Always Expect the Unexpected

Sam’s POV

I walked back to check on Louis and Harry and I found them sifting through the pictures my friend Sandra sent me on the mail. They both looked at me like I was some sort of God, so I decided to explain what was going on.

"Listen, none of that is my work. It’s all my friends,” I put my hands up in defense.

Both of them looked relieved. “Oh, okay good. Why were you hiding them?” Louis asked.

I shot him a glare. “Well, I was going to tell Harry that my friend Sandra is extremely depressed and needs to see me. She’s going to be visiting, along with my mother and my brother Joshua, and I highly doubt seeing these pictures would help with you saying it was okay, so long as this is your flat, Harry,” I smiled and tilted my head to the side.

“Of corse it’s fine!” Harry got up and folded me into his arms. He kissed my forehead and then leaned in to my ear. “I love you,” he whispered.

I shivered and then smiled at him and pointed to my self and then help up 2 fingers, trying to symbol “me too”. He chuckled and then turned towards Louis. Louis walked over and Harry kissed him on the forehead as well, and Louis perked up. Today was going to be a nice relaxing day with these two boys.

Ed’s POV

I walked up to Niall’s apartment door and knocked. He had called me this morning to inform me that they had discussed their wedding together and that we had to meet today or else the wedding was basically postponed to later on in the future. Abbey opened the door while feeding baby Liam.

“Hello Ed!” She exclaimed. “Come in, come in. Niall went off with Zayn to do some things, so it’s just us,” she smiled. I nodded my head.

“Cool, so let’s just begin. I’m eager to get as much done as possible so we can get to the actual work!” I grinned.I pulled out a notebook that has a bunch of questions in it and we both relaxed on the couch. “So, I have some questions, and all you have to do is answer them, okay love?” he asked.

“Of course!” she sighed, adjusting baby Liam in her arms.

“Okay, first off, where do you want to get married, so we have a place to start with.”

“Well, Niall and I want to get married back in Mullingar, in an old church that Niall used to see every day.”

I nodded my head. “Do you know the name of it?” I asked.

“Yeah, I think so,” she looked puzzled.

Abbey’s POV

“Okay, next question. Now that we have the place, what do you want to serve there?” Ed asked.

“Do you even need to ask?” I joked.

“I’m assuming you guys are going to be catered by Nandos then?” he guffawed.

I snorted from laughing at his laugh and covered my mouth. “Yes, Nandos,” I giggled to myself.

“Okay, what flowers would you like to be everywhere?” he asked.

“My favorite, which are Easter Lilies,” I smiled.

“Alright. Next, do you know what you want your wedding cake to be, flavor wise?” he asked.

I laughed awkwardly. “Do they make cookies and cream flavored wedding cakes? It’s both of our favorites,” I laughed again.

Ed laughed. “Well, I’m sure they do. Uh, we need to pick out your wedding dress so we can get the bridesmaids dresses and the maid of honor, and then I need to fit Niall for a tux...” Ed murmured to himself. He looked up to me again and smiled. “We are going to look at some pictures now. We’re going to choose your hairstyle for the wedding. These all are based off of certain dresses, so when you choose the hair you choose the dress. Okay?”

I nodded my head, not exactly sure I like this method. “Can we try choosing the dress and then whatever hair goes with the dress is my hairstyle?” I asked.

Ed nodded his head. “Yes that’s fine,” he said, pulling out the pictures of dresses.

The dress that immediately caught my eye was all white except for a red ribbon around the waist. It was a halter top and for fitting until just above the hips. Then, it flowed outward in ruffles all the way down to the floor. I pointed to it, mesmerized. “That one!” I breathed.

Ed smiled. “Okay, do you want to see the hair style that goes with it?” he asked.

I nodded my head. I gasped when I saw the hair. It was braided back with curls and loops and it looked like a hairstyle that a princess would wear. Ed smiled at that reaction and then moved on.

“Now we need to pick out the brides maids and their dresses. You need three, plus the maid of honor,” He said.

“Okay, well I want one to be Jane, another to be Belle and the last one to be Claire. And the Maid of Honor is Sam!” I grinned. I knew Sam was going to be happy to hear this news.

