Harry: 19
Camryn: 19, 39 weeks, 2 days pregnant
Camryn's bump:
Darcy: 2
"Baby, I can't,"Camryn sobs, covering her face with her hands, "I can't do this anymore." Her shoulders shake as she sits on the edge of the bed. "I'm so tired."
Harry sighs and continues to rub her back, sitting behind her on the bed with his legs crossed in a pretzel. He can feel his eyes shutting involuntarily and he feels like for the first time in his life he could fall asleep sitting up. "I know, sweetheart. I'm so sorry. I know you're so tired."
Camryn has had intense round ligament pain since she was 13 weeks pregnant, but it didn't get to the point of being so bad that she couldn't sleep until a couple of weeks ago. Even then, they could usually find a way to soothe it for long enough to get about 5 hours of sleep, but not anymore. Something has drastically changed over this weekend and in the past three days Camryn and Harry have gotten about 2 hours of sleep.
It doesn't help that Darcy decided to get her molars this weekend and has been sleeping terribly because of the discomfort she's in.
"Baby, it hurts so bad,"Camryn winces, rubbing her hands along the underside of her gigantic stomach as it spasms again causing her to whimper.
"I know it does, bug,"Harry coos and kisses the back of her shoulder, "I'm so sorry. Do you want me to hold you?"
"Uh huh,"Camryn sniffles and nods her head feebly. "Can you get the heating pad?"
"Of course,"Harry kisses her shoulder again and hops off of the bed. "Do you want the couch like normal? Would that feel best?"
"Yeah,"Camryn yawns. She catches Harry's wrist as he begins to walk away causing him to turn around and look at her, "thank you, baby. You're the best."
Harry smiles and brings her hand to his lips, "it's the least I could do."
He tiptoes past Darcy's bedroom, holding his breath and praying that he doesn't wake her up. She's been asleep for 2 hours straight which is the longest she's been asleep consecutively since she started teething two days ago.
He puts the heating pad in the microwave and finds himself staring at it, dozing off. He shakes his head to try and wake himself up a bit and then walks up the stairs to get Camryn.
"We'll go slow, babe,"Harry whispers as soon as he sees the dread cross Camryn's face as she realizes she's going to have to walk. It always makes her spasms pick up. He takes both of her hands in his and helps to slowly hoist her up from the edge of the bed, something she can't really do by herself because of how big her bump has gotten.
Camryn blows out a breath as she looks down at her bump. She's officially grown out of all of her maternity clothes and most of Harry's t-shirts. She's had to settle for buying huge cheap tank tops and sports Harry's boxers on most days. When she's feeling really fancy she'll put on leggings. "I don't know how much longer I can last like this, babe."
Harry nods and leans his head against hers, he doesn't know either. He learned during Darcy's pregnancy that pregnancy doesn't come without a bit of discomfort and pain, but this is pure suffering and it breaks his heart to see her like this.
"I'm huge,"Camryn sniffles, looking down at her stomach.
He braces himself for another breakdown. She had a couple of breakdowns about her body when she was pregnant with Darcy, but not nearly as much as she's had with this pregnancy. Her bump with Darcy was extremely tiny and she didn't even get a stretch mark. However, because of how much she's had to stretch and grow this pregnancy, she has red stretch marks hugging her hips and it's been extremely hard on her to see her body change so drastically.
He doesn't blame her, it's a big change to see, but he wishes he could get it through to her how beautiful he thinks she is and how he couldn't care less about the stretch marks, but every time he tries she just thinks that he's lying or being nice.
"You're beautiful,"Harry counters her remark and she flicks her eyes up at him with a look on her face that tells him she does not believe him in the slightest. "I mean it,"Harry continues, pressing a kiss to her forehead, "you're absolutely gorgeous, just like you always have been."
"I look like an elephant,"Camryn grumbles, her hands going to her back to try and massage the aching muscles.
"You're a beautiful elephant."
Camryn cracks a smile and slaps his arm playfully. Harry smiles and takes her face in his hands, "I'm only joking, baby. I love your bump, you know I do."
Camryn relents, she doesn't have the energy to continue the conversation and grabs his hand as he helps her down the stairs, walking extremely slowly to try and cause Camryn as little pain as possible.
