Over Again
Chapter 4
Chapter four
I woke up, sprawled across Harry’s giant bed, my hair all over the place. My eyes were blurry with sleep. I started searching for Harry with my hands, but all I found was empty sheets. My body went limp and I closed my eyes. Last night had been amazing. It was astounding how fast life could turn around. Not even two days ago, I was lying in the snow outside my parent’s house whining about my life, and now here I was, perfectly content. All of a sudden, the sound of pitter-pattering feet broke into my reverie. I rolled over on my back, pulling the covers over my breasts. I heard the squeal of a child, followed by more footsteps. I sat up, looking rather confused. I saw Harry’s shirt and boxers on the floor. I slouched off the bed and donned them on before going to the door. I began looking throughout the rooms, seeing if my mind was playing tricks on me, when out of nowhere something slammed into my legs. Although it wasn’t a something at all, but rather a someone. I looked down at the little girl smiling up at me, her short blond curls cascading around her adorable face.
“I’m gonna getcha, I’m gonna getcha, I’m gonna—oh” Harry came running up the stairs, hunched over with an adorable grin stretched across his face. When he saw me he straightened up. I laughed at his expression. He looked so good, wearing a tank top that showed his arms off perfectly and the sexiest pair of sweat pants I’d ever seen.
“Good morning!” I said. He laughed and wrapped his arms around my waist, leaning his face so close to mine, leaving a small distance between our lips.
“The best,” he whispered as he kissed me softly. The baby girl that was wrapped around my legs started to giggle. Harry looked down at her and made some funny faces at her. He looked back at me, “I know this probably isn’t the way you pictured this morning going,” he tucked a wild strand of hair behind my ear. “But Lou dropped her off this morning, some emergency with Tom’s family or something.”I nodded like I knew who he was talking about.
“That’s alright,” I kissed him again. I pulled away, and it was a moment before he opened his eyes again, smiling when he did.
“Well, we better get you some breakfast, if only I knew where Lux was...” he looked around theatrically and the baby let out peals of laughter. I played along, pretending to look around.
“I don’t see any sign of her,” I said. “Unless, of course, this is little Lux here!” I scooped her up and started tickling her little belly.
“Hawwwwyyyy!!” The little girl laughed in her sing-song voice.
Harry threw his hands up in the air, “Luuuux!!” they both laughed and Harry kissed her on the cheek fondly as I handed her over to him. Harry held her over his hip, supporting her with one of his big hands. “By the way,” Harry looked at me with wide eyes and a cheeky little crooked smile pulling at the corners of his lips. “You look amazing.” I felt myself blush. I looked up at him from under my lashes and he wiggled his eyebrows playfully at me and I burst out laughing. He started walking down the stairs towards the kitchen with Lux in his arms. God, he was so sexy.
I reached the kitchen and Harry had set Lux up on the counter where she was absentmindedly playing with one of her toys while studiously watching everything he did. Harry himself was getting ingredients out of the cupboard and melting butter in a pan.
“Oooh,” I said. “Do I see you making Anne’s special pancakes?” His mom had made these pancakes every weekend for us when we were younger, it made me nostalgic and also made me realize just how much I missed Anne and Gemma.
“Of course!” Harry said. “We couldn’t have a sleepover without them.” He winked at me.
He started cooking the pancake as I played with Lux. He gave the first one to her, she then proceeded to mash her face into it and the three of us laughed. Harry then placed a plate in front of me, and I looked down to see that he had made my pancake in the shape of a heart. I smiled up at him. “Thank you,” I smiled as our lips met softly, his hands gently stroking my hair.
“You’re welcome, Love.” He smiled before sitting down next to me, picking up his knife and fork and digging in to the stack of pancakes in front of him. Across from us, Lux continued playing with rather than really eating her pancakes. Eventually she got bored, and hopped down from her chair running into the living room.
I got up to go after her. “I’ll go throw a movie on for her.” I said, starting to walk away from the table when Harry began pulling me back to him. His hands were at my hips, but began travelling up under my shirt, rubbing up to by waist and back. I leaned my head down so that our foreheads were touching. I closed my eyes, and breathed him in deeply.
“I’ll be there in a second,” he said, releasing me from his grip while silently planting a cute kiss on my nose. I smiled, starting to pull away from him.
“You better be,” I teased him. I turned sharply on my heels, swaying my hips back and forth while I walked until I reached the doorframe, where I turned to look at him, enticing him to follow with my eyes, before quickly rounding the corner in search of Lux.
