Louis pulled to the door of the hospital. Liam was stood outside in a outfit that his parents must have brought him. He was in sweats and Louis was in the same outfit he was yesterday.

*beep*

I love you Louis? What's wrong?

Louis started to text him back but before he could Liam swiped the phone from him as he was getting in.

"I agreed to blowing you and letting you fuck me for the sake of Harry but I did not agree to you taking my phone now give it back." Louis said reaching for it.

Liam punched him in the cheek.

"Follow my rules bud or your sweet Harry is in for a world of hurt." Liam threatened shoving the phone in his pocket.

Louis held his cheek that was bruising by the second. He felt tears roll down his cheeks.

"Where are you taking me?" Liam asked.

"Uh to a hotel cause your dorms not exactly where I want to go...." Louis said wincing at the pain in his cheek from talking.

"I'm not doing any of that in a hotel." Liam scoffed.

Louis wanted to hit the steering wheel but if he did that it would result in Liam hitting him again.

"You know for someone who's just been hit by a bloody delivery truck you sure do recover quick and really amaze me at how your walking about as if it never happened." Louis shot.

"Guess them doctors did a splendid job on fixing me up. I'm just a bit sore and cut up is all." Liam smirked.

"I don't where I can take you then." Louis said.

"Hmm, how about to my fucking dorm." Liam snapped causing Louis to jump.

So he drove to the dorm where he and Harry first met. He hated it so much. He walked like a puppy behind Liam. People told Liam they were sorry about what happened to him and he looked great. Louis however didn't say a word to them. He was quiet the whole time.

"Alright." Liam said locking the door.

Louis swallowed he really didn't want to do this but he wanted Harry and their son safe. Louis stood in the middle of the room waiting on instructions.

"Liam?" Louis said not looking at him.

"What?" he snapped searching for condoms.

"I don't want to blow you what else can I do?" Louis questioned.

Liam thought for a moment.

"Let me be rough with you." Liam said with a happy smile.

"O-okay." Louis stuttered.

Liam instructed him to strip. He swallowed hard and did as he was told. He hit him hard across the back. Smacked his face, and ass. Punched his sides, pulled his hair, jerked him in the position he wanted. He was brutalized. Liam bit his lip so hard it bled so there was a cut on his lip.

He did everything he was told and when it was all over he felt filthy. His body ached, his heart ached. He hated it.

"Liam I let you do everything you wanted. Now promise you won't hurt him?" Louis said with tears in his eyes.

"Cross my heart." Liam said flinging the sheet over his naked torso as Louis got dressed.

He made them do it on Harry's bed. It wasn't rape because it wasn't forced but it sure felt like it. He winced as he put on his shirt.

"Bye." Liam tossed him his phone.

Louis left as quick as his sore body allowed. He felt violated. He drove to the apartment crying and went in. He managed to make it back in plenty of time before the appointment.

"Louis is that you?" Harry called from the bed room.

Louis practically limped to the bedroom pushing open the door. His knees were bruised from where Liam banged them together. Harry looked at him with a look that couldn't be described.

"Lou? What's happened?" Harry said worried as he got off the bed and went to him.

"I had to do it Harry please understand that okay. Please understand that what I'm about to tell you I had to do to keep you safe."

"What the fuck are you talking about? You're scaring me." Harry held his stomach.

Louis and him sat on the bed side by side.

"Liam dared me to go with you, I didn't want to Harry you've gotta believe me. Please," Louis slid off the bed and onto the floor crying into his knees "I did it all to protect you. I'm hurt the way I am because of Liam. He warned that if I didn't do as I was told he-" Louis paused taking a breath "he would hurt you."

Harry remained quiet taking it in.

"So-so you regret William and me and everything about us?" Harry's voice was shakey.

"No, god no Harry. I love you so much and I don't ever regret William. You and him are the best thing that's ever happened to me." Louis cried.

"I don't know what to think Louis." Harry admitted.

"You don't need to think. I did all of this to protect you. He would have gotten one of those other frat people to go with you but no Harry they would have fucked you and left you there. I wanted more from you not because of some stupid bet but because I liked you from the moment I saw you in the dorm I liked you. Then when we kissed that time I knew I loved you and I would have to come clean but I didn't imagine coming clean like this. I don't regret anything with you baby. Not a thing because I loved you then and I love you now. Please." Louis cried into Harry's knees.

Harry scrunched his brows together and slid off the bed so Louis could cry onto his shoulder.

"I understand that Louis, but what you did was wrong." Harry said.

"No, it wasn't that's what you don't understand I did it because no one else was going to have you but me. Those other boys would of hurt you. I couldn't let that happen." Louis cried looking at Harry in the face.

"We got that appointment." Harry said.

Louis nodded on his shoulder.

"Harry I don't want to go knowing your mad at me. I want to fix it now."

Harry sighed.

"I know I should've ran out of here and been angry with you Lou. Honestly I can't be not after what you told me. I love you too much and I hate that you did that with Liam to protect me." Harry said looking at him.

Harry brushed his thumb on Louis' bottom lip.

"Another moment where I ask myself what have I done to deserve you?" Louis said.

