Chapter 6~ Too early my valentine
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Zayn ended up staying until well past the afternoon when Liam said it was time to go since they hadn't eaten anything and when Niall invited all three for dinner including Blake, they all agreed to go. Harry was going to meet them in the restaurant when he had to pick Blake up and thank his mum for staying with him almost all day. He had asked them not to say anything about Louis being alive in front of Blake and when they agreed, Harry went to get him already sensing the tense atmosphere when he got home.
Anne was sitting on the couch in the game room right next to Blake who was still wearing pajamas and was watching tv refusing to look at Harry. He had his teddy bear in his arms and Harley next to him not caring that Harry didn't want him him on the furniture until he was trained. Harry smiled at his mum as soon as they made eye contact seeing her doing the same before he kissed her cheek and she did the same. He tried to hug Blake but his son pushed him away going back to watching the tv ignoring his father's hurt look. Harry knew he had it coming.
"Where were you? With Louis?" Blake asked as he glared at him and all Harry could do was look at him, "Whatever, not like I care."
"Blake, don't be rude to your father." Anne scolded him, "And Louis is your father too so respect him."
"No he's not." Blake rolled his eyes then got up with his teddy bear and Harley then left the room.
"I don't know what else to do with him." Harry groaned as soon as he heard Blake's door slamming closed. He was seriously thinking about taking it away but didn't want to anger his son even more than he already was.
"He spent all day blaming Louis because you won't spend time with him, said he's all you care about when you shouldn't because he left you and didn't want you and him anymore." Anne told him already worried about her grandson, "Are you sure no one's telling him those things?" She asked seeing Harry leaning back then heard him sigh as he stared at the ceiling.
"He's mentioned a Jeffrey telling him that Louis left us and that's why he won't come home. I'm gonna have to go to the school and talk to his teacher and the principal. I can't have him despising Louis, I'm sure it will break his heart."
"Maybe...maybe you should tell him the truth...or at least half of it." Anne suggested moving closer to her son bringing him into a hug Harry didn't know he needed until she wrapped her warm comforting arms around him.
"I'm scared mum, I'm scared that Blake won't want him if he sees him like that, that he'll be scared of him. What happens after Louis wakes up and wants to see him? What happens if Louis rejects him because he no longer is the baby he left behind. I'm scared they will want nothing to do with the other." Harry buried his face on the crook of her neck.
"You have always made sure to tell Blake how much his dad loves him, how he never meant to leave him and that no matter what, he will always love him. Blake knows that and I'm sure he loves his dad a lot, he's just a little upset right now and whoever is brainwashing him isn't helping at all. Louis will love him no matter what because Blake is his son, a parent loves their children no matter what." Anne assured him but as much as Harry wanted, it was hard for him to believe her.
"I hope you're right, mum." Harry sighed snuggling closer to her.
"How did it go with the boys?" Anne asked then her eyes widened, "You texted me you're going to dinner with them, you're going to be late." She said as she pulled away hearing her son whining at the loss of contact like a small child.
"It was very emotional, but a very happy emotional. Zayn didn't want to leave Louis alone but we convinced him that he had to with the promise that he'll get to see him everyday." Harry told her then got up from his spot to hug her, "Thank you for watching him, you're an angel mum. Love you so much, you're always there for my kid and I."
"Oh sweetheart, don't thank me." Anne hugged him back, "I'm your mum and I love you so much. You're my youngest baby, my sweet sweet baby boy." Anne squeezed him harder feeling Harry nodding in agreement, "Now, go talk to Blake and go to that dinner, I'm going home. Tomorrow while Blake is in school i'm going to visit Louis, I called Jay and she told me I can go whenever I want to. Gemma's coming next weekend but I haven't told her why, I want you to be the one to tell her."
"I have surgery tomorrow so I won't get to see you at all." Harry told her.
"I'll tell him you'll go see him later." Anne kissed his forehead.
When she finally left it was after she had kissed Blake goodbye then lightly pushed Harry into his bedroom where he saw him on his bed reading a book. He sighed then went to sit next to him putting an arm around his son until Blake gave in and snuggled up against him.
"How about we go have dinner with your uncles and when we get back we can play any video game you want." Harry suggested knowing he had gotten his attention when Blake closed his book seeing it was The Tale of Despereaux.
"Any video game I want?" Blake asked.
"Any game you want. I, Harry Styles, pinky promise." Harry held out his pinky finger.
"Gentleman's agreement?" Blake asked once again as he held his pinky finger out but not hooking it with his father's quite yet.