“Cool, cool. So, who will be giving you away?” Ed asked me.

“Well, I was going to see if either Paul or Liam would do it. I would ask Paul first, he’s closer to the age of my father than Liam,” I laughed.

Ed nodded. “Okay, so all I need to do is contact some people about these few things. You can help. I have phone numbers to dial for us and things like that. Here, you call the florists and the cake people, and I’ll be calling design people and the owners of the old church, okay?” he said, handing me the paper with the numbers. I nodded my head and took the sheet.

I pulled out my cell and dialed the first florist number. “Hello, this is The Sweet Pea Florist! How may I help you on this lovely afternoon?” a woman answered.

“Hello! My name is Abbey Heartman. I was wondering if you could arrange to have,” I paused and looked down at the paper. “18 bouquets of 30 Easter Lilies by February 12th for a wedding?” I asked. Ed had written down a whole script for me.

The woman was quiet for a moment. “Abbey Heartman you said?” she asked.

“Yes,” I said, nodding my head even though I knew she couldn’t see me.

“Well, of course I can have that done. Where is the wedding at?” she asked me. I heard paper rustle on the other end of the phone.

I smiled. “Mullingar, Ireland. I’m sure you’re familiar with the name?” I asked.

“Oh, of course I do!” I could hear the smile in her voice. “We will defiantly have this ready fro you. I’ll keep in touch. We should probably meet in person to talk about the flowers os I get an idea of the size and such. Meet me down here at the shop tomorrow at 17:00.”

“Okay I’ll see you then. Good bye!” I sang, ending the call.

Ed looked at me funny. “You got flowers, why are you so happy?”

I laughed. “She was nice,” I shrugged. I dialed the next number, which was for cake, and someone picked up right away.

“Hello, Paxon and Whitfield cake makers. How may I help you?” a dull voice answered.

“Hi, I was interested in getting a wedding cake made by your expertise. Could we possibly get a cake tasting set up for 3 people?” I asked.

“Yes, you can. What is your name?” the person asked. I couldn’t tell if it was a man or a woman.

“Abbey Heartman,” I said, slightly less proud than the last time I told someone.

“Oh, I know you. Yes, so your appointment is..” I heard some clicking of keys on a computer. “It’s tomorrow at 12:00, okay? It’ll take about an hour or two so be prepared.”

I nodded my head. “Okay, see you then,” and then hung up. I looked over to Ed and grinned from ear to ear. I was so excited that this wedding was going to happen, I could kiss him. But I wont, because that would be very wrong and very bad.

Ed looked up at me and then smiled back for a half a second. “Yes, well, okay ma’am I’m sorry. It’s just that the thing is this is for Abbey Heartman and Niall Horan. How could you turn us away. You would get tons of advertisement and a ton of money.”

I stared at him for a second. He looked really frustrated. I felt my smile drop and then I sat down closer to him and pulled him into a hug. While I was hugging him I slowly pulled the phone away from his ear and to my own. I backed up a little from him, listening to the female voice on the other end. “Design?” I mouthed. He nodded his head and rubbed his temples. I nodded. “Excuse me ma’am, are you done?” I asked politely.

“Am I done? Who is this?” she asked. She sounded really mad.

“This is Abbey Heartman. Listen, I really wanted a beautiful wedding in a beautiful old church in Ireland with the man I love most. I didn’t think anyone else but you guys could do this, so I told my associate here to talk to you and try to arrange something. But, seeing as you don’t want to decorate for my wedding, I totally understand and I’ll just have to look for someone else,” I bit my lip, hoping she reacts the way I expect. Ed sat there with his mouth wide open. I lifted up his chin and closed his mouth before he started drooling.

“Well, let me see what I can do, Ms. Heartman,” she sighed. I heard her heels clicking on the ground. Then she whispered “can you page the boss?” and then her heels clicked again. I waited for what seemed like forever before she finally was speaking to me again. “Are you still here?” she asked.

“Yes,” I sighed, trying to sound bored. I think it was working.

“Okay, my boss says that he would love to design your wedding. All we need is your dress to base it off of that and everything will be perfect, okay? So meet with us in 2 days at 13:00. If you;re late this deal is off,” she said. She sounded like she was pleading.

