Flashing lights and pounding music encased us as we entered the Egg London nightclub. Harry rented it out for the night and invited his closest friends who in turn invited their closest friends, and pretty soon there were hundreds of people in the dark, slightly Gothic inspired club. Looking around at everyone else in the club took me back to a time where I would sneak into clubs and party the night away, but being here now, in my current situation made me feel uncomfortable. It’s crazy to me to think that just this past summer I would party into the wee hours of the morning and then get up after only a few hours of sleep to work on a long shoot the next day. Now all I want to do is stay in, watch a movie and just be with Harry, but I have to suck it up for tonight, because tonight is his birthday, and this is how he chose to celebrate it.

“There’s Nick.” Harry leaned down to whisper in my ear. “You haven’t met him yet.” He mumbled.

I looked in the direction that Harry’s left hand motioned to. My eyes locked with the sparkling and ever so slightly glazed over eyes of a man, that looked slightly older than Harry and I, he was smiling as he pushed his limp hair off of his forehead.

“Harry! Happy Birthday mate!” Nick exclaimed as he got closer to us.
“Grimm, good to see you man, this is Alex, my girlfriend.” Harry motioned to me after pulling Nick into a hug, I felt the familiar surge of butterflies over take my body after Harry introduced me as his girlfriend, I don’t think I’ll ever quite get used to that.

“Pleased to me you.” Nick bowed.

I looked at him quizzically, Harry must have noticed the expression I wore because he explained it to me. “Nick’s a little tipsy, and when he’s tipsy he gets weird.”

“Oh.” I chuckled as Nick took my hand and covered it in sloppy kisses. “He’s also lucky he’s gay because no other man would be able to do that to you.” Harry raised his voice just loud enough for Nick to hear him too.

“Just spreading the love Styles. Something that you’ve already done.” Nick winked before playfully slapping Harry on the shoulder and walking away. I could only assume that he was referring to me being pregnant, which only made me feel more self-conscience for being in a club while being almost five months pregnant.

Practically all of the woman in this club were dressed in skin tight, latex looking dresses that could not be very comfortable. The dresses barely covered their assets that couldn’t possibly be real. Not to be judgmental as a makeup artist, but I had never seen so much orangey fake tanner and horribly executed eyeliner in one place, and not to mention all of the pale pink lipstick that bordered on looking like they had only swiped concealer across their lips. To accompany the tacky clothing and terrible makeup jobs, there was an overabundance of noticeable hair extensions, and to top off everything, the smell of cheap perfume wafted throughout the club, and I was sure that I was going to sick before the night was over.

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“I still can’t get over that fact that you and Harry are going to be parents.” Perrie practically squealed at me as we sat in one of the VIP booths on the upper level of the club. Perrie and Eleanor were sipping on some brightly colored drinks, while I stuck to my water.

“Are you going to have a baby shower?” Eleanor asked?

“I don’t think so, baby showers aren’t really our thing. But we’ve discussed having some friends and family over after the tour to welcome the baby and also kind of like a house warming party too.”

“You guys are moving?” Perrie asked at the same time as Eleanor asked “Where are you moving to?”

I chuckled at them and their slightly intoxicated states. “I didn’t tell you?” I asked after I took a sip of my water.
They both shook their heads no, so I decided to divulge the details. “We’re moving in a few weeks to, I think it’s called Regency Park.”

“Very posh.” Perrie chirped, drawing out those two words in her tipsy state.

I let them in on every little detail about our new house, from how we bought it furnished to how we had planned on decorating the nursery. After about an hour of chatting with the girls I set out to go track down my birthday boy. Finally I spotted his curly hair across the room at the bar taking shots. As I was walking towards him it was as if the crowd parted for me and I was able to see him completely surrounded by his friends encouraging him to take another shot. Typically I wouldn’t want to see him like this, drunk and what not, but since it’s his birthday I don’t mind as much, and it’s nice to see him acting his age and hanging out with his friends.

Just as I was about to reach him, I heard someone’s familiar voice call my name. I turned around and came face to face with Cara.

“Cara, hey. Wha- what are you doing here?” I stuttered. It’s been a while since I’ve seen Cara, and I definitely haven’t seen her since I found out I was pregnant. I’m not completely sure if I feel comfortable with her, and I think she could see the uneasiness across my face.

“Relax Alex, I’m not staying long. I just came to wish Harry a happy birthday, but I saw you and I felt this need to talk to you.”

“Oh.”

