Chapter 44
It had been a week since Harry and Louis had left, things in the house were starting to look good, although Zayn had no idea what was going on, he spent his days with Liam in the room and when he wasn't with him, he was just pretending to work while in reality he was actually looking at baby stuff on the internet. All the stress at home wasn't doing him any good so Liam decided it was a good time to go out, after all they didn't have much to do that Wednesday afternoon.
The alpha was stroking Zayn's hair as Zayn read a book on parenting, not having the slightest idea how they were going to raise two babies and wanting to learn as much as he could before they were born, even though that was still five months away.
"Look, it says here that it's very important to learn to communicate with your baby because since they can't speak in the first months of life you must learn the signals they give you, like when they cry because they're hungry or when they cry because something hurts." Said Zayn while showing the book to Liam, who smiled.
"And how am I supposed to tell when they're crying because they're hungry or because something hurts?"
"That's what we're going to have to find out," they both laughed. Zayn's cravings had increased considerably, there were nights when Liam would get up at three in the morning for something to eat because the omega assured that his babies had a great craving for crackers with cheese; another thing that had increased was the size of the omega's belly, he was eighteen weeks pregnant, but since they were two babies that, according to the doctor, were developing healthily and were huge, they saw it as something normal.
"Look at this, it's a store an hour from here." Liam said as he showed Zayn the screen of his phone, where there was an image of a white sheepskin suit. The omega took the phone in his hands and got up as fast as he could.
"And what are you waiting for? Let's go buy it, we're not doing anything anyway." Liam rolled his eyes and got up, they were both still in their pyjamas so it took them about half an hour to get out of the house.
The alpha didn't like guards going with them in the same car, so a van followed them closely while Liam went alone with Zayn; the alpha's hand rested on his omega's leg while he drove with the other, it had been a while since they went out alone and they were happy that this time it would be to buy things for their puppies.
An hour later they arrived at the place, it was a small store with several omegas as managers, everything was decorated in pastel colours while the walls were made of grey stone. Two guards entered first and another two after the couple, it seemed completely stupid to Zayn that they thought that going to a store for baby items was going to be a place of battle but Liam was very insistent on security since the omega was pregnant, because now he not only had to protect Zayn, but also his puppies.
"Hello, welcome," greeted an omega as she approached them, "how can I help you?"
"Hello,we saw some outfits on the internet that we'd like to buy." Zayn spoke with a smile and the omega nodded, then told them to follow her to a section where they had all the clothes they shared on their social networks.
"Look, Li, there's the one you saw!" Zayn exclaimed happily and Liam reached over to take it, it was so small that the omega's eyes filled with tears.
"Love..." The alpha approached and hugged the omega. "Don't cry my love."
"I can't help it, it's just..." He broke away and took the little suit in his hands, "look at this, in five months we're going to have two little ones this size in our arms." Liam wiped away the tears that fell down the omega's cheeks and left a kiss on his forehead.
"They're going to be the most beautiful puppies in the world, especially if they look like two little sheep crawling around the house." Zayn laughed and kissed Liam happily.
"Let's take two of each one you have, please." The omega asked and the woman who was serving them nodded with a small smile, they were a lovely couple.
The woman began to pack everything that the couple had asked for in bags, while they dedicated themselves to looking at more clothes, each time Zayn would pass some of the bodyguards clothes that he liked, like Liam, the Malik twins still weren't born and their wardrobe was already considerably large, if Niall were there, he would no doubt complain that the Malik twins already had more clothes than him.
"Oh look, this little outfit looks like one Hazz would wear." Zayn said with a huge smile, Liam nodded in agreement.
The suit was purple with sparkles and a white shirt underneath, Zayn smiled at the image of his puppies taking care of the future puppies of his brothers, will they become as close as they were? He hoped so, he could imagine a little Harry and Louis wearing that suit, and his twins playing and taking care of that puppy, his heart melted.
"Li, we have to bring it to them, do you think they like it?" Asked the omega.
"But love, Harry and Louis aren't having puppies yet." Liam said, confused.
"No, but one day Harry is going to get pregnant, and I want this to be my first gift for my niece or nephew." Liam nodded and they both walked to the register to pay for their purchases.
When they got to the truck, they realised that there were too many bags packed in the trunk, they couldn't buy more clothes, by that point the twins already had a different change of clothes for each day of the year, and I bet that many didn't even they would have a chance to put them on, but he hoped that one of his brothers puppies would get to wear them.
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Niall was walking through the house calmly eating a chicken sandwich when he heard someone knock on the door, as there was no one else nearby he went over and opened it.
"Mom Styles!" He yelled happily and hugged the omega affectionately, "are you coming to see me, right? Because Curly isn't here, then you should come see your favourite adopted son." He asked the omega once she entered.
"Niall, it's nice to see you, you're so funny sometimes."