“Okay, thank you so much,” I smiled. I was really pleased with myself. “I’ll be there with my associate.”

I handed Ed back his phone and he stared at me wide eyed. “That woman cussed me out and basically told me to go die, but when you talked to her, it was like roses and daisies,” he shook his head. “You are really good at that.”

“Good at what?” I asked, tilting my head to the side.

“Good at getting people to do what you want them to when you want them too,” he sighed. “Niall is a really lucky man, but he needs to be careful,” he chuckled at the thought.

I smiled. “I would never do that to him. I don’t need to get anything out of him, I’m happy with what I have. Now, let’s call someone for photography and get the invitations made and...” I started, but Ed leaned in and kissed me. I started thrashing at first but then gave in for a moment. Once I realized what was happening I pulled away as fast as I could and pretended that Liam needed a diaper change. I shot up really fast and picked him up. “I uh, I’ll be right back,” I stuttered, running into the other room to change his diaper. I held the baby close and took a deep breath. “Wow,” was all I could manage. “I’m such a dumbass...”

Ed’s POV

“Stupid, stupid, stupid!” I whispered to myself. I covered my face and leaned into the couch, wanting someone to come into the building and beat me to a pulp to ease the feeling of stupidity. Abbey had run off with her and NIALL’S baby, and I was sitting here like an idiot. “What the hell did I do?” I asked myself.

“What did you do?” I heard a deep voice behind me. I turned around to see grown up Liam standing there.

“Fudge!” I moaned leaning farther into the couch.

“Woah mate, what happened?” Liam asked, jumping over the couch and sitting with me. I grinned sheepishly and looked behind him to see Abbey staring at us. She cleared her throat and walked over to us and sat next to Liam. She leaned into him and handed him baby Liam. She whispered something in his ear and he looked at her for a second, then me.

“No, no way..” he muttered. “Look man, she’s Niall’s girl, and you know that. You guys are mates!” Liam sighed. He shook his head and clicked his tongue. “Ed, just go, I have to talk to Abbey.”

I nodded my head and got up from the couch and headed for the door. All I could hope was that Abbey didn’t tell Niall. It was never going to happen again and I really valued Niall’s friendship.

Liam’s POV

I stared at Abbey for a moment and pulled her into a tight brotherly hug. She was shaking from something. I couldn’t tell if it was anger or something else. I kissed her forehead and then looked at her. She was crying.

“Don’t cry love,” I whined, wiping away her tears. “This is nothing to cry about. We can work on it now before Niall comes home. I just saw him and Zayn walk into Nandos like 10 minutes ago. It’ll be a while,” I sighed, letting her lean into me. She hiccuped and covered her mouth and laughed.

“I know, I know. I’m just shaken up. Thank you, Liam,” she sighed. She leaned in to me and took a deep breath. She relaxed some more and stayed like that. It had been a long time since we’d been this close. I hugged her and then backed up a little. “Do you want to talk about it at all?” I asked.

She shook her head. “No, can we watch something? I want to take my mind off of it.”

I smiled. “Of course. Let’s watch The Notebook,” I smiled.

“Okay!” she grinned. “I’ll go get popcorn,” she hopped up from the couch, taking the baby from me and popped some popcorn. When she came back I had just started the movie and sat down. Throughout the movie we cried together and held each other. Even little baby Liam cried. After a while Abbey got up and got us some wine out of the kitchen and grinned at me. We both finished 3 bottles together and were getting kind of drunk. When the movie was over we were on bottle 4. Abbey got up and walked into her bedroom to lay baby Liam down and came back in and curled up on the couch with her feet on my lap. We both relaxed and fell asleep.

About 30 minutes later..

I woke up when Niall walked in the door. It was a short nap and I was still drunk. I sat up and grinned. “Hey leprechaun. Shhhh, don’t talk, the baby is sleeping,” I pointed to Abbey. Niall chuckled and patted me on the head.

“Okay, no more getting drunk in the middle of the day. Where’s Ed?” he asked quietly, softly picking Abbey up off of the couch bridal style. It looked so effortless for him.