He settles her on the couch as he walks into the kitchen to grab the heating pad out of the microwave. He scoots under her on the couch leaning back against the pillows and resting his legs on the couch, setting her on his lap sideways and presses the heating pad to her lower stomach. "Better?"
"A bit,"Camryn murmurs, dropping her cheek to Harry's shoulder and putting her hand over Harry's that's pressing the pack there.
They sit there for a few minutes and Camryn can see Harry out of the corner of her eye drifting off to sleep and then catching himself and snapping his head awake. She removes her hand from on top of his and cradles his cheek in her hand, "baby, go to sleep. It's okay. I need you to get some sleep."
Harry shakes his head and drowsily looks over at her, "I want you to get some sleep."
"Honey, I'm not going to be able to sleep. My stomach hurts too bad, but I want you to try and get some sleep." She leans in to kiss his cheek, "okay?"
Harry nods and after a minute finally allows himself to fall asleep. Camryn's relieved that he's finally getting some rest and she lays her head against his shoulder again, gently combing her fingers through his curls the way he likes as his hand subconsciously keeps the heating pad on Camryn's throbbing stomach. She tries to stay quiet because she knows if she whimpers he'll wake up immediately, so she bites down on her lip as her stomach spasms.
Her heart sinks as she hears a wail start from Darcy's room after only 10 minutes of Harry being asleep. He immediately startles awake and looks around the room, "huh?"
"It's okay, baby,"Camryn whispers and begins to attempt to climb off of Harry's lap, "its just Darcy, I'll get her."
"No,"Harry shakes his groggy head and clumsily rubs his eyes as he helps Camryn off of his lap and onto the couch cushions. "Your gonna hurt even more if you move around."
Camryn can't deny that he's right, picking up Darcy and walking around with her makes her spasms almost unbearable. She learned that the hard way two weeks ago when the spasms from her holding Darcy on the way home from the park had her curled up in a ball on the bathroom floor almost puking from pain.
Harry shuffles up the stairs and slowly opens up Darcy's bedroom door as her pained cries get louder. He flicks on the light switch that controls the fairy lights above her crib and dimly lights up the light pink room.
"Hi, sweet girl,"Harry rasps, walking towards Darcy. She immediately reaches towards him with the hand that's not in her mouth. "Hi, sweetie." He grips her under her arms and hugs her to his chest as she begins to quiet down a bit. "Daddy's got you, you're okay."
"Dada owie,"Darcy cries, her hot and rosy cheek falling against his shoulder.
"Owie? Is your mouth giving you owies,"Harry coos with a frown. He swipes his fingers across her swollen and red cheeks as he sways his hips comfortingly. Darcy continues to whimper as she sucks on her fingers, her big blue eyes begging Harry to help her.
He puts his hand on her forehead and feels his heart drop. "Oh sweetheart, you feel hot. Do you have a fever? Hmmm?"
Darcy nods her head and puts her slobbery hand on her forehead, "ouchies."
"Ouchies? Yeah, do you have a headache, maybe? I bet you do. Daddy does too." He nuzzles his nose with hers and listens to her sniffle, beginning to calm down now that she's in the comfort of her daddy's arms.
"Can daddy feel your teeth,"Harry whispers. Darcy cautiously opens her mouth and allows Harry to inspect her gums, whimpering a bit as he does so. "They still haven't broken through, love." He sighs and kisses her forehead. "This is gonna be a long night."
Darcy continues to suck on her hand as she watches Harry coo down at her. "Should we go say hi to mummy?"
Darcy nods her head and murmurs, "mumma."
Harry slowly walks out of Darcy's bedroom and down the stairs to find Camryn with a pinched face whimpering through another intense spasm. "Ow, ow, ow,"she whimpers, throwing her head back against the couch and squeezing her eyes shut as she holds her stomach.
Harry feels his heart break as he watches her legs tremble in pain and her whole body tense up. Camryn senses Harry's presence and opens her eyes to look at him, immediately breaking down into tears. "Harry, I can't do this anymore. I can't." Her sobs quickly become desperate and he immediately sits down on the couch next to her, pulling her in for a hug as he holds Darcy to the other side of his chest. Darcy begins to cry too, her gums acting up again, so he has both of his girls wetting his shirt with pained tears and he can feel himself breaking more and more by the second. "Harry it hurts so bad,"Camryn sobs, "and I'm so tired. I want to be induced. Why won't they induce me?"
