This Is Us
06. Complaining
Two Days Later
Niall’s POV
‘’Daddy’s home!’’ I yell happily as I come through the front door, greeting with an empty foyer, no sign of life anywhere. It was around six o’clock in the afternoon, I was just getting home from the label. Jana messaged me and said she had dinner cooking, so it shouldn’t take much longer. However, I do not see any kids anywhere, which is a first.
I wipe the bottom of my shoes off on the rug because it was raining today and I’m sure I stepped in a lot of mud and water throughout the day. I make my way to the entrance of the living room, hoping to see at least one of my children, perhaps my beautiful wife even.
But no one.
I furrow my eyebrows as I quickly walk towards the door that leads to our kitchen. I get to it and open it, peeking in to see if Jana was anywhere to be found. The smell of cooking pasta filled my nose as I inhaled. Dinner was cooking, so at least I know she’s here.
I shut the door and turn on my heel. I start towards the foyer again, assuming that she wouldn’t be in any of the other rooms on the ground floor. The kids might be in their rooms, but that was still doubtful. But I stop mid step as I realize Jana might be in the laundry room, let me go look!
As I hurry towards the direction of the laundry room, I find myself thinking of nothing but Tori. She’s locked herself in her room for the past few days, unaware of her situation and not ready to handle it all. Jana was pretty chill about it, just told Tori that she deserved it since she was doing the things anyways, I totally agree with her there.
Well, I found myself at the laundry room door faster than I thought, guess I was pretty deep in my thoughts or whatever. I knock on the door as I open it, a sigh of release leaving my mouth as I see Jana shoving clothes into the washer.
‘’Hey baby.’’ I say as I step into the room. ‘’Hey.’’ She smiles as she glances up at me. ‘’I told you I’d get the laundry tonight, why are you doing it?’’ I sigh, not understanding why she does this at times. ‘’I uh, needed something to do.’’ She mumbles as I walk over to her.
I stand beside her, sliding my arm around her back, my hand gripping her waist. ‘’I told you to relax during the day, I will handle this stuff in the afternoon, baby.’’ I tell her. ‘’I’m sorry, I can’t.. I can’t relax.’’ She shakes her head lightly as she clothes the washer.
‘’Why not? Are you stressed?’’ I ask, curious and concerned about her and her actions lately. ‘’No, I just.. I don’t know, babe. I’m sorry.’’ She mumbles lightly as she turns to face me, I do the same too and face her. ‘’Don’t apologize baby, it’s alright. I just don’t want you to overwork yourself, that’s all. Now, give me a kiss, I missed you.’’ I smile lightly as I lean to her soft, pink lips.
Our lips brush together and she smiles lightly. ‘’I missed you more.’’ She murmurs lightly, her warm breath fanning my lips, it smelted like cool mint, lovely. ‘’Nah, I missed you most.’’ I whisper, smirking lightly as I put our lips even closer together.
‘’Then prove it.’’ She softly says. ‘’Don’t worry, I will.’’ I smile as I close the gap between us, beginning a nice, deserved session.
“Well we have to get up by five, get to the airport by 7, and head to London.’’ I tell Jana as I lie Tiffany softly into her crib. ‘’Alright, I’ll make sure everything’s packed.’’ She sighs as she goes to the door.
‘’Did we make a list?” I ask as I follow her, flicking off the lights and shutting the door. It was around 9 o’clock, our younger ones’ bed time. Tinley and Tatum where just tucked in a few moments ago and so was Tanner.
We let Terra and Tristan stay up a little longer, and then Taylor and Tori until 10:30, just because they’re older and all that. ‘’Yeah, it’s sitting on the bench in the closet.’’ Jana says as her and I enter our bedroom.
There was about twenty plus suitcases and bags sitting in the floor, crowded in the corner mostly. ‘’So we gotta unzip all of this stuff, right? And check it.’’ I mumble as I shut the door behind me, Jana had already made her way to the closet.
‘’Yes.’’ She replies simple as I heard the door slide open. I sigh as I sit down and grab the first bag, which looked to be mine. I roll my eyes as I lie it down and unzip it. Of course I only have one suitcase in total because I’m a guy, I don’t need a billion pairs of shoes for a one week trip.
Jana runs over to where I sit and joins me in the floor, sitting across from me, both of us have our legs crossed. She grabs the bag closet to hers, which was Taylor’s I think, honestly I’m not sure.
‘’Here’s the list.’’ She says as she hands me the piece of paper. My eyes widen as I see the long list of things, organized by day. ‘’Don’t complain, just do it.’’ Jana says, already knowing that I was going to whine about this.
‘’But its so much to check!’’ I groan out. ‘’Now, Niall.’’ She sternly says as I glance up at her, her eyebrows raised, her stern and mean face on, but I knew she was just trying to get this shit done, so why would I waste time complaining? Exactly, I won’t.
Not this time, at least.
