The Story of You
And so our journey has come to an end 😭😭 I hope this ending makes your hearts happy as it did with mine 🥺 as always, come talk to me about what you thought of this chapter 🥰 All the love 🤍 Mar
Disclaimer: In no way do I wish to spread hate or negative opinions about any of the characters here depicted, this is just fiction and with the purpose of entertaining you guys
Part 20: New Beginnings Part Two
December 14, 2021
Harry. New York, New York. 5:15 PM
Y/N and Pip were taking a nap when the Rowlands arrived, which was convenient because little man had fallen asleep on the way here too; Sarah and Mitch had helped me set everything up for dinner, meanwhile my family had arrived, along with Harry, Glenne, and Jeff, we were sitting in the living room when Y/N appeared from her room.
Everyone greeted her excitedly and she waved, and said hello to everyone, Sarah then pulled her to seat next to her, “Where’s Pippa?”, Y/N pulled out the monitor from her sweater, “Still asleep, she ate at four so she will probably wake up soon”, I walked up to her and handed her a mug with some tea, she smiled and thanked me.
We talked for a little while until we heard a whimper from my room where Mitch had set the baby for his nap, he stood up and made his way to get him, my mum made her way to where Y/N and Sarah were sitting and handed her a plate with some fruit and toast, I could hear her tell her she needed the extra calories, Y/N nodded as my mum kissed her forehead.
Mitch came out with baby Rowland who made grabby arms towards his mum, Mitch placed the baby on her lap, and he then made grabby hands to Y/N, Y/N grabbed his hand and kissed it, the baby let out a little cry, clearly making sure we knew he was not happy with just holding her hand, Y/N tsked before pouting, Sarah laughed and kissed her son’s head before telling him, “Bubbie your auntie can’t hold you yet huh?”
Everyone in the room awed as the little boy settled on his mum’s lap and grabbed Y/N’s hands, Glenne and Gemma came out of the kitchen after helping me plate everything we had ordered, an alarm on my clock let me know I should ask her if she wanted any pain meds, I walked to where she was and crouched in front of her
“Lovie, how is your pain? Want any Ibuprofen?”, she shook her head, “I’m okay, thank you tho”, I nodded and stood up, out of the corner of my eye I saw Jeff grab his phone and furrow his brows before making his way to the kitchen, I don’t know why, but I followed him, when I entered the kitchen, he was on the phone with someone,
“Shit… have they said anything else?”, he turned and gave me an apprehensive look, my anxiety was rushing, he sighed, “I’ll talk to them, no yeah, thanks for letting me know”, he hung up and I bit my nails before asking him, “What happened?”, he sighed, “Uhm, I think we should discuss this with Y/N”, I nodded and followed him to the living room
I went and squeezed her hand, and she gave me a small smile, “Hey, can we talk?”, she furrowed her brows and nodded, she stood up and I placed my hand on the small of her back, we walked to where Jeff was standing in the hall, “I’m sorry, I really don’t want to ruin this, but Tom just called me and let me know you guys were on Deux Moi”
My heart fell to the bottom of my stomach, and I squeezed Y/N’s arm, she raised her hand and spoke up, “I think this is a perfect chance to talk to everyone, no?”, I nodded, and we made our way back to the living room where everyone smiled, Y/N sat down on her place again and I sat down next to her on the floor.
Jeff took a seat on the armchair where Glenne was seated and cleared his throat, “Well, H and Y/I wanted to share and discuss a situation with their closest friends and family”, everyone turned to see us worriedly and I nodded at Jeff so he could continue talking, “Deux Moi posted two blind submissions about them today; one related to him and Olivia’s break up, submitted by a person who worked at the last concert”
There was a grumble around the room before he continued, “And the other about someone spotting us at the hospital, which was then backed up by someone who heard Anne on the phone”, my mum turned to look at us with a sad smile, “I’m sorry lovies I didn’t mean for this to happen”, Gemma squeezed her hand while Y/N shook her head
“Anne don’t fret, please”, she sighed and turned to see everyone around the room, “We knew this would happen eventually; right now, we are in a position where we can manage and control it”, she then turned to look at me, I smiled back at her, Jeff cleared his throat, “What do you guys want to do?”