Harry rests his cheek on top of her head as he quietly listens to her spill our her sorrows to him. He can't even imagine the pure exhaustion that she's going through right now. He knows how tired he is right now and the thought of being in unbearable pain while being this tried convinces him further that Camryn is the strongest person he knows. "I know you do, bug. I know. I wish they'd let you be induced too. I wish I could take this from you. You know I would in a heartbeat."
He finally allows himself to break down too, his chest shaking with sobs of exhaustion and just being pure fed up with everything. He wishes he could take the pain away from both of his girls and he wishes he could be more help to them. And more than anything he wishes they could all get some sleep, it would make this so much more manageable for all of them.
"Oh sh**,"Camryn hisses, her hand going to the side of her stomach as she turns her head on Harry's chest to hide it, whimpering in pain.
"Daddy,"Darcy sobs painfully, her little hands clawing at her feverish cheek, "ouchies."
"I know you have ouchies, baby,"Harrys sniffles, tears still rolling down his cheeks. "You and mumma both have ouchies."
"Get her her teething toy,"Camryn pinches out, rubbing her hand down Darcy's shaking back. "I put it in the freezer this afternoon."
Harry sniffles and nods, standing up from the couch and walking into the kitchen with Darcy on his hip still crying miserably. He holds it up in front of Darcy's face. "Do you want this, Squish?"
Darcy nods and takes the welcomed coldness onto her gums. She sucks on it and immediately quiets down at Harry smiles softly at her.
"Oh is that better,"Harry coos, kissing her forehead, "daddy hates to see you hurting. I'm glad that helps."
After a few minutes of swaying together in the kitchen with Harry humming to her and having the cold toy in her mouth, Darcy's eyes begin to droop in exhaustion. Harry smiles gratefully as he watches Darcy doze against his shoulder, the toy still shoved in her mouth.
He successfully gets her to sleep and up in her crib and walks back to down to a very pained Camryn and realizes that his night is far from over.
*******
Harry stumbles into the studio early that morning, barely able to pick up his feet. His head is pounding and he has to forcibly keep his eyes open in fear that if he blinks they won't open again for hours.
He can't remember a time when he was this tired. Well, actually he can. It was yesterday. And the day before that. And the day before that. Memories from last night's sleepless nature from Camryn's round ligament pain and on top of that Darcy's mouth deciding it was a good time for all four of her molars to grow in. A full weekend of no sleep and a lot of tears from all 3 of the Styles. But, that was over the weekend, so although he didn't sleep well at night, he could catch a couple of hours of sleep during the day while he relaxed and snuggled with Camryn and Darcy with the sweet sounds of little Darcy giggling about a cartoon lulling him to sleep. But, every weekend is followed by a Monday, and this is the worst of his life because he can't get those precious naps. Today he is running on about 1 hour of sleep at most from last night.
"Hey mate." Zayn furrows his eyebrows as he watches Harry stumble into the studio. He can't see Harry's eyes because his messy curly hair is disheveled and falling in front of his face showing that it hasn't been combed in a while, but he can imagine how bad his eyes are drooping. "You look rough."
"Darcy keeping you up?"Niall inquires scooting over on the couch to allow Harry a bit of room to sit down.
"Both of my girls,"Harry sighs, sitting down heavily on the couch and almost falling asleep instantly. It's dangerous to sit down because it allows his body to relax a bit and fall asleep, but then again he almost fell asleep standing up in the parking lot, so really no where is safe at this point.
"Cami too?"Louis asks confused, why would Camryn be keeping him up at night?
Harry nods and stifles a yawn with the back of his hand before explaining. "She has that round ligament pain and it's gotten to the point where she can barely move. Like she's just in constant pain and so she can't sleep. And if she sleeps on her back the baby is too heavy for her and she starts to feel dizzy cuz he's right on her lungs, so the only way she can get some relief is if I hold her on the couch sitting up and press a heating pad to her stomach. And Darce is teething really bad and was up with a fever almost all night, so I had both of them in my arms on the couch and I think we were all in tears at one point." He adds the last bit with a smirk to lighten the mood of the conversation, but it's true, at more than one point they all lost it, frustrated with their lack of sleep.
