The Photograph
Chapter 21
I went with Liam to Lou’s and we left Darcy there while we headed over to Liam’s new flat, we stepped inside and heard nothing except the drowned out sound of the tv and the banging of pots and pans from what I would assume would be the kitchen.
"Hey babe." Liam said, walking into the kitchen and placing the keys on the granite counter tops, he smiled at Danielle.
"Hey Li- Emma?!" Danielle stopped mid sentence and her eyes bulged out for a second before she set a pot on the counter and rushed over throwing her arms around me.
"Hey." I laughed.
"Liam! You didn’t tell me you were bringing her!" Danielle shouted when she pulled away from me.
"It was a last minute sort of thing." Liam smiled softly and put his hand on the back of his neck.
"So?! What’s been with you? No one heard from you for the longest time!" Danielle smiled, trying to continue cooking while taking in the difference in me over the years.
"I’ll explain, but it would be easier to explain once everyone else is here so I don’t have to repeat myself." I said and I flashed a small smile.
Danielle understood completely and I offered to help her cook while Liam went off to clean up before everyone arrived. Maybe an hour later, Louis and Eleanor were the first to show up. For whatever reason I found it relaxing to hear their voices, it had been so long and I missed them so much. Louis was the first to find me in the living room fixing my hair in a mirror on the wall. I spun around and he dashed over welcoming me into a hug.
"What a surprise!" Louis shouted.
I laughed but couldn’t give much of a reaction due to not being able to breath with his tight hug. Seconds later Eleanor appeared in the room and went through the same process over.
Zayn, Niall and Perrie all showed up and we went through the same thing which was pretty much expected but after awhile it began to get tiring. I wanted to explain myself but I wasn’t sure where the right timing would be and I didn’t want to ruin dinner so I thought to wait until after.
Once dinner was over we all gathered on the sofas in the living room and watched football while none of us girls were really paying attention, too busy talking away. I caught eyes with Liam and he flashed me a look that encouraged me to begin explaining. I could tell everyone in the room was dying to know all of it. I gave Liam a look back, he grabbed the remote and lowered the volume, which resulted in all the boys groaning because it was an intense part of the game.
"I know everyone wants to know why I ran off, stopped talking to everyone so I wanted to wait until everyone was here before I began to explain. I’ll start from the beginning, after I met you guys at the concert, and I came back to London for 2 weeks, a lot of things happened between Harry and I. Somethings probably should have been waited for, but after I left and I was home I began to get sick. Thinking it was the flu or food poisoning or something but after it continued regularly for weeks I figured it had to be something else. I went to the doctors and discovered I was pregnant. There was no way anyone else could have been the dad except Harry. Harry was the first and only person I had been with, still to this day that’s true. So I got scared and I didn’t want to ruin the success of One Direction, I didn’t want to ruin Harry’s career. It could have caused you to lose fans or lose opportunities and I didn’t want it to happen so I stopped all contact with you guys. Over the time I haven’t talked to you guys, I went through my pregnancy, half of it I went through here. I moved to London and I have a 6 month old daughter who I decided to respect Harry’s wishes and I named her Darcy." I explained quickly, trying to hold back the tears I had coming.
I looked at everyone and their shocked faces, hoping that some good would come of this.
"I think you should tell Harry." Louis began.
I nodded in response.
"You shouldn’t have kept it, I mean if we lost a few fans it isn’t a big deal. Darcy not having her dad is a bigger deal. Harry’s always wanted a daughter and he’s always wanted to be a dad. I agree with Louis, you should tell Harry." Niall added.
"Where is Darcy?" Eleanor asked.
"Liam called Lou and we left Darcy with her. Figured it would be sort of cool for Lux to play with a smaller baby." I answered.
"You should call Lou and have Lou bring her over!" Perrie exclaimed.
"I want to wait and let Harry meet Darcy first. Don’t take anything to offense but if he found out that all of you saw his daughter before him, I don’t know how well he’d react." I looked down as I played with my fingers.
Suddenly, I was swarmed with a whole bunch of people’s arms hung around me. I smiled and felt tears come to my eyes. Except they weren’t sad tears. Everyone pulled away and returned to their spots on the couch, I sat down on a little foot stool next to Liam who sat on the couch with Danielle by his side.
"When will you tell Harry?" Zayn raised an eyebrow.
"I haven’t talked to him since those 2 weeks, I don’t even know if I have the right number." I muttered.
"Check your phone and make sure his number is right, then text him or call him when you feel it’s right." Zayn said before he threw me his iPhone.
