The Next Step - Chapter 6
His fingers graze lightly over my hips and his lips trail light kisses across my bare shoulder. “Harry..” I groan.
“mm?” Me replies, his lips vibrating against my neck.
“I don’t feel so good.” I say. My head is pounding and my stomach is upset. I roll over and my his green eyes, seeping into mine. “Like, really not good.” I say.
“Well are you going to be ok?” He asks.
“Ya, just the 24 hour flu or something, I just, kind of want to get dressed.” I say. Harry rolls out of bed and grabs some clothes for me. My old beatles concert tshirt and a pair of spanky shorts. “Thank you.” I say, pulling on my clothes while he puts on his boxers.
“do you want a glass of water or something?” Harry asks. I shake my head. He slides in under the blankets with me and pulls me close to his side. Harry slides his hand over my stomach, under my shirt and runs the palm of his hand back and forth. “My mum used to do this for me when I was sick.”
I smile. “Sorry.” I say.
“for what?”
“Im sick, and its supposed to be our time.”
“Im sure it will pass soon enough. And besides this whole trip was so that me and you could be together, and we are.” I roll over and nestle my head into the crook of Harry’s neck.
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“Harry?” I say, rolling over. Im all alone in here.
“Im just out here.” Harry says. I roll out of bed and make my way through the house really taking it in for the first time in the two days we’ve been here. I know every inch of the bedroom, just no where else. I find Harry in the kitchen. I wrap my arms around him from behind and stand on my tip toes.
“I’m feeling better.” I say, kissing him in the spot below his ear. He turns around and wraps his arms around me.
“Good.” He says, planting a kiss on my lips. “because its just about time to go down the beach.”
“What’s down at the beach?” I ask, close enough to his lips that I can feel his warm breath swirling around my lips.
“Surprise.” He says, pushing his lips closer to mine.
“I hate surprises.” I say softly.
“But you love me.”
“but I love you.” I confirm, standing on my tip toes and planting a kiss on his lips. His hands travel down my arms and link onto my fingers. He pulls me out the back door and leads me down a path in the sand. Candles lining the walk way. “Did you do this?” I ask.
“umhm.” He leads me down to the beach where there is a blanket laid out. Harry sits down and pulls me between his legs. I lean my back against him and rest my arms on his legs.
“Its beautiful.” I say, the sun is setting behind the vast ocean. Waves are crushing against sand and the light breeze surrounds us.
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“Look what I have!” I say, anxiously holding the blue box in front of him, sitting on Harry’s waist. His eyes blink open and adjust to the light. His lips crack into a smile.
“I like this view.” He says, reaching up. I swat his hand away.
“Harry, I’m serious.” I drop my hands and the box against his chest. He takes the box from my hands and examines it.
“What is it?”
“An ovulation test.” I say. He looks confused. “It will tell me when my best time for conceiving is.” He still looks confused. “It will tell me what the best time for your sperm to meet my eggs is.” It finally clicks.
“Are you sure you want to do this now?” Harry asks, drawing light circles up near my hips. I nod my head.
“Ya. If you still want to.”
“Of course I do.” He says, his hand traveling up my arm. I lean down and rest my head against his chest. I feel his lips press against my head.
“Whats wrong?” He asks.
“I miss Liv.” He hand runs up and down the material over my back.
“I know, but we’re going home tomorrow. Wont be too long now.”
“I know.” I say. I climb off Harry and take the box with me to the washroom. I unfold the flaps and pull the instructions out. After reading them over and being sure that I understood them, I pull out the little stick. I take a big breath. I don’t know why I’m nervous. Its not a pregnancy test, and even if it was, I’m married now.
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“What happened?” Harry asks through the closed door, I can tell the lazy shit hasn’t gotten out of bed yet.
“30 more seconds.” I say, watching the clock on the wall. 30 seconds pass and I look down at the stick. I toss it in the trash and open the door. I run towards the bed and take my previous spot on Harry’s hips. I lean down and press my lips against his.
“What did it say?” He asks between kisses.
“right now.” I say
“Right now?”
I nod my head. “right now.” I feel him smile against my lips.
“I think I can work with that.” He says, wrapping his arm around my waist and flipping me under him.
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The Next Step - Chapter 5
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I feel harry’s hand slip under my shirt. It feels cold against the small of my back. They draw small shapes and make my hairs stand up and goose bumps rise. “I should have never been able to have a baby.” I say in hardly a whisper. Harry’s cold hand stops and he sits up, forcing me off his chest so I have to sit in front of him.
“What?” He asks.
“I was never supposed to be able to have a baby. I wasn’t supposed to be able to carry her to term.” I say, a fresh batch of tears rolling down my cheeks.
“I don’t.. I don’t understand Ivy.”
