Unexpected
Chapter 35
*Harry’s POV*
I woke up around 5 only to find Louis gone. I pulled the towel off of my head and walked to the bathroom. The cut had stopped bleeding but there were smears of blood all over my face and there was no hiding the wound. I sighed and cleaned myself up, changed out of my running clothes, and decided to go find Chloe. Unfortunately, she and I aren’t sharing a room anymore. Since Paul found out she’s pregnant, she and Aleanbh have been ordered to share a room so no more “funny business” happens.
I knocked on her door and waited a few minutes before I realized they must not be there. I called her cell phone but she didn’t answer so I figured I’d just have to ask someone else. None of the other boys were in their rooms either so I guessed they were probably all together. Scrolling through my contacts, I found Liam and gave him a call.
“Hello?” Liam answered.
“Hey, Liam, it’s Harry. Do you know where Chloe is?”
I heard people talking in the background and what sounded like splashing.
“Yeah, we’re all at the pool. You should come join us.”
I entered my room again and pulled my suitcase onto my bed. “Thanks, Liam, see you in a few.”
“Bye,” he said as he hung up.
I pulled out some swimming shorts and stripped out of my normal clothes. After dressing in my swimming attire, I checked in the mirror once more and decided I’d leave the cut alone, since any makeup I could put on would just run off in the pool. I grabbed my phone and a towel from the bathroom and headed down to the pool. On the way, I passed a fan that nearly passed out from hyperventilating. I signed her phone case and took a few pictures – lucky her, she gets pictures with me nearly naked AND the first pictures ever of me with this giant gash across my forehead. I waved goodbye to her and watched her walk down the hallway, talking excitedly to someone on her phone. I smiled to myself, happy that I’d managed to meet a fan who was almost normal today.
I finally found the indoor pool and let myself in to find everyone splashing and talking. Paul was sitting at one of the chairs along the side of the pool watching the activities in the water.
“Hey! There he is!” Louis spotted me as I walked in and splashed water out of the pool at me.
“Oh my God! Harry, what happened??” Chloe exclaimed when she saw me. She pulled herself out of the pool and hurried over to me. “What did you do?”
I set my things down on a table and explained to her my run in with the middle school girls. She listened and looked at my cut the entire time and hugged me once I was done explaining. I figured it must just be the hormones getting to her already.
“Are you okay?” She asked with her head against my chest.
“I’m fine, Chloe. I didn’t even feel it.”
“Did you give any of those ignorant bitches your autograph?” She asked, her voice sounding angry now.
I laughed and shook my head. “No, I didn’t. But you know what I’m going to do right now?” I asked, pulling her away from me.
“What?” She looked at me, confused, trying to figure out what I had in mind.
“This,” I said and picked her up in one swift motion. Before she could stop me I jumped into the pool with her still in my arms. Before we resurfaced, I snuck a kiss from her under the water.
“Harry!” She yelled once we’d come back up. “You ass!”
“You know it was fun,” I told her with a smile.
She shrugged and swam away from me, over to where the other girls were talking.
We swam around for about an hour before we had to get out of the pool and get ready for the show. All the boys carried their girls on their backs down the hallway and in the elevator. Since Louis didn’t have his girlfriend with him, he made Paul give him a ride up to the room. I could only imagine what a sight we would be if someone saw us – 4 of us with a girl on our backs and Paul with Louis on his. To make things even weirder, Louis was making horse noises the entire way up.
Chloe kept her arms wrapped loosely around my neck and her chin rested on my shoulder. I kept my hands under her thighs to hold her up and made sure I was careful not to make it too difficult for her to stay on. Now that she’s pregnant, I find myself being as cautious as possible around her all the time.
We finally reached our floor and I opened the door to Aleanbh’s and Chloe’s room. I let her down on her bed and Liam did the same with Aleanbh.
“I don’t think I’m going to go tonight,” Chloe said when I set her down.
“That’s alright, love. You can stay here and get some rest.”
She smiled up at me and gave me a kiss before I left with Liam. I closed the door behind me and walked down the hall towards my room.
“We’re going to have our hands pretty full in a few months,” Liam said from next to me.
I sighed and shook my head. “I know. But I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t excited.”
We went to our separate rooms and changed and met the other guys down in the lobby and headed over to the arena. We played an amazing show and much enjoyed all of the questions sent in by the fans. I was nervous the entire time because tonight was the night Paul had decided Liam and I should make our announcements so at the end of the show, just when everyone was getting up to leave, we called them back.
“Wait!” I shouted into the microphone. “Everyone sit back down!”
The crowd was hushed for a moment before whispers began. Everyone went back to their seats and sat down. It was extremely silent as they waited to hear what we’d called them back for.
“Liam and I have an announcement.”
Liam stepped up next to me and put his arm around my shoulders. “As you well know, 3/5 of the band have girlfriends.”
“Soon to be 4/5,” I interrupted, pointing to Niall. His face turned red and he turned away from us.
“Anyway,” Liam continued. “My girlfriend, Aleanbh, and Harry’s girlfriend, Chloe, have something incredibly huge in common. And now Harry and I have yet another thing in common.” He paused and listened to some of the conversations going through the crowd.
I looked out at everyone and observed their confused reactions. People were whispering and some were still recording us with their phone cameras.
“Harry and I are going to be fathers,” Liam said. As soon as the last word left his mouth the audience all stood up and applauded and whistled and yelled. They all took it much better than I expected them to and I was proud of them for being mature about this.
I left the stage with a huge smile on my face and fell asleep that night without it leaving once.
