Always Expect the Unexpected

Niall’s POV

I slipped out of bed when I felt Abbey’s breath go steady. I threw on some boxers and the same sweat pants I was wearing before and glanced over to Abbey. Parts of her naked body were uncovered, so I walked over and covered her up. She moaned in her sleep and curled up into a ball. I smiled and then walked into the kitchen where we left little Liam. I picked him up and held him on my hips while I tried to pick up some of the glass. He was falling asleep on me when I was almost done, so I brought him into the bedroom and laid him down in his crib. He cooed for a moment before falling asleep. I made sure he was comfortable and didn’t need a diaper change before slipping into the kitchen again. I went and found our broom and started sweeping. When ever the ceramic or glass clanked together it reminded me of when I threw it. I shivered and then my phone vibrated in my pocket. I pulled it out and answered it, not even checking who it was. “Hello?” I sang into the phone, still sweeping up glass.

“Hey Niall, it’s Harry. Is it okay if I come over?” he asked.

“Yeah, sure, it’s cool. What’s up?” I asked.

“I’ll talk to you in a few seconds, I’m just down the hall. Hold on,” he sighed into the phone. Suddenly I heard the front door open and my phone hung up the call.

“I’m in the kitchen,” I called out s quietly as I could, but loud enough for him to hear me. He walked into the kitchen with tears in his eyes.

“Dude, what’s wrong?” I whispered, still trying to clean up the glass and ceramic on the ground.

“I stepped on some glass,” he sniffed, bending over to pull the glass out of his foot. “What happened here? It looks like an earthquake came through.”

“I got mad,” I said flatly, throwing the rest of the glass into the trash.

“About what?” he asked. He walked over to the table and sat down. I sat with him.

“Just Ed, man. He kissed Abbey,” I practically growled. I was mad, but I didn’t want to end Ed and my friendship, so I was trying to let it go, especially since Abbey said it wasn’t going to change anything.

Harry stared at me for a second. “Were you here?” he asked me.

“No, I was at Zayn’s. He was helping Abbey plan our wedding today. I trusted them alone,” I sighed. I put my head in my hands.

“Well, how often are they going to be seeing each other?”

I shrugged. “Everyday I think. I’m going to try to stay here the whole time,” I sat up and looked around the room. I saw Abbey’s pants and shirt, and my own shirt. I got up and picked them up and took them into our bedroom and then went back into the kitchen. I looked at Harry’s face, which looked amused.

“What happened after you freaked out, mate?” he asked. I knew what he wanted to hear.

I grinned at him. “Oh ya’ know. Same thing you see in movies. Couples argue and then have some amazing sex,” I laughed. When I said it, I suddenly realized how true what I had just said was. It was probably the best sex I had ever had.

Harry smirked. “Yeah I know. I’ve seen the movies.”

I laughed and then shook my head. “Man, I need to get mad at things more often. As long as they involve her,” I sighed. Suddenly, I saw her face when I had gotten done throwing things, how terrified she looked. It had broken my heart to see her like that. I shook my head again. “How’s Sam?” I asked.

Harry grinned. “She’s great. She’s actually asleep right now, she was coming down with something,” he was smiling like an idiot.

“So, do you think she’s the one?” I asked. I remembered how little time it took me to realize how perfect Abbey seemed to me.

“Well, I’m not sure yet. I love her, more than anyone else. Probably not my mum or my sister, but I defiantly love her a lot more than all the other women I dated. I guess she could be considered the one,” he muttered.

“Well, dude, just remember that if your break up with her someone’s going to get the rebound sooner or later. Think about how you feel about that. I’m gonna go to sleep, I’ll probably see you tomorrow,” I sighed. I got up from the table and walked with him to the door. I patted him on the back and then closed the door behind him before I turned around and went to my bedroom. I checked on my son before climbing back into bed with Abbey. I fell asleep within seconds.

The next day...

I woke up to Abbey shaking me and yelling. “Niall get up! How much of a deep sleeper are you?”

I shot up. “What’s wrong?” I asked.

She giggled. “Nothing, get up and get dressed, we have a cake tasting today in about,” she pulled out her phone and checked the time. “30 minutes. Throw on something presentable and come on!” she laughed. I could tell she had just taken a shower. I sniffed the air.

