July 20

Natalie POV

I wake up at 9. Cat and Bella are meeting me at the market in half an hour. I haven't hung out with Bella a lot recently. She's come to the beach sometimes, but she's been spending so much time with Harry. I get out of bed, and go into the bathroom. I take a shower, and brush my teeth. I go back into my bedroom, and open my drawers. I put on a white blouse, and jean shorts. I put on my dreamcatcher necklace.
I pick up my phone, and look at the time. It's 9:25. It takes me a little longer than 5 minutes to get to the market, so I quickly go outside and get on my bike. I cross the highway and down the road. I pull into the market, and I see Bella and Cat sitting at a table outside. I go up to them.
"Hey!" Cat smiles, "We were waiting for you to order."
"Thanks," I say. We put our bags down at the table, and order cinnamon rolls, and get lemonade. Cat and I order.
"What do you want, Bella?" I ask her.
Bella looks to the woman taking our order, "Could I please have a strawberry smoothie?"
We walk over to the cashier, and wait for our food. The cashier comes with our food, and Cat generously paid for us. We went back outside to our table, and sat down.
"Bella," I say. She looks up at me.
"You're being so healthy," I tell her.
"Yeah," she says, "I want to eat healthily for--" she suddenly stops talking, and sips her smoothie.
"For what?" Cat asks.
"Well," Bella pauses, "It's just good to be healthy, you know?"
Cat and I exchange glances. Why has she been acting so weird lately?
"Bella," I say, "You okay?"
"Fine," she says, "I'm fine."
She sips her smoothie, and Cat and I eat in silence.
When we finish, we decide to go to my house. As we're biking, Harry goes past us, toward the market. He must be meeting the boys.
"Bella," he yells as we pass by. We all stop our bikes, and Bella bikes across the road.
Bella and Harry talk, and Cat and I wait for them.

Bella POV

I bike across the street. Cat and Natalie wait on the other side of the street for me.
"Harry," I say. He cups my hand in his cheek, and kisses me. After a minute, I pull away.
"I--" Harry says, "I'm sorry. I just haven't kissed you in a while."
I feel myself blushing.
I speak in a hushed tone, "Should I tell them?"
He looks over to Natalie and Cat, "It's your decision."
"Maybe I should wait," I say, "Maybe you could tell?"
"I guess," Harry says, "When?"
"A few days," I say, "I almost told them today..."
"How?"
"Natalie said I was eating healthily," I tell Harry, "And I said I want to eat healthily for... you know. The baby. But I didn't say the baby. I stopped talking. But I brushed it off."
I frown. Harry puts his hand under my chin, and tilts it up to him.
"It's okay," he says.
I smile.
"I'm so happy," he says, "I'm gonna be a father."
"I should go," I fake a smile.
"Okay," Harry says, "Let's meet later. Text me."
"Kay," I say. I bike back across the street. Natalie, Cat and I bike to Natalie's. We hang out there for a while, and talk. We sit in the kitchen. After a while, I start to feel sick. Shit.
"I have to go to the bathroom," I say, getting up. I quickly go into the bathroom. It's so close to where Cat and Natalie are sitting, I'm afraid they'll hear me. I couldn't hold it in, though. I had to rush to the closest bathroom. I start throwing up. When I finish, I wash my hands. My phone beeps. Harry texted me to come over to his house whenever. I text him back saying I'll be there soon.
When I open the door, Natalie and Cat are standing there. They both hug me, and I want to cry.
"I knew something was wrong," Natalie mumbles.
"You okay?" Cat asks me.
I pull away from the,
I talk quiet, "I just don't feel well. I'm going home."
I turn around, and walk towards the door. Cat grabs my wrist and pulls me back. I try my best not to wince.
"Do you want me to--" Cat offers.
"No," I say, "It's okay."
I walk out the door, and get on my bike. Although, instead of turning left toward my house, I turn right. I bike down the street, to Harry's. I bike into his driveway, and he's sitting on the porch. I get off my bike.
"Harry," I say, desperately. He looks up at me, worriedly.
"What's wrong?" He stands, and I run into his arms. He wraps his big arms around me.
I pull away, and he puts his arm around my waist. We walk into the house. We go into Harry's room. I sit on 'my bed'. Harry sits down next to me.
I tell him everything that happened. When I'm finished, I lie my head back on the pillow. Harry places each knee beside my love handles. His elbows support his weight, as his head hovers over mine.
"It's okay," Harry says, kissing my neck.
I laugh, "Stop."
Harry pulls away, "We'll tell them soon."
He kisses my neck again. I laugh.
"You should be happy," Harry mumbles into my collarbones, "I'm so happy."
He lifts his head up, and looks at me. I smile.
"I'm so happy," I repeat his words.
"Good," Harry kisses me again. I gently push him away, laughing.
"You don't love me," Harry says, fake frowning.
I sit up, "I love you."
I kiss him on the nose. He gets up off the bed, and so do I.
He takes my hand, "I have a fun idea."
We go downstairs, and outside. We get on our bikes.
We bike past Natalie's house, across the highway, and down the road. We pull into town, and park our bikes in front of the market. Harry takes my hand, and pulls me up to the store next to the market. I've never been in this one before. We walk in, and there are toys and blankets and maternity clothing everywhere. The walls are faded brick, decorated with lights. Baby mobiles hang from the ceiling, like chandeliers.
Harry looks at me, and smiles.