Louis frowns, "I'm sorry, mate. That sucks. Are they coming in today?"
"I dunno, maybe,"Harry shrugs. Camryn and Darcy come in almost everyday that the boys are at the studio for at least a bit. The boys love to have their company, especially having Darcy's little presence around to make them laugh and distract them and it gives Darcy and Camryn something to do throughout the day. "We've already had 2 mental breakdowns this morning and one last night, so I'm not sure."
"Cami's fed up with being pregnant?"Liam asks.
Harry nods again and leans his head down to rest on Niall's shoulder, fighting with his pounding head to calm down. "She's so done. I don't blame her, if I had a 10 pound human attached to me 24/7 I'd be done too. We've been trying everything to get him to come, but he just refuses. And then the more she's active the more painful her round ligament pain becomes, so it's not even worth it to try and get him to come. I just don't know what to do."
"What about inducing her"Louis asks, having a bit of previous knowledge about birth because of Jay. "Can't the hospital induce her?"
"Yeah,"Harry nods, "but they don't want to because neither her nor the baby are in danger, she's just in pain, but it's not like life threatening, ya know?"
"Is there anything we can do to help?"Zayn asks, biting on his bottom lip, hating to see his mate like this.
"Tell Darce to stop teething and remind me to not get Cam pregnant again,"Harry jokes with a smirk, pulling his feet up on the couch to practically be laying on Niall.
Louis chuckles and then shakes his head looking at Harry's curled up figure, "I hate to do this, mate, but we need you to record your solo right now so we can finish the song."
Harry groans and gives a fake whine in protest.
"The faster you do it, the faster it will be over,"Louis promises reaching his hand out to help Harry off of the couch.
*******
"Darcy, baby, c'mere we need to change your diaper,"Camryn calls as she closes the dishwasher. She gets no response so she hauls herself through the kitchen and into the living room, following the noise of the tv. "Baby, where are you?"
She comes into the living room to see a completely empty couch with Darcy's teddy and blanket abandoned on it. "D? Where are you? C'mon it's nap time."
Camryn quiets down and hears quiet giggling behind the couch. Smirking, she hauls herself around the couch and behind it to find a giggling Darcy covering her mouth with her tiny palms and gazing up happily at Camryn. "I found you! C'mon you cheeky thing, I see you."
Darcy giggles and pops up from the floor gripping Camryn's outstretched hand and following her upstairs slowly. Camryn can barely make it up the stairs at this point in her pregnancy, she has to brace one hand against the wall and slowly take it one stair at a time.
"Mummy, we go studio?"Darcy asks looking up at Camryn as they slowly make their way upstairs, "daddy?"
"You wanna go to the studio today?"Camryn asks with a small smile as they make it to the top of the staircase, "we can do that. We'll go after our nap, okay? Mumma is gonna nap with you today. You can sleep with me in daddy and I's bed."
Darcy nods rapidly with a huge smile, excited to get even more cuddles; she's always been the cuddliest little girl ever.
"K sweet girl, climb up here,"Camryn says patting the bed and cupping Darcy's bum to help her onto the bed. Camryn grabs a diaper off of Harry's nightstand and quickly unbutton's Darcy's outfit to begin changing her diaper. Darcy yawns widely as Camryn begins to undo her soiled diaper. "Oh are you so tired?" Darcy smiles shyly and reaches up towards Camryn. Camryn takes her tiny palm in her hand and kisses it gently. "I love you, little miss. Yes I do."
Just as she's about to start fastening the new diaper she's hit with another spasm of her stomach. "Shoot." She abandons Darcy's diaper and places both of her palms flat on the bed trying not to cry out in pain to refrain from scaring Darcy.
"Okay mumma?"Darcy innocently asks, turning her head against the mattress to look at Camryn who is desperately trying to breathe through the pain.
"Yeah, baby,"Camryn whimpers, bringing a hand to rub over her stomach, "I'm okay...mumma's okay....one...second." She puts her hand gently on Darcy's bare tummy and rubs it in an attempt to distract her from her own stomach's discomfort. She blows out a breath as most of the pain stops at least enough for her to be able to stand up straight and continue changing Darcy's diaper. "Whew! Do you think baby brother should come soon? Hmmm? What do you think, missy?"
