Louis was too shocked with this new information that it didn't register that he wasn't supposed to let Harry sleep on the bathroom floor. However, he ignored it when he couldn't stop thinking about the brand new information that Harry had told him, probably not realizing that he wasn't supposed to. He sat next to Harry wondering why Zayn had told Harry instead of him. He was Zayn's best friend and he thought that maybe he would get to be the first one to know, but then he started thinking about how he lied to Zayn about his pregnancy so he decided it was fair.

Zayn was pregnant. Those were the only words going through his head and he was wondering how Zayn was doing when he knew for sure he and Liam wanted to wait until they had graduated and were stable enough to raise a baby. He wasn't going to come to conclusions. Zayn was either happy and just waiting for the right time to tell Liam, or he was freaking out and keeping it a secret until he could no longer do so. Whatever was happening, Louis decided he was going to wait for his friend to come to him.

"Harry? Babe, get up. You can't sleep on the floor." Louis tried to wake Harry up but he wasn't budging.

He tried one more time and was glad when Harry finally listened and let Louis help him to the bedroom after he brushed his teeth. The weekend passed by slowly and by monday Harry was doing better even though Anne was still keeping him in his room when he was still contagious. Josie had thrown a tantrum when Louis had taken her to sleep with him in Gemma's room but had quickly calmed down when she realized Louis would be staying with her everyday.

Harry definitely ignored the looks his family gave him when he told them his boss had given him the whole week off but said nothing. By the next weekend he was good as new and was back at Liam's place but this time with Josie when he had to watch her. Louis was helping his mom with god knows what and had been planning for days to do so and his mom had a few errands to run. He was still supposed to be off work and had offered to watch Josie when his daughter had gotten too handsy and just had to touch everything she saw.

When he got there, he let Josie down who immediately ran to hug Liam and Zayn as a way to greet them. They had hung out for two hours or so when Zayn announced he was hungry, followed by Josie who put her hand on her tummy and gave Liam puppy eyes. That was enough to melt Liam's heart and have him running out the door to the nearest chinese restaurant. Zayn had stayed behind with them and Harry couldn't stop staring at his tummy, knowing there was a mini Liam growing in there. Shit, he was starting to get emotional until he saw Josie messing with their things.

"Don't touch that!" Harry raised his voice at Josie when he saw her reaching to touch the glass terrarium where Liam kept the gecko that he and Zayn had just gotten a few weeks back. She quickly dropped her arms o her sides and gave Harry a sour look.

"Harry, don't yell at her." Zayn glared at him and went to get Josie.

The little girl willingly went with him and sat down on Zayn's lap when the man grabbed a few pieces of paper and the box of crayons he had there specifically for her. He gave her a piece of paper and let her pick a crayon before he grabbed one and started drawing on another piece of paper. Harry checked his phone wondering what was taking Liam so long when he had only gone to get food. He knew he shouldn't be spending money on take out, but he had only brought snacks for Josie and she needed actual food plus he was starving too.

"What color do you want to draw the sun with, sugarplum?" Zayn asked Josie.

"Wed." She answered and patiently waited for Zayn to give her the crayon.

"Red." Harry told him when Zayn gave Josie a confused look.

"Oh! Gotcha, princess Josephine." Zayn kissed her cheek and smiled when Josie giggled.

Josie's sun was a squiggly line in the middle of the paper right next to the squiggly line that was supposed to be Harry. Zayn was thinking about putting it on his fridge when the front door opened and Liam walked in with bags of food. He let Harry get up and help him when he was too lazy to do it and he was drawing with Josie. When they finally decided to come eat, Harry sat down then picked Josie up to sit her on his lap when he didn't want to sit her on pillows just so she could reach the table and have her fall and crack her head open.

He put her plate right next to his and started eating and feeding her when she still couldn't quite handle the fork on her own and he didn't want her to leave a mess. She seemed to like the rice and the little pieces of orange chicken he had cut for her and he was glad when lately she had started becoming a little picky on what she ate.

