Four and a half Years Earlier..

Portugal.

Harry's POV

The cheers and screams from New Years Eve still echos in my ears. The adrenaline we all felt was indescribable, I loved everything that happened that night. Turning to Steph, I can't help but look at her stomach, she's not showing as it's only the beginning of the pregnancy but it's the fact that I know inside, there is a tiny little life growing.

Life couldn't be better right now, sharing a villa with some amazing people that happens to be on the sea front is beyond perfect. I watch Steph as she sits at the end of the pool with her feet dipped in the water. Chloe and Lucy have now joined her, a smile plays on all of their lips as Liam carries out some cocktails.

"Come on Styles!" Louis grins as he looks up at me. I glance down from our balcony and nod as I finish taking in the Portugal view. Stephanie also glances up and catches my eye, she winks seductively before taking her straw in the cocktail glass and begins to drink. I run a hand through my hair as I step away and make my way down stairs.

"Cold Portuguese Beer?" Zayn asks as he hands a bottle to me. I happily take it and swig my first taste which actually surprises me. It tastes good, really good. "This villa is incredible." He adds as we hover in the kitchen, it's twice the size of ours back at the flat which is an added bonus. The living room is double the size of the kitchen, everything made from white stone and interior is a soft grey. It feels to posh fir me but at the same time, I wouldn't swap this place for anything else.

"I know mate" I smile as we make our way out the back to the pool. Chloe and Lucy are giggling whilst drinking their cocktails and I suddenly realise, Steph has one too. I didn't think earlier but she can't have one, she knows it's not good for the baby.

"Steph.." I call and she turns around and looks at me. I let my eyes fall to her drink and try to somehow communicate with her without speaking. She frowns unsure and stands up, I look at the others as Louis jumps in the pool splashing the girls.

"What's up?" She asks casually and I move closer to her and quieten my voice.

"You shouldn't be drinking." I say and she looks at me as she steps back, she places her hand on my arm and softly smiles.

"It's a mocktail, I had to tell Liam that I couldn't drink. So don't panic!" She chuckles as she takes another sip. The thought of Liam knowing is slightly distressful. I'm full of confidence that he will keep our secret quiet and he wouldn't breathe a word to anyone but, it's just too early for anyone to know incase anything goes wrong. I couldn't bear the thought of having to explain to people that Stephanie is no longer pregnant. I will try to avoid that as much as I can.

"Okay, but only Liam knows. I don't want to jinx anything." I answer and Stephanie nods and wraps her arms around me.

"Okay." She kisses my cheek before letting go of me.

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Stephanie's POV

Slowly I dip my big toe into the fresh salty water. I love the beach, I love the sand, the sun and of course the crystal blue water. I could swim for days, well not literally, but I love swimming. It fascinates me to think what life is in the water that we swim in. I hope one day I can go diving and learn some more about what lies beneath.

Taking another step I feel myself warming to the cold water. All I want now is to swim as far as possible without panicking Harry. He isn't too confident when it comes to swimming out far, he's admitted he's a little worried about how easy it is to swim out but it's the swimming back that's worse. You have no choice but to continue, I guess he just worries about certain situations like that.

"Hey." Harry joins me as he takes my hand. I entwine my fingers with his as we slowly continue to walk further letting the water rise to my knees. "Jeez that's cold." He gasps as he tightens his grip on my hand.

"It gets better." I laugh as I pull him in a little deeper, I hear him shout my name as I suddenly lunge forward and drag him down so the water covers our bodies. "That will quicken the temperature change." I laugh as he starts to swim to keep warm.

"A little warning would have been nice!!" He pants as he swims further, I start to catch him up. Once we start to feel a little comfortable, we stop and turn to each other. My legs wrap around his waist as my arms drape around his neck. I remember as a kid I'd see couples in the sea hugging and kissing, I'd always wonder why they had to do that when they could simply get a room and stop being gross. Now I'm one of those people, a hypocrite too. But I don't care. Somehow it feels quite romantic having my body pressed so tightly to his.

"I love your wet hair look." I grin as I move his hair from his face. He does the same to me and kisses me quickly.

"Could say the same about you. It's hard to keep this PG right now." He smirks as his hands grip on to my bottom. I laugh as I hug him tighter allowing my head to rest on his shoulder as I listen to the sea waves gently crashing together.

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Present.

I open the door to see Harry holding two beers in his hand with a slight smile on his face. Oh it's been so long since we've even seen each other like this, for once it's not for Amelia but foe ourselves. I've forgotten how bad I've wanted it too.

"Come in." I try to keep my voice as quiet as possible. Zayn and Chloe have only just decided to turn in, good job as well as I don't think I could bear a hundred and one questions from her.

"This is slightly weird." Harry laughs nervously as he steps inside and I close the door.

"I know." I agree too quickly and he just laughs. I guide him to the living room and we take a seat.

"As I promised, an extra beer." He says as he tries not to smirk whilst handing me the drink. I thank him and move my postion so I'm not sat so close to him. "Do you think this is a bad idea?" He asks quietly as I think he's able to pick up on the tension in the room.

"No." I answer even though part of me disagrees. If anything I think I'm teasing myself by having him here.

"Good." He smiles as he sips his beer. "Well, this is different." He smirks as he doesn't look at me. "But good too." He adds and I can't help but feel thrilled by his extra words.

"It's good we can finally do things like this, at a mature level" I answer and he nods. "But we have to be careful for Amelia's sake, it's no good getting her hopes up for nothing." I add and he looks at me.

"But it's good for her to see we can get on, like friends." Harry says and I look away. That F word is always hard to hear from the person you love. My, I just admitted it to myself. I still love him, much more than I had realised or even admitted. "Did I say something wrong?" He asks and I slowly look at him.

"No, of course not." I smile as I take abother large sip. "It's going to be hard and strange to be doing this with you. It's just adjusting to it that's all." I add and he nods whilst keeping a very serious face.

"It's not going to be easy. But I think we can do it. " Harry answers with encourage in his voice. Maybe he's right, perhaps after a certain amount of time feelings will die and things will change. "How about we put some tv on? Have you been watching Game Of Thrones?" He asks and I shake my head.

"No, Zayn's been watching it." I answer as I notice he's spotted Zayn's dvd collection. "Do you watch it?" I ask and he shakes his head.

"No, but you can put it on if you want?" He suggests and I find myself getting up and turning the dvd player on and the tv. This is going to be interesting.

Notes

Firstly,
I apologise if anyone noticed that I got the names wrong for Stephanie's friend, I wrote April, who is a character in my other story, instead of Chloe. It was my last chapter that I posted. Sorry for any confusion, but I've amended the errors now :)

So, what do you think so far? It's time we start going back and getting some answers about these characters. There will be so many flashbacks and I hope you'll enjoy them all as I will write them more detailed than before.

Massive thank you for sticking with me on this story and to everyone who is taking their time to read :)

xx