"Yes,"Darcy lisps grinning up at Camryn as she fastens the straps on Darcy's diaper, "Lennie."
Camryn breaks out into a huge smile at the mention of Lennon's name. "Yeah, Lennie. Do you love your baby so much?" She grips onto both of Darcy's hands to help pull her into a sitting position. "Can you give baby brother kisses?" Darcy eagerly nods and presses her little lips to Camryn's bump that's bare. Today she decided that even a t-shirt was too hot for her in the London summer, so she's sporting only a sports bra. Besides, the skin on her stomach has been extremely itchy today and any clothing makes her skin itch even more than it already is. A little rumble goes through Camryn's bump and hits against Darcy's lips. "Oh! Baby brother wants to say hi to you too!" Darcy looks up at Camryn with wide eyes before bursting into giggles that make Camryn's heart soar.
Camryn hauls herself onto the bed with a huff, which is getting increasingly more impossible without Harry's help. Positioning herself against the headboard and making grabby hands towards Darcy. Darcy climbs onto Camryn's lap and nuzzles her cheek against Camryn's breasts with her little tummy pressing against Camryn's protruding one.
"Should we send a night night picture to daddy before we nap?"Camryn suggests, pulling her phone out of the waistband of Harry's basketball shorts that she's wearing. Darcy nods tiredly against Camryn's chest and smirks for the picture to Harry. It's evident how tired both of them are in the photo. Camryn's hair is pulled up into a messy bun, but really 3/4 of her hair has fallen out of the bun. She has giant purple bags under her eyes that are a bit swollen telling the story of the sleepless nights she's endured over the past couple of weeks and all the tears she's cried. Darcy's cheeks are a bit swollen and red because of her teething and her eyes are a bit droopy from her restless night last night, but under all of the tiredness you can also see the pure joy in both of their faces and the love radiating through.
Camryn: We love you babe. Your tired girls are gonna take a nap rn 😘
Harry: I love my tired girls. The boys and I have two new songs to show you if you guys are up to come to the studio after your nap❤️
Camryn: Yay! Okay! We'll be there❤️
Harry: You guys look beautiful. Tell Squish I love her
Camryn: Always do
"Daddy says he loves you,"Camryn murmurs, using her hand to brush back Darcy's hair, "and that you're beautiful, which is very very true." Camryn places her palm on Darcy's cheek rubbing it gently to try and help ease the soreness of her molars coming in. Darcy settles into Camryn's touch and places a gentle hand against the skin of Camryn's chest right over her beating heart. She falls asleep to the sound of her mumma's voice singing gently to her.
Oh darling don't you ever grow up,
Don't you ever grow up,
Just stay this little.
Oh darling don't you ever grow up,
It could stay this simple
*******
"Hey Cami,"Liam greets, swinging his keys in his hands. Camryn is leaning against the car, her forearms braced against the car and her hands clenched in tight fists.
"Hi,"she pinches out as the sharp pain in her stomach gets worse.
"You alright?"Liam asks, growing concerned as he realizes the pain etched across Camryn's face. Her legs are shaking as they try to hold her up. He runs over to her, abandoning his route to his car to get Niall's guitar out of his car.
"Yeah...fine,"Camryn breaths sharply, resting her forehead against the car door, "I'm just...having...a spasm...it will...go away."
"Can I help you,"Liam offers reaching his arms out towards her, "do you wanna sit?"
"Uh huh,"Camryn nods, whimpering out in pain. Another surge of round ligament pain coursing through her.
"K,"Liam mumbles as he helps support Camryn in one of his arms while trying to use the other arm to open the driver's side of the car, "I gotcha. Go slow." He gently helps Camryn sit on the edge of the driver's seat and she rests the side of her head on the headrest with a whimper, her nails digging into Liam's forearms.
"Do you want me to get Harry,"Liam asks looking worriedly at Camryn. It's only then that he peeks back into the back of the car and sees Darcy sitting in her carseat paying no attention to Liam and her mum. She has her Sleeping Beauty doll in her hands and is murmuring to it quietly. She's become very accustomed over the past couple of weeks to Camryn being in pain from the pregnancy, it doesn't even faze her anymore.
"No no,"Camryn shakes her head rapidly and the hisses in a breath, one of her hands going to her lower stomach, "I'm fine....I don't want him to... worry. He's had to deal with this for so long...I'll be fine....It's gonna...go away." It's a miracle she makes it through the sentences, but she does have to stop to whimper or hiss in a tight breath every few words.