“Great, I smell like hot, sweaty sex,” I moaned. I got up and pulled on some jeans and a plaid shirt and sprayed myself with a bunch of cologne. I then put on some after shave that smelled similar and pulled on my shoes. I waked out to Abbey and she came up on her toes and kissed me quickly. She pulled away looked at my hair and laughed.

‘What?” I asked before she reached up and messed with my hair, probably fixing it. I probably had sex hair. God, why was I thinking about sex so much? My thoughts were suddenly interrupted when she reached up and grabbed my face and kissed me again. I let her lean into me before she pulled away. She left a tingling feeling on my lips, just like every other time.

“Eh hem!” someone cleared their throat. I turned to see Ed and Harry standing in the door.

“Oh, hi,” I blushed, putting my hand behind my head. Abbey had a smirk on her face, and I knew she knew they were there. Harry walked over to her and hugged her.

“Hey Abbey, where’s Liam?” he asked.

“I’ll go get him,” she sang sweetly. She glanced at me for a moment before walking away. I stared from Harry to Ed.

“So,” Harry sighed, shoving his hands in his pockets. I looked at my feet and Harry looked up, Ed looking to his left. I heard Abbey walk back in, cooing at the baby. I straightened up and watched her hand him to Harry.

“I trust you, when is Sam coming again?”

“She should be here in 5 minutes. I promise we wont make a mess,” he grinned. I shook my head and chuckled.

“Okay, well, let’s go,” Ed said, looking really uncomfortable. He was trembling.

“Let’s,” Abbey nodded. We all got into a limo and rode to the cake place, Abbey practically on top of me. I wrapped my arms around her waist on the ride there, seeing as she didn’t want to be near Ed. I sighed. We got out of the car and went in and the woman smiled at us.

“Hello, follow me, please,” and she started walking. The place was so quiet it was erie. We walked into a very private back room with different plates full of different types of cake with the names of the flavors all around them. There was a woman standing there, smiling at us.

“Hello Mr. Horan and Ms. Heartman, and you are?” she looked at Ed. I laughed silently, surprised she didn’t know who he was.

“Uh, Ed Sheeran ma’am,” he sighed. “I helped Abbey set up the appointment.”

“Oh, of course. Okay, well let’s begin!” she grinned. She reminded me of a snake. This was going to be the longest cake tasting of my life...

2 hours later...

“Dude! Oh my GOD why do girls hate this sort of thing?” I asked Ed, licking the icing off of my fingers. I loved all of the cake. I was hoping Abbey was going to pick because I didn’t have a clue. On a scale of 1 to 5 I would give all of the cakes 25. They were amazing.

Ed laughed. “I have no idea. I can’t believe Abbey here was nervous,” he chuckled. Abbey glared at us.

“Guys, this is serious business. The rest of this isn’t going to be fun cake eating time. I need to be somewhere soon, and I don’t want you guys to interrupt the planning, especially not you, Ed, since I’m counting on you the most!”

I grinned. She looked so cute when she was mad. I scooped her up in my arms, bridal style, and kissed her firmly on the lips. I felt her relax in my arms before I set her down into the limo. She scooted over as Ed walked to the other side and I got in the seat. I sat down with her and she sat on my lap again. Why was she being so tense? I doubted Ed was going to try anything, especially not with me here. Out fingers intertwined and she pulled me out of the car. We rushed back to the apartment with Ed and bursted in the door. I saw Sam and Harry sitting on the couch with baby Liam, but they weren’t paying attention to him. Sam was on Harry’s lap and they both looked surprised to see us.

“Act like I’m mad at you, and so is Ed, and you’re mad at me,” Abbey whispered back at Ed and I. I glared at her and Ed looked at me with remorse. “God, I hate you so much! Why did you do that? We were trying to get a good cake and you ruined it!” Abbey yelled. She threw her purse on the couch and started walking away. I felt like she was seriously mad at me.

“Ruined it? All I did was tell the lady I like their cake, but it could be better!” I yelled. That was a complete lie on it’s own.

“Dude, don’t yell at her like that,” Ed pointed his finger at me.

“Oh yeah, sure, say that to me. You probably just want her for her body anyway,” I sneered at him. I didn’t know where that came from, and he obviously didn’t either, I could tell by the look in his eyes.

“W-what?” he stuttered.