"Oh! I almost forgot to tell you, Harry. My neighbor, Richard from 415, stopped me and asked if you were here because he needs you to take a look at his car. He said his car has been making funny noises and it takes him around three tries to get his car to start." Liam told him. 

"Aww look at you going into secretary mode." Zayn teased him, making Liam blush.

"I'll go take a look at it after she's done eating.Thanks, Li." Harry told him when Josie was still eating. She took forever to eat.

"No mowe." Josie pushed the fork away when Harry tried to give her more after a few more spoonfuls.

"Are you sure? Okay." Harry set the fork down and gave her her sippy cup so she could drink some cold water when she nodded she was sure. Her pickiness went to the extremes when she would only drink cold water.

Harry helped them clean up then left Josie with Zayn and Liam after they had offered to watch her while he went and fixed the car. He had told them Louis was on his way to pick her up so they didn't have to worry about her being there for a long time.

"Babe, don't let her jump on the couch. At least hold on to her." Zayn told Liam when he saw Josie getting up next to him to start jumping. He placed a hand on his tummy without even thinking about it, but quickly pulled it away.

Liam was just about to reach for her not knowing Josie would try to run away from him to avoid being caught until she went tumbling down onto the carpeted floor. Her head missed the edge of the coffee table by a few inches, but it was enough to make Josie cry loudly letting them know she was clearly in pain.

"Fuck!" Zayn got up too fast, making him dizzy but he ignored it and quickly picked her up. "It's okay, baby. You're okay. You're okay."

He sat down next to Liam and placed Josie on his lap with her legs on his sides then wrapped his arms around her. Josie hid her face on his chest as she cried and her little hands held onto his shirt. Her cries were muffled by the fabric of Zayn's shirt and it was enough to set Zayn off who started full on crying as he rocked her back and forth and was massaging her scalp with his fingers. The pregnant man kept thinking about the baby in his belly, and how he was going to be a terrible mother if he couldn't even keep Josie safe.

All Liam could do was stare at his boyfriend with a worried expression when it was almost impossible to make Zayn cry. A knock on the door only made Zayn cry harder.

"It's probably Louis." He calmed down enough to tell Liam, taking deep breaths and weaving his slender fingers through Josie's red curls. "He's so gonna kill us."

"It was an accident." Liam got up to open the door.

"Hey– what happened?" Louis asked as he walked into the apartment.

"Mama..." Josie reached for him and wrapped her arms around his neck as soon as Louis had her in his arms. 

"Zayn, what happened?" Louis asked him again as he reached for him.

"Josie was jumping on the couch and she fell, but I swear it was an accident. I didn't know she would try to get away when I reached for her." Liam explained.

"I– It was an accident." Zayn hiccuped, placing a hand on his belly.

Louis' eyes softened and sat down next to Zayn wrapping an arm around him. Josie had calmed down and was now letting out little hiccups but Louis knew she was fine.

"Z, it was an accident. She knows she's not supposed to jump on the couch." Louis tried to explain then looked at Josie who was now staring at Zayn. "Don't you, baby? Nana and I have told you that. You know we don't jump on the couch or you'll get a boo boo like the one you just got for not listening."

"But I–" Zayn started but Louis interrupted him.

"It's no big deal, Z. Kids fall all the time and she's fine, she's not bleeding out."

"We don't know if she got hurt!" Zayn bursted out crying again.

"I would know if she was, she would be crying twice as hard and being dramatic. She's fine. Right, baby, you're fine."

"Yesh." Josie nodded then rested her head on Louis' chest. But after she took a look at Zayn, she crawled away from Louis and into Zayn's lap, and gave him a hug.

Louis smiled. "I think she's trying to cheer you up."

Zayn wiped his eyes and then kissed Josie's cheeks. "Thanks, Josie. Uncle Z really needed that."

Liam went to sit on Zayn's other side and gave them a smile, but deep inside he was worried about his boyfriend's sudden emotional meltdown. Maybe it was all the emotions Zayn had bottled up inside throughout the years and now they had finally come out. Whatever it was, Liam was glad he had let them out. Although, he would make sure to give his boy extra cuddles tonight.

