Harmony’s POV
“I know, but I can’t tell him just yet,” El told me.

“Well, why not?” I asked in confusion.

“Because I need this moment to be perfect. I mean, do you want me to just go out and say, ‘Oh yeah, and I’m pregnant?’ No, I’m going to wait.”

“Ugh, fine, but you better tell him soon. I’m not the best at keeping secrets…”

“I know; I will. So what happened last night?” she continued the conversation and directed it towards me.

“What do you mean?”

“I woke up when I heard you scream. Lou and I came in, but you were already crying in Harry’s arms, and Harry said that it was okay. What happened?”

“Just a really bad dream…”

“About… uh…”

“Yeah.”

“Aw, Har. I’m here for you okay?”

“I’m here for you, too.”

A few moments of silence passed with us just hugging each other like little schoolgirls hugging their best friend in the midst of winter, but the call of my stomach confirmed that it was time to head out there.

“Want to go eat?” I asked.

“I am starving! Let’s go!”

I got up on my feet helping Eleanor up after me, and we both exited Louis’ room together. Everyone was here now.

“There they are! How’d you manage to drag her out of bed?” Louis asked.

“It’s a secret,” I lied. Louis huffed while El and I laughed. “Now, where’s the food? I am starving.”

Everyone looked towards the surface of the table, then back to us. Then, everyone turns to stare at Niall who widens his eyes innocently at us. I glare at him realizing what was going on.

Eleanor spoke up first. She had a scary look in her eyes, and I knew I did not want to be Niall now. “Niall, did you eat the rest of the food?”

He looked down innocently. “Maybe… I was hungry, okay?”

“You are so dead, Niall!” I screamed. I was about to lunge at him, but two arms held me back. “Harry! Let. Me Go!”

“Relax, Har. We’ll just stop by the donut shop on the way to the studio,” he told me as I continued to struggle against his pull. I stopped struggling and looked at him.

“Donuts?” I say.

He laughed. “Yes, donuts.”

I gasped. “Really? I haven’t had donuts in ages. Will they have sprinkles? Those are my favorite.” Now everyone was laughing at me. I frowned. “What?”

“You’re just so cute,” Perrie came over and pinched my cheek.

“Hey…”

“Well, you are the youngest…” Zayn said.

“What does that have to do with anything? Louis acts younger than me still. He’s mentally a five year old.”

“Not really, love. You’re about even,” Liam said.

“Ha! In your face! Who’s younger now?” Louis danced in front of me. He shook his butt in my face, and I swung my leg back and kicked his ass. I may have kicked a bit too low, because my leg kept flying until it hit… well, you know.

He yelped in pain as he hit the hard ground, clutching onto his…

“Oh my gosh, Lou. I’m so sorry. I was aiming for your bum, not your…”

“It’s… okay… Can you… get me some… ice?” he gasped out. I rant to the fridge. I didn’t want to bring out ice and have it melt, so I rummaged through the freezer until I found some frozen veggies. I ran back and handed it to him.

“Does this mean guys have it harder?” Niall asked.

“No!” all us girls yelled.

~

When we arrived at the donut shop, I was practically drooling over the glass pane that separated my food and me.

“Wow, you weren’t lying when you said you hadn’t had a donut in a while, were you?” Louis chuckled at me.

“Well, the last time I ate a donut, I was…” I took a moment to calculate the years in my head. “I was thirteen, so about seven years?”

“Why so long?” Eleanor asked.

“Well, the last time I had one, was the day my… um… It was the day my parents died. It was the last note I ever got from them. ‘Left early for work, enjoy the donuts. Love, mom and dad.’ I haven’t eaten one since.”

“Oh.”

I nodded shyly at the three of them. The others had gone ahead to the studio while Louis and Harry gave El and me our well-deserved breakfast.

“What can I get for you?” the old lady behind the counter asked.

“Um… we will get a half dozen of your sprinkle donuts,” Harry ordered. I smiled eagerly at him.

“What flavor?”

“Strawberry,” I spoke up.

“Strawberry? Not chocolate?” Louis looked at me like this was a big deal.

“It’s my favorite,” I said innocently.

“So if I were to ask you to pick between a chocolate shake or a strawberry shake, what would you choose?”

“Strawberry. What’s so wrong about that?”

“I dunno. I always thought that girls always picked chocolate,” he shrugged. El and I both rolled our eyes.

~

“Okay, so why are the boys back in the studio already?” I asked. It seemed kind of odd seeing that they just got back from tour. The boys weren’t here to explain it to us as they were in the recording booth messing around trying to write some new music.

“Well, Zayn tells me that they had specifically requested certain months off when they were supposed to start recording, so I guess Simon just switched them,” Perrie explains to the best of her knowledge.

“But why would they request time off?” El agreed with me.

“Maybe they’re still curious about your new job,” Dani wiggled her eyebrows at me. I buried my face in my hands. I seriously hope they don’t take time off just to see me do my job.

“Well, I think they just wanted to get it over with to have summer off,” Perrie said.

“Yeah right. They have to have July off considering three of us have our birthdays then,” Eleanor said referring to Perrie, herself, and me.

“I know! Why can’t they have June off? It’s my birthday then. Grr…” Dani growled.

“It’s too bad you couldn’t have waited just one more month,” Perrie sighed. “We could have shared a birthday.”

“On second thought, I like my space.”

“Hey!”