"Cam, he wants to help." Liam tries to convince her gently as he watches her teeth dig into her bottom lip. "He really does, you know Haz. He would kill me if he knew I was out here with you in pain and didn't tell him."
"I know...just take Darcy inside...please. And tell him I'm...on the phone with Gemma." The last part of the sentence is rushed out as Camryn whines lightly and then mumbles a colorful four letter word just enough under her breath to make sure Darcy doesn't hear it.
"Okay,"Liam relents and gently lets go of Camryn's arms that he was also gripping to keep her steady.
He opens up the door to the backseat and Darcy's head pops up from looking at her Sleeping Beauty doll. "Miam!"
"Hi princess, you look so pretty with your hair bow,"Liam smiles and reaches near her chest to begin unbuckling her. "Should we go see daddy?"
"Daddy!"Darcy smiles and throws her arms up for Liam to pick her up. Liam places her on her hip, squeezing her tightly to his chest as a greeting and kissing her cheek. "Call if you need, Cam." Camryn nods with her eyes squeezed shut and her hands on either side of her ginormous stomach.
Liam quickly walks through the parking lot and whispers to Darcy asking her about her day while listening to her babbling responses. She snuggles her head deeper into Liam's neck as she explains that her and Camryn watched Strawberry Shortcake after breakfast. Liam uses his hip to push through the door.
"Did ya grab the guitar?"Niall calls as soon as he hears the door open.
"No,"Liam calls back, "I got distracted by a princess."
Harry's head looks up from the notebook he was writing down lyrics in and looks at Darcy and Liam. His whole face lights up at the sight of Darcy even though he saw her just 7 hours prior. "Well hi, sweet thing." Harry stands up from his seat and walks over to Darcy and takes her out of Liam's arms.
"Hi dada!"Darcy giggles as he places butterfly kisses all over her face.
"Did you and mummy come to visit us?"Harry asks, pressing his forehead against Darcy's and brushing their noses together.
"Listen music!"Darcy lisps running her hands through Harry's curls.
"Yeah, are you and mummy going to listen to our new songs we recorded,"Harry coos to Darcy kissing her little sticky lips gently that taste vaguely of maple syrup, "we need your and mummy's approval."
Darcy smiles in agreement and hugs her arms tighter around Harry's neck, wiggling her little body in his arms.
"How's your mouth feeling?"Harry asks examining her cheeks that look a little less red and swollen from this morning. He puts his palm on her forehead to check her temperature. "Hmm, you don't feel like you have a fever anymore, so that's good. Can daddy look at your teeth?"
Darcy warily opens her mouth, it's still a little sore from the teeth growing in and she has a bit of fear about her parents looking in her mouth since she knows it comes along with them sticking their fingers in and feeling her gums which hurts. Harry examines her red and swollen gums and pouts, "they look a bit better than last night. Do you feel better?"
Darcy whimpers and lays her head on Harry's shoulder, nuzzling her face into his neck to smell his familiar smell. Harry pouts and sways his hips soothing, rubbing his hand up and down her back, "I'm sorry, lovey. Teething is no fun, huh? At least these are your last teeth."
Darcy sighs and blinks up at him enjoying just being held by her daddy.
"Did you and mummy watch shows today?"Harry asks quietly, watching as Darcy's long eyelashes flutter up at him.
"Mummy ouchies,"Darcy says very seriously, picking her head up from his shoulder to look into Harry's green eyes with her blue ones.
"Mummy has ouchies,"Harry asks with a frown, his heart clenching as he realizes that Camryn hasn't walked through the studio doors yet. "Was she having ouchies in the car?"
Darcy nods and places her little palms on Harry's stubbly cheeks, "baby."
Harry sighs and squeezes Darcy tighter in his arms. "Yeah, is the baby in mummy's tummy giving her ouchies?" Darcy nods very seriously at Harry, getting really protective of her mumma.
"Should daddy go and help her?"Harry asks quietly as the boys begin to pay attention to Harry and Darcy.
"Uh huh,"Darcy agrees, continuing to play with his curls.
