Liam’s POV:
“My mommy talks like you too.” She giggled. Oh no.

“Who’s your mommy?” Niall asked this time. I guess Lexi wasn’t paying attention or didn’t hear, but she didn’t answer Niall’s question. Thank god.

“Liam, look what I drew at school today!” She picked up her little backpack and unzipped it, showing me a drawing of…scribbles?

“Wow, it’s really nice! What is it?” I asked, making her smile.

“It’s you!” This kid is the sweetest kid I’ve ever met.

“Really? Thank you so much, Lexi! You should be an artist when you grow up.” I let out a small chuckle as she handed me the picture.

“What’s an ardis?” She asked, making me laugh.

“Artist. It’s a professional drawer.” I put it in words she would understand. Her mouth was in the shape of an ‘o’ telling e she understood now.

“No I want to be gymist.” She responded, leaving me and everyone else in confusion.

“You mean a gymnast?” Zayn asked. She nodded her head.

“Really? That’s so cool!” Harry said, smiling.

“Mommy and Auntie Christa have pictures.” She smiled.

“Well we would love to see them.” Louis said, as eventually we pulled into the driveway. I unbuckled Lexi and I, and opened the door for her to get out. She quickly jumped down and ran to the door, knocking on it. Soon enough, Christa opened the door, and scooped up Lexi.

“Hey, munchkin!” She said, kissing her cheek. Lexi giggled and squirmed. She ran inside the house after Christa set her down. She looked up and faced all of us. She hadn’t seen the others in three whole years. Louis immediately ran over to hug her.

“CHRISTA!” Louis shouted. Christa laughed as Louis got off of her. Next she hugged me, then Zayn, then Niall, then Harry.

“I missed you guys!” She said, allowing us all to come in.

“We’ve missed you too!” Harry said happily.

“Wow, this place hasn’t changed a bit.” Zayn said, laughing a little. We all sat down on the couch across from Christa and Lexi.

“Christa, show them the picture of my gymastics.” I smiled, hearing her pronounce the word incorrectly.

“Okay, okay.” Christa laughed slightly and pulled out her phone. She scrolled for a little then turned the phone so that we could see the picture.



“Ouch, that looks like it hurts.” Niall said, raising his eyebrows.

“No, it doesn’t. See!” Lexi got up from her seat and showed what I think was called a backbend.

“Woah, you’ve got some made skills.” Louis said, adding some sass. She giggled and ran over to Louis, sitting on his lap. This was adorable.

The seven of us just hung around and caught up on each other’s lives for an hour, and then we heard the door unlock. I knew it was Jules. I looked over at Niall who tried to be as cool as possible with it, but I’m sure he was freaking out on the inside. The door opened, and there stood Julia, not noticing us all as she quickly turned around to shut the door.

“Ugh, I’m exhausted! This was the worst Monday ever!” She exclaimed, finally turning around to face everyone. She stood there frozen for a moment, but Zayn instantly stood up and walked over to her. She wrapped her arms around him and he wrapped his around her.

“I missed you so much…” Zayn said.

“I’ve missed you too!” She sounded as if she was about to cry. It wasn’t long before Lexi got off of Louis’ lap and he ran over to hug her. She laughed, hugging him back.

“Juliaaaaaaaaa!” Louis exclaimed hugging her tightly.

“Louiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis!” She replied back. Next, Harry got up and went over to her.

“Hey…” He said, as she stood there looking down.

“Hi.” She said back, still not looking up at him.

“Look, Jules I’m sorry—“ She cut Harry off mid sentence and wrapped her arms around him. Shocked, Harry stood there for a second, but wrapped his arms around her too. “I missed you.” He said, smiling.

“I’ve missed you too.” She said quietly, but I still heard it. I got up next even though I just saw her yesterday.

“Long time no see!” I said, chuckling.

“I know! A whole day!” She laughed as we hugged.

Niall slowly got up and walked over to Julia. I could tell this was hurting him, but Niall is never one to be rude.