I sat up straighter, “I won’t address the breakup, that was something I agreed with Olivia”, he nodded, “As for Pippa’s birth”, I sighed and Y/N squeezed my shoulder, “We have decided to post a picture from my account, we have still to figure out what information to share, I just wish we could’ve keep her our little secret for a while longer”, everyone nodded in agreement while Y/N cleared her throat
“We… uhm we know there is another elephant in the room, and we know you guys are dying to ask”, everyone around had looks of curiosity, weariness and also looks of ‘I know where you are heading’, I squeezed her hand in encouragement
“We are a family, and I, personally, am so grateful to share so much with you guys, and we know that a way to share these things is through taking pictures and when you want to, uploading them to social media; we don’t expect you to stop doing so because that would be selfish of us, but we need to protect our baby just like Mitch and Sarah protect baby Rowland”
I kissed her knee before speaking up, “Some of us here have private Instagram accounts, and we don’t mind if you post pictures of Pippa there, but we also know that some of us have public accounts, so if you guys want to post pictures of her please just don’t post her face, we want for that to be her choice someday, and as her parents it is our duty to protect her”
Everyone nodded and smiled, my mum spoke up, “So, can I post something?”, we both nodded, “Just, please let us post the picture to H’s profile first”, Gemma then asked, “When will you post it?”, I turned to look at Y/N, “I think we will do it later, we know what picture we want to post”, everyone smiled at us, a whimper from the monitor had Y/N standing up
“I’ll go get her”, I stood up and followed her to the room, when we came in Pip was just waking up and wiggling, Y/N reached in to grab her, “Good morning baby, why are you so sad hm? Are you sad you are missing the party?”, she kissed her head and settled her on her arms, I went to kiss her forehead, “Do you want me to change her nappy?”
Y/N nodded and transferred the baby to my arms, while I changed Pippa’s diaper, she folded the blankets and turned off the monitor, we had changed her from her coming home outfit and into a little romper, we swaddled her again and I handed her back to Y/N and we started making our way to the living room.
When we entered everyone smiled and Sarah tapped baby Rowland’s hand to get his attention, “Look bubby! It’s your cousin!”, Y/N smiled, and she slowly made her way to sit next to Sarah, Mitch then cleaned his son’s hand with a wipe and said, “Careful with the baby, okay? You need to be soft”, when she sat down, she turned her body three quarters so the baby could see Pippa before speaking up
“This is Pippa, she is your cousin! What do you think honey?”, Rowland number three looked at the baby apprehensively before trying to pat Pippa, out of instinct Sarah grabbed his hand and helped him pat her belly before cooing, “Aww you’re so sweet with the baby, darling, thank you for being so sweet”, Little Rowland gave us a smile with his binky and everyone awed, the baby then turned to see Pippa and pulled his binkie from his mouth and tried to give it to her who already had a binky, I smiled
“Thank you, little man”, he gave me his binky and then he leaned to rest his head on her belly, Glenne took the chance to take some pictures of them, she spoke up, “Let’s take a picture of the two families”, after taking some pictures she instructed for others to pose for photos, after taking the photos my mum said dinner was ready and we went to eat.
December 14, 2021
New York, New York. 10:00 PM
“Are you sure you don’t want me to stay? I don’t mind”, I smiled at Anne before squeezing her hand, “We’re sure, thank you for offering tho”, she nodded and hugged me, “Please call me if you need anything okay?”, I nodded, Gemma then came to hug me and kissed my temple, “Welcome home mumma”, I smiled and squeezed her before pulling back.
After dinner all our guests left except for family, I went into the nursery to feed Pippa, but she really wasn’t hungry, which had me thinking she would definitely be hungry a little earlier and that would maybe give us a bigger stretch of sleep, after saying goodbye to everyone Harry walked them out and I sat down on the couch, Pippa was settled on her Dock a Tot next to me.
Harry appeared on the hallway and gave me a smile, “Do you want some tea and cookies? I bought some special breastfeeding tea for you”, I nodded in appreciation before clearing my throat, “Harry?”, he appeared on the door, “Yeah?”, “Can I talk to you?”, he nodded and sat down on the foot of the couch, “Everything okay?”
I sighed, “I’ve been thinking of how I ran into Elisa the other day, and her face… I cannot stop thinking about it”, he nodded, “Something tells me there is more, a reason as to why she reacted like that”, he cleared his throat, “I’m here whatever you need”, I grabbed his hand, “I wanna talk to her, I need to know what happened H”
Harry smiled, “And I fully support any decision you make, okay?”, the teapot started whirring and he got up to go to the kitchen, I grabbed Pippa who started stirring, after settling her on my chest I reached in for my cellphone and started looking for my sister’s contact.
The phone rang for a few seconds, my heart was beating erratically, Pippa made a little grunt which had me patting her bum hoping she would calm down, although I really wanted to hear her voice, deep down I was hoping she wouldn’t answer.