"Gentleman's agreement." Harry agreed as he nodded smiling when his son did and finally hooked their fingers together giggling when neither of them wanted to pull back until Harry tickled his son making him squeal.
Blake quickly changed into jeans and a sweater then after putting his shoes on, they finally left to the restaurant seeing the rest just getting there. He quickly went to sit next to Zayn touching his almost four month belly after his uncle had told him that it was okay. He ordered a hamburger and fries accompanied with a sprite as he talked about how his papa had gotten him a puppy.
"His name is Harley." Blake told them then turned to look at Niall, "I named him after your motorcycle, uncle Niall. You can all visit him when you can, he loves meeting new people."
"We'll go one of these days, Liam would love to meet him and so do I. Right, babe?" Zayn looked at Liam who smiled.
"Of course! I bet he's the fluffiest thing ever." Liam reached for Blake behind Zayn's back poking his side.
"Uncle Liam, stop!" Blake giggled wrapping his arms around his stomach, "Please."
"Okay okay, but only because you asked nicely." Liam smiled then yelped when Niall poked his side.
"Harley is a great name, Blake. I taught you well, my child." Niall gave him a thumbs up making Blake smile even bigger so proud of himself.
"I think I'm going to take him to get him trained next weekend." Harry commented leaning back to let the waiter put the plate of food in front of him seeing the flirty look he sent his way.
Harry chose to ignore it and instead gave him a polite smile and thanked him. He started eating his food and when he looked up he saw Niall looking at him with an amused smile. He smiled too at the thought that they already knew he didn't have eyes for anybody else but Louis. It completely fascinated his friends how he had lived in celibacy for the past nine years never finding someone to spend time with.
If you asked Harry, he will tell you it was easy to stay that way when he was too busy studying or taking care of his son. He didn't want to betray Louis seeing it as cheating when he was still Louis' and Louis was his. Sure, there were times where he would get off in the shower or in the middle of the night after making sure he wouldn't get caught by Blake. He never tried dating again still waiting for Louis so they could have that family they always talked about and promised each other.
"I think papa will let me." Blake said just as Harry snapped out of his thoughts having missed most of the conversation between Zayn and his son.
"I'm sure he will, bub." Zayn smiled at him then looked at Harry expecting an answer.
"I'm so sorry, but what was that? I was obsessing over my food." Harry chuckled.
"I'm gonna go shop for baby stuff tomorrow and Liam can't go with me because he's going to be busy with work. I asked Blake to come with me and he said yes but first we have to ask you. So can he please come with me?" Zayn asked giving him a hopeful look.
"Of course he can! Do you want my mum to drop him off at your house tomorrow after school?" Harry asked.
"I'll pick him up if you don't mind." Zayn wrapped an arm around Blake as they smiled at each other, "I'm still on the list of people who can pick him up, right?" Zayn asked already worried over not being able to pick him up.
"Of course you are, and I don't mind. I'll just let my mum know and if you don't mind I'll pick him up after work so you don't have to drive all the way to her house." Harry said smiling when Zayn did.
After they agreed they continued eating until it was time to go and Blake said goodbye to all of his uncles. On the way home he couldn't stop talking about all the video games he had telling his father it was hard to pick one until he settled on fifa knowing he was going to beat him. When they finally got home Blake was fast to get Harley out of his cage spending time with him while Harry took a shower and when he was done, he sent Blake to take one. When they finally sat down to play it didn't take long for Harry to lose seeing Blake bouncing up and down on the couch cheering then making fun of him.
"How!?" Harry exclaimed seeing he had lost for the fourth time, "Okay, you're either cheating or you're a wizard. Time to come clean, boy."
"Papa! I'm not cheating, I'm really good. I promise." Blake gave him a scandalized look, "Nana plays better than you." He giggled.
"I actually believe she does." Harry chuckled seeing Blake putting the controller down next to him then started rubbing his eyes with the palm of his hands.
"Are you tired, bud." Harry asked him turning the Xbox off when Blake nodded, "C'mon, let's brush our teeth then we can go to bed."
"Can I sleep with you?" Blake asked as he raised his arms for Harry to pick him up sighing when he did and took him upstairs.
"Yeah, you can." Harry told him.
He went to his bathroom to retrieve Blake's toothbrush then walked to his own putting Blake down who grabbed the toothpaste and his toothbrush. They brushed their teeth in silence and when they were done they went to bed already exhausted for some reason falling asleep right away.
