#dad!miniminter

The morning of I packed my suitcase, had some lunch then we left just after two. Tobi picked me and Simon up. "Hi!" I smiled as I hopped in the back seat next to Faith, who was in the middle with Ethan on her other side. Simon sat in the passenger seat, which was a little annoying since the whole point of this trip was to spend more time with him. Josh and Freya were going to be driving with JJ. We sang mamma Mia songs and the boys tried to act cool but eventually joined in with me and Faith. After almost three hours we were at the hotel.

We got out and I signed as I stretched my legs. Freya text me that she was just a few minutes away so we waited until they arrived. Once they did I excitedly greeted Freya with a hug. "You alright JJ?" Simon asked. He groaned, looking very sleepy. "He's been asleep the entire time." Josh explained. I chuckled. Once we'd checked in the staff took our bags up to our rooms. We went to freshen up and get ready for dinner.

I emerged from the ensuite bathroom wearing a short black dress. "Wow." Simon breathed out. I smiled "you like?" I did a twirl. "More than that, I love." He brought me into a quick kiss. It felt really nice to finally have some time with him, even if it was just five minutes. When I finished we headed downstairs in the lift to meet everyone in the lobby. We walked to the small yet pretty fancy restaurant that was just ten minutes from the hotel.

The entire dinner Simon was being really touchy. His hand ran up and down my thigh as I tried desperately to focus on my conversation with Freya. It's been a while since we've had sex, since we were so caught up in work, so I'm quite touch deprived. As we walked back to the hotel Simon kept his arm wrapped tightly around my waist, pulling me into him. I said good night to the girls then we headed up to our room.

When we made it into our room Simon immediately pressed me up against the wall. He kissed me desperately as his hands roamed my body. I moaned lightly into the kiss. I pulled at the hem of his shirt, thankfully he took the hint and pulled it off. Then he moved his attention to my dress. The thin straps fell off my shoulders and in seconds it was in a pile at my feet, along with my thong. I kicked them away then began unbuttoning his pants. We both clearly needed this because we definitely weren't taking our time. I yanked his pants and boxers down. They sat at his thighs, not bothering to take them off fully.

He grabbed my leg, placing it around his waist, so he had better access. Just before we did anything else I realised that we didn't have a condom and I wasn't currently on the pill. "Wait," I stopped him breathlessly. "We don't have a condom." I whispered out. He stopped in thought. "Maybe we don't need one." He replied after a few seconds.

My brows furrowed. "What?" He looked at me. My eyes widened "you mean- you-" "I want to have a baby with you." He finished my sentence. "Omg..." I was completely shocked. We had talked about it and we're married so it made sense but I didn't think it would be right now. A smile spread across my face at the thought of a mini us. Then I looked up at him "I want that too." "Are you sure because-" I stopped his talking by forcefully kissing him.

Three months later...

Just over a month after that night I found out I was pregnant. We weren't really expecting it to work the first time but we're so glad it did. We had to keep it a secret up until twelve weeks. But I just turned thirteen weeks yesterday so today we're finally telling everyone. Our parents already knew as we told them last week but we're yet to tell the boys, Faith or Freya.

"You ready?" Simon asked as we sat in the car, outside of the restaurant. Simon had planned a dinner especially for telling everyone. "I think so." I replied before taking a deep breath. "Ok let's go." Simon hopped out the car then quickly came around to the passenger side to open my door. "Always a gentleman."

When we walked into the restaurant we were taken to the private room. The waitress opened the door to a large but cosy room that had a long table in the centre. We were the first here so we picked our seats and prepared ourselves to announce the biggest news of our lives to our friends.

Soon they started arriving. First was Josh and Freya, then Tobi and Vik (who arrived at the same time), Harry, Ethan and Faith and finally JJ. Everyone took a seat then we ordered some drinks. We were planning on telling everyone with a dessert that read 'mini Minter coming November 2024...' in chocolate sauce, but I hadn't thought about the fact I couldn't drink so I was really hoping they didn't get suspicious. Thankfully I got away with it.

