Hanging By A Moment

Harry's POV:
'What-ta' I mumbled as I entered the lounge to what looked like a fiasco. Niall and Louis were crawling on the floor while Liam, Zayn and Perrie ran around the house like there was a fire. 'Ohh your here' Zayn realised my presence. Louis crawled up to my feet as if he was a slave begging me for his freedom. 'Harry...you're.... children' he spoke trying to catch his breath. 'They don't stop running!' he asserted. 'Huh?' I asked confused by what he just said.

'Gotcha!'I heard Niall yell. I looked up and he was carrying Taleiah. 'Oh no Mister' Liam grabbed Jacob when he ran pass him. 'What's going on?' I asked. 'We've been....' Louis tried to gasp for oxygen. 'Baby..sitting...your...children' he spoke in between his breathing. 'What?' I asked again. 'Oh Harold, were you not listening!' Louis groaned from the floor. 'We've been singing nursery rhymes, doing stupid fruit dance moves, crawling on the floor, changing diapers, listening to them cry and now playing eternal chase' Louis explained. 'Harry, Perrie and I offered to take care of the twins while Sammie's in Manchester' Zayn gave me a better explanation. 'Ooh' I muttered. 'And by that he also means their sleeping here for the night' Niall added. 'That's if its alright with you' Zayn asked. 'Sure' I nodded. 'Alright, well we better get these two to bed' Perrie took Taleiah off Niall. 'Will take Jacob up to your room' Liam told Perrie and him and Niall left. 'Alright lads, I'm calling it a night' Louis finally got up from the floor and headed up the stairs. 'Zayn, I'm gonna go and make the twins a new set of drinks' Perrie told him and she left with Taleiah.

'So how was your day?' Zayn asked as I walked up to the couch. 'It was alright' I replied as we both sat down. 'Did you see Cara?' he asked. 'Yeah, she had a fashion show' I replied. 'So when's Sammie coming back?' I changed the topic. I was more interested in talking about the circumstances than how my day went. 'Tomorrow night' he replied. The twins were going to be here for 24 hours, that's time I'll probably never get to spend with them again. A part of me was happy that I had this opportunity to spend time with them but the other part was scared. Scared to face reality, that maybe I'm not ready to act like a dad to my children and better yet know how to even act like one.

'You know this was Perrie's idea' Zayn spoke. 'She thought that maybe you'd like to spend time with your children' he flashed me a smile. A smile tugged across my face at the realisation of Perrie's thoughtful act. 'Sammie doesn't even know that we brought them here' he divulged. 'This is probably a good opportunity Haz' he smiled. 'Thanks' I smiled back.

I went into the kitchen to find Perrie multitasking as she carried Taleiah and made her milk. 'Okay sweetie, your milk is nearly done' she gave the bottle a shake. 'Hey' I greeted Perrie. 'Oh hey' she turned around when she heard me. 'Pehwie' I was surprised to hear Taleiah utter another word beside Mummy. 'Yes sweetie its nearly finish' Perrie shook the bottle. 'She know's how to say your name?' I asked in surprise. 'Yeah and Zayn's name as well' Perrie chuckled. Luckily for them, I wonder how long it'll take for her to learn my name. I was jealous that Perrie and Zayn were so close to the twins that they've already learnt their names. I smiled as I watched Perrie rock her in her arms. I moved closer to them and stroked Taleiah's arm. 'Umm..Harry' Perrie spoke. 'Yeah' I looked up to meet her gaze. 'Do you mind looking after her, I just need to go and check that their bed is ready' she flashed me a smile. Knowing Perrie and what Zayn said earlier, she was probably doing this for my benefit; trying to get me to spend time with the twins.

'Sure' I nodded and she handed Taleiah over to me. I swayed her around in my arms as I kept my eyes fixed on her green eyes. It was like looking at my reflection. She flashed me a smile revealing her dimples. I smiled at how adorable she was. 'Hey' I let out a laugh when she poked my dimple. 'You have one too' I poked her dimple at which cause a giggle out of her tiny mouth. I grabbed her milk bottle and gave it to her. I carried her upstairs while she drank her milk. When I reached the top of the stairs I saw Jacob run after his soccer ball that rolled inside my room. I went to follow him and saw that he was about to crawl under my bed. 'Woooh buddy' I quickly took him up with my other arm and placed both of them on my bed. I laid down on the floor and reached out for the ball under the bed. 'Here you go' I gave it back to him and sat with them on the bed. I watched them as they drifted off in their own world; Jacob bouncing his ball and Taleiah drinking her milk.

'Jacob?' I heard Perrie's voice. 'Jacob? Where are you buddy?' I heard Zayn searching for him. Momentarily, they both entered my room. 'Oh his here...their both here' Zayn smiled. I think he was enjoying the scene right in front of his eyes. 'Where are they sleeping?' I asked. 'In our room' he replied. 'But you four can't fit in one bed..' I said.

'How about one of them sleep here' I offered. 'Are you sure?' Perrie creased her eyebrows. 'Yeah' I nodded. Zayn and Perrie both exchanged a glance. 'Okay, well will keep Taleiah with us' she began walking towards the bed. 'Alright sweetie say goodnight to Harry' Perrie lifted her off the bed. 'Can you wave at him?' Perrie waved her hand for Taleiah to copy. 'Say night night daddy' Perrie spoke in a childish manner. Taleiah didn't mimic her words but she did waved at me and flashed me her dimples. 'Night sweetie' I placed a kiss on her forehead, then Perrie headed out of the room with Taleiah.

'You gonna be alright in here?' Zayn asked. 'Yeah man' I nodded. 'Alright, see you in the morning' he gave a slight wave and left the room. 'Look's like its just us two little man' I turned to Jacob. 'Mummy' he called out. 'She'll be back tomorrow' I flashed him a smile. 'Come on let's go to sleep' I laid on the bed next to him.

Zayn's POV:
'Zayn' I heard Perrie whisper. 'Huh' I mumbled trying to get back to sleep. 'Zayn' she shook my arms. 'Babe, too early' I pulled the cover up. 'Taleiah's gone!' she yelled. 'What!' I sat up when she caught my attention. 'Let's check downstairs' I told her. 'How can we lose a baby!? Why didn't we hear here?' Perrie began to panic as we walked down the stairs. 'Babe calm down...look' I pointed at the kitchen. 'Aww' she gasped in surprise.

Harry was feeding the twins breakfast. 'I knew he could do it' Perrie smiled. We walked towards them and heard the twins giggle. 'Who knew breakfast could be so fun' I chuckled. 'Oh hey guys' Harry looked up to us. 'Sorry about taking Taleiah. When I checked your room she was already awake, so I thought I'd feed them at the same time' he explained. 'Ohh no that's okay' Perrie chuckled in relief. 'So what are we going to do today?' Perrie asked excited to hear Harry's babysitting ideas.

'I'm actually heading out now' Harry stood up. 'Ooh' Perrie uttered in disappoinment. She was expecting Harry to spend the day with the twins. 'See you later' Harry grabbed his keys and phone from the table and left the kitchen. I followed him out and he was already at the front door. 'Harry' I called out to him. 'Yeah' he turned around before opening the door. 'I hope you know what your doing man' I gave a lip sealed smile.

'I hope so too' he replied with a sigh.

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