"Alright, you stay with your uncles, okay?" Harry passes Darcy off to Zayn who immediately hugs her to his chest, swinging her around slightly to make her giggle and squeal.
Harry rushes outside and down to the black Range Rover where he finds Camryn still curled up in the driver's seat, her brows furrowed in pain and her eyes closed with her head hanging down.
"Hi, bug,"Harry whispers, placing a tentative hand on her shoulder.
Camryn looks up at Harry with a pout and whimpers, "I told Liam not to tell you."
Harry chuckles a bit and tucks a lock of blonde hair behind Camryn's ear that fell out of her braid, "he didn't tell me, but our little lady has a big mouth."
Camryn smiles softly as she rubs her hands over her swollen belly, it's still aching in the aftermaths of her spasm, "I'm sorry, sweetheart. I've been so helpless for the past couple of days."
"Hey,"Harry coos, bending down to be eye to eye with Camryn and placing his hands on her knees, "you have not be useless at all. Cam, this is tough. This little bub is making it real rough on you. You've been so strong. I can't imagine having to go through this everyday like you have to."
Camryn nods and wipes at a tear, "thank you. I just feel bad. I feel like I'm always complaining."
"You haven't complained at all,"Harry shakes his head with the most gentle eyes looking over her, "If anything you should complain more, you haven't slept at all in like a week and you're in a ton of pain. You've been so strong. I'm so proud of you. You've taken this way better than I could've, love."
Camryn giggles and places her hands on top of his on her knees, "you're the best, did you know that?"
"I think you are,"Harry flirts, placing both of his hands on her swollen belly and rubbing it softly. "Were you having one of your spasm things?"
"Yeah,"Camryn sighs, rubbing a hand down her face, "and my skin is so itchy." She wrinkles her nose and picks at the white fabric of the tank top she's wearing.
Harry juts out his lower lip in sympathy and kisses her belly gently, "you be nice to your mummy, bud."
"He better be super cute,"Camryn jokes, putting her hands in Harry's curls as he continues to kiss her belly, "that's the only thing that could make up for this."
Harry chuckles and nods, "he better be the most well behaved little thing. I think we deserve that, huh?"
Camryn sniffles and breaks into a smile, "it's only fair."
*******
Camryn winces and holds her gigantic stomach in her hands as she scrunches her face up in pain, dropping her head to Harry's shoulder who's sitting next to her on the couch. Harry dips his chin to kiss the top of Camryn's head.
"I love you,"he whispers as they listen to Darcy squeals in response to Niall chasing her around the studio.
"It hurts so bad,"Camryn mumbles, her nose scrunching as she rubs her hands up and down her stomach.
"I know,"Harry murmurs, "I'm sorry, baby."
All of the boys have been casually watching the couple for the past hour while trying to not make it obvious that they're studying them. They've watched them toss and turn on the couch, trying to find a good position for Camryn that will ease some of the pain, but they haven't been successful yet.
The boys are being absolutely wonderful; doting on Camryn in every way they can even if it's just getting her a glass of water or something as simple as an encouraging smile after she relaxes a bit from a spasm.
She feels a bit uncomfortable and embarrassed, admittedly. She hates being the center of attention, and the boys all know that so they're trying to not make it obvious that they're watching her while she goes through her pains, but she knows they all are.
Niall watches Harry and Camryn as she cuddles into Harry's side and hides her face in his neck. He watches Harry's face break every time Camryn whimpers and he can see how emotionally draining it is for both of them. He feels his heart crumbling to pieces; he's never seen either of his best friends as tired as they are now. They look like they've been awake for two years straight. "I'm gonna take Darcy for an Uncle Niall date today after we're done recording so you two can go home and get some sleep."
"Ni, you don't have to do that,"Harry replies tiredly, his cheek resting on the top of Camryn's head.
"I want to,"Niall insists, "We haven't gotten ice cream in a while, huh little miss." He picks up Darcy and nibbles on her neck making her squeal and giggle.
"Okay,"Harry relents with a grateful smile, "thank you mate, seriously."
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"Babe, that ice cream is about as big as you are!" Niall watches with a grin as Darcy sits on the beach bench that is right outside of the ice cream shop. She looks up at him with a glowing smile, pink and blue cotton candy flavored ice cream coating the edges of her mouth. "Is it yummy?"
"Mmhm,"Darcy hums holding it closer to her mouth and taking another lick, "tank you."
