I was leaning against the counter sipping my tea, lost in thought when I felt his warm arms wrap around my body. He leaned down and kissed my shoulder and then my cheek. “What are you thinking about, love?” his soft voice spoke. I turned into his embrace and wrapped my arms around him. “How we're going to have a kid, when we're just kids ourselves.”

Louis sighed and rubbed my hip with his thumb. “Everything is going to be alright, Mel.” He lifted my chin and kissed my lips. “I love you, and I'm going to be here for you and for our unborn child. It's going to be hard but I know we'll get through it and everything will be alright.”

I nodded and nuzzled my face into his chest. “I'm just worried...you're going to be gone all the time. I don't want to do this by myself.” I knew it was selfish of me, to bring Louis' work into this but I couldn't help but feel that I was either going to bring him down, or do this by myself. Louis moved his hands up my back and gave me a reassuring squeeze. “I promise I will always be there for you. Family comes first.”

I was snapped out of my daze when the door bell rang, I looked up at the clock and realized it was time for the guests to arrive. “Cam! It's time for your party!” I shouted as I opened the front door and a few of his friends rushed in. “Hello, welcome. Cam should be right down. You can set the presents on the table over there and there are snacks in the kitchen.” The kids ran off to play with the toys that were set out in the living room, while the parents walked towards the dining room to set the presents on the table.

I walked back into the kitchen to check on the food when I felt a tug on my shirt. I looked down and saw my four year old looking up at me with his finger in his nose. “Mumma..” I smiled a bit and knelt down to his level, pulling his hand away from his face. “What's wrong sweetie? Aren't you excited to go play with your friends?” Camden shrugged and wrapped his arms around my neck. I frowned and picked him up, rubbing his back. He laid his head on my shoulder and mumbled, “When is daddy coming home?”

I sighed, knowing it would break his heart if I told him his father wouldn't be attending his party. Louis always promised that family would always be first, but lately that wasn't the case. He was always gone, promoting, touring. He promised Cam he would be home for his birthday party, but I had yet to hear from him. I kissed Camden's head and set him back down. “Go play with your friends, your dad will be here.” Camden gave me a sad nod and ran off to go play with his friends.

I grabbed my phone off of the counter and dialed Louis. It rang three times before going to voice mail. “It's me again. Just reminding you that Cam's birthday party is today. He's really looking forward to seeing you. Don't let him down...not on his birthday.” I hung up the phone and tried to keep myself busy, until I heard a familiar voice echoing in the living room. If he was here, than that means Louis should be here too..

I walked into the living room and was immediately greeted with a hug. “Melody! It's so nice to see you!” I smiled holding onto Niall. “It's good to see you too Niall. How have you been?”
He shrugged, “Same ol, same ol. How's the boy? Excited for his birthday?”

I let out a small sigh. “He wants his dad to be here. Where is he, Niall?” Niall's eyes got wide. “He's not here?” I shook my head, Niall sighed. “I'll go figure out what he's doing. I'll be back.” He leaned down and kissed my cheek before going off to find out where Louis was.

I was sat up in bed, watching whatever crappy movie was on late night television. Louis was sleeping soundly next to me. I wondered what he was dreaming about. Was he dreaming about me? Was he dreaming about our unborn child? Was he dreaming about us as a family? I lost my train of thought when there was a sharp pain near my ribs. “Ow...” I groaned, loud enough to wake Louis. He turned over quickly, looking panicked. “What is it love? Are you alright?”

I nodded and put my hand on the bump my belly had become. “They're kicking.” I smiled, a tear rolling down my face. “Our baby is kicking, Louis.” The panic on his face was now pure joy. He put his hand near mine on my belly and kissed it. “Hey there little guy...”

“Or girl.” I corrected him. He just laughed. He was certain we were going to have a boy, and he was right.

We did have a boy. A boy that wanted desperately to be loved by his father. Not that Louis didn't love Camden, because he did. He was a good dad, at first. He would get up in the middle of the night and feed him, or change his diapers. Sometimes he would just sit in his room and watch him sleep. He got him a football for his first birthday, certain the boy was going to be a star. Cam did love to play, but only when his dad or uncle Niall were around. Now that I think about it I haven't seen him touch the football in months.

“Daddy!” I heard Cam yell and watched him run to the door where Louis was standing with a very large gift next to him. “Hey buddy!” He picked Cam up and spun him around kissing his head. “I missed you so much! Happy birthday!”

I let out a sigh of relief knowing that Camden wouldn't go to bed disappointed by his father again. I walked over to the two and smiled. “Glad you could make it, Lou.” He shot me a glare and I rolled my eyes. We used to be so in love, where did it all go?

Notes

This is the first fanfic I've written in about two and a half years. I'm still working on it, but I figured I would get people's opinions on it before I continued. I plan on incorporating a lot of flash backs if I do..
What do you think? Let me know, please!