Abbey turned back to me and shot Ed an apologetic glance. “Niall, that was an accidental kiss. Don’t say that, it really isn’t like you to be like this!” she yelled at me, her eyes boiling with anger.

The way she looked at me, I felt like cowering even though I didn’t do anything wrong in actuality. I looked between her and Ed before sighing. I walked into the bedroom and changed into sweat pants and tennis shoes for running. I grabbed my iPod and earphones and just walked out the front door. I decided I was going for a little jog.

Abbey’s POV

I looked at the closed door, feeling slightly heart broken. Niall was a good actor. So was Ed. They both had such hurt expressions on their faces, and what they said even had incredible emotion. When Niall left the house a little piece of me died. I stifled some tears and then turned and smiled at Harry and Sam who have now moved off of each other and were staring at Ed and I.

“Accidental kiss?” Sam asked. “What the hell?”

Harry glanced over to Sam and pulled her closer to him. He whispered something in her ear and she stared at me before biting her lip and nodding her head.

I looked down at the ground and bit my lip, shaking my head before running off to my room. I needed to cool down from the fake fight.

Ed’s POV

I stood there alone, smiling at Harry and Sam. I only met Sam once, and that was now. She defiantly didn’t look like the kind of girl Harry was into, but she was still really attractive in a creepy kind of way.

“Uh, hi. I’m Sam,” her voice was really soft and quiet. Harry was completely awestruck by her, you could see it in his eyes.

“Hi, I’m Ed. Ed Sheeran,” I smiled sheepishly. Harry glared at me and I suddenly knew that he knew what happened with Abbey. I felt like I was under attack and there was no way out, sort of like a caged animal.

“Cool. I like some of your music,” she nodded her head slightly, like she was approving me.

“Thanks,” was all I could muster up to say. I didn’t want to be in this situation.
Harry obviously didn’t want me to be here either. “Well, uh,” I looked at my shoes. “I have somewhere to be, so I’m just going to go,” my voice trailed off. “Nice meeting you Sam, and nice seeing you again Harry,” and I was out the door.

Harry’s POV

As soon as Ed left I relaxed. It was like a weight was lifted from my shoulders. I was scared that he was going to try and steal Sam from me. I wanted to hug her and kiss her to show him she was mine, but she wasn’t. She was her own person that I had absolutely no control over, and if she fairly fell in love with Ed I would just have to deal with it. Something told me she didn’t like gingers though.

“I’m going to check on Abbey, okay?” she asked me.

I shook my head. I wanted to be with her a little longer. They had interrupted one of the up and coming most sexual parts of Sam’s and my relationship. I looked over to see the boy who was staring at me now. I leaned over the side of the couch and picked him up, grinning as I did it. “He wants you,” I sighed, handing him over to Sam.

She raised an eyebrow, taking the baby. “if you want me to stay in here, it’s not going to work. I need to check on Abbey,” she sighed, laying the baby back down. As soon as she let go he started crying. She bit her like and quickly picked him back up again. I looked at the spots where she used to have piercings. First, I looked at where her angel bites used to be. They would have looked adorable if she kept them. My eyes trailed down to where her snake bites were. I would imagine it would have been hard to kiss her with those. I moved my eyes to her nose, which had several different holes from piercings. I looked up at her eyebrow and saw two little holes that reminded me of freckles. She was really beautiful, even with all of the holes.

Sam’s POV

I handed baby Liam over to Harry. I needed to get up and check Abbey.

“Please Sam!” I heard him moan behind me as I walked away. I ignored him and walked into Abbey and Niall’s bedroom. I found Abbey curled up in her bed crying while holding on to one of Niall’s shirts, close to her face. She was getting her tears all over it. She was sobbing quietly.

“Hey, Abbey, what’s wrong?” I asked, climbing into the bed with her and pulling her up like I used to when we were in high school.

She shook her head. “It’s stupid, you wont care,” she wined.

I rolled my eyes. “I care Abbey, trust me. Please, tell me,” I frowned.

Abbey took a deep breath and I felt her rib cage expand and contract. “That fight earlier was supposed to be pretend, and then Ed and Niall got serious,” she moaned into Niall’s shirt. I hugged her tighter.