I woke up around 5 only to find Louis gone. I pulled the towel off of my head and walked to the bathroom. The cut had stopped bleeding but there were smears of blood all over my face and there was no hiding the wound. I sighed and cleaned myself up, changed out of my running clothes, and decided to go find Chloe. Unfortunately, she and I aren’t sharing a room anymore. Since Paul found out she’s pregnant, she and Aleanbh have been ordered to share a room so no more “funny business” happens.
I knocked on her door and waited a few minutes before I realized they must not be there. I called her cell phone but she didn’t answer so I figured I’d just have to ask someone else. None of the other boys were in their rooms either so I guessed they were probably all together. Scrolling through my contacts, I found Liam and gave him a call.
“Hello?” Liam answered.
“Hey, Liam, it’s Harry. Do you know where Chloe is?”
I heard people talking in the background and what sounded like splashing.
“Yeah, we’re all at the pool. You should come join us.”
I entered my room again and pulled my suitcase onto my bed. “Thanks, Liam, see you in a few.”
“Bye,” he said as he hung up.
I pulled out some swimming shorts and stripped out of my normal clothes. After dressing in my swimming attire, I checked in the mirror once more and decided I’d leave the cut alone, since any makeup I could put on would just run off in the pool. I grabbed my phone and a towel from the bathroom and headed down to the pool. On the way, I passed a fan that nearly passed out from hyperventilating. I signed her phone case and took a few pictures – lucky her, she gets pictures with me nearly naked AND the first pictures ever of me with this giant gash across my forehead. I waved goodbye to her and watched her walk down the hallway, talking excitedly to someone on her phone. I smiled to myself, happy that I’d managed to meet a fan who was almost normal today.
I finally found the indoor pool and let myself in to find everyone splashing and talking. Paul was sitting at one of the chairs along the side of the pool watching the activities in the water.
“Hey! There he is!” Louis spotted me as I walked in and splashed water out of the pool at me.
“Oh my God! Harry, what happened??” Chloe exclaimed when she saw me. She pulled herself out of the pool and hurried over to me. “What did you do?”
I set my things down on a table and explained to her my run in with the middle school girls. She listened and looked at my cut the entire time and hugged me once I was done explaining. I figured it must just be the hormones getting to her already.
“Are you okay?” She asked with her head against my chest.
“I’m fine, Chloe. I didn’t even feel it.”
“Did you give any of those ignorant bitches your autograph?” She asked, her voice sounding angry now.
I laughed and shook my head. “No, I didn’t. But you know what I’m going to do right now?” I asked, pulling her away from me.
“What?” She looked at me, confused, trying to figure out what I had in mind.
“This,” I said and picked her up in one swift motion. Before she could stop me I jumped into the pool with her still in my arms. Before we resurfaced, I snuck a kiss from her under the water.
“Harry!” She yelled once we’d come back up. “You ass!”
“You know it was fun,” I told her with a smile.
She shrugged and swam away from me, over to where the other girls were talking.
We swam around for about an hour before we had to get out of the pool and get ready for the show. All the boys carried their girls on their backs down the hallway and in the elevator. Since Louis didn’t have his girlfriend with him, he made Paul give him a ride up to the room. I could only imagine what a sight we would be if someone saw us – 4 of us with a girl on our backs and Paul with Louis on his. To make things even weirder, Louis was making horse noises the entire way up.
Chloe kept her arms wrapped loosely around my neck and her chin rested on my shoulder. I kept my hands under her thighs to hold her up and made sure I was careful not to make it too difficult for her to stay on. Now that she’s pregnant, I find myself being as cautious as possible around her all the time.
We finally reached our floor and I opened the door to Aleanbh’s and Chloe’s room. I let her down on her bed and Liam did the same with Aleanbh.
“I don’t think I’m going to go tonight,” Chloe said when I set her down.
“That’s alright, love. You can stay here and get some rest.”
She smiled up at me and gave me a kiss before I left with Liam. I closed the door behind me and walked down the hall towards my room.
“We’re going to have our hands pretty full in a few months,” Liam said from next to me.
I sighed and shook my head. “I know. But I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t excited.”
We went to our separate rooms and changed and met the other guys down in the lobby and headed over to the arena. We played an amazing show and much enjoyed all of the questions sent in by the fans. I was nervous the entire time because tonight was the night Paul had decided Liam and I should make our announcements so at the end of the show, just when everyone was getting up to leave, we called them back.
“Wait!” I shouted into the microphone. “Everyone sit back down!”
The crowd was hushed for a moment before whispers began. Everyone went back to their seats and sat down. It was extremely silent as they waited to hear what we’d called them back for.
“Liam and I have an announcement.”
Liam stepped up next to me and put his arm around my shoulders. “As you well know, 3/5 of the band have girlfriends.”
“Soon to be 4/5,” I interrupted, pointing to Niall. His face turned red and he turned away from us.
“Anyway,” Liam continued. “My girlfriend, Aleanbh, and Harry’s girlfriend, Chloe, have something incredibly huge in common. And now Harry and I have yet another thing in common.” He paused and listened to some of the conversations going through the crowd.
I looked out at everyone and observed their confused reactions. People were whispering and some were still recording us with their phone cameras.
“Harry and I are going to be fathers,” Liam said. As soon as the last word left his mouth the audience all stood up and applauded and whistled and yelled. They all took it much better than I expected them to and I was proud of them for being mature about this.
I left the stage with a huge smile on my face and fell asleep that night without it leaving once.
6/16/13