“I don’t either. I wasn’t supposed to be able to be pregnant. And then I was and I thought maybe the doctor made a mistake.”
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
“because you started to love the baby more than I did. I didn’t want to make you worry. I didn’t want you to be scared to love her if I couldn’t have her. ”
“I don’t understand why you are telling me this now.”
“Im telling you now because for the first three months, I really was trying to have another baby with you but when it wasn’t happening, I got scared. Harry, I am so scared.”
“but why did you start taking your birth control.”
“because I don’t want to not be able to give you what you want. If I was still on birth control, then maybe I could pretend that that was why I couldn’t get pregnant.”
“You don’t ever have to keep something like that from me Iv.” He says, tears brimming his green eyes. “As long as I have you and Olivia, that’s all I’ll ever need, and if you can’t have this baby we can find another way, when you are sure you want to, and youre not just doing it for me. “
“I do want another one.” I say, crawling back over into Harry’s arms.
“Ok, we’ll go to a doctor first to be sure.” He says. “I’m sorry I yelled at you today.”
“You said you hated me.” I say, remember what he said and bringing in more tears.
“I am so sorry.” He says. “I don’t hate you, not even close. Ok? I don’t hate you. I love you so much.” He leans down and I feel his soft lips press against mine.
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After going to the doctors, they discovered that Ivy was wrongly diagnosed a few years ago and that Harry has a low sperm count. All they have to do is continue trying and it should eventually happen. After a few months of trying they decide to wait a little while before trying again.
*Wedding*
“Harry, I’ve changed my mind.” I say, speaking through the phone. Three hours before I am no longer Ivy Carleton.
“Ivy, cold feet is natural. Don’t do this, not right now.”
“What? No.” I say. “I don’t have cold feet. Trust me, I don’t.” I start chewing my nail and Maria swats my hand away from my mouth.
“Then what have you changed your mind about?”
“I want to do our vows privately. Right before the wedding.”
“But I though you didn’t want me to see you?”
“I don’t. We can do it on opposite sides of the door or something. Please Harry?”
“Ya, whatever you want.” Harry says.
“I love you.” I say.
“I love you too.” And he ends the call.
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The wind blows all around me, making the soft material of my dress hug around my body. Im standing on one side of the big church door out back. Maria is standing with me, waiting for Harry. I hear his shoes slap against the concrete below us. “Hey.” He says.
“I’ll go now.” Maria says. “Congratulations.” She says to Harry, leaning over and hugging him.
“Thank you.” He says and Maria walks off. “So how do you want to do this?” Harry asks.
“I guess we can just read them.” I say, passing my little piece of paper in front of the door. Harry takes it and replaces it with his.
“Are you ready?” Harry asks, an edge of nervousness in his voice.
“Will you hold my hand?” I ask him, sticking my hand out. My heart is beating faster and I get a fluttery feeling spread through me.
“Of course.” He takes my hand and pulls it up to his mouth and plants a soft kiss on it before giving it a tight squeeze and drawing little circles around the back of my hand with his thumb. I unfold the paper and look at the messy scrawl on the paper. Harry’s writing.
Ivy, I don’t know where to start, or what to say really. Your perfect and beautiful. I cant imagine my life without you. I don’t even want to think about it. What I do want to think about is our future together. The future where we grow old, and the one where we take care of each other. I want to think about raising out child together and I want to think about spoiling our grandchildren together. As long as I have you in my future, that’s what I want. That’s what I want to think about. I love you more than anything Iv. I really do, and that is why I couldn’t be happier that we are finally getting married. This is the next step in our relationship and I can only wish for more and more of those steps with you.
I wipe away my tears that are rolling down my cheeks and smile. “Are you done?” Harry’s soft voice interrupts my thoughts.
“Close your eyes.” I say.
“Why?”
“Just shut them Harry.”
“They’re shut.” He mumbles. I step around the door and press my hands lightly against his chest.
“Do not open them.” I say quietly, close to his lips.
“I wont.” I watch his lips form around each sound and my heart flutters. I’m getting married to him, and it probably seems crazy because I already live with him and have a baby with him but I cant believe it. I can’t believe that I ever even imagined this with anyone else.
“I love you so much.” I whisper, so close to his lips that I can feel his warm breath tickle my skin. One side of his lips cock up in a smile.
“I love you too.” He says. Even though his eyes are closed his hands still find their way to behind my neck and pull me closer so that my lips are pressed against his. I pull back after a couple seconds.
“I don’t want to ruin the one after we say I do.” I say softly, wrapping my arms around him and resting my head on my chest. I feel his arms wrap around my shoulders and he plants a kiss on my temple.
“Are you sure that I can’t open my eyes. I want to see you so bad.” He mutters in my ear.
“You’ll have to wait.” I say, standing on my tip toes and planting a quick peck on his lips. “I’ll see you in a couple hours.”