Today I'm telling Simon. I had to wait a few days since he was away for a sidemen video, which was torture but it gave me time to think of a cute way to do it. I decided that I was going to make a cute present containing some little ugg boots, a baby grow and the pregnancy test.

I placed the box on the kitchen counter then waited for Simon to arrive home. "5 minutes away x" he text me and my heart rate sped up. After the longest five minutes of my life he finally walked through our front door.

"Hi!" I smiled as we shared a tight hug. "I missed you." He whispered into my hair. "I missed you too. I have a surprise." His brows furrowed. "Come." I led him over to the kitchen, pointing to the little box. We sat down and he slowly opened it. His eyes widened and his mouth dropped open as he stared at the contents. "You're- oh my god!" A bright smile graced his features as he stood to pull me into a hug. "I'm gonna be a dad!" I could hear in his voice that he was getting choked up, which was very rare since he never cries. "Yes you are." I replied, my heart filled with pure happiness.

The next few weeks were... tough. I had awful morning sickness and felt terrible all of the time. Simon did as much as he could to be supportive and look after me but there wasn't much he could actually do. We were also trying to keep the fact that I was pregnant a secret until twelve weeks but it was proving quite difficult.

When it finally came time to tell everyone I felt relieved that I wouldn't have to hide it any longer and also so excited that we could finally share the amazing news with our favourite people. Faith and Ethan were the first to find out since I had bumped into them at the hospital while leaving an ultrasound (that unfortunately Simon couldn't be at). They were there with Olive for a check up and I didn't really have an excuse so I just told them. Faith practically screamed as she pulled me into a tight hug. Ethan was just as happy.

Simon was a little bummed that he didn't get to see their reactions but he understood why. Next up was the rest of the boys and the side girls. We decided to do them all in one go so we arranged a little get together to surprise them.

After buying food, cleaning the downstairs and making a playlist I got ready. Simon ran out to get a few last minute things while I took a shower, styled my hair, applied some makeup and got changed into a cute outfit. I only had a small bump as of yet so thankfully that wouldn't ruin the surprise.

As people started to arrive I greeted them and led them towards the living room. Soon everyone was here and it was time. "Ready?" I asked Simon, whispering into his ear. "Yeah." He smiled back at me. I took a deep breath. "We have a little surprise for you all!" I announced. I saw Faith's face immediately light up. "I'm pregnant!"

Cheers filled the room as Freya began crying, JJ practically jumped onto Simon and Ethan proudly bragged to Harry about the fact he already knew. As everyone calmed down they all congratulated us. The party was amazing, the vibes were impeccable and we all had a great time.

As my bump began to grow and people were starting to suspect us on instagram we decided it was time to tell the fans. We announced it with a mirror selfie of me and Simon in our bedroom. He had on his best thumbnail face and I downed a bright smile. He held the most recent ultrasound photo in his hand. Both of us dressed in comfy clothes, my sweatpants placed underneath my bump. The internet went crazy.

Just a week before the gender reveal the baby began kicking. It was a lovely moment. It happened just as I was about to fall asleep. Simon's hand placed comfortably on my bump as we lay in a comfortable silence. Then I felt it, it was strange but so comforting, I knew he or she was ok. We'd been expecting it since the doctor had told us that it would happen soon at our last appointment. "Simon," I turned around in his arms. "I think the baby just kicked!" I whisper shouted. His eyes widened, hands immediately on my stomach. Kick. He looked up at me with pure adoration.

We wanted to find out the gender in a fun way so we decided on a balloon pop; simple but cute. We had a company come round to set up a balloon arch with different sized pink and blue balloons but Faith and Freya helped me to decorate the rest our garden. It looked so cute by the end. It was just going to be mine and Simon's closet family along with the troops and their girlfriends.

Me and Simon both dressed in white, everyone else wore whatever they wanted but most of them wore ether blue or pink depending on what they thought the gender would be. I was fully convinced that it was a boy but Simon thought that it was a girl, nether of us really minded though.