After nine rings there was a beep, followed by her voicemail message, Hi! I’m sorry I could not answer your call, if you feel like it, please leave a message, if not you can try again, if I don’t answer again, maybe I don’t want to talk to you, I laughed as there was another beep
“Hi Ellie, it’s me Y/N”, I laughed a little, “I don’t know why I felt the need to say that, listen… I wanted to apologize for the other day, I guess… I was shocked, but deep down it made me really happy to see you”, I sniffled, “I kinda wished you would have answered, but I know I wouldn’t have had the courage to say what I wanted to say”
“I would really like to see you, to talk about everything, and I would love for you to meet my baby”, I smiled when I looked at Pippa, “I have a little girl Ellie, I have never felt this happy, I didn’t know I needed her, she’s the love of my life”, I cleared the tears that had fallen, “So yeah, call me, I really would love to see you”
I hung up the phone and let out a shuddering breath, I kissed Pippa’s head, “Everything will be alright lovie, I promise you”, Harry appeared holding a tray and he set it on the coffee table, I thanked him when he handed me the mug and I took a sip, we sat there in silence for a few until Harry spoke to me
“Penny for your thoughts?”, I laughed a little, “I’m sorry”, I kissed Pippa’s head, “But how about we put her to bed and then we can talk?”, he nodded and we made our way to my room, while I changed her diaper and pajamas Harry pulled the sleep sack and brought it to me, I then placed her little Owlet and closed her pajamas and swaddled her in her sleep sack.
Harry turned on the monitor and sound machine and made his way to where I kept the little changing station in my room, he grabbed Pippa and kissed her forehead and swayed a little, I took this chance to go into the kitchen and bring the little snack bin Anne had made for me along with my two Yetis to my room.
My heart swelled when I heard Harry hum to Pippa, after placing everything on my nightstand he handed me the baby and I kissed her head before placing her on her bassinet, we turned off the lights and turned on the night lamp, grabbed the monitor, closed the door, and headed out back.
Harry went to the kitchen to refill our mugs and came back into the living room, I took a sip before speaking up, “So… are you giving me my penny now or later?”, he laughed and placed his mug on the table before turning a little to give me his attention, “I’m all ears”, I gave him a small smile
“I really don’t know where to begin”, he grabbed my hand, “This last year and a few has been crazy for both of us, hasn’t it?”, he nodded and kissed my hand, “But it has been so worth it hasn’t it?”, I smiled I little, “It has for sure”, he squeezed my hand, “But…”, I laughed, “How did you know?”, he shrugged, “I know you”
I laughed a little and sniffled, he furrowed his brows, “Lovie, what’s wrong?”, I whimpered, “I’m sorry”, “What for?”, I let out a shuddering breath, “You know I love you, and I haven’t stopped, not since the moment you stole my heart and begged me five times to go out with you”, I let out a wet chuckle and he did too
“But you also broke my heart Harry, and so many things surged from that; insecurities, doubts, anger, God I was so angry at you, but I was even angrier at me, because I let my heart in the open and heeded any warning”, he sniffled too, “Y/N…”, “And the we met by chance in LA, and I thought things were going to be okay between us”
“But you still left the next morning, and just left a note saying it was a mistake”, “Because I was scared Harry, I was terrified because everything was so familiar, but you were with Olivia, and everything seemed lovely between you two”, he nodded, “Do you know how hard it actually was to come back to New York and realize I was alone? That the man I loved had changed me for another woman?”, he shook his head
“And then Pippa showed up, and she brought with her a crazy ride and somehow we have made things work between us”, I turned to see the monitor, “And here we are today, and I am still crazy in love with you”, I ran my hand down his cheek, he sniffled, kissed my palm, and whispered to my hand, “As I am with you”
I sniffled, “It has been hard for me to understand and remember that, because deep down I still fear that one day you will wake up and leave me again, and I fear that I won’t be as strong this time”, Harry cleared the tears that had fallen from his eyes, there was some hurt and understanding on his face, “When you kissed me the day of your concert, I felt alive again, I felt like the world could end right then and there and I would die a happy girl”
“And every kiss shared afterwards has been a breath of fresh air, and the one we shared when Pippa was born? It was pure love”, I smiled at him, “But deep down there has been anxiety too, because now, we don’t go first Harry, she does”, he nodded, “And I would rather die than to let her feel the heartache I did”
He sniffled and spoke up, “I will never ever let her feel like I don’t love her”, I smiled, “I know you won’t”, he then ran a hand down my cheek, “And will you? Let me make sure you never go a day without me telling you how much I love you?”, I sniffled, he kneeled before me and grabbed my face, “Lovie?”