“Hey, sis, don’t worry about it. It will be fine,” was all I said. I heard someone clear their throat and I looked to see who it was. Niall was standing in the door way. “Uh, Abbey, I’m gonna go home, see you later,” I whispered, just loud enough for her to hear. I smiled at Niall as I walked out to find Harry grabbing our stuff.

“Let’s go Sam,” Harry mumbled something under his breath. He grabbed my hand and dragged me outside and down the hall, headed for his flat.

Niall’s POV

I stared at Abbey on my bed, looking pitiful and pathetic all because of a pretend fight. I couldn’t help but feel like this was my fault.

“Abbey, love,” I sighed, sitting on the bed next to her. “You have other things to do today. Get up,” I poked her side.

Abbey squirmed. “No, I wont get up!” she yelled into the pillow.

“Abbey,” I sighed, poking her sides again. I kept poking her and she kept squirming. I started tickling her and she started laughing.

“Stop it!” she gasped between laughs. I ignored her and got on top of her, straddling my legs over her before I continued tickling her. She kept trying to get away and she ending up laying on her back facing me. She reached out and grabbed my hands and pulled them off of her. We both sat there staring at each other for a moment, breathing heavily. I leaned down towards Abbey and got really close to her face. I breathed on her lips, looking into her eyes. I kissed her quickly and firmly before rolling off of her and jumping off of the bed.

“Get up!” I laughed, jumping around.

Abbey sat there for a moment before sitting up a little bit. “I refuse!” she crossed her arms and closed her eyes, turning her head away from me. She peaked over at me for a moment before looking away again. I quietly crept over to her. I quickly wrapped my arms around her torso and pulled her up off of the bed and hauled her over my shoulder into the living room. She squealed until I set her down on the floor, on her feet. The only thing she messed up when she was crying was her makeup and her hair. I messed up her outfit by wrinkling it when I tickled her.

“Go clean yourself up,” I chuckled when she was staring at me.

“Why?” she asked. She looked at her hands and then nodded. They were smeared with mascara. “Oh, never mind. I’ll be right back,” she got up and ran to the bathroom. I chuckled and sat on the couch and turned on the TV. There was a cartoon on, so I watched it, trying to understand the plot line. Abbey hurried out to me and stood there for a second.

“How do I look?” she asked.

I rolled my eyes. “Stunning. Now, you have to go!” I smiled at her.

She checked her phone. “Oh, I have time,” she giggled.

“What time do you need to go do whatever?” I asked.

“I need to be at The Sweet Pea Florist at 17:00. It’s 16:43 now,” she sighed. She walked over to me and sat down next to me and leaned in to my side. “I can’t believe our wedding is in 12 days,” she sighed. She tilted her head back and I kissed her lightly on the lips. Just then her phone went off. She hurried up and picked it up. “Oh, hey Ed,” she answered. She was quiet for a moment. “Yeah, I’ll meet you down there now, mmhmm, bye!” she hung up her phone. “I’m leaving.”

“I sorta guessed,” I chuckled. She squeezed me and then ran out of the apartment. I relaxed into the couch, hoping nothing would go wrong with their little “get together”.

Abbey’s POV

I ran downstairs to the lobby to see Ed standing there. He held his arms open of a hug and I ignored him. “Let’s just go, I don’t wanna be late,” I sighed. I didn’t want to be bridezilla either, but this was a stressful time for me.

“Okay, okay. Good point,” Ed said, turning to leave. We went out to a limo and rode to the florist. When we got there I was greeted with warm smiles and hugs. We went into a back room that smelled really nice. I was really happy when I got to sit down. After I had given birth I had been really tired.

“Okay, so my name is Jullian, and I’ll be helping you today. We’re going t look at different Easter Lilies and you choose the ones you like,” the woman grinned. Ed and I rated the flowers together. I found that we have a pretty similar taste in flowers. When we finally decided on what flowers and how many of each size, the woman scratched these things down and the walked with us while we left. I just had Ed drop me off at home without anything else and I closed the door behind me and went straight to tending to my son. I carried him into the kitchen to feed him. I couldn’t believe he was real. He was a tiny 4 day old baby. I wondered if flying him out to Ireland would be okay. I made a note to talk to my doctor, even though I felt like it was a bad idea. Maybe I could get my mom’s friend Becky to come watch him. Suddenly I realized I needed to call my Mom. I set baby Liam down in his highchair and whipped out my phone, quickly dialing my Mom’s phone number. She answered right away.

