Darcy and I stayed at Harry’s for awhile longer before Harry drove us home, rather than walking in the rain.
"I have a question." He spoke after a few minutes of silence.
I looked at him, as a signal he would take to continue on with his question.
"Are you going to let me see her?" He asked.
"Of course I’m going to let you see her. I was hiding her cause I was scared but now that you know about her, I’m not keeping her from you. I don’t want to keep her from her dad." I replied.
"That means the two of us have to get back on good terms." He noted.
"Well, we aren’t on bad terms are we? We just familiar with each other again. Jumping in a relationship right away after not seeing you for so long, doesn’t sound like the best idea right now. Plus I’m sure you have some people on the side you’ve been talking to. I don’t know how comfortable I am with you keeping her over night though at least not yet. When I am comfortable though, I don’t want anyone around her until you’re in a serious relationship with them and I’ve met them." I demanded.
"That sounds reasonable." He agreed.
The rest of the ride returned back to that silence as I stared out my window at the beautiful sights we passed on our ride home. Once we pulled up to the apartment complex, Harry walked us upstairs to the apartment. I let him inside just so he can get used to it. Eventually he would have to.
"Who else lives here?" Harry questioned.
"Chelsea, I don’t know if you remember her." I said, unstrapping Darcy from her carseat and lifting her up into my arms.
"I do but not a lot.." He answered.
"I don’t think she’s here.. I’m going to feed her, do you want to try and make the bottle this time?" I raised an eyebrow but smiled after seeing his reaction. I could tell he was nervous because I only taught him how to do it once.
"I will try but I might need assistance." He chuckled softly.
I cleared the floor from anything Darcy could harm herself with and laid her play mat out. I put her down on it and followed Harry into the kitchen, I pulled out the bottle and formula for him before I stood back and watched him attempt to make it.
"I put two scoops in right?" He looked up at me.
I nodded and smiled at him, he was nervous and I could tell but it was cute I guess. I’d never seen a side of Harry like this.
I watched Harry as he filled the bottle with warm milk before putting it in the microwave then looking at me as a signal asking for how long he should put it in. After I responded he took it out 15 seconds later, added two scoops of formula and held the bottle in his hands.
"I’ll let you feed her, if you want." I smiled.
"Yeah, I want to." He nodded.
Both of us walked to the living room and he scooped her up off the floor before sitting on the couch in a comfortable position for them then he started to feed the bottle to her. I pulled out a spit up rag and laid it next to him.
"Do you think you’ll be okay?" I asked.
"Yeah, it’s not bad." He looked up at me.
"Think you can handle it for a few minutes so I can run and take a shower?" I bit my lip, hoping he would say yes.
"Yeah I’ll be fine." He said.
"I’ll be right back, come get me if you need me." I announced before disappearing into my bedroom.
I tried showering and shaving as fast as I could because I was nervous leaving Darcy with Harry. Harry seemed nervous about it to, I am assuming he wasn’t around little babies like these often. Once I was finished with my shower I walked out of the bathroom and changed into sweats with a tank top and a hoodie I zipped halfway up. I left my hair in lose wet curls as I walked out to the living room where I found Harry still feeding Darcy but she was about almost done with the bottle.
"I think she’s tired." Harry looked at me.
"Yeah I usually put her down for bed about now." I said, walking over and sitting somewhat near them. "Do you want to watch me put her down?"
"Yeah, I’ll have to get used to it." He said.
I let Harry finish feeding her and then burp her until I took her from him and went in her room. He stood in the doorway of her bedroom while I changed her diaper, put pajamas on her and laid her down in her crib. Through the corner of my eye I saw him smile at me as I put her to sleep.
"I never looked at you as the mommy type." He smiled as I shut her door behind me.
"I can’t look at you as the daddy type yet." I laughed softly.
Harry’s face straightened out a bit.
"I think you’ll be a good dad though." I patted his shoulder as we walked down the hallway.
"You think so?" He asked me.
"Yeah! I’ve seen you with Lux before." I said.
"I know but that’s different from my own daughter." Harry sighed deeply.
"I’m sorry I kept her from you.I shouldn’t have and I’m sorry but I know you’ll be a great dad." I assured him.
"I didn’t know how to say this to you, I didn’t know if I should mention it or not but I have someone I might want to bring around Darcy. I’ve been doing things with her for the past few months. The lads don’t know about her but I want to have her around Darcy." Harry admitted.