"I am back!" Harry walked in, quickly pocketing the money he had in his hands when he saw Louis still there. "Who died?" He asked.

"No one, Harry." Louis shook his head. "Josie just didn't listen and fell off the couch and scared Zayn."

"Oh. It happens." Harry shrugged it off and made his way to the kitchen to wash his hands and get some water.

"Why am I the only one freaking out!?" Zayn asked rather exasperated.

"Oh honey." Louis sighed, remembering how he acted the same when Josie was born. Way too overprotective and crying for hours if Josie so much got a tiny scratch. He knew it was the pregnancy, but bit his bottom lip when he didn't want to reveal Zayn's secret.

Louis wanted to say more, but when Josie started telling him about her day he let it go. Those days they had to watch what they did or said in front of her when they knew she would be telling someone else what she saw or what they said. Louis was just glad people still couldn't understand that well when she spoke. When it was time to go they had a bit of a hard time when Josie flat out refused to leave until Louis grabbed her and got her out of there. But not before Liam let her hold his gecko. Good thing the poor animal seemed to love Josie.

~*~

Louis expected Zayn to keep his secret for longer. What he didn't expect was the call he got from him a saturday morning when he was in the middle of wrestling Josie into her shorts and a shirt. He had given up and just answered his phone, watching Josie run around her room after Balto in just her underwear. He was lowkey scared the dog was going to knock something over when he was too big to be running around in the room just to indulge Josie. Where was Dusty when he needed him when the feline was the one that provided order amongst the three of them. It was weird how the cat was like a parent to Josie, but he didn't mind it.

"I can't do this anymore!" Zayn exclaimed as soon as Louis answered.

"What? What's wrong?" Louis asked him.

"I can't tell you over the phone." Zayn sounded like he was about to cry. "Can we have lunch somewhere?" He asked.

"Yeah, of course." Louis agreed right away, knowing Zayn really needed a friend right now.

"Thanks, Lou. I'll see you at noon. Is Panera okay?" Zayn asked. "I really want some Panera." He mumbled.

"Panera is perfect, Zee." Louis said right away, flinching when Balto finally knocked over the lamp on the nightstand.

"Oh no." Josie stopped and stared at the lamp, putting her little hands over her mouth. "Oopsie!"

"Oopsie my butt." Louis glared at her. "Zee, I'll see you later. Balto knocked over a lamp and Anne is gonna kill me."

"Good luck, mate. Bye." Zayn laughed then hung up.

As soon as Louis hung up, Josie took a deep breath and started trying to explain how things had actually happened from her little point of view. It was all Balto's fault and she had had nothing to do with it. Louis made sure to listen to her and give her all his attention when his baby was talking to him and she deserved to be heard.

"Yes, Balto knocked it over but you were running too." Louis explained as soon as she was done. "No more running inside the house, Louise. Look! You guys broke it. What am I gonna tell nana now?"

Josie stared at him hard, as if trying to come up with a solution to the problem. "I...I no know." She finally told her mother.

Both Louis and Josie looked up towards the door when it opened and Harry walked in. He was sweaty and his shorts were stained green because of the grass after helping out Robin mow the lawn. There was sweat dripping down from his forehead, his hair curling at the tips. If Zayn had not called, Louis would be devising an escape plan so that his hot boyfriend could fuck him.

"You guys are in deep poo. That was my nana's lamp." Harry told them, pulling Louis out of his sex haze and back to the problem at hand.

Louis thought things couldn't get worse, but of course they did when they heard Anne calling Harry's name and getting closer until she was standing behind her son.

"Who did this?" Anne gasped when she saw Louis picking up the broken lamp.

"Daddy!" Josie ran to Anne and hugged her legs, looking up at her with innocent blue eyes. "Daddy, nana. Daddy bad."

