Vikk's P.O.V.
I slammed my head onto my pillow and sighed. It had been a longgggg day.
I was finally moved into my own house after months and months of planning and days of moving my things and some tearful goodbyes from the other boys who still lived in the Sidemen house. It was another few days before Lachlan would be moving in, but no one else knew.
We had decided to keep his moving in a secret just because no one knew about our relationship but I would need his support in the following months because the other big secret I had was that... I was pregnant.
4 months pregnant to be exact and my belly was beginning to show now, so I couldn't keep it a secret for much longer. My moving out would hopefully keep it a secret for a little longer as there was no one around to find out about it, and I wasn't ready to come out just yet.
I was honestly amazed that none of the other boys had figured out that anything was wrong, I had had morning sickness for several weeks but none of them noticed, showing how aware they were of their surroundings.
I reached into my pocket for my phone to call Lachlan and he picked up at once.
"Hey baby boy! How are you? You moved in yet?" I smiled to myself, I hadn't talked to him all day.
"Hey Lachy, I'm fine. The boys have all just left." I sad tiredly, resting my head on my arm. "I'm so goddamn tired though, I can't wait for you to get here."
"I can't wait either, is everything looking okay?" He was obviously concerned for me and my health, he hadn't wanted me to do any heavy moving but I didn't really have any choice if I didn't want to reveal my secrets.
"It's fine Lachy, baby's fine, I'm fine." We hadn't found out the gender yet, my next check up was in a week when Lachlan would be there. He'd be able to see his baby for the first time and hopefully we could find out the gender.
"Good. No one suspected anything?" I laughed.
"Which anything are you referring too?" I had three secrets, big secrets, the first was that I was pregnant, the second that I was gay and Lachlan was my partner and the third which no one but Lachlan and my family knew about, was that I was transgender. I, Vikram Barn, had been born Victoria Barn as a female.
I had had top surgery years ago, pretty much as soon as I had turned 18 and the scars had healed in such a way that they weren't visible unless you were looking for them which most people weren't.
"Everything Vikky." Lachlan was laughing on the other side of the phone.
"No, nothing. They're so oblivious sometimes, honestly."
"Maybe that's a good thing baby, gives you time to think." I shrugged.
"True." I sighed. "I can't wait for you to get here. An empty house is so lonely without anyone here."
"Neither can I but I'll be there soon okay? I love you Vikky."
"I love you too Lachy." With that I hung up the phone and settled in for a few days of loneliness before my boyfriend got there. "I love you too." I whispered into the darkness.
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"Vikky!!!" I launched myself up from my bed as fast as my body could carry me and down the stairs to the front door, but I was met half way by my blonde boyfriend who immediately leaned down and kissed me in an impatient kiss that showed me just how much he had missed me.
We stood on the stairs and hugged, kissed and just basked in each others warmth for minutes, relinquishing in the fact that our partner was here, in the flesh.
"Hey Lachy..." I whispered, leaning up to kiss him again. He hugged me tight.
"Oh Vikky I love you so goddamn much. I missed you so, so much!!!" I laughed and clung to him. We had seen each other only 4 months previously... obviously... but we still missed each other in their absence. It was hard being apart.
His hand came down and was placed over my stomach, his eyes connecting with mine. This was the first time he had really met his baby, neither of us knew about them the last time he had been there and because it was an accident, neither of us had been expecting them.
"Hey little baby... my little baby..." He was talking to my stomach and I laughed, biting down on the back off my fist to stop the giggles coming out. "Oi! Why are you laughing at me!?" He was pouting.
"Awwwww!" I cooed. "You're my big baby!" He giggled and buried his head in my neck, one hand on either hip and rocking gently from side to side.
"I missed you so much Vikky. I love you."
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"You ready? I have to warn you, it's gonna be cold." I nodded, Lachlan squeezing my hand tightly. I yelped as the cold, clear gel was placed on my stomach and Lachlan suppressed a smile as the nurse grinned and rolled her eyes at me. "What did I say? Now..."
