Hold On For Dear Love (Sequel to WILD)

Harry's POV

I spent a month in Brazil with Emily and Rosalie to spend some quality time with them before we went back home and faced the media, which would be all over us trying to figure out what happened. Emily’s “death” was a huge thing and went on for months, but now that she was alive they would surely fight to get every detail.

However, the whole time I was there I didn’t care about any of that. I was just happy to have my Emily back, and now our little Rosie is in the picture and everything is just perfect. As I watched her play I thought back to the first few days I was here. It took her a few hours to warm up to me more and now she was always next to me, which I didn’t mind at all. I always had that fear that this was just some crazy dream and they weren’t really here, or that I had gone crazy and was in some mental hospital imagining everything. Either way, I didn’t want it to end.

Rosalie was so much like Emily. She had the same laugh and personality, though I noticed that my personality was starting to show through now as well. I remembered watching Emily trying to get her into her pajamas after her bath and then laughing when Rosalie ran away naked, laughing as she went. I had doubled over from laughing so hard and Emily wasn’t too happy with me for not helping her catch our little naked run away, but I just found it so amusing that she had inherited that from me. I smiled at the thought and Rosalie looked up at me with her dimpled smile, another thing she got from me. She held up her stuffed bear to me.

“Daddy” She cooed, making my heart warm. My smile widened and I took the bear then lifted her up onto my lap, holding her close as she snuggled up into my chest. I kissed her head then sighed contently.

“I love you, princess” I whispered to her.

The two of us had become extremely close in just a short amount of time and it was amazing. I hadn’t expected her to warm up to me right away, but she did. Emily did a great job of helping her understand that I was her father and that I would be seeing her eventually. I will forever be thankful to her for that. She could have just found someone else and told Rosalie that he was the father, but she didn’t. She waited for me, just like I did for her. Sure I had tried dating other girls, but I didn’t get past the first date with any of them. I couldn’t do that to them or Emily. She’s the only girl I will ever love and I’m happy to have her back in my life. I smiled to myself and looked down, noticing that Rosalie had fallen asleep in my arms. I lay down on the couch carefully, keeping her on my chest as I got comfortable, then closed my eyes as well.

~.:o:.~

The sound of the door opening woke me up and I turned to see Emily coming in from sitting outside. I smiled at her, still a bit sleepy from just waking up from my nap with Rosalie.

“Hey, babe” I say quietly so I didn’t wake the sleeping child in my arms.

“Hey. Did you have a nice nap?” Emily asked as she leaned down and pecked my lips.

“Yeah it was great”

I carefully move Rosalie off my chest and onto the couch before getting up. I tuck some pillows under her side so she didn’t roll off the couch before turning to Emily and wrapping my arms around her, pulling her close to me. She giggled quietly as I buried my face into her neck, tickling her skin with my hair. I smiled at the sound and kissed her skin lightly before pulling back to rest my forehead against hers, looking down into her blue eyes.

“I love you so much” I whispered.

“I love you, too” She whispered back before pulling my lips down to hers. I immediately returned the kiss, not getting enough of the feeling. After a moment I was disappointed when she pulled away and pouted at her.

“Later. Right now we need to pack” She said before leading me to the bedroom.

“Babe, we can pack later” I said once we got to the room.

I wrapped my arms around her waist from behind and placed soft kisses on her neck. I felt her relax in my arms and tilt her head to the side, causing me to smile against her skin because I knew I had her right where I wanted her. Within a few seconds I heard a soft gasp escaped her lips as I found her sweet spot. I sucked gently on the skin while my hands slid up her sides and under her shirt so I could touch her bare skin.

“Harry” She breathed. “We really have to pack. I don’t want to be up late doing it”

I groan softly and buried my face into her neck.

“Fine” I mumbled, holding her for a moment longer before I reluctantly let go and we started to pack up our things. A few hours later we finally finished and by that time Rosalie was awake again. She was walking around making noises and shoving toys in her mouth, which for some reason was an adorable sight despite all of the slobber.

“Are you excited to go back home?” I asked Emily after I turned my attention away from our daughter.

“I don’t know...I mean, yeah I’m excited to see everyone again and be back home, but at the same time I’m going to miss the peace and quiet here” She said as she looked outside at the water.

“Yeah. It’s great here...Maybe we could just keep this place and use it as a vacation spot” I suggest.

“We should” She said with a smile.

“Alright then. I guess we will” I smile and kiss her cheek then pull her close as we watched Rosalie together.

~.:o:.~

We landed in London the next day and managed to get through the airport unseen, because no one knew when I would be coming back or where I had been the past month. Jack and Matt helped us take our things back to the house, then showed us Rosalie’s room, which they had been working on for the past week. It was like a little princess room, all pink and girly with plenty of stuffed animals around and toys. Rosalie squealed when she saw it then walked over to fall on top of a giant stuffed bear as she hugged it. We laughed at her and I kept smiling widely, glad to have my girls home.

“Thanks for everything” I told Jack and Matt.

“No problem” Jack smiled. “We’ll be around if you need us”

I nod and give both of them hugs. They had been so helpful to us, and they brought me to Emily so I was thankful to both of them for all they’ve done. Emily gave them hugs as well before they left, leaving us alone in the house.

I helped Emily unpack her things and get settled into the house again. It felt like the first time we moved in together all over again, which was strange at first but brought back good memories.

Once we had a few hours to rest I called everyone over to the house for the big surprise. They were going to find out about Emily and Rosalie now and I was excited to see their reactions. I told Emily to wait in the kitchen as people showed up, then I led them all into the living room.

“Harry, would you tell us what’s been going on now?” Louis asked me.

“Yeah, where have you been the past month?” Liam added.

“Well, it's a very long story, but the short version is that I’ve been in Brazil...with Emily”

They all looked at me like I was absolutely insane.

“Mate, I know you miss her, but she’s gone” Zayn said.

“I beg to differ” Emily said as she walked out, causing everyone to gasp in shock.

“Emily?! Wait...what?! You’re alive!!” Jenna exclaimed as she jumped up and ran to her friend, hugging her tightly as she burst into tears.

Emily laughed and hugged her back before going to everyone else and giving them hugs as well. While they did that I went to grab Rosalie who was sitting on the floor of the kitchen playing with her toy. I carry her back into the living room and everyone looks at her, then at me, and to Emily, before turning back to her again.

“Guys, this is Rosalie. Our daughter” I said, pulling Emily close to me.

“Woah. Hold the fuck up” Jenna said, looking utterly confused.

“Would someone explain to me what is going on right now?” Zoe asked.

We sat down and explained everything to them starting from when Emily faked her death and ending when I found out that they were alive.

“I’ve been with them the whole month in Brazil at a private beach house” I finish.

They all sat there in silence, letting the information sink in.

“This is crazy...but I’m damn glad you’re back. Harry’s been miserable without you and it’s good to see the old Harry is back” Liam tells Emily.

She smiles softly and turns to me, taking my hand and intertwining our fingers. I smile at her then kiss her gently before turning back to everyone. We talked for a few hours and they got to know Rosalie who was being goofy as ever, absolutely loving the attention she was getting. I looked down at Emily who had her head resting on my shoulder, a soft smile on her face as she caught up with Jenna and Zoe on what’s been going on.

“You know...We still have to get married” I said to her once she was done talking.

She looked up at me and smiled.

“We do. Pick a date and we’ll do it” She said to me..

“June 1st” I said without thinking, just picking a random date which was just a month away.

“June 1st it is” She smiled and gave me a kiss.

June 1st….The day I could finally call her mine.

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