Harry's eyes turned to slits. His baby girl was an evil genius, just like her mama. And he would not let her make a habit out of it.

"Josephine Louise Styles, you're lying." Harry said. "We don't like liars in this house, or the state. The country!" Harry exclaimed. "The government is gonna come after you for being a liar, Josie." Harry was bullshitting now, but Josie didn't seem to care.

"Yeah, they'll come after her, but to offer her a job in the White House." Louis grumbled. "She'll be advising the orange troll."

"Twoll, mama?" Josie asked, her face showing a deeply confused expression.

"Anyway." Anne interrupted and took deep breaths. "What happened?" She looked at all of them. "And I want the truth."

"Josie and Balto were running around while I was on the phone with Zayn and the dog knocked it over. It was an accident and I admit I should have kept a closer eye on them. I'm sorry." Louis confessed.

"Okay." Anne sighed. "Lets just be glad they didn't get hurt and hope mother doesn't notice it's gone."

"It was ugly anyway." Harry rolled his eyes. "No one will miss it."

"Harry! My grandmother Rose gave it to her." Anne looked deeply offended.

"Well I'm sorry but great-grandma Rose had bad taste." Harry shrugged, glad that his daughter had finally ended that lamp. "Ask nana and she will tell you how her mother in law always chose the ugliest things ever."

Louis looked at the time on his phone. "I have to get going. I'm meeting Zee for lunch." He looked down at Josie, then at her dad. "Do you mind watching her for me?" He asked "I would take her with me but this is important..." Louis trailed off.

Harry, remembering Zayn's situation nodded. "I got her, Loubear."

Louis blushed as Harry kissed him and pinched his bum when his mom wasn't looking. "Drive safe, okay baby."

But the kiss was so nice that Louis didn't want to let go. So kept kissing Harry, his tongue curling around his lover's and his hands in those sweaty chocolate locks. They continued to make out until Anne cleared her throat.

"There's a child present, guys." She glared at them once they broke apart.

Louis blushed a deep red and quickly left the room, not even stopping when Josie realized he was leaving without her and started crying. Harry grabbed her just in time when she ran after Louis and picked her up, not even flinching when she started thrashing in his arms.

"Calm down, dude." Harry told her and put her over his shoulder before gently flipping her around holding onto her ankles.

He lowered her down and let her touch the carpet with the tip of her fingers. She laughed when he pulled her up and then lowered her again until he walked up to the bed and set her down on it. He grabbed her shirt and put it on her followed by her shorts. He then grabbed her sandals and put them on her before letting her go so he could change too and to give her something to eat.

He had to hold on to her hand when they were walking down the stairs when she wanted to do it herself but it was taking her forever. He groaned and ended up picking her up, not even flinching with the loud shriek she let out.

"Harry, let her do it herself. It's part of the small goals she reaches." Anne scolded him, not seeing Harry rolling his eyes since she was walking behind them.

"This is why she's spoiled and thinks she can do whatever she wants." Harry said. "Because you guys let her get away with everything." Harry accused her.

He didn't know where all this pent up frustration was coming from. Maybe it was because of the fact that he didn't have a job and Josie had a few doctor appointments coming up and also had to buy Louis'  morning after pill when they had fucked up and the condom had broke. He also had to buy a few things for his courses and he felt like money was running out when there was none coming in. There was a few hundred he had made from fixing cars yet it didn't compare to the income he used to have. But still, he knew he shouldn't take it out on his mom or his baby girl so he took a deep breath and set Josie down.

"Harry, you know we don't." Anne told him sternly.

"I know, mom. Sorry... it's just... she really tests my patience sometimes." Harry told her, feeling guilty for saying that.

"And that's understandable, Harry. She will test your patience for the rest of your life and I'm glad you are a patient dad. You're a good dad, baby." Anne said.

Harry looked at her with big green eyes. "You really think so?" Harry asked.

"I know so, baby." Anne placed her hand on his cheeks and leaned forward to kiss his forehead.