I found her, sitting in front of the TV screen pointing at it. “Sawwaaah!” she squealed. I was quite surprised that she knew my name. I crouched on the floor next to her, pulling some DVD’s down from the shelf as I got on her level.
“Hey there, Lux!” I exclaimed as she crawled into my lap. “Wanna pick out a movie?” I asked her and nodded her little head with exaggerated movements. I spread a bunch of movies out in front of her, and she quietly sucked on her thumb, clearly deeply considering each and every one. She finally took her fingers out of her mouth and pointed at Beauty and the Beast.
“Dis one!” she stood up, and handed me the movie. Once she placed it firmly in my hands, she ran to the sofa, throwing one leg up and pulling herself on to it. Sitting down cross-legged and putting her small pudgy hands in her lap, she smiled at me expectantly. I giggled quietly, and slid the disc into the player. Snatching the remote from the coffee table, I sat down next to her and she crawled under my arm. Giving her a quick squeeze, the movie started.
Harry rounded the corner and smiled when he saw us. “Look at my two lovely ladies.” He said proudly as he sat down next to me and wrapped his arm around my shoulders. He traced patterns on my arms as the movie played, leaving a trail of Goosebumps wherever he touched. He lowered his head to my ear, breathing in the smell of my hair. I could barely concentrate on the movie, as Harry’s actions were so arousing. I felt him tucking my hair behind my ear before softly whispering in it. “I’m having such a hard time keeping this day at a PG level,” he breathed with angst. I laughed loudly and felt him begin to snicker too, as he rested his forehead on my shoulder. “And it’s only noon!” he said, laughing even louder. Lux crawled over me, and looked at us sternly. Clearly, our laughing was disrupting her and she placed her finger over her mouth, silently telling us to shush. Harry furrowed his brow and made a zippering motion across his lips before throwing away a pretend key. Lux cracked a smile turned her attention back to the screen. I, however, could not concentrate.
“Hey Lux,” I said as she tilted her head up to look at me in response. “Would you be at all interested in popcorn?” She clapped her hands excitedly, and I smiled as I got up from the sofa.
“Sarah,” Harry grabbed at the bottom of my shirt, which was really his shirt, made obvious by just the sheer size of it. “Babe, let me grab it.” He started to get up, but I leaned over him, placing my hands on his chest to push him down and give him a quick peck on the lips.
“I don’t mind, Darling,” I stared into his beautiful green eyes as I stood back up. “I’ll be back in a minute.” I said as I backed away from the sofa. Harry sprawled out, putting his arms behind his head as Lux climbed on top of him.
“You better be,” he laughed, quoting me from earlier this morning. His smile was huge and his laugh infectious. I turned to walk out of the room, still smiling to myself as I entered the kitchen. I searched through all the cupboards, which were numerous, until finally finding a bag of popcorn in the last one. I threw it in the microwave and went to grab a bowl. I found one in a cabinet next to the fridge, a big green one, and placed it on the counter top. I became distracted by the photos that covered the surface of the fridge. There were so many! There were pictures of Harry with Gemma and Anne from family trips, pictures of Harry and the rest of the band, family gatherings and pets but one photo in particular caught my eye. It was one of us, we were sixteen and we were sitting at the bonfire, me in between Harry’s legs, his guitar thrown beside him. I smiled at the memory, and was startled when the microwave beeped. I went over, opened the door and poured the contents of the bag into the big green bowl.
I walked back into the living room with the steaming bowl of popcorn. “Alrighty,” I said as I strode through the door way. “Popcorns read-” I stopped short when I saw Lux, lying on her belly across Harry’s chest with one of his arms wrapped tight around her while the other flopped off the couch. Both of them were sound asleep, the TV still playing in the background. I set the popcorn down on the table and headed for the linen closet up stairs. I reached up and grabbed a blanket, shutting the door and taking it back downstairs. I unfolded the blanket and spread it over them where they were lying on the sofa. I reached for the remote, turning the volume on the TV down until it was just a quiet murmur. I kissed each of their foreheads, before standing back to admire the two of them. It was the sweetest thing I’d seen in a long while. I remembered back to when we were sixteen and I was pregnant and how even back then I’d thought that Harry would be an excellent father. Here we were, three years later, and I had never been surer of that fact in my life. I pulled out my phone and snapped a picture of the two of them, and thought to myself that life couldn’t get any better; only it could.