“Ed left a while ago. Abbey and I watched The Notebook when he laughed,” I said. I felt like I needed to say that.

He chuckled and nodded his head. “Ahh, I thought your eyes were red from something else,” he walked off into the other room and then came back empty handed.

“Something else?” I asked, confused.

“I thought you decided to get high with her,” he said blankly. He walked over to me and smiled, plopping onto the couch with me. He handed me a water bottle. I took a gulp and was instantly feeling better.

“So, do you know anything about how the planning went?” he asked me. I had a strange feeling he was trying to take advantage of me in my state. I shrugged it off.

“Nope. She didn’t say anything. When I got here Ed was just leaving and she was changing the baby’s diaper. We just watched The Notebook and got drunk together.”

Niall nodded his head and puffed his lips. “Was Abbey acting a little strange or anything?” he asked.

Suddenly I felt like he knew everything. I shook my head. “Not that I know of. Listen dude, I’m probably going to go home. I don’t feel so good,” I sighed, being dramatic and looking faint.

Niall rolled his eyes. “Okay, whatever mate. See ya later,” he smiled and followed me to the doorway. I stumbled down the hall to my flat. I couldn’t wait to sleep in my bed.

Niall’s POV

Liam seemed drunk enough to spill anything that he knew happened. I almost didn’t trust Abbey and Ed together in the first place, and when I called Ed he sounded nervous to talk to me. I was thinking something was up, but now I’m doubting anything happened and it was all in my head. I watched Liam walk to his flat before locking the front door and walked into my bedroom to Abbey laying the the bed fast asleep. I stripped down into just sweat pants and boxers and snaked into bed with her. I wrapped my arms around her and smelled her for a moment. She smelled like a mix of wine and her shampoo. I pulled her close and she stirred in her sleep. She opened her eyes for a moment and smiled at me. She nuzzled into me and put her hand on my chest in her sleep. I was getting better with that, but I still tensed up. I pulled her closer and let her sleep. I fell asleep after a while, and the baby woke me up while he was crying. I moaned and crawled out of bed. Abbey was already up and rocking the baby. I walked over to her and wrapped my arms around her waist and kissed her neck.

“Hello sleepy head,” I grinned over her shoulder.

“Hey. Uh Niall,” she sounded worried and nervous.

“Yes babe?” I asked.

“I have to tell you something,” she sighed. I looked at her face and she had tears in her eyes.

“What?” I asked, sounding very panicked.

Abbey’s POV

I sighed and looked back at Niall. I pulled away and sat on the bed with baby Liam. Niall stood there with a questioning look on his face. I wasn’t going to sugar coat it, there was no need to.

“Niall, Ed umm,” I started. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I opened my eyes again and looked at Niall. He looked hurt.

“Ed what?” he asked. He looked like a puppy that had been beat 1 too many times.

“Ed kissed me,” I cringed at even the thought of it.

Niall stared at me for a second, the color drained from his face. It all came back suddenly, and then turned red. “What?” he demanded. “You didn’t, uh, kiss him back did you?” he asked me.

“Maybe a little,” I whispered.

“What?” Niall asked.

“I said maybe a little,” I mumbled slightly louder.

He stared at me for a second and then started pacing. He put his hands behind his head and kept sighing and kicking around. He took a deep breath and stared at me. “Did you like it?” he asked me.

“W-what?” I stuttered. I was crying a little now. Seeing him mad for any reason scares me, but now that he’s mad at me I feel a mix of disappointment and being scared.

“I said,” he started calmly. “Did you like it?”

I thought about that for a second. I did, but at the same time I didn’t. It was more of a bad feeling than a good one. I think I like the adrenaline more than anything. I shook my head. “No, I didn’t like it.”

“Abbey, are you telling the truth? I wont be mad at you if you did,” he said. He looked completely defeated.

I nodded my head. “I liked the adrenaline. Not actually kissing him,” I stared at Niall trying to read his expression.