I started crying harder and he pulled me into his arms, he swayed us while shushing me, hoping for me to calm down, and I hugged him hard, hoping my hug was enough to convey what I was feeling, but also asking for his forgiveness, for what I was feeling and how it would affect him, when I calmed down he kissed my forehead before pressing his to mine, I took a deep breath before speaking
“My heart wants to say yes, but my brain is screaming at me to say no, to protect myself again, because even if I love you with all my heart, I can’t really forget every single bit of pain I’ve felt because of you”, he nodded and kissed my nose, “And I want to, God I want to just let you love me, but I can’t, not right now”
He ran his hands down my arms, and ever so quietly replied, “I understand, please don’t feel bad”, I felt him start to get up but just a few seconds later he stopped and grabbed my face, “Wait… what do you mean not right now?”, I smiled, and my heart fluttered when I saw his hopeful expression, I leaned towards him in order to whisper to the shell of his ear
“Make me fall in love with you again”, he pulled back brightest smile on his face before he placed his hand on my cheek and squeezed my hands with the other, “Really?”, I nodded but then turned to look at him solemnly, “You get one chance Harry, just one”, he nodded, “And you need to remember that above all we vowed to be the best parents for Pippa, and that will always go first”, he nodded again before giving me a smile
“I will prove to you, that you are worth everything and more, and that I am not the same guy who broke your heart, I will make sure you never regret having accepted going on a date with me only after I asked five times”, we both chuckled, “I know I have a lot to work on, and I promise I will do so, for you, for me and especially for her”, I kissed his cheek, “Having said that, we do need to set some ground rules”
He nodded and came to sit next to me, “Okay first of all no kissing”, I wish I had taken a picture of his face, “We are starting fresh H”, he grumbled, “Forehead, cheek, and temples too?”, I chuckled, “Nah, those are okay”, he nodded with his head before asking, “How about dates?”, I placed my finger on my chin in thought before answering, “I mean, if you wanna get the girl you have to woo the girl huh?”, he laughed at that, he then grabbed my hands and gave them a squeeze
“I hope you know you won’t regret this”, I nodded, “I have a feeling I won’t”, I then cleared my throat, “So… are you ready to share our happy news with the world?”, he shook his head, “No, but if I have you next to me, I know everything will be okay my love”, he pulled out his phone and logged into his public account, we chose the picture and pasted the caption from his notes, then he turned to look at me, “On three?”, I nodded, “One… two… three”, and after a click, the world learned about the one who stole our hearts.
He locked his phone and put it on do not disturb, we both stood up and made our way to the kitchen, while he placed our mugs on the dishwasher I made sure that the door was locked and turned off all remaining lights, we both made our way to our bedrooms, he came into mine to check on Pippa and I took the chance to go brush my teeth, when I came out he was standing on the door with a charming smile and his hands behind his back.
I walked towards him with a sneaky look on my face, I stopped and stood right in front of him, we were just watching each other, I was taking in his dimples, scars, the under-eye bags that have shown up recently and how I still got lost inside his eyes, he cleared his throat and pulled me out of my trance.
He pulled his hand out of his back and offered it to me, “Hi, I’m Harry, it is so nice to meet you”, I smiled at him and grabbed his hand to give it a good shake, “Hi Harry, I’m Y/N, it is a pleasure to meet you too”
December 14, 2021
New York, New York. 11:30 PM
Hi little love, it’s your mom again! I have been a little MIA for the last few days, but all has been for good reason, your arrival. All of a sudden, my doubts, fears, anxieties disappeared, and they were replaced by the love, admiration, happiness I felt when I met you.
My little baby, my little love, my Pippa. I am on Cloud Nine as I watch you sleep next to me; how can this be real? I have a confession to make… when I was around seventeen weeks pregnant, I had a dream, and on that dream, I saw a little boy that looked just like your dad, so I always thought that would be a premonition on who you were.
But boy was I so wrong, because on December thirteen, at exactly 3:47 AM you entered my life, with a cry full of life, with your ten fingers and ten toes, and some cheeks to die for, and contrary to what my dream had said, a little girl, my tiny best friend.
Your dad is in shock too Pip, and man is he crazy in love with you, I wouldn’t be surprised if you end up being a daddy’s girl if I’m honest, your arrival has been nothing short of a celebration, everyone is so very happy to meet you and to be able to share your journey and story.
I feel so blessed to have been able to write this for you baby, and my heart yearns for everything that we will still write along with everyone who loves you, your story began in the most extraordinary way possible, but that is what makes it special, that no stories will ever be the same, and I have a feeling that it was meant to be this way.
So, Pippa, my love, when you read this, I hope I am able to transmit all the love I have for you, you are my dream come true, and never ever forget how much you momma loves you little one, I hope you enjoy the story of you.
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