“Hi.” She said, giving him a weak smile. This was awkward for everyone.

Julia’s POV:
“Hi.” I said, giving him a small smile.

“Hi Julia.” He replied quietly. He rarely ever called me Julia. Always Jules. He leaned over and we gave each other an awkward but quick hug. “Look, I don’t want anything to be awkward between us…” He trailed off.

“I couldn’t agree more.” I smiled at him. This time, we gave each other a hug like we meant it. After everyone’s hug I felt poking my leg. I looked down, seeing Lexi with a big smile.

“Hey, baby.” I said, picking her up. I gave her a quick kiss on the cheek, and she smiled sweetly at me.

“I’m hungry.” She said. I nodded my head and walked towards the kitchen.

“I’ll be right back, you guys.” They nodded their heads and continued on with their conversations.

“Mommy, I drew Liam at school today.” I set her on the counter, and she sat there, swinging her legs over the edge. I opened up the pantry trying to find something for her to eat.

“Oh really?” I said, trying to sound amused. I was still exhausted after work.

“Yes. I gave it to him and he said he liked it.” Lexi told me.

“He’s one lucky guy.” I said, laughing a little.

“Hi, Harry!” She said, and I quickly turned around seeing Harry enter the kitchen. He waved at Lexi.

“Sorry to bother you...may I have a glass of water?” He asked. I nodded my head and got a glass down from the cabinet. He smiled, and filled it with water.

“Harry I’m going to draw you tomorrow at school.” Lexi said. He laughed.

“I’m so honored!” He said, putting his hand on his chest and pretending to fake cry. The two of us laughed at him and he smiled. I gave Lexi her snack and she nibbled at it slowly.

“You’re so good with her. You treat her as if she’s your own daughter.” He smiled at me, and I could have sworn my heart stopped.

“Mommy can I have some water?” She asked, looking up at me, still swinging her legs over the edge.

“Did she just call you mommy?” Harry asked, confused.

“Harry…Lexi is my daughter.” I couldn’t hide this from them any longer. I sighed, seeing his confused expression.


“That makes sense…I mean she has the same hair as you…but her eyes. They aren’t brown like yours.” He tilted his head to the side. “And she’s three years old…” He paused for a moment, in deep thought. After a silent moment, he turned his head slowly to me.

“Wait a minute…” Harry looked back at Lexi then at me. I lowered my head down as he finally put the two pieces together. I nodded my head slowly.

“Hey, Lex, why don’t you go back out there with everyone? We’ll be there in a second.” She nodded her head, and ran out of the kitchen.

“Who else knows?” He asked quietly. This whole situation was going to come out soon.

“Just Liam and Christa…” I said, feeling a tear slide down my cheek. I felt terrible for not telling them. They are basically Lexi’s family, too. Harry came closer to me, and wrapped me in his arms.

“Shh, it’ll be okay.” He said, rubbing my back.

“I just don’t know how to tell them…” I said, crying into his chest.

Liam’s POV:
“Hey kiddo.” Niall said, pulling her onto his lap as she ran out of the kitchen and over to everyone. “What’s up?”

“Mommy told me to wait in here while she talks to Harry.” Oh no…

“Wait…mommy?” Niall asked confused, just like the others.

“Harry said I don’t have brown eyes like mommy and then she told me to come out here.” She didn’t even know what was going on, but everyone else did. I saw Christa looking down not saying anything.

“So that means…Jules is your mum? It all makes sense…that’s why you said Harry talked like your mum…” He was shocked, and confused. “But you’re right, you don’t have brown eyes. You have blue ones.” Niall smiled. Wow…he really didn’t put two and two together did he?

“Niall, mate…” Louis started to say.

“What?” He asked, knitting his eyebrows together.

“I think Lexi is…yours…” He said quietly. Niall looked down at Lexi then back at Louis.

Notes

EEEEEEP. So obviously Niall isn't putting the puzzle pieces together ;)

Sorry if you really wanted it to be Harry's baby. But please don't stop reading this if you're disappointed. :/

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~Camryn