Niall walked over to his nightstand and picked up something. He stared at it for a moment and then threw it across the room. I jumped with little Liam in my arms. He let out a cry of rage and kicked his nightstand. All I could do was watch him. I covered up baby Liam with my arms and watched Niall rage. He continued to cuss and throw things. At one point he even through a pillow. I took baby Liam out of that room and into the kitchen and set him in his feeding chair so he didn’t get hurt. Now Niall was in there knocking things out of the cabinets and breaking plates and glasses. I stared at him for a moment and his eye caught mine. We looked at each other for a moment and then he dropped the plate that he had in his hand and started walking to me. I made sure my hands were empty and I covered my face to protect my self.

“Abbey, no, no, no. Oh God no,” he moaned. He dropped to the ground right in front of me and landed in a pile of glass. I was at his side instantly and helped him up.

“Niall, take a deep breath,” I sighed. He was moaning and crying. He sounded horrible.

He made a wailing sound and stood up. I stood up with him and stared him in the eyes.

“It’s okay, love,” I sighed.

He stared at me for a moment before wrapping his arms around me and kissing me passionately on the lips. I leaned into him for support and kissed him back. His hands found the bottom of my shirt and started lifting it up. He managed to get it off of my body without breaking our kiss. I took a breath and then accidentally bit his lip. He moaned into my mouth and I did it again, this time on purpose. I felt his abs get hard against me and he picked me up and put his hands under my thighs near my butt while I wrapped my legs around him. We walked a couple of feet away from the glass before I was against the wall and he was against me. He slipped me out of my pants and continued kissing me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and grabbed a handful of his hair. I pulled a little bit on his hair as he move down to my neck and I moaned a little. He moaned into my neck, sending a cold shiver down my spine. He pulled me off of the wall, moving his lips back to mine, slowly making his way to our bedroom. While he was walking he kicked off his shoes and left the bedroom door wide open. He laid me down on the bed lightly and then hooked one arm under my lower back while slipping off his pants. All he had on was his boxers, and I was only in a bra and underwear. He pushed he farther up on to the bed and climbed on top of me, in between my legs. He kissed me up my body, starting with my belly button and trailing up to my lips. I moaned slightly louder until he moved to my mouth.

“God, I love you Abbey,” he breathed into my mouth. He leaned back for a moment and moved the hair out of my face and smiled at me.

“I love you, too, Niall,” I smiled, pulling him back on top of me. I gripped his hair constantly because his kisses just felt that good. After a while he slipped me out of my bra and then jumped up off of me and ran over to his pants. He pulled on the pockets for a moment and then ran back over to me, blushing.

“Sorry, I forgot,” he mumbled, showing me a condom. I stared at him for a moment and blushed.

“It’s okay,” I whispered. He leaned down and kissed me lightly and then slipped it on. I bit my lip, anticipating the events to come.

The next hour or so consisted of a lot of moaning and kissing, and, well, sex. We weren’t interrupted at all for once, which was a miracle. For some reason, it was like the first time all over again. It was amazing. Niall and I lay in bed together for a moment, breathing heavy under the sheets. He brushed the hair out of my face again and then chuckled to himself.

“What?” I asked. I felt really weak and tired. I just wanted to pass out.

“You look exhausted is all. It’s actually quite an adorable look for you, the way your eyelids droop and your skin changes to a light shade of red. You almost look sick, but it’s a nice look all the same,” he laughed.

I stared at him for a second and then blinked really slowly. “Keep talking,” was all I said.

“About what?” he asked. He was still smiling.

“I don’t know. Anything. Tell me about your Mother,” I suggested. “I just want to hear the sound of your voice right now.”

Niall nodded and thought for a moment. “My mothers name is Maura. She divorced my father when I was 5 and I lived back and forth between her and my father for a while before I decided to stay with my father. She was very involved in my life and I love her very much. I think she is beautiful and has a wonderful personality,” he sighed and looked at me. “I actually miss her a lot right now. The only thing that makes it bearable is you,” he leaned over and kissed my forehead.

I made a sound from the back of my throat that was supposed to sound like a thanks, but it just sounded like a sleep moan. I rolled into him and nuzzled my face into his bare chest. I felt his breath catch for a moment and him stiffen up, but then he relaxed. After a while I had fallen asleep, but just before I did fall asleep, I heard him say, “Sleep well Abbey, love. Don’t forget I love you,” and then I was out.

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