“Hey Abbey! It’s been so long since we’ve talked. How are you? Are you still pregnant?”

I laughed. “I’m fine mom, I gave birth 4 days ago. Did you not see the pictures on Twitter?” I asked.

“I didn’t think to check your Twitter. Anyway, what’s the baby’s name? How is he?” she asked.

“The baby’s name is Liam. He’s great. He’s really healthy, but the doctor said he may be color blind or deaf. I hoping at the least he’s color blind right now,” I sighed.

“Oh, well that’s good I guess. What else is new with you lovely?” she asked.

“Nothing. Well, nothing other than Niall and I getting married on Valentines day!” I squealed.

“You are? That’s awesome! Am I invited?” she asked.

“Of course mom! I’m paying for you and Payton’s tickets. I wont tell you where we’re going, but the hotel room will have a note saying where you’ll need to go for the rehearsal dinner and where the reception is. I have a question though. Do you think you could ask Becky to watch Liam? I don’t think I can bring him since he will only be 2 weeks old,” I sighed.

“Yeah, I’m sure she’ll be fine with that. Did you know she moved to London?” my mom asked.

“What, she did? Oh that’s perfect! I can drop her off there on the wedding day!” I said. I was relieved immediately.

“Maybe,” was all my mom said. I heard Payton yelling on the other line. “Payton wants to talk to you,” my mom laughed. Suddenly I heard Payton on the other line.

“Abbey! You’re getting MARRIED! Can I be the flower girl? Can I carry the ring? Can I do anything in your wedding?” Payton shot questions at me from the moment she got the phone. I laughed.

“Pooh bear, calm down. Take a deep breath,” I giggled. I felt someone touch my side. I turned around to see Niall there. I smiled and kissed him quietly.

“Sorry Abbey. So, can I be any of those things, then?” she asked. Having a 7 year old little sister when you’re 18 isn’t really the best, but hey, I still love her. I feel bad that I wont be there for her.

“I don’t know, I think you’ll have to ask my husband to be,” I changed to tone of my voice to make it sound like I was being sarcastic. Niall caught it, but Payton didn’t.

“Okay, let me talk to him!” I heard the excitement in Payton’s voice.

“Alright, hold on,” I chuckled and passed the phone to Niall. I watched his expression on his face. He was grinning, probably listening to Payton talk his ear off.

“Yeah Payton, I know. I’m excited, too. Your sister is gorgeous,” his eyes were sparkling. “Yes, you are gorgeous too. Don’t tell Abbey, but I think you’re prettier than her,” he smiled, but when he looked at me he mouthed “not really, she’s just cute” and I laughed. “No, Payton I’m sorry but your friend is 7. Plus, I’m going to marry Abbey.”

I laughed. “What?” I asked.

Niall shrugged. “Anyway, Payton. Let’s talk about you. Do you want to be the flower girl?”

He was silent for a moment then tried to stifle a laugh. He failed miserably. “Yes, Payton. I will make sure that this will happen. Okay, I love you too. Here’s your sister,” he handed me the phone. “Yikes, I’m glad she wasn’t like that when she was here. I think my brain almost exploded,” he joked.

I laughed. “Hey Payton, what’s he say?” I asked.

“HE SAID YES!!!!!” she screamed into the phone. I suddenly had a head ache. She sounded like she just ran a marathon. “When I see you guys am I allowed to talk to Harry, Liam, Louis, Zayn, and Niall, sissy?” she asked.

“Of course,” I smiled. “Hey sis, I gotta go. Tell mom I love her, will you?” I asked.

“Okay!” she yelled. The phone beeped to signify that she hung up and I collapsed onto a chair and sighed.

“So. Much. Yelling,” I pretended to be out of breath. Niall chuckled. He sat down next to me and grabbed my left hand, playing with my engagement ring. I had to take it off for a while because my fingers were swelling while I was pregnant. I heard a knock on the door, so I got up and answered the door. Harry was standing there by himself. He looked like he had been crying. “Hey Harry,” I said. My voice was soft. He looked broken, defeated. I had no idea what happened, but whoever put him in that position was someone I wanted out of his life immediately. I was determined to find out, suddenly.

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