I caught it and compared Harry’s number to the number I had in my phone for Harry. The number was still the same so I tossed it back to Zayn.
Once everyone began leaving, Liam took me back over to Lou’s to pick up Darcy. I had agreed to let Danielle come along where she would see Darcy. I walked out with Darcy in her car seat snuggled up against the cold air.
"She looks exactly like Harry." Danielle smiled, running her finger over Darcy’s cheek. I smiled down at Darcy, she does look like Harry a lot.
Liam and Danielle drove us home, as Chelsea had the car and she was off with her friends somewhere I’m sure. I lugged myself and Darcy into the apartment and fed Darcy before putting her to bed for the night. I showered and changed into some pajamas before sitting on the sofa with the lights dimmed. I pulled my phone out and stared at Harry’s contact for a moment. I hit text message and began texting him.
Text: Hey Harry it’s Emma I know you probably hate me and you probably don’t remember the last time we talked because it’s been so long but I’m in London and I’d really like to get together and talk or if you could answer this text even would be nice.
I waited, after a few moments of no reply I set my phone on the coffee table and went into the kitchen, I busted out a cup of wine that Chelsea had and poured a glass. I went back into the living room and changed the channel to some sappy love story that was playing on TV, after a couple glasses of wine and half the movie passed by, I fell asleep on the couch.
In the morning I woke up to the sound of Darcy causing a fuss, I lifted my head up off the sofa pillow and saw Chelsea bouncing softly into the living room with Darcy in her arms.
"Where were you yesterday?" Chelsea asked, sitting across the couch.
"I met up with Liam, and I ended up over Danielle and Liam’s for dinner. Everyone was there except Harry and I explained everything to them." I frowned, leaning into the pillows.
"What did they say?" Chelsea waited.
"They told me to talk to Harry… So last night I texted him, I wonder if he texted back!" I shouted and reached for my phone on the coffee table.
I pushed the home button and my screen lit up. On the screen was a text from Harry.
Text: I don’t know that it’s the best idea.
Instantly I felt everything crumble down around me. I had felt so confident that Harry would be excited to hear from me, that’s what everyone else made it sound like yesterday. It’s totally different now I hear from him he thinks it’s a bad idea for us to even talk, or meet up. How would he react to the news of a daughter?
"Hey babe." Liam said, walking into the kitchen and placing the keys on the granite counter tops, he smiled at Danielle.
"Hey Li- Emma?!" Danielle stopped mid sentence and her eyes bulged out for a second before she set a pot on the counter and rushed over throwing her arms around me.
"Hey." I laughed.
"Liam! You didn’t tell me you were bringing her!" Danielle shouted when she pulled away from me.
"It was a last minute sort of thing." Liam smiled softly and put his hand on the back of his neck.
"So?! What’s been with you? No one heard from you for the longest time!" Danielle smiled, trying to continue cooking while taking in the difference in me over the years.
"I’ll explain, but it would be easier to explain once everyone else is here so I don’t have to repeat myself." I said and I flashed a small smile.
Danielle understood completely and I offered to help her cook while Liam went off to clean up before everyone arrived. Maybe an hour later, Louis and Eleanor were the first to show up. For whatever reason I found it relaxing to hear their voices, it had been so long and I missed them so much. Louis was the first to find me in the living room fixing my hair in a mirror on the wall. I spun around and he dashed over welcoming me into a hug.
"What a surprise!" Louis shouted.
I laughed but couldn’t give much of a reaction due to not being able to breath with his tight hug. Seconds later Eleanor appeared in the room and went through the same process over.
Zayn, Niall and Perrie all showed up and we went through the same thing which was pretty much expected but after awhile it began to get tiring. I wanted to explain myself but I wasn’t sure where the right timing would be and I didn’t want to ruin dinner so I thought to wait until after.
Once dinner was over we all gathered on the sofas in the living room and watched football while none of us girls were really paying attention, too busy talking away. I caught eyes with Liam and he flashed me a look that encouraged me to begin explaining. I could tell everyone in the room was dying to know all of it. I gave Liam a look back, he grabbed the remote and lowered the volume, which resulted in all the boys groaning because it was an intense part of the game.