In the middle of the night Harry ended up waking up to relieve himself and when he got back, his son was already on his spot having no choice but to sleep on the other side of the bed. He was just starting to get comfortable again when his phone started ringing and he scrambled up to get it before it could wake his son up.
"Hello?" Harry groggily answered clearing his throat hearing someone crying on the other line, "Hello? Mark?" He said after checking the caller ID.
"Harry, it's Louis." Mark's voice trembled and Harry's eyes started stinging expecting the worst.
"He- He's not dead, is he?" He asked turning to look at his son who was sleeping without a care in the world unaware of the harsh reality.
"He's alive but he's gone into a coma, Harry. Seems like his body is having trouble adjusting to the new environment around him, it happened half an hour ago. I'm sorry to tell you this through the phone and not in person but I can't separate myself from him, I need to be here to monitor any changes." Mark informed him.
"His heart. What about his heart?" Harry asked already getting up stopping when Blake whined in his sleep.
"It's completely healthy, it's beating like it should be and there's no signs of either high or low blood pressure. Harry...he's completely healthy." Mark said, his voice cracking at the end.
"Then why? We made sure to keep his room at a comfortable temperature, he's in the best environment we could get, so why? He's healthy." Harry started getting desperate wanting to get up and go to him but he had Blake to take care of.
"It's like...like he doesn't want to live, Harry." Mark said and Harry felt bad when he could hear he was crying, "Like he gave up, like he doesn't want another chance at life and now I'm starting to wonder if I did the right thing when I froze him all those years ago. If we did the right thing when we unfroze him."
"We can't go back in time now, Mark. What's done is done and we can't do anything to go back and change it. What we need to do now is keep a close eye on him and make sure he doesn't get any worse." Harry said feeling Blake moving closer to him until he was plastered to his side.
"Yeah...I'm gonna let you go, I know you have surgery tomorrow and you need to sleep." Mark said then hung up after Harry said his goodbyes.
Harry put his phone on his nightstand then went to sleep again wrapping his arm around Blake's little waist unable to stop thinking about Louis. He could never get out of his head the thought of Louis willingly letting himself die when Harry himself wasn't sure if he even knew what was going on. He didn't know what he was going to do if Louis died again, he wouldn't be able to take it much less move on.
He lifted his head up when he heard something scratching at his door then the whines. He got up and opened the door barely seeing Harley running in probably looking for Blake, he smiled and picked him up setting him on Blake's other side. Harley walked in circles on a certain spot then laid down as close to Blake as he could snuggling against his back while Harry settled back down on his old spot and position quickly falling asleep.
By morning he had trouble waking Blake up and when his son finally woke up, he went straight for a shower while Harry made breakfast. Harry made sure to feed Harley as well then continued making pancakes and bacon until he felt it was enough for both of them. He made a plate for Blake and set it down on the table just as his son walked in fully dressed with his backpack strap slung over his right shoulder.
"Still tired?" Harry asked him as he served him orange juice having made sure to grab the one with no pulp. Blake hated it forcing Harry to buy one of each since he loved it with pulp.
"Yeah..." Blake trailed off looking down at his food.
"What's wrong, bud? You don't want to go to school?" Harry asked him getting worried when he saw how red and watery Blake's eyes were, "Baby, tell me what's wrong."
"I had a bad dream." Blake whimpered as his bottom lip trembled and his eyes filled with tears that Harry was quick to wipe away.
"Wanna tell me what was it? It will make you feel better and less scared." Harry hugged him feeling how bad he was shaking.
"It was about daddy, he- he took me away from you and Harley. He said you were a bad person but I know that's not true, papa. He took me away from everybody and then he left me alone to go with someone else, told me he didn't love me." Blake started crying hiding his face on Harry's chest then looked up at him, "Do you think he doesn't love me?"
"If one thing I'm so sure of is that he loves you with all his heart. Your daddy is not a bad person so never doubt his love for you." Harry kissed Blake's forehead as he rubbed his back until his son calmed down and was okay to start eating his food.
They ate in silence until it was time to go and after making sure Harley was okay in his cage not wanting him to be uncomfortable. Harry dropped Blake off at school staying there until he was inside the school seeing him walking inside with two of his classmates. After that he stopped at a coffee shop getting hot chocolate and a scone when he was still hungry then drove to the hospital.
He only had one hour to get ready having received a message from Mark informing him that Louis was still doing the same. He sent out a reply then left his phone in his office to get ready for surgery going over her file one more time. It was a twenty year old woman who needed a new pacemaker and the surgery was quick and successful. When he was done he went straight to another one, this time being a seventeen year old boy who reminded him so much of Louis.
