Thursday Afternoon – Memphis, TN

Harry’s POV
‘’Damn it! You stupid dog, calm the hell down.’’ I groan my constant beg as I try to spray Niall and Jana’s huge English Mastiff, which isn’t my best friend to be honest with you. He jumped on me, knocking me to the ground earlier.

Since then, we’ve been on bad terms. ‘’You know babe, if you talk nice to it, it’ll probably treat you better.’’ Selena insists. I roll my eyes, not even looking back at her. She thinks she knows everything, but she doesn’t.

She’s probably right though.

‘’When are they coming back?’’ I ask as I drop the water hose and get situated on the almost completely dead grass, thanks to the cold weather. ‘’Saturday.’’ She tells me. ‘’Oh my God, that’s too long.’’ I sigh loudly as I stare at my lap.

All of a sudden, I felt a hot breath hit against my cheek. It sure wasn’t Selena, I know that for damn sure. I gulp lightly, knowing exactly who and what it was. I ever so slowly move my head towards its direction.

I was met with the dog’s horrible, ugly face and disgusting drool, only half an inch from my face. ‘’Aw! Hazza! He wants to apologize!’’ Selena laughs from her chair by the pool, which wasn’t the cleanest thing on earth.

Nor was this dog.

‘’If this bastard-‘’ I was cut short when the dog licked the side of my face, panting heavily as he barked at me. I lean back some, the volume intolerable. ‘’Get the hell.. away from me.’’ I mumble to him, hoping this would work.

But as always, it doesn’t.

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Friday Morning – London, UK

Niall’s POV
‘’Shhh, baby girl. Daddy’s got ya.’’ I whisper soothing as I sway from side to side with Talya in my arms, trying to get her to be calm. It was very, very early in the morning hours, and I hated to wake anyone else up.

I fed her about thirty minutes ago, but she woke back up and can’t go back to sleep. I’ve changed her diaper, which wasn’t a problem at all. But nothing, she just won’t calm down and go to sleep.

My poor angel. The lamp lite up the entire room, which I feared would wake someone up, but yet I couldn’t care less. If they woke up, they’d go back to sleep eventually. Besides, would they rather hear crying all night long, or have to deal with a little bit of light?

Exactly my point.

‘’Daddy?’’ My thoughts were cut off by Terra’s groan. I look over my shoulder towards her bed to see her leaning up, propped up on her elbows. I turn on my heel and hold Talya carefully as I made my way to her bed.

I sit down on the edge, near her. ‘’Hey baby.. are you okay?’’ I whisper to her. She nods in return before lying all the way onto her back, her head propped in the pillows around her. ‘’Is she okay?” Terra asks me.

‘’Yeah baby, she’s fine.’’ I smile gently as I stand up. I lean down to Terra’s forehead and give her a soft kiss, getting a mumbled response from her, ‘’I love you Daddy.’’ ‘’I love you too, baby. Now go back to sleep.’’ I whisper in return and she nods once more before smiling lightly, closing her eyes.

‘’Alright, darlin’.. Let’s go back to sleep, please.’’ I whisper lightly as I go back to the couch across the room, hoping to get the baby asleep and keep her asleep for a while, or at least until the sun comes up.

My mind was all over the place at the moment. I was debating on a lot of things. I was still overwhelmed by what happened earlier at dinner, and I don’t think I’ll ever be able to overcome that situation.

Tori will never truly understand her past, because I will never tell her the complete truth. I wasn’t there at all times, but I always want her to know that I’ll be here no matter what. The past is the past, and I need to let it go.

Despite my feelings on that, I think I was just nervous because I didn’t want her to think I didn’t love her just because we didn’t share blood. A family isn’t just based genetics, it’s love. Tori’s my daughter, no one will ever change that.

Speaking of nervousness, I have to begin planning stuff for the anniversary. Hey, I’ll let you in on a secret, as long as you keep it to yourself and not tell Jana. Okay, I trust you then. Here it is:

While we’ve been here this week, I’ve been secretly arranging something I know Jana will love. Now, with me being who I am, I can get this all done and over with a week before the date anyways.

I decided on renewing our vows, just to be able to have that connection and assure her that it’s still all true. I figured since Jana and I had a small, but perfect, wedding that I could do something bigger and possibly better.

But c’mon, nothing’s ever going to beat the first. The original..

I have arranged for her distant, but yet close, family and friends to all fly in to Memphis a day before. I’ll have their hotel reservations set up and all that, so everyone will be prepared.

However, the sad part is that my family will not be able to make it. My dad is in the hospital, and someone has to stay with him at all times, which is Gregg. But Denise is coming alone. Mom lives in Memphis, so that works perfectly, she’ll be there anyways.

This is going to be like a wedding, just a little different. But remember, you can’t tell anyone…

Notes

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