She then let him go and grabbed Josie's other hand to help her walk down the stairs faster. They let her jump on the last step, cheering her on when their sweet little girl looked so proud of herself.

It turns out Anne wanted Harry to walk the dog immediately. He grabbed the leash and headed to the door, sighing when Josie decided to stick to him like glue. She grabbed two of his fingers with her little hand and patiently waited for him to open the door, and when Harry did, he held onto her hand knowing she was going to run off. It wasn't the first time she had run down the driveway straight to the street and what annoyed Harry more was the fact that he always had a hard time catching her.

"I he'p, daddy." Josie reached for the leash.

"No, you can't hold it." Harry pulled it away and rolled his eyes when he saw she looked ready to cry. Again. "Nana asked me, not you."

Josie glared at him and walked up to the dog and grabbed him by the collar, then started pulling the dog so he would walk with her while Harry stared at her as if he couldn't believe what she had done.

"Damn, Styles! She outsmarts you everytime." Niall laughed, making Josie and Harry turn around to look at him getting out of his car holding a small plastic cup from Braum's.

"NI!" Josie screamed and let go of the dog to run to Niall almost tripping, but the man managed to catch her before she could fall.

"Hi, doll!" Niall kissed all over her face then picked up the cup and stood up straight with her in his arms and started making his way to Harry.

"Hey, man." Harry greeted him.

"Hey. Going somewhere?" Niall asked.

"Just walking the dog. You?" The man asked, eyeing Josie who kept trying to see what was in the cup.

"My car keeps making funny noises." Niall said. "And I brought this troublemaker some ice cream. It's all melted now but I don't think she'll care." Niall grabbed the spoon and started feeding Josie.

"Let's go take a look at it." Harry started making his way to the car parked on his driveway.

"Lets go walk the dog first." Niall started walking and Harry had no choice but to follow when Balto went after Niall because he had Josie.

They walked around the neighborhood until they found a park where Niall set Josie free then started playing with her in the playground set when no one was around to tell him he was too old for that. When they went back, Harry took a look at Niall's car, wondering how things were going with Louis and Zayn. They had to watch Josie abandoning them to go garden with her nana as soon as Anne was back with the many new flowers she had bought.

~*~

When Louis walked into Panera, he found Zayn already waiting at the line. He quietly joined him, glad that the restaurant wasn't full but he knew it would soon fill up due to lunchtime. When they got their food, Louis let Zayn pick their seat that turned out to be a booth in a corner away from everybody else. Louis was just unwrapping his food when Zayn was already taking his second bite, looking as if he had been starved for months.

"This is so good." Zayn said with his mouth full.

"You use to not like it that much." Louis raised an eyebrow then looked down at his food before taking a bite.

"I've been craving this all week and refused to even come here but I couldn't stay away any longer." Zayn shrugged.

"So that's what this was about?" Louis chuckled, just waiting for Zayn to drop the bomb. "You just have a craving and wanted me to join you?" He chuckled.

"And a baby." Zayn said, looking down at the sandwich in his hands.

"I'm sorry. What?" Louis put his own sandwich down and leaned closer to Zayn whose eyes were filling with tears.

"I'm pregnant. Sixteen weeks already." Zayn put his sandwich down and took his wallet out. He looked at the ultrasound picture and then gave it to Louis, presenting him with evidence.

"Three months, and about three weeks." Louis mumbled. "Congratulations..." Louis hesitated, not knowing how Zayn was going to react.

"Thanks." Zayn gave him a tiny smile, then pointed at the picture. "But look at it! It already has Liam's head! Oh god...I don't know how I'm gonna push that out."

Louis chuckled and looked down at the picture. It was strange to see one where the pregnancy was still in the early stages when the first ultrasound photo of Josie he had seen was when he was already five months pregnant with her.

"Have you told Liam?" Louis asked him.

"You're the only one that knows. Not even my mom does." Zayn sighed.

Louis gulped when he knew that Harry knew, but Zayn didn't need to know that. He was pretty sure that Harry wouldn't tell Liam and had only told him because he was really ill.