Harry smiled.

"Now you need a bloody shower you stink like bad." Harry giggled.

Harry wanted to beat Liams ass just as much as Louis did. He hated Liam for who he acted he was. It was disgusting. He hurt Louis in the worst way possible and that hurt Harry seeing how bruised and beaten he was.

~

The appointment was great. Dr. Jud said everything looked perfect. The baby was still definitely a boy. Harry and Louis both sighed in relief. The doctor told them to come back in two months. So Harry would be 8 months by then.

"Can you believe that in literally 3 months William will be here?" Harry smiled.

"Honestly I can't I'm over the moon about it that's for sure." Louis said.

Harry grabbed his hand and gave it a squeeze.

"We've yet to get him a cot and some more clothes and all." Harry said.

"We can go to the shop when I don't look like I've been in a fight."

"Babe I put up with weird stares all the time and yes they do hurt often, but I'm not letting that stop me. Come on I really want to go shopping for him." Harry gave him a cute little begging face.

Louis smiled and shook his head.

"Okay." Louis gave in.

At the shop they grabbed a few things they should get now. One was the cot they didn't have one that wasn't white so they had to settle on the traditional white cot. That was okay though because they could use for a girl if they ever decided to have another.

Harry looked through the clothes, he found about 10 outfits he liked but he bought them cause Louis was buying the more expensive things. The bottles, the diapers, diaper bag, things along those lines.

"Well this is about three hundred pounds in itself right here." Louis looked at the arm full of things he had.

"At least I'm buying the clothes." Harry smiled.

Harry checked out. His total was £25.65. So it wasn't as much as he thought it was going to be. Louis checked out his total was £245.00 even. His was less then he thought.

They put the things away in Harry's trunk.

"Lou?" Harry said softly.

"Yeah?"

"Did I mean where did he uh make you go?" Harry swallowed.

"I don't want to answer that." Louis said feeling his chest hurt from picturing back to what happened.

Harry was mad at Louis but not nearly as much as he was at Liam. Every part of Harry wanted to march into that dorm and yell at Liam, hit him even.

Louis on the otherhand was aching so much emotionally and physically it felt a huge hole was being dug into his chest. He wished he never had to do what he did, but he had to. As Harry gently touched his thigh, it made him feel a little more relaxed. It still didn't take away the hurt he felt.

"Harry I don't understand why you didn't run from me when I told you that." Louis said breaking the silence.

Harry looked at him silently for a beat.

"I want to Louis it's taking everything in me to not." Harry said.

Louis' eyes watered.

"Then why don't you?" he cried.

"Because I can't Louis, I just can't." he caught himself from yelling at him.

"Go on Harry, yell at me. I deserve it." Louis said sounding horrible as they pulled into the car park of the apartments.

"Stop Louis! Would you just stop?!" Harry finally snapped yelling "I want to leave you as I should. William isn't keeping me here. I'm here because well I don't know why." Harry said crying.

Louis got out the car and started grabbing the baby things out the trunk.

"So that's it?" Harry said.

"No that's not it Harry, I just fucking hate myself for doing that to you." Louis sat down on the curb beside the car.

Harry joined him by standing in front of him. He was unable to sit that low because of how pregnant he was.

"Lou look at me." Harry said through tears.

Louis looked at him slowly. It was cold out, mid January was always cold. Harry was starting to get cold which wasn't good.

"I can't say I hate you for doing that to me, but I will admit I'm mad at you." Harry said.

Louis stood back up just inches from him.

"Remember people aren't always what they seem, I wasn't what I seemed Harry, Liam sure as hell wasn't, but what I'm trying to say is-" Louis took Harry's face between his hands caressing it "I wasn't who I really was because of you," Harry went to pull away but Louis kept him there gently "I protected you from them baby. This was all for you. You are no bet if anything you're the grand prize. A beautiful spectacular prize baby. I love you so much you know that?"

"I know," Harry whispered inches from his lips "I know."

Louis kissed him quickly.

"I protected you from them because my god if they did those nasty horrible things they wanted to do to you. I would of...." Louis didn't know what he would of done.

He didn't want to know.

"I understand babe I finally understand." Harry cried.

"Thank god." Louis was relieved and he kissed Harry victoriously.

Harry wasn't a bet to him, he never was. He was a beautiful savior. He was Louis' savior. Harry was his the first day he saw him way before the bet. Louis knew he had to have him, even if it meant going through a damned bet just to have him because Liam threatened he would hurt him by having one of his other "boys" have a go at him. The day he walked in on the conversation he wanted to scream he's mine! Instead he said I'll do it, and he did. He got what was rightfully HIS against all odds. He fought for what's HIS. He protected what is HIS. He got what was HIS. He has what is THEIRS.

A baby boy due 18th April, 2017.

"You weren't ever a bet to me you know?" Louis said breaking the silence as he admired Harry.

Harry stopped and looked at Louis with an understanding smile.

"I know Lou."

Harry crossed to him and leaned against the frame of the door as Louis pinned him against it. Louis kissed him passionately for the longest time and broke the kiss smiling at Harry.

"I was everything to you." Harry said and smiled.