I woke up, sprawled across Harry’s giant bed, my hair all over the place. My eyes were blurry with sleep. I started searching for Harry with my hands, but all I found was empty sheets. My body went limp and I closed my eyes. Last night had been amazing. It was astounding how fast life could turn around. Not even two days ago, I was lying in the snow outside my parent’s house whining about my life, and now here I was, perfectly content. All of a sudden, the sound of pitter-pattering feet broke into my reverie. I rolled over on my back, pulling the covers over my breasts. I heard the squeal of a child, followed by more footsteps. I sat up, looking rather confused. I saw Harry’s shirt and boxers on the floor. I slouched off the bed and donned them on before going to the door. I began looking throughout the rooms, seeing if my mind was playing tricks on me, when out of nowhere something slammed into my legs. Although it wasn’t a something at all, but rather a someone. I looked down at the little girl smiling up at me, her short blond curls cascading around her adorable face.
“I’m gonna getcha, I’m gonna getcha, I’m gonna—oh” Harry came running up the stairs, hunched over with an adorable grin stretched across his face. When he saw me he straightened up. I laughed at his expression. He looked so good, wearing a tank top that showed his arms off perfectly and the sexiest pair of sweat pants I’d ever seen.
“Good morning!” I said. He laughed and wrapped his arms around my waist, leaning his face so close to mine, leaving a small distance between our lips.
“The best,” he whispered as he kissed me softly. The baby girl that was wrapped around my legs started to giggle. Harry looked down at her and made some funny faces at her. He looked back at me, “I know this probably isn’t the way you pictured this morning going,” he tucked a wild strand of hair behind my ear. “But Lou dropped her off this morning, some emergency with Tom’s family or something.”I nodded like I knew who he was talking about.
“That’s alright,” I kissed him again. I pulled away, and it was a moment before he opened his eyes again, smiling when he did.
“Well, we better get you some breakfast, if only I knew where Lux was...” he looked around theatrically and the baby let out peals of laughter. I played along, pretending to look around.
“I don’t see any sign of her,” I said. “Unless, of course, this is little Lux here!” I scooped her up and started tickling her little belly.
“Hawwwwyyyy!!” The little girl laughed in her sing-song voice.
Harry threw his hands up in the air, “Luuuux!!” they both laughed and Harry kissed her on the cheek fondly as I handed her over to him. Harry held her over his hip, supporting her with one of his big hands. “By the way,” Harry looked at me with wide eyes and a cheeky little crooked smile pulling at the corners of his lips. “You look amazing.” I felt myself blush. I looked up at him from under my lashes and he wiggled his eyebrows playfully at me and I burst out laughing. He started walking down the stairs towards the kitchen with Lux in his arms. God, he was so sexy.
I reached the kitchen and Harry had set Lux up on the counter where she was absentmindedly playing with one of her toys while studiously watching everything he did. Harry himself was getting ingredients out of the cupboard and melting butter in a pan.
“Oooh,” I said. “Do I see you making Anne’s special pancakes?” His mom had made these pancakes every weekend for us when we were younger, it made me nostalgic and also made me realize just how much I missed Anne and Gemma.
“Of course!” Harry said. “We couldn’t have a sleepover without them.” He winked at me.
He started cooking the pancake as I played with Lux. He gave the first one to her, she then proceeded to mash her face into it and the three of us laughed. Harry then placed a plate in front of me, and I looked down to see that he had made my pancake in the shape of a heart. I smiled up at him. “Thank you,” I smiled as our lips met softly, his hands gently stroking my hair.
“You’re welcome, Love.” He smiled before sitting down next to me, picking up his knife and fork and digging in to the stack of pancakes in front of him. Across from us, Lux continued playing with rather than really eating her pancakes. Eventually she got bored, and hopped down from her chair running into the living room.
I got up to go after her. “I’ll go throw a movie on for her.” I said, starting to walk away from the table when Harry began pulling me back to him. His hands were at my hips, but began travelling up under my shirt, rubbing up to by waist and back. I leaned my head down so that our foreheads were touching. I closed my eyes, and breathed him in deeply.
“I’ll be there in a second,” he said, releasing me from his grip while silently planting a cute kiss on my nose. I smiled, starting to pull away from him.
“You better be,” I teased him. I turned sharply on my heels, swaying my hips back and forth while I walked until I reached the doorframe, where I turned to look at him, enticing him to follow with my eyes, before quickly rounding the corner in search of Lux.