Niall’s POV
‘’Daddy’s home!’’ I yell happily as I come through the front door, greeting with an empty foyer, no sign of life anywhere. It was around six o’clock in the afternoon, I was just getting home from the label. Jana messaged me and said she had dinner cooking, so it shouldn’t take much longer. However, I do not see any kids anywhere, which is a first.
I wipe the bottom of my shoes off on the rug because it was raining today and I’m sure I stepped in a lot of mud and water throughout the day. I make my way to the entrance of the living room, hoping to see at least one of my children, perhaps my beautiful wife even.
But no one.
I furrow my eyebrows as I quickly walk towards the door that leads to our kitchen. I get to it and open it, peeking in to see if Jana was anywhere to be found. The smell of cooking pasta filled my nose as I inhaled. Dinner was cooking, so at least I know she’s here.
I shut the door and turn on my heel. I start towards the foyer again, assuming that she wouldn’t be in any of the other rooms on the ground floor. The kids might be in their rooms, but that was still doubtful. But I stop mid step as I realize Jana might be in the laundry room, let me go look!
As I hurry towards the direction of the laundry room, I find myself thinking of nothing but Tori. She’s locked herself in her room for the past few days, unaware of her situation and not ready to handle it all. Jana was pretty chill about it, just told Tori that she deserved it since she was doing the things anyways, I totally agree with her there.
Well, I found myself at the laundry room door faster than I thought, guess I was pretty deep in my thoughts or whatever. I knock on the door as I open it, a sigh of release leaving my mouth as I see Jana shoving clothes into the washer.
‘’Hey baby.’’ I say as I step into the room. ‘’Hey.’’ She smiles as she glances up at me. ‘’I told you I’d get the laundry tonight, why are you doing it?’’ I sigh, not understanding why she does this at times. ‘’I uh, needed something to do.’’ She mumbles as I walk over to her.
I stand beside her, sliding my arm around her back, my hand gripping her waist. ‘’I told you to relax during the day, I will handle this stuff in the afternoon, baby.’’ I tell her. ‘’I’m sorry, I can’t.. I can’t relax.’’ She shakes her head lightly as she clothes the washer.
‘’Why not? Are you stressed?’’ I ask, curious and concerned about her and her actions lately. ‘’No, I just.. I don’t know, babe. I’m sorry.’’ She mumbles lightly as she turns to face me, I do the same too and face her. ‘’Don’t apologize baby, it’s alright. I just don’t want you to overwork yourself, that’s all. Now, give me a kiss, I missed you.’’ I smile lightly as I lean to her soft, pink lips.
Our lips brush together and she smiles lightly. ‘’I missed you more.’’ She murmurs lightly, her warm breath fanning my lips, it smelted like cool mint, lovely. ‘’Nah, I missed you most.’’ I whisper, smirking lightly as I put our lips even closer together.
‘’Then prove it.’’ She softly says. ‘’Don’t worry, I will.’’ I smile as I close the gap between us, beginning a nice, deserved session.
“Well we have to get up by five, get to the airport by 7, and head to London.’’ I tell Jana as I lie Tiffany softly into her crib. ‘’Alright, I’ll make sure everything’s packed.’’ She sighs as she goes to the door.
‘’Did we make a list?” I ask as I follow her, flicking off the lights and shutting the door. It was around 9 o’clock, our younger ones’ bed time. Tinley and Tatum where just tucked in a few moments ago and so was Tanner.
We let Terra and Tristan stay up a little longer, and then Taylor and Tori until 10:30, just because they’re older and all that. ‘’Yeah, it’s sitting on the bench in the closet.’’ Jana says as her and I enter our bedroom.
There was about twenty plus suitcases and bags sitting in the floor, crowded in the corner mostly. ‘’So we gotta unzip all of this stuff, right? And check it.’’ I mumble as I shut the door behind me, Jana had already made her way to the closet.
‘’Yes.’’ She replies simple as I heard the door slide open. I sigh as I sit down and grab the first bag, which looked to be mine. I roll my eyes as I lie it down and unzip it. Of course I only have one suitcase in total because I’m a guy, I don’t need a billion pairs of shoes for a one week trip.
Jana runs over to where I sit and joins me in the floor, sitting across from me, both of us have our legs crossed. She grabs the bag closet to hers, which was Taylor’s I think, honestly I’m not sure.
‘’Here’s the list.’’ She says as she hands me the piece of paper. My eyes widen as I see the long list of things, organized by day. ‘’Don’t complain, just do it.’’ Jana says, already knowing that I was going to whine about this.
‘’But its so much to check!’’ I groan out. ‘’Now, Niall.’’ She sternly says as I glance up at her, her eyebrows raised, her stern and mean face on, but I knew she was just trying to get this shit done, so why would I waste time complaining? Exactly, I won’t.
Not this time, at least.
Notes
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His mom, remember it was a whole chapter about it before??
10/18/15