When his day was over he went to Mark's clinic finding his mum with Louis as soon as he walked into the room. She had tears rolling down her cheeks and had his hand in hers as she whispered things to him Harry couldn't hear. She noticed her son but kept talking to Louis until she got up giving Harry some space so he could greet him.
"Jay told me he went into a coma earlier today." Anne commented seeing the way Harry kissed Louis' forehead then the top of his hand he was holding.
"Yeah, Mark called me to let me know. Where's Jay?" Harry asked finding it strange that she wasn't there.
"I brought her food and convinced her to go eat and take at least a short nap in Mark's office. Wasn't easy but I told her she was going to get sick and can't be around Louis if she does."
"We can't risk him getting sick." Harry sighed, "Oh! I forgot to call you last night to tell you Zayn will be picking Blake up, they're going shopping together for things for the baby. I'm going to pick him up from his house later today."
"Okay, just make sure you eat too. I didn't bring you anything because I didn't know you will be here." Anne said already getting worried.
"I ate something on the way here so don't worry." Harry gave her a smile.
Anne returned the smile and ended up staying for an hour until Jay and Mark showed up. They went to sit on a couch while Harry and Mark made sure he was doing fine talking in hushed voices. When they were done both women were informed that he was doing great except for his comatose state that they still couldn't explain why not wanting to tell them what they had talked about the night before. Anne left half an hour later and so did Mark and Harry to check on other patients leaving Jay alone with Louis.
"You need to wake up soon, love." Jay said as she brushed her fingers through his hair, "Harry and Blake need you, I- I need you too." Jay kissed his forehead wishing he would just wake up but nothing was easy and reality was harsh.
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"This one's cute." Blake told Zayn handing him a tiny pink dress now that he knew his uncle was going to have a baby girl. But it was their secret.
"It is cute! You have such great taste bub, I knew you would pick all the cute ones." Zayn grinned putting the dress in the basket.
They continued shopping until the cart was almost full and after paying they went to a fast food restaurant to get food. It wasn't until they got to Zayn's house that he noticed how quiet Blake had gotten making him worry.
"Something wrong?" He asked him as they folded the clothes after he had washed them.
"I wish I had a baby sibling." Blake sighed, "And I had a bad dream about daddy but papa told me not to be scared because it wasn't true."
"Do you want to talk about it?" Zayn asked dropping the clothes and scooting closer to Blake wrapping an arm around his shoulders.
"I dreamt he took me away from papa and told me he was a bad person, he told me he didn't love me and left me alone to go with someone else. I didn't tell papa but he told that man that he loved him...I thought he only loves papa like papa loves him."
"Oh sweetheart." Zayn kissed the top of his head, "It was only a bad dream, nothing but a bad dream and they're not real."
"If daddy's going to hurt papa then I don't want him to come home." Blake told Zayn as he looked around almost afraid that someone could hear him.
"Your daddy loves you, love. You should have seen how happy he was when he found out he was going to have a baby, I was there when he did. He loves your papa too even if he can't tell him at the moment. He wouldn't hurt him so you have nothing to worry about." Zayn hugged him hoping for Louis to wake up soon so he could ease his son's worries.
"I love him too, uncle Zayn. I just don't like it when papa spends more time with him and he's never home spending time with me. Don't tell papa but sometimes I hate daddy." Blake said and Zayn was sure his heart broke into a million pieces feeling bad for Louis.
"That's not okay, Blake. Your daddy needs attention too because he's sick but hopefully he'll get better soon and your papa will spend more time with you." Zayn explained.
"Jeffrey keeps telling me he left us, he won't stop, uncle Zayn." Blake said almost in tears.
"You need to tell Harry that brat keeps annoying you. And don't listen to him, Louis didn't leave you on purpose, he would do anything to be here with you loving you and baking all sorts of cookies just for you. He loves baking cookies and you love to eat them." Zayn firmly told him feeling him nodding against his chest.
After that conversation they went to the kitchen to bake chocolate chip cookies since both of them were craving them. Zayn spent all that time reminding his nephew how much Louis loved him until Blake was smiling more and talking about his daddy more often with love and affection like he used to before. When the cookies finally cooled down, they sat down to eat them with a glass of milk giggling at the silly faces the other was making.
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"Hi darling, you look a bit better." Harry told Louis taking a seat on the chair now that he was alone with him.