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Louis and Maria take their spot on either side of the alter then its Liv and Harry’s cousin, Mark’s turn to walk down the aisle. Mark is almost five and likes the let everyone know. He reaches down and takes Liv hand. “Walk down to daddy.” I say, kneeling beside her. “You see Daddy?” I ask. She starts to run towards him, but I catch her before she gets away. “Hold Mark’s hand Liv.” I say as Mark reaches out and takes her hand. “Now walk to daddy.” I say, kissing her temple and letting her go. I watch Harry turn around and watch Liv walk down the aisle. When she gets close he kneels down and holds his arms out for her. Mark lets go of Liv’s hand and she runs to Harry. He picks her up and she kisses his cheek. “I love you.” I see harry say.
“I love you.” Liv returns in the same tone, just a bit louder. She runs off after Harry puts her back on the ground and Maria picks her up. Liv is wearing a little white dress, almost exactly the same as mine and she has the same bouquet of flowers hanging onto her wrist by an elastic. She starts playing with Maria’s hair over her shoulder.
“She looks just like you.” I hear my father’s familiar voice behind me. I turn around and he is standing there in a black tux and tears are brimming around his eyes. “I remember when that was you at mine and your mothers wedding.”
“Daddy.” I say, wrapping my arms around his shoulders.
“You look so beautiful, sweetpea.” He says in my ear.
“I didn’t think you were coming.” I say, standing in front of him.
“I was hoping that you would let me give you away, Ivy Lynn.” A tear escapes his eye and rolls down his cheek.
“Of course I will daddy.” I say.
“Ivy,” the lady says behind me. I turn around. “Whenever youre ready.” She says, before standing off to the side again.
“Are you ready sweetpea?” Micheal asks. I nod my head and he holds his arm out for me. I wrap my hand around it and we start down the aisle. Harry has his back to me, but everyone else is watching us; is watching me. The walk seems like forever, and when Louis leans over and whispers in Harry’s ear. I can see his mouth form the words. “She’s beautiful mate.” Harry’s cheeks rise and he starts to turn around. “Not yet.” I hear Louis says, making him stay with his back to me. The walk down the aisle seemed like miles. When we finally make it to the end, my father gives me a hug. “Im so sorry for what I said.” He whispers in my ear. Nothing about what he said should have brought on tears, but it did.
“Its ok.” I say. He kisses my cheek and takes a seat beside my mum. I take a deep breathe and take the two steps up to Harry’s side. I lace my fingers through his hands and he looks over at me, taking me in. His green eyes, glassy.
“You look.. perfect Ivy.” He whispers in my ear, tightening his grip on my hand. I feel his lips press against my temple.
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“We’re married.” I mumble, leaning into Harry’s side. I rest my head on his shoulder and my arm across his abdomen. The gentle rumble of the car engine beneath us. Harry kisses my forehead and rubs his hand up and down my bare arm.
“I know Mrs. Styles.” He says, lazily, clearly exhausted from everything today. I giggle and plant a kiss on his jaw line before resting my head in the crook of his neck. I push my fingers through the spaces between his and our arms collapse across his body again.
“Where are we going?” I ask. Harry planned the honey moon so I have no idea where we’re going.
“A cabin, where its just me and you to do whatever we want. The trees tower high above the roof and the sun breaks through every window in the morning and it has the most beautiful sun sets on the beach. All of it, is just me and you.” He says, pressing a kiss so soft against my lips that I could hardly tell he did at all.
“Good. I like just you and me.” I say uneasily. I didn’t want to leave Liv. I don’t like leaving her, especially now that she actually understands things. That she understands that me and Harry are gone. She understands how to miss people and it breaks my heart.
“She’ll be fine. Maria and Lou are there, and my mum said she will stop in.” He says, softly, knowing exactly what I was thinking. The car comes to a halt as he presses his lips against my forehead.
“We’re here.” The driver says from the front seat. Harry’s lips curve into a smile and he pushes the door to the shiny black car open. I step out of the car behind Harry and he laces his fingers tightly through mine. We step up the walk and as we get closer, Harry stops.
“Jump up.” Harry says, holding his arms up.
“Uh-ah. Nope, we’re not doing this.” I say, smiling at him.
“Yes we are.” He says, insisting again.
“No.” I say, unconvincingly.
“I’m doing it.” He says, smiling mischieviously and wrapping his arm around my waste and bending down. His other arms pick my feet up from under me as he steps forward to the door of the cabin.
“I’m not wearing my wedding dress.” I mumble, placing sloppy kisses along his jawline and neck.
“That’s ok.” He says, smiling and redirecting his lips so my lips make contact with his. “Because soon.” He says, pressing his lips on mine. “You wont be wearing anything at all.” He smiles and presses his lips on mine again.
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