Night Changes

2.

"What the hell is that?" Louis still wasn't sobered up as we all stood with our arms crossed looking at the baby.

"Probably your result in not wearing a condom." Liam nudged Louis who shoved him back lightly before responding.

"Okay Mr. Jump to conclusions, it could just as easily be Harry's or yours!" Louis scowled briefly at Liam before moving his eyes back to the baby who didn't know who to look at. Too much attention was being drawn to him and he didn't seem to know how to process it.

"Woe! I don't think so, I wrap my willy before I get silly!" Liam arched a brow at Louis before returning his gaze to the baby who was wiggling around in his seat.

"Yeah man no glove no love." I played along with what Liam was saying even though I knew it wasn't the time.

"Yeah Lou, before you attack her, wrap your whacker!" Nodding my head I went in for a high five with Liam laughing at our teasing.

"I'll whack yours if you don't shut up!" Louis pushed Liam who fell towards my direction.

Just as he did so the baby's lip began to quiver, eyes becoming glassy. Pouty lips coming into full force as a worried look washed over my complexion.

"Please don't cry baby... It's okay..." I cooed from afar seeing the baby squirm and begin to cry. Changing my sights they landed on Louis who I scolded for letting this happen. "Now look what you've done!"

"What I've done?" I could visibly see Louis begin to sweat like me. Louis and Liam just as nervous as I was about the whole situation.

"Yeah! You scared the baby!" I blamed pointing to the loudening infant. The louder the crying became the more anxious I was getting.

"Well someone has to fix whatever is wrong with it!" Liam pointed out to both Louis and I who were arguing making the crying worse.

"I vote Louis, it's his baby." I said not knowing if this was the truth or not. It made me feel better to pawn this off on Louis rather then to take responsibility for it.

"Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!" Liam devised as we all quickly flattened out palms and placed a fist on top of it in a triangle shape between the three of us.

"Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!" I called out looking around at who won the first round of us three. "oh thank god!" I said backing out when I saw that it was now only between Liam and Louis.

Once Louis had called out the game one more time he stepped back totally pumped that he had won Liam with his scissors. "Scissor beats paper mate!" Louis beamed backing up over by me.

"Okay... It's going to be fine... Yeah..." Liam said to himself taking in deep breaths before picking up the upset infant who was now screaming. Bending down I saw him take the baby from under the arms and hold it out in front of him while the baby kicked furiously, not liking how he was being held.

"Liam he doesn't like to be held like that." Louis pointed out the obvious through the screaming baby. Liam obviously stressed out began to move the baby closer to his chest bouncing in motion once the baby laid his head on Liam's shoulder.

"Holy s**t mate..." Liam's face was colored over with a terrified expression on his face. Never had any one of us cared or much less held a baby before. Within a few seconds the baby had calmed down and laid peacefully on Liam's shoulder.

"Hey what's that?" Louis pointed out once everything had calmed down. Walking over to the car seat he moved the blanket from the carrier the baby sat in and snatched a folded piece of paper.

"What is it?" I came in closer when I saw Louis unfold the paper and look at it with a concentrated face. Louis was even more concentrated then usual, I figured the screaming baby had sobered him up. And possibly that fact that the baby might belong to him.

"It's a note." Louis spoke clearing his throat to read it out loud to both Liam and I upon request since my head didn't cease to stop spinning.

"Well go on!" I urged not able to contain my anxiety, I really prayed that this wasn't my problem. I couldn't have a baby, I had so much going for me. What would my parents think? Actually I could picture it now, my mom would be upset and scream cry while my dad sat in his lazy boy chair and accepted the fact that his son was an i***t and that he saw this coming from a mile away.

"Harry-" Louis began as my face completely dropped. Sweat nearly drowning me as a lump in my throat closed off my airway. My heart beat was pounding in my ears when Louis read the note that was addressed to me.

"Oh s**t man..." Liam looked over at me running his free hand down his face.

"And you guys were accusing me, ha! Karma's a b***h isn't it lads?" Louis pointed out straightening out the note and continuing once I got after him about reading on. "I'm sorry about the timing of all this. I know that this entire situation isn't ideal but I didn't know who else to turn to. His name is Asher, he's your son."

Louis paused briefly to look at my expression, my jaw was dropped and I was paralyzed. Thoughts completely traffic jammed in my mind as it tried to sort through these jumbled thoughts. When Louis' pause had only earned silence he went on.

"I love him with all my heart but unfortunately I am unable to care for him. I need time. Please take care of my baby boy, he is my entire world. K." Louis finished dropping his arm that held the note to his side and staring at me.

"Mate, who is K?" Liam questioned me as I was asking myself the same question. I had cycled through a lot of girls with the first letter of their name beginning with K. I couldn't possibly think back to all the girls I had been with previously.

