Louis quietly thanked Harry as he was handed the slice of cake, digging his fork into it and taking a bite. Another long bit of time had passed but nothing has changed. Harry and Louis were still fucking in private, Zayn was still clueless. Louis was almost six months along and the appointment to find out the gender was in sixteen days.

Louis would be lying if he said he was fine. He was not so fine at all. He honestly thought that they would tell Zayn the truth at some point but it never came. They just kept sneaking around. The day when Louis truly broke down was the day Harry came to him with a key to a separate apartment and Louis realized that he and Harry were not going to live together and raise this baby.

This moment was only hours ago and now Harry had taken Louis out for cake and tea to calm his nerves. Harry didn't understand why Louis was so upset over getting his own place and not even having to pay for it. Harry had even set Louis up a private bank account and the two men (Zayn and Harry) agreed to put money in it every time they got paid so that Louis could take care of his baby.

The ironic thing about all of this was that Louis really liked Zayn. Like, really. The man was sweet and caring and did what he could for Louis despite the fact that he had only known him for a few months. Zayn was in Japan at the moment, actually, as he had a runway show there and would be coming back the next day, when Harry was scheduled to leave for Bali- and Zayn was going with him this time. The two had previously done many duo shoots together but it was hard when one of them had to stay behind to watch Louis so Perrie was the only stylist going this time as Jesy agreed to have Louis at her place for the three day trip.

Harry sighed as Louis ate in silence, obviously not wanting to talk to the older man. "Louis," Harry said gently. "Please look at me. Talk to me. I need you to speak to me."

"You are making me live alone," Louis huffed out, cheeks red from crying. "I don't wanna talk to you."

"You know I have to do that," Harry said gently. "You and the baby can't live with me forever."

Louis huffed and pet his rapidly swelling tummy, shoving another bite of cake in his mouth. Harry sighed. He didn't understand why Louis was being so difficult. This had to happen at some point. Besides, Louis wasn't even moving in until after the baby was born. He had to always be with someone just in case something happened and even after the baby was born, the husbands, Jesy, and Perrie would all be around to watch Louis and the new arrival.

Cake obviously wasn't the cure, though, because Louis was still grumpy. Harry sighed and led him to the car, where he drove the boy over to Jesy's flat. The girl greeted them and Louis muttered his goodbye before heading into Jesy's.

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Louis hated to admit it, but he was having a really good time at Jesy's. She was sweet and cooked for him and they even went shopping together, Louis now having Jesy's professional help with picking clothes.

Louis didn't care about spending Harry's money on designer clothes. He had full permission and Louis was stilled pissed. He honestly wanted to tell Zayn himself. He was very selfish for even considering it, but Harry was selfish for never telling Zayn in the first place as the baby was going to have to grow up with no father if Harry didn't get his shit together.

Louis was thinking about this so much that he hardly slept and Jesy heard the boy crying late one night.

Louis made a mistake.

She was comforting him, rubbing his back and cooing when Louis suddenly said, "It's Harry's baby!"

Jesy froze, hand slowly pulling away. "What did you say?"

Louis pulled away, eyes red. He didn't even look ashamed. He wasn't ashamed. He was just upset. "The baby... it's Harry's. We had an affair while he visited England six months ago and now- now I'm pregnant with his child and he won't tell Zayn and I'm scared my baby won't have a daddy!" He sobbed out quietly.

Jesy stared at the boy in shock. She would never have thought that Harry had cheated on Zayn. The couple was absolutely perfect.

"You're serious?" Jesy asked quietly. "Harry- Harry fucked you? He cheated?"

"He still fucks me! He still cheats!" Louis snapped, rubbing his eyes. "And I let him do it even though I know he will never love me. He will always be with Zayn, forever. That one mistake has ruined my entire life," Louis breathed.

"It only takes once," Jesy said after a long moment. "Just once."

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Hello. I'm trying my hardest to make shorter chapters and give more updates. My phone broke so that's why this took so long but I already have the next one half way written.

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