The machine beside he was also turned on and as she switched on something else, a low constant thumping came into the room.
"There you go. That's your baby's heartbeat." Lachlan and I were both grinning, squeezing our hands and sharing excited glances as she scanned around my stomach with the... scanner. "It all looks good, head looks about the right shape, arms and legs look good. You're four and a half months yes?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, do you want to know the gender?" I looked up at Lachlan, whose nose was now resting on the top of my head, and we both nodded. "Well congratulations, you're having a little girl!"
Lachlan squealed and hugged me tightly, his eyes fixed on the screen that showed our little girl.
"We're having a girl!" He whispered into my ear. The nurse smiled.
"Any thoughts on a name yet?" Lachlan smiled, carding his hand through my hair. Yes, there was a name.
"Bailey."
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"Hey Vikk?" I looked up from my computer.
"Yeah?"
"Have you thought about coming out to the guys yet?" I nodded. There had been a lot of thought towards coming out to them and I knew it would have to be all at once. I would have to tell them that I was pregnant and to do that I would have to tell them I was trans and again I would also have to tell them that I was gay and with Lachlan.
"It'll have to be soon, I know, I can't exactly hide my pregnancy for much longer. My belly's pretty obvious now." At 6 months pregnant my belly could no longer be hidden by shirt or sweaters and I had actually taken to wearing Lachlan's clothes because a lot of mine now longer fit about my stomach.
"Do you know how you want to do it? And do you want me to be with you?" I nodded, I couldn't do it alone.
He came and dragged me from my computer chair and onto our bed, where he trailed his hand up and down my exposed stomach, whispering to Bailey the whole time. Bailey Morgan Power. We had decided to go with Lachlan's last name because we both knew that I would change my last name some time in the future.
We were young but we wanted to stay together for our little girl, who Lachlan didn't want to see grow up in a broken home like he had. His parents had divorced when he was young and he didn't want to see the same for our girl.
We knew we had the capability to stay together, we had already been together for 4 years and were now moving in together so it was going along steadily. It was too early to think of marriage, and now we had her to think of.
"Do you want to do it soon?"
"Yes." He smiled and kept talking to little Bailey.
"Whenever you decide, you know that I'll be here for you when you do."
"Thanks Lachy and I know. I really do."
Part 2
Vikk's P.O.V.
I wrapped my arms around my belly, self conscious of the fact that it was very, very obvious and anyone could notice it even if were completely oblivious. Lachlan stood at my side, rubbing my shoulders gently in an attempt to calm my anxiety.
The boys, as in all of the Sidemen and several other friends who I trusted including both Cal's, were coming around to our house so the both of us could come out. None of the others were aware of the fact that Lachlan was there, surprise number one.
It was a few minutes until the first of them would begin arriving and even the most ignorant or oblivious of them would be able to tell exactly what was happening. I no longer fit any of my clothes because of my stomach or because everything was so swollen and I had taken to wearing Lachlan's clothes completely.
Somehow my boyfriend had been living with me for two months and no one knew. It was easy to trick his viewers, he had a green screen for his background so his move was so easy that I was almost funny and we just had to be careful not to interrupt each other during livestreams.
"Are you okay Vikk?" I shook my head. Frankly, I was terrified. I had no idea how any of them were going to react, how they would take it, even if they would support Lachlan and I. I hoped with everything in my heart that they would because we knew that we would need a lot of help with Bailey.
"Everything's gonna be okay Vikky, it's going to be okay. I will be with you the whole time and I will support you the whole way, I need you to know that. Trust me." I smiled and desperately fought the tears that were forming in my eyes.
I jumped as there was a knock on the door and Lachlan stood up to answer it. I heard the yells of surprise.
"Lachlan! What the hell are you doing here!!!" He ignored them.