"I know everyone wants to know why I ran off, stopped talking to everyone so I wanted to wait until everyone was here before I began to explain. I’ll start from the beginning, after I met you guys at the concert, and I came back to London for 2 weeks, a lot of things happened between Harry and I. Somethings probably should have been waited for, but after I left and I was home I began to get sick. Thinking it was the flu or food poisoning or something but after it continued regularly for weeks I figured it had to be something else. I went to the doctors and discovered I was pregnant. There was no way anyone else could have been the dad except Harry. Harry was the first and only person I had been with, still to this day that’s true. So I got scared and I didn’t want to ruin the success of One Direction, I didn’t want to ruin Harry’s career. It could have caused you to lose fans or lose opportunities and I didn’t want it to happen so I stopped all contact with you guys. Over the time I haven’t talked to you guys, I went through my pregnancy, half of it I went through here. I moved to London and I have a 6 month old daughter who I decided to respect Harry’s wishes and I named her Darcy." I explained quickly, trying to hold back the tears I had coming.
I looked at everyone and their shocked faces, hoping that some good would come of this.
"I think you should tell Harry." Louis began.
I nodded in response.
"You shouldn’t have kept it, I mean if we lost a few fans it isn’t a big deal. Darcy not having her dad is a bigger deal. Harry’s always wanted a daughter and he’s always wanted to be a dad. I agree with Louis, you should tell Harry." Niall added.
"Where is Darcy?" Eleanor asked.
"Liam called Lou and we left Darcy with her. Figured it would be sort of cool for Lux to play with a smaller baby." I answered.
"You should call Lou and have Lou bring her over!" Perrie exclaimed.
"I want to wait and let Harry meet Darcy first. Don’t take anything to offense but if he found out that all of you saw his daughter before him, I don’t know how well he’d react." I looked down as I played with my fingers.
Suddenly, I was swarmed with a whole bunch of people’s arms hung around me. I smiled and felt tears come to my eyes. Except they weren’t sad tears. Everyone pulled away and returned to their spots on the couch, I sat down on a little foot stool next to Liam who sat on the couch with Danielle by his side.
"When will you tell Harry?" Zayn raised an eyebrow.
"I haven’t talked to him since those 2 weeks, I don’t even know if I have the right number." I muttered.
"Check your phone and make sure his number is right, then text him or call him when you feel it’s right." Zayn said before he threw me his iPhone.
I caught it and compared Harry’s number to the number I had in my phone for Harry. The number was still the same so I tossed it back to Zayn.
Once everyone began leaving, Liam took me back over to Lou’s to pick up Darcy. I had agreed to let Danielle come along where she would see Darcy. I walked out with Darcy in her car seat snuggled up against the cold air.
"She looks exactly like Harry." Danielle smiled, running her finger over Darcy’s cheek. I smiled down at Darcy, she does look like Harry a lot.
Liam and Danielle drove us home, as Chelsea had the car and she was off with her friends somewhere I’m sure. I lugged myself and Darcy into the apartment and fed Darcy before putting her to bed for the night. I showered and changed into some pajamas before sitting on the sofa with the lights dimmed. I pulled my phone out and stared at Harry’s contact for a moment. I hit text message and began texting him.
Text: Hey Harry it’s Emma I know you probably hate me and you probably don’t remember the last time we talked because it’s been so long but I’m in London and I’d really like to get together and talk or if you could answer this text even would be nice.
I waited, after a few moments of no reply I set my phone on the coffee table and went into the kitchen, I busted out a cup of wine that Chelsea had and poured a glass. I went back into the living room and changed the channel to some sappy love story that was playing on TV, after a couple glasses of wine and half the movie passed by, I fell asleep on the couch.
In the morning I woke up to the sound of Darcy causing a fuss, I lifted my head up off the sofa pillow and saw Chelsea bouncing softly into the living room with Darcy in her arms.
"Where were you yesterday?" Chelsea asked, sitting across the couch.
"I met up with Liam, and I ended up over Danielle and Liam’s for dinner. Everyone was there except Harry and I explained everything to them." I frowned, leaning into the pillows.
"What did they say?" Chelsea waited.
"They told me to talk to Harry… So last night I texted him, I wonder if he texted back!" I shouted and reached for my phone on the coffee table.
I pushed the home button and my screen lit up. On the screen was a text from Harry.
Text: I don’t know that it’s the best idea.
Instantly I felt everything crumble down around me. I had felt so confident that Harry would be excited to hear from me, that’s what everyone else made it sound like yesterday. It’s totally different now I hear from him he thinks it’s a bad idea for us to even talk, or meet up. How would he react to the news of a daughter?
Notes
hey guys sorry i haven't been on in a while,, but i have been going through something hard for the past week.. recently my boyfriend of 2 years and 7 months broke up with me and i have been finding it had. im sorry i havent been updating a lot but i will tryi might not post for a week because of it but i will try my best, because its hard to write some thats surpoesed to be a happy story when you have a broken heart and everything in your life a something to do with that one person who made you feel like shit...
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4/14/14