My heart raced as we stood in front of everyone. Simon holding the balloon while I held a needle. Everyone counted down, "5! 4! 3! 2! 1!" I popped the ballon and blue confetti filled the air. Simon pulled me in a warm embrace, my eyes began to stream and the boys jumped around excitedly. "I knew it man! I called it!" JJ shouted. "I was right." I whispered into Simon's ear with a sniffle. "You always are."

The pregnancy flew by and soon I felt like a whale out of water, I was uncomfortable and just wanted to meet our baby boy. We'd finished the nursery and all of the baby shopping, we were now just waiting.

"Simon! Simon wake up!" I shook my boyfriend awake. He shot up. "Wha- what's wrong?!" He panicked. "My water broke!" I said with a smile. I wasn't stressed at all, just excited. Simon on the other hand was a mess. He was frantically running around our home trying to get himself ready. I calmly got dressed then sat on the couch next to the pre packed hospital bag. "Ok, let's go!" He grabbed the bag then helped me up.

Just a few hours later I held our baby in my arms. Thankfully the labour was quick and after getting an epidural I absolutely fine, well other than the fact I had to push a human out of me. None of it mattered now though because me and the baby were both fine and healthy.

A week later -after I had mostly recovered- the boys came round to meet Louie (which is the name we chose). "Oh my god! He's so cute," Faith gushed as she held Louie. "We're gonna need to make another one of these asap." She turned to Ethan. His eyes widened. I chuckled. "Ok, My turn!" JJ shuffled so he was straight in his chair, placing his arms out ready. Faith passed the baby over.

Simon's pov:

"I can do this. Everything is gonna be fine." I tried to reassure myself. I sat on the couch and got comfy, rocking Oscar back and forth gently. After just an hour he began hysterically crying. "Shh, it's ok daddy's here, shh. Please." I pleaded to the small but extremely loud baby in my arms. I've already tried changing his nappy, giving him some of his lunch (he wanted nothing to do with it) and putting him down for his nap a little early but he just continued to cry.

I couldn't call y/n because she's in the middle of a very important meeting. So I text the boys: "guys I don't know what to do he won't stop fucking crying😫" I got a reply almost immediately "we're just about to film for the pod, bring him here?" Tobi text. I sighed in relief "you sure? I don't want him to disturb you" "yes mate, I've been wanting to see him for ages!!" Harry replied. I quickly got myself and Oscar ready, grabbed the bag y/n had thankfully packed for me and left.

The drive felt like torture, I was desperately trying to focus on the road while a screaming baby wiggled in the back seat. When I finally parked up outside the tall building where we film more sidemen and things for side+ I quickly got out and grabbed Oscar from the back. When I got inside I checked in and apologised for the interruption, thankfully everyone was really nice about it. "How can someone this little make such a loud noise?" I thought to myself as the lift came to a stop.

"Hey! I could hear you coming from down the hall." Tobi said once I made it to the office. "Yea." I replied tiredly. "Oscar!" Harry shouted, running up to us "oh nelly. Can I hold him?" He asked. I nodded quickly. Harry gently took him from my arms and went to sit down in the side cast set. He stopped crying. I mentally thanked Harry. "How on earth does y/n do this, she's amazing" I thought. One of the team members brought me a coffee and I quickly drank it as I watched Harry gently rock Oscar. "I never knew you were so good with kids." Tobi spoke to the Guernsey boy. "Yea, before Oscar and Olive came about I assumed you didn't like em." I added. Harry chuckled quietly.

"The girls are gonna go crazy when they see that pod." Tobi said as we left, referring to the fact Harry sat with a baby the entire time we were filming and kept getting distracted by his light snoring. I laughed "one hundred percent." Harry sighed "well I better get home, see you boys tomorrow." I nodded "thank you guys, I seriously don't think I could have gotten through today if it wasn't for you." I said sincerely. "Don't sweat it, we know you'd do the same." Tobi stated.