Niall chuckles and wraps his arm tighter around her shoulders, "you're welcome, princess. I've missed having playdates with you. We haven't done this in like two months."
Darcy continues to lick her ice cream, but she can't keep up. It's dripping faster than her little mouth can keep up with and getting all over her hands. She looks up at Niall begging him to help.
"Here,"Niall laughs and takes the cone out of her hands. He licks around the edges of the cone to stop it from dripping and then hands it back to Darcy. "There, all better."
Darcy licks the cone again and then looks up at Niall pointing to her cheek. "No ouchies."
"No ouchies? Does the ice cream help your teeth, hmmm,"Niall smiles widely and kisses the top of her curls.
Niall looks at the little bags under Darcy's eyes showing the nights of sleep that she has lost recently because of her teeth. "It's been a rough few nights for you, hmm?" He swipes his fingers across the blue bags as she looks up at him.
"Mummy has tummy ouchies,"Darcy explains, going back to her ice cream.
"Yeah, mummy's tummy is giving her ouchies, hmm?"
"Baby Lennon."
"Yeah, is baby Lennon causing your mum some trouble?" Niall squeezes Darcy closer to his side. "You're such a good girl, though. You help your mumma so much, right?"
"I give 'isses,"Darcy replies with a proud smile, rainbow sprinkles sticking to the corner of her mouth.
"Yeah, do you give mummy kisses,"NIall smiles down at Darcy and then steals a lick of her ice cream, "you are so nice to your mumma."
"Daddy and I give snuggles,"Darcy proves her point further, her little legs swinging in the air as she continues to lick her fast-melting ice cream cone.
"You and daddy give mummy snuggles,"Niall repeats with a smile, tucking a brown curl behind Darcy's ear to prevent it from getting in her ice cream, "that's so nice of you two. I bet they make her feel so much better."
After Darcy finishes her ice cream, with a lot of help from Niall because it was huge, they kick off their shoes and walk through the sand of the beach towards the ocean.
"Look at the water Darce!"Niall points with the hand that's not holding hers towards the ocean. They swing their interlocked hands as they briskly walk through the warm sand. They walk up to the tide and Darcy squeals as the cold water hits her tiny toes. She squeezes Niall's hand and looks up at him, "cold!"
"It is cold, huh?" Niall kicks some of the water with his feet. He picks up Darcy when the cold water gets too much for her to handle. Niall twirls her around on his hip as she giggles and he continues to kick some of the cold water. He bends down and picks up a rock, handing it to Darcy. "Hey, Darce, throw this towards the water." Darcy smiles and flings her arm back and throws the rock, she knows what to do, Harry and her often do this. The rock only goes a few inches, but Niall cheers her on nonetheless. "Look at that throw! You've got an arm, princess!"
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"It's so quiet,"Harry acknowledges as he helps Camryn through the front door of the house and carefully helps her take off her shoes. The house is eerily quiet without Darcy's little babbles or squeals or giggles.
"It is,"Camryn smiles, holding up her stomach with her arms wrapped around the underside to try and take some pressure off of her back. "I don't really like it."
"Me either,"Harry admits. Both of them hate being away from their little girl. "But, it will help us get some sleep."
Camryn agrees and they walk hand in hand into the living room and sit on the couch in the same position they were in last night, and the night before that, and the night before that, and all of the ones before that for the past 2 weeks.
"I don't want to jinx anything,"Camryn murmurs, her cheek against Harry's shoulder as she sits on his lap, "but I haven't had a spasm in like 5 minutes."
"It's a miracle,"Harry jokes with a tired smile, kissing Camryn's forehead, but really it is a miracle.
"We better sleep while we can,"Camryn murmurs, snuggling in deeper to Harry's shoulder as he continues to press the heating pad against her stomach.
"Don't have to tell me twice,"Harry whispers, already half asleep and rests his head against Camryn's head.
Both of them are asleep in less than two minutes and in true miracle fashion they are able to sleep for four hours as Camryn's spasms remain calm enough to not wake her up.
It doesn't take all of their exhaustion away, but it sure does help them to be able to think straight once they wake up and to remember that they're going to get their little boy out of all this exhaustion and pain. And that makes ever single missed hour of sleep and pained whimper all worth it.
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