I found her, sitting in front of the TV screen pointing at it. “Sawwaaah!” she squealed. I was quite surprised that she knew my name. I crouched on the floor next to her, pulling some DVD’s down from the shelf as I got on her level.
“Hey there, Lux!” I exclaimed as she crawled into my lap. “Wanna pick out a movie?” I asked her and nodded her little head with exaggerated movements. I spread a bunch of movies out in front of her, and she quietly sucked on her thumb, clearly deeply considering each and every one. She finally took her fingers out of her mouth and pointed at Beauty and the Beast.
“Dis one!” she stood up, and handed me the movie. Once she placed it firmly in my hands, she ran to the sofa, throwing one leg up and pulling herself on to it. Sitting down cross-legged and putting her small pudgy hands in her lap, she smiled at me expectantly. I giggled quietly, and slid the disc into the player. Snatching the remote from the coffee table, I sat down next to her and she crawled under my arm. Giving her a quick squeeze, the movie started.
Harry rounded the corner and smiled when he saw us. “Look at my two lovely ladies.” He said proudly as he sat down next to me and wrapped his arm around my shoulders. He traced patterns on my arms as the movie played, leaving a trail of Goosebumps wherever he touched. He lowered his head to my ear, breathing in the smell of my hair. I could barely concentrate on the movie, as Harry’s actions were so arousing. I felt him tucking my hair behind my ear before softly whispering in it. “I’m having such a hard time keeping this day at a PG level,” he breathed with angst. I laughed loudly and felt him begin to snicker too, as he rested his forehead on my shoulder. “And it’s only noon!” he said, laughing even louder. Lux crawled over me, and looked at us sternly. Clearly, our laughing was disrupting her and she placed her finger over her mouth, silently telling us to shush. Harry furrowed his brow and made a zippering motion across his lips before throwing away a pretend key. Lux cracked a smile turned her attention back to the screen. I, however, could not concentrate.
“Hey Lux,” I said as she tilted her head up to look at me in response. “Would you be at all interested in popcorn?” She clapped her hands excitedly, and I smiled as I got up from the sofa.
“Sarah,” Harry grabbed at the bottom of my shirt, which was really his shirt, made obvious by just the sheer size of it. “Babe, let me grab it.” He started to get up, but I leaned over him, placing my hands on his chest to push him down and give him a quick peck on the lips.
“I don’t mind, Darling,” I stared into his beautiful green eyes as I stood back up. “I’ll be back in a minute.” I said as I backed away from the sofa. Harry sprawled out, putting his arms behind his head as Lux climbed on top of him.
“You better be,” he laughed, quoting me from earlier this morning. His smile was huge and his laugh infectious. I turned to walk out of the room, still smiling to myself as I entered the kitchen. I searched through all the cupboards, which were numerous, until finally finding a bag of popcorn in the last one. I threw it in the microwave and went to grab a bowl. I found one in a cabinet next to the fridge, a big green one, and placed it on the counter top. I became distracted by the photos that covered the surface of the fridge. There were so many! There were pictures of Harry with Gemma and Anne from family trips, pictures of Harry and the rest of the band, family gatherings and pets but one photo in particular caught my eye. It was one of us, we were sixteen and we were sitting at the bonfire, me in between Harry’s legs, his guitar thrown beside him. I smiled at the memory, and was startled when the microwave beeped. I went over, opened the door and poured the contents of the bag into the big green bowl.
I walked back into the living room with the steaming bowl of popcorn. “Alrighty,” I said as I strode through the door way. “Popcorns read-” I stopped short when I saw Lux, lying on her belly across Harry’s chest with one of his arms wrapped tight around her while the other flopped off the couch. Both of them were sound asleep, the TV still playing in the background. I set the popcorn down on the table and headed for the linen closet up stairs. I reached up and grabbed a blanket, shutting the door and taking it back downstairs. I unfolded the blanket and spread it over them where they were lying on the sofa. I reached for the remote, turning the volume on the TV down until it was just a quiet murmur. I kissed each of their foreheads, before standing back to admire the two of them. It was the sweetest thing I’d seen in a long while. I remembered back to when we were sixteen and I was pregnant and how even back then I’d thought that Harry would be an excellent father. Here we were, three years later, and I had never been surer of that fact in my life. I pulled out my phone and snapped a picture of the two of them, and thought to myself that life couldn’t get any better; only it could.
Ah!! They're too adorable. Really, they are! And I just have this sneaking suspicion that a proposal is very near in their future. Maybe even at/ after his mom's wedding. I can't wait til the next chapter!! More please!!!
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