closed the app and got conformable when a text arrived, I grabbed my cellphone and I stomach dropped. Shit.
From Olivia Wilde (11:45 PM): Care to explain?
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