"Come in, just take your shoes off." It was the Sidemen house group and what sounded like Tobi too, all shocked and confused. Lachlan led them to the living room where I was lying with a blanket over my stomach and they all sat down on the couches around me. Tobi spoke first.
"Is everything okay Vikk? Why's Lachlan here?" I shook my head.
"Wait for the others to get here. I don't think I can explain everything twice." Simon, the one sitting closest to me, looked me over and to my surprise he didn't notice anything because of the blanket.
"But is everything okay?" I nodded.
"Yes. It's okay." Lachlan sat beside me and I rested my head on my shoulder as he wrapped his arm around my shoulder. We sat in silence until the rest of the boys arrived within the next 5 minutes and to my surprise, no one arrived late. They must had known something was up.
Once everyone was there and sitting down, Lachlan was the first to do anything. He turned my head and pecked my cheek gently.
The reaction was immediate.
"Oh my god!!!" "No way!!!" "Yes!!! OTP! OTP! O! T! P!" "You're together!!!" "Yes I knew it!!!" "Boom bitch! Pay up!"
I giggled at their excited and surprised reaction but no one, and I mean no one, had a bad reaction to the news that we were together. They were all surprised, happy, excited, anything that wasn't mad or angry pretty much. I was happy.
Lachlan leaned down and whispered in my ear, "I told you baby. Everything 'ill be okay."
Once everything calmed down I spoke up.
"I assume you all worked it out, but yes, Lachlan and I have been together." Ethan yelled over top of me.
"How long!" I smiled to myself, tracing patterns with my fingers along his leg.
"4 years. 4 years 3 months ago actually." I saw their eyes all go wide and there were cheers and some yells of 'get some!'
"Holy hell! How did you manage to keep that from us!" I shrugged.
"It wasn't hard if I'm being honest, you lot are so oblivious. He's lived here for two months by the way, a few days after I moved in." The yelling began again, mostly of 'how!?' Lachlan interrupted.
"That isn't the only thing we're telling you today, so I suggest you shut up." He was tense, I could tell he was tense, and his anxiety came through in his voice.
"Hey it's okay Lachy, this is my choice you now." I whispered up to him, loud enough that the others could hear me. He smiled and placed his chin on the top of his head.
"I know. You're still anxious though, I can tell." I rested my head up against him. "You ready?" I nodded and took in a deep breath.
"One of the other things that I need to tell you is that... I'm transgender." This time there was silence from everyone. It was a few seconds before Josh spoke up.
"Vikk, I know that you're trans. I've known for quite a long time actually, and if I'm being completely honest, I don't give a fuck. And I don't mean to sound rude, but I don't care. You're Vikk, you're you, and nothing can change that." I smiled.
"Thank you Josh but how the hell did you know?"
"We shared a hotel room, you took your top off and turned to look at me without thinking. I saw the top surgery scars and figured it out from there." I nodded.
"So. Anyone?" Simon shrugged.
"Mate I don't think any of us give a shit if I'm being honest. You're still the same Vikk we knew 10 minutes again, know we just know something more about you." There was a general consensus of yeah and true. Then Callux picked up on something I had said earlier.
"You said that you being trans was one of the things you have to tell us... so what's the other?" I could tell he was simply curious, there was no hint of hate or anything else underneath his words.
I sighed and closed my eyes while Lachlan squeezed me tightly, whispering in my ear.
"It's okay, it's okay." I leant into him and just breathed for a few minutes while I tried to find the courage to tell them about the last thing.
I decided the best thing to do wasn't to speak and was instead just to show them so, a little shakily admittedly, I stood up from the couch and let the blanket fall to the ground, which unveiled by stomach. And once again, there was silence.
This time there was no talking, no yelling, just staring as they tried to process what they were seeing and what I just unveiled to them. I was pregnant. JJ spoke first.
"Holy shit. Holy shit. Holy shit!" I looked away and sat back down beside Lachlan, who squeezed me tightly and pressed a light kiss into my forehead. Then Harry spoke up.