"I'm happy you trust me." Louis confessed, wondering if he should tell him about Harry knowing, but then decided against it. Harry didn't even remember telling him anyway.

"Of course I do, you are my best friend Lou, and you have gone through the same thing." Zayn gave him a sad smile.

"So what are you going to do?" Louis tread carefully when asking the hard questions. He knew that the pregnant man was sensitive at the moment. "Are you going to keep it.... Abort it-"

Before Louis could finish his sentence, Zayn interrupted him. "I'm keeping it. I considered getting an abortion because we are still young and in college, but I just couldn't do it." He told Louis between bites, one of his hands on his still flat tummy, his big brown eyes watering with emotion. "It could be a little Liam. How could I ever harm it?"

Louis smiled. He hadn't felt that way when he was pregnant with Josie, hating Harry at the time, but he understood where Zayn was coming from. He could never harm it, especially one that was growing in his belly.

"You are going to be a wonderful mom." He told Zayn. His friend smiled. "But are you going to tell Liam?" Louis wondered aloud. He remembered when he told Harry and how badly that had gone. He couldn't judge Zayn for keeping the pregnancy a secret.

"I know I should..." Zayn trailed off. "I'm not sure why I'm putting it off." He sighed.

"You're scared Zee." Louis put a comforting hand on top of his friend's. "I get it. I really do. But you know that he has a right to know, babe." He told the pregnant man gently.

"I know. But it scares me that he might have a bad reaction. A baby is a lot of responsibility and then they grow up and cry for everything." Zayn sighed, missing how Louis tried not to laugh.

"Are you shading Josie?" He asked, trying to look offended, but really he doesn't mind. His baby girl was a bit of a cry baby at times.

"What!?" Zayn exclaimed. "No Lou! Of course not."

"Zayn, babe, I'm kidding." He grabbed his hand, and finally laughed when Zayn smacked it but the smile on his face told him he wasn't mad.

"I wasn't shading her, but now that you mention it, it reminded me of that time we went to the grocery store and she picked up that jar of coconut oil."

"No, don't remind me" Louis groaned, lowering his head in shame. "The whole store could hear her. I know they were judging me." He rolled his eyes.

"She cleaned up that floor really well." Zayn grabbed his sandwich, taking a bite as he recalled Josie on the floor in the middle of the aisle crying over a jar of coconut oil that Louis had snatched right out of her hands. All he had done was stare at them with a hand on his belly, seeing his future right there and then.

"I'm sure Liam won't have a bad reaction." Louis assured him.

"I'll probably tell him tonight." Zayn shrugged, feeling better after his talk with Louis.

"And even if he does, you can always crash at my place. Josie would love to have a sleepover with uncle Zee." Louis laughed.

"Thanks, Lou. I really appreciate it. Hopefully it doesn't come to that."

When they finished their lunch, they hung out for a little bit longer to catch up, then Louis walked Zayn to his car. Louis drove home, making a stop at the grocery store to get more milk when he remembered they needed more. He definitely ignored one of the employees who had witnessed the whole episode with Josie. He thought about buying a candy for his and Harry's baby muffin, but didn't when he didn't want to give her a lot of candy. Her nana spoiled her enough. He knew that it annoyed Harry sometimes. But when he got home, he almost screamed when he found them on the bed with the laptop in front of them and the many candy wrappers around them.

"MAMA!" Josie got up and almost stepped on the laptop in an attempt to get to Louis faster.

"Hi, baby!" Louis grabbed her and kissed her face, ignoring how sticky it was. "What are you up to, Josie-Lou?" Louis asked her as he took a seat next to Harry. His boyfriend smiled at him, and quickly kissed his collar bone.

"Paw Patwol, mama." Josie pointed at the screen, completely forgetting about Louis when she got distracted by her show.

Louis rested against the headboard, letting Josie put her head on his lap so she would be comfortable while she watched her show. Louis and Harry had to endure many more episodes but if their baby was happy then they couldn't complain.

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