“Yeah, I’m just so surprised that he’s stayed with you for so long. It’s really out of character for him, but I guess that’s what happens when you trap someone by getting pregnant, they become just that; trapped.”

The slight smirk on her face bugged me to no end. “Excuse me?”

“You did it on purpose didn’t you? Got pregnant that is. Everyone keeps saying that.”

“Of course that isn’t true.” I scoffed.

She made one more jab, “Well it’s only a matter of time before he wakes up from this fairytale and moves on.” Before brushing past me and towards Harry. I turned to watch her walk towards him, unable to move, and not able to believe what she just said. The nerve of her to come to Harry’s party to see him and then insult me in the process.

I couldn’t bear to look at the two of them, so instead I fled to the bathroom to calm myself down. Was she right? Did everyone think that I got pregnant on purpose, did Harry think that too? Does he feel trapped or was she just blowing smoke.

My stomach suddenly felt uneasy as I stared at myself in the mirror in defeat. There was no making it to the toilet, so instead I emptied the contents of my stomach into the sink.

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Once I composed myself enough I made my way out of the bathroom to finish my escapade to find Harry. Just as I was about to round the corner I bumped straight into the green eyed beauty that I was looking for.

“Alex. There you are.” Harry slurred slightly. “I’ve been looking for you.”

“Yeah, I was um, I was in the restroom.” I explained, avoiding his gaze as best as possible in case there was any trace of evidence left that revealed that I was crying.

Unfortunately, Harry knows me well enough to notice that something was wrong. “Hey, hey. Look at me.” He commanded as he grasped my face between his hands in effort to make me look at him. Instinctively I leaned into his hold. “Baby, what’s wrong?”

A brief internal battle over took my mind, do I tell him what Cara said and risk ruining his birthday party, or just pretend that everything is fine and deal with it later. I chose the latter of the too, hoping that he wouldn’t press too much.

“Nothing, I’m just getting tired.” I decided to go with that, because at almost five months pregnant and it going on 1am, that was a pretty believable lie.

I was able to read his face just as well as he could read mine, he knew something was wrong with me, but he chose to ignore it, just as I had hoped he would. “Okay, then let’s go home.”

I took his hands in mine and removed them from my face. “No Harry, it’s your birthday. You stay, I’ll go.”

“Listen to me, I only want to spend time with you, so if you want to go home then just say the word.” He proposed, just before kissing my lips.

As much as I wanted him to stay and have fun with his friends, I was feeling selfish and wanted him to go home with me. I selfishly needed that reassurance that he really does love me and that he doesn’t in fact feel trapped.

I shook my head yes slightly while answering. “Okay.”

“Okay?” He asked.

“Okay, we can go home.” I clarified.

“Good.” He smirked. “I’ve been waiting all day for my present from you.” He winked.

“You cheeky bastard.” I smiled, and just like that, all the doubt and Cara’s words, I had floating in my mind, were easily wiped away by his smirk that I love so much.

Notes

Helllloooooooo!!

So I'm so sorry that this chapter isn't that long, but hopefully I can update again tomorrow sometime.

I also wanted to apologize for taking so long to update, but February has not been very nice to me. So basically (if you care) what happened was"

1. I've been working like crazy.
2. I got pretty sick and had to go to the hospital, and then I was on bed rest for a few days (no, I'm not pregnant), but I was also taking like a ton of medications so I was completely out of it. I even tried writing a chapter while I was on bed rest, but it made absolutely no sense, so I didn't post it.
3. Once I got better (like 3 days after the doctor cleared me) my boyfriend and I moved into our own apartment, and go figure, the weekend we were moving we had a gigantic snow storm. (I live in the north east and we've had so much snow it's ridiculous.)
4. Once we finally moved in, my computer wouldn't turn on/work, so I had to wait for an IT guy to fix it for me.
5. Once it got up and running, I started this new chapter, but before I could finish it, we had a snow storm and lost power and I hadn't saved this chapter, so I had to rewrite this chapter, but I was so frustrated with everything going on that I needed to give myself a few days to relax, so I took a few days off from work and just relaxed.

But I'm back now! And I hope (fingers crossed) I won't have to take such a long break again.

Also, someone messaged me and asked if the story was almost over or if it was going to end right after Alex gives birth, the answer is NO to both, and I've been thinking about possibly doing a sequel to this story, but only if you guys want me to. I already know how this story is going to end and I have an idea for a sequel!!

Okay, I think that's it now. Again, I'm so sorry for taking so long to update! Please don't hate me, because I love you guys!