And Then There Were Four
Chapter Two
You could hear the laughter from the 5 band members before you saw their faces. Your heart started pounding before you could even look them in the eye. Niall was there with a giant smile on his face having so much fun being with his mates. You couldn’t ruin that. You didn’t know how to. When his eyes met yours his smile grew bigger. He walked over to you and took you in his arms.
"Hello beautiful! Who are these two handsome men?" He asked shaking hands with Leo.
"You remember my friend Rachel? These are her two boys. Leo and Elijah." You felt your throat get tighter with every word.
"Oh okay, Hello boys! Where’s your mum?" He asked. Leo looked up at you with his big blue eyes and continued to munch on his carrots.
"That’s what I have to talk to you about Niall. There was a fire and Rachel didn’t make it. A lady brought the boys over here from Australia. I’m their legal guardian until a family member can prove that they are able to care for them." You couldn’t look him in the eyes as you said these words. You felt that if you did you’d burst into tears and you couldn’t do that in front of the boys. The air became thick as the severity of the situation came into affect.
"You’re their legal guardian?" He asked again unsure as to if he heard you correctly.
"Yeah…" You felt your body begin to shake from fear of what Niall would do. You held Elijah closer as he finished the last few drops of his bottle. Before Niall could reply Tom burst back into the room with a bag full of goodies for the two young boys. Niall stood up and made his way to the corner of the room. You let him sit there for a while so he could sort out his thoughts about the entire thing. Tom walked over to you and the boys and pulled out what he had just purchased.
"Okay, I have two jackets both lined with sheep skin so the won’t get cold. I bought gumboots for the Leo incase he wants to jump in puddles and I bought fuzzy slippers to keep Elijah’s feet warm. I also bought some formula and nappies just in case." Tom explained as he helped Leo put on his new jacket and you dressed Elijah.
"Thank you so much Tom!" You said bringing him into a light hug making sure not to squish the little 4 month old who was snuggling into your arms ready to fall asleep. You looked up to see Zayn huddled up talking to Niall while Liam, Louis and Harry stood with their mouths open trying to comprehend what was going on. It had all happened so fast you didn’t have time to think it over yourself. Niall stood up and walked over to you and took Elijah into his arms.
"Okay, we’re parents now! What do we need to do? We are supposed to be heading to Mullingar in 3 hours where we will be for the next month." Niall gave you a reassuring smile as he spoke and for a moment all the fear that was consuming your body went away.
"Well what we can do is go out and buy everything that the boys will need and we can have them send it all to Mullingar or get them to put the order through to Mullingar, whatever works." Lou said as she tapped away on her phone. You felt like you were in a daze with no control over what was going on around you. There was a 3 year old to your right still munching on carrots and a 4 month old in the arms of your boyfriend about to fall asleep. This morning you woke up with the only worry in your mind being whether or not you packed your phone charger in your suitcase or not.
"Alright, let’s go shopping!" Niall said trying not to wake the now sleeping baby in his arms.
Notes
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11/28/14