"I don't know! I've been with a lot of girls with the first letter of their name starting with K!" I went back to pacing to try and lower my stress levels even though it wasn't doing much for it.

"Mate we need to call you mum or Gem-" before Liam could even finish his sentence I cut him off.

"No! No! No! No calling Gemma or my mum! They will have my head before breakfast." I could see it now. Gemma would only badger me about my life choices while my mom would play the I'm disappointed card.

"Harry, we have to tell them. We have no clue what we are doing! Hell Liam didn't even know how to hold the thing." Louis pointed out. This situation was not good and I knew I had to tell Gemma and my parents. I was going to have to face the music at some point but right now I wanted to try and handle things on my own.

"He's not a thing, his name is Asher." I corrected becoming easily annoyed due to the stress. I wasn't ready for this, I was completely unprepared.

"Okay look, whatever the name is we need stuff to take care of him. In other words we need help and fast, he's fine now but I can only imagine he's going to be hungry or need a diaper change soon." Liam said still bouncing lightly to keep a constant motion going.

"I'll go to the store!" I volunteered quickly reaching into my pockets to find my keys before dashing out the door before anyone could object.

"What if he needs help I better go too!" Louis ran after me before Liam could even protest. Coming to a stop right behind me we walked side by side. My anxiety lowering from the lack of sight on the baby.

"What happened to no glove no love?" Louis teases, his mood had lifted upon the news of the baby not being his.

"I always have a glove! Just so things like this never happen." I shook my head pressing the lobby button in the elevator.

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"Hey Harry check this out!" Louis shouted from down the isle as I went to pick out pair of bottles but refrained. There were so many options I didn't know what to pick or what colors to choose from.

Looking over at Louis I held back a laugh as he tried out the open breast pump... At least that's what I think it is. Watching as he placed a pump over his clothed n****e he turned it on.

"I hope it rips off your n****e!" I called to him turning my attention back to the various formula and bottle choices.

"Harry?! Harry?!" Louis called in a panicked tone once I threw a package of passies into the cart filled with baby essentials Louis and I had hand picked. I didn't know much about what a baby needed but I knew we would need diapers, wipes, passies, and now I was working on bottles and formula.

"What?" I turned my head to see Louis frantically pulling at the pump. His shirt and skin underneath being sucked up by the vacuum like device. Sprinting the short distance to aid him I struggled to pull of the suctioning cup.

"My n****e is going to be nonexistent if you don't put some back into it!" Louis shouted while I pulled at the pump sucking his n****e off.

"Maybe you should try not being a total i***t and you might still have half a n****e!" I pulled falling back slightly when the pump released from Louis' shirt and skin.

"Mate you need to take a chill pill." Louis grabbed his n****e rubbing it once it was released from the pump pulling on it.

"A chill pill? Louis look where we are at right now!" My anxiety climbing under these fluorescent lights of target as I lifted my arms up still holding the pump I had pulled from Louis. How was it possible to chill after the major life changing event is unexpectedly placed before you?

"We are at Target!" Louis spoke raising his arms to imitate me, mocking me in my anxiety wrecked state. Sweat was beginning to form again against my hair like just thinking about what was waiting for us at home.

"Look at the bigger picture Louis! Look what isle we are standing in!" I dropped my arms to my sides utterly defeated by Louis.

"The baby isle?" Louis drew out the word baby as if he were unsure or something.

"Exactly! Louis we shouldn't be here, this shouldn't be happening." I breathed in heavy breaths while my head spun around.

"Louis I can't be a dad." I spoke defeated from the anxiety that was running high all over my body. I was already exhausted and I hadn't hardly done a thing. My emotions were causing me to tire easily and I didn't like to seem weak in front of anyone.

"Just take it slow. There's always the possibility that the baby isn't yours." Louis shrugged taking things a little more seriously now that he saw how upset I was about this entire scenario.

Feeling a vibration in my pocket I dug into it and picked out my phone to see Liam's caller ID on the screen. This reminded me that we should probably get a move on with the baby shopping.

"Aw s**t it's Liam, we should get going." I took the cart and began to run with it with my phone in my hand.

"Race ya to the check out!" Louis called making a mad dash in the empty store. Breaking out in a run I followed him with a cart full of baby essentials. Answering the phone I waited for Liam to say something, instead I was greeted by crying and a stressed out tone coming from Liam.

"We are just getting in the car to leave see you in five!" I shouted into the phone before hanging up, not even giving Liam a chance to speak. Running with the cart I lifted my feet up and slid into the finish line just before Louis.

"Cheat!" Louis called startling the girl working who was half asleep from the lack of work and the late hours.

"Sucks to suck!" I commented back before hauling all of the things into the conveyer belt. We needed to get home as soon as possible.

"Yeah it does because now you have a baby because of it!" Louis laughed at his own joke causing m to nudge him hard while he giggled at his own humor.