I smile back. We walk around, and look at the clothes. Harry picks up a baby jumper, and shows it to me.
"Please," he says, "If it's a girl, we need this. If not, we can return it."
I look at it, and smile. It says across the front, in pink:
'Daddy's Girl'
"Of course," I laugh.
We walk around for a while, and pick up loads of stuff.
I find a mobile with little stuffed bumblebees and elephants on it.
"Harry," I say.
He walks over, and nods at the mobile, "That's adorable. Get it."
I pause, "Wait-- Haz. What if someone sees us in here?"
"Don't worry," Harry says, "We'll say we're buying stuff for a family friend's baby shower."
"We're buying a shitload of stuff," I laugh.
"Combined baby shower, 3 people," Harry says.
I laugh, "Where do you come up with this?"
Harry smiles, "You should have a baby shower," he says quietly.
I laugh.
Harry walks over, and holds up a maternity shirt.
'Bun in the Oven'
I laugh, "No way."
"Yes way," Harry laughs.
After we're carrying half of the store's items, we decide we should go. We walk up to the check out, and the woman gives us a weird look. She starts scanning all of the things. When she finishes, she tells us the cost. Harry hands her his debit card.
"Harry, I--" I start.
"Daddy pays," he says sternly.
The checkout woman swipes the card. She puts everything into bags. As she's handing us the bags, she looks up at me.
"How old are you?" she asks.
"These are all for our family friends," Harry says, before I speak.
"I heard you say 'Daddy pays'," the woman raises her eyebrows at Harry.
"Do you own this store?" Harry asks her.
"No," the woman replies.
"Well," Harry says, "It's really none of your business, but I'll explain."
The woman gives Harry a confused look.
"Well," Harry starts, he points to me, "We fucked."
My jaw drops. I look around, and see no one else is in the store.
"We fucked," Harry says with a completely straight face, "And the condom broke."
I try not to laugh.
"But who cares?" Harry says, "I'm glad. Now I'm going to be a father, and I'm glad."
The woman, with a shocked face, hands Harry his debit card.
"And its none of your business anyways," Harry says, as she hands us the bags. As I'm walking out, and Harry walks behind me, he turns around.
"She's fifteen."
And with that, we walk out of the store. The second the door closes, I burst out laughing.
"Haz!" I say, "Oh my god!"
He cheekily smiles at me. We walk towards a bench to sit down. As I'm walking, I hear a voice behind me.
"What're you guys up to?" Brandon's voice.
The voice scares me so much, that I jump, and drop the two bags in my hands. A baby mobile, and a bunch of baby clothes spill out. I spin around, and Brandon looks at me, shocked.
I quickly pick up everything, and Harry helps me put it back in the bag.
I stand, and look at Brandon.
"Well," Harry says, "He was going to find out at some poi--"
"At some point that we're going out of town this week for a baby shower," I interrupt Harry.
Brandon stands there, his eyes looking right back at mine. His eyes trail down to my stomach.
"Y-you're..." Brandon says, "You're pregnant?!"
"Shh!" Harry quiets Brandon.
I put my hand over my stomach.
"It's showing already?" I ask.
"N-no," Brandon says, "But the baby stuff, what Harry said."
I glare at Harry. We all sit down on a bench. I sit between Harry and Brandon.
"So," Brandon says, breaking the silence, "Who else knows?"
"Just us," I say, "And Clara."
"She took us to the doctor," Harry tells him.
Brandon stands up, "Well, I'm gonna go."
I grab Brandon's arm as he's walking away. He looks at me, sadly.
"Please don't tell," I beg him.
"I won't," he says, and walks away.
Harry looks at me, and raises his eyebrows.
"He won't," I say.
"Okay," Harry says, "I trust him."
Harry leans over and kisses me. We bike back to Harry's with the bags on our handlebars.

Notes

hey guys! I wrote this on Sunday but couldn't update 2x in one day so.. and I started writing the next chapter too! I know this one wasn't very eventful, but don't worry, it gets better.
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