That's How it Started ~ larry mpreg au

18. The Idea

Louis already knew he wanted a second child, but he wasn't so sure how he would do it.

One alternative was to wait until the right person come along, but he wasn't getting any younger, so he couldn't wait that long. So another option was to freeze his eggs, which gave him more time to wait for the right man, but even then, there was no guarantee.

He had also thought about adoption, but he knew that adopting a baby or a kid as a single man was difficult. And also, he wanted to experience pregnancy, because he had pretty much missed it completely with Maeve.

His final option was to use a sperm donor, which wasn't ideal, but he decided he needed to do research on it. And while doing research he found many sperm bank options, so he made an appointment at one of them, which seemed more reliable.

When he attended the appointment, he was given a lot of information about how the process worked, and he was sent home to think about it, with a digital and a printed catalogue of possible donors.

The donors didn't have names or pictures, but did have full physical descriptions, as well as other details, like level of education, family medical history, hobbies, talents, etc.

But today, being the third day in a row in which he went over the catalogue, he still couldn't see himself choosing one of this men to be the father of his child. How could he do that if he didn't know them?

The buzzer of his flat went off, and Louis got up to go get it, and it was Harry brining Maeve back, so Louis buzzed him in.

He then waited for Harry to ring the doorbell, but it ended up not being necessary, because he heard Maeve crying before Harry could do that, so he quickly opened the door.

"Why is she crying?" Louis asked right away.

"There was a dog walking down the street when we got off the car, and the owner didn't let Maeve pet it" Harry explained.

"Oh no" Louis pouted and took his girl in his arms "It's okay, baby".

"She was crying even worse downstairs, I'm pretty sure she peed" Harry explained as offered Louis the bag.

"Okay, I'll change her" Louis decided as he tried to usher Harry out "Thanks for bringing her on time".

"No, wait, I need to talk to you" Harry told him.

"Do you want another DNA test?" Louis dared.

"No, I-" Harry started.

"Mama!" Maeve cried.

"Just let me get her sorted first" Louis decided "Go sit down if you want".

Louis walked away, and took Maeve to her room, and sat with her until she calmed down. Then he changed her nappy, washed his hands, and only then went to find Harry.

"Okay, what do you want to talk about?" Louis asked as he walked in the living room.

Maeve ran to her toys as he did that, her tantrum being forgotten.

"Are you going to have a baby?" Harry asked out of nowhere.

"What...?" Louis started, and then saw the opened sperm donor catalogue on the coffee table "Were you going though my stuff?".

"No, that thing was already open, I just read it" Harry answered.

"Whatever" Louis mumbled as he picked up the catalogue and put it away.

"No, but really, you're going to have a baby?" Harry insisted.

"I'm thinking about it" Louis said dryly.