Harry and I walked into the lounge at the arena. Everyone was already there, sitting around and talking. It was the perfect Saturday morning. We'd stopped for coffee and donuts on the way in, the boys had a show tonight, I got to spend the day with my best friends in the whole world, and Niall was the father! Emma was going to be thrilled! I waved hi to everyone, then sat down at the table with Harry to eat our breakfast.

"What the fuck is this?" Emma slammed something down on the table in front of me.



I almost choked on my donut. "WHAT? Where did you get this?"

"They're everywhere, Leah. It's the biggest story out right now. How could you go behind my back and look at my file?" She spat.

"Emma, I don't know how this got out! I was just going to take a quick peek. I wanted you to be happy. If the baby was Niall's, I wanted you to know. I figured I could take a look and either relieve your fears, or never say anything. It wasn't supposed to get out to the public. I didn't tell anyone, I swear!" I panicked.

How could this happen?! Harry and I had kept the information to ourselves. It hadn't even been a full 24 hours!

"Well now, thanks to you, the whole world thinks I'm a slut and that Niall is paying for my juvenille mistakes." She began to cry.

"Emma, don't cry, we're going to get to the bottom of this!" I flipped through the magazine, frantically.

"We are at the bottom of it, Leah. Apparently our friendship doesn't mean that much to you after all." She sniffed.

"Emma, what are you talking about?" I snapped.

"You didn't care enough about me, so you went behind my back. You were noticed by the nurse, and she leaked the story to the press. All because you're too nosy for your own good!" Emma yelled back.

Now everyone in the room was looking at us. Harry and Niall were at our sides and Harry was looking at the magazine.

"Emma, I wanted you to be happy. That's the only reason I took the risk!" I began to cry, too.

"I was happy, dammit!" She wiped her eyes. "You had to go and ruin it! No one knew, but you Le. You and my mom. Now the whole world knows - Niall's family, my family, friends, people I don't know, everyone!"

"Emma!" I tried to be calm. "The baby is indeed Niall's!" I smiled, hoping she'd see the good in the situation.

She scoffed. "He was always the baby's father. Why couldn't you understand that?" She and Niall turned and left the room.

Danielle came up to me. "I'm sorry, Leah. I don't want to be in the middle of this. I'm just gonna run check on her." She smiled as I nodded. "I'm here for you, if you need anything."

"Thanks."

Harry sat down in the seat next to me, still reading the four page spread on what happened. The young nurse recognized both of us couples and when Harry and I left with knowledge of the confidential information, she decided to tell the press.

"Leeee, what have you done now?" Eleanor laughed, rubbing my back.

"I was trying to make things better!" I whined, laying my head on the table, face down.

"I try to side with you on everything because you know I love you. But I can't find a logical reason to side with you this time." She smiled, despite saying words I didn't like hearing.

"It makes sense in my head." I sniffed. "I just wanted her to know for sure that the man she loved fathered her child."

"But she'd already had that settled, and sometimes, you have to just let things be." Eleanor was such a good friend.

"I know, mom." I smiled, wiping away the remaining tears. "Guess I need to go fix it."

"Ehh, fixing may not be a good thing just yet. Let it settle for awhile. She's still pretty upset." Eleanor handed me a donut.

"You're probably right."

"I still don't understand this." Harry finally spoke. "We didn't steal anything. Niall is the father. This magazine is all wrong."

"Aren't they always?" Zayn cut in. "I've never seen a true story run."

We all agreed.

"Can't you press charges against the nurse? She leaked things that were untrue, plus don't hospitals have a privacy law of some sort?" Perry chimed.

"They do!" I exclaimed. I'd studied a little bit of law while in school and hospitals were required to keep any and all information private, under HIPPA. "The press wouldn't have known about the paternity test unless she mentioned it. That is something in hospital records, so she's not allowed to mention any of it!"

"Press charges, then. That'll teach her." Louis remarked.

I made a few phone calls that afternoon. Emma wasn't speaking to me, so I couldn't tell her that we could have the girl prosecuted for releasing such precious information. I kept my distance and gave her time to cool off.

A few hours had passed and I decided to go find Harry. Soundcheck had just ended so I knew he'd be off to hair and makeup soon. I found him in the lounge, snacking. He was sitting on the couch by himself, on his phone.

"Hey, baby!" He grinned, seeing me enter the room. He patted his lap and I took my rightful spot. I looped my hands around his neck. "Don't worry about a thing. Emma will come around and then you two can make up and everything will be fine."

"What about Niall?" I pressed my forehead against his.

"He's completely fine. He's glad to know the baby's his. He even thanked me. Yes, he's a little peeved that all of this happened, but he doesn't think it's our fault."

"Thank God." I whispered.

"You know what I keep thinking about?" Harry looked into my eyes, our foreheads still touching.

"What?" I questioned.

"How in two days we'll be apart for a whole month."

"Oh my God." I sighed. "I've been avoiding thinking about it, and with all the drama going on, I've been able to keep it from surfacing in my mind - until now. Thanks."

"I'm going to go crazy missing you."

"As long as you come back, I'll try to be okay." I giggled.

"You know I'll always be back for you, baby. I just hope you don't get bored while I'm gone."

"Never!" I promised.

Harry pulled his forehead away and kissed the tip of my nose. "Good! Now come with me to see Lou so she can do something with this mess of hair on my head. It won't cooperate today!" He whined. I hopped out of his lap and followed him to Lou's chair.

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The boys took the stage and I found my usual seat next to Eleanor. Emma wasn't on the side stage yet so I didn't get the chance to finally apologize. "Hey love! I'm so excited for tonight's show!" Eleanor beamed. "Maybe cause it's the last time I'll see Louis or any of you for two months!" None of us girlfriends were going to see each other or the boys for awhile since we all led completely different lives.

"I'm going to miss you so much, El!" She was finishing up uni this year and after that, she'd be finding a job in London. She hugged me.

The lights went dim and the boys broke out in 'Kiss You.' I started to sing and dance. I felt someone come up beside me, wrap their arm around my shoulder, and begin to dance and sing with me. I turned to see Emma. I stopped my dancing and singing and hugged her as tight as I could.

"I'm so sorry, Em. I was wrong. I should have left things alone."

"Leah, you were only trying to help. My hormones are all crazy. I was too hard on you. I'm sorry." She hugged me again and we both laughed at how silly we'd been.

All of us girlfriends held hands and turned to face our boys as our favorite song came on. We all sang to the top of our lungs as each boy turned and made eye contact with his girl during the song.

"Baby, you don't have to worry. I'll be coming back for you, back for you, back for you. You."

Notes

Guys, I can't thank you enough. 100 subscribers?! That's crazy! Thank you!! I was having a horrible day today, but I got on to see all the wonderful, sweet comments, and I HAD to update for you guys. You all turned my day around! I seriously feel like I'm friends with you and to hear from you makes me happy! Again, thank you! Love you all! :)

PS: Am I the only one who finds it a little odd that I wrote about jetskiis and chicken fights, and then a few days later we get HQ pics of the boys playing chicken fight in the pool, and riding jetskiis out in the ocean? ;) maybe it's a sign. I might write about me meeting the boys next! lolz