"Vikk... you're pregnant?" I nodded.
"6 months." I whispered, barely loud enough that they could hear me. Harry stood up and came towards me, leaning down and hugged me tightly. I stood and he hugged me even tighter, his arms coming around and squeezing.
"Congratulations Vikky." I smiled and hugged him back. "You're doing good."
Slowly the others came around and one by one they stood up and hugged me, whispering words of congratulations into my ear. Some of them also hugged Lachlan, who they had rightly assumed to be the father of my baby.
Simon was the first to question me. He placed one hand on my stomach and looked me right in the eyes, smiling.
"Boy or girl?"
"Girl. Bailey Morgan Power." At Power Simon raised his eyebrows. 'Power?' He mouthed. I nodded.
"Well congratulations then. I'm sure you'll both be great dads." Then he hugged me tightly again and that was it.
They all knew. They all knew about everything and they all took it amazingly.
"Congrats to Vikk and Lachlan, the new dads!!!"
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"Lachlan!" I cried out, I was panicked. My water had broken, almost 3 weeks earlier than the due date and my first thoughts were to panic because what the hell was I supposed to do?!
Lachlan scrambled down the stairs and as soon as he knew what was going on he grabbed my hand, dragged me to the chair and drove like a maniac to get to the hospital. I was honestly surprised that we didn't crash or get pulled over by the police, but we made it.
I was rushed into the hospital and the nurse took one look at me before deciding to go for an emergency C-section. I knew that I was meant to have a C-section anyway so I wasn't complaining, but I certainly wasn't expecting to have one so early.
There were sheets all around me so neither me nor Lachlan could actually see what was happening, but with Lachlan right beside me, I managed to remain calm. He spent the whole time whispering in my ear and simply waiting until we heard the cries of our little girl.
She was washed quickly and wrapped in a towel before being held right beside my head where I could see her. I was exhausted but I held onto my strength for a few minutes longer while I stroked her hair and looked into the eyes of my little girl, Bailey, for the first time.
She was beautiful. She had my darker skin but as she wailed and opened her eyes, I saw the sky blue eyes that belonged to Lachlan looking right back up at me. She was beautiful.
Lachlan came and crouched beside me, using a single finger to stroke the top of her head and smiled.
"She's beautiful, just like you." A nurse came down beside us and smiled.
"We'll take her to the NICU, then we'll take you to a separate room to recover. She perfectly healthy, especially for a baby that's 3 weeks early, and we'll keep an eye on her for a few hours before you can have her in your room. You'll be released tomorrow." I nodded and then she left with my little girl bundled in her arms while Lachlan and I waited to be moved back into our separate room.
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I smiled and Bailey lay asleep in my arms, still resting on my hospital bed. It was the next morning and she had been released from the NICU a few hours ago having been kept overnight for observation just in case.
Once she was given back to us, neither of us wanted to let her go and simply held onto her, letting her sleep in my arms. We had been allowed to feed her too and it was amazing to see her just... live, something that I had created, something that had been born because of myself and Lachlan.
We had spent quiet a while point out which features had come from each of us. She had Lachlan's eyes and nose and my skin colour and mouth and although we couldn't quite tell what her hair colour was, we thought it looked quite dark.
Around 10 o'clock the Sidemen came to visit me, Lachlan and Bailey and they spent about an hour cooing over her and congratulating us on her birth.
We were released at half past 11 and the two of us headed home, placing Bailey in the room we had decorated for her so that she could sleep. The two of us collapsed onto the couch and Lachlan smiled, tracing the scar that ran down my stomach from the C-section.
Lachlan stood when Bailey started crying for us and brought her back out to us, giving her to me and letting me lean up against him as I comforted her. I smiled.
"You're my boy." He whispered to me softly. He then looked down at our little girl, still nestled in my arms, now calm. "And you're my girl."