"I'm not sure if you can hear me but I want you to know that I love you so so much, I never stopped. You have to fight for Blake, our son needs you and misses you so much." Harry took his hand resting his forehead against it then wrapped an arm around Louis' tummy being careful around his C-Section scar.
"Please..." Harry begged him trying not to cry sitting up when he heard them.
He quickly got up seeing Louis frowning in his unconscious state then heard his low groans. He was quick to check his pulse then his pupils seeing them responding well.
"That's it darling, you're doing so well love." Harry placed his hand on his cheek still hearing his groans that quickly turned to whimpers.
"You're okay darling. My sweet boy, you're okay, you're safe with me. No one's going to hurt you." Harry kept reassuring him until he calmed down and was back to the way he had been before while Harry made sure to let Mark know he was out of that deep sleep.
Harry stayed where he was until he decided to go home picking Blake up from Zayn's on his way there then ended up staying for dinner. When they got home, Harry took a shower while Blake played with Harley and when he was done, they sat down to watch Regular Show laughing when it got too funny.
Later that night when Blake went to bed he once again asked Harry to tell him about Louis which he gladly did glad that his son wasn't hating on him anymore. He went to bed with a loud sigh ready to do it all over again and before he knew it, a whole week had passed with Louis still not waking up and Blake asking when was his daddy going to come home.
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The night was a stormy one as Louis waited for his parents to go to bed and an hour after they did he carefully got up struggling a bit with his huge belly on the way. He went straight to the closet to get his small bag already filled to the brim with a change of clothes for him and enough clothes, blankets, diapers and wipes for his baby to last him at least two days. He took a deep breath as he slowly opened the door of his bedroom then careful not to make much noise, walked downstairs holding onto the stair railing while his other hand was supporting his belly.
"We're gonna go see papa soon, baby. He'll be there to welcome you into the world." Louis whispered and once he made it to the first floor he ran to the front door dreading the long walk to the front gates.
Halfway to the gate he was already shivering when the umbrella and the jacket he had on did little to protect him from the cold harsh rain. He startled when he heard his father's voice shouting at him to come back then Jay's voice begging him to come back. He turned to look behind him and started walking faster when he saw his father running after him and when he was getting closer, he had no choice but to start running too as fast as he could almost reaching the gates.
He thought he would get there before his father could catch him when he slipped and landed on top of his belly letting out the loudest scream feeling something warm down there. That's when he felt the first contraction trying to curl up into a ball as he reached down there and when he raised his hand again, he screamed seeing the blood on his fingertips. He let Mark pick him up without a fight when he couldn't stop crying and screaming in pain passing out soon after unable to handle too much pain.
When he woke up again he was in a hospital surrounded by doctors, one of them quickly asking if he could feel the scalpel against his stomach. It took him a while to understand what was going on and when he finally did, he answered with a no getting ready to bring Blake into the world without Harry there. He felt a pang on his chest and his eyes filled with tears at the thought of Harry not being there like they had planned months before.
It hurt even more when after what felt like a long time he finally heard his baby's loud cries filling the room then a bundle wrapped in a white towel was placed on top of his chest. He wanted to close his eyes feeling exhausted but couldn't when he had to meet his baby and when he did, he burst out crying seeing his tiny face and how his eyes were still closed as he cried his little heart out.
"I...I love you B- Blake." Louis whispered before he closed his eyes welcoming the darkness where nothing hurt and he was at peace being his son's cries the last thing he heard.
The beeping on the heart monitor started going faster but with no one there to stop it, it only seemed to get louder as the boy laying on the bed started whimpering. It didn't take long for him to gasp out loud and open his blue eyes looking around with desperate and frightened eyes as he took deep breaths of air feeling like he was suffocating until he could finally breathe again.
He felt something on his face and when he tried to lift his arm up to get it off, he started freaking out when he couldn't move his arms much less his legs. He started crying feeling his throat hurting getting more scared when no sound would come out no matter how hard he tried. He tried to look at the door when it suddenly opened and two doctors followed by nurses ran in shouting many things he couldn't understand.
Harry felt like the air had been knocked out of him when he finally saw him looking around the room with wide and teary eyes seeing how afraid he looked. He walked closer to check the heart monitor and make sure nothing life threatening was going on when he heard a whimper and when he looked at him straight in the eyes, he wished he hadn't. All he could see in his shiny blue eyes was the fear and confusion in them as he stared at him and that's when Harry knew it was all over.
To Louis, the person standing in front of him was his Harry yet it wasn't. The Harry standing in front of him was much older and taller. No, that wasn't and couldn't be his Harry.
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