"So are you coming to see Stella? I can go talk to her if you want, she's always in the labs, I just need to find the right door because I always get lost, that's why I never go there." He spoke quickly and started walking to one of the corridors of the house, but Jane stopped him.
"No, I come to..."
"Jane, you're here," Ronan announced as he approached and the blond frowned at him, "I thought you'd be here in twenty minutes." He greeted her with a kiss on the cheek and pulled away from her.
"Yes, but the driver you sent drove fast and there was almost no traffic.
"Let's see, I don't think I'm getting the point here," the alpha approached and looked from Ronan to Jane several times, "are you coming to see Ronan?"
"Yes, he invited me to tea and I thought I could stay here for dinner, I haven't seen Stella for a while and you of course," the confusion on Niall's face disappeared and he raised his eyebrows in surprise. A sly smile appeared on his lips and he took his free hand to the pocket of his trousers, where he had his small dagger, he took it out and started playing with it, earning the beta's gaze.
"So you think you can invite Mom Styles to tea without asking my permission first? Mhmm..." Ronan swallowed and started to look nervous, which widened the smile on the blonde's face. "Mom Styles is mine so be careful Twist, be very careful."
"Niall!" Jane called a little annoyed and the blond took a bite of his sandwich before speaking.
"What? I was just showing Twist my dagger, Zayn gave it to me when we were kids... Well, I think it was about four years ago, I don't know, numbers aren't my thing, but for that we have the... Louis, the alpha of the one with curly hair, you know, if you know him, well... I'm leaving, have a nice day." He spoke quickly and began to walk to the stairs to go bother Shawn with something that occurred to him on the way.
"That boy loves you very much." Ronan said and Jane sighed.
"Yes, Niall is a sweetheart, but let's put it aside, do you want to go outside?"
"After You."
Zayn and Stella had been trying to improve the formula, it did have some side effects, but nothing that couldn't be easily resolved, plus it didn't last long.
"Where did Twist go?" Zayn asked, his belly not allowing him to move as easily and Stella had to reach him several things.
"Oh, he asked my mom out, I think he's with her now." Stella replied and Zayn looked at her with wide eyes.
"I didn't know that, why didn't I know? Everyone in this house is a bunch of gossips, and when something interesting happens they shut their mouths." Stella laughed and shook her head.
"Ronan was very discreet, until an hour ago I didn't even know that he had started going out with my mother, can you believe it? She didn't even call to tell me." They both laughed again and continued with their business.
Until Liam and Barbara came downstairs to announce that dinner was ready, the four of them went up to the dining room, where Niall, Shawn and Jane were already waiting for them, the three of them deep in an animated conversation about the blond's story with the Canadian.
"Can you believe it? I told him, 'Shawn, it was just a little cut,' but no, he decided to slit his whole hand and still squeeze the ring with that hand." The alpha dramatised and Jane laughed, Shawn rolled his eyes.
"You're exaggerating, you told me that after I have already cut myself, you didn't even see it coming." The omega corrected and Niall put his arm around his shoulders.
"Well I'm glad you're really together now, you've got this little boy pining for you since December." Jane said with a small smile.
Next to her sat Barbara and Stella, then Liam with Niall and Zayn at the end of the table. Dinner passed between laughter and stories that Niall told without any filter, he spoke from when he found Liam and Zayn kissing in the field of roses when they were little until that day when he met Shawn while talking to Harry on the phone, and once everyone finished eating each one went up to their rooms.
"Did you know that Jane was dating Twist?" Liam asked as he took off his shirt and Zayn laughed.
"I'm as surprised as you, no one bothered to tell me, but it's okay, Stella told me that they both agreed to keep things discreet and between them, I think that's how the best relationships are forged, right?" The alpha approached him and hugged him around the waist, being only separated by the omega's belly.
"Definitely," he whispered and kissed him affectionately, "if we thought otherwise we wouldn't be here today." He picked him up carefully and Zayn wrapped his legs around the alpha's waist, causing a laugh to leave the omega's lips.
"You know we can't do this, right?"
"Do what? Take my omega to bed? I didn't know that was forbidden." He spoke as he walked to the bed and Zayn shook his head. "I don't know what you were thinking, I just wanted you to save yourself a few how many steps." He slowly laid Zayn down and started kissing the omega's neck and then down to his belly, "your father is a total pervert, can you believe it? He thought that..."
"Enough, they don't need to hear you talk about this." He exclaimed, interrupting the words of the alpha who just laughed and leaned down next to Zayn, both looking at the ceiling.
"I love you, you know that?" Liam said suddenly, bringing a smile to the omega.
"I've known it for as long as I can remember, love." Liam turned to kiss his omega as he brought his hand to his belly, it had become a habit for him to do so since he found out he was pregnant, his alpha told him that this gave them some kind of protection and he was willing to give his life to protect his omega and his puppies.
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