I took Harry’s hand as he helped me out of the vehicle, looking around. The normal, plain building in front of us was not what I had expected. It was a tan color with a couple of windows, nothing else really on it. It wasn’t a restaurant and it wasn’t a house so naturally my mind was confused. I walked hand in hand with the curly headed boy, feeling his excitement. My stomach was in butterflies as we walked through the doors, Harry confidently strolling into the darkness.
“Harry, I can’t see anything.” I complain, squeezing his hand tightly.
“We are almost there, I promise. Just a few more steps and...” Harry said, right before the lights flipped on.
“Surprise!!” A loud crowd shouted, scaring the daylights out of me. I laughed as I fell back into Harry, glad that he was behind me enough to catch me.
“Happy birthday, sweetheart!” Anne said, coming up with a huge smile on her face. She wrapped me up into a tight hug, kissing my cheek before taking Dylan from Ariel.
Everybody took their turns giving me hugs and wishing me a happy birthday. I haven’t felt this happy since Dylan called me mama. Soon the cake was cut and we were all eating and stuffing our faces with cake and ice cream. Harry started an icing war, smearing it across my face and sending Niall into a fit of laughter. I smudged the green icing down the blondes nose, making him shriek at the unexpected attack. After that, it was on. Icing was everywhere though luckily everybody kept it out of their hair. Once I had Harry pinned to the floor and was sitting on him, I wiped icing across his lips, from one cheek all the way to the other. I laughed at his pouty face before leaning down and kissing the icing off of his lips. He smiled happily before I let him up, following the group to the bathroom to wash up and get cleaned.
When we were all icing free,we sat around a large table in the center of the room getting ready to open gifts. Soon enough, I was surrounded by wrapping paper, my gifts stacked neatly on the table beside me. Once I was through I stood up and hugged everybody, thanking them for my presents. I felt a tug on my dress, drawing my attention down and to the ground. My eyes fell on Dylan, a small smile playing on his lips as he reached up. I leaned down and scooped him up, giving him a big kiss on the cheek.
“Dada.” he said, making me and others laugh.
“No, I’m not dada.” I say, completely focused on my child. This is the first time he’s ever called me that.
“I think he meant look at dada.” Louis said quietly, motioning towards Harry has he made it way over to us. I didn’t notice until now that everybody had gone quiet, not talking as Harry stopped in front of me.
He pulled out a chair and took Dylan from me and gave him to Gemma who took him happily. He pulled on my hand and lead me to the chair, instructing to sit. I did as I was told, smiling up at him. He leaned down and gave me a sweet kiss before stepping back from me a few feet from me. The other four boys filed in behind Harry, spreading out and taking their places. Niall began to strum on the guitar he was holding before Harry’s leading voice rang out, sounding beautiful and raspy.

Settle down with me
Cover me up
Cuddle me in

Lie down with me
And hold me in your arms

And your heart's against my chest, your lips pressed to my neck
I'm falling for your eyes, but they don't know me yet
And with a feeling I'll forget, I'm in love now

Kiss me like you wanna be loved
You wanna be loved
You wanna be loved
This feels like falling in love
Falling in love
We're falling in love

Settle down with me
And I'll be your safety
You'll be my lady

I was made to keep your body warm
But I'm cold as the wind blows so hold me in your arms

Oh no
My heart's against your chest, your lips pressed to my neck
I'm falling for your eyes, but they don't know me yet
And with this feeling I'll forget, I'm in love now

Kiss me like you wanna be loved
You wanna be loved
You wanna be loved
This feels like falling in love
Falling in love
We're falling in love

Yeah I've been feeling everything
From hate to love
From love to lust
From lust to truth
I guess that's how I know you
So I hold you close to help you give it up

So kiss me like you wanna be loved
You wanna be loved
You wanna be loved
This feels like falling in love
Falling in love
We're falling in love

Kiss me like you wanna be loved
You wanna be loved
You wanna be loved
This feels like falling in love
Falling in love
We're falling in love

The boys joined in at the appropriate times, making me grin as I wiped at my face. I loved their voices together. It was a wonderful sound. Once the song ended, Harry walked towards me and pulled me into the center of the room, allowing everybody to surround us. He held both of my hands, kissing the backs before his light green eyes met mine.

“I know I’ve messed up a lot. I know I’ve done a lot of things to you that I shouldn’t have, and I will never be able to express to you how sorry I am. I’m grateful that you have forgiven me and took me when I thought you didn’t want me. I love you. I’ve known that I would and I guess I was just scared then. But, now, I’m excited. I’m so happy that it was you that I have to raise a family with. That it’s your beautiful face that I see before bed and the first thing I see when I wake up the next morning. I will be the worlds happiest man if I can do that everyday for the rest of my life. Which is why I want to ask you this one question.” Harry said, pulling a little black velvet box out of his jacket pocket. He knelt down on one knee and popped open the box, his green eyes shining up at me.

“Nichole Grace Mercer, will you marry me?”

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